Post by KingHarry on Aug 6, 2018 16:15:48 GMT
Receiving a Mentor
If you create a character from scratch as an apprentice, your character will automatically be assigned a mentor. You can find out who your mentor is by looking at the cat list. If your character is created as a kit (either from scratch or via breeding), they will receive a mentor in the monthly ceremonies once they are old enough. Leaders are encouraged to @ rpers who have cats mentioned in the ceremonies, but this may not happen so please make sure that you check them.
You can contact your apprentice either by PMing them on the forum, speaking to them on discord, or you could even just @ them in a thread!
Training Thread Rewards
In order to encourage mentor and apprentice interactions, we are introducing a reward for writing training threads.
Each month, you can receive 200 feathers if you take part in a thread with your mentor/apprentice. This applies to only the first thread of the month (so if you do two training threads in a month, you will not receive any additional feathers), and it can include other characters as long as the mentor and apprentice are interacting with each other. As an apprentice holds that rank for three months, you can therefore earn 600 feathers in total if you do a thread each month. The thread does not have to be specific for their training - if you both interact within an open thread to do with something else (such as, perhaps, the Gathering) but the mentor teaches the apprentice something, then that counts too.
The same thread over three months does not count as three threads. You must do a separate thread each month.
'Training' is loosely defined. The thread can be hunting, fighting, or even just talking about the clan and answering questions. As long as the apprentice is learning something, it counts.
In order to be eligible for the feathers, each character must post twice (the starter counts as a post). Once you have done this you can receive your feathers, though you are encouraged to continue with the thread. To get your feathers, please link the thread here.
This will not be done automatically. You must link the thread in order to receive your feathers.
If you have any questions, please message a member of staff or ask in the discord.
This will not be done automatically. You must link the thread in order to receive your feathers.
If you have any questions, please message a member of staff or ask in the discord.
Inactive Mentors
If mentor's rper is inactive for a month, you may ask for a new mentor.
If you try to contact them but they don't have time to write, you can ask for a new mentor if you do not want to wait, though we encourage you to try and work something out instead of immediately asking for a replacement.
If you try to contact them but they ignore you, first ask a staff member to message them to ensure that they know your character is their apprentice and that they did not just miss your message. If they continue to ignore you, you may ask for a new mentor.