Rules

## **General Rules and Community Guidelines**

**We have a strict policy to ensure safety for every member of our community.**

*Please Note: These rules are subject to change at any time, check back for updates.*

Please be polite, and kind on the server and in discord. Treat others the way you wish to be treated. If there are any problems, please do not hesitate to contact a staff member.

**This is a serious roleplay server. Please treat it as such.**

We have a strict policy of 16 years of age and older on the server. By applying for this server, you have agreed that you are at least 16 years of age.  This rule is put in place for a few reasons.

* We aim for a mature community. This is so we can include more on the server in fight and combat roleplay.
* We would like to avoid any grooming or inappropriate situations. Due to this, we have an age minimum of 16.

If you are found in violation of being under the age of 16, you will be banned from the discord and the server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given. This may seem unfair, but truly it is for the safety of all on Broken Realm RP.

Do not date or have inappropriate conversations or relations, or grooming behavior with minors under the age of 18. If you are found in violation of this, you will be terminated from the discord and the server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given.

Harassment in any form will not be tolerated. (This includes sexual harassment and stalking). If you are found in violation of this, you will be terminated from the discord and the server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given.

Doxing (search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the internet, typically with malicious intent) and blackmail will not be tolerated. If you are found in violation of this, you will be terminated from the discord and the server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given.

* Do not share private information with anyone about anyone (including yourself) on the server.
* Do not share identifiable information with anyone about anyone (including yourself) on the server.

Do not participate in any extreme content (racism, slander, homophobia, ect). If you are found in violation of this, you will be terminated from the discord and the server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given.

Do not share minecraft accounts while using this server. If you are found in violation of this, you will be terminated from the discord and the server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given.

## **Forum and Discord Rules**

Follow all Community Guidelines and General Rules while on the Forums and Discord (This includes Discord’s own Rules and Guidelines while on our Discord Server).

Please do not advertise other servers or games other than Broken Realm RP.

Do not post anything on the forums or discord containing explicit content. If you are confused by this, contact staff.

Please use actual text on the forums. Do not use odd unreadable fonts or odd emojis when unnecessary.

Broken Realm RP is an English Speaking Community. All forum posts (unless an RP forum post in your character’s accent or language) need to be in English.

For additional discord servers, if they are about Broken Realm RP, such as nations or settlements, Staff must have access and the discord must follow all of the above rules.

Regarding Character Deaths: You may not write a PK post for someone else, and you may not reference another character death (that is not a PK) on the forums.

## **Rules on Content**

The use of skins, builds and other content that are not yours. There are many minecraft skins, builds and other content on the internet, free for use. Please do not use someone else’s skin, builds or content without their permission. If you are found in violation of this, you will be terminated from the discord and the server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given.

The selling of content that is not yours. This includes anyone else's content, skins and builds. Skinners, and artists may do commissions. If you are found in violation of selling someone else’s work, you will be terminated from the discord and the server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given.

## **Rules Regarding Bans and Staff**

Do not modshop. A moderator's verdict is final. You may not ask another mod to change a verdict. If you feel as though a staff member has been unfair, please contact an admin.

Do not use alternate accounts to circumvent bans. If you are found in violation of this you will be terminated from the discord and server until a discussion can be had and punishment can be given. (The punishment usually results in being permabanned).

**No Power gaming or meta gaming while on the server.**

### **Power-gaming**

Power gaming is the carrying out of unfair, unrealistic, or godly actions.

This includes but is not limited to:

Performing unrealistic physical or mental feats, such as a Slime tail easily beating an Orc in single combat.

Forcing emotes on other characters, inside or outside of combat.

Ignoring the effects of a mental disability.

Ignoring the effects of magic.

Acting godly, such as being invincible and possessing unfair and lore-breaking powers.

For example, **ALL OF THESE ARE POWERGAMING**

> *“Kane shoots Nadia with a bow from across the room, killing her instantly.”*
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> *“Nadia rushes forward, pushing Kane to the ground and killing him in one fluid motion.”*
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> *“Nadia flies around the room.” (Nadia cannot fly.)*
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> *“The blind man threw an axe across the room, hitting the stranger in the skull and killing him instantly.”*
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### **Metagaming**

Metagaming is using out of character knowledge to learn about something in game.

When you have a new character, you may know the basics of the realm.

Perhaps you read about one of the magics in the forums, or how to be a medic or alchemist. Then your character (who has never done any medical, magic, or alchemy roleplay) suddenly knows everything about the topic in game. This would be metagaming.

**You may only learn what you know in game for your character.**

Each forum post should note whether it is common knowledge or not. If you do not know about it in character, do not roleplay it.

If a friend messages you that there is a raid in a section of the map, that you could not possibly know about in game, then if your character were to go there to help in the raid, it would be meta.

Even if it may harm your character, you may not use information not gained from roleplay in game.

> Example: You hear in a voice chat, or see in a message that someone is going to attack your character. You cannot then go and attack someone preemptively, or do things ‘oddly or unusually’ that your character would not usually do, for no reason other than to avoid the attack.
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*The reason we do not allow power gaming or metagaming?*

Power-gaming and metagaming both give an unfair advantage. We want everyone to have fun on the server, and enjoy it. If everyone is metagaming and power-gaming, then characters could end up dead that should not. Items stolen that should not. As well as numerous other things. In order to make the server fair, we are very strict on metagaming and power gaming.