Generally Speaking, two things.

1: Is there a way to shorten the character count for the Topic title? It can be amazingly hard to even get to 10 letters without describing what you're going to post.

2: This, again, could also be me, but when it comes to rules, I would think the following apply in the rule section?... to assassini at least. It just a thought, but I pride myself on these rules every day, and in every aspect possible.
a. Hold your blade from the flesh of an innocent. (Applied to trolling, bullying, etc. )
b. Do not compromise the brotherhood. (Aka, "Don't give us a bad name" )
c. Always remain discreet. (Who wants to be well known anyway?)

A while ago, I had my own AC forum, and those three rules were the very basics of our creed. Most of the members were trolls, but to join, they vowed never to do it so long as their name was on the member list.

1: Is there a way to shorten the character count for the Topic title? It can be amazingly hard to even get to 10 letters without describing what you're going to post.

I disagree if I understand you correctly. You want to be able to make the topic title as short as you want, because "it can be amazingly hard to even get to 10 letters without describing what you're going to post"? Isn't the purpose of the title, to actually tell people what the post is about? If I wanna talk about the Hidden Blade, I would go to a forum called the "Hidden Blade discussion" or something. How would I know where to find my forum if it was called "I was just wondering..."?