Voting:Level 5's and Up/CHBRP 2.0/Character Policies

Just General Info
New Wording= Without characters there can’t be roleplay, but on this wiki we are all roleplaying in the same world and the same overall large plot, this means there has to be some basic guidelines that we all follow in order for everything to be both fair and make sense. To accomplish this, aside from the policies, we also have an easy claiming process to go through for each character just to insure that the histories work on this wiki. Please remember that your character needs to be your original work, it can not be canon characters from the Percy Jackson series or anything else that was written by others. Plagiarism is a serious thing and will not be tolerated. Also, if a user goes over 25 days without notice or over 6 months having given notice of inactivity, the staff reserves the right to archive and/or delete characters as needed, however deleted pages can easily be restored if a user returns. It is also important to remember that even though we use the present day date on the wiki because it’s just easier, it’s technically like roughly 18 or so years after the books ended. That might seem confusing, but it would be just as confusing to have to keep adding 18 years to the date every time you needed a date for something, so just if you’re confused ask an Admin. If any user creates a character page that does not have a claim or Admin permission to do so, the page will be deleted and user given a verbal warning. If you want to have some place to work on your claim before actually putting it in the claiming forum, feel free to set up a sandbox off your user page to do so. The Claiming Process= If you are ready to create your claim and get a character approve, go to the Claiming pages and pick a name for your character, please be reasonable about the name, it shouldn't be offensive or complete gibberish. If you are a new user you are allowed to have one demigod and unlimited minor characters, see the level policy to understand better how the levels work and how you can get more character spots in the future. Because claims can get quite full at times, WIP claims are not allowed for more than 7 days, the best place for WIP projects isn't in claims but in a sandbox page created off your user page (User:Name/Sandbox).

The following is what you should put in your claim:
The title of the page/claim should be the name of the character. Your signature or some link to your user page (not strictly enforced as we can check page history to find out who made the page). Current age of the character at the time you will start role playing them (your character can not be younger than 9) and if they are immortal than how long they’ve been alive. Name of god parent and mortal parent, if created then the name of who created them Brief personality (if a user makes this longer fine, but it doesn’t need to be more than a sentence or two and should match the history). History that details conception/birth up through present day that you will start role playing them. Obviously that is going to vary a lot depending on the age of your character and what kind of character it is and stuff. Please remember though, this is a community where we all role play in the same universe with same major plots, so characters should not be unkillable and canon characters definitely are not allowed at all. The histories should also be reasonable, sure gods exist, but the books are still about our Earth in our present day. (See below for a more detailed list of what is required to be in the history for the claim).

History Requirements:
The point of the history is to, as clearly as possible, give a brief but detailed look at the character’s life before camp, from conception to present day. That doesn’t mean write a 400 page book, but it also needs to be more than a single paragraph. Some can be insinuated or summarised, but a few of the important bits like conception/birth, first monster attack, going to camp the first time, etc should be written out in greater detail. Demigods Specifically: Demigods are not raised by their god parents. A child of a goddess might reasonably keep the infant for up to a few months for feeding and care, but after that it would be delivered to the mortal father. This is a rule that stems from the books, not from Greek myth itself. Zeus imposed a no “direct” interference rule for the parents of demigods. This can cause people to be confused by what direct means, but basically it means major in this. So they might be able to see their kid or drop off a weapon for a present in disguise, but they wouldn’t be allowed to raise their kid or save their lives or prevent monsters from finding them, big things. In the case that your godly parent preference is Athena, do keep in mind that Athena is a virgin goddess, and that she can only have children through the union of her and her partner's minds; as such, she cannot have children through means of physical contact. Please consider this when you are making your character's history/claim.

