Rules & Guidelines

## Introduction to the Rules

Every server needs rules, and ours is no different. When you join any official KeyCraft Discord or Minecraft server you automatically accept the terms and conditions of these rules, and any punishments that you may receive if you break them.

These rules are only in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the players, not to inhibit your experience on the server.

**These rules are everchanging and may be edited at any time. When the rules are updated a post will be made in the Official Omnia Discord to alert you of such.**

## General Rules

1. No forms of harassment, hate speech, or bullying will be allowed.
	1. Any forms of discrimination due to gender identity, race, sexual orientation, appearance or otherwise will not be tolerated.
	2. Any forms of doxxing, exposure, or in any way bringing real-world drama onto the server will not be tolerated.
2. No forms of Sexually-Explicit Roleplay (ERP) are tolerated in public channels.
	1. Any forms of ERP must be done with a consenting adult aged 18+, no one under the age of 18 is allowed to partake in ERP on this server or any official discords. This will be explained further below.
	2. Any Sexually-Explicit Roleplay must be kept to “Fade to Black”\* in public. Nothing that involves the exposure of genetalia or performing sexual acts may be roleplayed outside of DM’s. \**Fading to Black means to simply cut the scene short and infer whatever was going to have happen, happened. Typically this is used in instances of Sexual or Gorey roleplay, merely skipping the portions that are explicit and picking back up after they have 'completed'.*
	3. Repeated use of Sexually-Explicit Roleplay when asked to cease by another player will also not be tolerated. If someone asks you to stop, you stop.
3. No forms of Sexually-Themed content is allowed to be used with or in the presence of minors (people under the age of 18 regardless of their countries laws)
	1. This includes ERP, sexually themed roleplay (Heavy petting, Oral, etc.).
	2. Grooming behaviour falls into this category as well
	3. Any forms of sending sexually-themed photos to underage players are not tolerated.
4. Any forms of Cheating, Hacking, or otherwise exploiting the game for your own benefit are not tolerated.
	1. Flyhacks, Elytrahacks, PVP Hacks etc. Are not tolerated
	2. Client-Side mods that may help improve performance, add accessibility options, or improve your quality of gameplay are allowed. Noclipping, Xray, AFK-Farming, KillAura, etc are not.
5. Automatic Farms are prohibited within Player Homes. This is due to issues with lag.
	1. Auto-Fishers, AFK Farming, etc are prohibited.
6. Impersonating another player and/or a staff member is not allowed.
7. KeyCraft, Discord, and TikTok are all rated 13+, if you are not 13 or older you will not be permitted to join KeyCraft
8. Do not advertise other non-KC servers within KeyCraft
9. Inappropriate Discord Names or Minecraft Usernames are strictly not allowed. We will either ask you to change or you will be barred from participating in either server.
10. Inappropriate topics are now banned in this Discord. No sexual innuendos, sexual content, or disgusting conversation.
11. Politics should remain out of public channels for the sake of remaining civil.

Anyone found to be breaking the above rules will be punished accordingly. Rules 1-3 are going to be handled quite harshly, and if you are found to be breaking those rules you will most likely be banned after the Dungeon Master Team discusses the severity of the rule broken. Rule 4 will be handled on a case by case basis, if deemed necessary by the DM’s online. Please report anyone breaking the above rules to a DM.

We will take any and all claims seriously, and proof may be sent in the form of in-game screenshots, Discord screenshots, or by a DM witnessing the event personally.

Offenses can be reported by either Discord or by using the In-Game Ticket Plugin.

