5. Ceremonies/Aging [Required Read]

[Midnight]

Note: All Clan leaders have to follow this and must use ceremonies that they made up, not ceremonies from the books.

For Kits

In order to become an apprentice, you must wait at least 12 days from the acceptance of the application. Why? Because 2 days is equivalent to one moon on AWRP and all kits must be at least 6 moons to be apprenticed, and 2 * 6 = 12. This applies no matter what age the kitten is made at. This is so leaders don't have to make new ceremony threads every second. The mathematics behind it applies only to newborn kittens, however.

For Apprentices

In order to become a warrior, your cat must meet the following requirements:

• At least 3 training sessions; these include one hunting, one fighting, and one learning the territory. Note: Being shown the borders does not have to occur if the apprentice has been on two border patrols (one for each border). Also, hunting patrols and hunting training are not the same things. Hunting training is mainly learning techniques and catching little prey while hunting patrols are for all-out hunting.
  
  
• The apprentice must have been on at least 2 patrols. The balance of hunting and border patrols doesn't matter.
  
  
• The apprentice must have done at least 2 chores in the Clan. (Chores include the following: providing new nests to any den, bringing moss to the Clan, bringing water to the sick/elderly/queens/kits, helping a medicine cat get herbs, or anything your mentor can think of.)
  
  
• The apprentice must have been to the Skyfield with their mentor to speak with their ancestors.
  
  
• The apprentice must have an assessment for both hunting and fighting. Whether this is an all-in-one assessment or two separate assessments doesn't matter.
  
  Man, that sure is a lot! How will all that ever get done? That exact thought process is why there are two other routes.
  
  If your character has been an apprentice for one real life month, they are eligible for their warrior ceremony, regardless of training status.
  
  If your character has done something so amazing that their leader is astonished, then that leader's RPer may choose to make your character into a warrior early! As far as AWRP's history is concerned, this has only happened once or twice, so it is really rare, but it can be done.
  
  
  Medicine Cat Apprentices Earning Their Full Names
  
  
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  In order to receive your full medicine cat name, your cat must meet the following requirements:
  
  • Have been to at least 2 meetings with StarClan.
    
    
  • Have had at least 2 warrior apprentice training sessions: one for basic hunting and one for basic fighting.
    
    
  • Have had at least 4 medicine training sessions. (Herbs, how to treat, etc.)
    
    
  • Have gone out to get herbs at least 4 times.
    
    
  • Have learned all of the most common herbs in the books and their uses. No, this doesn't mean memorized, it just means your cat has to know them IC.
    

[Lotus]

I have un question.
What about medicine cat apprentices requirements to get their full name?

[Midnight]

Oh, that's good! Thanks for bringing it up~

Medicine Cat Apprentices Earning Their Full Names

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Brought up by Lotus!

In order to receive your full medicine cat name, your cat must meet the following requirements:

• Have been to at least 2 meetings with StarClan. Does not currently count due to one of our current plots. Note: This means you have to have been the medicine cat apprentice for at least 2 months in real life. We want our medicine cats and their as apprentices active and loyal as possible.
  
  
• Have had at least 2 warrior apprentice training sessions; one for basic hunting and one for basic fighting.
  
  
• Have had at least 4 medicine training sessions. (Herbs, how to treat, etc.)
  
  
• Have gone out to get herbs at least 4 times.
  
  
• Have learned all of the herbs and uses. No, this doesn't mean memorized, it just means your cat has to know them IC.
  

[some1likeyou]

What if your mentor was deleted/you started as an apprentice therefore had no mentor/your mentor doesn't train you?

[Midnight]

Mentor was deleted- PM your Clan leader for a new mentor~

Started as an apprentice- PM your Clan leader for a mentor~

Mentor doesn't train- That depends... If your mentor is rarely online, you may want to ask your leader for a new one.

However, if he/she is online and posting a good amount, I'd say nicely PM them asking if they'd make a training session.

If you PM them asking, however, and they give you a rude reply or read the PM (click on 'Outbox' to see if a PM's been read. If it hasn't, it'll look like a new PM to you does; a closed envelope. If it has, then an open envelope.), then forward what you sent to them to me and I'll deal with it. If they read it but ignored it, then please wait a day or two before forwarding to me, though.

[Midnight]

An update for Apprentices has been added.

[Midnight]

Updated the part for Apprentices!

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I have a question, So we have to wait 12 days to become apprentices? Not have to have 50 posts?

[Midnight]

Oct 13, 2012 23:43:55 GMT -5 moonfeather said:

I have a question, So we have to wait 12 days to become apprentices? Not have to have 50 posts?

Yup; at least 12 real days because this is an account-per-member forum, not account-per-character, so if we did it as an X amount of posts until the next rank thing, it would get extremely confusing if we had more than one character.

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Ok, Thanks I got confused.

[Midnight]

I've added a new exception for apprentices:

"New: If your apprentice has been around for 6 or more real life months, and they haven't met the requirements yet, you can age them up for free."

[Midnight]

Oct 19, 2012 10:58:09 GMT -5 Midnight said:

I've added a new exception for apprentices:

"New: If your apprentice has been around for 6 or more real life months, and they haven't met the requirements yet, you can age them up for free."

Make that one month.

[Deleted]

So if I am a apprentice for 1 month I can automatically become a warrior? Why?

[Midnight]

Mar 26, 2014 14:42:51 GMT -5 @spottedpelt said:

So if I am a apprentice for 1 month I can automatically become a warrior? Why?

It's optional as to whether or not you'd like your character to continue being an apprentice at that point.

Why? Well, because sometimes people get sick of their characters being apprentices, but for one reason or another (their mentor's roleplayer has been busy lately, neither players involved feel like doing training threads, etc.) cannot become warriors yet. With this in place, it doesn't literally force people to go through the training.

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Mar 26, 2014 14:49:15 GMT -5 Midnight said:

Mar 26, 2014 14:42:51 GMT -5 @spottedpelt said:

So if I am a apprentice for 1 month I can automatically become a warrior? Why?

It's optional as to whether or not you'd like your character to continue being an apprentice at that point.

Why? Well, because sometimes people get sick of their characters being apprentices, but for one reason or another (their mentor's roleplayer has been busy lately, neither players involved feel like doing training threads, etc.) cannot become warriors yet. With this in place, it doesn't literally force people to go through the training.

Thanks for clearing that up!