rules update

Edited an oversight about influence clouds with the new Hex system to match the influence cloud rules. This change makes it the spread of influence cloud a max of a one hex spread. Edited the following: - Hexes invaded further than one hex away from a Major Faction's borders will not...

The following has been added to the rules for major factions. This allows major factions to transfer worlds in their influence clouds to each other without the tedious need for a non-invasion. DIPLOMACY At any point, a Major Faction may engage in diplomacy with another Faction to negotiate the...

The promotion rules for going from Knight to Master have been changed as below. These changes will increase the speed of promotions and remove the need for the Judges to all vote for every promotion. 1. Knight to Master When a Master (or Faction Administrator) feels the Knight is ready for...

The following changes have been made to the invasion rules: From: A Major Faction may only start one Invasion at a time and may not start another until the original invasion is completed and judged. Before an Invasion begins, Faction Leaders must convene to discuss how the Invasion will...

The following update has been made to the Dominion/Rebellion rules in regards to the maximum amount of time a Rebellion may last before its conclusion. As many of our board members have come to intimately know, 30 days for a Rebellion is a lonnnnnnnng time. This should ease the grind for...

Factory and Codex submissions in any state or form [WIP / Denied / Completed] are no longer permissible within member blogs. If you wish to work on a submission please use the provided Pre-Factory/Codex under either the main Factory or Codex forum sections, or those found within your factions...

We have updated a new banned item. Please review the following. Banned Items Extragalactic Subjects (canon species/technology/planets/etc exempt.) So, no new player made galaxies, new player made species from far away galaxies, new player made planets in galaxies that are not mentioned...

The following requirement has been implemented as a timeline for a T2 escalating into a T3. Changes are below in green. Change: To reach Tier 3 the requirements must be met within 30 days of the dominion reaching Tier 2 Reason: Gives 30 days max timeframe for a Dominion to move from a T2 to...

HEX INVASION Once every three months, a Major Faction may “invade” another Major Faction's occupied planets in a hex invasion. This involves one Major Faction's members fighting for control of the planets within that hex against another Major Faction's members. At the end of the Hex invasion...

The following Map Thread Update template is effective immediately and will include any pending map update requests for the next map update. 4. A major faction may only change its Faction name once every six months. RENAME MAJOR FACTION Current Name of Faction: ( Current name of the Faction...

Changes have been made to the way Major Factions merge and go minor. Thank you to [member="Cira"] for doing the template and rules updates. The changes are highlighted in green below. This will be added to the Major Faction Article: MAJOR FACTION MERGERS 1. A Major Faction may not merge...

Due to the fact it was not entirely clear and gave room for confusion the tier 3 dominion rules have been updated to show: The rebellion must be initiated within 14 days of the Dominion reaching Tier 3 The rebellion must be concluded within 30 days of starting The rebellion conclusion date...

An update has been made to the Rebellion rules. The relevant section is listed below with changes in green. REBELLION RULES Pure chaos and anarchy has descended upon the planet as the dominant Faction struggles to maintain control. This has made the planet susceptible to changing hands to any...

An update has been made to the factions rules concerning subfactions and their traits. Updated text is in green. FACTIONS CREATING A FACTION Star Wars RP: Chaos operates with an "Open Faction Creation System", meaning that any character may create a Faction whenever you want. You do not...

A minor clarification to the rules for dominions has been made. Tier 2 dominions must now select their two planets from within the same hex. This is because if said dominion was bumped to Tier 3 it would become messy. The rule clarification is: TIER 2 Post Requirement For Completion: 110...

The following rules have been altered/added to the Rebellion ruleset. This has been changed from allowing the factions to decide to only permitting factions to conceding. Victory will be determined solely by an assigned RPJ. Furthermore... These probably look familiar. They've been...

Some language was also changed to better improve readability. We also had two rules targeting illegal behavior/drugs. One rule targeting illegal behavior is enough, though. Not sure why we had a rule about circulating drugs. That's not really a problem we suffer here, lol, so it was never...

INVASION Label your faction's name, the planet, and the opposing faction (if there is one) in the topic title. Acquisitions will not be awarded in the future if this is not adhered to. A Major Faction may only start one Invasion at a time and may not start another until the original invasion...

Quote 1. Minimal edits to the rules but drastic change 2. RPJ will dictate the time he/she needs when he/she is assigned. We do not micromanage RPJs when they are working their magic. 3. Obviously, this informs the members the RPJ will not be chosen, but assigned by Staff. 4. We'll accept...

This may seem like a no brainer to most, but we've limited all characters to be able to choose only one Major Faction rank title per character. This came up as a result of the Mandalorian Empire/Mandalorian debacle and my stance that "Mandalorian" isn't just a Major Faction, and I know we're...