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===== PK RULES ===== | ===== PK RULES ===== | ||
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+ | PK (player killing) encompasses any player vs player (PvP) scenario. Read the below carefully before engaging in PK. | ||
- | PK is short for player killing. These rules have been put in place to make the game more enjoyable | + | Refer to [[post_pk_rules|post |
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+ | ==== Rule 11: Engaging | ||
- | ==== PRIOR TO PK ==== | + | New characters have a NOPK flag that protects them from aggressive characters. To opt into PK, turn the flag off with the [[set]] command. Note that: |
- | **Rule 1:** Engaging in PK is optional. New characters have a NOPK flag that protects them from aggressive characters. When you turn this flag off, you signal to the player-base that you are ready to engage in hostile role-play. | + | |
+ | * The Grace flag from recent login functions as a NOPK flag for its duration. | ||
+ | * An avatar may require that you turn your NOPK flag off if you wish to participate in their plot. | ||
- | **Rule 2:** Show OOC consideration towards your fellow players. Remember that everyone is here to have fun. Ensure that you have an IC reason to engage in PK and make it memorable. High level characters should not engage in antagonistic actions towards low level characters without provocation and are expected to show an additional level of OOC consideration towards easy targets. High level characters who repeatedly target lower level characters will find the IC world reacting accordingly. | + | See [[nopk|NOPK]] for rules on how to roleplay with a nopk flag. |
- | **Rule 3:** Antagonistic actions are defined as any action that purposefully provokes or annoys another character. Examples include, but are not limited to: Verbal insults or threats, emoting offensive actions, invasion of privacy, stealing from other players, scrying and using harmful and/or disruptive spells/ | + | ====Rule 12: Keep it IC==== |
- | * If you are a playing a PK-race (see help races), your presence may be considered an antagonistic action by some. | + | |
- | * Race alone is only considered a valid reason if the intended opponent belongs to a PK-race. | + | |
- | ==== DURING A PK ==== | + | Do your best to keep PK in character (IC) and off the channels and resolve any IC conflict in an IC manner. |
- | **Rule 4:** When engaged | + | |
+ | * Race alone is only considered a valid reason if the intended opponent belongs | ||
+ | * Do not act on information gained via OOC channels. | ||
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+ | ====Rule 13: Show OOC consideration==== | ||
- | **Rule 5:** Show OOC consideration | + | Everyone is here to have fun. Show OOC consideration |
- | **Rule 6:** Sundering Shadows allows torture, dismemberment, | + | |
- | * **6a.** Any player may, at any time, call a Fade to Black. It must be complied with. See <help fade to black> | + | * Do not take gear that you do not need or offer the gear/money of your opponent. |
- | * **6b.** Any player may, at any time, call for less descriptive emotes. It must be complied | + | * Do not engage |
- | * **6c.** Any player may, at any time, ask to be killed rather than to roleplay the consequences | + | * High level characters should not take antagonistic actions towards low level characters without provocation and are expected |
- | * **6d.** Any scene sexual in nature MUST have the OOC consent of all players involved. Consent may be withdrawn at any time without question. It must be complied with. See <help fade to black>. | + | |
+ | ====Rule 14: Stay online and active==== | ||
- | **Please note:** If your fellow players do not comply with a Fade to Black request or do not acknowledge your decision not to give consent to a scene sexual in nature, or your withdrawal of consent, please contact staff, log the event (or copy it if you have not logged it) and remove yourself | + | Do not quit, go inactive, or idle out without permission |
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+ | ====Rule 15: Torture is allowed, but==== | ||
- | ==== AFTER A PK ==== | + | Sundering Shadows allows torture, dismemberment, |
- | **Rule 7:** Nobody can be forced to role-play something that they are not comfortable with, or that ruins their fun. You are encouraged | + | |
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+ | * Any scene sexual | ||
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+ | **If someone fails to respect a fade to black or withdrawal of consent, log off and contact staff via Discord or [[lawmail]]. First time offenders will be jailed, second time offenders will be banned.** | ||
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+ | ====Rule 16: No repeat killings or harassment==== | ||
- | **Rule 8:** When you engage in, or witness, a player | + | Repeatedly assaulting |
- | * **8a.** Who engaged? When, where and why did it happen? | + | |
- | * **8b.** Were there any witnesses, casualties | + | ==== Rule 17: Always PKmail==== |
- | * **8c.** What was the result of your encounter? | + | |
- | * **8d.** This applies regardless of the outcome. | + | |
- | **Rule 9:** Repeatedly assaulting | + | You are required to write a [[pkmail]] in the following circumstances: |
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+ | * When you commit, or are involved in, an action | ||
+ | * When you place or claim a bounty on someone. | ||
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+ | This applies even if you have a NOPK flag or choose to invoke the [[fade_away|fade away]] rule. | ||
- | **Rule 10:** If you are killed in a PK, take a deep breath. Your character will be locked in a special death area where you can calm down and write your < | + | The PK mail should include: |
- | ==== Commands | + | * Who engaged? When, where and why did it happen? |
+ | * Were there any witnesses, casualties and/or property damage? | ||
+ | * What was the result | ||
+ | * What, if any, precautions did you take to conceal or cover up the PK? | ||
- | |<bind PLAYER> | + | ====Rule 18: Death in PK==== |
- | |<unbind PLAYER> | + | |
- | |<strip PLAYER | + | After a PK has been resolved, please refer to [[post_pk_rules|post pk]] for rules on how to proceed. |
- | |<gag PLAYER> | + | |
- | |<ungag PLAYER> | + | Below is the short version: |
- | |<hit PLAYER> | + | |
- | |<drag PLAYER> | + | If you are killed in a PK, you will lose some experience and gain a NOPK flag. The NOPK period following a death will last for 14 days, but you may choose to take a voluntary absence |
- | |<drop PLAYER> | + | |
+ | If you kill someone in a PK, you must notify staff of any plots you wish the victim temporarily removed from. During | ||
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+ | If you witness or learn of a death, that character is dead until they choose | ||
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+ | **Failure to comply with the rules will result in punishment and repeat offenders may be banned and/or rid. If these rules are unclear, contact our staff for clarification.** |