Server Rules

## General Rules

### General OOC Behavior

All players are expected to behave in respectful manner. Disruptive and anti-social behavior will not be tolerated, and this includes (but is not limited to) discrimination on any basis; unsportsmanlike conduct and/or trolling in queued events; God Modding; Blending; 'ducking'; malicious and/or deceptive conduct; bullying; and repeatedly disobeying a Game Master during server-led roleplay events. In essence: Don't Be A Dick.

### Adult RP

This is an 18 or older community. We fully expect that RP may turn sexual or dark at times. We ask that in public spaces, keep it rated R or PG-17. What you do in private is your own business, but please, keep that to a whisper or ask staff to create a private chat channel for you.

### Consent Sheet/Character Sheet

If you play here, you will be expected to submit a consent sheet. The consent sheet will be submitted in the #consent-sheets channel on Discord.

A character sheet is requested to be posted on the wiki following the character template. (WIP)

### Clans

All characters on the server, even if playing solo, must be in a clan.

### Discord

In order to play on the server, players must join the Discord server. This server serves the primary purpose of communicating server information, uptime for server, and mod updates. The secondary purpose is to coordinate events, players, and communication among members of the server. The Discord rules are as follows:

* Player's Discord handles must have your active character names included.
* Avoid topics of religion, politics, and gender.
* Avoid personal attacks/and or acrimony.

### Activity

Players will be given a grace period of one month. Once we see that they have not logged in within 30 days, the character will be purged and their base will be deleted. If RL issues will prevent you from being in game, reach out to staff and we may allow an AFK status to extend this period of time.

## Roleplay Rules

### Roleplay Etiquette

* Every player is required to understand the difference between IN-CHARACTER (IC) and OUT-OF-CHARACTER (OOC), and know that the person behind the computer may be very different from the character they are roleplaying.
* Always try to RP first. If someone approaches you and you cannot RP at the moment, utilize an IC reason you are busy (for example: "*Sorry stranger I must continue my work").* Just something IC first before resorting to OOC chat.
* When speaking OOC, use ((Brackets around your speech to denote OOC chat)). However, do not post excessive OOC chatter around others who are trying to roleplay.
* Type /me for a blue text which will represent emotes.
* Don't use OOC slang, references, words, emojis, etc while IC.
* Keep "thought emotes" and "thought insults" out of your roleplay. Instead, convey your thoughts through body language and facial cues. Players cannot react to your character's thoughts, though they can react to a narrowed gaze, a sneer, or a defensive stance.
* Keep OOC interjections out of your roleplay.
* No Meta-Gaming: Meta-gaming is when you take OOC information and apply it IC.
* No God-Modding: Every action written out in RP should be expressed as an attempt, so that the person you are RPing with has a chance to react.
* No Ducking: In character actions (ICA) create in character consequences (ICC). Ducking is avoiding those consequences.

### Naming Rules

Have your name fit within an RP setting. Try to avoid FULL names in famous literature, movies, etc. (use common sense). We will not mind a character named Bruce, but we don't want to see Bruce Wayne or Bruce Campbell running about. And no, you may not play the Joker.

Staff asks that you do NOT give yourself titles in your on screen name. There will be ways for players to earn various given titles and staff will then change your in game name.

### Adult Characters

There will be NO characters RP'd under the age of 18 on the server. PERIOD. If you chose to RP that you have a child, it will stay off screen and NOT be used in active RP. This includes but is not limited to: carrying around a baby, /act, no use of thespians.

### Alts

Players are allowed to actively RP three characters.

### Death

We know that not many people like to see the character they sink so much time and effort into die, however there are times when it is inevitable. The server runs on a strike system for the most part though there are also instances in which death is completely unavoidable (these are extreme circumstances that require a lot of effort on the players part to get to). A player can at any time decide to kill off their character.

**Things that can earn a Death Strike:** If your character is caught performing a crime of significant weight such as Murder, Attempted Murder, Rape, and Treasonous Acts. It should be expected that when combat ensues should your character die you will receive a death strike (though the strike will not be issued by your killer, instead a report should be sent to an admin who will then look into it and issue the strike if it is warranted). The only way to avoid this is if your killer specifically messages an Admin to put off your death strike. Smaller crimes are not usually met with such harsh measures, however should you be killed for something such as theft you will be expected to follow the judgement of the player who caught/killed you (in case of questions of fairness some such issues will be reviewed by the Admin/Mod team. If the offended player requests a death strike against the offender it WILL be reviewed fully).

