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Welcome to the RWBY (Canon) Wikia's Monthly OC Competition, hosted this month by yours truly, Piscean. This is a friendly competition where different users post a complete OC using the given Template, before a specific deadline, usually about 10 days after the competition begins. The key thing here is Themes, which the OCs must follow. It can be simple things like "Wolf Faunus", or less simple things like "Natural Disasters".

Description of the Competition:

1-The competition (normally) begins at the beginning of every month.

2-The last complete OC you post is the one that will be judged.

3-Anons can participate, but it's usually better to make an account, since anons cannot edit their posts and IPs can change suddenly.

4-Whoever gets the most points wins. Winner gets bragging rights and gets to choose the next competition's Theme. If they want they can leave the Judging to someone else, or pick the theme democratically (asking the others).

The theme of the Month is Periodic Table Elements. Choose any of the 118 options given, save for Neon and Mercury, (as both have been used in show) and incorporate it into the character's design, be it color scheme, name, personality, etc. It's also recommended by the judge to stay away from Lanthanides (Elements 57-71), Actinoids (Elements 89-103), and Elements 104-118, as a personal preference. If you want to use them, however, you may, provided it's written well. Failure to show how the element chosen is incorporated will result in an entry which will be invalid for official ranking, but still scored.

Rules of the Competition:

1-OCs must abide by the established and known Canon of RWBY. This means:

a) Color Naming Rule unless the OC's from before/during the Great War 80 years before the show. (CNR means the OC's first name, or first-and-last names combined, must be at least 1 of these:

1) A color in some language (Blake=Black),

2) Makes people think of a color (Ruby > Red),

3) Sounds like a color (Cyril Ian = Cerulean),

4) Means a color directly or indirectly (Glynda > Fair skinned > White). For me personally, I allow multicolor associations (such as rainbows) and other associations, as long as they try to remain within three steps. I do not accept words or associations with things such as "clear" or "opaque," as those do not indicate any color, but rather a lack of it.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">b) No Half-Grimm (This is paradoxical and impossible).

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">c) No Androids with Aura (Penny's a unique case so far).

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">d) No "has no Aura/Semblance" or "multiple Semblances" (Everyone has an Aura, even if locked, and only 1 Semblance per person).

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">2-No ripping-off characters from other fictional works. This means, no using Naruto, Goku, Sonic the Hedgehog, etc. You can make a character similar or alluding to them, but not those characters in themselves.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">3-Characters must not be directly affiliated with the canon cast, at least the main cast. This means that, for example: "OC goes to Beacon" is fine, "OC has heard about Ruby" is fine, "OC is BFF with Ruby" is Not Fine. Interactions between Professors and Headmasters are fine in the correct context.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">4-You can use characters, weapons and Semblances made in the respective threads as long as they were not submitted within the last month (This means entries from March 1st to now). You can link to the weapons and semblances if you want (note: Anons cannot add links), but the character itself must be posted here (since the OC Making thread uses a different Template). Please refrain from using characters from previous competitions, as that defeats the purpose of originality.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">5-Using someone else's creations is allowed O.N.L.Y if they give permission publicly. If they don't, any points for the respective creation are made invalid. (Note: Receiving advice and ideas from someone else is perfectly valid).

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">6-First time, maybe second time, Entrants, should they score 70 points or less, will be given an extra 10 points to "make things fair" against the "veterans". But don't expect to win through that alone, as most veterans will score higher than that.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Grading System:

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">1) Basic info: 10

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">2) Appearance: 20

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">3) Characteristics: 30

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">4) Trivia: 5

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">I)Weapon 15

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">II) Semblance 15

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">III) Combat info: 5

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">I) Day to Day Life: 0 points (or recovery of up to 10 lost in characteristics)

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">*Note: This template is the standard template, and can be adjusted for certain categories depending on what a character has or doesn't have, but you must let me know ahead of time so an adjustment can be made.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:0px!important;">Deadline is: 12th of April at 23:59:59 by the Wikia clock. Any OC or edits done after the deadline will be ignored.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:0px!important;">If you have any questions, please don't hesitate and let me know by asking here, or by asking on my message wall. Other than that, good luck, and have fun! <ac_metadata title="24th Monthly OC Competition"> </ac_metadata>