All Species:
No matter if it’s a demigod or a nymph, histories should be reasonable. Just because mythology is real and monsters, doesn’t mean that Harry Potter is real or that we are living in the world of Divergent. It is still also present day our real life world, with all the real life things that come with that. This wiki has been actively roleplaying this world for almost four years, this isn’t the type of role play where if I haven’t rp’d with you, then you can’t know my character at all. If we both have a child of Zeus in the Zeus cabin, even if we haven’t rp’d them, odds are they’ve seen each other and at least know each other’s name. Same world, same big plots, same camp. Because of this it can get confusing if you come along with a new character and try to say they’ve been there all along for the past year but no one’s seen them. This is a hard rule to make though, there’s probably loopholes we haven’t even thought of yet. Because of this, the general rule is that you need to find some way that your character hasn’t been at camp for the last year. It shouldn’t be too hard to do as the books portray camp as a place for summer and not year round for most. However, if you feel you have a good case for a special circumstance to say that your character has been at camp all along, you may attempt that but you will need Admin approval and a good solid reason. No children of Artemis or Hestia allowed, they are strict virgins, no exceptions. And children of Hera are only allowed in the Broken Covenant. See the guidelines for nymphs if you aren’t sure how to make a Nymph/Nature Spirit character.

BC Characters:
For BC characters the claims aren’t that different except at the end for BC claims a user has to explain why they want to join the BC instead of going to camp, which faction they want to join and why and in some cases they may need a power set if the god parent they chose doesn’t have one yet. The claim will need to be approved by a member of the Admin Team as well as the Lt or Head of the desired faction.

If you want to join the BC with a character that you originally had claimed for camp, defecting is a lot easier than creating a BC claim from scratch. You just need to get the permission of the Lt or Head of the faction you want and a reason to join that faction.

It has been voted that children of Chaos will not be allowed, the version of myth we use on that Chaos is a primordial thing and not something that can go out and screw mortals.

Some god parents may be technically "allowed" to have kids (versus like Artemis and Hestia who are strict virgins), but are difficult to create a character with them. For instance Kronos, he was thrown in Tartarus ages ago, and yes he was Possessing Luke in the books, but he was a bit busy trying to regain power to go about sleeping with mortals and making babies. So to have a child of Kronos, you have to rationalise how the child is alive hundreds maybe even thousands of years later. Here is a list of some difficult god parents to choose: Creating Your Character Page= Templates and coding is pretty and fancy but not required, however there are some basic things every character page should have on it, though if your page is found missing some of these things the most that will happen is that someone will either message you or fix the issue themselves if it’s something minor like a missing category.
 * 1) Kronos
 * 2) Hera
 * 3) Selene
 * 4) Pan (if he had kids they would be satyrs, not demigods)
 * 5) Ouranos
 * 6) Gaia
 * 7) Tartarus

These things should be on your page:
It should be clear who owns the character, you can use the My Character template at the top of your page, just as long as it’s clearly stated as well as using your personal user category (which are named the same as your username). The only categories we absolutely require be on the page are your personal user name category, active characters, god parent if applicable, model if known. There are a variety of other categories that may be added either by you or other users, but they are not strictly required or enforced as mandatory, they are simply helpful and interesting. However, we do draw the line at a category for every tiny little thing. If you aren’t sure ask an Admin. Even though fancy coding isn’t required, the pages should still contain at the least all the information that was required on the claim minimum. If you do use fancy coding it should be clean and easy to read, and if the coding is done so badly that the page is broken we may have to put it on lock down, but only if the entire page breaks, if it’s minor coding issues we are permitted to add a template so no one copies that poor coding, but it’s up to you if you want to fix it or not as it isn’t breaking the page. Powers is optional, but if you do list the powers, make sure you use the templates Most people will probably list their weapons here, despite there being Stygian Iron in the books, the Wiki voted to do away with it and it will not be allowed here.

Word Bubbles
Word bubbles are technically optional, though most want one. The images in the word bubbles should be reasonably sized, the point of a word bubble is for speech, not to have a huge image that dwarfs the speech bits. Most users find that a width of 160px is a comfortable size.

Character Powers
To keep things fair for fighting, activities, competitions, contests, events, etc the wiki uses power sets that are created by numerous users on the user base, voted on by everyone, and upkept by the Admin team. These are the powers you must use, no exceptions, interpretations of the powers in the sets sometimes can be a bit less strict but only if it’s silly things being used in non-combat situations. Admins/Crats= Administrators and Bureaucrats are exempt from having to make claims first for their characters, it is kinda hoped that if they are that high up on the Admin Team, that they ought to know our policies by now. If an Admin or Crat is ever caught intentionally breaking policies and taking advantage of this exemption, there will be no leniency for their punishment, depending on the severity of what they’ve tried to get away with this could be as severe as immediate demotion or even temporary bans.

Explanation/Differences
(Copied from here)