::General Rules::

• No Powerplaying/Godmoding.
This means don’t control another’s characters and when fighting don’t confirm the action, always leave the action unfinished.
Example:
Acceptable :-
The stud struck out at his opponent, daggers flashing brilliantly in the sun.
Unacceptable:-
The Stud struck out at his opponent, daggers biting piercingly into flesh.
• Be civil to members. Keep any in character fighting out of ooc and vice versa. If you have a problem with a member contact a staff member. We will attempt to rectify any and all conflicts.
• Cussing is allowed, though we prefer it remains in character and don’t become excessive.
• Posting: Essentially this is a ‘free for all’ rpg so there is no post limit, though we encourage higher levels of literacy. However if your roleplaying with someone who has put in the time and effort to create a 2 or more paragraph reply please refrain from giving them a 1 liner and attempt to produce at least a paragraph in return.
• SpellCheck! Use it! I get that there’s the occasional mistake and I’ll let that slide but I don’t want to see anyone using chatspeak or posts riddled with easily fixed and obvious mistakes from now on.
• Copy Right – When creating an image you must have permission for your various resources. If you have used an image that requires credit be given then you must. If we are ever informed of premeditated stealing we will reprimand you and remove the image post hast.

::Equines::

Stallions

• No force breeding allowed without permission from puppeteer of character. Must be in disposition of the character. So only darq stallions can.
• Can claim only 1 herdland per member.
• Can claim as many mares as they wish.
• Can challenge for mare/land/dispute/title.
• Cannot claim foals.
• Cannot fight foals.
• Any offspring once they have reached the age of three years are classed as Adults.


Mares

• Cannot claim herdland.
• Can only belong to 1 stallion.
• If challenged for must go with winning stallion, though she can attempt to fight.
• Can claim foals.
• Cannot fight foals.

Foals

• Can talk instantly, though obviously they’re language will be juvenile.
• Can only fight other foals
• At the age of 2 they can leave their parents and procreate, though they aren’t classed as adults until 3 yrs.
• Cannot claim anything.
• A foal bred in character must resemble its parents or explain logically why it is different to them. So two black horses are not going to spit out a palomino foal.
• For a foal bred in character you need to create a Thread in the archive of the foal’s stats, please keep it up to date.


Fighting

• To prevent god-moding your character must take damage every third attack.
• The winner will be determined by an admin by description and content.
• If the challenged member does not respond within three days the challenger wins by default.
• In the rare occurrence of a mare fighting a stallion it is assumed that the stallion is stronger. This will be taken into account when the winner of these fights is determined.
• Keep it clean, be descriptive but not disturbingly so.


Capture

• When being chased by a human the success or failure of the capture will be determined by an admin by description and content.
• Once fate is decided you can role-play for as long as you wish, however eventually the horse will escape or be captured depending on the decision.


Breeding/foaling

• Graphic breeding is not allowed except in the board dedicated to it, PM a staff member for the password.
• Keep it simple and clean.
• The Mare must be pregnant for at least 1½ weeks real time.



::Humans::

CowGirl/CowBoy

• Can have up to 3 horses [inc. equipment]
• Can have up to 2 dogs
• In the sense of ‘weapons’ or ‘tools’ you can only have stockwhips, ropes, and with admin permission rifles.
• Corrals are a limited resource and it is a first come first serve basis. However they can be shared between members, essentially it ‘belongs’ to whoever first got it.


Fights

• Fighting is allowed, but only with fists.
• Winner determined by description and content by an admin.
• Character must take damage every third attack.
• Be descriptive but not disturbingly so.


Relationships/procreating

• Graphic relationships are not allowed anywhere but the designated password protected board.
• ‘Making out’ is allowed, barring ‘groping’ or anything remotely like that.
• Pregnancies must last at least a week real time.
• For children birthed in character you must create a Thread with the child’s stats in the archive. Please keep it up to date.
• A child born in character must resemble its parents or explain logically why it is different to them. So a homozygous blonde male and a homozygous blonde female are not going to create a black haired child, it is impossible. (Homozygous is a pedigree term, it means that they have 2 genes for hair that are the same. Example: b = blonde. Parents: bb X bb = all bb children)

Events

Occasionally random events will occur to your characters. They may be anything stopping short of killing the character. They can be a natural disaster, injury, sickness etc.
They shall all be initiated by the Mystery Man.