## Roleplay Rules

1. Whilst Roleplaying, forms of Power-Gaming or God-Roleplaying are not allowed. The definition of Power-Gaming is listed here.
	1. Forcing other Players/Characters into roleplaying with you against their will is not allowed, this does *not* apply to characters who have Surrendered Consent (defined below)
	2. Forcing attacks or actions onto Players/Characters without giving them the chance to deflect/dodge/counterattack is not allowed. All actions against another player must be an attempt and then allowed to be countered within reasonable means. The only exception would be in the case of rolls, where the outcome is predetermined.
2. Excessive Gore is not allowed. Refrain from detailed descriptions of torture, wounds, or other disgusting scenarios.
	1. Torture roleplay can never be forced upon a Player. If the Player decides they do not wish to do torture roleplay, you must timeskip the events.
	2. If you are roleplaying out excessive gore and another player asks you to stop, you should either move elsewhere (if applicable) or stop describing the gore.
3. Excessively Sexual Roleplay is not allowed. No forms of sexual encounters may be roleplayed in public, only in DM’s.
	1. This does NOT apply to minors. Any person who is a minor may not participate in sexual roleplay when affiliated with the server. We have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to sexual acts with minors (Anyone under the age of 18 regardless of their countries laws.)
	2. Any forms of sexual encounters or roleplay that includes a Character under the age of 18 or that physically presents as a child is not allowed.
4. Meta-Gaming is not allowed. This includes using information learned Out of Character to benefit yourself in roleplay.]
	1. If someone tells you something on Discord, or in an Out Of Character chat, you may not use this information in roleplay until your Character learns so.

These rules are to be followed at all times when roleplaying in any Omnia server or Discord chat. Any forms of the above (Exception being any forms of Sexual Roleplay involving a minor) will result in a warning and if continued, a 10 minute mute or 3 hour temp-kick if deemed necessary. Continued actions past this can result in a 2 day ban.

If the rule-breaking persists after a 2 day ban then the offending player will be handled personally by the Dungeon Master Team who will determine the severity of the punishment.

## Roleplay Rules: Permissions

While Roleplaying players are expected to understand and abide by the permissions given to and for their characters. Permissions establish what you are/are not allowed to do in a certain situation.

**Types of Permissions:**

* “Private Permissions”
	+ Interaction Permissions are the most basic form of permission, and simply means allowing one person's character to interact with yours. Private Permissions may be invoked when a character is invading a ‘private’ area such as a home, room, or base. If a character is in a public domain such as a tavern or the wilderness, others wanting to join may not need to ask for Private Permissions unless otherwise indicated.
* “Public Permissions”
	+ Public Permissions include any public interactions that may be walked in on or joined by anyone in the area. This also includes any public or large-scale interaction happening in Player Announcements or Looking for RP, as when a player posts in that channel it is implied that they are open to interaction. Situations falling under public permissions cannot deny entry/interaction to players unless that player is breaking server rules and/or harassing the players involved.
	+ Examples of public permissions include but are not limited to: A character sitting in a bar or tavern, Announcing your character as having attacked/murdered multiple NPCs, Announcing your character vandalizing a roleplay location.
* “Consequence Permissions”
	+ Consequence Permissions are permissions given directly because of the actions of your character, even if they are against the Player’s will. Consequence Permissions cannot be enforced without a ‘cause’ and are only applicable under certain circumstances. These Permissions may cause the player to have to give up Maim, Hostage, or Kill permissions upon their character given the severity of the consequence. Another way of viewing Consequence Permissions is as revenge, meaning that another player must have good enough reason to invoke this. Situations falling under consequence permissions cannot deny entry/interaction to players unless that player is breaking server rules and/or harassing the players involved.
	+ Examples of actions that may invoke consequence permissions include but are not limited to: Murdering an NPC or Player-Character, Attacking a character, Placing a bounty on another character, Collecting a bounty on a character, challenging a character to a duel, committing a crime in a city, or publicly slandering another character.
* “Maim Permissions”
	+ Maiming includes damage to a character that is considered permanent either physically or visually. Maims are something that usually cannot be undone without “Voiding” the roleplay.
	+ Examples of Maims include but are not limited to: Removing a limb or feature, Disfiguring a character, permanently disabling a character, deactivating a Rune with silver, or turning a character into a Striga or giving them any other sort of affliction.
* “Hostage Permissions”
	+ Hostage permissions include keeping a character against their will, arresting them, or otherwise confining them to one space without the ability to leave. Characters can remain in a Hostage situation for a maximum of 3 IRL days (Unless otherwise agreed upon) before the captor must free them. It is expected that the player keeping the hostage must interact and/or provide roleplay for the hostage. If the character has been arrested by a City Guard they may be required to stay in the surrounding area and/or set up a time and date to face further consequences after their 3 days have expired.
	+ Examples of Hostage situations may include but are not limited to: Kidnapping a character, A Guard arresting a character, locking a character in any sort of tomb or cell, or chaining/handcuffing a character to one person or in one spot for a prolonged period of time.
* “Kill Permissions”
	+ Killing a character includes permanent character death and therefore making them unplayable in the future. This action cannot be undone, and does not apply to Striga ‘tempdeaths’.
	+ Examples of actions that may kill a character include but are not limited to: Beheading, burning to death, falling from a great height, drowning, or being lethally wounded in any other way.

