These are general rules in the group. Each section has their own rules as well, so we highly recommend you read those in addition to these.
As a living document, these rules are subject to change as the owner sees fit without warning or announcement. By joining and playing the game, you agree to follow these rules.
Realm of Volucris lore and species is owned by ordinaryredtail and cannot be used freely without permission! The official lore can be used alongside your Realm of Volucris characters and artwork, however it cannot be used outside that. Volucre are a closed species and in order to make one, you need to have permission from the group.
However, you do not have to use the lore in your activities, artwork, and other group submissions. That said, the artwork you submit needs to be created specifically for the group.
The import template and handler template should not be uploaded outside the Volucre-Aviary account besides a few exceptions. Handler artwork without the template can be uploaded anywhere, and imports are allowed to be uploaded onto personal sites for lore or sales purposes or toyhou.ses with credit back to the Volucre-Aviary DeviantART account. Credit information should still remain on the import. Anything else is strictly prohibited!
Respect is key. Treat others in the group like you’d want to be treated. Bullying, hate speech, and bigotry will not be tolerated, in art or in chat.
This group isn’t the place to talk about heavy irl topics, like politics, religion, and graphic descriptions of medical care. You can take those discussions to dms, but please don’t bring them up in public spaces.
Please be polite to the admin team, even if you don’t agree with decisions they make. If you have an issue, ask politely! Sometimes mistakes happen.
No begging, guilt-tripping, or harassing members for free items, imports, or commissions. Respect boundaries, and respect the word “no!” In addition, guilt-tripping and harassing members for buying (or not buying) items from sales or other users is strictly prohibited.
Deleting artwork or literature made for payment to others is frowned upon. Please do check with the character's current owner before deleting artwork from your gallery. Repeated offenses will be reprimanded.
You must be 16+ to participate in the group.
Please do not privately contact the owner/admins on their personal accounts about group concerns without permission. Any concerns should be fielded to Volucre-Aviary, Realm-of-Volucris, or to [gmail will be put here].
While we do allow darker themes, art and writing submitted to the group should be acceptable for a PG-13 movie. Mild blood and gore is okay, however sexual artwork and over the top horror-movie level gore is not. Submissions should follow DeviantART guidelines, and artwork with darker themes should include a content warning.
All imports should be PG in nature. This includes no sexual imagry on handler characters, no swearing in names and descriptions, and no heavy topics.
Tracing and heavily referencing stock photos is okay! This is a great way to learn and improve your artwork. That said, all stock used must be for free use (and tracing in the allowed usage) and linked in the image. Photomanipulations, however, are not allowed. If you are caught not linking your references, an admin will ask for you to do so in order for your art to count for activities or points.
Although we allow tracing of photographs, tracing of art and non-stock images are strictly prohibited. In addition, we expect effort to be put into your work you submit. Please do not simply trace and add no personal flare! This doesn’t help improve your artwork as a whole, either.
There are many places to find stock photos to reference! Please see our off-site links for suggestions on where to find art references.
Usage of AI art and assets are strictly prohibited in the group.
Co-owning and leasing are not allowed in the group.
We allow submissions with other arpg creatures and worlds! While they do not directly fit into our official lore, you are free to build your individual lore as you wish, and therefore include them in rolls and other group submissions.
While we do allow other arpg creatures depicted, out of respect for those groups we do not allow the killing or maiming or other arpg creatures in artwork submitted to the group, nor can other arpg creatures be used as prey, even if they are imports owned by yourself.
While joining DA is mandatory for design submissions, we do not require artwork itself to be uploaded to DA. Artwork can be submitted anywhere so long as it is viewable by the rollers and XP counting team.
We heavily advise that you consult the Art Standards page for more information on what is allowed for activities and point redemption!
The group will periodically offer items for USD purchase. These sales will be conducted through Paypal invoices.
You must be 18+ to order from a USD sale hosted by the group.
Payment is due 48 hours after the invoice has been issued. Failure to pay means the invoice will be cancelled and you will not get your item.
All USD sales are final. No refunds will be issued for purchases made in the group. Failure to pay an auction win will mean a ban from participating in future group auctions for two sales.
These group sales will go to helping fund group assets, including but not limited to: website hosting, core membership upkeep, and artist payment. In addition, the group will occasionally do charity fundraisers as a part of our sales.
Players may not sell items, genos, slots, or imports that they do not have. This includes “promising” slots to users before the volucre has been approved for breeding except when the slot is payment for the breeding approval prompts.
Items that can be bought for usd during the sales cannot be resold by players for higher than the usd price, regardless of where they came from.
As a buyer, please use caution when buying from other players! If you experience a scam or fraud, please note the group or ordinaryredtail and provide screenshots.
Realm of Volucris operates on a three strike system with a ban at the fourth strike.
Minor infractions of the rules might result in a warning, not a strike. If the behavior is not fixed, then a strike may be issued.
Some infractions might result in an instant ban from the group, including hate speech and scamming members.
If a ban is issued, you may take your characters and use them outside the group, so long as you do not use any Realm of Volucris IP (the import lines, species name, and lore) alongside them. You may also sell, trade, or gift your characters away to other players. This must all be done in two month’s time, otherwise the group will decease your characters and your items will be voided.
Once banned, you may not sell any more breeding slots to your volucre, post anymore activities or designs, or take design commissions related to the group.