These are the ground rules for war 11. This is not the war premise. The
premise and rules for character usage have been posted separately. These
rules will be posted again on FORKNI-L and FKFIC-L before the war starts on
July 5. They are also available on the War XI website, from your faction
leader, and from the Warmistress (WM) at FKWarmistress@....

GENERAL: The war will be played in a friendly, courteous matter. The WM has
final authority in all decisions on plot, characters, postings, etc. WM
decisions may not be appealed to the Listowner and/or Listgardener. The
Listowner, Listgardener and/or WM reserve the right to terminate the war
after a warning if there seems to be a problem with keeping the friendly
atmosphere.

FKFIC RULES: All the regular Fkfic-l rules apply to the war. NO talking on
list. Coordination is done offlist. Discussion on the war should be posted to
FORKNI-L with a WAR heading. The Fkfic-l rules are posted each Monday.

PERMISSION SLIPS: All participants must have a permission slip on record with
their faction leader. The deadline for permission slips has passed.

POSTING FORMAT: All war story posts must be posted to FKFIC-L. Posts must
have the following header:

WAR: Faction: Story Title (Example WAR: Urchins: Urs Gets Out)

The colon is VERY IMPORTANT. If your mailer changes colons to something
else, send the story to another list member to post for you.

STORY HEADERS: Please put a date and approximate time at the top of the
story. If the post follows on, is concurrent with, or is set before another
post, please also mention. This is incredibly helpful in archiving the war.

POSTING LIMITS: Posts are limited to three per 24 hours by each individual
player. Factions may drop as many posts as they like, provided the three per
person limit is adhered to. Posts should be 300 lines maximum. If it's
longer, split it in two. Administrative and WM posts are not counted in this
rule.

ATTACKS: In order to return to the spontaneity of the first few wars, sneak
attacks on factions or individuals will be allowed. By filing a permission
slip, you've agreed to be attacked. No further permission is needed. (This
applies to attacks only; players must get permission to use individuals for
other purposes in a story)

Rules for attacks not agreed on in advance:

Individuals must be notified in general terms about the time of an attack, to
ensure no conflicts in the time line. A short note with at least 24 hours
notice to the person stating what time you will be using him/her in an attack
is all that is necessary. If a time line conflict arises, the attacked party
may require the attacker to change the time, but has no say over content.

Attacks not agreed in advance must be wrapped up in one post. Retaliation
must then be accepted without further development unless the attacked faction
or person agrees to continue.

Attacks may not be ignored. During the course of the war, each faction may
dismiss one attack only as a dream.

Any faction or individual who has been attacked more than four times in the
war has a right to refuse further attacks for a period agreed upon between
that faction's leaders and the WM. No one faction/individual may be subjected
to more than one severe attack in any 48 hour period, unless that
faction/individual is willing. When a faction/individual has been
over-attacked, the WM will post to FORKNI-L putting a moratorium on attacks
on that faction/individual until further notice.

OPENING POSTS: Opening/call to arms/getting to Toronto posts are limited to
one per faction, up to three parts. Individual getting to Toronto stories
should be incorporated into faction posts, and should not be posted
individually by faction members.

POST DATED STORIES: Because the war is played in real time, dropping post
dated stories is strongly discouraged. Post dated attacks that do not have
permission are not permitted. If an attack has been agreed on beforehand but
is then post dated, the attacked party has the right to ask the WM to
disallow the attack.

REPLYING TO REQUESTS: Please try to reply to e-mail requests to write you in
a story or asking for information in as timely a manner as possible.

BORROWING CHARACTERS: If you want to use an FK character, permission must be
obtained from the leader(s) of the character's primary faction, who are
responsible for keeping the character's schedule. For this war, primary
factions are as follows: Nick - Knighties; LC - Cousins; Schanke - FoDs;
Natalie - NatPack; Janette - Ravenettes; Screed - RatPack; Vachon - Vaqueros;
Tracy - Dark Perks. Leaders must grant permission unless the time is already
given to someone else. Leaders do not have the right to vet or control
content of posts with borrowed characters. Please see the related rules on
character usage for war XI premise.

SPYING: Joining other faction's lists for spying purposes is not permitted
and is grounds for dismissal from war XI.

NO PERMANENT CHANGES: No killing, maiming or bringing across of players is
permitted.

CROSSOVER CHARACTERS: No crossover characters from other shows are permitted.

Happy warring!

Gwyneth Meirionfa
War XI Warmistress