These are the rules of the game. Disobeying them is grounds for deletion. For other matters, use common sense.

• Remember that roleplaying is encouraged and rewarded. This means several things:
  • Quitting or dropping link to avoid consequences of any kind is a mark of bad roleplaying.
  • You may not share characters, trade them, give them away, or let someone else play one of yours. This is absolutely horrendous for roleplaying: the character of the PC has changed, their personality will have changed, there will no longer be a history to the character, and the small details that flesh out a role will be gone. If you do this, the character will be denied as the role is gone.
  • If a god imposes his will upon you, you must do it. Do not ask "An Immortal" who they are. This question is considered rude and will not be answered.
• Player stealing and killing is permitted and encouraged.
• Do not loot others' kills in LPK.
• Your presence here is a privilege, not a right. Obey any orders from gods, and you will be fine.
• Multicharring: You may play more than one character, but you may only have one logged in at a time, and none of your characters will ever have knowledge that another of your characters ever exist in any way. Yes, this does include children, siblings, and spouses. Your characters cannot have any knowledge of another, and family relations by their very definition do. Leaving equipment lying around so your other characters can pick it up later also falls into this category. You also may not locate objects for your other characters, or recommend your other characters for things they could not possibly know about (cabals, for instance).
• OOC friends / RL friends (Out of Character / Real Life): It is fine for you to be grouped with, and associate with, people you know in real life, provided you can roleplay your association with them. If we see people exchanging equipment without roleplaying, and without a justifiable cause, we may suspect that you are actually multicharring. So when in doubt, don't do it.
• Anyone who assists people in multicharring (holding equipment while they transfer it, "looking the other way", etc.) will be punished harshly.
• Do not, in any way, shape, or form, exploit bugs. It will result in the loss of levels. Repeat: do not exploit bugs; you will be reduced in level. If the case is severe, you may lose your character. All bugs should be reported to a god.
• Spamming is illegal. (Spam is filling up someone's screen with needless repetition of anything.) You will be given one warning and then deleted. Don't do it. Spamming door shots and the like to hinder others' movement is illegal too.
• No advertising allowed. If it comes up in conversation, keep it short.
• Sexual or racial harassment will not be tolerated. If both parties do not consent to the socials or emotes, then don't do them.

Keys:

• Do not hold onto, sacrifice, or otherwise dispose of keys in order to deny other players entrance to a zone. The only reason to get keys is to run the zone in the immediate future. If you have keys that you will not use:

  1. If no one is in or nearby the zone, you may sacrifice the key. If you are unsure whether anyone is around, or if the game has been running for less than one hour, do number two.
  2. If players are nearby or in the zone, you may give them the key, or drop the key in an accessible location within the zone that the key is loaded in and/or used in. If you are not sure what to do with a key, ask a god.

• Bending these rules will be dealt with accordingly. Keep in mind: the only reason to get a key is to use that key in the immediate future. Keys are a very touchy subject, and difficult to patrol. Abuse of keys will not be tolerated.

• Do not invis a key when dropping it. Dispel any invisible keys if you must drop the key (unless the key loads by the game as invisible). Again, ask a god for assistance if you are unsure what to do.

• Bots (roBot): Making bot scripts is illegal. "Bots" are where a script controls your character. Scripts to run zones, repeatedly kill mobs, or otherwise benefit your character while you are not in immediate control of your character are illegal. Allowing people to control you via telepaths, says, formtell, or any communication channel, or via third-party programs, is illegal. Simple scripts for allowing friends, clannies, form members, etc. to receive minor benefits (e.g. auto-cleric scripts) are okay, as long as you are active and in complete and immediate control of your character.

• Useless characters will not be tolerated. This includes people who log on just to shout obscenities, or advertise other MUDs, to hold equipment or gold for their other characters, or anything else indicative of wasting our time and yours. You will be warned once. This includes bringing a player up to the stat-rolling stage and leaving them there for a few hours with a program designed to get the perfect stats, especially if you have more than one of these characters on at once. This adds to lag for everyone, and any player seen doing this will be disconnected.

These are simple, clear rules. If you violate them, you will be punished. Punishments may vary, depending on previous rule violations and the situation. Be prepared for the worst if you are caught breaking these rules.