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Short and simple! BE SURE TO READ THESE!
"Admins have the final say. Cross this at your own peril."
- If you act with hostility towards an admin in a ticket, expect to be removed from the community.
- If you use experience with the codebase to bully rather than help new players, be generally unwelcoming, or otherwise toxic, expect to be removed from the community.
- Do not beg for commends. You will be warned and then banned if it continues.
"You should treat all other players with respect out of character, you can be a dick IC all you wish, however!"
- LOOC is only to be used for making a funny quip about the current situation that cannot be said IC, or for discussing mechanics. You should not discuss frustration with other players or bans in LOOC, if you think rulebreaking behaviour is occouring, ahelp it.
- Vanderlin has a 0 tolerance policy for real life slurs. We do not care nor provide any exceptions for if you are a member of the group the slur is directed towards, as we are not in the buisness of asking for proof.
- Vanderlin is not a game you should be aiming to win, as Dwarf Fortress quote goes, losing is fun! You will die, a lot, and you should use this as a learning opportunity and make it part of your roleplay. You stand a much better chance of talking your way out of a situation than you do fighting your way out.
Kobolds and other patreon races are heavily discriminated against.
By playing these roles, you sign up to receiving relaxed escalation, however you must fully escalate against other players. If a kobold is jumping into your inventory wordlessly, you have full right to kill them, or throw them into a river.
You cannot ahelp being discriminated, as this is something you have signed up to, and is broadcasted to you when you pick the race.
- Remain in character at all times.
- Meaningless fragging will be punished. You should be able to explain in detail your character's motivations if their actions lead to death of another.
Combat requires proper escalation within the VANDERLIN town map and the MURDER WOOD. There is relaxed escalation inside DUNGEONS, the TERRORBOG, and MALUM'S ANVIL MOUNTAIN maps, unless there is an established settlement. Venture out at your own risk. Non-combat roles should expect trouble. You are recommended to hire guards if you must leave the 'safe' areas.
Further details can be found in our Roleplay Guidelines page.
- Players must act in good faith and should expect the same from others. They must engage with the setting and characters as presented, rather than playing to 'win.'
- Players are encouraged to use the AHELP feature to report breaches of these rules, and/or overtly substandard roleplay behaviour. Admins are not omniscient, and need your prompting.
- Upon revival, you lose all memory of the past dae and night (30 minutes.) On a new life you are not allowed to act upon meta knowledged gained while dead.
- Vague recollection of some events surrounding your death is acceptable as it facilitates rp, but names, identity, and exact places must be forgotten.
Ghosts are canon within the universe. "Even after death, you must maintain your character's consistency."
- If you play modern/meme music on the music box, you are valid to kill and encouraged to be killed. Non-atmosphere appropriate music is considered heretical and work of Baotha in-character.
- Synth music does not apply, to be clear. The Wax Music Device in the tavern is not something you can kill people over. This exists for the people blasting Barbie Girl and Paint It Black.
- This also applies to names, if somebody names themselves x the heretical, or x the orphen eater, they are considered valid to kill, you should still escalate, but this can form your reasoning.
What'ye think yer doin' ye filthy knife-ear!?
- This is a fantasy setting that includes dark themes.
- Some species may be considered evil or distrusted. Playing as such a species may result in in-character conflict. If you have certain sensitivities to related topics, please make decisions for yourself and your participation with that in mind.
- TL;DR, yes, you may discriminate. Discriminating against someone is plenty reason for them to murder you. No one is expected to stand still and 'take it;' don't be surprised when you face repercussions.
- Out-of-character bigotry is absolutely forbidden, and generally you can do alot with IC bigotry before it even comes close to that. If you wish to play a bigoted character, be creative! Focus on aspects of your target's character that fits the lore to be bigoted about.
- Sexism is a Zizonian (Misandry) or Graggarite (Misogyny) concept. It is heretical, as deemed by Astrata. You should expect consequences for this by the church if not by society at large.
- Homophobia is considered heresy, and you should not be engaging in it as a clergyman of the ten. You can be mildly homophobic, turning your nose up at having a queer child as a noble is acceptable, so long as you do it in a resonable way. Dont start hunting down gay couples.
- Someone's species choice is NOT escalation enough for you to jump straight to murder, NOR is it immediate escalation for you to ban them from engaging in the basics of their role, unless they are nobility. Do not make roundstart laws that ban all drow from the city, or call for their genocide.
If you express hatred or hateful sentiment toward any minority group out of character, you will be permanently removed from the community. This includes racist or sexist remarks made on Discord or in OOC/LOOC. Nazis and/or any form of extremist/supremacist hate groups are not welcome here.
IF YOU USE A REAL WORLD SLUR WITH A SINGLE LETTER REPLACED, YOU WILL BE BANNED. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IC SPECIESISM.
- Conflict between characters and their opposing values is natural and encouraged.
- Do not use this as an excuse to bait conflict or murderbone.
- Escalation has a higher standard here than Monkestation main. Saying "I am gunna kill you now" without other buildup is not sufficient. Reference the section at the bottom of the rules. Engage in back-and-forth, make your motives known.
- Most antagonists are not exempt from escalating. Antagonism is a privilege that is afforded greater tools, but is not an excuse to forgo playing a character. See details and a table in our Roleplay Expectations.
- Kidnapping and theft is exempt from escalation if the target is asleep.
- Murder is not- unless you are a noble (noble-blooded) or priest. Nobles, take extreme caution when sleeping in the open!
- Adult jokes are acceptable as long as they remain in-character.
- You may say 'HA-HA SER JOHNATHAN, YOU ART SLEEPING WITH MINE DAUGHTER," but you may not roleplay the action out. You may reference sexual acts, make bizzare accusations, call people incestuous or goat fuckers... WHATEVER-- but you may NOT engage in the act itself.
- Romance RP is as far as you may take it.
No ERP (erotic roleplay) "If that's what you're looking for, go elsewhere. For the love of The Ten, keep the server focused on its intended themes." -Ook
Do NOT make nor reference actions of nonconsensual sex, sexual actions between adults and children, etc. by ANYONE. We should not have to specify this. DO NOT JOKE ABOUT THIS.
This page important details about escalation and atmosphere. Please give it a read.