Most of these are common sense, but LHW staff has learned
not to take anything for granted.
1)
This club is a PBeM (Play By e-Mail). Roleplaying will take place on our
email list. Our archives are open to the public so lurkers or passer-bys
can see what we are all about.
2) There are only five basic dragon colors: gold, bronze, brown, blue and green.
There are a few mutants (currently four Rinnith, Amaranth, Daimonth and
Uditith), but these are very rare and no more
different colored dragons will be allowed. That means no black, purple, red
dragons .The basic five colors of dragons are all that will be
permitted.
3)
Golds Impress to women, bronzes Impress to men, end of story. There are
very rare exceptions, but don't count on them.
4) There is no magic, ESP, clairvoyance, witches etc., only the empathic
bonding between rider and dragon exists and the very rare ability to Hear All
Dragons (HAD). No crossover characters, either.
5) There is no religion on Pern.
6) AIVAS was not discovered, so Thread still falls on Pern and the Holderfolk
still rely on dragons and their riders to keep Thread out of the sky.
7) Dragon names always end in "th"
8) No joke names such as Sprocketh or Puffeth, and we reserve the right to refuse
any name based on another fandom.
9) All new personas must be submitted for approval, including NPCs.
10) We deal with mature subjects, we ask that you be atleast 13. By playing
at LHW you agree that LHW is not responsible for your age or level of
maturity.
11) Leave of Absence (LOA): If
you are going to be away from your computer for more than a week, you must
post a LOA notice to the list. That lets the BoD and anyone you might be
posting with that you can't reply. If you are going on an extended LOA (two
weeks or more), you may want to notify the BoD so we can set you on no mail or
digest so that your inbox doesn't overflow and start bouncing. If you are
leaving for more than a month, please consider temporarily having your
characters step down from any ranking positions. By having a high rank, people
expect you to post.
12) Posting Requirements: In order to maintain your membership at LHW, you MUST
participate in at least two posts per month. These posts must be of decent
size (At least 1 GOOD paragraphs). Sorry, no one-liners.
13) Personas created for LHW remain the
property of LHW. If you just up and leave, and stop posting. Your
characters will continue on in LHW. There is one way to prevent this.
That is contacting the BoD about your departure and declaring what you want
done with your characters. This will work with all characters except
RANKING personas. They will remain in play until they can neatly be
taken out of the storyline and all their plots are completed. Characters
who have been roleplayed can't simply just disappear, they must either
transfer out or die.
14) Number of Personae: No limit, but you are expected to play all your
characters. The BoD reserves the right to ask members to NPC persona,
which they can use later, until the BoD feels they are ready to handle another
persona.
15)
Posing/Godmoding: DO NOT use other people's personae without their permission.
You may approach someone else's persona, or speak to them, but don't assume
anything. This rule applies in ALL situations, to ALL characters, and
ALL dragons or pets.
16) Searchriders are special,
one per player please! They can be green and blue, and rarely brown
riders. Gold and Bronze dragons are too self-centered to think about
anyone but themselves.
17) Don't be afraid to pop into Threads, if they are in a
public place. If they are in someone's weyr or a private place, please
ask the people playing first; they might have plans.
18)
About NPCS: These are Non-Player Characters. This means anyone can use
them, no one owns them. They can be adopted. Other wise they are
used in RP to flesh out a thread. ex. drudges, dragonriders, ect.
19)
Firelizards: No new personae may have firelizards. These must be earned.
20) HADs are selected through contests.
21) Disputes: handle problems
like adults. This is only a game. If you can't solve a problem,
bring it to the BoD.
22)
Gold and bronze dragons: Any new gold or bronze dragons MUST be earned. For a
gold or bronze, you must be active ICly, and OOCly, and we don't even consider
you if you can't roleplay very well. Be your best. We don't award golds to
just anybody. You have to EARN them.
23)
Mature browns, blues, and greens may be made at any time. We ALWAYS need
those. (Especially blues). Any gender.
24) Roleplay rating: Nothing Kinky, or offensive please. If your post is
graphic, warn us please. Daya likes kinky, others may not. Be
considerate!
