Rules

Rules
Rating: PG-13 What this means: Imythess is a role-playing site that is focused on the 13 and over age group. There is some violence/horror/mild swearing/and sometimes making out, but it never goes farther than that. If it does, it is against the rules and moderators and administrators will take action. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Appropriate Conduct As a member, you will be expected to treat other members with respect, follow the rules, and not take advantage of the rules. They are not difficult to follow and if you have any questions considering them, post at the Help board. If you are found acting inappropriately, for any reason seen as inappropriate by an admin or moderator, you can and will receive a warning, be put on moderator preview, suspension, or even be banned. The admins at Imythess are chosen carefully for fair judgment and discretion will be used when using this right. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1] Have fun and enjoy yourself! Imythess is meant to be a fun pastime and if you find yourself stressed out when on Imythess and taking things too seriously, take a deep breath, sit back, and take a break. Imythess is meant to be a hobby, not work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2] Posting Minimums Normal Role-Play Boards: In-Character posts that take place in these forums must consist of at least 50 words. This is to prevent spamming, and encourage longer description in posts. Guild Halls: This is very much up to the Guildmaster. They may set their own word minimum, but the default is 50 words. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3] God-moding/Power-Playing God-moding: This is where you make your character much more powerful than they really are, such as destroying a whole village (major god-moding), or avoiding every attack of your opponent (mild god-moding). The punishment for god-moding depends on the severity of it. If it was mild god-moding, then you may get off with a simple personal message correcting you. If it is severe, then you will get a warning. Power-Playing: This is when you control the actions of another person's character. The people in Imythess are separated into two groups: NPCs (Non-Player Characters), and PCs (Player Characters). You may control the actions of NPCs, such as the Jim, the barkeep in the Green Gryphon. On the other hand, there may be important NPCs in quests or role-plays that were created by a PC and they may want to be the only one to control the actions of that NPC. Controlling even small actions for a PC, however, is not allowed. You cannot tell other PCs how their character reacts to something, nor what their actions are. Killing Another PC (Player-Character): This is not allowed, unless you are given permission to kill that other PC. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4] Spamming and Double Posting Spamming: It is considered spamming when you post two or more times, purposefully, in OOC (Out Of Character) or IC (In-Character). Often they are senseless posts that mean nothing, but it is still considered spamming if the posts do make sense. If you feel the need to change something in the initial post, or add a comment to it, there is an edit button on the bottom left corner of your post. Role-Playing with Yourself: Many people have alternate accounts on Imythess and this is allowed. You also may role-play with these two accounts in the same IC (In-Character) topic, if it has to do with a quest or plot of some sort. If it becomes too much of a habit, you may be asked to stop and if it continues even further, you will be given a warning. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5] Other Posting Rules Smilies: You may not use smilies while IC (In-Character). They are only for the general discussion forum and other OOC (Out Of Character) posts and topics. Forums: You may not post OOC (Out Of Character) topics in the IC (In-Character) Role-Play areas. This includes guilds. Setting: Imythess is set in a very medieval fantasy world, much like The Lord of the Rings and other fantasy books and movies of the genre. There is no modern technology, such as cell phones, blue jeans, guns, spaceships, etc. This should be obvious. Private Topics: If an RP (Role-Play) is marked with a [P], (p), or says 'private,' then that topic is closed to anyone but those the poster has invited and not open for anyone to join unless they were invited. This does not mean, however, that the post will not be moderated by admins or mods. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6] Items Starting Off: You may begin with basic clothing (no armor) when you start Imythess. Also, each new member may choose a weapon, an item, and a simple spell to start out with. You may choose these items in Preferences -> Update Profile. Please do not put them in your inventory topics. You cannot sell or transfer these items, and you should not change them very often. For a list of starting items and their descriptions, read our Starting Equipment guide. Besides these basic items, you may not have anything else in your inventory unless you purchase items from the shops. Inventory Topics: You are required to keep an inventory topic for each of your characters. It must be a single topic in the Inventory Pages forum, and you must keep a link to it in Profile -> Update Profile -> Link to Inventory. This is to facilitate admins filling purchase requests. Substitute Items: If there is a specific weapon you would like, but the shops does not have that item, you may buy the closest thing to it and change the weapon's (or any other item, except spells) name and description to fit the specific weapon you want. You cannot, however, buy a Longsword and call it a Masterwork Longsword after you buy it. You also cannot make your weapons and items any more powerful than they already are. A Longsword is simply a Longsword, unless you buy an enchantment for it. It is best to clear such item replacements through an Admin beforehand. Item Descriptions: On the same note, items, weapons, and spell effects, can all be customized to your character's style or ideas as long as you do not make your spells/weapons/items any more powerful than they are. You may also replace the default images with your own. Buying for Others: You are allowed to buy items for other players. However, we now have different prices for people based on their RPer level. If you are buying an item for someone else, you must buy it using the price listed for *their* RPer level. You cannot swap your gold and items around between different people's accounts for purchasing in order to give someone a discount that they have not earned. This is to prevent abuse of the system. The only exceptions are: When it is a birthday or Christmas gift, then you may buy it for them at whichever price is lower: your RPer level or theirs. You've had the item for a long time and don't want it anymore. Purchase Requests: When you use the Sales Counter to make transactions, you must post your topics using the Mandatory Sales Counter Format. This, like a few other rules, serves to have members meet the staff half way in doing the work for getting requests done. Following this format lightens the burden on the staff and makes your request get filled faster. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7] Accounts and Characters Multiple Accounts: You may have multiple accounts on Imythess, but you should not sign up with more role-playing accounts than you can handle. It is required that you keep a listing of all your accounts in a topic in the Alternate Character Registry forum to make purchase requests easier on admins. You are required to keep a link to your Alt Registry topic in Profile -> Update Profile -> Link to Alt Registry. Characters: You can only have one account per character. So, you cannot play with two characters under one username. You must create separate accounts for each character. There is an exception for infants, though. If your character has an infant child, or some other helpless humanoid to take care of (such as a dying grandparent who is bedridden) may be played in one account along with the character. These helpless charges are considered NPCs, but are under the PC's control. Gods: There are no longer any gods or demigods in Imythess, therefore no one is allowed to have divine or god-like characters. This is because wielding this kind of power makes interactions with other characters impossible / uninteresting, and it eventually drains the character's creative potential. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8] Avatars and Signatures Avatars: (The avatar is the image just above your money and stats.) Your avatar cannot be inappropriate or distracting to other members. It does not have to reflect your character, but if a moderator feels that it is inappropriate in any way they have the right to ask you to either change or remove it. If the avatar is not changed, then you will receive a warning. Signatures: The signature is the text that is added after posts in a topic. Your signature may hold your character's basic stats, links to their description/inventory/journal page, and banners or character-related images. The size limit for images in your signature is 500x400 (width x height). Also, a good rule of thumb for your signature is if your signature is longer than your posts in page length, then you should cut it down or people may complain and mods may ask you to minimize it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9] Out of Character Advertising: Advertising in any other forum other than the Links Out forum is not allowed. Do not mass Personal Message everyone on the site, nor should you email members. It will be reported to the mods and admins and you will be banned. You may also have links in your signature and small banners. It is also okay to mention other sites in a discussion, and provide links, but only in a casual manner and not advertising it to anyone who will read. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10] Disallowed Content These are things that are not allowed on Imythess at all. If you violate any of the below then you may be banned without explanation. Imythess is meant to be rated PG-13, as mentioned above. Nudity: While a lot of nudity is tasteful and unoffensive to most, it is not allowed here. This is partly because Imythess is meant to be friendly to 13 and up and because just as many people are offended by or feel uncomfortable around nudity. Sex: Role-Playing sex is completely disallowed here. You may go as far as to making out, but it is time to fade to black when nudity comes into the role-play. That is a simple rule of thumb, but if a moderator or administrator feels it is too graphic you may be reprimanded or even banned. Additionally, you may not PM or IM members of Imythess to suggest sexual activity/discussion of any kind (RP, cyber, or real life). Imythess is not a place to hook up with people online and if you are found to be making requests like this or harassing members of the community in any way you will be banned immediately. We have a zero tolerance policy on this. If you even have to question if your conduct is considered inappropriate or not, then you should assume it is and refrain from doing it. You are highly encouraged to report any behavior of this sort; unwanted sexual discussions that make you uncomfortable are not something that you should have to deal with here in Imythess and the staff takes extra precaution to protect our members. Flaming: Two words: NOT ALLOWED. You are to treat every member here with respect and courtesy. If you find that you and another member do no see eye-to-eye, do not begin a flame war, as anyone involved will probably be banned. Drugs: The world of Chaon is meant to be a realistic world, and it does have illegal substances, alcohol, and other things of the sort. This does not mean you have the right to use them as an excuse to get your character high. Any discussion that takes place Out Of Character that concerns drugs and getting high is totally disallowed. The same goes for In-Character. While your character may get intoxicated on the ale in the Green Gryphon tavern, they are not allowed to get high on mushrooms or other substances. Excessive Swearing: While some swearing is allowed, it is not encouraged, especially OOC (Out of Character). It is acceptable for your character to say 'damn' from time to time, but not much more than that. Keep it clean. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reporting Rule-Breaking The staff tries its best to monitor what goes on in Imythess, but we can't see everything without help from our community. If you see something that you believe to be against the rules then please report it to the staff so that we can remedy the situation. You can report a post by clicking the "Report" button at the bottom of the post and typing up an explanation of what you believe to be against the rules. PMs can be reported in the same fashion, but the report button is at the top of each PM. If you've got some other similar issue, please PM an admin or moderator with your concerns. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Warnings Receiving Warnings Each member is allowed 4 official warnings before being banned. You can see your own warn level to the left of your posts and may click on the number (1-4) to read your warn record. No one else can see your warn level except you, the moderators, and the administrators. For most infractions against the rules, you will receive a Personal Message warning before receiving an official warning. This is more of a favor than a necessity and a moderator may choose to immediately give you a warning without contacting you. Some extreme situations may result in an immediate ban, but we will always notify you via email about the banning. Warning Removals Three months after your latest warning, you may personal message an administrator (not moderator), requesting that one warning may be removed. Only one warning will be removed at a time, started with your newest and going down. If you have a bad record, however (such as multiple and frequent infractions of the rules), the admin may deny your request to have your warning removed. It is your responsibility to request a warnings removal, not a Moderators or an admins. Bannings Because of the extreme behavior required to earn a banning, they are almost always irreversible. Banned members will have their inventories and gold donated to the giving plate. Relatively cheap/common items donated to the plate will be sold back for gold that will be donated to the plate instead of the item.

