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Post by . wren on Dec 19, 2011 21:42:40 GMT -5
The Basics
Abhinc is a play by post roleplay which is set in the world of Warriors. An original map is used to invoke originality in the players, but the clans are the same ones that readers of the book know and love.
If you've read the plot, then you'll know that Abhinc is set in the aftermath of war. All clans have taken heavy tolls in territory, members, and even loyalty. Few believe that their leaders are fitting of their high positions, and tyrannies are seen left and right. Along with that, belief in Starclan is running low.
Among this, where will you stand?
Navigation
As you've probably noticed, everything can be found by using our drop-down navigation window. It has a lot of information and references and even includes updates on contests. The 'Clans' drop down is always kept up-to-date with all of the accepted members of each clan, and a link to their bios. This is a handy tool for knowing who you're RPing with, and plotting, of course, remember, don't bring OOC to IC; vice versa.
Characters
Characters, seeing as they are the only way that you can interact with the world of Abhinc, are absurdly important. When you start the game, you get one free character. You can either adopt a character, or create a character with this.
To Adopt -> To adopt a character, go to the 'Adoption'' drop down and hit 'adoption'. This will take you to a board with all of the characters available for adoption, or you can just use the spotlight to go directly to an adoptable character. Click a thread with a character in it, and make a sample post of that character. If staff find you fitting of the character, you get to have it. Some characters may have special instructions for adoption; be sure to check before attempting to get a character!
To Create -> To create a character, go to the 'Characters' drop down and go to 'Creation'. Click there and you will be taken to the 'Biography Skeleton'. Fill out the form provided, and wait for your character to be accepted.
Remember, only one character per account!
Spare Characters
Characters that could have plot relevance for a particular cat, or help fill out a family tree(like siblings to a character) can have biographies made by the owner of the character that they are connected to and placed directly into the Adoption Center. Along with this, if a person wants to make a character, but cannot afford it, or does not want to actually play it, they can dump it there for others. In return, you will receive 10 Exp for your effort. If they come with posting tables and/or graphics, you may receive more.
Currency
On Abhinc, there are three kinds of currency. Reputation, Prey, and Experience. All of these currencies have different uses, and you can get different things with them.
Reputation -> Reputation is how involved in clan affairs your character is(and how well known your character is). This amount is added to your clan's total and clans can use Reputation to earn perks for the territory. Reputation is earned by participating in things like skirmishes and border fights, along with patrols and hunting parties. Generally just being around your clan gets it. Clans also get 1 Rep. point per member, and start out with 10 Rep. points.
Prey -> Prey is how much food your character or clan has. If a clan does not have enough prey to support itself (2 pieces of prey per member at the end of the month), all litters will be born stillborn or ill or with defects, your cats will be judged as generally weaker in fights, illnesses are more likely to occur, and elders are more likely to die. On that same note, cats who can hunt can hide prey for themselves and not suffer these same effects, though if caught, could be punished. When punishing cats for hoarding prey, please remember that your cat cannot generally tell that someone is hoarding prey. They would need to catch them hoarding it for it to be considered a valid point.
Prey is earned by posting in 'Prey Threads' which are marking with a {P} in the title. Each 'Prey Thread' has a different piece of prey in it, specific to the territory it is found in, and a specified number of RPers can join it. Only the players that catch the prey animals earn the Prey Points.
Experience -> Experience is earned just by posting around the site. It is earned in a 1 to 1 ratio, and is used to buy things at the store, like new characters and ban passes. It can also be given out in contests. Players may choose to open up Graphic Shops for Experience.
Disasters
In Abhinc, everything's sitting on a precarious edge, and if one isn't careful, everything will go off balance and tumble. Along with the dangers of starting all out war, disasters can plague clan's territories. Disaster, though normally optional, get players 3x the amount of experience that normal threads get you, at the risk of the death of your character.
Disasters range from freak storms, to contaminated prey, to even dog, badger, or fox attacks. Unless these are a clan-wide plot, you are not required to post in these threads, even if they do spice everything up.
Additionally
Check back here often; things on Abhinc are constantly changing and bad ideas are being taken out and replaced while good ideas are improved upon to help our players better enjoy the site. If you have any suggestions, post them in our suggestions board. Also, feel free to ask any staff member if you have any questions.
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