rules

RULES

1) This is a RP shard, PK'ing is NOT allowed. Only exception to this rule is guild wars (check guild wars rules below),staff ran tournaments, or the ONCE AND A WHILE sparing match.

2) Looting is never allowed unless it falls under:

Pre-arranged guild war rules: (decided between guilds before hand and
approved by Admin)

Grabing a freinds stuff who has died in battle is
not looting AS LONG AS YOU GIVE IT BACK TO HIM/HER
RIGHT AWAY.

3)Macroing
Attended macroing is allowed, but only in areas where you will not be annoying others. Also please use an appropriate program for macroing.

Unattended macroing is not permitted. You may only be away from your character for a maximum of 5 minutes while macroing in this way. Also note that any unattended skill gain is considered macroing, ie sparing with another and being afk is unattended macroing.

We have a auto macro script that will catch you, so don't try. A comm crystal will be placed by your char. If this crystal is not clicked before it's timer runs out (5 mins) YOU WILL BE JAILED.

4) Player Conduct
Pick a role-playing name for your characters. "FrillyPinkElephant", "CoolDood23", and "Gangsta B" are not good names.

Watch your language here. We are not responsible for anything a player may say while playing on the shard. For more info, see the FAQ page.

Dragon's Realm is a 'roleplaying' (RP) shard and as such Out Of Character (OOC) discussions, the use of modern and net slang and terminology shall all be avoided as much as possible. Rewards have been know to be given for good roleplaying. If you realy have to talk OOC, then take it to our OOC in game chat channel. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL GET YOU JAILED

Offensive behavior including slurs, profanity, and harassment are grounds for banning after one warning. This shard is here for our enjoyment, and if your actions, words or attitude are preventing the purpose of this shard for even one other person, you will be confronted on the issue or banned. It is not difficult to honor others in an atmosphere of mutual enjoyment and role-play.

5) Exploiters of bugs found in the game will be jailed. If you find a bug and fail to report it, you run the risk of being punished when it is discovered. Players love to gossip and GM's listen, so you will get caught, so don't run the risk of jail or banning. No third party software is allowed except the following:

              UOAM - Ultima Online AutoMap

              EZ-Macro

6) You may not "place" a house/guild stones/vendors anywhere inside a town or guarded area. Houses DO decay here if not refreshed once within 30 days of the last time it was refreshed.   Accounts will be checked on the 1st of the month. Those account that have not been used in 30 days (give or take 3-4 days) will be deleted.

As one travels there is a chance that you will come across Pirates and/or Highwaymen. (These are staff or staff appointed player chars.) These are the rules for each of these encounters:

     Pirates must offer the chance to surrender to the party being attacked. At this time the party being attacked has two choices (These same rules apply to highwaymen on the land):

         Surrender - At this time 50% of the gold being carried by the party is handed over to the pirates. (Please do not be so cheap as to never carry ANY gold on you. Or well will have to start counting the money you have in the bank. Staff will host occasional Role Played shipments of gold and precious items.)

         Flee or fight - If the pirates are victorious, they are allowed to take everything. If the Pirates lose, they lose everything as well. It is expected as of now that these will be battles to the death OR UNTIL ONE PARTY CRIES UNCLE AND SURRENDERS. IF THE PARTY SURRENDERS AFTER DECLINING THE FIRST OFFER OF SURRENDER, THEY STILL LOSE EVERYTHING. SHIPS, KEYS, AND HOUSE DEEDS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LOST MATERIAL. THEY WILL NOT CHANGE HANDS. IF YOUR PARTY OR PIRATES MANAGES TO WIPE OUT THE OTHER SIDE, BE CONSIDERATE AND ASSIST THEM IN GETTING TO THE HEALERS SOMEHOW. BE CONSIDERATE.

As is normal, Pirates and Highwaymen will rouse the anger and wrath of the public, and therefore will be hunted by government and heroes alike. These battles MUST remain in character, they MUST NOT bleed over from one character to another, and they MUST remain in the spirit of good RP gaming. There will be rewards posted for Pirates and/or Highwaymen on the message boards.

Use GM paging for problems only. If we are online, we are busy adding new features to the world. We will be more than happy to help you if there is a real problem, but do not page for hints on quests, the location of items, requests for adding items to the map, etc. That is what the discussion board is for.

If you have any questions about the above laws, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to page a GM and ask them for an explanation. It would be better to explain the rules five times than to have a good RPer banned.

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