Rules

''Most of our rules are general "common sense" rules. Treat others the way you would like to be treated, and you should have no problem being on our server. The staff team reserves the right to punish users without prior notice, given the severity of the offense. ''

Section 1.0: General Rules

1.1 - No client-side modifications that give an unfair advantage in the game.

1.2 - You must have an appropriate skin for your character and race. No nude skins, either.

1.3 - Please respect Asmalur Team members. Please do not yell at staff members to get what you want and please do not repeatedly bother staff members. The best way to receive help is at our forums.

1.4 - If an Asmalur Team member is abusing their powers, please report it to an administrator.

1.5 - Do not exploit any glitches or bugs. Report them to a staff member right away.

Section 2.0: Chat Rules

2.1 - No excessive foul language in OOC chat. This includes, but isn't limited to, the usage of any adult language including discriminatory marks (racism), cursing, and explicitly adult language (i.e. mature, 18+, etc.)

2.2 - Do not spam the chat. This includes using the emote command to bypass a mute.

2.3 - Do not advertise other servers in the game or on the forums. We enjoy competition but advertising another server via ours is in poor taste.

2.4 - There is absolutely no sexual content (ERP, e-sex, cybering, etc.) to be chatted about or emoted in the global (OOC) channels. This is restricted to IC (see rule 5.8).

Section 3.0: Combat Rules

3.1 - No random killing. You must have an IC reason and a VA to do this.

3.2 - If killed in PVP, do not return to the spot you died for 30 minutes. Your character also loses 30 minutes of roleplay memory. Keep in mind this rule isn't so strict.

3.3 - Absolutely no OOC killing.

3.4 - In order to PVP with somebody, you must both agree to PVP. If one does not agree to PVP, the fight is RP fight.

Section 4.0: Building Rules

4.1 - No defacing or destroying landscape. You may only cut down default Minecraft trees.

4.2 - No griefing of any kind.

4.3 - No graffiti or pixel art. You may build flags or banners in your towns (nothing excessive), but that's it.

4.4 - All buildings must fit in with the medieval theme. If you are unsure as to what the medieval theme is, you can google "Minecraft Medieval Buildings". We do not allow Steampunk theme on this server.

4.5 - No automatic farms or grinders.

4.6 - Please try not to leave floating trees. Remove the entire tree for realism's sake. Leaving a stump is permitted.

4.7 - No underground farms. All farms must be above ground (in direct sunlight) and visible.

4.8 - Shops must be in a building or a stall.

4.9 - No strip mining or branch mining. Please create realistic mine shafts with supports, otherwise the mine could collapse.

Section 5.0: Roleplaying Rules

5.1 - Do not metagame or powergame.

5.2 - Try not to make your character too much an expert (being a professional woodcutter, and miner, and warrior, etc.). Everybody has jobs to do so work as a community!

5.3 - You are always In Character on this server. Although you are free to talk in OOC channels, your character's entity is always in character.

5.4 - You must always stay in character while you are in IC (local) chat. If you forget your current chat channel that is okay but do not roleplay in the OOC channels and do not talk OOC in the roleplaying channels.

5.5 - Please try to use the best grammar as possible. 1337 speak and continual poor effort towards proper grammar is annoying to roleplay with.

5.6 - The use of in-game mechanics in a non-RP manner is not tolerated. This includes making pillars to get to a higher place, teleporting, climbing up (or down) waterfalls, jumping onto walls from a higher place, etc.

5.7 - The following methods of grief are acceptable (in reasonable amounts) in character; breaking glass, destroying leaves. Please leave a sign showing what occurred, and make sure you have a VA.

5.8 - The usage of sexual roleplay IC (ERP, e-sex, cybering, etc.) is strictly restricted to the Whisper channel or IC channel (/ch whisper, /ch ic). You must obtain consent (OOC) of all involved parties to proceed with any sexual content in character. If someone within range of your emotes/chat is offended or disturbed by your actions, a GM may request that you cease roleplaying in that manner. Asmalur provides a fun environment to roleplay for every person, male or female, of all ages, so please be courteous of others.

5.9 - Dragonsteel (aka Diamond) items are very powerful, and thus, players here have chosen to limit the usage of such items in our rules. Please make sure that your player can reasonably utilize or craft these items before doing so. Usage of these items requires extensive in-character training.

Section 6.0: Villain Rules

These rules are on display for all players, but only apply to those who have a VA.

6.1 - Do not create a Villain Application simply to make your character more powerful than other players and/or benefit exclusively.

6.2 - Villains must follow all server rules. Obtaining villain rights does not exempt a player or character from following any of the server rules.

6.3 - Do not create "random" villainous acts. Your villainy must be with roleplaying reason and the reason must coincide with your character's lore.

6.4 - Any victims of your villainy (with the exception of theft/burglary) must be given prior notice of your intent to roleplay as a Villain with them.

6.5 - Thieves must adhere to strict "courtesy" rules. This means you may not rob chests blind. Approximate your looted values with the following guideline:
 * Locked chests in a city, you may take approximately 10% of the chest contents.
 * Unlocked chests in a city, you may take approximately 25% of the chest contents.
 * Locked chests outside of a city, you may take approximately 20% of the chest contents.
 * Unlocked chests outside of a city, you may take approximately 50% of the chest contents.
 * Treasure Chests do not apply to this rule. Anybody may take items from a Treasure Chest; you do not need a VA. The courtesy rules apply to Player Chests only.

6.6 - If committing burglary, do everything you can to make the theft occur when the victim is online (to give them proper chance to defend their items). They do not have to be given OOC warning of your intent.

6.7 - Having a character with villain rights does not make you any more powerful than other characters. It simply gives you the privilege to act in certain ways in game.

6.8 - You need villain rights to offer bribes, but you do not need villain rights to accept them.

6.9 - If you pick a lock on a chest or door, you must leave an RP sign stating how the lockpicking happened.

Section 7.0: Magic Rules

These rules are on display for all players, but only apply to those who have an MA.

7.1 - Do not create a Magic Application simply to "add to" your character. Your character must have a reason for you to apply for magic.

7.2 - Do not cast spells without an in character reason, and do not spam spells (except in PVP).

7.3 - Do not cast spells on other players without their prior consent. You must obtain consent to PVP in order to cast spells in combat.

7.4 - When roleplaying with your spells (emoting them, not actually casting them, such as in RP fight), you may not cast spells your character does not know.

7.5- You may not invent spells, or roleplay as if you have designed a spell variation. The only spells you can cast are the ones given to you in your application.

7.6 - Having rights to use magic does not make you more powerful than others. You are still the same character as before, just now with the ability to cast certain spells. Your extra power will be decided by how you use magic, not that you can.

7.7 - Magic users are prohibited from using any Dragonsteel (Diamond) items. You may own items as novelty possessions or family heirlooms, etc. but using them in any way (combat with a Diamond sword, or mining with a Diamond pickaxe) is prohibited. Using these items will result in them being deleted.

Rules last updated: 2 April 2014