Basic Rules
Combat
Commence battle by, when the referee says it is your turn, giving a command based on your situation. Your opponent will be given a chance to retaliate. And so on. The referee will guide you.
Know your moves and spells. We don't want you to waste time looking them up during a fight.
The referee will keep a private conversation with each player at all times, this conversation is referred to in the rules simply as 'Private'. Use this conversation to ask for your current HP, or to ask a question (eg: "Can I hit him from here?").
Telling the ref that you will "Probe" an opponent during physical contact means that the ref will show you your opponent's HP in Private.
The referee can call a player who is not typing for very long on "Delay". The time you are given for Delay is based on your experience with the game, so Delay should not be common for new players; experienced ones are expected to react faster. Delay ends your chance to take an action.
There are a variety of status conditions in the main rules. You may wish to look at them and understand them even though a ref will explain them when they occur. The Automatic Forfeit rules (like Extreme Blood Loss) are of special importance. Other conditions (such as being a frozen solid Water Elemental) can lead to a quick death, too. Be on your guard.
Known as the Creatures of Honour rule, all races in this game prefer not to kill their own people in formal tournament (they prefer to let them live with the loss). This rule is in place to keep PCs from dropping off left and right whenever they face some ruthless player.
Out-of-Combat
Players are expected to make daily posts or a weekly summary to wherever we currently collect posts (at the moment, via Email). This details what you do each day.
Dependent on your rank/job, you will have to spend a certain part of the week at work instead of training. The lower the pay, the less you work.
Higher Stats are better stats. Better weapons win fights faster. New moves can help in ways you may not expect (and ways you do). So train, buy and be ready!
See 'Training' in the member's area for specifics.
We, the GMs, screen your posts and will feel free to edit out anything we consider inappropriate and give you a warning the first time. You can swear as appropriate or talk about near anything, but please nothing overboard.
Do not offend players. In-character rivalries are acceptable but personal attacks, especially those of any discriminatory form will likely result in automatic and indefinite suspension.
General
Hyphens and minus signs often appear near each other for stat purposes. We apologize. In most cases (the exceptions being accidental), a minus sign will contact the rest of the number.
The differences in stats do not mean much. While obviously a difference of 100 points in a stat is quite a range, a smaller range, sometimes even as high as 20, means little to nothing.
The Basic Rule: Nothing is impossible, both in life and the game (but I'm not here to talk about life). For Warhammer players: its not likely that a Snotling base take out a Great Unclean One, even a wounded one, but it can happen (I've heard of one at the local GW). For Civilization players, its not likely that your stone-axe armed Warrior will beat the fortifying Mech Infantry in the mountain fortress (in fact it's near impossible) but it could happen! My point is, there's the slimmest chance of anything, so take risks!
Follow the posting procedure. It's not hard.
Again, be a good sport.
Again, listen to the ref.
Finally: there will be no acting drastically out of character. No complaining about an ongoing war because of the Human (or Deious) cost and then suggest using Bio-Weaponry. No hating someone on every level and then giving them a warrior's burial when you kill them (someone out there knows what I'm talking about). You understand.
Oh, wait, one more. The Drayn Alliance has had two spellings throughout production: "Deious" and "Dieous". We seem to have settled on Deious, so please point out any of the old spellings that have slipped by.
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