Mortalborns Patch Update
First, a few clarifications on the 2nd MB rules. We've removed and replaced 2 of the 3 rules concerning 2nd MB rules.
Old Rules
- You must actively and consistently roleplay your first mortalborn for at least six months.
- You must not have accrued any warnings from the staff relating to cheating, plagiarizing, harassment, or anything that goes against Standing Trials TOU.
- You MUST be able to keep your Mortalborn active. Any Mortalborn PC that has gone three months without activity, without a good reason given by the player, will become an NPC.
New Rules
- In creating a 2nd, new Mortalborn, you must have actively and consistently roleplayed your PCs for at least the last 6 months from the date you are applying for your 2nd, new Mortalborn. Additionally, these 6 months of activity must come after the date your first Mortalborn was deemed approved. These dates will be checked at the very beginning of the Mortalborn approval process. If the dates are not met, the ticket will be closed and moved to Limbo.
- In creating a 2nd Mortalborn, through discovering that an existing PC is said Mortalborn, that particular PC must have been actively and consistently roleplayed for at least the last 6 months from the date you are applying for your 2nd Mortalborn. Additionally, these 6 months of activity must come after the date your first Mortalborn was deemed approved. These dates will be checked at the very beginning of the Mortalborn approval process. If the dates are not met, the ticket will be closed and moved to Limbo. Additionally, if this 2nd Mortalborn was discovered IC, you must also follow the rules below in the section titled 'Discovering You Are A MB IC.'"
- You must not have accrued any warnings from the staff relating to cheating, plagiarizing, harassment, or anything that goes against Standing Trials TOU.
The reason for this change was to clarify the activity we expect in order to earn a Mortalborn, to open it up across all PCs instead of simply the first MB, and to remove the rule of PC MBs being automatically NPCd.
MB Domains Update
Mortalborns are now allowed to have the same domains as one another. This can be represented in a few different ways, with the idea that not only does this make it easier for PCs to make their Mortalborns (many of which use synonyms of domains instead of separate ones altogether), but we also feel will spur on competition for Immortals with similar domains, as well as competition among Mortalborns of the same parent.
Examples below.
Example: Bob the MB is born of Chrien, and has the domains of Tornadoes, Dice games, and Pettiness. Sheila the MB is born of Delroth, and has the domains of Tornadoes, Penguins, and Bankers. They share tornadoes because Chrien has Storms, whereas Delroth has Wind.
Example 2: Chrien has Bob, Lila, and Fernando MBs. All three share Tornadoes as a domain under her Storms domain. As such she wishes to see which of those 3 become the strongest within that particular domain. And should Bob one day achieve that through a form of ascension, he might be able to fully take control of the domain as Immortals do now. But until such time, he'd be competing with his brethren for the power from it, and the use of it.
