Riders
The wizards have created certain policies specific to riders,
in conjunction with the Weyr Council. These are the policies
directly laid out by the wizards, although they may be elaborated
upon by the Weyr Council, and riders should be in touch with their
Weyrleaders and the Weyr Council with regards to other issues or
clarification of how these items have been put into practice.>
Hatchings
Hatchings are the means by which new riders are inducted into
the Weyr. Because of the focus on the dragonriders in the books,
and because Impression is canonically unchangeable, certain policies
have evolved.
- Hatching Schedule. Competition for good dragonriders is
fierce among the Weyrs, and in order to keep it under control, the
wizards have decided that no two Weyrs may be Searching at the same
time (Search is the OOC and IC process of finding new riders). The
cycle is currently 5-6 weeks between Hatchings, with each Weyr
taking a turn in a specific order. More details are available from
Weyrleaders.
- Clutch Size. It is the belief of the wizards that
Impression of a dragon should be a special event, not only in
character, but also in recognition of a certain commitment on the
part of the player to PernMUSH as a whole. Therefore, the wizards
have limited the number of eggs in a clutch to a maximum of 8,
depending on the number of 'insta riders' (keep reading) created in
the hatching cycle.
Insta-Riders
This is the term used for rider characters that are created
without an Impression. Originally, they were intended to be older
riders created for roleplaying purposes (and still generally are).
Weyrs are allowed a maximum of 2 insta-riders in a Hatching cycle,
and these come off the Hatching quota (so if you have one insta-
rider, you have a maximum clutch of 7). Players of these riders
should have to apply to the Weyrleaders with a solid character
background, and there should be some provision for training these
characters in DTU etiquette, etc., that would normally be covered
under weyrling training.
Transfers from other MUSHes
In general, riders are not permitted as transfers from other
mushes. The exception to this rule is a transfer from the Southern
Continent MUSH, since they are our 'sister' MUSH. _Any_ transfer
from another MUSH must be approved by the Weyr and wizard Councils.
DTUs
The DTU system is maintained by the wizards. Anyone who is
excessively rude or creates lots of spam over the DTUs may have his
or her DTU removed, after a warning. Any rider who is consistently
non-canonical in his or her behaviour may also have his or her DTU
removed by the wizards, at the request of the Weyrleaders. DTU
Managers (WLs and possibly WLMs) and Administrators (Wizard riders)
have certain administrative commands available to them to enable
between training, transfers, etc.
A Weyrleader requiring DTUs for a weyrling class must give the code wizards a minimum of 48 (more is better) hours notice for DTU creation, and the weyrlings _must) have their etiquette lecture first.. The following information, +mailed exactly this way, is required: Rider Dragon dbref Color (case counts!)