How to Start

Welcome to Camp Half-Blood

We are a roleplay server based on the original Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. Thank you for choosing to become part of our family by joining the server! Please make sure to read all the rules and guidelines before creating your characters! If you have any inquiries please tag the owners, administrators, or moderators, or ask in #athenas\_help\_desk on the Archive server (link found in 2 of this document).

**While not a rule per say, house style is third-person past tense.** Please try to make your replies a few sentences at least; we understand it can be difficult at times, but it is polite to try and match the effort of your roleplay partner.

## Joining the Main Server

1. The first step on your journey to becoming part of our server is reading the server rules document. Make sure you know these pretty well as part of our server!
	1. Next, you will have to directly message an owner, administrator, or moderator (red, purple, or pink names respectively) in order to acquire your ‘roleplayer’ role. This role allows you to see a few hidden channels, including our reaction roles channel. Your message **must contain some specific information** in order for us to grant the role. Read through the server rules **thoroughly** to see how your message must be formatted.
2. **Reaction roles** allows you to see which cabins we have available, as well as our gender pronoun roles. Please react using the appropriate emojis for each role so that we know what pronouns to use when speaking to or of you!
3. Resources is a helpful page we have compiled with a list of our resources - documents, quizzes, applications - you may find useful!

## Creating a Character

1. Before making your character, consider which cabin you would like to join! We have 19 cabins members are allowed to roleplay in: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Dionysus, Iris, Hypnos, Nemesis, Nike, Hebe, Tyche, Hecate, and Khione. If you are having a hard time choosing, you may use this **optional** link to help you determine!
	1. In some cases, the cabin you are trying to join has already met capacity. The ‘Big Three’ cabins - Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades - have a cap at 10, while the other cabins have a cap at 15. If you’re unsure if your cabin is open, check out the character registry.
2. Next, you will have to join our archive server. Joining this server allows you to bring your character to life. The channel **#add\_characters** is where you will request a channel to be made for you to fill out.
	1. Your role request should be similar to this: **Sarah Grey | Athena**
	2. An archive manager will tag you in your new channel and give you the ‘member’ role. This role allows you to add messages to your channel.
3. After you have submitted your request, please read our guidelines for creating a character. Your character’s channel should meet all of the criteria outlined in this channel or it risks deletion.
4. Now that you have received your character’s channel and read the character rules, you can begin to create your character’s biography.
	1. **Please check your character’s name is spelled correctly as the channel title!** If it is not, tag a staff member in #athenas\_help\_desk and we’ll assist you shortly.
	2. Your bio is free to create as you please. The staff ***requires*** a short list of information on clear display:
		1. Character name
		2. Godly parent
		3. Stat table
		4. Abilities
		5. Last edited label
	3. If you are missing any of this information, a staff member will tag you in your channel and ask that you update your biography.
	4. If you have a Google doc with a more detailed biography, you must still have the above criteria in your actual channel.

## Completing Your Biographies

1. **Character name.** Your character’s name must be listed clearly on the biography for the staff to see!
2. **Godly parent.** In case your character gets moved somewhere on accident (which happens!), please have your character’s godly parent clearly visible on your biography so it can be placed in the correct category.
	1. If your character is unclaimed, meaning you are waiting to place them in a cabin for plot reasons or because the cabin is full, please list your godly parent**,** that way Staff know who your character’s godly parent is. Feel free to include the word Unclaimed or something similar though.
	2. Example: **Godly parent:** Athena (Unclaimed)
3. **Stat table.** Your character’s stat table allows you to manage and show your character’s strengths per category. The stat tables per god are found in **#cabin\_tour.** Please make sure you locate the correct stat table for your character.
	1. Copy and paste the stat table somewhere in your character’s biography page so the staff can see it! (See ‘Creating a Character, 4b’)
	2. Even if your character is unclaimed, you are still required to put the correct god’s according stat table in your biography.
4. **Ability set.** The character’s ability set shows the inherited magical powers your character possesses. They are acquired by the godly parent and should be similar to what your godly parent can do.
	1. Characters may have a **minimum of two** and a **maximum of five** abilities inherited from their godly parent. Extra abilities are given out as a quest prize for certain characters.
	2. Your character’s available abilities can be found here under their respective gods. Please select **at least two and up to five** abilities from this list.
	3. **Unclaimed characters must have their abilities listed.** Since you can only change your character’s abilities until one week after creation, this is to make sure you aren’t switching abilities. That said, all unclaimed characters are not allowed to use their abilities. For example, if Zeus has met the maximum camper limit, unclaimed characters shouldn’t be electrocuting people. It not only reveals who their godly parent is, but it also negates the purpose of having a cabin limit.
	4. **Your abilities may not change, so you must choose wisely.** There is a week-long grace period in which you are allowed to change key features of your character (name, godly parent, abilities). After the one week is over, you are not allowed to change these things.
5. **Last edited label.** All character biographies are required to have an updated ‘Last edited’ label at the **bottom** of their channel.
	1. This needs to be updated every time your character’s stats are changed.
	2. Example: **‘Last edited: 03.24.19’**

### Suggested Character Biography Template

Personality

## Finishing Up

1. Congratulations! You’ve finished your character’s biography and you’re almost there! One of the final steps is to make sure you know how to level up your character. This is completely up to you if you want to have a strong character or just some evened-out stats. Please see the **#stat\_table\_info** channel and read up on how to beef up your character.
	1. Ask for assistance in #athenas\_help\_desk if you are having trouble understanding.
2. Once you are sure you understand all the rules and guidelines (we know, there’s *kind of* a lot), go over to the main server under **#central\_campfire** and make a post ***only if your character is claimed!***
	1. Our suggested format is as follows: [Insert name] was called to stand before the central campfire to be claimed by one of the deities of Olympus. A few moments later, a hologram appeared above their head. It was a [insert symbol] . They had been claimed by [name of the god/goddess you’re getting claimed by].
	2. Find the roles in #request\_roles, similar to how you selected your pronouns after receiving your roleplayer role. Make sure you react to the correct god/goddess!
	3. If you need a god/goddess removed, simply remove your reaction from the bot's message.

### List of claiming symbols

Zeus = a thunderbolt

Poseidon = a blue trident

Hades = a skull with crossbones

Demeter = gold sickle with few strands of wheat

Ares = a red spear

Athena = an owl

Apollo = a lyre/harp

Hephaestus = a hammer

Aphrodite = the character glows pink and is given a makeover

Hermes = caduceus

Dionysus = a glass of wine

Iris = a small rainbow

Hypnos = a crescent

Nemesis = silver scales

Nike = the character grows wings

Hebe = a small fountain

Tyche = a Golden drachma

Hecate = the character is covered in purple mist

Khione = a snowflake

Once you’ve finished all the above you’re character is ready to be roleplayed, go on quests and fulfill their destinies! Good luck camper, hope to see you around!