character rules

characters of all ages are welcome on the site. we ask that they be well thought out individuals, so no perfect characters or characters that are all negative with nothing positive about them. while we will not be stringent on backgrounds, if it is not respectful it will be denied. this includes adding mental illnesses without doing proper research or piling on abuse for no reason other than to have your character be abused. all character types are welcome but only if done in the appropriate manner.

if your background does have something less savory in it, that is fine. just make sure to keep within proboards pg-13 tos. also, if it involves things that might be triggering, make sure to list it somewhere in the profile itself so someone who doesn't want to read that won't get a nasty surprise.

you may rp as a human on this site. no pokemon, vampires, pokemorphs, aliens, or anything of that nature. you are free and more than welcome to rp with the pokemon you catch but you may not use them as actual characters. special cases like psychics and aura users that exist in canon will be allowed in the future- but for now, you cannot make them.

make sure to keep threads inside of the tos as well. if something graphic is going to happen in the thread make sure you fade to black. you are more than welcome to rp it offsite, via skype or discord or smoke signals, but none of it on the site. not even through pms. make sure that you also trigger tag any necessary posts.

this site operates on a mixed foundation of traditional route-based pokemon rps and also liquid time. you can rp on any board at any time- so long as you're not catching pokemon. this is to not limit ic interactions with other members. for catching pokemon, you must move in a linear path starting in cassiopeia village and moving down. you have to encounter and interact with at least 3 pokemon per area before you can move on. areas in the 'business' section are liminal spaces that anyone can access at any time. extra areas, like red manor or cygnus lake, count as your progression for the area if you do not want to do it in the main board.

reach is a non-canon site. your character may not know or be related to any character in the canon of pokemon, be it anime or gameverse. they simply did not exist in this world. while large concepts, like team rocket in kanto, certainly existed that does not mean events played out like in the canon. giovanni never ruled team rocket, for example. you may also not play characters from other shows fashioned for a pokemon universe. you may use sasuke from naruto as a face claim if he is available, but you cannot play sasuke as he is on the site itself. if your character is just a carbon copy of the face claim with the name changed, this also counts.

your character is allowed to have premade pokemon if you choose. however, there are limits to this and the pokmeon themselves. you cannot have more than six of these pokemon and their levels may not go above 20. they cannot have egg moves, tm moves, tutor moves, level up moves higher than their current level, hidden abilities, or be shiny. these pokemon cannot breed, be traded, and they cannot be put into the wonder trade. if you make a premade pokemon, you cannot get a starter pokemon on that character unless they are noncombatant. your first character may NOT have any premade pokemon. only your second and after can. these premade pokemon cannot be legendaries.

in the case of double/twin characters controlled by the same person with the same application- this is not allowed. if you wish to play a twins, a married couple, ect there are plenty of people willing to pick them up and it can create fun plots! you are not allowed to rp with yourself.

the things you do icly have ic consequences. if you are forceful with the lab staff you very well could get kicked out of the lab without a starter pokemon. if you do something risky in an ic thread, you could get your or your pokemon hurt. your actions have consequences here, and those consequences can ripple over the entire site if they're bad enough. while doing things differently, or even on purpose, can be fun, just note that after you have made a choice you must live with the ramifications of it.