( the daily life in a C L A N )


Welcome to Eye of the Sphinx; an original warrior
rpg, we are delighted you found us! This is our
first rendition of the Warrior Cats Saga and this is
a very momentous thing that you all get to witness
today. We all know that the first few days on a site
can be stressful for not only the admins but the
members as well; so let's all start out by reading
the site rules and hopeful it will make all our
problems easier.


( HOW aging works )

So how aging works also plays into a lot of other things
on this site. When your character is made, it will age one
moon per day. Kits can not be made into an apprentice
until the age of 6 moons (so six days if you make a Kit).

This site measures by moons, so you really don't need to
worry about aging up via years. However, each season is
one month, so there will be Three Years for ever 1 RL year.

( how to RANK a cat up )

All cats have a usual age of ranking up. A kit, for 
example age into an apprentice at 6 moons. Kits
do not need to meet any special requiements. Upon
reaching Apprentice status, you must PM the leader
of your clan to assign a mentor to you.

An Apprentice must be at least 18 moons to become
a warrior. They also must have completed at least 3
training threads, and 2 patrol threads with their mentor
where they would learn how to be a warrior. If aging up
to be a medicine cat, the apprentice must have 
completed 5 training threads with the medicine cat,
and at least 1 training thread for hunting and fighting.

Please note that when an apprentice is aging up, the
clan leader will choose their suffix name, you do not
choose it. So please keep that in mind. The suffix
name plays into affect of how well your cat did in
training.

Warriors can age up to Elder at any time or reason,
just let a staff member know.

( those SPECIAL high ranks )

So I'm sure many of you are wanting to know about
how high ranked positions are earned. Well, it is 
quite simple.

There will be a PM sent out when a position opens
up and it will inform you of how to audition. All
positions are auditioned to avoid fighting, or claims
of favorism. There will be a few special bits of info
that you can know about here though.

Leaders will be auditioned for, however, if you
are in active for 2 weeks with out a notice in the
away board your position will be stripped from
you. If you are away for more then 2 months
(even with an away notice) your position will be
stripped.

The same goes for deputies. When it comes to
auditions for deputies, the leader of the clan
will also get a say in picking the deputy. The same
rules apply regarding away notices and time
gone from the board.

A Medicine Cat may be claimed through auditions,
if there was a medicine cat apprentice they will
get first pick of being ranked up, or having a new
medicine cat come and train their apprentice. If
gone for 3 weeks with out notice, you will lose
your position. And if you are away from site
for 3 months (even with an away notice) then
your position will be stripped.

Medicine Cat Apprentices will NOT be
auditioned out. A Medicine Cat may choose
their own apprentice at any time. If you do
not wish to have your cat be the apprentice
you may say so and another will be picked.

Please do not PM a staff member or the
leader of a clan to beg to be a high
rank. If you do, none of your cats will
be eligable for high ranks for 2 RL months.

( hunting and border PATROLS )

Hunting and border patrols can be made at
random, but please have at least two members
posting. A border patrol is considered finished
after 15 character posts - total. A hunting patrol
is considered finished once all participating
can bring back a food item.

For Hunting, you will notice a dice at the top
next to the smilies. When you click that, a roll
will appear (upon posting the roll will be
decided). This is our hunting dice. You have
a 4/6 chance of bringing stuff back, a 1/6 
chance of Exp earned, and a 1/6 of finding
nothing. You get three dice per roll, and can
only roll once per thread.

( breeding, mates, kits and FAMILY )

Are you ready to start a family? That's great,
but here are some things to note. We do allow forbidden
relationships, but you must PM a staff about it, as we will
flip a coin to learn if you were caught or not. Other then
that, cats can have mates inside and outside of their own
clan (though if you get caught with the enemy your clan
leader gets to decide your punishment, although death is
only acceptable if the cat's player okays killing their cat).
When two cats become mates, it is rare for them to stray
from one another romantically - so make sure it's the best
idea before you do it.

Breeding will take place for two seasons (Spring and Summer),
and Birthing will happen the following season (Summer and
Fall). Please note the closer to winter, the more health problems
the kits will have. Breeding and Birthing are not allowed in Winter,
unless with a bought out of season breeding, and birthing is very
rare in spring. A female cat will lose 10 health while she is pregnant
and 10 health while she is nursing and caring for her kittens.

Kits, when kits are born, you may only keep one of the litter, please
put the others up for adoption. Litters range from two to six kittens,
but rarely exceed four. Kits stay with their moms until they are
ready for their apprentice training. You may only give your kit it's
prefix name, as the clan leader chooses the suffix (though you may
buy a new name if you do not like the one chosen for you. Once a
Kit hits apprenticehood, the mother is at 25 health again.

( EXP, what is it )

Here on EotS our personal form of money
is actually EXP or Experience Points. EXP
can be used to purchase a number of items
from the store, but primarily it is used to 
purchase additional Skill Points. For each New
Thread you put up, you earn 25 EXP, and
each reply will earn you 15 EXP. You can also
earn them a number of ways around the site,
as well! So start earning!

( GATHERINGS )

Interclan Gatherings, and Interclan
meetings at the TearPool will all be posted
by a staff member, and will happen at
random times! Please try to post in them!
It's a good way to meet other cats!

