While you are a member of this site you are required to keep to the following guidelines in your Roleplaying. This is intended to keep the standard of the Roleplaying as high as possible and to help you to develop your own writing skills.

Please read each of the following guidelines carefully before Roleplaying on the site. If you do not understand anything, feel free to contact a staff member.

1. No Mary-Sues or Larry-Stus.

May Sues are characters that possess unrealistic or unlikely traits above and beyond those expected of a character in the average (Twilight) book. They are nearly always exceptionally attractive, with said attractiveness often being described in great detail and typically noticed frequently by the other characters. Of course all vampires are physically attractive. But it is highly unlikely that you will ever find a more attractive vampire than Rosalie. Very few are even on the same level as her.

If she is a Vampire or a Shapeshifter she will rarely suffer the effects of her condition. - She will have an incredibly high resistance to blood, will secretly have transformed before Leah, won't have felt at all disorientated when she first phased and will have been able to phase straight back again with no difficulties at all.

She will instantly be have an incredible talent - she will able to transform into animals, or else have cat ears in her humanoid shape, she'll also have very powerful talents. She'll fall in love with her creator's favourite character. She usually have the majority of the male characters drooling at her feet. She will have her favourite wolf imprint on her immediately, whether or not they have imprinted already on someone else, and whether or not she is a vampire.

Mary Sues normally have exceptional physical and personal characteristics, including unusual and (typically) tragic backgrounds. They may have uncommon eye or hair colors that change with their moods, or come from a race or species which is uncommon or unknown in the storys setting. They may have exotic names, pets, or possessions, often ones with great perceived mystical or magical significance. They usually have dark or traumatic pasts, although they never suffer as a result of it, and they are generally portrayed as misunderstood or unfairly persecuted. They are often abandoned as infants or young children, from a famous or infamous family, or related somehow to all of the authors favorite characters. In the case of Twilight, they will usually be a "new" Cullen, and will either be Bella's best friend or her bitter rival for Edward's attention.

Unfortunately for Mary-Sue, Edward is far to attached to Bella to look at anyone else, no matter how 'amazing' they are. And having a dozen new Cullens (using the name or not) would clash with the books.

The male version of Mary-Sue is referred to as a Larry-Stu or in some places, a Gary-Stu. He can also be distinguished by his his brooding, solitary behaviour, matched by his maverick disregard for authority. He is likewise endowed with amazing powers and abilities, and has the majority of the female characters falling at his feet.

For a free test to see if your character is a Mary-Sue or Larry-Stu, visit the Mary Sue Litmus Test.

2. No One-Liners.

It is generally considered to be good manners, when replying to a Roleplay, to write roughly the same amount in reply to the other members taking part. Imagine how disappointing it would be if you wrote something that took an hour only to have a single reply of: "Mary-Sue walked into the room 'OMGZ Hiiii!'" in return. Non-RP threads are required to have at least three sentences of relevant content in the first post. Roleplays, on the other hand are required to have a paragraph of at least seventy five words / five sentences in all posts. Any posts below this level will not receive Dazzles and will be removed.

3. No God-Moding or Metagaming.

God-Moding is a practice whereby a character automatically has everything they do work perfectly. If they cast a spell it works first time and always hits its target. When Roleplaying such a thing as a duel, always give the other player a chance to dodge the spells being cast in their direction. For instance:

"Larry-Stu shot a look at him, shooting lasers from his eyes and slaying him instantly."

Would be an example of this. Vampiric talents are rare, and every single one has its limitations. Regardless of how powerful your talent is, everyone must have a chance to act on behalf of their own character.

Meta-Gaming is the use by a character in a Roleplay of information that they have never learnt. For instance, knowing someones name and full history before they have been introduced to them. Just because you know something or someone, it doesn't mean that your character automatically does too.

5. One character only / No Autoing.

Autoing is an extremely irritating occurrence. It is when a player takes control of a character which does not belong to them, usually without permission. Please control only your own characters.

While you are a member of this website you may only have one character at any one time. The character described in your profile must be the one you use to RP with. If your profile says you are human, you are human. If it says you have blue eyes, you have blue eyes. And so on.

6. Keep to Canon situations.

Edward will not fall in love with your character. Jacob will not imprint on her. Aro will not hand over the keys to Volterra to her, either. Carlisle does not go around biting people randomly. He has only ever transformed four people into vampires: Edward, Esme, Rosalie and Emmett. Noone else. He only does it when there is absolutely no other way to save that person's life.

EDIT: Please please please, for the sake of my sanity - don't mob me! -Edward

Every vampiric talent has its limitations and conditions. Edward's mind reading has a limited range, as does Jasper's emotional control. Also every talent is an enhancement of your character's strongest human trait. When creating a talent for your character, please try to think about where it came from. The best way to create a talent is to first create the personality of your character as a human. Discover what their strongest trait is, and then think how it can realisticallybe enhanced. Most Vampires either do not have a talent, or else their enhancement does not become a 'superpower'. Examples of this include Carlisle's enhanced compassion and Rosalie's enhanced tenacity.

Humans who are not in a relationship with a Vampire, who have not been imprinted on and who are not linked to a tribal council will not know about Vampires or Shapeshifters. In order to help keep things realistic we have developed a special points system. These points can be earned and spent in several ways, including being bitten, becoming a Shapeshifter, imprinting/being imprinted on, having a relationship with a Vampire, and knowing about the supernatural world.

Carnivorous (Non-Vegetarian) Vampires are not able to have relationships with humans - they need to bit and transform them if they are interested as they lack the control to be around humans for long without killing them. Neither do they (as a general rule) befriend Humans or Shapeshifters, seeing them as food, and enemies respectively. So that means that your Carnivorous Vampire cannot go bowling with Wolf buddies.

