All of these rules must be followed at all times. The first time a rule is broken you will receive a warning but for repeat offenders, it could lead to you being banned.

1. It is important that OOC and IC be kept separate*. Your out-of-character posting (I.E., you speaking personally to other members, as yourself) should be kept in the chat or in the designated out-of-character boards and must be made in your OOC account. In-character (your writing as one of your characters) posts will be formatted role-play posts, reflect the character you are portraying, should be kept to the designated IC boards, and must be made on that character's account.

* Of course, you are free to make OOC notes within an IC post.

2. Bullying or harassment of any kind WILL NOT be tolerated out-of-character (this includes all OOC boards as well as the chatbox). If you are found abusing this rule and harassing a fellow member, you will receive a warning from staff. Repeat offenders are subject to be banned if the behavior continues. If you are having a problem with another member, please let one of our staff members know as soon as possible! We want this to be a safe, friendly environment for everyone.

3. If your OOC thread (or IC) discusses trigger-sensitive topics (abuse, suicide, ect.), you are required to list them in the thread title. For IC, it is also optional to list the possible triggers at the beginning of your first post.

4. Staff members reserve the right to delete a thread/post if it is deemed inappropriate or offensive. If you think something a fellow member has posted doesn’t sound right, please let staff know; we try to keep an eye on all the things going on around the forum, but we aren’t all-knowing and would very much appreciate a heads-up!

5. You are not under any circumstances to post pictures or links of pornographic photos or websites, viruses, drug use, spam, pyramid schemes, fraud, other illegal activities or the promotion of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or any other discriminatory hate. Once again, Moon And Stars is a safe place for all. If anyone is found violating this rule, they will be banned without question. This is also in violation of Proboards' TOS.

6. In OOC, including the chat and other OOC boards, please keep your cursing to a minimum. It's not a bad thing in small doses, but it can be offensive to other members; please keep this in mind and be polite!

7. We encourage everyone to interact with well… everyone! We’re all here under the same role-play roof, and we love to see you all mingling and plotting with each other. If you see a new member, say hello! Moon And Stars is a welcoming environment, and we want to keep it that way. Be inclusive! Plot with someone you’ve never plotted with before! Break that ice! You don’t have to love each other, but respect, politeness and friendliness is important.

1. As it stands, we have a 50-word count minimum rule. This is subject to change, if deemed necessary.

2. Your character can be in multiple places at the same time, as well as multiple points in their timeline (but only within their current ranking, I.E. if they're a warrior, you cannot post them in a thread as an apprentice, unless you're finishing up a thread post-name change). Try not to go absolutely crazy with this as it can get difficult to pinpoint what happened and when.

3. We ask that you have a basic grasp of proper grammar usage. While Moon And Stars is a place for all skill levels be them beginner to advanced, we still request that your writing be comprehensible. Typos and small errors are completely understandable, but it will be addressed if it is a persistent and reoccurring thing. Please do not hesitate to reach out for help if you think your writing is lacking! Staff and even your fellow members can be good for advice.

4. There will be no power-play or god-modding. Staff will be watching carefully for any of this, but if a member is displaying acts of power-play or god-modding and has not been dealt with, please report it to any of our staff. Power-play/god-modding is any action that involves you taking control of the other member’s character without their permission.

5. We ask that you write your character in third-person, first/second person is difficult to follow. Both past/present tense is acceptable!

6. Once you start an IC thread, and more than two characters are joining, there posting order should be maintained and balanced between players. We suggest that open threads be kept to three or less to prevent activity, however, this is but a suggestion and you're more than welcome to have threads with large groups of cats should your plots demand it. The exception to this is Gatherings and Clan meetings, which would be too difficult to maintain a certain order.

7. We maintain a strict PG-13 environment, please keep this in mind especially with any graphic depictions of violence. In addition, there will not be any explicit sexual themes role-played here.

8. When role-playing a character that has suffered any kinds of abuse (be them physical or emotional), we ask that you be realistic about what happened/what would happen*, and that you be respectful about how you handle such a character.

