Roleplay Rules

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-Roleplay Rules-

 

These rules apply to all roleplay mediums of Lord of the Craft (server, forums). Everyone is expected to follow them. Breaking or loop-holing through any of these will result in appropriate punishment as deemed by the moderating or administrative staff. Reading these rules is mandatory, and it will save you some confusion in the future, we also do not accept ignorance to theses rules as an excuse. They are subject to change and modification, so check back often.

 

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Things we absolutely do not allow in RP:

 

Abusing glitches

Trolling

Hostile, toxic or satirical memeage

Breaking server lore

Metagaming

Powergaming

 

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You need to keep in-character at all times. If you need to use OOC, you can either privately message the player using /t <minecraft name>, or by using Local OOC. This channel can be accessed by putting double brackets before your speech, like this EX: ((Like this. Don't spam Local OOC. Use PMs.))

 

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Multi-boxing - Using two of your own accounts to RP with yourself or having having two of your own characters interact with each other in any way.

 

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Structures that defy the laws of physics, underground or automated farms/furnaces, floating leaves and strip-mining, are not allowed.

 

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You need to use a roleplay-friendly skin! This means a skin that illustrates your character’s appearance. Also, you must not use a skin that is obscene, offensive or not related to RP, such as a Batman skin. With that said, you may not steal another person’s skin and use it without their permission. If you need a skin made, please use the forums to find a skin-maker.

 

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You're only allowed to play as one of the approved races - they're listed on the wiki.

 

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If you want to play one of the more exotic races or creatures, such as Golems, then you must contact the player who leads them or a Lore Master.

 

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Explicit roleplay that either involves a character's sexual organs or exposure (revealing) of said organs is not allowed. If a sexual act is required to progress RP (such as conceiving or giving birth a child), then 'Fade to Black' (FTB) can be used, where you simply pass over RP'ing the act and RP like it happened without emoting it descriptively. FTB actions must be consented to both IC and OOC. Additionally, Sexual FTB is only allowed between three members of the five main races, not Event creatures! Finally, brothels and trade revolving around sexual acts, even if done through FTB, is not allowed. Rape, intercourse with a character younger than 18, prostitution, bestiality, necrophilia and pedophilia are not allowed.

 

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You can't go back to where you died until 30 minutes after the event of your death has passed (If you die in battle, you must wait 30 minutes after the battle ends until you may return), unless the place of death was your home. In which case you may go back if your home is not under siege or in a warzone.

 

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Any character that spitefully dies in RP (i.e- “Kill me, I’ll just wake up at the monks.”) is considered suicide, thus a permakill, and shall be enforced with provided screenshots of the entire roleplay. These players will not be allowed to bring back their characters.

 

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Players who willingly kill their characters (i.e forum post/RP.) will stay perma-kill. The only way to revise this is to meet certain requirements and gain staff approval. This does not cover suicide however, if your character continuously kills themselves, they’re perma killed.

 

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Consistently depriving another player (or players) of their fun for your own personal gain or amusement, even after receiving appropriate warnings, is punishable if deemed necessary by the moderation teams. This may also be considered harassment. Essentially, don't be a troublesome player that only plays to annoy others or be a nuisance. It is under the discretion of the moderation team to decide the level of punishment.

 

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When you die in-game, you are forced to forget the roleplay leading up to said death. Acting on information during this “death-time” will be considered meta-gaming, and is severely punishable.

 

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You may not return to the location of your death before 30 minutes have passed (unless it was your home); if you died in battle, you must wait until the battle ends before beginning the 30 minute timer.

 

You may not abruptly end or void an unfavourable or disadvantageous roleplay situation by mechanically escaping through means such as the soulstone or a warp, without proper roleplay.

 

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You must follow established lore while you roleplay. Using or creating something that is not lore approved can lead to the entire session being voided, at the discretion of Lore Masters (LMs), and/or Admins.  If you are unsure if something is allowed by lore, ask a LM, or Admin.  Ignoring the decision can lead to a warning or ban.

 

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Your characters cannot inter-mingle. This covers actually being with eachother, giving eachother things, fulfilling ambitions, or contributing to a personal rivalry. The exception to this rule is being able to play your own children if the need arises.

 

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The abuse of racial benefits is simply not allowed. Selecting a race which is not the same as your characters race is considering abusing plugins for an edge in mechanic based combat, doing so will result in the deletion of said persona (persona being the mechanical representation of your character), with no refunds in skills or items.

 

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The use of alt characters in order to stir up trouble and/or a reaction from another player/faction in order to benefit your main character or main character's faction is strictly prohibited. ex: A player is part of the red faction. The red faction wishes to attack the blue faction. The player then makes an alt character that is a part of the blue faction, and proceeds to attack and or incite the red faction on the blue faction alt.