Rating: PG-13

What this means: Imythess is a role-playing site that is focused on the 13 and over age group. There is some violence/horror/mild swearing/and sometimes making out, but it never goes farther than that. If it does, it is against the rules and moderators and administrators will take action.

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Appropriate Conduct

As a member, you will be expected to treat other members with respect, follow the rules, and not take advantage of the rules. They are not difficult to follow and if you have any questions considering them, post at the Help board.

If you are found acting inappropriately, for any reason seen as inappropriate by an admin or moderator, you can and will receive a warning, be put on moderator preview, suspension, or even be banned.

The admins at Imythess are chosen carefully for fair judgment and discretion will be used when using this right.

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1] Have fun and enjoy yourself!

Imythess is meant to be a fun pastime and if you find yourself stressed out when on Imythess and taking things too seriously, take a deep breath, sit back, and take a break. Imythess is meant to be a hobby, not work.

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2] Posting Minimums

Normal Role-Play Boards: In-Character posts that take place in these forums must consist of at least 50 words. This is to prevent spamming, and encourage longer description in posts.
Guild Halls: This is very much up to the Guildmaster. They may set their own word minimum, but the default is 50 words.

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3] God-moding/Power-Playing

God-moding: This is where you make your character much more powerful than they really are, such as destroying a whole village (major god-moding), or avoiding every attack of your opponent (mild god-moding). The punishment for god-moding depends on the severity of it. If it was mild god-moding, then you may get off with a simple personal message correcting you. If it is severe, then you will get a warning.
Power-Playing: This is when you control the actions of another person's character. The people in Imythess are separated into two groups: NPCs (Non-Player Characters), and PCs (Player Characters). You may control the actions of NPCs, such as the Jim, the barkeep in the Green Gryphon. On the other hand, there may be important NPCs in quests or role-plays that were created by a PC and they may want to be the only one to control the actions of that NPC. Controlling even small actions for a PC, however, is not allowed. You cannot tell other PCs how their character reacts to something, nor what their actions are.
Killing Another PC (Player-Character): This is not allowed, unless you are given permission to kill that other PC.

