Traditional Rules & Expectations

[Boopaw]

TRADITIONAL RULES

What has changed from the books?
One of the first things you might notice is we replaced the Queen rank with 'Caregiver' as oftentimes the primary parent of a litter may not want the feminine term of 'queen' to be applied to them. You are welcome to still refer to your cat as a queen, as a den dad, as whatever you like! But the rank itself is known as Caregiver to remain gender neutral.

By virtue of being a sequestered group of feral cats fighting one another there will be varying degrees of xenophobia within people's characters and the world as a whole. We ask this be played respectfully and not be portrayed as something overly positive OOC.

The Tribe of Rushing Water is not and will never be present in the roleplay due to it's poor handling and how it leans too close to indigenous stereotyping.
In a similar vein feathers may not be worn on the head or behind ears, the neck and below is fine! Bones and animal skulls are not permitted as accessories as well though your cat may collect them.

After a lot of discussion and researching several sources we are keeping the term Medicine Cat for the rank, though we allow them to be referred to as healers, medics, etc at your discretion!

The books were not very good at keeping track of family lines, often allowing accidental incest to closely related cats. This is not something we want to allow to any degree, please be mindful of your character's lineage and double check before committing to a ship. A mass site ran family tree may be something we consider in the future to help…

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While we reference the books heavily, please keep in mind this is an AU and things are alterted and adjusted to improve our roleplaying experience! For example, we've made some adjustments to the herbs most commonly used in the books and added our own for flavor! Things will always remain semi-traditional (we won't allow insane magic powers or wings) but some more mild powers similar to what the book characters can have (dream walking, good hearing etc...) and the ability to play cats with wildcat blood may be present!

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GENETICS

We do not have geneticists on the site and as such however you interpret your cat is up to your discretion, some of us dabble in cat types if you'd like to ask for a judgement call, but otherwise we are very lax on it.

• Markings may be uniquely shaped as desired. (ex. star shaped white spots etc...)
• Natural coloration only.(ex. no bright neon greens or electric blue etc...)
• The max size of a cat is 15lbs.
• Genetic anomalies such as folded ears, munchkins and bobtails are permitted!
• Accessories can be anything that makes sense for a cat to be able to get, but keep in mind some items (such as kittypet collars) may not be allowed depending on the clan leader.
• If you are unsure about a design you can ask in the discord for verification, but we allow a broad degree of unique cat interpretations and coloration so long as they remain looking like cats.
• When portraying cats with health complications, mental illnesses and other disabilities please make sure to research and play these respectfully. These are not conditions to just slap on a character and disregard entirely!

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This website uses semi-realistic genetics to allow creative freedom. Your cat must have natural colors for their pelt but otherwise artistic stylization and some aesthetic hue shifts are allowed. Artistic depictions of the cat can be exaggerated as desired so long as the cat maintains its natural colors in the text. (Ex. A cat can have an icon coloring it bright pink to match its aesthetic so long as said cat is still referred to as 'a red tabby' in the text.)

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NAMING GUIDELINES

Given the vague location of the warrior's universe and this being essentially an AU of the forest territories, we allow most any name options within reason and as long as they can be justified in universe. (Ex. A cat who traveled from the ocean would be allowed to name their kits Sealkit, Dolphinkit and Sharkkit.) We do have a two prefix limit rule. Which means only two cats may share the same prefix at any given time and these two cats must be in different clans to avoid confusion. Check the PREFIX CLAIM thread to see availability.


Things that would not be allowed:

• The word 'Star', sorry - no Starstar for you!
• Current Leader/Deputy and Medicine Cat prefixes.
• Any prefix that has already been used twice.
• Flora/fauna located outside North America/Europe (ex. zebra, panda... )
• The exception to the above is nonclan cat names/SkyClan Daylight warriors.
• Twoleg items. (ex. spatula, pancake, plastic etc...)
• Scientific terminology (ex: canis, panthera)
• Names in other languages, words no longer used in modern vernacular.

Names you CAN use:

• Names from the books so long as the cat themselves is not a 1:1 recreation or the same cat.
• Most plants/produce that can be grown in multiple areas as its not unrealistic to assume they might exist somewhere near.
• Invasive species.
• The exception to the North America/Europe locale rule are the following for lore purposes: Lion, Tiger, Leopard

We have an OFFICIAL NAME LIST we will be keeping updated as a spreadsheet you may reference at any time! For questions regarding legality please ask us in the Discord or the HELP DEN.