laws to live by [updated 8-6-07]

[Befera]

Laws to live by.
Rules to obey.
Follow and respect,
Or get banned today!
xDD

There are three codewords hidden in these rules. Put together with spaces inbetween each word is the password which you will need to provide when making your character.

General-
-Respect your staff. Don't be mean to us. We don't like it. If you're mean to staff in any way [bashing them about rules or how they run the site, etc] you will be banned for three days or more. It mostly depends on what you said. Also, dont bug us all the time about stuff but if you have a question, come ask. We don't bite [that hard].
-All IC posts should be at least 300 words. No exeptions. Use the word count at the bottom to [[first codeword is 'AS']] count the words in your post.
-Only one account per member unless there's an evident problem with your current account.
-Cursing, cussing and swearing is allowed and we don't mind at all if you use it. Just don't say it every other word. That gets annoying and only makes you look stupid.
-It's only natural that we delete members that aren't active. So if you aren't active for a week, one of the admins will send you an email asking you why you aren't around. O.o If you don't come back or email us that you're on hatius or quitting or something after a week after we send you an email, we'll delete your account and all your posts.
-To avoid pesky emails, just post in the Member Announcements board saying that yer leaving and then everyone will kow and you won't be risking you account being deleted. Yay!
-*IMPORTANT*- PLEASE read the board descriptions before asking the staff any questions about passwords or how to do stuff or what place is where. The board descriptions have a crapload of info that you'll wanna read. Thank you.
-No powerplaying. If you're not sure what that is, here's an example of powerplaying: "Fluffy Doom Monkey Pony slashed Mr. Spunklles Horse with his right hoof and cut a deep gash in his face". An example of something that's okay is: "Fluffy Doom Monkey Pony slashed his right hoof at Mr. Spunklles Horse, hoping to inflict damage on his face".
-PLEASE don't do anything IC that will permenantly affect a plot or another person's character without the other player's approval.

Characters-
-The first time you make a charr on this site, you need to make a sample post. This sample post muct be at least 300 words for your charr to be accepted and this sample post may be taken from any site as long as the post was made by you.
-You are allowed ot have as manty charrs as you want on one account as long as you keep all of them active. We suggest you wait for a while after making your first character.
-Horses can live in Autumn Scar up to 30 years. Your horse will be considered an 'Elder' of whatever herd he or she is in when they reach age 24 or so.

Time and Aging-
-Since it's Autumn all the time, the season obviously never changes. The weather does, however. Look in the welcome table to read about the current weather and conditions.
-One Autumn Scar year is equivalent to 2 real life months.
-Horses wil age one year every two months. You may age your horse whenever you like as long as it's at around the same time every two months.

Stallions-
-Can claim wandering herdless mares for their own if the mare agrees.
-Can claim secondary herd lands.
-Can steal horses from another stallion's herd.
-Laman Swamp is the force breeding area. If you have your mare go there, 99.9% of the time, she will be raped. If you have your mare go there, you have no choice in the matter. The person playing the stallion will assume you brought the mare there to be force bred. You have no choice. Do NOT

[/u] come whining to Befera just because your sweet, Luce mare got raped by a mean Score stallion. We will laugh in your face and tell you next time dont post there.
-Can fight or kill other horses if the other player agrees to it.[/i]

Mares-
-Can fight other horses of any gender.
-Doesn't have to go home with or mate the first stallion that approaches them.
-Is claimed by the stallion that forcebreeds them. They have no choice in that matter.
-Can claim secondary lands just as a stalion can. It doesn't matter if they have a mate or not.

Breeding and Foaling-
-Horses are not mates for life unless they want to be.
-If you're going to do graphic breeding, put a '[G]' in the title of the breeding thread to warn members.
-Breeding happens year-round regardless of weather changes.
-When foaling, post the parents stats in the breeding thread after all IC posts are sompleted for that thread and a staff member will post foal(s) stats.
-NOT ALL FOALS WILL LIVE. If yours doesnt and you take it out on the staff, you will be punished. By punished, we do not mean you get slapped on the wrist and sent on your way. We will not stand for disrespect to us. Break this rule, and you could find yourself banned.

Special Rules For Alliances-
-Score hrses can and prefer to eat meat and drink blood.
-Luce are naturally kind-hearted but are wiling to defend themselves against the Score whom they beileve [[second codeword is 'pwnz']] to be 'evil'.

Colors, Markings and Heights-
-18hh is the tallest your horse can be. 12hh is the smallest. NO EXEPTIONS. Ever. You're not going to have a huge invincible horse. This RPG is fictional, but not THAT fictional.
-Your horse may have jewlery if you'd like.
-Horses can be any odd color you want as long as it's not stupid such as: hot pink, bright purple or bright blue. Your horse may have light blue, light pink or light purple tints to it's fur but I really don't wanna see a hot pink horse with a fluffy tiara running around AS.

King and Queen Positions-
-To apply for a King position, make an IC post in the primary land [first land in the luce or score categories] showing that your stallion has claimed that land. This will give other members a chance to challange your stallion for that position. A staff member will choose who gets the position depending on the outcome of the battle
-Kings can be challanged while in office [xD] and are allowed to appoint someone to take their place if they wish to resign.
-Queens are chosen by Kings. Queens can be demoted to lower ranks by Kings or lower ranking mares can be promoted to Queens by Kings.
-A King of an alliance is allowed to have one Queen at a time.
-If a King is inactive IC for two weeks, his position will be given up until another stallion claims it.

Secondary Alliance Lands and Herds-
-As you may have noticed, there are two herds per alliance. The lead stallions of these herds don't have as much power as the Kings of each alliance. They only have power over their specific herd and answer to the King of their respective alliance.
-Lead stallions claim lands the same way Kings do.
-Secondary herd lead stallions can also be challanged for their position. Players of the fighting characters will choose amongst themselves who will win.
-Other than that, secondary herds are pretty much the same as primary herds.
-Oh, and if the Lead stallion is inactive for two weeks, his position will be given up to any other stallion that wants it.
-Sooner or later, as the site grows more active, Befera will add more lands.[/size][/blockquote]

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