1. No godmodding. This should go without saying. Don't use other people's characters without their permission, don't make your characters overpowered or untouchable. Just use good judgement. It's easy to tell the difference between moving the story along nicely, and taking over as a one-person show.

2. Existing Gems should be canon accurate. If you choose to create an OC of a type of gem we’ve already seen in the show (click here for a full list), their appearance and abilities should be consistent with what has already been seen in the show. Their gem weapon, clothing, alliance, history, age, and personality are still 100% up to you. Pearls are the one exception to this, because we’ve seen that Pearl’s can be much more different from one another than other gems, so you have a bit more flexibility when making a Pearl OC, so long as their signature traits (pointy nose, slender body) remain the same.

3. New Gems are first come, first served! If you want to create an OC of a gem we haven’t seen before (Emerald, Topaz, etc.), you have a claim on that type of gem. If another player has already claimed a type of gem you wanted for your OC, you may still roleplay a gem of that type, but you must ask the original player for their permission, because all gems of the same type will have the same abilities and likeness (just like in the show).

4. One paragraph minimum. I'm sure we've all stepped away from a roleplay for a couple of hours, only to come back to 40 new one-line posts we have to catch up with. I want everyone to be active and excited to play, but make sure your posts are robust and impactful enough to make it worthwhile.

5. Multiple characters encouraged! As long as you can confidently juggle multiple characters and storylines, please feel free to make more than one OC for the roleplay. Try to keep it to 3 or fewer to start out with, and if you feel like you really, really want to add characters, contact a GM and we'll be happy to work with you.

6. Violence is A-Okay! Just remember that Gems don't exactly have blood and guts.

7. Romance is no problem, and even encouraged if that's your thing, just try to keep it PG-13.

8. Like in the show, all Gems are female. Well... technically in the show they're genderless, but they go by female pronouns and have the appearance/voices of females. If you really, really want to make a male Gem, and you make a decent case, I might be able to bend this rule, but I would prefer all OCs to be female.

9. The most important rule of all: have fun!