Server Rules

1. Pots is a 16+ Server - If you are under 16 years of age, please be respectful and see yourself out. Otherwise, your account will be banned.

2. NSFW & Sensitive Media - NSFW is not tolerated under any circumstances. Do not post NSFW artwork or suggestive artwork. This includes NSFW icons, banners, statuses, and non-explicit fetish art. Gore should be tagged and censored, and should only be depicted through art and writing. Light blood and scars do not require a censor.

3. Substance Use - It is essential to remember that this is a public community server. Discussion of alcohol and weed is permitted. Chatting while intoxicated or telling others you are intoxicated will result in a mute or ban.

4. Venting & Sensitive Topics - Venting is not permitted. Complaints about bad days and the works do not fall under this rule. Don't discuss self harm, drug abuse, suicidal ideation, abuse, self depreciation, etc. within the server. If you believe you are in danger of harming yourself, seek professional help and contact emergency services. If you need information regarding hotlines, we have a /hotlines command that can be used in the bot channel.

5. Spam & Memes - Certain topics go into certain channels and as such, we ask that members remain on topic within our respective channels. When a conversation is ongoing in our general channels, please do not interrupt with off topic conversation or images. Random images and memes should be placed in our Spam.

6. Prejudice & Intolerance - POTS is a safe space for LGBT+, BIPOC, disabled folk, and more. As such, bullying and harassment of any kind is not tolerated. Homophobia, racism, sexism, ableism, etc. of any kind will result in a ban from our server. This rule covers slurs of all kinds. This includes harassment in DMs- if anybody is bothering you in private messages, inform a Mod or Helper! In addition, those with harmful ideologies are NOT permitted within our server. Zoophiles, Pedophiles, TERFS, and others of this type are not welcome.

7. Obsidian Emote - Our Obsidian Emote is one of our community comfort tools. If somebody expresses that they are uncomfortable with a topic currently being discussed, whether or not they use the emote, everybody should move on from the topic immediately, no questions asked. Questioning the person who used the emote is not allowed, nor is using our Obsidian Emote in a joking matter! If you do not move on after a member uses this emote, you may be subject to a warning or a ban.

8. Voice Channels - Be courteous to those you are chatting with, all server rules apply to calls as well! If you are having any issues with a member in a voice channel, please let a staff member know.

9. Community Etiquette - Community comfort is something we value very highly! This involves everything listed in our rules, but also includes sudden derailing of conversations, non-sequiturs, or immature conduct. We encourage members to bring up things they see problems in. If any member has an issue with another, or wishes to bring feedback to the table, we recommend opening a ticket or using our ⁠Suggestions channel.

POTS is run by a dedicated team of volunteers- we are not always able to get to things immediately . Please avoid spamming any member of staff, including sudden tagging in ⁠our Help or Character Creation channels if we do not get to something right away. In addition, mini-modding is not permitted. If you are not a staff member, please do not answer any questions in our Help channel. Staff decisions are final.

While this is more of a suggestion and not a rule, we do encourage our members to comment on art shared in a channel before posting their own! Of course, we do not enforce this strictly nor is it a warnable offense.

1. Server POV, Grammar, & Formatting - POTS roleplays in a third person style ONLY. We aren’t incredibly picky about grammar or spelling, as English is not everybody’s first language. Second person writing is sometimes used during events, but is not permitted outside of these posts! We do ask that members use proper punctuation and quotation marks. Posts also need to be 50 words at a minimum. If you need assistance with writing, feel free to ask for advice in our general channels!

2. Server Time - POTS operates in real time. One real-world month is equivalent to one moon in-universe. Events in our timeline are dated with month and year, and sometimes day! This rule does not apply to KITS (in rp ONLY) -- who operate on double speed. For them, one month is equivalent to two!

3. Activity Checks & Expectations - Activity Checks are hosted every four months for all Guardians, Specialty Roles, Apprentices, Kits, Queens, and Elders. A channel is opened on the final Sunday of each month, where members have a week to submit their most recent roleplay! Roleplays should be from the four monthly period. Characters made or promoted during an activity period are excused from that period’s Activity Check.

High Ranks have a bimonthly Activity Check. These characters have different requirements depending on their rank. Patrols may be assigned OOC, and don’t need to be played out.

• Leaders: Either a Clan Meeting, or Gathering Announcements! If not applicable, then anything where they’re acting as a Leader suffices.

• Deputies: Assign two patrols per activity period.

