Information CHARACTER CREATION

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Creating your character is the first and most important step you will take when getting into a roleplaying community.

This thread will focus on the aspects you must take into account when creating your character for Yurei-Jima.​


1. Importing Characters
All players are allowed to bring characters from outside instances unrelated to Yurei-Jima as long as you adhere to our character creation guidelines and have complete ownership of your character.

2. Original Characters
All characters must be entirely original to each player, and may not be derived from preexisting franchises and/or copyrighted content; any characters taken directly from aforementioned material are strictly prohibited..

  • 2.1. Loophole. Players may not try to find a loophole by playing characters of a close and plausibly deniable difference. Attempting to do so will result in further action taken to enforce correct character creation.
  • 2.2. Bypassing. Action may also be taken against you if you are caught using skins with the intent of bypassing the rule above (e.g. Using a Steve skin on a character named โ€œSteve Crafterโ€).
3. In-Game Profiles
Your character's basic information and features are to be input and logged in your in-game character profile, representing what should be visible to any character who's looking at you.
This information must be accurate and correspond with how you write your character.

  • 3.1. Hammerspace. Your character may not use items that are not currently in your in-game inventory. Exceptions can be made for items that do not provide an unfair advantage.

4. In-Game Descriptions
You will have the in-game option to give a description of your characterโ€™s notable physical features.
If you'd like to showcase other miscellaneous qualities (such as relationships, quirks, lore, etc.), you should opt into creating a character biography and posting to our server forums.

5. Character Names
All characters must have an officially designated referred name and surname, realistic to their geographical origins and/or Japanese naming conventions.

  • 5.1. Name Display. Your character must have a visible name in-game.
  • 5.2. Nicknames. Chosen names are allowed for display as long as your characterโ€™s legal name can be found in your character description.
    • 5.2a. Attainability. Players may not roleplay with the knowledge of a characterโ€™s legal name without the means of obtaining it in-character.
6. Character Features
All characters made are expected to be human with average proportions and abilities.

  • 6.1. Play Features. Any skins and/or playermodels with inhuman features (cat ears, fox tails, etc.) or attached accessories (body armor, weapons, masks, etc.) will be considered as toys, props, or cosplay. Thus, they will not grant any perks in roleplay confrontations.
  • 6.2. Enhancements. Players are permitted to enhance their playermodel through mods, such as Figura, so long as they are within set guidelines.
Spirit characters are exempt from this rule, depending on their classification.

7. Switching Characters
In Yurei-Jima, we allow players to have multiple characters without the need of additional Minecraft accounts through custom plugins by our development team.
Using the /character command and following the prompts will take you through our character creation process.

There is no limit to the amount of characters you may play while on our server.

  • 7.1. Combat. Characters must be at least 3 days old from creation before participating in combat roleplay.
  • 7.2. Crime. Characters must be at least 7 days old from creation before joining any criminal organizations or activities.


All rules in our rulebook are subject to change through community upvote and staff revisions.
If such changes were to be made, a public notice will be put out with additional notes of change.


Feel like we missed anything? Feel free to post a suggestion in our feedback forums!​
 
CHARACTER CREATION - REVISION NOTES​

Creating your character is the first and most important step you will take when getting into a roleplaying community.

This thread will focus on the aspects you must take into account when creating your character for Yurei-Jima.
- Revised for clarity
Removed the section for General Roleplay Rules, and gave it it's own page.
This page addresses everything regarding character creation ONLY!

1. Importing Characters
All players are allowed to bring characters from outside instances unrelated to Yurei-Jima as long as you adhere to our character creation guidelines and have complete ownership of your character.
No revisions made for this section.

2. Original Characters
All characters must be entirely original to each player, and may not be derived from preexisting franchises and/or copyrighted content; any characters taken directly from aforementioned material are strictly prohibited..

  • 2.1. Loophole. Players may not try to find a loophole by playing characters of a close and plausibly deniable difference. Attempting to do so will result in further action taken to enforce correct character creation.
  • 2.2. Bypassing. Action may also be taken against you if you are caught using skins with the intent of bypassing the rule above (e.g. Using a Steve skin on a character named โ€œSteve Crafterโ€).
- Revised for Clarity
Clarified characters have to be original to each player, and players may not find a loophole through playing characters "Close Enough" to a pre-existing character

3. In-Game Profiles
Your character's basic information and features are to be input and logged in your in-game character profile, representing what should be visible to any character who's looking at you.
This information must be accurate and correspond with how you write your character.

  • 3.1. Hammerspace. Your character may not use items that are not currently in your in-game inventory. Exceptions can be made for items that do not provide an unfair advantage.
- Revised for Clarity
Clarified in-game profiles corresponding to character writing
- Added 3.1

4. In-Game Descriptions
You will have the in-game option to give a description of your characterโ€™s notable physical features.
If you'd like to showcase other miscellaneous qualities (such as relationships, quirks, lore, etc.), you should opt into creating a character biography and posting to our server forums.
-Revised for clarity
Clarified the use of description for physical features, gave players the Option to create character bios if they'd like

5. Character Names
All characters must have an officially designated referred name and surname, realistic to their geographical origins and/or Japanese naming conventions.

  • 5.1. Name Display. Your character must have a visible name in-game.
    • 5.2a. Attainability. Players may not roleplay with the knowledge of a characterโ€™s legal name without the means of obtaining it in-character.
- Provided emphasis on Japanese names
- Revised for clarity

Clarified players are allowed to display nicknames, as long as a legal government name for their character has been chosen
Clarified players may not obtain a character's legal name unless they can realistically do so in-character
- Removed requirement to display first and last name

6. Character Features
All characters made are expected to be human with average proportions and abilities.

  • 6.1. Play Features. Any skins and/or playermodels with inhuman features (cat ears, fox tails, etc.) or attached accessories (body armor, weapons, masks, etc.) will be considered as toys, props, or cosplay. Thus, they will not grant any perks in roleplay confrontations.
  • 6.2. Enhancements. Players are permitted to enhance their playermodel through mods, such as Figura, so long as they are within set guidelines.
- Removed mention of animal characters
- Removed height enhancements behind a rank, reiterating average human proportions
- Revised to move spirit character exception for relevancy


7. Switching Characters
In Yurei-Jima, we allow players to have multiple characters without the need of additional Minecraft accounts through custom plugins by our development team.
Using the /character command and following the prompts will take you through our character creation process.

There is no limit to the amount of characters you may play while on our server.

  • 7.1. Combat. Characters must be at least 3 days old from creation before participating in combat roleplay.
  • 7.2. Crime. Characters must be at least 7 days old from creation before joining any criminal organizations or activities.
- Revised to emphasize character creation plugin
- Removed "throwaway character" restriction
- Removed the requirement to shelve characters if they cannot be stored in your available character slots
- Revised for clarity.

Revised the previous permission to shelve a character if they are not required to be present in-roleplay.
Clarified shelving characters are not a requirement.
- Removed "Shelving" characters restriction


- Removed sections regarding "Lending characters" and "Revoking characters"
as we feel players should be able to figure things out amongst themselves and still adhere to our rules

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