Growth Points:
You earn 1 point for every:
- One piece of fanart drawn OR commissioned by you for anything related to the shop. (max 5 points per year this way)
- One complete RP; you must have written at least 800 words in that RP for it to count as a point.
- One complete classroom RP; you must have written at least 800 words in that RP for it to count as a point.
- One complete homework assignment for a class that assigned it.
-----NOTE: For 'homework' that involves growing a minipet from a class, you must do an RP or solo (of at least 800 words) involving that pet to get a point. Merely growing the minipet does not count!
- One complete battle, with just rolls (800 word count not required)
- Five minipets grown to their final stage. You get one point for every five minipets; you can claim a maximum of 5 points per year this way.
- One complete solo, at least 800 words long
You earn 2 points for every:
- One complete battle RP; must have filled-out RP actions, not just dice rolls.
- Character 'plot assistance' (ie for events)
- One complete GM'd classroom rp
You may earn ??? points for:
- Special events run by GMs may have point prizes for participants; to claim these in your tally, make sure to link to the post where points were awarded. Be sure to also link to your post that fulfills the requirements on the tally.
You may earn bonus points for:
- EXTREEEEEEME! WORDCOUNT! Those who choose to write particularly prolifically - perhaps an involved solo plotline, or a very involved single RP, may earn bonus points. You can get +1 bonus rp point for every 10k words you write in a single RP/solo, up to 50k words. (So the most you could get from any RP/solo would be 6 points: +1 for over 800 words, +1 more when you hit 10k, and +1 more point for every 10k you hit after that point.) Please note that GM/event ORPs do not count for these bonuses.
Growth Requirements:
Year 1 to Year 2: *( There is a 4 month IC cooldown from Y1 to Y2)
50 growth points + final exam (pass or fail) = graduation to Year 2
Year 2 to Year 3: *(There is a 6 month IC cooldown from Y2 to Y3)
75 growth points + final exam (pass or fail) + teacher battle (pass or fail) = graduation to Year 3
Year 3 to Alumni: *(Cooldown TBA)
50 growth points +
completing the prerequisites + final exam = graduation from Amityville Academy
Moving to the Next Year:
If you'd like your student to move on to the next year, please go through this checklist to make sure they're ready to go!
- Make sure your student meets the point requirements listed above for the next year. If not, keep RPing! If so...
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Sign up for an exam. Exams are required to move on to the next year! They are offered every so often, as demand warrants.
- Once your student has satisfied the exam requirement they are all set, hooray!
As a reward for moving up a year from Y1->Y2 and Y2->Y3, your student may upgrade BOTH their natural ability and their FEAR ability!
For FEAR abilities: students' original/Year One FEAR abilities upgrade to a Year Two ability, meaning their original attack is now more powerful and can do more damage! They may also add on a new, less powerful FEAR ability. More information can be found
in this thread. All new abilities must be approved in that thread before they can be used in battle.
When your student moves from Year Two to Year Three, their original FEAR attack upgrades to Y3 level, their secondary FEAR upgrades to Y2 level, and they can add one new Y1-level ability.
Y3->Graduate must use RP points to purchase any FEAR upgrades;
see here for more details!
For natural abilities: students may either upgrade their current natural ability to be more powerful OR they may add on a new minor natural ability! Information on that can be found
in this thread. All new abilities must be approved in that thread before they can be used in RP.
You get one natural ability upgrade/addition at Y2 and another one at Y3. Choose wisely! As above, Y3->Graduates do not get to automatically add another natural ability at Graduation and must purchase one with RP points as seen
here.
Student Art for Year 2 and Beyond:
All student art at This Is Halloween is on a per stage contract - when you got your character originally, you paid for (or won, or got for free, etc.) only the art you received at that time. That means to get the second stage (or more) art, you will need to enter for art slots/customs/bribes etc. TiH is a huge shop with a massive population; this system helps keep our artists from being overworked and avoids potential drama pitfalls.
You may request art when your student moves to Year 2 and when your student moves to Year 3. Graduates do not get new art - you must try for a custom/alt art slot if you would like additional art of your graduated character.
If you don't want new art for your student, you do not have to get it - you can RP all the way through graduation with the same art if you want! That is totally fine. New art is simply a bonus that you can work for if you'd like.
It is not guaranteed in any way and does not affect roleplay unless you want it to.
If you'd like new art for your character as they grow, please check The Alley to see if there are any slots open, either through customs, bribes, or special events to provide free growth slots. We try to make growth art as available as we can, though since there are a huge number of students at TiH (not to mention the demand for new students) this may not always be possible. If you put in a bribe/custom/etc. for growth art, please make sure to provide proof that you've met the growth requirements.
PLEASE NOTE: You cannot commission official character art outside of the shop! All growth art - anything official that will go on a cert - must be obtained via TiH staff within the shop. (Naturally, commissioning fanart/reference art is still completely okay! This is for growth/official art only.)
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