• Specialty Role Captains: Each Captain should send one patrol OR one RP where they act as a Captain per activity period

• Healers: Either attending the Half-Moon Meeting OR having a general Healer duty roleplay, including; gathering herbs, training an apprentice, or tending to a sick or injured cat.

If your characters are inactive, you will receive a DM and will have 48 hours to find a roleplay with them. Members may ask for an extension on this for any reason. If there is no sign of activity within the allotted time, your cat will be removed from the rosters. Writing a starter in any channel, even if you receive no response, is considered a roleplay! Members are able to resubmit their cats if they have been removed.

Of course, with the crazy nature of life, there are exceptions to this! Let a Mod know if something has happened that is going to affect your activity, such as starting school, the loss of a loved one, or lack of motivation, and you will be able to go on break or be excused from the activity check, or have your characters re-added to the rosters. Please let a member of staff know if an extension is needed!

4. Breaks - Members are free to go on a break or hiatus at any time for any reason by using the Break Role available in our roles channel. However, this role comes with a few rules relating to activity. When a member wishes to go on break, they must fill out the break form in our break channel. If a member goes on break without doing this, they are not excused from the Activity Check. You can be as vague as you want when filling the form out.

Members who go on break within 24 hours of the Activity Check opening will not be able to skip that period’s Activity Check unless discussed with a Mod first. If you are on break prior to the check, you’ll be given a free pass. You are also not able to go on break after being given the 48 hour activity period -- you must find a roleplay or make a post! Roleplaying while you have the break role will cause your break to be null, and the role will be removed. Members are free to continue chatting, posting, and writing stories while on break, just not roleplay or submit characters, since that would be slot protecting!

5. Stardust & Server Shop - Our server offers a currency system in the form of the Mimu bot! This currency is called Stardust. As of right now, Stardust is only obtainable in a few ways, which will be listed below:

• The /pet and /snuggle commands are able to be used once every 24 hours!

• Members earn stardust for completing activity checks, at a max of 200 for a full active roster! 

• Members earn stardust by posting in ⁠🌓-stories at 100 stardust per 500 words and stardust challenges! 

Mimu also hosts other features and commands that allow its users to earn more server currency, such as using the votes shop to buy a pet for a currency drop boost, or games like /clickcake. While these might be useful in another server, they are not permitted in POTS! For more information, view our Stardust Shoppe page.

6. Help & Feedback - You are more than welcome to contact a Mod, submit a ticket, or use the suggestions and help channels for any and all problems you have! If it's a problem with a specific member, we ask that you be polite and refrain from name calling, but also have evidence to back up your claims.

All rules regarding Characters & Character Creation can be found on their home page: Character Creation Rules.

1. Powerplaying & Godmodding - While cats in this server have elemental powers, any special abilities outside of what is specified are not allowed. No character is perfect or can constantly overextend abilities. This includes hunting excessive amounts of prey, unfairly overpowering others in battles and training. Please make sure you and your roleplay partner talk about what happens regarding wounds and a victor. Death or major injury should be discussed in a ticket beforehand. 

During events, you will be warned if joining may bring heavy danger to your character!

Controlling another player's character, such as their thoughts and actions, is strictly prohibited. 

However, in the case of another player's cat breaking the code without taking the steps to cover their tracks, other players' cats are able to make note of these behaviors. 

2. Self-RP - Self-RP is not allowed outside of circumstances that require it, such as two players having characters that must interact for plot or ceremonies. Players are welcome to use our Stories channel to fill that purpose! 

3. Roleplay Etiquette - Do not ping other members more than once a week for rp reply responses if they have the role. Members are not limited to one roleplay, and can take on as many as they can handle. 

Don't insert your character in somebody else's interaction without asking OOC if it's ok first, or their characters give cues in text that imply you can join them. The exception to this rule are fights that happen in public locations, such as camp, where every cat in the Clan can see and react to an incident. These fights can and will be interrupted by clanmates.

4. High Ranks - Please do not pester or beg others for a specific role or rank. Leaders decide Deputies and Apprentice/Mentor pairings, and both Mediators and Healers shall choose their own Apprentices. Specialty Captains choose their own partners should one be promoted, die, or step down. The only exception is if it is specifically noted in our news that they can be directly submitted. If you are given a High Rank and do not want it, you are more than welcome to reject the promotion. 

