General Role Play Rules

1. Only those who are given a DeathNote by an administrator have a DeathNote. Thus, the administrator decides how many DeathNotes are in circulation, who has them, and who those DeathNotes will pass on to if/when the current holder dies or loses possession of their DeathNote.

2. Anyone who doesn't have a DeathNote is a normal person. There are no psychics, no people who can magically see shinigami or weild supernatural powers. You are a normal person.

3. Posts should be at least a paragraph unless there is so little leading up to it (as per conversational exchanges) that it is not feasably possible. As this is DeathNote, that should be a very rare occurence.

Leveling Up

So far as I know, that's impossible. This isn't a level-based RP. Your ability to think does not improve with post count or by killing people with a DeathNote if you have one, and 'combat' (a term used loosely) in DeathNote is more or less a battle of wits and strategy. There is no proper way to gauge that so there's no real point in trying.

4. Mystical items do not exist, as in accordance with rule number two. There are no items with powers equal to a DeathNote, that make you immune to a DeathNote, or that allow you to see Shinigami or know who the holder of the DeathNote is automatically.
5. No Rapid character or character name changing. Decide on one, the character change limit is 3.

All Shinigami must start in the Shinigami Relm.
ONLY SHINIGAMI can get to the Shinigami Relm.

If your Shinigami is offline you can play them in posts with your character.

NO DEATH ERASERS*.
An idea for an opposite Death Note kills the purpose of Death Note.