Rules

Contents

• General Rules of Conduct
• 1. Basic Rule
• 2. Gamemaster
• 3. The world
• 4. Insults
• 5. Spamming
• 6. Names
• 7. Out of character (OOC)
• 8. Emotes
• 9. Considerateness
• 10. Player killing
• 11. Powergaming
• 12. Multiple Characters
• 13. Accounts and Characters
• 14. Bugs
• 15. Usage of additional programs
• 16. Hacking
• 17. Forum
• Punishment and penalties

General Rules of Conduct

Illarion is played by many people from all around the world. Therefore a set of basic rules are necessary to ensure that everyone get the most out of it. The server is privately owned by the registered society Illarion e.V., so we reserve the right to ban people if they refuse to obey to these simple rules.

We reserve the right to change these rules anytime. As long as you roleplay and are not too much of an annoyance to the other players, you won't do anything wrong, though.

1. Basic Rule

Illarion is a roleplaying game. Actions not related to roleplaying have to be reduced to a bare minimum. One must not spoil the fun of others playing this game. Main objective of this game is cooperative interaction of the players to write the history of the characters.

2. Gamemaster

Some players have characters with Gamemaster (GM) status. Their task is to keep order within the game. They can punish misbehavior to enforce these rules or notify administrators in order to conduct the punishment. Lying to Gamemasters or keeping back informations concerning rule violations and exploiting bugs is forbidden. The Gamemasters' privacy and the privacy of the other staff members is respected. Thus it is forbidden to name or share the names of any other characters of the Gamemaster or staff member without their permission. If one feels treated badly by a gamemaster, one can complain by reporting the Gamemaster.

3. The world

The scenario of the world Illarion is mandatory. The gods, peoples and races, described in the background material, are to be considered as given. Playing beings that are not creatable (e.g. vampires, half-breeds, changelings), playing technically impossible powers and influences as well as resurrection of permanent dead characters requires an approbation of a gamemaster.

4. Insults

All insults directed at the person behind the screen, and not the character, are forbidden. Also strictly forbidden are all religious hostile, racist or sexist remarks and names.

5. Spamming

Writing things that make no sense (e.g. "iaosbrg93q8945#%=/") or creating unneeded, automated messages by intention is forbidden. Using capitalized letters to stress something (e.g. "IT'S MY TURN NOW!") is not allowed.

The stressing of keywords is allowed, however (e.g. "I meant what about YOU not about ME")

6. Names

Character names have to fit into the context of a medieval fantasy world. Names that make no sense or are no names at all (e.g. "Grandmage", "Karlsmells", or "ajhwbzrg") are not allowed.

The detailed rules for this topic can be found at this site Name Rules.

7. Out of character (OOC)

Illarion puts the most focus on roleplaying. Thus, speak as your type of character would do in the given enviroment. Conversations that are not related to the communication of the characters ("out-of-character", OOC) have to be whispered, marked as OOC (e.g. ((OOC)) or [OOC]), and kept to a bare minimum. OOC-chats that do no good for the game are forbidden.

Modern slang (e.g. "hi", "okay", "cool") and especially chat slang ("l33t-speak", e.g. "pwned!", "r u kewl?") is unknown to the characters and thus forbidden. Statements about skills like "My parry skill is light blue" are also not allowed.

The knowledge of the player has to be separated from the knowledge of the characters. Characters have no knowledge from third party sources (Forum, Wiki, instant messengers) available.

8. Emotes

Actions of a character have to be stressed by emotes. Emotes are describing only visible actions and states. Power emotes, which have effects on other characters and don't give them the opportunity to react are prohibited (e.g. "#me chops off the dwarf's head").

9. Considerateness

The own roleplay has to follow common moral standards. All activities not suitable for minors are not allowed. The play of rape or overplayed violence is highly prohibited and leads to a permanent and instant server ban.

10. Player killing

Fights between player characters (PvP) is allowed for roleplaying purposes. Attacking characters without a valid roleplay reason is forbidden. The same holds for killing a character multiple times within a very short period of time. Resurrection killing ("reskilling") is also strictly forbidden. Newbies, who are unfamiliar with how the game works, have to be treated friendly as long as they are not aggressive.

11. Powergaming

Carrying out an action repeatedly in a way not related to roleplaying with the sole purpose to raise skills is called Powergaming, and is forbidden. Examples:

• Rejection or avoidance of interaction with other player characters
• Executing no action ("idling") for an extended time
• Training or duelling with other characters but without a roleplaying background
• Lurking in the vicinity of monster spawns ("spawncamping")

A worse case is when the player is away from his computer ("away from keyboard", AFK), raising his skills while doing something else like doing the laundry.

12. Multiple Characters

If a player has multiple characters he/she has to separate them. All characters have their own mind and knowledge. They do not know each other. What is known to one character is most likely unknown to other characters. It is not allowed to exchange items between the characters, nor by using middlemen. Usage of more than one character at the same time or for common goals is forbidden.

13. Accounts and Characters

Every player gets one account with five characters maximum. Accounts and characters can not be borrowed, exchanged or sold to anyone. Exceptions are characters for quests like monsters controlled by Gamemasters.

Players sharing an internet connection while playing have to notify the gamemasters about this.

14. Bugs

Exploitation of bugs or technical limits (e.g. intentional server crashing, multiplying of items, using the technical shadow of a building to flee, logging out during a conflict situation, ...) to get an advantage or cause a disadvantage for others is strictly forbidden. As soon as you find a bug, you must report it with a detailed description at the bugtracker or report the bug with the contact formular. Abusing bugs reported this way is also forbidden. Refrain from reporting bugs on the Illarion-boards. If you lose skills or items due to server crashes or bugs they will not be replaced. Quest items are the only exception.

15. Usage of additional programs

The use of additional programs which influence the game is not allowed. Especially macro programs are not allowed.

16. Hacking

Any attempt to crash, damage, hack or spy on the server is strictly forbidden and will be prosecuted. Cracking of passwords is a serious violation of the rules. Modifying the client is prohibited. All Illarion content (scripts, graphics, texts,...) are copyrighted and must not be used without licence of the Illarion e.V..

17. Forum

On the Illarion-boards the rules apply analogously. On the RPG-, the Guilds- and Trading Board only role play is allowed. Further rules can be found in the according forum disclaimers.

Punishment and penalties

• Warning: Talk with the gamemaster to clear up what you did wrong and what you can improve
• Skill reduction: lowering of one or more of your character's skills, especially for violations of rule 11
• Attribute reduction: lowering of one ore more of your character's attributes
• Item deletion: Deleting of items of your character, especially for violations of rule 14
• Temporary ban of the character or board account
• Permament ban of the character or the board account
• Temporary ban of the player
• Permament ban of the player, especially for violations of rule 9 or 16