In addition to this, Healer & Specialty Rank apprentices are chosen IRP, and are not able to be submitted. The maximum amount of High Ranks one player may hold is 3. You cannot play two of the same High Rank. Players with a Leader may not play a Deputy, and vice versa. Rare exceptions may be made for this rule when eligible cats run low. 

5. Stats & Rolling - POTS utilizes a rolling and statistical system like that of TTRPGs. Our rolling system exists to help prevent godmodding and have a clearer difference in experience between different ranks in the Clans. If all participating in a roleplay agree, the rolling system is optional. All rolls are performed using a D20. When attempting to counter another player's successful roll, that roll must be HIGHER than the original roll.

For more information and rules about Stats and Rolling, see our website’s Stats and Rolling page. You can also check pinned in the bots channel for quick guides.

For more information and rules about Stats and Rolling, see our Stats & Rolling page.

1. Gatherings & Half-moon Meetings - Gatherings are held the first Saturday of every month! Half-Moon meetings are held on the third Saturday of each month.

2. Apprentices - Kits in this server are apprenticed at the age of 4 moons as opposed to 6. For the first two moons of apprenticeship, they are taught life-centric skills, such as how to collect and gather moss, first aid, weaving, removing ticks, building a proper nest, and more. Apprentices are not expected to hunt or fight for these first two moons, as it acts as their introductory stage into apprenticeship and adult life.

While optional, we suggest that apprentices and their mentors have training roleplay threads! The only thing that is required of apprentices to rank up is to complete their Guardian Assessment. Field Days are optional, and are organized by the Clan's current Captains. Players can also reach out for a one-on-one Field Day. If your apprentice is chosen to be a Specialty Rank Apprentice, they still need to undergo a Guardian Assessment. Players must contact their Mentor, or a Senior Guardian, if they need a final assessment. 

3. Sneaking Out & Lockdowns - While limiting, as to allow Leaders an amount of control over their clans, Apprentices must perform a roll to sneak in and out of camp. Due to camp guards and apprentices generally not being allowed to leave alone, anyone seeking to sneak out must roll a d20 and achieve a roll equal to what is listed below for the Clan. This roll also applies to sneaking back in. A failure to sneak out may result in Apprentices being followed or punishments. In the case of Lockdowns, this roll applies to all members of the Clan beyond Leadership positions. However, this roll can vary depending on the current Leader in standing and how strict they are. NPCs cannot be used to have Apprentices leave camp, as an extension of the self-RP rule. Consider introducing another player into any plots of cats sneaking out or leaving under Lockdown. The following section lists required rolls to sneak out for each clan:

   1. 1. • TideClan: 14, 20 under Lockdown

         • CavernClan: 12, 20 under Lockdown

         • VerdureClan: 15, 20 under Lockdown

         • CoveyClan: 15, 17 under Lockdown

4. Pregnancy & Kits - If you plan on your cat having a litter, you must run it by a Mod first! We can only hold a maximum of 4 Kit slots per litter, but players may have larger litters if there is space available. In those cases, anybody can take those unreserved slots at any point during the pregnancy. 

If Kits are closed we can hold any future slot, so just keep us Mods in the loop! Regarding how your cat gets pregnant, NPC sires are allowed. 

5. Relationships - Cross-Clan Relationships are permitted and do not require any kind of ticket to occur. However, as this violates the code, your cat runs the risk of being caught! 

As far as age gaps go, Guardian-Apprentice [Adult-Minor] Relationships are strictly prohibited. There are only two exceptions to this rule: two Apprentices dating and one graduating before the other, and two Guardian-aged cats dating and one being demoted to an Apprentice as a punishment. Guardian being friends with an Apprentice and not officially dating them until they're a Guardian is not allowed. 

When it comes to age gaps between adults in relationships, use your best judgement. Large age gaps between two adult cats may be frowned upon in rp. If one is looking to have their characters pursue a relationship that has an age gap, make sure to check with your fellow player beforehand.

6. Injuries, Death, Predators & Plots - If you plan on majorly injuring or killing your cat, you must run it by Mods first. We want your plots to go smoothly, and we can't do that if we don't know what exactly is going on, and it allows even spacing of events. All encounters with predators must be approved by a Mod beforehand as well, as Mods and Helpers will play them, and so we can figure out potential injuries. Preplanned plots should also be run by members of staff in a ticket or through messages so that we are all aware of what is happening and the details that the plot pertains, as well as approval for any injury, incident, attacks, or more.