Happy Holidays! The Administration was reviewing some of our old policies regarding taboos and have decided to update our stance on several things and clarify our stance on several others.
Our Taboo &Technology topic has been updated, but here are the changes;
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Any abuse of these, or circumventing them, will not be tolerated, and may result in that specific player losing these, not the entire community.
Our Taboo &Technology topic has been updated, but here are the changes;
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Taboos
- <B>Flight.
- Flight is defined on NC as the capability of remaining suspended in their air indefinitely, be it through wings, some type of levitation, or other method to surpass the pull of gravity. At no time will a player be considered untouchable/unreachable in flight because they flew "really high."
- The following list are the cases when players are capable of flight; capped Santaru (think "Storm" from X-men) and capped Wind Valkyrie (via their power of wind and air). Sunaku (via riding on Sand), Toujigikou (via riding a clay creation capable of flight). Bird, Bat, and Insect Sage/Archsages.
- Gravity and Magnetic jutsu may be used by capped players to 'hover' a few inches above the ground, but are not capable of granting true flight. If the user hovers above this restriction they will slowly 'float' down until they are several inches above ground.
- Any Contract summon capable of flight may be carry a single player out of battle, but not during (unless they have a skill specifically allowing them to do so, such as the Bird Contract with the 'Mount' ability).
- Anything else unlisted, such as other creation jutsu, are considered to not be strong enough to allow flight. CRPJ may not allow Flight.
- We are not allowing 'flying cities', houses or castles because there will be no jutsus strong enough to allow this, so no you cannot trap or limit players from entering certain portions of the community because a jutsu that requires flight is necessary. If it is possible to fly there it is possible to reach the area by jumping or climbing aided by chakra.
- The only vehicle capable of flight at this time is a hot air balloon.
- Time Travel.
- Time Travel is possible in our setting but Time Travel is only possible through the use of shop (not CRPJ) jutsus, abilities, interactions with certain BLs/CAs or Contracts, that are stated to be able to do so.
- Time Travel, regardless of the source, is also limited to a few seconds. At no point would someone be able to repetitively go backwards in time spamming their abilities/jutsus to move backwards in time significantly enough to change the outcome of a thread, change something as important as the course of a meeting, the birth of a player, etc.
- If you are in a situation where another player as well as every player in the thread in question explicitly consents (badgering them to do so or threatening them to do this will result in being punished for harassment) you can change/retcon 1-2 posts worth of activity between yourself and this other player by 'going back in time.' Abuse of this privilege will mean that you will lose the ability to do this but it is entirely possible that the rest of the site will continue to enjoy the ability to do this.
- This cannot be done to undo a call for a BMod, that becomes a "fixed point in time" and a modded situation.
- This cannot be done to undo a Run attempt, that becomes a "fixed point in time" and a modded situation.
- Dimensional Travel.
- Dimensional Travel is possible in our setting but like Time Travel is again only possible through the use of shop (not CRPJ) jutsus, abilities, interactions with certain BLs/CAs or Contracts that are stated to be able to do so.
- At no point can this be used to pull over an alternate version of a character from another dimension (be it because you are dead, want a good/bad version of yourself, etc.)
- This cannot be used to pull over old characters or setting information from the old site. That dimension is locked.
- This cannot be used as an excuse to plagiarize another's work. (No, you cannot be Cersei or use her in a roleplay)
- Parallel Universe/Alternate Timelines/etc may not be used or accessed by players, and may only be used by mod-team events.
- Space Travel.
- We lack the funds to form NASA and have elected to stay out of the space race. There will be no ninjas in space, sorry. This remains a taboo because it defies our desired setting too much.
- Shared Threads.
- We are giving Hyuuga players more flavor regarding their Byuakugan. Be on the look-out for a Dev Blog announcement regarding this in the coming weeks.
- In place of this lifted 'taboo' we have made a new one: A player is always known by the other players when they are in a thread. It does not matter if they are a mile away, if you can see them they can see you. No exceptions unless a moderated situation!
- Forcing Things on Other Players.
- This goes into maiming. A player cannot force maiming onto another user. That is often "an in character thing someone's character would totally do" only to victimize other users. Thankfully we have excellent medics in our setting. The loss of an eye, an ugly or inappropriate scar or even the loss of a limb can be repaired.
- Posing as another user only goes so far. Transformation outside of battle gives players the right (regardless of the gap in stats) to feel that something is off and to deny a user this.
- Making a player into a puppet, a path, an earthborn, etc. requires the permission of the user. Permission that can be revoked. If a player revokes or denies another player permission, the "soul is not willing" and the body would be useless and dead.
- This extends to bringing players back to life with a resuscitation. The intention of this is to bring back allies that want to continue to play their character but were not given the option. A player can opt. out of being brought back from the dead.
- Trapping Players in a Thread.
- When a player is defeated in a thread in a moderated battle this is when a player can force kill, give a victim's choice, spare them or bring them to a fresh new thread (once and only once).
- It is considered griefing to force a player to partake in a rape or a torture scene. You MUST obtain consent. If you bullied the user into consenting, you will be unapologetically banned from our setting.
- Isolating a user to a single thread. telling them that you will 'kill' them if they are not in certain threads will be investigated for griefing. If you intend to kill a player, get it over with and do not drag it out. You are victimizing them and would be considered griefing.
- At no point outside of a moderated situation can you kill someone without their consent. You only get the kill option when you have rendered your opponent unconscious in a moderated battle or caused their HP to reach -100%. There is no exceptions to this rule. You are victimizing them and would be considered griefing.
- No player has the ability to block a player from creating new threads.
- Please note, this is an OOC rule. If for example, a character has ICly been exiled from a village, and return, they should fully expect some form of IC consequence. It is when this turns into OOC harassment that it becomes griefing.
- An exception to this would be if a player if imprisoned, which will have its own rules released at a later date.
Any abuse of these, or circumventing them, will not be tolerated, and may result in that specific player losing these, not the entire community.