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4] Spamming and Double Posting

Spamming: It is considered spamming when you post two or more times, purposefully, in OOC (Out Of Character) or IC (In-Character). Often they are senseless posts that mean nothing, but it is still considered spamming if the posts do make sense. If you feel the need to change something in the initial post, or add a comment to it, there is an edit button on the bottom left corner of your post.
Role-Playing with Yourself: Many people have alternate accounts on Imythess and this is allowed. You also may role-play with these two accounts in the same IC (In-Character) topic, if it has to do with a quest or plot of some sort. If it becomes too much of a habit, you may be asked to stop and if it continues even further, you will be given a warning.

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5] Other Posting Rules

Smilies: You may not use smilies while IC (In-Character). They are only for the general discussion forum and other OOC (Out Of Character) posts and topics.
Forums: You may not post OOC (Out Of Character) topics in the IC (In-Character) Role-Play areas. This includes guilds.
Setting: Imythess is set in a very medieval fantasy world, much like The Lord of the Rings and other fantasy books and movies of the genre. There is no modern technology, such as cell phones, blue jeans, guns, spaceships, etc. This should be obvious.
Private Topics: If an RP (Role-Play) is marked with a [P], (p), or says 'private,' then that topic is closed to anyone but those the poster has invited and not open for anyone to join unless they were invited. This does not mean, however, that the post will not be moderated by admins or mods.

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6] Items

Starting Off: You may begin with basic clothing (no armor) when you start Imythess. Also, each new member may choose a weapon, an item, and a simple spell to start out with. You may choose these items in Preferences -> Update Profile. Please do not put them in your inventory topics. You cannot sell or transfer these items, and you should not change them very often.

For a list of starting items and their descriptions, read our Starting Equipment guide.

Besides these basic items, you may not have anything else in your inventory unless you purchase items from the shops.
Inventory Topics: You are required to keep an inventory topic for each of your characters. It must be a single topic in the Inventory Pages forum, and you must keep a link to it in Profile -> Update Profile -> Link to Inventory. This is to facilitate admins filling purchase requests.
Substitute Items: If there is a specific weapon you would like, but the shops does not have that item, you may buy the closest thing to it and change the weapon's (or any other item, except spells) name and description to fit the specific weapon you want. You cannot, however, buy a Longsword and call it a Masterwork Longsword after you buy it. You also cannot make your weapons and items any more powerful than they already are. A Longsword is simply a Longsword, unless you buy an enchantment for it. It is best to clear such item replacements through an Admin beforehand.
Item Descriptions: On the same note, items, weapons, and spell effects, can all be customized to your character's style or ideas as long as you do not make your spells/weapons/items any more powerful than they are. You may also replace the default images with your own.
Buying for Others: You are allowed to buy items for other players. However, we now have different prices for people based on their RPer level. If you are buying an item for someone else, you must buy it using the price listed for their RPer level. You cannot swap your gold and items around between different people's accounts for purchasing in order to give someone a discount that they have not earned. This is to prevent abuse of the system. The only exceptions are:
- When it is a birthday or Christmas gift, then you may buy it for them at whichever price is lower: your RPer level or theirs.
- You've had the item for a long time and don't want it anymore.
Purchase Requests: When you use the Sales Counter to make transactions, you must post your topics using the Mandatory Sales Counter Format. This, like a few other rules, serves to have members meet the staff half way in doing the work for getting requests done. Following this format lightens the burden on the staff and makes your request get filled faster.

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7] Accounts and Characters

Multiple Accounts: You may have multiple accounts on Imythess, but you should not sign up with more role-playing accounts than you can handle.

It is required that you keep a listing of all your accounts in a topic in the Alternate Character Registry forum to make purchase requests easier on admins. You are required to keep a link to your Alt Registry topic in Profile -> Update Profile -> Link to Alt Registry.
Characters: You can only have one account per character. So, you cannot play with two characters under one username. You must create separate accounts for each character. There is an exception for infants, though. If your character has an infant child, or some other helpless humanoid to take care of (such as a dying grandparent who is bedridden) may be played in one account along with the character. These helpless charges are considered NPCs, but are under the PC's control.
Gods: There are no longer any gods or demigods in Imythess, therefore no one is allowed to have divine or god-like characters. This is because wielding this kind of power makes interactions with other characters impossible / uninteresting, and it eventually drains the character's creative potential.

