Server Rules and Information

## **Basic Rules and Mechanics**

### **General Rules**

1. We are people first and foremost. Don’t be a dick, be polite. We’re all mostly civil people here. Issues can be hashed out in PMs, or be submitted via the incident form.
2. No hate speech will be tolerated. This includes but is not limited to racism, sexism, and political slurs.
3. No role playing suicide, cutting or other self harm actions. People deal with that in real life they don't want to deal with it here.
4. No soliciting, panhandling, etc. on server or in PMs. Artists, streamers, charities, etc. can promote their work and services in #shameless-plug, but no begging for personal handouts/donations.
5. No Metagaming. We often reveal more knowledge out of character than in character, don't abuse it.
6. Respect all in-character RP, ie. try not to interrupt a moment between a group for the sake of being funny.
7. In a session the DM has the final say, if you have a problem with the ruling, bring it up with them afterwards out of character. You can also ask other DMs their opinions.
8. Player characters should be above the age of consent at all times.
9. All interactions should be kept PG-13, we do not have an age requirement for the server so all interactions should maintain this.
10. Only one discord account per user is allowed to be on the server at any time. If you need to change your discord account, it can be accommodated and your information transferred to the new account.
11. Player Vs Player is allowed when character actions are just, and when rule 1 of the server is still being observed. If actions are purely to annoy, or detract from others experiences they will be retconned and that player removed from the server. As a note stealing is not allowed due to server economics.
12. Bathe regularly, like Norrick claims he does.

**Sexually Explicit Content:** There is no sexually explicit content allowed on the server. If any action you and another character takes an action would break a PG rating, Fade To Black (FTB). Also keep in mind many players may be underage and that sort of content can get extremely problematic to say the least. Kissing should be the farthest you go. Descriptions of your actions should not be suggestive.

### **List of Allowed Content**

* Players Hand Book
* Dungeon Masters Guide
* Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
* Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
* Tomb of Annihilation
* Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
* Princes of the Apocalypse
* Volo’s Guide to Monsters
* Storm King’s Thunder
* Out of the Abyss
* Hoard of the Dragon Queen
* The Rise of Tiamat
* Curse of Strahd
* Tales from the Yawning Portal
* The Tortle Package
* The UA Beastmaster Ranger
* The Tal’Dorei Campaign Guide
* Matt Mercer’s Gunslinger and Blood Hunter
* Some items and classes from The Guild Master's Guide to Ravnica
* Some items from Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
* Some items from Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
* Some content from Eberron: Rising from the Last War (No Artificer).
* Various other Homebrew material approved by our teams

### **General Server Mechanics**

Note: the forms for a lot of our mechanics can be found in: [#player-documents-forms-and-sheets] also pinned in their relevant channels on discord!

#### **Server Time**

When determining time within the city it is 2 times as fast as IRL. There is no set day / night cycle as we have players from across the globe and initiating that cycle would leave some players in eternal night time. For things that work off a weekly basis, such as limited markets, they refresh on Monday's based on Eastern Standard Time.

#### **Travel time**

Missions do not lock your character in for travel time. Does it make sense? No. But it's better than having a character locked for months after a mission that forced a long travel time. Some cognitive dissonance is needed.

#### **Death and Resurrection**

We use Matt Mercer’s Fading Spirit rules when determining player character resurrection. Base DC is 10 for first death and each successful resurrection or rapid resurrection check increases the DC by 1. Out of mission resurrections are overseen by a Staff member. Additionally, Clone increases your resurrection DC by 1 when you ***enter*** the clone after dying.

#### **Multiple Characters**

We currently allow all players to have up to 3 characters available for play. However, none of your characters may interact nor provide mechanical benefit to each other.

#### **Buying and Selling at #the-market**

Gold is tracked by the bot Bissle. Most purchases or expenditures will go through this channel with the command [*,spend X gp on 'item/service description'*]. You may sell an item for half of its listed cost with the command [*,sell 'item/description' for X gp*]. Some items are in limited quantity and may only be purchased a certain number of times per week. Healing potions are limited to 3 regular and 1 greater per character per week and spell scrolls are limited to 3 per character per week. Prices and availability can be found in the Shop Inventory document in #the-market pins. These types of purchases require you to ping @Staff to ensure that stock is kept accurate.

