Contents
1. Game Rules
2. Character Ownership, Trade, Resale Rules
3. Reporting
4. Code of Conduct
5. Nsfw & content restrictions
6. About badges
7. Guidelines for Following Prompts
8. Voiding Characters
1. Game Rules
- Art pieces can only be claimed once for rewards - no double-dipping.
- You cannot do two prompts with one piece.
- Treat other users with courtesy and respect.
- Do not claim ranebopets you don't own as your own, do not attempt to trick someone into thinking you own a ranebopet that you don't actually own.
- Do not copy or trace existing ranebopet designs.
- All your submitted artwork must be new work made by you (except Masterlist entries, which you can commission another artist for, have a friend draw it, etc)
2. Character Ownership, Trade, Resale Rules
Please read the rules here: Character Ownership, Trade, & Resale Rules
3. Reporting
If you see another user harassing or breaking a rule please note the deviantart group or tell a mod.
If you spot a typo, or inconsistency or loophole in the rules or guidelines, please tell us!
4. Code of Conduct
Follow the rules, be kind and considerate to other users.
Depending on the severity of the offense, we will hand out warnings or bans for the following conduct:
- Harassing other users to give or trade their characters/items to you
- Repeatedly guilt-tripping or harassing moderators to change the rules of the game- we welcome critical feedback, but not in the form of heavy guilt-tripping or harassment.
- Blatant bullying or harassment of another group member
- Racist, sexist, homophobic, ableist or transphobic remarks
- scamming, scalping or selling characters you don't have permission to own
- creating off-brands of ranebopets species or copies of existing characters to sell
- Breaking group rules and tessarium species TOS
- Perpetrating a mass chargeback or chargeback scams outside of the group
- Perpetuating pedophillia, zoophillia, racism, sexism, homophobia, nazism, & transphobia in or outside of the group
- Problem behavior outside of the above list will be handled at the discression of the owner and mod team.
If you feel that someone is breaking these rules within the group, please contact a mod. Note that we cannot settle trade or general disputes, we can ban problem users from participating in the group. We want the group to be a safe and welcoming space and take misconduct within the group very seriously.
Warnings & bans: We don’t want to punish anyone for accidental or unintentional rulebreaking- we believe in fair judgement and can understand when a mistake has been made, but will take action if there is sound evidence of purposeful intent. Depending on the severity of the misconduct and judged by the mod team, any of the above behavior may result in a warning, or a temporary or permanent ban. Multiple warnings will lead to a ban. Intentional character trade & resale scamming in or outside of the group may result in a group and species ban.
5. NSFW & content restrictions
No NSFW content.
Only pg-13 content is allowed to be submitted. We may ask you to censor or remove content if we feel it breaks the pg-13 rating from the group. General violence is allowed as long as it isn't any of the below. Light blood must be censored with a mature content filter on deviantart, and when submitting to the site through prompts or claims please put a **starred** content warning that it contains blood. Generally we don't want deeply disturbing or upsetting content - please contact a mod before making your piece if you are unsure about your idea.
Not allowed:
- sexual themes (general romance is fine)
- drug & alcohol use
- heavy blood & gore, exposed bone/organs etc
- uncensored swearing
6. About Badges
Restrictions
- You cannot transfer badges to another account. Unless you make a new account, where you can ask a mod to transfer your badges/items.
- You can't claim badges on someone else's behalf or for someone else’s work (unless there is a prompt or event exception) Badges can only be recieved by the account that earned them.
7. Guidelines for Following Prompts
- Check the Scoring guidelines here.
- All submitted art must be colored.
- New/Old Art: Unless otherwise specified, the art you submit for prompts must be new art made just for the prompt and can't contain recycled drawing, including bases.
- Medium: You can work in any visual medium, digital or traditional, as long as it fits the prompt and requirements. If your medium or method is unusual, please ask a mod if it will be accepted before you start. Some prompts are more open, while others have more specific requirements.
Please refer to the following page for Voiding information: https://www.ranebopets.com/info/Voiding