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Character Rules
Topic Started: Dec 26 2011, 03:18 PM (264 Views)
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Character Rules


Character Rules and Regulations
-Do not copy other characters.
-Any and all characters must be approved before play can begin.
-All profiles must follow the submission forms given. Your character will not be approved until then. However, some things may be added if you see the need to.
-If a character is a ranker (aka Bronze, Gold, Weyrling Master, ect.) you must play them consistently. If you don't your position may be removed the rank opened for play by someone else.
-If you wish to have a ranking character, play often and play well. Literacy counts, as does activity, and do not beg for one.
-Make your character interesting. A sweet tooth or quick temper. The more original and different, the better your chances of having a fun Roleplay.
-Do not make a ranking character just to make a ranking character.
-There is a limit on characters depending on how long you have been active. Though there will be exceptions.

Candidate Guidelines
How do you make a candidate?

Candidates here at Exiles of Pern are a little different than those at many other sites you may be used to. The majority of Candidates cannot be created just as Candidates. This often puts too little substance to them, and if they don't impress, or even if they do, people usually have no idea what to do with them afterwards, and they then go into a post-hatching activity slump, which is bad. So in order to solve this problem the idea for all Candidates (except under special situations) to be searched by actual Searchriders. So if you wish to have a candidate, make an interesting character that you think might stand out to a searching Drer or Dragon, though your character doesn't even have to hint that they want the chance to stand at a hatching, though many do. There are certain qualities that we Admins look for in characters, and only those that we think will make exceptional riders will be searched. However, just because your character isn't searched does not mean they will not make a good rider. If there is a lack of searched candidates then the Head Powers of the village will put up a roster for other Islandfolk to sign up to stand at the hatchings as "Sign Up" candidates.

Sign up candidates may not have as great a chance as impressing as Searched Characters, but they will certainly have a greater chance of impressing than an NPC character will.

There is only a few circumstances in which characters can be created as candidates only, though these will be harshly judged. During times of extreme candidate lacks Searchriders will be organized to go on a Search to the Northern continent. Such searches are dangerous, and it is entirely possible for Drers or Riders to return injured, or even not return at all. A specific # Candidates found on these searches will be brought back by these Searchriders, and these Northern Candidates will be opened up for players to create. Only the best applications will be accepted, and again, it is not guaranteed that every one of these Candidates will impress. Also, please note that Northern Candidates will have pretty much self-exiled themselves, and will probably not see their families ever again. Each Northern Search will have specific criteria for the candidates that are created, but those will be specific to each Search. Sometimes Candidates may have been kidnapped, other times they will have all come willingly. Northern Candidates may also have family members that go with them, which means that few, if any, Northern Candidates will be of any significance. This means no Candidates of Noble blood, and most will be drudges or other lower ranked people. If their disappearance from the North can be noted, and tracked, then that's bad, and the Islandfolk Searchriders won't even look at them. Of course a determined child may sneak or trick their way to the Island.

Another way to create a character specifically for Candidacy is if candidate levels are low even after Search, Sign Ups, and Northern Searches. These are a last resort, and will be announced site wide if these candidate positions become open. These Candidates will potentially be judged just as harshly as Northern Candidates.

-Searchriders will be given guidelines that they are to follow when on Search, and are not to be given out to the general public. These guidelines may differ between each clutch. It is expected that you will not ask a Searchrider for these guidelines. For safety's sake, if another Searchrider asks you for the guidelines have them PM and Administrator for the guidelines instead. Also, if you have a Searchrider character you cannot use them to Search your other characters.
-As a general rule a character may not be Searched unless they are at least 12 turns old, though exceptions will rarely be made if a Searching Drer is persistent.

Pets
-Take your character's rank into consideration. A servant will not have a Stallion and a Lord or a King will not have something like a duck (unless they really love ducks). If they train horses then they most likely will own a horse.
-Please no more than two pets per character. You have to RP them. (Pets attained through roleplay are different, though if you already have a pet you will not be likely to be given another.)
-If you have any questions about what can or cannot be a pet look at the FAQ.
-Pets must be played. If we see that they are simply sitting around then we may ask you to remove the pet or to play it more.
-Firelizards and Dragonets are currently not available without admin permission.


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All players start out with the ability to have four characters. After two months of relatively good activity levels (posting, being active with the site, etc.) then you'll be free to make as many characters as you can handle. If you go on a sudden character making spree though we may ask you to slow down and put some of your characters on hold until a later time. If you go through an inactive slump and try to make a new character we may ask you to put some effort into being active first.
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