#### **Downtime or Downtime Points (DTP)**

A complex system for the stuff you can't DM hand wave in an “always on” game. Each character has two downtime cycles per IRL day. Each cycle is labeled as AM or PM and is determined by your own time zone. Each cycle assumes an 8-hour work day, regardless of whether it is fully utilized and is unaffected by race or class features such as Elf meditation or some Warlocks disregard of sleep. Downtime options are all listed in the Master Downtime Document located in the pins of the #downtime channel. But below are some examples of things that players can use downtime for:

* Construction (player made houses, ships or businesses)
* Running a business
* Working a job to gain gold outside of a game
* Crafting of mundane and magical items
* Learning languages and tool proficiencies (not skill proficiencies)
* Research

This is elaborated more on the Downtime Activities page as well.

#### **Organizing a Party**

When looking to go out on a mission, there are multiple ways to do it:

* **Scheduled games** are games arranged with a party and GM multiple days in advance to allow for proper and more in depth prep through the #future-scheduling channel.
* **Pickup games** are spur of the moment games that offer a GM less time to prep but are still fun adventures. These games, whether text or voice are considered 'live' games as they are generally concluded in one session.
* **Play-by-Post (PBP)** games are games that happen over several days over text only. There are some restrictions that come from starting a PBP game including a 24 hour RP/downtime lock, and a 1 week 'Live' mission lock. This time is measured in IRL time.

When you wish to find a group, navigate to the #group-up channel. Once there, type ,lfg to place yourself in the list of people currently looking for groups. This allows others to see who is currently available and looking. However, please take initiative rather than just passively posting “Looking For Group” or inserting yourself into the list. The more proactive you are the more likely you are to get a party. Additionally, you can look at the groups actively pinging for a GM in #ping-for-dm and ask to join one of those parties. All members of a group must be within +-5 levels of each other in order to group together.

Once you have a group of at least two players, you can navigate to the #ping-for-dm channel and follow the listed format in the pins to create a listing for your group. The general rule for the channel is that you may ping for a GM once an hour, unless there is more than one group, in which case you may ping no more than once every 30 minutes.

These are not all of the rules or mechanics observed on the server. Additional 'Word of Mouth' rules, mechanics, and server specific rulings can be found further down the page.

### **Bots and Roll Commands**

**The Dice Rollers**

They can be used in almost any channel, but please keep testing to #bot-commands

* Avrae - our resident goddess of chaos uses the [ “!” ] command prefix.
* Sidekick - the hero we don’t deserve uses the [ “/” ] command prefix.
* Bissle - The resident tracker of all things the [ "," ] command prefix.

For the most part, each of the bots follow the same command structure listed below though some bots, like Avrae, allow for more complicated rolls like the inclusion of parentheses.

* !r XdY+mod - for a normal dice roll with modifier
* /r XdY+ZdY+mod - for different dice in the same roll
* ,rr X YdZ+mod - to roll the same dice roll multiple times, where X is the number of rolls.
* !r d20+5 adv - allows for rolling with advantage
* ,r XdYkh1+mod - also allows for rolling with advantage
* !r d20+6 dis - allows for rolling with disadvantage
* ,r XdYkl1+mod - also allows for rolling with disadvantage

Any inquiries about the bots can typically be answered by the bots with their respective [help] commands in the #bot-commands channel. Otherwise just ask; people typically like to help.

## **Other Mechanics and Guidelines**

#### **Word of Mouth Rules**

Word of Mouth rules are those kinds of rules that pop up in a community over time and become part of the culture and how things are done. They can also refer to minor changes that are not necessarily covered in current documents or in the main rule list.

**Auction House**

* If you bid more than you have, your bid is void. If the auction ends and you do not have the funds to pay, the bid defaults to the next highest bid.
* Ping the player you outbid and the poster of the auction when you place a bid unless otherwise stated.

**General**

* Non-guild members cannot go on Guild sponsored missions without explaining why they were included.
* Performing a ritual resurrection with a cast time of 1 hour locks the caster out for that cycle of downtime.
* Viewing a polymorphed character is not a suitable means for a Druid to learn new forms.

**Market Related**

* Only the basic PHB mounts are available in and around Remnant. Utilize the Crystal Core Mount System to have an exotic mount with the stats listed in that document.
* Only the basic PHB poison is available for purchase. Others need to be found on mission.

