Post by Admin on Jan 22, 2015 4:55:49 GMT
Law of the Jungle
OOC
CAN YOU NOT:
1. Do not take IC matters into OOC and vice versa. This is unprofessional.
2. Do not threaten, demand, or offend our patrons, if someone is discussing something that makes you uncomfortable. Please ask them to to stop! If they refuse, contact staff immediately.
3. Harassment IC and OOC is not tolerated. If you are found guilty of this, consider yourself gone indefinitely.
4. Do not run into the IC with full bodied neon colors. You're only allowed a little bit of flair for your dinosaur!
5. Do not disrespect others, even if they have a different opinion than you. I'm sorry, but we're not all the same mentally and physically. Respect each other. Not everyone reads descriptions, and not everyone clicks someone. Please keep that in mind.
PLEASE DO:
6. Respect the staff. They work hard at their job, to keep this place happy, healthy, and well maintained!
7. Be friendly! We love to talk about all things dinosaur here, and many more!
PLEASE REMEMBER ARAZOA IS A NO CONSENT T+ DREAM!
This means that once your character has entered the IC; it can be posted at and pulled into Rp at any time. This does not mean that your character is going to die. Hell no. Like Wolf and Lion Rp; Dinosaur Rp is just the same.
By going IC; you have the chance of being posted at anytime.
This dream was rated T+ due to intense situations, violence, and sometimes situations of peril.
IC
1. Must use [brackets] or (parentheses) when chatting OOCly in the IC area.
2. No instant-hitting, godmodding, metagaming
3. Talking dinosaurs ARE allowed and encouraged in Arazoa! We understand that you may implement the human mind into your character. It’s completely allowed, so don’t fret if you give them a more humanized mind/personality!
Think of dinosaur Rp as if you where Rping wolves or people without modern influence at all - the only difference is your character's species and size! Rping raptors is no different from Rping wolves! Its really quite easy. if you need help in being shown what to do don't hesitate to ask us we will help you if you require it! -- This also means that you can make a large carnivore into a gentle giant, any personality you wish to give them! Large or small, herbivore or carnivore!
4. Female carnivore dinosaurs are no longer the ones in large and in charge! Male carnivores are allowed to lead packs/clans. Though this doesn't mean females can't either. The switch in power goes for both ways depending on a character's personality.
this is due to the fact no evidence has been found of female theropods (carnivore) dinosaurs being bigger than the males.
Fighting
5. Dinosaurs usually don't try to go out with violent fighting at first, they may try to intimidate the opponent until that one backs down and flees. If it doesn't work then a battle may begin, and for dinosaurs, SIZE DOES MATTER!
6. Do not inform others in whispers of a possible fight. No summoning friends to said fight to help, and don't use your own alts to help yourself in the fight.
7. Dinosaurs don't continuously patrol their land, nor do they constantly hunt. Even they can be lazy.
8. Here in Arazoa you have TWO choices when it comes to fighting; using the OLD STYLE of fighting; or you can embrace the New style and check out our battle system.
The old style is 3 the dodge rule system. This system has been in place for eons! Since the beginning of Rp!
Let's explain;
Basically you are allowed 3 dodges per fight, and you are allowed to use only those 3 dodges in that amount of time. Mini-dodges still count as dodges, and can be used up. After your 3 dodges have been taken up, you must take damage from your opponent.
You may counter attack your opponent when dodging if the situation calls for it and can be realistically played out.
If you are unsure about a battle situation then please call staff. We will watch and observe the battling going on and see if it all plays out realistically.
Remember; every attack must be ATTEMPTED! You cannot autohit someone.
Pausing
If a fight cannot be finished and one person must leave the battle for some sort of OOC issue; the fight Rp is paused. Players have 3 IRL days to finish the fight.
Whichever party that fails to log on during the pause loses everything by default. The party that has logged on during the pause will remain victorious.
Remember, the OLD STYLE of battling causes chaos, drama, and a lot of grief. To save time, effort, and of course to cut all OOC drama from battling; we came up with THE BATTLE SYSTEM.
Hunting
9. You may hunt, however you must ASK permission from ‘prey’ characters for a hunting roleplay, after all these "prey dinosaurs" have had their owners do hard work to design them. They are people too, who also deserve to RP freely.
Remember; hunting Rp is akin to fighting. Please refer to the OLD STYLE of fighting
OR
Refer to the battle system!
10. Hunting is also very risky to the predators. Keep in mind that herbivores have multiple defenses that could damage even the biggest of Spinosaurs. Remember that a certain species overpowers another!
example - Tyrannosaur vs Triceratops; risking his/her very life in the process. Triceratops can easily fend off a Tyrannosaur depending on the situation. Tri's horns can do excessive damage to any large predator.
This is very true. Herbivores have many many defenses that they could use against a predator in the middle of a hunt. If one okays to letting a pack or individual hunt it, the predator is putting itself at risk to be hurt or killed in the chaos that in-issues from it. One must take into account the surroundings of the battleground, and the creatures that the players are using.