Vegetarian Vampires are far more likely to be able to so these things as they have more control.

Basically if something is rare or unheard of in the books, it probably is here too.

7. Only accepted Vampires / Shapeshifters may Roleplay as them.

If the species on your profile says 'human', then that's what you are. Both vampires and Shapeshifters are relatively rare. It's still a human world and we have a special points system so that members may later be bitten or begin to Phase later on. You may only play your own accepted character. If you wish to change something about your character, you need to enter the new information under the profile tab on "your page" which is near to the bottom of the navigation bar.

8. Closed and Open Roleplays.

An Open Roleplay is one that anybody can join. A Closed Roleplay is one that only those who have been invited by the creator may join in with. If a Roleplay has a specific name in the title, it means that that thread is closed to its creator and the characters who's names have been added. "Closed to (name)" means the same thing.

The majority of RPs on Nox will be open. If you wish to restrict who can taken part, please add (Closed) to the thread's title. If you see a thread with this title, it means that you can't post in it unless you have been invited by someone taking part in it already. Please don't post asking if you can join - if you're interested, send a message to the member that started the thread.

9. OOC Posts.

Please keep OOC (Out of Character) notes out of the Roleplaying. They disrupt the flow of the Roleplay and also make it difficult to determine what is and isn't said by the characters themselves. If you wish to ask a question or inform someone that you have to go, it is better to use messages rather than post it. OOC threads separate to the Roleplays are fine as long as they are placed in an OOC forum.

10. Posting Limits

Canon characters are required to post a minimum of six times per week. For major Canons at least three of these must be Roleplays, for minor Canons at least two of these must be Roleplays.

11. Site Rating

The site is currently rated PG-13 in almost every area. However for some characters, mainly Canon characters, it is alittle difficult to stay completely in-character with this rating. Therefore we will allow occasional threads to contain PG-15 content in order to help rectify this problem. ALL threads with this rating MUST contain a warning in the title. Anything reaching PG-15 that does not include a warning in the title will be deleted without notice and there may be further consequences depending on the severity of the infringement.

If any characters or plots seem to be getting out of hand, changing them WILL be a requirement. We reserve the right to remove the PG-15 rule at any time if it has any negative effects whatsoever.

The PG-15 rule does NOT include language - you still may not swear anywhere on the site. Amd this is not an excuse to go overboard. If anything is inappropriate, or too explicit in content the staff will remove it without warning. That includes posts, signatures, private messages - anything on the site at all.

Finally in order to be able to post anything at all with this rating you must either actually BE 15 years of age or older, or else have parental permission to take part.

12. Canon Links

As it would clash with Canon, and we would probably be swamped with them, we do not allow any characters to be related to Canons, unless they are Canons themselves and the two are related in the books. This includes family links, romantic relationships and friendships. This means that you can't be a past lover of Emmett's, the future child of Jacob and Renesmee, Bella's 'best friend from Phoenix' etc.

If your character has lived in Forks for their whole life, they will probably know some of the Canons by sight and/or name. But any friendships will have to be developed while Roleplaying.

If you play a Canon character who is single (in the books), then finding them an original character for a partner is fine, but only once we have finished covering the plot of Breaking Dawn. Again, if they are a Carnivorous Vampire, they will probably not choose a human unless they plan to bite and transform them.

13. Reality Check

Apartments and Room-mates

Unless your character is at least 18 or is legally emancipated, getting an apartment with teen-aged room mates isn't likely. A landlord or realtor would never rent to someone under the age of 18, and legally unless they are emancipated, they can't sign a contract anyway.

Going back to School

So your character dropped out and wants to go back to school. Fantastic! If they are under the age of 18, they can re-enroll in high school as long as they graduate before they turn 21. Over the age of 18, they can't go back to high school, but rather enroll in a GED program.

Orphans

Parents got killed before they were 18 and your character is an under-aged orphan? That sucks. But their deaths would be investigated and your character would be placed with a guardian, either in a group home/foster care, or living with relatives. Child Protective Services would be all over an orphan situation/runaways/etc.

Jobs

So your under-aged character has a job? Congratulations! Welcome to the working force of America. It's highly unlikely your character would be working enough to support themselves until they are 18. High-paying jobs are very hard to come across for a teenager and considering they legally can't work full-time hours, the pay isn't going to be much.

Cars

The Cullens should be the only ones driving Aston Martins, Mercedes, BMWs, Porches, etc. They have crazy amounts of money because they've been around for hundreds of years. The average Joe in a small town like Forks is not going to be driving around in an car that costs over $100,000. Especially not if they are still in high school. Remember, on Bella's first day at Forks High she noticed a shiny silver Volvo that stood out like a sore thumb among the other cars in the student parking lot. And the Volvo is the Cullen family's "fitting in" car. So there would not be a parking lot full of European sports cars. You will also need a Driver's License to be able to drive in Roleplays, or else you run the risk of being arrested by Charlie or Deputy Mark. For details on how to get a Driver's License, please take a look at the Dazzles page.

14. No Crossover characters

This is a rule that was added a few months ago, and though unfortunately removed from this list accidentally it still applies. [i]Original[/i] Characters, or OCs are meant to be just that. original. It isn't fair to those who have put the effort into creating their own characters for others to be allowed to use characters from elsewhere and still have the advantages of having an OC account. Anyone found to have a character either from, or too like an "original" character from another book, movie, or anything else that they have not created themselves will either be declined, or else asked to change or adjust their character.