Rules

## Item restrictions and Approval system

### Item Restrictions:

To make the game more fair for new players, and to limit godplay/"Opness" there is limits to what you can have without approval.

#### List of restricted Items:

* Diamond Armor
* Diamond Swords
* Diamond Weapons (axes with sharpness and other things that do a lot of damage)
* Enchanted gear, this includes tools, armor, and weapons
* Crossbows

#### How to get items approved

To get your FAVORITE diamond armor approved all you need to do is DM a Lore-writer, admin, or moth himself with realistic lore on how you got it, and why you should have it. IF it is an enchantment, you must also state HOW it is enchanted (this can be either from a wizard, thaumaturge devotee, or just having special things, like a sharpened blade).

(also lore does not mean "I fished it out of a lake", it has to be realistic to the lore and such. So if it is some vanilla mechanic (Except for the enchantment table), then you cannot have the enchantment.)

## Roleplay

This server is really roleplay-heavy, therefore we MUST have rules.

### ***Troll Roleplay***

**IC trolling:** Roleplaying in a ridiculous manner, with the intention to disrupt or derail serious roleplays.

*Example:*

-I'd run around, throwing tiny leaf-shaped stones at people accusing them of crimes in Turkey, while speaking Chinese.

**OOC Harassment:** When someone intentionally, maliciously and repetitively stalks and harasses other players, or is unable to cooperate with an admin when told to stop flaming/arguing.

*Example:*

P1: "(LOL you're stupid kid)" P2: "(please stop, that's mean)" P1: "(Lol no stupid)"

**Lorebreaking:** Failing to acknowledge the lore of the Esterlyn universe, such as the lack of guns. And ignoring lore for ones own benefit.

*Example:*

- "(I'm RPing my char having a shotgun made with magic)"

**ERP**: Using roleplay in a sexual manner or in one that is uncomfortable for others nearby.

*Example:*

- " I'd tear apart his stomach, consuming the organs that lie within, blood and guts everywhere "

**Random Attacking:** Wherever, whoever you are, you must have a reason for attacking players

* "THIS MEAT IS UNDERCOOKED" is not a reason to send a lightning bolt into the heart of your cook

**Private Roleplay:** Segregating yourself and or others from everyone else in-game by refusing to acknowledge the existence of other players that have not broken any rules is not allowed.

*Example:*

*-* "(I'm ignoring your character because I don't want to RP with you)"

**Ghosting/Metagaming:** Using knowledge that your character could not possibly know

 *Example*

- "I just happened to stop picking the lock to look at you as you prepped the knife silently"

**Greifing:** Being destructive for no point, or metagrudging. (yes we have a page for it)

**Ignoring Permissions:** Everyone MUST ask for PTK or PTC when officially killing a character or permanently crippling them. Just killing them in game will KO them.

 *Example*

P1: "(I have you cornered, PTK?)" P2: "(Ugh... fine)" P1: "I'd stab you in the heart"

**Throwaway characters:** Creating as character for the sole purpose of distracting or combat

Example:

P1: "I'd stab you in the heart" P2: \*Instantly comes back and kills P1 with Generic outlaw\*

**NPCs:** Pretty basic rule. If you would be shot, arrested, or slashed by entering an area, don't go there even if there's no players that would attack you.

Example:

- "(Lol, wdym the sentinels faction would have torn me up? There's no one else online)"

### ***Breaking Physics or Realism***

**Fail Roleplay (FRP for short) :** Roleplaying without using realism or physics. This also applies to people who don't use detail, and don't add any depth to their character or story arc or whatever.

*Example*:

- "(Dude, my child char isn't gonna apologize for being rude and spitting on the head knight's armor, he can just beat the knight to death)"

**Power Play:** Doing things in an impossible manner or speed, controlling other player's actions, and making things over powered

 *Example:*

-"As my character lunged at them, holding a spear and boulder, the door locked behind his two victims with such a complex mechanism that they could not pick it, the prey begged for their lives"

**Godmodding:** Acting above or beyond normal limitations, basically having mass amounts of magic, supernatural gear, or other gear.

*Example:*

-"My armor was invincible to all forms of attack, basically making me one of the gods"

### Staff (especially Moderators and admins) have the final say in:

**NPCs:** Still being debated on weather or not to remove, but having the 300 with you wouldn't be realistic now? Would it?

Example: "Suddenly as the two orcs charged at me, my army of 100 soldiers popped out of all the bushes and trees, bows aimed"

**OOC trolling/harassment:** Since this is already a rule, this would result in automatic moderation

Example: "(Loll nub not gonna ban me lol)" \*logs off\*

**Unrealistic, unfair, or fail RP:** If a staff member says it was voided, or to redo it, then you do as they say.

Example: "(But why do we have to void it?!)"

**Abusing loopholes:** Using a loophole is automatic moderation.

Example: "(Well it didn't say I couldn't do X so good try noob)"

**Magic:** If it is not listed in any guides that have been officialized, then no, it does not exist.

Example: "I use Stuffed Animal magic to bring all nearby toys to life"

**Races and Creatures:** If you are not okayed by the staff team, then NO, you can NOT be an unlisted creature or race!

Example: "(Actually its an African mythology creature)"

## Disclaimer:

**I did not come up with all of these on my own, 90% of the rules came from the Far Lands 2 wiki.**