FAQ/Rules

## Rules

#### General Rules

⤇ You may not use two (or more) accounts within Monstras, not only per CS’s rules of multi accounting but also utilizing a friend or family member with the sole intention of gaining more Monstras

⤇ You \*must\* have a records archive in order to participate

⤇ When buying more Mones you cannot update your balance until your trade and form is approved!

⤇ You must always own at least one Monstra to participate

⤇ You may only trade away all of your Monstras if you plan to leave the UMA. BE WARNED you WILL NOT be able to claim another starter if you trade your original away (without a proper item that is.)

⤇ You may trade Monstras for art, CS pets, C$, and other UMAs that allow outside trading

⤇ Monstras have a 3-day trade cooldown, during this time you may gift them to others. This trade cooldown doesn't apply to donating to the Sanctuary UNLESS the Monstra was obtained from the Sanctuary

⤇ Be kind to mods, staff, and each other.

#### Rules of Character and Asset Use

⤇ You may not claim any designs here as your own, even when you successfully acquire a Monstra.

⤇ You may not take these designs off-site without credit.

⤇ You may not put these designs directly onto character storage websites

⤇ You MAY make OCs for your trainer or based on the Monstras. If you do so of a Monstra, please still credit back here for the original design, even if you tweak them some (such as adding scars, making them taller or floofier, etc).

⤇ If you do make OCs, the Monstras aren’t official in any capacity and don’t count toward your badges.

⤇ Any basic assets, such as mones, bait, charms, badges, may be displayed on-site. If put in your co-op, no linking is required, but if put in your siggy or elsewhere, a link or mention of the UMA is preferred please

⤇ You cannot have a Monstra in your archive that you have not successfully befriended, adopted, or converted.

⤇ Once a Monstra is traded away, you have no claim to it anymore.

⤇ Any basic assets, such as mones, bait, charms, badges, may be displayed off-site on character storage websites as long as credit and a proper link back to the UMA is given

⤇ Art of any NPCs or Zones may not be used in any capacity

## FAQ

➢ Is this a Fakemon UMA?

Yes kinda lol, its certainly heavily inspired by the Nintendo games. I feel like I only see them on oekaki, though, and I had an idea for exploring and being able to more genuinely "collect them all" so here we are!

➢ Will there be customs/breedings?

Customs for sure not. Staff might get a custom variant of an existing Monstra, but nothing more than that. As for breeding- not in the traditional UMA sense of making a whole new guy but I'm not toally ruling out breeding possibilities like ya would at the Day Care in the future.

➢ Will there be unique Monstras available?

Yes and no! So this is supposed to be more CS-like in the sense that some will be more [i]rare[/i] than others, but ideally you can collect them all! So there will be shinies and variants but nothing exclusive (again except maybe for staff as a for funsies).

➢ Can I \*un\*earn a badge?

No you can't, if at one point you had 5 Monstras and then traded them all away, you would still have unlocked that badge. However, certain Zones are Monstra dependent and you can potentially become un-eligible to explore certain zones, depending.

➢ What are charms?

Charms is just the word we use to describe unique items that can help you during exploration or when befriending a Monstra. They're all one-time use and come in a variety of forms, all with different uses!

➢ Do Monstras have types? What do types do?

Monstras do have types! Currently they primarily impact their appearance and where they're located in the world, but we're doing further research still to see if more things are impacted by their typing. We do know that certain types like certain bait more than others!

➢ What level is my Monstra?

When you first get any Monstra, their level is 1. Think of levels more like friendship, all Monstra will start off at a base friendship level of 1 and it'll grow the more you hang out with them!

➢ Do my purchases have to be approved before I have the item?

The only things that need approved are starters, conversions, and Mones purchases! If you buy an item and fill out the form correctly, you're all good to go!