Revisioned Medicine Cat Rules
I’m planning an OC Warrior Cat Clans story and came up with some changes to the Medicine Cat Code, so I thought I’d share them cuz why not?
Some of these are inspired from headcanon’s by other people:
A Medicine Cat can’t ignore a cat in pain regardless of whether the cat in question is from a different Clan or not a Clan cat at all
A Medicine Cat has a professional confidentiality, meaning that they can’t share private information told to the them, not even to the leader of the Clan, unless the information is endangering the Clan.
A Medicine Cat must share any omens from StarClan with their leader and with other Medicine Cats.
A Medicine Cat can’t use confidental information given by another Clan’s Medicine cat against a rival Clan.
A Medicine Cat is obligated to help another Clan’s Medicine Cat if they need help, even if their leader disagrees.
A Medicine Cat can’t take a mate or have kits if:
They are the only fully trained Medicine Cat in the Clan
They are training an apprentice
They are a Medicine Cat apprentice
If their proposed mate is also a Medicine Cat (=Medicine Cats can’t mate with each other, even if they’re from the same Clan)
However, if there is another fully trained Medicine Cat in the Clan, it is acceptable for them to take a mate and have kits if they like, assuming that parental duties woun’t get in the way of their work.
if a Warrior decides to become a Medicine Cat Apprentice and has a mate, they are not forced to break up with them.
however they are forbidden to have kits with the said mate untill their training is completed
if they do have kits while still in-training, their title as a Medicine Cat apprentice is taken away permanently
this of course doesn’t apply if the impregnation happened before the Warrior became an apprentice (for ex. if they or their mate has kits one month after becoming an apprentice, they can keep their title. However this might be frowned upon and seen as a sign of the Medicine Cat apprentice not taking their newly wished position seriously)