BIONICLE Roleplay Help Topic

Additional rules:



- This section will cover any additional common-sense rules that have to do with combat and other miscellaneous things.



Auto hitting: This is when you make a move, and post the opponent's reaction along with it. What this essentially means is that you are controlling how the opponent's character reacts, and this is not acceptable. Everybody deserves a chance to dodge, deflect, or otherwise defend against an attack, before its effect is stated.


One-post "unaliving": This may seem obvious, but the rule will be listed for clarity's sake. Please do not perform lethal posts within the first post of combat; instead, make it a fair fight, and overpower your opponent with superior tactics and/or power. The only hypothetical exception to this rule is if a player specifically requests for somebody to destroy their character in this manner, and an agreement is reached to do so. But even then, it is almost always better to have a good, honest fight, even when one of the players intentionally wants their character to lose.


Metagaming: metagaming is a broad term used to describe any unfair action by an RPC that is taken based solely on the user's knowledge, and not on what the RPC could or should actually know. Some examples of metagaming include:

- Reacting to something posted in jammers that weren't addressed to you.
- Changing an RPC's profile mid-fight in order to counter the moves of your opponent.
- Attempting to disrupt a very important RP event even though your character would have no way of knowing about it.

Metagaming can sometimes be subtle, or very obvious. It is very important to recognize when you're guilty of it, and to not do such things again.

Av-Makuta: Sadly, there is not enough knowledge available on the subject of Makuta of Light, and they cannot be allowed. While the idea of such Makuta is utterly fascinating, there simply isn't enough information on their Kraata powers, of which only 7 are confirmed, and the other 35 are unknown at best. As a consolation, however, good Makuta will not be banned -- we just can't have Av-Makuta specifically.


Matoran gender restrictions: This is a delicate topic, but essentially: the different elemental varieties of Matoran are gender locked. The only Matoran elements that are not gender-locked are those of Light and Shadow. The rest of the Matoran elements, however, have been invariably created as unilaterally being male or female, depending on the element. As it stands: Ga-Matoran, Vo-Matoran, and Ce-Matoran are the only breeds of Matoran that come in female. However, it should be noted that in the core universe, Orde, the first Toa of Psionics, was in fact male. From this, we can surmise that the Great Beings are capable of breaking the gender restrictions if they wish to create certain individual Matoran. However -- unless there is a really important reason to breach the gender restrictions, it is generally recommended that you don't, unless you are willing to explain why the breach in this rule is necessary. Unconventional Matoran, Toa, and Turaga will be approved on a case-by-case basis.