❖ Academy Rule Handbook (Must Read) ❖

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-no god modding
- Keep cussing to a minimum
- Anything that's rated 18 & up, either take it to a PM or time skip
- Follow all of Gaia's rules
- no T3XT T@LK
- Please post your character's picture, as well as your pokemon information, school Emblem, and your item information when you're posting
- No killing characters/pokemon unless you have their permission
- Be at least semi-literate please (try to have good grammar). RPing is usually in past tense and in third person (not first!)
- Use "-" when talking
- You can only have 1 pokemon partner to begin with, so choose wisely!
- Please be active, and don't log off in the middle of a conversation; let the person know if you have to get off
- No using - or ~ when your char performs an action. Make it into a sentence.
- You may not use a picture or a full name for a character if it is already taken by someone else (also no inappropriate character pictures)
- Please don't ignore a post if they are directly talking to your character (its just plan mean)
- You may have a limit of three characters total, however, you are limited to having one teacher, one student spy and once regular student character. You may not have two teachers, or two regular students. You may only have one of each!
- Must type at least a 1-2 paragraph response in every post  

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◓ The younger you are, the lower level your pokemon should be. So if you're 13-15 your pokemon should be levels 5, if you're 15-17 your pokemon levels should be 11-20, and if you're 18-19 your pokemon levels should be 20-40

◓ Pokemon Partners are not allowed to be shiny, have hidden abilities (unless you rolled for it), or egg moves. Unless you're a teacher or staff member you're not allowed shiny Pokemon (for the mean time), egg moves, or hidden abilities (again unless you rolled for one)

◓ You are allowed three characters total. However, you may only make one teacher, one student, or one student spy. You may not make two regular students or two teachers. This is so that there is a fair amount of spots open for other people. Once a Pokemon is claimed, you cannot switch it out for another Pokemon partner because you did not get the Pokemon you desired

◓ Students must be age 13-19 (for now though students must be 13-15 years of age), Teachers/Staff must be 23+

◓ There are only 3 third year students allowed, one at each academy. The third years positions are taken by Special NPCs, and so you must be first year student

◓ Please make sure the picture you provide in the profile looks like your characters age. So if your character is 14, please don't use a picture that makes them look like they're 19. Be accurate. Also please no inappropriate pictures. Showing off a bit of skin is fine, but when your character starts showing off a lot of skin that should be a red flag for you. Please don't be that person, we all know what's ok to use and what's not to ok use.

◓ Please note if you are unsure of what school you want your student to attend, please visit the sub-form of each school and read the School information topic provided

◓ When starting off, these are the level's that the Pokemon will have when starting off. These level correspond with their Trainers ranks:

*D-Rank: Lv. 5
*C-Rank: Lv. 15
*B-Rank: Lv. 30
*A-Rank: Lv. 50

Please note as of now we are only accepting D-Rank characters.  

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◓ Each character, depending on their Rank, can battle a certain number of Wild Pokemon in a RP day. After that, they can no longer battle wild Pokemon until the next RP day

◓ Every character, depending on their rank, can battle a certain number of wild Pokemon to either catch them or gain Exp from them. Depending on the level of the wild Pokemon, the active Pokemon that was involved in the battle will be awarded Exp by the crew members. Once you've finished a battle, please quote a crew member on the last battle post so that we may look it over and approve that the battle is valid. Once we have validated the battle, we will then quote you with the awarded Exp

◓ Please note that when battling wild Pokemon you must have a minimum of three posts that are around 1-2 paragraphs. You will also have to roll for any effects that the Wild Pokemon's move has and take that into consideration when you post the battle.

◓ When battling Wild Pokemon, please do not have the wild Pokemon keep spamming their weakest move just so the battle is easier for you. Make it interesting, and RolePlay out how the battle would be if the opponent was serious. If we see a battle and it just looks like you were trying to get easy Exp and didn't try hard to write a fair battle, we will not award you Exp points and you will have wasted one of your wild Pokemon encounters as well.

◓ TMs are a one use item, once used they cannot be used again. As for HMs, they can be used as many times as you want. However, you must acquire them via missions or events, they are not just given out for free.

◓ HM moves can be removed without a move tutor, and so you don't have to worry about that.

◓ Experience will be given for completion of missions, attending class on time, and posting. For more information, please see the Leveling and Experience System topic.

◓ There will be a limit to how many Pokemon can be used in a Mission, and how many Pokemon can be in your active party (this will be said within the mission itself). Please note that this depends on your overall rank, if you'd like more information on this please visit the Student Ranking System Topic.

◓ You must include your character's picture, dorm room, which school they attend, their rank, team rank, team members, Items, Pokemon information (stats, nature, name, gender, Exp, moves ect.), their contest/battle/battle simulation wins, money, and their finished mission count into every post.  

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