* If staff has any concerns about an event that has happened to a character, particularly within Clan settings, we'll PM you privately to discuss it.

9. We will attempt to hold a monthly Gathering (and medicine cat half-moon meeting), though we will also postpone it if deemed necessary due to activity or plot reasons. The dates for these will be announced a week in advance and will also go on for a week, to give time for everyone to respond.

10. After the Gathering occurs, everyone is to age their character up one moon.

11. You do not have to adopt out kin or mates. You may NPC them within your own post. While we certainly encourage adopting out these kinds of characters, we have no restrictions on RPing with yourself.

12. For apprentices to become warriors, we ask that you make at least 3 threads with your apprentice character, 1 of which must be with their mentor. These threads do not have to be completed, but they do need to be long enough for permitting a warrior ceremony. Once this requirement has been met, and if you are ready, you can talk to your leader about your apprentice's naming ceremony. You can PM your leader for a warrior ceremony as early as 10 moons* should your apprentice meet the requirements, we offer this option in the event it is not possible for a time skip (ex. you have adopted out family members and not all of them agree to the age-up) but you are not required to have a warrior ceremony at that age. We do not automatically have ceremonies for apprentices at 12 moons in the event you wish your character to have a longer than average apprenticeship-- you must PM your leader regardless of age for their naming ceremony.

Additionally, cats may receive their warrior names early through extenuating circumstances, e.g. the leader believes the apprentice should have a warrior name on their way to StarClan. (An example of this from the books would be Brightpaw's ceremony.)

* As a general aside, while this rarely happens in the books, it is good to remember that a Warriors RP cannot function the same way the novels do. In a RP it is far more normal for a mentor-apprenticeship pairing to be changed, and for high ranks to shift. This goes for the age at which apprentices become warriors as well so no one has to wait half of the year for their apprentice to become a warrior. We know there are those of you out there that enjoy being as canon as possible, but we please ask that you understand some of our choices are to make the RP experience better for everyone. Thank you!

13. If you wish for your warrior to become a queen and have kits, we ask that you be realistic, is all. If you and another RPer have established two characters in their histories as mates, they may have kittens at any time. If a relationship develops on-site, we ask that you must have the following requirements: 2 threads that do not have to be complete but are substantial enough for a relationship, or 1 long, complete thread with the father of the kits.

We do not fully control how many kits you have and what they look like, but we do have a set limit on litters and number of kits in each one. You can only have up to 3 Litters with up to 4 kits in each per character, you can purchase items in the Moon Shop to add more kits or litters if you choose. We do ask that you be realistic in what your kits will look like though, if you really want an odd looking kit of the litter, you can purchase an item that will allow you to do so. After you have finished these requirements, please let one of the staff members and the medicine cat (plus possible mca) know via PM that your character is pregnant. *After two weeks of alerting the proper members, your queen may give birth to kits, however you may wait longer if you choose to do so. You do not have to RP out the birth if you don't want to. Kits are automatically aged up to 2 moons post birth. We then highly suggest you adopt out the kits to other members, but we have no problem if you wish to NPC them yourself.

*Birth doesn't have to be roleplayed out or told of to the correct member if you purchased the Instant Birth item in the Moon Shop. If you have purchased this and used it, please notify a staff member or a high rank in that clan so that we can plan accordingly.

14. High Ranking positions do have their own activity check rules to meet. The rules are outlined within the high ranks thread. Staff have the right to question the activity of any high ranking position should they fail to meet or meet only the bare minimum required multiple times in a row for an activity check.

1. WE OPERATE ON A ONE-CHARACTER-PER-ACCOUNT SYSTEM. Your IC accounts are separate from your main account, which will function as your OOC account (this should be the one you join as).

2. All profile applications for new characters should be posted from your main/OOC account. Until your profile has been approved, you may not create their corresponding IC account. Only once it has been approved by staff may the account be created.