( ENJOY YOUR STAY )
love, the admins

BY DANNIBABY @ CAUTION

( by H O R U S ' S blessing )



Here you can find any and all information you
need on how fighting on the site works and
when it is acceptable to fight.


( the ways of FIGHTInG )

There are many times when fighting is used around
the site, though it's most commonally used when
fighting for any kind happens with in the clan,
usually with fighting for ranks, fighting for mates,
fighting for territory, or in site-wide clan battles.

Fighting for ranks is pretty simple and the biggest
example of fighting that you will see. When it comes
to fighting for ranks, any cat can challenge a deputy
if they feel the deputy is not doing their job. If a leader
dies, a cat may also challenge the deputy to become
the next leader. If there was no deputy at the time
of death, then any cat may join into a free-for-all
fight to be the next leader.

If two cats wish to be mates, another cat wishes to
take one of them on as a mate, the two opposed
cats may fight for right to take the cat as their mate.
However, ultimately the cat being fought over has
final right in choosing his or her mate.

There is a large potential for other fighting scenarios,
so long as they are happening for a good reason,
we don't want random fights popping up just because,
if you want a fighting plot but aren't sure if it's
a good enough reason, just message a staff.

For site-wide fighting, PMs will be sent out, as well
as a sign up posted. Any cat that signs up will be
allowed to battle in site-wide battles.

( the basics of stats )

Alright, so to decide how fighting, and earning
EXP will work is simple. For starters, we are using
a point system for the stats. Exp is our lovely
way of buying items. First, Stats.

We use five different stats on EofS, and each stat
is considered maxed out at 25. These stats
are Health, Intelligence, Speed, Dexterity,
and Strength.

Kittens are born with 10 health, and 0 on the
other five stats. For age, every moon they may
gain 1/2 a skill stat. So when they reach apprentice
status they will have 3 skills (six half skills) to 
apply anywhere they want.

An Apprentice starts out with 15 health, and
have 3 skill points (or 6 halves) to assign as
they want upon being made. If they are an
aged up kit they will gain the 5 health, but do
not gain any additionally skill points for aging.
For each moon they gain 1 skill point (though
extra skills can be earned in surprise events).

A warrior (and all other ranks) has max health
(25), and will have 1 skill point for each moon in
it's life (max of 30 Skill). From here on out, you
must earn any additional Skills from posts by
spending EXP points.

An Elder keeps all Skill points but has a max
health of 15, and is no longer able to gain skill.
If an Elder is made they may assign up to 60
Skill Points or 1 Skill for each moon.

When it comes to fighting you skill will determine
success. Each Stat works in your favor in a 
different way. And first to hit 5 health lose.

( the stat DEFINITIONS )

Strength (STR) -- Strength is your physical
power, and affects your attack power and damage,
as well as resilience to an attack.

Intelligence (INT) -- A measure of a character's
problem-solving ability, as well as how quickly
they can think on their feet.

Speed (SPD) -- Speed measures how fast
you can run at top speed.

Dexterity (DEX) -- Dexterity measures how
agile, nimble, and stealthy you are, controls
attack and movement speed and accuracy, as
well as evading an opponent's attack.

--- STR, your strength level helps measure the power of your attack on another cat (whether it is a swipe, tackle, push or something else entirely). When you land an attack, your Strength is measured to the other's strength. If their strength is half or less than yours, your attack hits with full damage. If their strength is half or higher than yours, you hit with half damage. If your attack is blocked, then your attack will be measured with your strength halved.

--- DEX, this helps to judge how quickly you react to your opponent, and how quick you can dodge, as well as gives you the ability to strike with critical hits. Critical Hits happen when you have a high DEX and your opponent has half or less in you can describe one powerful attack that will do double damage by doubling your STR attack. But this attack must not be powerplayed and can only happen every five posts in battle. If your DEX is higher then the opponents you will dodge more attacks, If it is less, then more of their attacks will hit (and vise versa).

--- SPE, speed measues how fast or slower you are in battle. If you have a higher speed you may hit first, or dodge better, where as a lower speed means the other may hit faster then you can dodge, or attack first. 

--- INT, does not have much stand in fighting, but it can be used to help talk your way out of a fight. Those with high intelliegence levels can try to talk their way out of a fight - if their intelliegence is 3/4 or higher than the opponent. Intelliegence can also win you alternate prizes on the site - but those are secrets .

( attack and defense POWER )

Attacks
Swipe Damage: 3
Bite Damage: 5
Lunge Damage: 1
Jump Damage: 1
Tackle Damage: 2
Kick Damage: 3
Claw Damage: 3
Pounce Damage: 2

Defense
Block Damage Reduce: 1
Dodge Damage Reduce: 1 for every 10 SPD stats

If you would like to see the attack and
defense list grow, please send a staff
ideas on attacks and defenses!

You may attack as often as you want
in a battle thread, but may only dodge
every three posts. 

( EXP, and fights )

Through a lot of fighting type situations
you can gain EXP. If your characters do a mock battle,
they can earn EXP from the training. You also earn
EXP for winning a real fight, as well as for hunting.
As long as you keep practicing your skills, you can
find ways to earn EXP for a variety of causes!

BY DANNIBABY @ CAUTION