Roleplay Rules (RPR)
- Your character must follow the guidelines under Character Creation Guidelines.
- The OC limit is three.
- Two OOC weeks is a moon IC. Kits and apprentices age every week. VineClan and NightClan, as well as StormClan and CrystalClan, hold gatherings monthly. If a grand gathering is in place, it will also occur monthly
- You can only be in one clan at a time. However, you can have outsider characters if you're in a clan, but they can only join the same clan as your other characters.
- Heavy violence and sex are not to be roleplayed in public. If you want to do that, do it in DMs or party/whisper. Please do not have erotic roleplays with minors. If you do not want to state your age, you will not be able to participate in ERP.
- Respect others' triggers. If they don't want their character to be gruesomely attacked because they do not like gore, for example, keep the descriptions of their wounds brief.
- 3:1 hit ratio - 3 hits are possible, one must hit for every two dodges.
- Powerplaying, metagaming, auto-acting, and godmodding are not permitted in 4DC.
- Powerplaying is controlling another person's OC for them in order for you to have the advantage.
- Metagaming is when your character knows about information told to you OOC. This is the easiest one the four to break.
- Auto-acting is performing actions and not letting the other side react to them.
- Godmodding is when your character is invincible or overpowered, or simply dodges everything.
- Permission to kill (PTK) is required to kill someone's character. If you try to kill someone's character without PTK, your attack can and will be ignored. However, getting in a situation where your character would reasonably be killed, e.g. attacking the leader in plain sight, you have implicitly given PTK. You are free to kill your characters off when needed.
Discord/Group Rules (DGR)
- Leave outside drama at the door. If drama happens in the sever, you get put in a special channel until you get it out of your system. Don't try to start drama. Harassment and gossip are not permitted.
- Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc. are not permitted OOC. Jokes are up to staff discretion. If the joke hurts someone, prepare for consequences.
- 4DC operates on a 3:2:1 ratio of Alerts, Watches, and Warnings. Having three, two, or one of them respectively will get you locked from the server. You still have a chance to redeem yourself, but any further damages to others or the server without an alibi will get you permanently banned.
- Although we are a mature server, we will respect the wishes of those who want to shy away from some adult topics. Triggers are listed as roles, so they can be easily found.
- Don't misgender people on purpose. It's rude.
- Your Discord username cannot include any special characters or be offensive. If it can't be displayed on a phone or to your grandma, don't use it.
- Gore and sexual content are okay IC, but keep it out of the Discord.
- No screamers or scary links.
- Swearing is allowed, but don't overdo it.
- Credit presets and only use presets that you have permission to use. Preset theft is not allowed.
- Staff, don't misuse your power. The banhammer favours no one.
- Do not spam the server or others.
- The "Box 'O Cats"/Tupperbox bot can be used in the roleplay-specific chats. However, using it is optional, and is just for fun! Name format is: (Name), (Rank) of (Clan); (Name), (Affiliation); or (Name) (Clan)(Rank). E.g.: Raccoonthroat, Leader of NightClan; Raccoonthroat, Loner; Raccoonthroat NCL.
Consequences
- Alert
- Alerts are assigned for small offenses. Alerts are given as a role and will be taken away after a week.
- RPR 1, 2, 4, and 8, as well as DGR 5, 6, 8, 9, and 12 are issued Alerts when broken.
- Alerts are assigned for small offenses. Alerts are given as a role and will be taken away after a week.
- Watch
- Watches are assigned for bigger offenses. They are given as a role and will be redacted after two weeks.
- RPR 6, 7, and 9, as well as DGR 4, 7, and 10 are issued Watches when broken.
- Watches are assigned for bigger offenses. They are given as a role and will be redacted after two weeks.
- Warning
- Warnings are given for big offenses. They are given as a role and are kept for a full month.
- RPR 5 and DGR 1, 2, and 11 are issued Warnings when broken.
- Warnings are given for big offenses. They are given as a role and are kept for a full month.
- Muting
- Muting is temporary, accompanied with either of the above. Being muted, you cannot talk in the server at all.
- DGR 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 12 will mute a person, as well as giving an Alert, Watch, or Warning
- Muting is temporary, accompanied with either of the above. Being muted, you cannot talk in the server at all.
- Lock
- Being locked from the server means you are stripped of any roles in the server and are placed in a special chat where you can try to be reinstated by talking to staff. Misuse of these on either side will result in a ban.
- Ban
- If you cannot make your case while locked, or if you caused a great deal of damage to others or the server, you get banned. Raiders and trolls automatically get banned.