Server Rules

## General Rules

### General OOC Behavior

All players are expected to behave in a respectful manner. Disruptive and anti-social behavior will not be tolerated, and this includes (but is not limited to) discrimination on any basis; unsportsmanlike conduct and/or trolling in queued events; God Modding; Blending; 'ducking'; malicious and/or deceptive conduct; bullying; baiting; and repeatedly disobeying a Game Master during server-led roleplay events. In essence: Don't Be A Dick.

Keep in mind that this is first and foremost a game.  Staff are here in their own free time.  While we are happy to help our players in many ways, we are not professional therapists or mediators.  Repeated harassment of the staff will not be tolerated.

#### Bedrolls

Bedrolls are not to be placed inside dungeons (base game, mod, and custom made). This means any area that is past a transition, i.e. Silver Mine, Wine Cellar, Perilous Valley, etc. Bedrolls are also not allowed in Kolanse (Unnamed City) and Raraku.

### Adult RP

This is an 18 or older community. We fully expect that RP may turn sexual or dark at times. We ask that in public spaces, keep it rated R or PG-17. **However, this is not an erotic roleplay (ERP) server.** We generally do not police or tell you not to engage in whatever RP your story takes you, however, ERP or other RP that could violate another player’s consent sheet is not to be in public places (admin builds, public areas of RP Hubs, etc.).

### Character Biography and Consent Sheet

If you play here, you will be expected to submit a Character Biography and Consent Sheet. This will be submitted in the #character-bio-and-consent channel on Discord. Only use the format provided in the pinned post in the channel. Do not attach any links to outside sites please.

Character Biographies may also be posted on the Wiki under the Characters Category. Please use the following template for each page: Character Sheet Template

For Character Creation Rules, see Character Creation.

### Clans

All characters on the server, even if playing solo, must be in a clan. Each clan is expected to submit a Clan Sheet as a forum post in the #clan-sheet channel. Only use the format provided the #Clan Sheet Rules & Template channel.

Once your clan is approved, you may make a Land Claim Settlement request within your clan's channel.

Clan Sheets may also be posted on the Wiki under the Clans Category. Please use the following template for each page: Clan Sheet Template

### Land Claims & Settlements

All approved Clans may apply for a Land Claim and get their Settlement marked on the map. Settlements above a certain size will require a cost to maintain. For more detailed rules on Settlements, see: Settlement Rules.

### Discord

In order to play on the server, players must join the Discord server. This server serves the primary purpose of communicating server information, uptime for server, and mod updates. The secondary purpose is to coordinate events, players, and communication among members of the server. The Discord rules are as follows:

* Player needs to submit a character sheet in #character-bio-and-consent.
* Player's Discord handles MUST have your active character names included.
	+ Once character sheet is approved and handle is changed, the rank "Approved" will be given and you can access the rest of the Discord.
* Follow the General OOC Behavior Rules,
* Avoid topics of religion, politics, and gender.
* Avoid personal attacks/and or acrimony.
* The Horny Jail (NSFW) section is not for explicit porn. Still art images, memes, and screenshots only.

Staff say is final should any channel need moderation. If a member of staff calls for a time out or cease of discussion of a topic, failure to comply may result in loss of posting privileges.

### Activity

Any new character has a week grace period on the server. This grace period is to allow the player to make a character sheet for that character and giet them approved. If they are not approved they will not have full access to the Discord nor will they be allowed to play on the server.

If a player is inactive for one month without submitting a #leave-of-absence, their base will be deleted\*.

\*There is a small chance that the staff will save a build that is up for deletion for use in storytelling purposes.

## Roleplay Rules

### Roleplay Etiquette

* Every player is required to understand the difference between IN-CHARACTER (IC) and OUT-OF-CHARACTER (OOC), and know that the person behind the computer may be very different from the character they are roleplaying.
* Always try to RP first. If someone approaches you and you cannot RP at the moment, utilize an IC reason you are busy (for example: "*Sorry stranger I must continue my work").* Just something IC first before resorting to OOC chat.
* Watch where you have scenes:
	+ If you have the balls or boobs to start a scene on another player’s home or within their claimed land be warned that if you are caught, you must act out the scene as being caught.
	+ If you are caught and asked to leave in an OOC maner, the scene is done. You have no right to be irritated that you are caught. You do have the right to be embarrassed.
	+ This goes double for staff made public builds. While we have stated this is an adult server, it does not mean that we wish adult content in public areas.
	+ This is a RP server not an ERP wherever server so be respectful. Not everyone here has the same consents as you do and some may not even want to see or partake in ERP.
	+ In game actions (ICA) bring in game consequences (ICC). Same goes for IC and OOC. (see “No Ducking below”)
* When speaking OOC, use ((Brackets around your speech to denote OOC chat)). However, do not post excessive OOC chatter around others who are trying to roleplay.
* Type /me for a blue text which will represent emotes.
* Don't use OOC slang, references, words, emojis, etc while IC.
* Keep "thought emotes" and "thought insults" to a **minimum**. It is preferred instead, convey your thoughts through body language and facial cues. Players cannot react to your character's thoughts, though they can react to a narrowed gaze, a sneer, or a defensive stance.
* Keep OOC interjections out of your roleplay.
* In large RP events (tavern nights, bard nights, GMed events) please keep long paragraph posts to an absolute minimum. Less is more.
* No Meta-Gaming: Meta-gaming is when you take OOC information and apply it IC.
* No God-Modding: Every action written out in RP should be expressed as an attempt, so that the person you are RPing with has a chance to react.
* No Ducking: ICA create ICC. Ducking is avoiding those consequences.