3. Currently, we feature no limit on the amount of characters you create. However, if the staff notices a decline in activity, and you have over 10 characters, we are at liberty to have you prove that you are willing to keep them active, or, alternatively, ask you to retire some of them permanently or at least until you have the muse/time for them.

4. Each member has the opportunity to have 2 high-ranking characters at a time, though they cannot be in the same Clan nor be of the same rank*.

* By which we mean a user CANNOT have both a medicine cat and an MCA at the same time, nor a leader and a deputy at the same time. You can have a leader and a medicine cat, a deputy and an MCA, etc.

5. In the approval process for a position beneath a higher position (I.E. deputy or medicine cat apprentice), the position above them (I.E. leader or medicine cat) will also be looking at the profile to ensure that the two are suitably matched. Sometimes the medicine cat apprentice position will be closed in the event the medicine cat does not wish to have an apprentice at the time. The leader or the medicine cat may pick from pre-existing cats and opt to hold no auditions if they so choose.

6. The naming of characters should be at least semi-realistic and reflect the canon naming system (excluding loners, rogues and kittypets), this being the prefix/suffix format. We do allow the usage of Night-, North-, Breeze-, Storm-, and Star- for prefixes, however, you may not use a clan prefix if the cat is in the same clan (ex. No Stormpaw in StormClan, but you can have a Stormpaw in BreezeclanClan.) We do not allow Moon- as a prefix, because if your cat became leader somehow... MoonMoon is a rather silly name. The usage of Silverpelt is also banned for a name, as it refers to the sky Moonclan resides in.

7. Cats come in many different shapes, sizes and shades. As long as you keep your cat realistic (no unnatural colors, including their eyes), we are fairly lenient on what breeds you use!

8. Odd and MOGAI characters are permitted. This includes but is not limited to gay, lesbian, transgender, non-binary, intersex, etc.

9. While you are permitted to play characters with mental illnesses, we will not tolerate any ableism/sanism on the site. This includes discrimination against disabled/neurodivergent individuals, voluntary or involuntary, and we do not tolerate words like 'insane, psychopath, sociopath' etc. Additionally, unless you yourself are neurodivergent, we ask that you do not make neurodivergent characters (I.E. autistic characters).

10. The Clan cats, being feral, have no notion of humans and anything inherently human, this includes terminology used by them. When role-playing Clan cat characters or cats who have never interacted with them, there are words that should be avoided in your writing, if at all possible.

Also the Clans, having their own religious system (Moonclan, The Legends), would have no concept of God, Heaven or Hell, so these terms should be avoided IC. If you have a loner, rogue or kitty-pet, then you are allowed to veer away from the belief in Moonclan/The Legends.

12. Kits will automatically be aged up to 2 moons after birth. Both kits and apprentices will be permitted one timeskip of two months at any point during their current timeline. If they have adopted out family members, they must also agree to the timeskip to keep things consistent.

13. While we prefer cats' prefixes to refer to their pelt and their suffix to refer to looks or skills, we do allow names for other reasons, so long as you justify it within your biography. The moderators do reserve the right to question how well a name has been justified.

14. We're a little more lenient on duplicate names than most sites. Since we encourage kits and apprentices' accounts to be the future warrior name you would like for them, as long as the duplicate names are not in the same clan, we will allow it, provided their warrior names will obviously be different. We do not allow two of the same warrior name. (So, ex. say there's a Tigerpaw in Northclan and a Tigerpaw in Stormclan, that would be allowed, provided their account names are not tigerpaw and tigerpaw1 but rather Tigerclaw and Tigerheart, since we anticipate their suffixes changing. Tigerpaw and Tigerpaw both being in Stormclan would not be allowed even if they anticipate having different suffixes.) If you do not have a warrior name for your kit/apprentice, please register them as the name you've applied with them.

15. If you create an application for an adopted character and do not finish it within a month, the adopter has the right to ask for the character back. Staff do not enforce this, so it is on the adopter to be forthwith, or continue to let the adoptee take more time to finish the character.