Rules

Hello there! We are glad that you are responsible and will dedicate a few minutes to read our rules.

Please don't just skip through the rules. We want to keep our server friendly and immersive, prevent any possible attempts to spoil the game, and create a pleasant environment for all players to enjoy. If you don't understand something, don't be afraid to ask us on Discord and we'll be more than happy to help you out.

At the same time we try to keep our rules concise and we rely on common sense of our players. These rules are not supposed to be exhaustive and all-encompassing. We expect our players to avoid any behavior such as rule-lawyering or acting against good faith and outside of the standards of our community, even if it doesn't break any specific rule outlined on this page.

We also want to make it very clear that no one is exempt from these rules. The rules apply equally to staff and players. In fact, staff members are under higher scrutiny to lead the community by example.

Community Rules

M.1 - Server Culture

Avardon is an open and welcoming community founded on the expectation, that we treat each other as adults and as if we were all playing at a single table at a friend's house. We expect all players to recognize their peers as partners in collaborative writing and respect them as equals. Play-to-Lift mentality is expected, not optional.

Harassment, discrimination, or toxicity of any kind is absolutely unacceptable and has no place in our community. We want this community to be a place for you and for us to love coming back to.

M.2 - Adults Only

This server is only available to those of adult age (18+), who are also mature enough to not make us doubt it.

No representation of child or child-like characters is allowed. All characters must be at least the adult age for their respective species and also at least 20 years old.

M.3 - Dispute Resolution

If you are a victim or a witness of rule breaking or any bad faith behavior, let us know through a ticket. You shall never threaten anyone with a moderation action or with the ticket itself. Do not freeze the scene while waiting for staff involvement, keep the roleplay going and let us handle the situation as we get to it.

Exception to this rule is when you are a victim to violation of consent, in which case you shall remove yourself from the situation immediately and are not expected to continue with such scene.

Roleplaying Rules

R.1 - Character Creation

All players must follow and complete the whitelisting process before engaging in roleplay on the server. You are expected to follow the guidance provided by staff in your whitelisting ticket.

Characters are expected to follow the server lore in both their behavior and visuals. Please refer to the corresponding race page for height range and other requirements.

R.2 - Roleplay Etiquette

When not in the spawn area, you are always considered to be In Character and should try your best to contribute to the immersive narrative experience with other players. While the concept of good etiquette may be difficult to define exhaustively, we expect you to at the very least:

• Minimize OOC chatter during roleplay scenes.
• React appropriately to the use of social rolls.
• Respect the agency of other players, do not force your actions on them without letting them react (powergaming).
• Take responsibility in being courteous and understanding towards players even if OOC tension arises. Step away if necessary.

R.3 - Metagaming

You are not allowed to take In Character actions based on knowledge you obtained as a player Out of Character. This is known as metagaming and is strictly forbidden on Avardon.

You should also avoid sharing any information OOC that could influence stories if acted upon IC. Especially if it relates to instances of on-going or very recent combat, details about other characters or their actions. Use common sense, don't ruin stories by enabling others to metagame.

However, there are exceptions to this rule. You are allowed to share adventures of your own character, and discuss non-actionable things that have happened in the game. You can also look for roleplay and schedule roleplay through OOC means.

R.4 - Consent Sheets

Players are encouraged to create a consent sheet in their RPR profile to show what themes they are not comfortable with. It is the responsibility of every player to be aware of consent preferences of other players in a scene, as to not violate consent.

When unsure of a particular sensitive theme, the player wanting to initiate this theme is responsible for communicating to all players involved to confirm their approval, as violating preferences due to ignorance will never be excused.

Sensitive themes include, but are not limited to: graphical descriptions of gore, surgeries, torture, mutilation, and anything of erotic or sexual nature, especially rape (including the mentions of).

Be aware that consent sheets cannot be abused to avoid mechanical consequences, and it is the right of any player to request a fade-to-black (FTB) when wanting to carry out a sensitive topic but not wanting to write out the details of it.

Players limiting sensitive topics are suggested to leave when their consents are not met but the scene is to continue, such as when a group is performing a scene involving a sensitive topic and the limiting player is not a main actor.

R.5 - Adult Content

While we allow the depiction of adult content (such as nudity and erotic roleplay) on our server, we expect players to do so in responsible manner.

Scenes depicting sexual themes must take place in a private setting where it may be reasonably assumed that no other players may accidentally stumble upon them.

All scenes of this nature that could be considered non-consensual or dubious in any way require OOC consent that can be withdrawn at any time, allowing players to stop and even void such scene.

Game Rules

G.1 - Bugs, Cheating, Exploits

It may occur that bugs appear in our systems such as the combat or economy related scripts. We expect players to collaborate with the staff team in spotting and mitigating these bugs by reporting them in a timely manner.

We have zero tolerance policy for cheating, exploiting bugs and security vulnerabilities, abusing and misusing systems or enacting DDoS attacks and similar malicious actions.

G.2 - Always in a Clan

Every player has to be in a clan at all times. Even if they play solo. Any buildings not belonging to a clan will get deleted.

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Building Rules

B.1 - Building Limits

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Combat Rules

C.1 - Scene Lock

Once PvP is declared (intent has been dropped), the scene is locked and no further players shall join the scene until the consequence phase is over. Everyone within the range of a PvP intent is locked into the scene unless they are not targeted by anyone else within the scene lock, in that case they can either leave or observe. Any player that stumbles upon the scene while it's locked has to leave the area immediately and isn't allowed to watch. Those players cannot roleplay witnessing anything they saw in the locked scene.

Exception from this rule are spars, tournaments, arena fights and friendly brawls, these do not lock the scene and people are free to come and go.

C.2 - Consequences

The winning party may impose consequences on the losing party after a fight is concluded. While delivering those consequences, players are in a consequence phase.

This phase can only last 30 minutes. If consequences take longer time than that, the scene is no longer locked and other players may interact with it. Under no circumstances shall players slow down the roleplay to exploit this rule.

We differentiate three categories of consequences:

• Minor consequences are mechanical consequences that may be applied at any time.
• Major consequences are mechanical consequences that may only be applied if the winning party had at max +1 advantage in numbers (i.e. in 1v1 or 3v2, but not in 3v1 or 6v3).
• Consented consequences are non-mechanical consequences that may be applied only if the losing party actively consents to such consequences.

Keep in mind that any thievery consequences may be applied from you on a specific target only once per 24 hours. In other words, you may not rob the same person again after already doing so within the last 24 hours.

Only one consequence shall be applied on a character. Consequence stacking is not allowed.

All possible consequence options are listed in the guide to consequences.

C.3 - Mugging

You may mug someone and it may (or may not) be reasonable for the target character to give up their belongings without a fight. However same rules as with PvP consequences apply. Players can only take what consequences rules would allow them as if a fight was taking a place. If the target complies and PvP takes place anyway, the attackers shall not deliver any further theft consequences.

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