World of Casus Rules

Server Rules
Player Hostility - Players and staff are both expected to act kind to one another. The disrespect of players or staff members is not tolerated.

1b.OOC
Toxicity - A player will be considered toxic if they continuously cause problems in the community, whether they do so on the forums, discord, in character or out of character. Toxic players will be expected to cease the actions that have labeled them as a toxic player or risk harsh punishment.

2a.OOC
Harassment - The harassment of players and staff is strictly prohibited. If you or another feels harassed do not hesitate to bring the situation to a staff member, who will determine the validity of the claim.

2b.OOC
Sexual Harassment - If at any time, a player is caught sexually harassing anyone they will be swiftly and harshly dealt with. There will be no leniency in these cases, and if found guilty you should not expect to be allowed to stay.

3.OOC
Flaming - Flaming is not allowed in any way. If you feel wronged or you are upset, contact a staff member or remove yourself from a situation. There is no need to flame global due to a bad situation.

4a.OOC
Chat - Global and public chats should remain free of excessive foul language, capitalization, spammed chat, and inappropriate conversations.

4b.OOC
Arguments - Arguments should not happen in a global or public chat, either take it into private messages or bring the situation to the attention of a staff member.

5.OOC
Player Conduct - Racism, sexism, and/or prejudice outside of roleplay is not allowed. If you dislike someone, or someone's character for these reasons, then avoid roleplaying with them and avoid the player. There is no reason to cause needless strife.

6.OOC
Advertising - Advertising another server regardless of what kind it is will result in harsh punishment unless given explicit permission by the owner that you may do so. This includes the mentioning of server names or names synonymous with other servers.

7a.OOC
Changing the Terrain - Changing the terrain is forbidden. Things such as building, moving blocks, destroying blocks or doing such things as mining, cutting down trees, etc. are not allowed. The only exception to this is if you have discussed the action with a staff member and they have given you consent to do so.

7b.OOC
Theft (OOC) - Stealing another player’s items out of spite and/or without any roleplay involved will not be permitted. Doing so will be labeled as out of character theft, the items must be returned, an apology, and further punishment may be handed out.

8a.OOC
Hacks - Any hacks, mods, or the like that give you an unfair advantage in game are not allowed. This includes things such as X-Ray or loaded dice but does not include mods such as More Player Models or minimap mods.

8b.OOC
Bugs - Any bug discovered in one of our plugins should be reported to the first staff member available. Withholding the information and/or abusing the bug will result in punishment.

9a.OOC
Lying to Staff - When asked an OOC question by a staff member, specifically in the investigation of an incident or otherwise, you are expected to always answer truthfully. Lying will have you receiving further punishment on top of any other punishments you may receive.

9b.OOC
Staff Accountability - Staff are expected to follow every rule players do with very few exceptions. If a player believes a staff member is breaking any rule whether they are performing their duties as staff at the time are not they have an obligation to report the matter. Staff members are also expected to be unbiased when investigating situations, if they believe they cannot they are expected to hand the investigation to another staff member. A player at any time during an investigation can request a different staff member to investigate the situation if they give legitimate reasoning why they feel the staff member is being biased or unfair. Finally staff members are expected to keep a level head when interacting with players and keep a professional demeanor, if they feel they are incapable of doing such they are required to remove themselves from the situation. Not doing so or continuously not doing so can result in expulsion from all staff teams and barring from reentry.

9c.OOC
Staff Authority - The word of a staff member is law. If you are told to do something by a staff member you are expected to oblige. You may if you choose approach a higher ranking staff member to contest their decision if you feel it is unfair or wrong.

In-Character Rules
RDM (IC) - Random DeathMatch or RDM is defined as killing any character for little to no legitimate reason. A character must have both sufficient roleplay and a suitable reason as to why they are killing another character.

1b.IC
RDM (OOC) - The Random DeathMatch clause also applies to the killing of another player. There is little reason to kill another player in game, randomly and without consent for it has the potential to ruin the roleplaying experience of others. The exceptions to this rule are activities such as events or out of character brawling.

