Challenges

- Challenges may occur between individual characters, or between groups of characters (often in the form of armies). In most scenarios, a challenge will result in a skirmish (1v1) or a battle (more than 2 participants fighting).

- If the person you are challenging has posted in the AWAY BOARD, you need to look and see what type of absence they posted. If they are going to be away for specific dates (for example, they are taking a vacation for a week), you have to wait until their return in order to challenge. If they simply posted that they are going to be less available or not as active (for example, due to school or a new job), then you may proceed to challenge them. If they have posted in the AWAY BOARD, however, they will get more time to respond than a person who is more active.

- All challenges must be initiated IC. The requirements are as follows. - Once you have posted the challenge, you must wait 48 hours for the other player to respond. If they have posted in the AWAY BOARD that they are going to be less active, they will be given up to 72 hours to respond. The only players that do not fall under this rule are those that have posted a definite schedule for being away, in which case you will need to wait until their date of return to challenge.
 * You must start a new thread with any of the following words in the subject: challenge, skirmish, battle
 * You must tag your opponent in the thread (either their OOC account or the account of the character you're challenging)
 * You need to write a full IC post describing your character's challenge. You can have them enter the land, for example, and call out the name of their opponent. As long as you show some sort of action, and stick to the 150 word count minimum, there's no right or wrong way to do it.
 * You must include the reason for the challenge in your post. Your character needs to tell the other player's character why they are challenging them (keep in mind that we don't want to encourage metagaming, so yes, your character needs to tell the other character what they're there for).

- When being challenged, a player has options; they can either fight, or strike a deal. The way a character being challenged responds to their challenger will determine what happens next. Read more about each of these under FIGHTING and MAKE A DEAL.

- If you do not receive a response in the allocated time, the challenger automatically wins and receives whatever it was they were challenging for.