Community Rules
This is a short set of rules that is most relevant to website use. Please see our Terms of Service for a complete document.
AGE REQUIREMENT
- All Sylvakits users must be the age of 21 or above.
- Any users found to be under the age of 21, or under the age of 21 at the time of account creation, will be subject to termination of their account and all characters voided.
- Do not involve users under the age of 21 in your Sylvakits account. This includes the commission of artwork, writing, or character designs.
- Any users encouraging persons under the age of 21 to interact with Sylvakits and its communities may be subject to disciplinary action.
General Rules & Conduct
- Sylvakits does not allow any form of homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, ableism or other forms of discrimination.
- Users should be kind and respect others.
- Cursing is allowed as long as it is not hate speech or directed at another user or staff. Slurs are not allowed.
- Don't spam or flood the site.
- No encouragement or conduct of illegal activities, or activities in an illegal context.
- Users are not allowed to create an environment that is hostile for other users or staff. This includes actions such as bullying, harassment, guilt-tripping, "call-outs", "trash talking" and posting to anonymous drama sites.
- No disclosure of another user's personal, real-life identifying information.
- If users see conduct that goes against rules or the ToS, they are to be reported to staff to handle. Do not harass or otherwise "mini-mod" the user responsible.
User Content
Artwork Usage
- All artwork submitted to the community is expected to be the original work of the member, or credited to the appropriate artist.
- All content submitted to Sylvakits must be created specifically for submission to Sylvakits. We do not allow content that does not include or involve Sylvakits.
- Content that includes an NPC Witch of your creation is allowed, as this is within the lore of Sylvakits, but must also involve Sylvakits themselves.
- All non-user generated content onsite belongs to Sylvakits. You're allowed to use these images privately as long as Sylvakits is clearly credited.
- This includes: character profile decor, user profile decor, and character profiles exclusively for Sylvakits on Toyhou.se.
- This content is not permitted to be used for non-Sylvakit species or artwork.
- Any artwork traced or heavily referenced must be done so with the original artist's permission. (i.e. bases, memes, templates)
Sensitive Content
- While we are not a NSFW-focused species we recognize that we are an adult, 21+ community and that adult topics are interesting to many.
- We allow adult artwork to be submitted to the NSFW gallery as long as it has the correct content warning. All explicit content (including mild nudity and suggestive themes) is considered 18+. This content will be hidden from guest users.
- Artwork and profiles containing sensitive topics (such as discussions of homophobia/racism/etc.) should have a comprehensive content warning before the content itself.
- The following content is allowed on Sylvakits.com with the appropriate warnings:
- Consumption of alcohol & drugs
- Depictions of blood & violence
- Foul language
- Sexually suggestive or explicit content
- Kink content (ex. BDSM)
- The following content is prohibited on Sylvakits.com:
- Sexual or violent content involving underage characters
- Sexual content involving Sylvakit kit-forms or otherwise bestiality
- Sexual content involving rape or sexual assault
- Content involving bodily waste
- Fetish content (i.e. racial fetishism, fat fetism, armpit fetishism, vore, micro/macro)
- Sexual or violent content involving underage characters
Trades, Sales, Designs & Ownership
Trades & Sales
- Players may trade and sell Sylvakits items, currencies, and characters freely with no resale limit or cooldown.
- We reserve the right to add limits should this be abused.
- Sylvakits may only be transferred on-site in the event of sale or trade; having a Sylvakits account is required for this purpose.
- Users are responsible for their actions when performing a sale or trade. If you feel you may have been scammed, please report the user immediately.
Ownership & Designs
- Co-Ownership is not allowed on Sylvakits. All characters must have a single owner.
- Designs may not infringe upon anyone else's intellectual property. This includes well-known/loved IPs, others' MYOs & other character designs. (i.e. popular manga/anime, Sylvakit NPCs.)
- Designs may be inspired by items, flora, fauna, pets & locations on Sylvakits.
Voided Characters
- Characters may be voided for a number of reasons, including but not limited to:
- The user was banned
- The user voluntarily voided their character(s)
- The character uses copywritten character designs or symbols
- Users may voluntarily void their character(s) only if they are:
- The original creator of the character
- Currently own the character
- Voided characters may not return to the species. It may no longer be used on Sylvakits or in any Sylvakits communities or activities.
- Voiding is irreversible.