Draft Policies

This page is for policies that are likely to be formally added, but content is still being workshopped by staff.

Dead Horse

Occasionally, a specific topic of RP may cause so many headaches that staff may dictate how it gets resolved and insist that it not be pursued further.

This is a drastic measure and not to be used lightly. Examples of what will justify it:

• Severe OOC rudeness
• Attempting to barrel at high speed toward violation of another policy

Actual past example, of the 'super rude' variety: Player #1, feeling ICly scorned by #2 and #3, wanted to abduct them for a scene, show #2 video of #3 being killed, then reveal that the video was faked and vent about their feelings before letting them go. Had they OOCly explained up front (at least to staff) and been polite, it probably would have proceeded as desired. Instead, they yelled at players and staff alike that they needed to log into the game and do his thing Right Now. Staff intervened, declared that the relevant events had already ICly occurred as desired, and ordered everyone to drop the subject thereafter.

Entrapment, aka Casus Belli

Sometimes, Alice decides:

• Bob is a person of interest, but we're not sure what level he's on.
• Let's do X, and if and only if Bob responds by doing Y, then we intend to escalate (and possibly risk-escalate) to Z.

Provided that Alice has reasonable IC motives and legit IC info, this is okay. However, the following is almost certainly not okay:

• Alice and/or one of her buddies tries to set things up so that Bob thinks that not doing Y will screw him over.

This is not measured threat response, this is just bullying. Bob, upon realizing his situation, may just OOCly quit without Alice and company needing to go any further.

Z may include not only obvious direct measures like 'kill Bob' or 'lock Bob up', but also indirect measures like 'blackmail Bob into leaking more IC info'.

Jumping the Gun

If you +request something and staff hasn't done it yet, then don't RP as if it was done, even if you're absolutely sure that it will be approved.

• You may turn out to be wrong.
• Another player or staff unaware of the +request may notice and perceive wrongdoing.

Example: You want to join a faction and then RP with an existing member at one of their hideouts. You can still RP with them, just somewhere else.

If staff has done part of it but not all, then it's okay to RP the part that's done, unless staff advises otherwise.

Miscellaneous

• General: In a situation requiring staff involvement, continuing to add complications faster than staff can keep up.
• General: Repeatedly making unconfirmed and self-serving claims about what another person feels.
• Vampire: Risk implications of feeding on a PC
• Shifter: Examples of what will reasonably draw a punishment rite, including risk escalation if needed