Character Creation and Rp Guidelines

Character Creation Rules

•When making a character, please keep in mind that anything abnormal, paranormal, or outright magical about the character, etc (Magical affinity/paranormal/extraordinary abilities, fortune telling, visions) needs to be approved by admins first.

•Playing the sexually idealized, fantasy misrepresentation of intersex commonly referred to as futa/futanari is not allowed.

Naming Conventions

• You may not use your GT has your character's in game name.

•All character names must be appropriate to the character's nationality/culture/backstory situation. Character names may not belong to established in game Conan characters, or characters from other intellectual properties without approval by admin first.

• Self appointed titles (King/Queen, Lord/Lady,etc.) are not permitted.

• If a name is already registered, try to make yours unique.

• Alternate characters are not allowed. (Outside of Mod/Admin accounts.

• Not following these guidelines may result in a character recreation by admin Who may assist in this process.

RP Channels

• All RP must be posted in the appropriate RP channels.

• You must RP arriving and departing from regions before involving yourself in that regions RP Channel.

• Every person must create an RP backstory before participating in the text RP

• Be aware of consequences that could arise from your RP. 

Metagaming

•Meta-gaming is strictly prohibited.

    -Meta-Gaming is the act of using knowledge you have gained OOC to influence your characters RP actions. This is NOT allowed, no matter the reason.

Power Gaming

•Power Gaming is strictly prohibited in PvP instances and only within general RP.

    -Power Gaming is the act of predicting another players actions to benefit your own RP. @Dusk for more in depth explanation.

God-modding

•The act of godmodding is strictly prohibited.

    -Godmodding is taking control of another player's character during roleplay. It's frowned upon and with good reason: you only control your character and no one else's.

Religion

•If someone wants to play a character of any level of piety past casual you MUST be familiar with the lore of that religion. (edited)

Magic Rules

•Magic allowed by players by default is limited to alchemy, trickery/charade/smoke and mirrors, and religion items. Anything a player wishes to do that is related to actual sorcery will need to be run by admin per the character creation rules.

Clan Rules

•Any and all clan recruitment must be RPed.

•Clans may post advertisements in the clan recruitment channel outlining the concept of their group. In the case of advertisement off-site, please be sure to link to our discord.

•Before merging or joining clans, please consider what structures will become property of the clan. Admins ask that a clan make a decision about what will be kept, and what must be torn down if clans have multiple Land Claims beyond expressed limits.

Actions upon another's character can only be done as an attempt, if you do not have that player's consent otherwise.

NPC USE:

•Followers and made up NPC characters may be used to enrich RP, but never to have the upper hand in conflict, powergame/metagame, or for use as witnesses or information sources.

(A good rule of thumb is that if your character can’t perform an action against another player, neither can your NPC) 

Thievery:

• Stealing is always allowed and not required to be RP'd, however there are parameters for a successful thievery attempt. 

You must be able to get in an get out of a base area with your stolen goods without killing a thrall. If you are attacked by a thrall and end up killing said thrall, this is considered "being seen", and you must roleplay the interaction.

If you are found to have killed a thrall without RPing, and it is reported to an admin, an Admin will contact you to prompt said roleplay. Excessive thrall kills are not allowed, if you have killed more than 3, this is considered excessive and will result in a warning and restitution, at admin discretion. 

Voice RP: Due to the inability for staff to moderate voice RP, this kind of interaction is not allowed on an official stance. You may voice RP within your own clan or a mutually agreed upon player AS LONG AS THE RP IS NONCONSEQUENTIAL.  Party chats and any RP that happens outside our discord (voice, DMs, etc) do not count towards the overall server player stories.  Text RP within EODs regional text RP channels are the only RP that counts.

Ignoring Players:

Do not ignore other’s RP. If someone is trying to interact with you, it is inappropriate to ignore them (or simply run away without at least an emote). If the Admins detect a pattern of ignoring Roleplay from a player, they will take action. If you find yourself unable to get involved in RP interactions with another player (because you have to log out, for example), you should inform the other player with an OOC message in brackets.