midnight_mods

~ COMMUNITY RULES ~
Both OOC and IC communities

Don't be a jerk to other players.
Being a jerk IC is allowed, within limits, but if your character's actions are upsetting the player of another character, rather than just the other character, you need to back off. I shouldn't need to specify that anything worse than being a jerk is of course off limits as well.
No 18+ content or topics.
If you couldn't play a scene/action comfortably and legally with a minor, you can't play it here.
Don't spoil current canon for others.
Avoid making any references, IC or OOC, to any canon developments that were aired or published within the past 30 days.
Keep IC and OOC in the right places.
Anything posted in midnight_rp is posted as your character; anything in midnight_meta is posted as yourself, the player.

~ CHARACTER RULES ~
IC community only

General

All fandoms and OCs allowed.
If someone is already playing the character you want to play, you'll need to justify being an AU version of that character on your application and potentially work out the details with the existing player, but otherwise there are no limits.
Your character MUST be a humanoid animal in Midnight.
Everyone is transformed on entrance to Midnight into a humanoid/anthropomorphic animal. It is a key element of the setting; there are no exceptions.
Figure out your arrival to Midnight "off camera".
Unless you and another player specifically want to play out your character's arrival to the city (in which case you need to work it out with them first), it's better and more interesting for everyone if you get your character's first day or two established behind the scenes first.

Storylines and Events

Any major storylines or events need to be discussed and approved.
Any events that would affect the stories of uninvolved characters or that would significantly alter the city must be proposed in the OOC comm and be approved by the mods.
Consent is REQUIRED.
You cannot include another character in your scenes without the consent of that player.
You cannot force effects on another character without the consent of that player.

Puppet NPCs
You're not only allowed to create NPCs, but are in fact encouraged to do so for your character's backstory and everyday life in Midnight. However, there are some rules about creating NPCs:

They cannot effect plot events; those are PCs only
They are not an excuse to RP another character; please keep their parts to minor asides and behind-the-scenes developments.
You cannot use another player's NPCs in your own character's story without asking the player who created them.

Some good examples of ways to use puppet NPCs:

The kind old badger who took you in when you first arrived
The wealthy puma who loaned you the seed money to start your own business
Your oft-absent roommate who you split rent with but never really talk to

Rules