### Naming Rules

Have your name fit within an RP setting. Try to avoid FULL names in famous literature, movies, etc. (use common sense). We will not mind a character named Bruce, but we don't want to see Bruce Wayne or Bruce Campbell running about. And no, you may not play the Joker.

Staff asks that you do NOT give yourself titles in your on screen name. There will be ways for players to earn various given titles and staff will then change your in game name.

### Adult Characters

There will be NO characters RPed under the age of 18 on the server, PERIOD.  If you chose to RP that you have a child, it will stay off screen and NOT be used in active RP.

Characters also must act and look like they are adults.  Extremely ‘child-like’ characters despite being centuries old are walking a very fine line between what is okay when it comes to RP involving adult themes.

### Alts

Players are allowed to actively RP three characters. The first and second characters may be on their own or in a clan with their own builds. The third character that a player makes must join an exiting clan and not have an individual build.

While players may have two alt characters, it is highly preferred for each character run by the same player to have minimal ties with each other. In big storyline plots it is recommended to pick one of your characters to be primarily involved, and if you have more than one involved, it is requested to not pass information between your characters. This is to prevent appearances of show-boating and metagaming. Further, in pvp situations, if you have a character on both sides of the conflict, you can only play one, not both.

### Character Retirement

Sometimes a character just doesn’t feel right after a certain point of time.  In these cases we allow for changes to be made, albeit to class alone, or the full character.  This accounts for when a character has met the natural conclusion of their story, so it is time to retire them.

If a player wishes to change their class, they need to #open-a-ticket so that the admin team can assist with the class change.

If a player wishes to retire their character, they can, however they do not need to “Recreate Character” to do so. If they wish to keep their current level progression and ascensions on their new character just #open-a-ticket so that the admin team can assist with changing the name, and do a class and race reset.  However, if you wish to recreate and start over from scratch, you can.

If your character change requires staff intervention, you must wait 2 weeks til you may have another character change.

### Death

We know that not many people like to see the character they sink so much time and effort into die, however there are times when it is inevitable. The server runs on a strike system for the most part though there are also instances in which death is completely unavoidable (these are extreme circumstances that require a lot of effort on the players part to get to). A player can at any time decide to kill off their character.

**Things that can earn a Death Strike:** If your character is caught performing a crime of significant weight such as Murder, Attempted Murder, Rape, and Treasonous Acts. It should be expected that when combat ensues should your character die you will receive a death strike (though the strike will not be issued by your killer, instead a report should be sent to an admin who will then look into it and issue the strike if it is warranted). The only way to avoid this is if your killer specifically messages an Admin to put off your death strike. Smaller crimes are not usually met with such harsh measures, however should you be killed for something such as theft you will be expected to follow the judgement of the player who caught/killed you (in case of questions of fairness some such issues will be reviewed by the Admin/Mod team. If the offended player requests a death strike against the offender it WILL be reviewed fully).

**Death Strikes VS Server Strikes:** Players will have a total of three of each type of strike, if all of your death strikes are covered you will be expected to roll a new character whereas if all of your server strikes are consumed you will be asked to leave the server (though as listed in the rules there are some circumstances in which you can be banned outright). A very detailed log will be kept on both types of strikes within the Book of Grudges.

## PVP Rules

All PvP must have a RP reason for occurring.  Just walking up to someone and killing them is not allowed.

Before PvP can be started, there must be interaction showing your desire to fight.  This can be verbal, or mechanical, such as drawing a sword.  Once this is done, the other side must respond. If the parties involved indicate they do not wish to participate, PvP cannot start, and unless the attacker is in the defenders base, the Defender must leave the scene.

