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« Thread Started on Aug 12, 2007, 4:10pm »
::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.


::Equines::

Stallions

  • No force breeding allowed without permission from puppeteer of character. Must be in disposition of the character. So only cruel stallions can.
  • Can claim only 1 herdland per member.
  • Can claim as many mares as they wish
  • Cannot have other adult stallions in a herd.
  • 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 expelled from the herd, preferably without force.
  • Do not need herdland to have herd, however can only have up to two mares in herd without a terra.


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.
  • At the age of three years the offspring of a herd must leave the herd unless female and unrelated to the lead stallion.


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.
  • Keep it simple and clean.
  • The Mare must be pregnant for at least 1½ weeks real time.



::Humans::

Stockman/women

  • Can have up to 3 horses [inc. equipment]
  • Can have up to 2 dogs
  • Starts with 50$
  • In the sense of ‘weapons’ or ‘tools’ you can only have stockwhips, ropes, and with admin permission rifles.
  • During the winter months they must remain in the town or stations.
  • Only allowed in the mountain country where designated.
  • Huts cannot be claimed since they’re only used outside of winter. However during those times your character can have preference. Password: spur
  • Most stockman/woman are usually in the mountains grazing cattle for the stations. Though this is preferred since it is a steady income your character does not have to be there for that reason.


Station Owner

  • Usually a station owner employees Stockmen/women to graze their cattle in the mountains.
  • A station owner can own up to 5 breeding mares and 2 breeding stallions.
  • Start with 1 breeding stallion or mare [inc. equipment], 150 head of cattle or sheep [divided amongst the sexes, purpose and age as you see fit].
  • Station owners start with 100,000$ [equivalent of about 1 million, so don’t spend it all in one go]
  • Must pay a salary of 30$ to stockpeople, 25$ to all others. Barring unexpected expenses [vet etc.].
  • There is no limit on dogs but please use common sense.
  • Must keep track of stock.
  • A station owner may employ other people for the general running of the farm. Examples: Stable Lad, groom, vet, cook, maid, joat[jack of all trades], black smith, etc.


Townspeople/other

  • Can be shop owner. Apply for shops via pm to the admin.
  • Can be employed at the stations.
  • Can have up to 1 horse, usually a carriage horse. [inc. equipment]
  • can have up to 1 dog/cat or other animal within reason. example: goat, milk cow.
  • Starts with 50$.


Salary

  • Stockman/woman earn 30$ a month on a station. [inc. lodging for horse and stockperson, and food]
  • People employed at station that are not stockpeople earn 25$ a month. [inc. lodgings and food]
  • Money can be made: Sale of horses, Sale of beef/veal/wool/mutton/lamb/milk etc., shops, working on a station etc.
  • The worth of money: [This is me doing a guess-timate rather than any real research, shhh I’m lazy :P.] 1$ present time = 0.10$. This is only so you have a basic understanding of the cost of things. So a 4$ cab ride would be the equivalent of an approx 40$ cab ride today. Or a 5c piece of candy would be the equivalent of a 50c piece of today’s candy.


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.
  • ‘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)


::Ageing/Time progress::

  • There will be a ‘Progress of time’ post that you can consult to determine what season etc. it is when you start a post.
  • When all the seasons have been gone through on this thread a year would have past, the years will be recorded.
  • When you start a post the season will remain whatever it was when you started it throughout the entire thread.
  • The only exception to this is if you time jump in the thread with the participating members agreement.


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.
Depending on how you handle the situation you will earn an in character prize, karma, or in character money.
« Last Edit: Nov 5, 2007, 1:44pm by SnickersPods »Link to Post - Back to Top  IP: Logged
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Silver Slick [Quarter Horse Stallion]
Harrison Francis Williams [Cattle Station Owner]
Harrison Francis Williams 3rd [Other]
Louis’ Chance [Thoroughbred Stallion]
Lost Chance [Waler X Thoroughbred Gelding]
Achaius [Brumby Stallion]
Amanecer [Brumby Mare]
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