Server Rules

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Version 1.0 · Administrative Standard

Key Rules For RP

The following rule applies to all players on both sides of the Wall, regardless of faction or affiliation.

☠️New Life Rule (NLR)

If your character dies, they forget the events immediately leading up to their death.

Players may not:

Immediately return to the same active combat situation.
Seek immediate revenge against the player or group responsible for their death.
Use knowledge obtained immediately before death to influence the ongoing situation.

Raid NLR: For raids, NLR begins upon a player's second death OR when they use a bed/sleeping-bag spawn to return to the active raid after dying. After the second death NLR is fully active and cannot return to the active-scene or raid.

AI/Natural Causes Deaths: Players may return to their body if they died solely from AI/Natural Causes. AI/Natural Causes death during an active fight vs another player does NOT supersede AI Death exception, death from AI/Natural Causes during active fights vs other players follows normal NLR rules.

❤️Valuing Life / Fear RP

Your character must maintain a realistic sense of self-preservation.

If you are:

Held at gunpoint.
Significantly outnumbered.
Completely outmatched.
In a situation where resisting would reasonably result in your death.

You are expected to act accordingly and comply with reasonable demands.

Fear RP does not require a player to blindly follow every demand. Players may resist when doing so is reasonably consistent with the circumstances of the RP.

🎙️Voice-First Policy

In-game voice chat (VoIP) is the primary method of communication for player-to-player RP.

Players are expected to use in-game VoIP during active RP.
Discord and other third-party communication platforms may not be used to coordinate tactical information during active player engagements.
Discord may be used for non-player-to-player interactions, community coordination, and other out-of-character purposes.
In-game radios are encouraged and may be used during RP.
When using a radio during a raid or active RP situation, players should assume nearby players may be able to hear the conversation.
In-game RP should remain in-game whenever possible.

🗣️Mandatory Initiation

Before engaging in hostile actions against another player South of the Wall, you must provide a clear verbal initiation.

This applies to actions including:

Robbing.
Detaining.
Kidnapping.
Taking someone hostage.
Forcing a player to surrender equipment.
Shooting another player.

The initiation must:

Be delivered through in-game voice chat.
Be directed at the intended player.
Clearly communicate your hostile intent or demands.
Give the target a reasonable opportunity to respond or comply.

Vehicle Initiation:

A player cannot initiate an RP scenario from a moving vehicle, or inside a vehicle. You must come to a stop, exit your vehicle, then issue the command.
A player CAN however order a vehicle to come to a stop and order its occupants to get out.
Value Life RP applies to not only yourself but comrades as well.

Examples

Acceptable initiation:

"Put your hands on top of your head. You have thirty seconds to comply or you will be fired upon."
"Stop right there. Drop your weapon and don't move."
"This is a robbery. Step away from the vehicle and drop your weapon."

Invalid Initiation — The following do not constitute valid initiation:

Text-chat initiation.
Discord messages.
Initiating solely through a remote radio transmission.
Giving an unclear or unintelligible command and immediately shooting.
Shooting first and attempting to initiate afterward.