**RP Related**

* Do not RP in the city channels while on a mission. It's disrespectful to your party and your GM. You can't be two places at once.
* Keep media posts and reaction gifs to their respective channels and out of RP channels. #runway, #general-ooc-media, #knowledge-memes, etc. Some people have limited data.

**Simulacrum**

* Inactive players cannot have an active Simulacrum.
* Simulacrum downtime must be posted in #downtime and follow all applicable rules.
* Simulacrums, Beast Master pets, etc, share attunement slots with their player.
* Simulacrums using Wish has the blow back consequences on the player.
* Only one Simulacrum per caster, per character is allowed.

#### **Auction House**

The Auction House, or AH as it is commonly referred to, is where players can auction off items they no longer need or want to other players for profit. Remember to respect one another and be kind. Below are the listed rules, though some few more have become part of server culture and are observed.

1. Anyone can auction off any item or collection of items that they own.
2. The seller sets the minimum price. The auction house takes a 10% commission of the final selling price, and the seller keeps the remainder. Items presented as part of bids must be assigned a value by the seller, and the 10% commission must still be paid in gp by either the buyer or seller. (or both)
3. The seller may also choose to set a price at which an item may be bought straight away, first come first serve. The auction house still takes a 10% commission. Instant buy prices must be specific and listed at first posting. If an instant buy option is presented to buyers, the first offer made of the instant buy value or higher must be accepted by the seller.  Think carefully before allowing this option in your auction.
4. Minimum bid increase is 1 gp. Item owners may set the minimum increase higher at their discretion.
5. Hard bids only. Ties are resolved by who bid first. Hard bid = new maximum is whatever the bid is.
6. Auctions last at least one IRL day and up to two weeks. Duration = seller's choice.
7. Bids cannot be withdrawn, and the terms of an auction may not be altered once posted. Read your auction post carefully before the initial posting. Spell check is your friend.
8. When placing a bid, ensure that you have the funds available if you win. Keep this in mind also when bidding on more than one thing. Only bid if you have sufficient funds to buy both.
9. The person setting the auction can set a level cap if they wish on an item to prevent item hoarding from those pesky big bankrolls.
10. The person auctioning the item may seek to take a trade in place of gold or in addition to gold. The person selling the item must list what they value the item at so that others placing gold only bids have the ability to out bit the item.
11. Auctions must run for the full duration posted for the bid. If you are looking to end the auction early, make sure to post in the original and updated auction posts the terms for ending early.

#### **Divine Intervention and Wish**

All uses of Divine intervention and Wish when used to attempt something outside their usual scope will be submitted to the Admins via the form located in the #player-documents-forms-and-sheets channel. The Admins will discuss and decide what, if anything happens. Admins may contact trusted DMs or staff members for their opinions as needed.

* Note: This isn't applicable to in mission uses of Divine Intervention and Wish of course. DMs will need to use their best judgement. You can always attempt to consult an Admin or other staff member should that occur.

#### **NPC Adventurers**

NPC’s are available for use by anyone to aid lower newer players in their leveling process. These NPCs grow as normal. Additionally we have some basic NPCs, to be played at each tier should you want to test them out or fill out a party these ones do not grow. The lists and forms for this system can be found in the Master Server Intro Document in the #welcome-guide channel.

#### **Background NPCs**

We ask that you limit the interaction between NPCs from your background and yourself to a minimum. Background NPCs should take no action that would require action from other NPCs. If you need a background NPC to have a larger role in something for character development, please contact a GM or Staff member to see if what you have in mind can be accommodated.

#### **Respeccing**

If a player finds they do not like their current character as they are now, or if something happens which impairs the fun of that character, they may choose to respec. This server has two kinds of respec: the pre-5 respec and the emergency respec.

* The pre-5 respec allows a character to respec if they are low tier (levels 2-4). They are allowed to change everything and keep the progress of the character. Their EXP and inventory stays the same. This is only allowed once per character.
* The emergency respec is allowed once per player, not character, so use it wisely! This respec allows you to keep your progress and is allowed at any level. This will allow you to keep all your EXP, items, Treasure points and other trinkets you have acquired on your journey. As said before this is only once per account so use it when you absolutely have to!
* Respecs do not give back the ability to cast Wish if it was previously lost.
* On rare occasions, other respecs may be given out. These generally have special criteria to gain and use them, which is described on their release and can vary in scope.