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8] Avatars and Signatures

Avatars: (The avatar is the image just above your money and stats.) Your avatar cannot be inappropriate or distracting to other members. It does not have to reflect your character, but if a moderator feels that it is inappropriate in any way they have the right to ask you to either change or remove it. If the avatar is not changed, then you will receive a warning.
Signatures: The signature is the text that is added after posts in a topic. Your signature may hold your character's basic stats, links to their description/inventory/journal page, and banners or character-related images. The size limit for images in your signature is 500x400 (width x height). Also, a good rule of thumb for your signature is if your signature is longer than your posts in page length, then you should cut it down or people may complain and mods may ask you to minimize it.

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9] Out of Character

Advertising: Advertising in any other forum other than the Links Out forum is not allowed. Do not mass Personal Message everyone on the site, nor should you email members. It will be reported to the mods and admins and you will be banned. You may also have links in your signature and small banners. It is also okay to mention other sites in a discussion, and provide links, but only in a casual manner and not advertising it to anyone who will read.

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10] Disallowed Content
These are things that are not allowed on Imythess at all. If you violate any of the below then you may be banned without explanation. Imythess is meant to be rated PG-13, as mentioned above.

Nudity: While a lot of nudity is tasteful and unoffensive to most, it is not allowed here. This is partly because Imythess is meant to be friendly to 13 and up and because just as many people are offended by or feel uncomfortable around nudity.
Sex: Role-Playing sex is completely disallowed here. You may go as far as to making out, but it is time to fade to black when nudity comes into the role-play. That is a simple rule of thumb, but if a moderator or administrator feels it is too graphic you may be reprimanded or even banned.

Additionally, you may not PM or IM members of Imythess to suggest sexual activity/discussion of any kind (RP, cyber, or real life). Imythess is not a place to hook up with people online and if you are found to be making requests like this or harassing members of the community in any way you will be banned immediately. We have a zero tolerance policy on this. If you even have to question if your conduct is considered inappropriate or not, then you should assume it is and refrain from doing it.

You are highly encouraged to report any behavior of this sort; unwanted sexual discussions that make you uncomfortable are not something that you should have to deal with here in Imythess and the staff takes extra precaution to protect our members.
Flaming: Two words: NOT ALLOWED. You are to treat every member here with respect and courtesy. If you find that you and another member do no see eye-to-eye, do not begin a flame war, as anyone involved will probably be banned.
Drugs: The world of Chaon is meant to be a realistic world, and it does have illegal substances, alcohol, and other things of the sort. This does not mean you have the right to use them as an excuse to get your character high. Any discussion that takes place Out Of Character that concerns drugs and getting high is totally disallowed. The same goes for In-Character. While your character may get intoxicated on the ale in the Green Gryphon tavern, they are not allowed to get high on mushrooms or other substances.
Excessive Swearing: While some swearing is allowed, it is not encouraged, especially OOC (Out of Character). It is acceptable for your character to say 'damn' from time to time, but not much more than that. Keep it clean.

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Reporting Rule-Breaking

The staff tries its best to monitor what goes on in Imythess, but we can't see everything without help from our community. If you see something that you believe to be against the rules then please report it to the staff so that we can remedy the situation.

You can report a post by clicking the "Report" button at the bottom of the post and typing up an explanation of what you believe to be against the rules. PMs can be reported in the same fashion, but the report button is at the top of each PM. If you've got some other similar issue, please PM an admin or moderator with your concerns.

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Warnings

Receiving Warnings
Each member is allowed 4 official warnings before being banned. You can see your own warn level to the left of your posts and may click on the number (1-4) to read your warn record. No one else can see your warn level except you, the moderators, and the administrators.

For most infractions against the rules, you will receive a Personal Message warning before receiving an official warning. This is more of a favor than a necessity and a moderator may choose to immediately give you a warning without contacting you. Some extreme situations may result in an immediate ban, but we will always notify you via email about the banning.
Warning Removals
Three months after your latest warning, you may personal message an administrator (not moderator), requesting that one warning may be removed. Only one warning will be removed at a time, started with your newest and going down. If you have a bad record, however (such as multiple and frequent infractions of the rules), the admin may deny your request to have your warning removed. It is your responsibility to request a warnings removal, not a Moderators or an admins.
Bannings
Because of the extreme behavior required to earn a banning, they are almost always irreversible. Banned members will have their inventories and gold donated to the giving plate. Relatively cheap/common items donated to the plate will be sold back for gold that will be donated to the plate instead of the item.

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