11. You may also hunt Npc prey, if you'd prefer.
NPC prey is basically prey that someone has hunted in a Rp that they may have described the hunt in detail or simply to just bring a body home. However, keep in mind that not every hunt is successful. Some can land in failures and can hurt a predator. Though carnivores are opportunistic and will eat whatever they can get their jaws on. Alive or dead!
Death
12. A character that has been killed may not be revived. It can however be "reincarnated," which basically means the character will have the same name, but with different characteristics and/or species.
This means that if your character dies, the name can be reused as much as you like but the personality, and colors must be different from what you had originally. Same for species if you will, you cannot clone your character that just died or has been dead for a long amount of time in Arazoa.
Death Chances
PLEASE REFER TO THE OLD STYLE OF BATTLING
OR
THE BATTLE SYSTEM WHEN DEALING WITH FIGHTING/HUNTING/DEATH!
Life and Babies
13. All Feral dreams follow the 1 IRL week = 1 IC month. Which means 3 IRL months = 1 IC year.
Arazoa will follow this timeline as well.
This just means that if your character has babies, and the babies grow up to be 5 years old; you must age the parents and extra 5 years as well also. Otherwise it wouldn't make much sense for a young dinosaur to have young or almost same-age parents!
14. Female dinosaurs may remain pregnant for 1-2 days; afterwords they are expected to make a nest and lay their eggs, the nest will be guarded heavily by parent/parents. Offspring take 1 IRL week after egg laying to hatch. Clutches can be anywhere from 1-6 babies. Keep in mind that some babies do not survive.
To see how many offspring your female is having do a roll!
roll1d6 for number of babies
roll 1d(number of babies) for those that survive.
15. Carnivore Chicks are born (depending on the type of carnivore); with a down of fluffy feathers and a full set of sharp teeth!
For 3 IRL days your carnivore chick cannot talk; and must be rped as a newborn. They are not allowed to leave the nest until they're strong enough to move around. They may attempt talking!
After 3 IRL days have passed carnivore chicks must time-warp to 1 month old, and are free to explore around their nest and under their parents feet. They can also talk! Players must age their baby characters on their own afterwords.
Once a carnivore chick has reached 3 years old, they are considered adults. They may leave or stay with their parents after reaching sexual maturity.
Herbivore infants (depending on the type of herbivore) must stay with their herds.
example: Triceratops/Iquanadons take care of their young, parents may or may not force their adult male offspring out of the herd (like horses).
Sauropods lay eggs and leave them. Babies are on their own and join a herd to grow up into! They may stay with this herd for life if they choose.
16. There is no set breeding season; dinosaurs may breed all year round. Once a dinosaur reaches sexual maturity for its species, it can breed.
17. If you must Rp out breeding; PLEASE, TAKE IT TO WHISPERS. IT IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE PUBLIC WINDOW!
Arazoa is a T+ dream!
Make sure the other person involved is okay with rping out a situation such as that; as some people are uncomfortable with it.
Packs / Herds / Family Groups
18. Only one den allowed per pack/group (player).
Player one can have five packs if they want, but only one of those packs may have a den. Even if they Rp another species family group such as someone with a Utahraptor pack who has a Rex family group as well; they may only have one den and must choose which one gets the den. If there are any empty of course. Anyone of course can have as many herbivore herds as they want, since they free roam and do not officially claim land.
19. Herbivores are allowed to mingle with other species of herbivores, this gives them an advantage that another herbivore may not have. An example might be a herd of triceratops with iguanodons. The iguanodons can stand tall and look for long distances, while a triceratops cannot.
In herds and family groups, herbivores mingle all they want, they can go have their social club parties in the swamp or something! Though carnivores and herbivores can briefly get along, but that's only if the carnivore is not hungry or not interested in attacking.
20. Carnivores may interact with other predators and have loose alliances/Friendships. However they can not act as ‘hired assassins.’
A perfect example would be a Raptor befriending a T-Rex, and ordering the T-rex to guard his den or kill his enemies. That probably wouldn't go over well, as a Rex would probably never listen to a tiny little raptor. His/her pride is at stake!
Predators can interact with each other and have loose alliances/friendships if they so wish, but it is frowned apon to use another to their advantage. A t-rex would probably never obey orders from a raptor, and vice versa, unless of course the dispute is territorial, but that might lead to a potential fight.
21. Carnivores and Herbivores can socialize together. If so desired, however the herbivores cannot use their carnivore buddy as a 'hired assassin' or as a 'bodyguard' against other predatory dinosaurs.
22. Carnivore pack / Family group numbers are limited.
Nobody wants to face a T-rex army!
YOU ARE ALLOWED:
Tyrannosaurus Rex Family (and other large theropods): 1 - 3 members
Raptor Packs: 1-10 members
Spinosaurus Family: 1-4 members
Allosaurus Pack: 1-10 members
Herbivore Herds / Groups: Endless
These numbers do NOT include infants/chicks, and members may be non-related or related by blood.