The Sight Help Thread - Rules and Jargon

[Fenris]

Guide To The Sight RP

(serious this time. =D)


Since a few members haven't read the book The Sight yet, so maybe you're not familiar with some of the words that a lot of people use in their posts here. Or maybe you just don't understand the rules of the forum, well hopefully this thread should answer all of your questions.
(if anyone can think of anything more to add, please IM me rather than posting in this thread.)


i know this seems like a lot to read, and a lot of rules to remember, but some are just common sense, and the others you will have heard of in other RP sites. they really arent that hard to remember.[/center]




Rules

1. No Spamming - spamming includes using too many smilies, lengthing words like blaaaaah too much, posting pointlessly, posting over and over again. using too many question marks or exclamation marks!!!!!!!

2. No GodModing - GodModing is when you take control of another person's character in your own post. if you have the other persons permission minor godmoding is allowed occasionally. so in a fight, you can only say that you intend to cause damage, but your opponent is in control of the severity of their injuries, and whether they dodge your attack. (but remember to be realistic, no one can dodge every attack and get away from a fight unscathed.)

3. Keep Posts The Correct Length - an RP post is hardly worth reading if its only one line long. theres no detail in there, very little action, and its not very interesting to read. posts ought to be a good paragraph long. four lines. an even better post goes for two paragraphs. and a much better post goes for 3 paragraphs. and dont be afraid to type more. you dont have such simple emotions and thoughts that are equivilant to one line in a post, so why should your character?

4. No Point Harvesting or Double Posting - point harvesting is when you post just to get the postpoint. and posting after your own post is double posting, also not allowed as it can be classed as a form of point harvesting.

5. No Inappropriate Language/Content - this is a proboards rule, so all must be kept PG-13. plus its just common sense, there's no need for swearing, and people manage to be evil and insulting IC to each other without the use of swear words.

6. OOC comments must be kept to a minimum - RP boards are for RPing, not chatting. if you wish to talk OOC there are OOC boards for you, or theres always IMs.


7. You must have 20 or more post-points to join a pack - this way, we dont get people who have just joined the forum joining packs then never returning again. and by then you will have got more used to your character

8. Members must be of Sikla rank (100 points) to have a mate - otherwise if you have pups being mates, which isnt really realistic.

9. Lone Kerls can only adopt up to 2 cubs - its not realistic for vargs outside of packs to have that many pups, plus adopting more than two means that you're taking away other people's chances of adopting.

10. Respect your elders, and fear the Balkar - this rule stands so that we dont have pups challenging people with like 500 posts. or people who have just reached sikla rank. if they have that many posts, their character will be alot more experienced than you, also we dont want pups challenging older vargs, or people disrespecting Alphas. also, to keep this as near to the book as possible if someone has the rank of Balkar, fear them.

11. Leave RP threads uncluttered. - what i mean by this is, some people leave comments like 'I'll post tomorow!' or 'please wait till i post so i can catch up' then once they have posted they leave the post there. either modify your post so that you change it into an RP post. or delete your post with the OOC comment once you've posted IC. you're gaining a point for nothing, and it makes the thread look all cluttered.

12. No Claiming Powers Without Admin Permission. - Basically, no giving your character The Sight, or any mystical or magical powers without the permission of the admins first. Otherwise we'd have every wolf running around being able to talk to birds.
Let's keep it as realistic as possible people.




Ranks
because this is always something people want to know how mnay points they need fot each rank.
Newborn - 0
Cub - 20
Sikla - 100
Strong - 450
Beta - 800



Time Period
Another issue that sometimes crops up is what time period we base our posts in. Myself, I'm no expert on history so i cant tell you the exact century in which the book was set and all that was going on then, but what i can tell you is that man had not invented guns or radio collars then. If you wish to include humans in your RP then make sure they dont have any more sophisticated weapons other than vlubs, pitchforks, maybe a knife, bow and arrow. (unless they're the rich folk, then maybe you can go onto swords. it depends how realistic you want your RP to be.)




Jargon

OOC - Out Of Character
IC - In Character
IM or PM - Instant Message or Private Message (they're both the same thing)
RP - Role Play
TS - The Sight
DCD - David Clement-Davies
OMT - "Oh My Tor" - like Oh My God.
FP - First Post

varg - this is the word that wolves call each other, instead of calling each other 'wolf', they call each other 'varg.'
Dragga - male Alpha of a pack
Drappa - female Alpha of a pack
sikla - this is the weakest varg in a pack
faemme - means female
putnar - this is the wolve's word for hunter, like an eagle can be a flying putnar.
lera - the word used for all the other animals apart from the wolf.
Tor - this is the wolve's female Goddess. She is represented by the moon and is gentle and forgiving.
Fenris - he is the wolve's male God, represented by the sun. He is not as forgiving as Tor, and can be wrathful.
Wolfbane - this is the evil God Wolfbane, who thrives on chaos. the Balkar worship him, and it is rumoured that he lives in the Stone Castle. before he was banished by Tor and Fenris, he made a pact with the flying scavengers because they hid him from the Gods.
Zostar - he is a foreign God of fire, wolves from other lands might worship Zostar.
Balkar - these are a fierce and feared pack of male wolves, led by the First, and they style themselves the First Amongst the Putnar.
Tratto's Blessing - this is the blessing that vargs howl at each other's territories to ask the Dragga and Drappa's permission to enter their lands
Tsinga - she was a fortune teller in the book and lived in the Vale of Shadows.


there are some stories in The Sight that the characters were told. i'll just put the jist of them here, some people make reference to Wolfbane's pact occasionally.
Wolfbane's pact with the flying scavengers

Fren and the Red Girl



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