2.IC
ERP - Erotic Roleplay or ERP is any roleplay that contains sexual or erotic actions and/or heavy sexual or erotic themes that may be disturbing to a younger audience, or cause other players to become uncomfortable. It is not allowed on The World of Casus. This clause also includes the rape of characters, or talk of rape in any form. The determination of ERP is at the discretion of the investigating staff member and the affected party(ies).Note: No characters may FTB; sexual activity cannot be RPed nor implied.

3a.IC
Theft & Property Destruction (IC) - See 7b.OOC for rules on OOC theft of items. The act of stealing from another character may only happen in character if the owner of the items is online. This is exempted if the player in question has not been online or played as this character in at least an IRL month without notifying another player/staff member about their inactivity. A member of the moderation team and or a DM must oversee the theft. This is the same requirements for the burning of another character’s home or property. In addition to these terms, you also fully consent to death by another character during the theft. Death-consent resets after the theft.

3b.IC
Crime - Crimes against other players should be moderated by a member of Upper Staff. That staff member has complete discretion as to the success, required process, dangers, etc. of the crime.

4.IC
NPC Roleplay - Any roleplay involving the invisible population or NPC's needs to be moderated by an admin or moderator. They hold complete discretion over the NPCs reactions and how the roleplay will turn out.

5.IC
Roleplay Quality - A player’s duty is to ensure that they maintain the quality of roleplay on The World of Casus. This means that immersion is important, direct references and characters made to be edgy just for the sake of it, can be revoked or asked to be changed.

6a.IC
Metagaming - Metagaming or the act of using knowledge gained out of character within an in character situation is strictly not allowed and will not be tolerated. Information achieved through Discord, Steam, forums, global chat and messages, out of character chatter, and other such methods that are not achieved through legitimate roleplay or through common knowledge can and will be considered as Metagaming if brought in character at the investigating staff member’s discretion. To hold both parties accountable, anything you want to be kept private IC should not be disclosed in any of these channels. Disclosing your own private information is also against the rules, this is to protect you as the person from having your plots/plans/characters meta gamed. Also, If your character holds a position (military, governmental, business owner) and they die or leave the position, another one of your characters is not eligible to take this position. This becomes Meta and does not allow other players characters to get involved in those situations. If no one else wants that position after two weeks your other character can then fill it. If found out a player(s) has done this, the character in question will be removed from that position.

6b.IC
Powergaming - Powergaming is considered to be any action that is forced onto another character. For example if combatant A emotes that they leap forward and stab combatant B in the throat, it is considered powergaming. Every action against another character should always give the character a chance to react or resist the action against them.

6c.IC
God Modding - God Modding is considered any attempt to unbalance a character or make it impossible to harm or kill them, this is especially true for new characters. This could include anything from flying to impervious skin, the determination and severity of God Modding is entirely at the discretion of the investigating staff member.

7.IC
Killing & Maiming - In order to kill or maim in a roleplay combat scenario, a legitimate reason must be given and accepted by the opposing player. Regarding auto-consenting, only under two situations is it allowed; the first being that the first character to initiate the fight does not need to consent. As for the second, during an event, the need for a player to auto-consent the death or maiming of their character is under the staff member's discretion. If these reasons are at all called into question, a moderator can be called in to determine the legitimacy of the reasoning. If a moderator is not available and a party in the roleplay requests one, the roleplay will be paused until one can judge the situation.

8.ICf
Immersive Experience - The breaking of immersion and the ruining of another’s roleplay experience is not allowed. This includes excessive out of character chatter, running and jumping around an active roleplay area, or other such things. If you are out of character, please inform those near you.

9.IC
Character Skill Level -When it comes to character skill, all new characters are required to start at the beginning rank. Regardless of backstory and or age.

10.IC
RP & OOC Separation - Do not bring in character problems to out of character or vice versa. The actions of a character should remain in roleplay and the actions of a player should remain out of character, attacking a character because of a dislike for the player or attacking a player for the actions of their character is absolutely prohibited. If a problem arises, do not hesitate to contact staff.

