IC: in character; strictly pertaining to your characters and their lives while you roleplay.

Wolfspeak: a "fluffy" style of broken language not allowed at Crosswind. It is supposed to sound "intelligent" when in real life, it often sounds silly and absurd and uses a numerous collection of incorrectly-used words such as femora, orbs, and tassel to describe a wolf. It is incorrect, unecessary, and not allowed here.

Auto-hit: When a player automatically injures a character without giving him/her a chance to react. (ie: Bruce sliced the other wolf's shoulder with his fangs until he bled.) This is an illegal move and unallowed on Crosswind's forums.

Auto-kill: Same as auto-hit, except the player intentionally kills the other without giving them a chance to properly react. This is absolutely not allowed.

Godmoding: When you roleplay your character as an "all powerful" creature who doesn't seem to ever get hit, get hurt, and is unrealistically strong. You can keep to the rules of fighting and still accidentally godmode. Just remember--no matter how strong or well-trained a character is, they have their limits.. Godmoding is an illegal action and is highly punishable by administration.

Powerplaying: When you control another character in your thread, ie playing their character for them basically. While we do allow this in certain, very specific circumstances called Progressive Roleplay, it is highly discouraged unless you know absolutely what you are doing and have permission from an administrator.

Progressive Roleplay: This is a form of roleplaying used when two (preferably experienced and seasoned) roleplayers will powerplay only to progress a plot story further while roleplaying threads. This is not meant for cutting corners, but only used when two players have communicated and planned an important member plot between their characters and must powerplay in order to get to a specific landmark point in their story, hence the word progressive. You must have permission to do this from an administrator, and be able to carefully handle sensitive playing like this by constantly communicating with with the other user while you roleplay. We advise if you aren't very experienced, then do not attempt to do this, because it can be very complicated and must be carefully done by two very interactive members who know what they're doing. If you do, however, think you can, then you need explicit permission from an administrator to proceed.

Member plot: A planned story-of-events between two or more characters to help develop their stories. This requires constant communication on both ends to successfully accomplish. Progressive Roleplay is often used when it involves member plots, to help things move along smoother.