In situations where a player finds themselves very outnumbered the only option they have is to engage (fight or run) or submit.

**Caveats:** When the outnumbered player is in his own lands/fortress, decoration thralls should be considered as true thralls. These sorts of things should be planned out with both parties ahead of time (At least one day before, longer if both parties agree) so that the defender is able to replace their deco thralls with geared true thralls.

**Combat Results:** Should a battle be finished, one side dead and the other still standing an admin should be contacted who will if available bring the losing party back to the spot of their loss where they will RP as injured should the situation not require a Deathstrike . This is to promote conflict resolution and prevent possibility of immediate retaliation. The losing party will refrain engaging in combat again with the winning party for 60 minutes. Should the losing party continue to antagonize the winner, the leader of the Clan should step in to attempt to resolve the issue IC and OOC, should this fail a member of the Admin team will become further involved and a Deathstrike can be handed to the losing party.

**Crime and Punishment PVP:** Should something occur, an attack, mugging, etc. The crime should be posted to the notice boards in all of the realms where such is considered a crime and not posted in Discord channel.

**PVP Declaration:** If you declare combat with one member of a clan you are declaring it against the whole clan. Do not be surprised if you choose to fight someone near their clanmates and they attack you.

If you declare combat against someone seemingly alone or in a small group, if they are running with others nearby they are required to declare that they are not alone and that you might be biting off more than you can chew.

### Thieving

FWe understand that theft is a difficult crime to make rules for in a game such as Conan and that it is very easy for someone to unintentionally meta-game in such scenarios, thus thievery is something that will always end up with some murkiness around it regarding rules, punishment, and the enforcing of rules. So then, in order to make things more clear and not just ban theft outright it has been decided that the only targets for theft that will be allowed are coinage and gems. Coinage in this case can mean Mint, Sovereigns, Thrall wars coins (erotica coins), standard gold and silver coins, and the tokens given out by various guilds/organizations as currency. Gems refer to gems related to quests and other such crystals.

## Building/Thrall Rules

### Building Piece/Placeable Limits

* No maprooms.
* No multiple bases/outposts are allowed outside of your clan's land claim.
* Do not build within the render range of another build in the same zone without approval of that builds owner.
* Do not build where it impedes travel, blocks boss or scourge spawns, important resource nodes, or leveling needs.
* The following sectors are restricted from player builds:
	+ W23 - Starter Town
	+ Dungeons
	+ All Volcano Zones
	+ Kolanse (The Unnamed City)
	+ Raraku (The Black Isle)
	+ H19 - New Asgarth
	+ H03 / H04 - The Mounds of the Dead
	+ R14 - Sepermeru
	+ D01 - Arena
	+ D09 - The Black Galleon
	+ J10 - Buccaneer Bay
	+ W01 - The Dregs
	+ N18 - The Black Keep
	+ G01 - The Den
	+ G09 - Al-Merayah
* The following sectors are only available for builds upon special request to staff:
	+ H51 - Hindafjall
	+ R21 - Moonspawn/Floating Isle
	+ R17 - Silver Mine
	+ J30/S06/S05/S10 - The Lethe
	+ J22/J23 - Forgotten City of Xel-ha
	+ H26 - Chaosmouth
	+ D02/D03 - Outside Al-Merayah
* Limit of 1 beehive per clan. Fish traps require fuel to use now so are not limited, however please be responsible.

 Placables
(Benches, Decoration, ...)

Thrall Limits

Players are allowed up to 4 thralls/combat pets/caravan pets and 1 mount. If it suits the character, can use the mount slot for a pet or a pet slot for a mount.

## Disciplinary Rules

### Disputes/Harassment/General Misbehavior

1. Staff has the final say on ANY rule or dispute. If an admin states this is how it goes, then that is how it shall be. IF a player has an issue with any of the admins, bring it to one of the other admins.
2. Harassment will NOT be tolerated. You get one shot on this. Staff will take both sides of the dispute into account, but if we find someone guilty of behavior that is ooc abusive, you will be finding yourself banned from the server.
3. General misbehavior. For most things, we will operate on a three strike system. First strike means adjust your behavior. Second strike means you have a formal warning. Third strike, you will be banned. Amendment to rule three: What may earn me a strike? Finding and not reporting exploits. Bending the rules with intent to circumvent the spirit of fair play. Intentionally disrupting a staff run event. Being an asshat (if you have to ask if you may be being an asshat, you likely are). Breaking any rules listed that are not automatic banning offenses. Breaking the PvP rules. Repeated violations of build rules.

***Now that you have read the rules, return to Discord and add a reaction to the rules link post to acknowledge you have read, understand, and agree to abide by our rules to gain full access.***