11.IC
Direct references - Do not use direct references from outside sources such as TV, books, or any sort of media. If you wish to create a character like that of one on TV then take parts from them. Do not directly copy that character. Characters found to be exact copies will be revoked or reworked.

12.IC
Item Sources - All items used IC must have an IC source; whether it's from a farm you own, trading with another town/player, trading with an NPC merchant, etc. If the items have no source and no proof of a source, the items will be taken away. No parties are exempt from this rule except for official events.

13.IC
Cloning - The act of 'cloning' your previous character once they have 'served their purpose,' died, or otherwise are no longer able to be played by you is strictly forbidden. Such a situation would include actively playing a character of a certain type, who then dies in a tragic accident. The next day, you create a new character of the exact same type with a different skin on. This is by no means a bannable offense, but if we catch you doing something like this, you may be forced to majorly alter your character or stop playing them entirely.

14.IC
Multiple Characters - All players are allowed to have as many characters as they wish, as long as they do not directly interact with their own characters. Your two characters cannot ever interact with one another. It will be considered as Meta-Gaming. If you have questions then please contact a staff member.
The only requirement is that they notify a staff member so that they may be added to the current XP document. Please notify us here. *It is not required, but HIGHLY suggested that you still make a character bio.*

15.IC
Loopholing - The act of 'loopholing' or attempting to find ways around lore, rules and guides set in place is not allowed whatsoever. These documents are put into place to ensure the core quality of RP is held. Users that attempt to loophole will be warned, and punished accordingly.

In-Character NPCs and Wars
War Permission -Nations or settlements that wish to have a war with each other must first get permission from a Master DM and Owner before engaging in full-on battles. Small skirmishes and scuffles outside of settlement/nation territory are allowed under all circumstances, however. Sieges and assaults on the cities themselves are not. No settlement is exempt of war unless an Admin explicitly says so, for whatever reason they would. That is to say, a large nation is allowed(with Master DM permission) to raid small settlements as they wish, but it may not always be allowed if the raiding gets out of hand. See rule 5.IC for partial explanation.

2.WAR
Player-only Wars -A player-only war or battle is one in which only players are used to win the fight, and no invisible populace. These player-only battles can be fought using one of the following methods: PvP, or Dice *In almost all instances Dice will be utilized.* The method must be agreed upon by both warring parties and subsequently accepted and recorded by a Master DM.

3.WAR
Invis-pop Resources -In order to have invis-pop in one category, you need to first have a player in that category. That is to say, in order to have invis-pop farmers, you need to first have a player farmer to oversee them. It works the same way with military and guard forces. In that way, an invis-pop cannot be used as a leader. Only “crewmen,” so-to-speak. In addition to this, if you own an estate outside the city limits and wish to allocate invis-pop to your business, you may allocate the 6 invis-pop from yourself, to your estate. Per additional worker you hire, you get an additional 2 invis-pop to allocate from the city to your estate. For invis-pop to be allowed in an estate, however, you must either directly buy it from a nearby city, or still remain within a nearby city's jurisdiction. In the case of invis-pop building, only towns may allocate invis-pop to construct new buildings or repair broken ones. Players may employ the government and its invis-pop to build them buildings, if they so wish. But resources must still be gathered for such construction projects.

Discord Rules
Appropriate Language - When using our Discord server you are expected to keep your cursing and inappropriate language at a reasonable level.

1b.DIS
Appropriate Images - When using our Discord server you are expected to keep the images used for your profile and the ones you link in chat appropriate. Do not link or put up vulgar or images or inappropriate images.

2.DIS
Chat - No spamming the chat, if you have some loud music In the background, or you are playing loud noises onto the channel when people are trying to speak, then you will be either kicked from the server, or moved to another channel.

3.DIS
Maturity - Be mature in how you do things. If you are having a meeting with a staff member then be mature about how you do it, you give them respect, and they'll will give it in return.

4.DIS
Requests - If someone asks you to stop, do the mature thing and stop.

5.DIS
Trolling - Do not under any circumstance troll on Discord. It will not be tolerated

6.DIS
Correct Channels - Speak in the right channels, if you’re playing something that’s not Minecraft and talking about it, then go to the Gaming Channel.