#### **Resurrection Fund**

The Resurrection Fund (RF) is a special fund found in the Shop Inventory Document. This system is in place to prevent abuse with spells like True Resurrection. The RF contains an amount of diamonds usable for resurrection spells up to a cap of 25000. An amount of diamonds is automatically added to the fund at the start of each week. When a player wishes to resurrect another, they must spend gold in #the-market equal to the amount of the diamond and ping the Staff role to ensure that the fund is updated. If this is not done, the resurrection will be nullified.

* This system applies to the following spells: Revivify, Raise Dead, Resurrection, True Resurrection and Clone.
* Wish and Divine Intervention take from this stock. This is due to the nature of the server and the large amount of high level casters generally available.
* Concerning Clone, only the 1000gp diamond component takes from this stock.

#### **Retirement/Unretirement**

If you are finished with a character or need to free up one of your free character slots, you may choose to retire them. Retiring a character results in them fading into the background though they are still able to engage in RP. However, retired characters may provide no mechanical benefit to others. Retired PC's may still operate a shop for RP purposes if they had one before their retirement but all transactions go through the market as if the work was done by a NPC. Each unique discord account is allotted one 'un-retire' so it is a good idea to hold onto the character sheets for any retired character!

* **Temp Retirement:** Only available in certain specific limited instances and at Admin discretion.

Unretiring is allowed only once per account. Should a player choose to unretire a character, it keeps the EXP and level it had at the time of retirement. When unretiring a character, the player must submit the character again so that there is no discrepancy in stats, feats, and the like. No character changes of any kind are allowed. Once submitted, ping Staff in #hall-of-staff so they may review the character and level logs to ensure everything is unchanged. Additionally, unretires have the following limits applied:

* The character comes back from retirement with 50% of the GP they had when entering retirement.
* Items, XP, GP, and TP do not transfer from a current character to an unretired character. Please do not attempt to circumvent this through another player.

## **Affecting the World**

We encourage players to interact in the world they are choosing to play in. This can be accomplished in a few ways with many different considerations, but the first step is to start by sharing your desires with the Lore Team by either PMing one of them or bringing it up in #lore-public-view.

The desire must be something feasibly accomplished by the character and the considerations that should be taken into account are the following:

* Level
* Magic items
* Allies and standing in the world (Reputation)
* The actions required and difficulty involved

When thinking of *what* you can accomplish, please think in terms of tier in addition to the above bullets.

* Tier 1 (levels 2-4) - Local Heroes: Think local politics, smaller non-combat issues. The scope of villages and small towns.
* Tier 2 (levels 5-10) - Heroes of the Realm: Think towns and small cities, medium level politics, potentially removing low level threats with RP.
* Tier 3 (levels 11-16) - Masters of the Realm: Think cities and high level politics, medium level threats removed via RP with prep.
* Tier 4 (levels 17-20) - Masters of the World: Think pretty much anything can be done with enough prep and resources. Talk to lore, the world is your oyster!

If the action cannot feasibly be accomplished, either due to server rules/desires or the player being extremely unlikely to pull it off even with prep and such, the team will work with the player on a more attainable goal.

If it can go forward, the Lore Team can either have one of their DMs run a mission to accomplish the goal OR roleplay out the actions of the player and then the consequences of those actions (both positive and negative) without a full on mission. This should be done in an appropriate public channel, or if the need calls for it one of the Lore Team specific channels.

**Example with Scales of Advancement for Lore/Backstory-Based Missions:**

*Overarching Story Thread* - A disgraced and exiled noble wishes to reclaim their name and status of their house.

**Low Tier:** A short-term goal that indirectly connects to your overarching goal/story threads.

* Example: Defending the barony from an outside threat, spreading your name across the barony over time.

**Mid Tier:** Minor advancements towards your overarching goal/story thread.

* Example: Reaching out to contact a noble who was a political ally to you and to your house before you were exiled.

**High Tier:** Major advancements towards your overarching goal/story thread.

* Example: Publicly denounce those that worked to exile you in your barony, taking on agents of those house members in the streets of your barony.

**Epic Tier:** Completion/Resolution of your overarching goal/story thread.

* Example: Dealing with the opposing house leaders directly, and reclaiming your seat in your house and title. In this example, you could either retire there as a noble, or abdicate while you continue adventuring.

*Related Pages: Character Creation, FAQ, Magic Item Acquisition and TP Usage, Downtime Activities*