**Death Strikes VS Server Strikes:** Players will have a total of three of each type of strike, if all of your death strikes are covered you will be expected to roll a new character whereas if all of your server strikes are consumed you will be asked to leave the server (though as listed in the rules there are some circumstances in which you can be banned outright). A very detailed log will be kept on both types of strikes within the Book of Grudges.

## PVP Rules

### Combat

1. All pvp must have a Rp reason for occurring.  Just walking up to someone and killing them is not allowed.
2. Before pvp can be started, there must be interaction showing your desire to fight.  This can be verbal, or mechanical, such as drawing a sword.  Once this is done, the other side must respond. If the parties involved indicate they do not wish to participate, PvP cannot start, and unless the attacker is in the defenders base, the Defender must leave the scene.
3. Once a fight begins, all standard game mechanics can be used. Healing items, spells and such are legal to use by server rules.  Once fighting is ended by a player death, The players that fell are expected to rp being wounded and refrain from any further conflict for one hour.  Players cannot under any circumstance rejoin an ongoing fight, even if thier Hour has passed.
4. Group combat follows these same rules... and assumes Guilds will act as a single entity

### Thieving

We understand that theft is a difficult crime to make rules for in a game such as Conan and that it is very easy for someone to unintentionally meta-game in such scenarios, thus thievery is something that will always end up with some murkiness around it regarding rules, punishment, and the enforcing of rules. So then, in order to make things more clear and not just ban theft outright it has been decided that the only targets for theft that will be allowed are coinage and gems. Coinage in this case can mean AOC coins, moon silver, Thrall wars coins (the ones that have people banging on them), standard gold and silver coins, honor tokens, and the tokens given out by various guilds/organizations as currency. The theft of loyalty tokens is not allowed due to their scarcity and the fact that they are more of an OOC object. Gems refer to AOC gems, gems related to quests, plague crystals (an AOC item), and other such crystals.

### Building Piece/Placeable Limits

* We have a build limit in place, based on the number of members within a clan. To check, you can use /heatmap to find out how many pieces you are using.
* Solo players are allowed 1,000 building pieces and 500 placeables
* Each player added to the clan gets 750 building pieces and 175 placeables
* Player clans are capped at 12,500 building pieces and 2,500 placeables
* Player clans are allowed one outpost in addition to their main build
* If your clan starts a guild or has areas such as taverns or marketplaces open to the public, you may be allowed extra pieces.
* If through RP your base evolves into a city or kingdom, staff may consider allowing more pieces.
* Staff will have various furnished, pre-built homes that players may rent in the established cities. If you choose to then build your own place, you will have 1 week before the locks will change. Any players renting staff houses will be required to inform staff of what building they are renting and yes, it will be policed by staff.

### Thrall Limits

Players are allowed up to 5 thralls/combat pets/caravan pets and 3 mounts.

## Disciplinary Rules

### Disputes/Harassment/General Misbehavior

1. Staff has the final say on ANY rule or dispute. If an admin states this is how it goes, then that is how it shall be. IF a player has issue with any of the admins, bring it to one of the other two admins . However, the buck always has to stop somewhere, and here it stops with Kyra.
2. Harassment will NOT be tolerated. You get one shot on this. Staff will take both sides of the dispute into account, but if we find someone guilty of behavior that is ooc abusive, you will be finding yourself banned from the server.
3. General misbehavior. For most things, we will operate on a three strike system. First strike means adjust your behavior. Second strike means you have a formal warning. Third strike, you will be banned. Amendment to rule three: What may earn me a strike? Finding and not reporting exploits. Bending the rules with intent to circumvent the spirit of fair play. Intentionally disrupting a staff run event. Being an asshat (if you have to ask if you may be being an asshat, you likely are). Breaking any rules listed that are not automatic banning offenses. Breaking the PvP rules. Repeated violations of build rules.

***Now that you have read the rules, return to Discord and add a reaction to the rules link post to acknowledge you have read, understand, and agree to abide by our rules to gain full access.***