**Using Permissions**

If Roleplay goes beyond a simple interaction, Players may need to establish permissions. Maim, Hostage, and Kill permissions are something usually only done while antagonizing another character, these permissions may lead to a player invoking Consequence permissions if they choose to defend themselves or enact revenge.

Antagonizing is interacting with others in a way that may make other characters want to retaliate. Not all antagonistic characters are evil, but their actions have consequences!

Some types of permissions do not need to be established to be in effect, as situations like posting in Player Announcements automatically applies Public Consent! The rules explaining when/where Private, Public, and Consequence permissions apply is detailed above.

Furthermore, when applying Consequence Permissions, only the character directly responsible can face the consequences of their actions. The blame cannot be forced onto another character, or characters cannot be used in order to force another to give up permissions. An example of this would be keeping one character hostage, and claiming they will only be set free if Maim perms are given on an entirely different character. Consequence Permissions are meant to be used in vengeance, self-defense, or punishment format only.

## Roleplay Rules Extended: Character Death

Character Death on this server is a *Permanent State*, meaning that there are no resurrections, revivify, or forms of zombification/ghosts. If your character dies in Roleplay, you are *no longer allowed to play them*. This does NOT apply to being killed in PVP or PVE scenarios, unless you so choose.

* Attempting to evade the consequences of character death by creating a clone of your character or voiding (retconning) the death of the character without the consent of the Killer/Those involved will result in Dungeon Master intervention & punishment.

You may not kill another player's character without their consent, *unless* Surrendered Consent is applied. There is no negotiation with this, if Surrendered Consent is applied you must contact the Dungeon Master Team for approval prior to the execution.

## Reporting Players/Staff

If you need to report a player and/or staff member for breaking any of our server rules, please fill out **this form**! Only Server Owners can see the results of this form.

## Streaming Guidelines

1. When streaming on the Official KeyCraft Minecraft server you must obtain the consent of everyone you are Roleplaying/Questing with in order to stream
	1. If someone does not consent to your stream you must either walk away so they are not involved, ask them to move elsewhere, or simply stop streaming. Especially if you are Roleplaying information that players do not want spoiled/potentially metagamed.
	2. This does not apply to public areas such as Taverns or Large-Scale Server Events etc.
2. If approaching/being approached by Players who were not present when you began streaming, you must inform them that you are in fact streaming
	1. This does not apply to public venues such as Taverns, Large-Scale Server events etc.
3. Any information that is gained while being Streamed may only be spread by those directly involved in the Roleplay. Stream viewers may not know any information In-Character that they gained by watching the stream. Doing so is Metagaming.
4. You must ask a DM for permission to stream if you are in a DM’d event. DM’s can reject your request if the event includes spoiler-like information.
5. If you are found to be streaming any form of explicit content on KeyCraft you will be barred from streaming in the future. This includes any forms of ERP or Questionable Roleplay.
6. You may Advertise your streams in the Discord
	1. If you are streaming on the KeyCraft Minecraft server please include a link to our Planetminecraft Page and/or the Server IP somewhere in your stream.

## Appealing A Ban

If you have been banned on either the KeyCraft Discord server or the KeyCraft Minecraft server you are free to submit an appeal using the form below. Filling out this form will not guarantee your ban will be appealed.

https://forms.gle/TYbNB2AWzRCtm2dQ6