Avendar

Your presence here is a privilege, not a right. Violations of the rules listed below will result in loss of privileges. You are responsible for knowing these rules and the contents of any help files mentioned here.

Rules

MULTIPLAYING

is forbidden, and will result in loss of your characters. Accomplices will be punished. See MULTICHAR below for more information. The following are examples of multiplay:

• Helping your own characters with other characters you own. This includes dying with one character, then coming on with another to loot the corpse or altar, as well as dropping items or selling items and then getting or buying them with another of your characters.
• Mixing character knowledge (character A cannot know things only character B would know).
• Playing two characters concurrently that know each other or are related.
• Using knowledge from one character to benefit another.
• Multiple concurrent logins.

ROLEPLAYING

is mandatory. OOC speech is not allowed outside of the OOC channel. Read HELP ROLEPLAYING to learn what this is all about…

OOC INFORMATION

should not be abused in the game. This includes things like telling people to log onto a character because you are in a PK situation and need help, or giving items to your friends’ newbies just because you know them. See OOCINFO below.

EXPLOITING BUGS

in any way will not be tolerated. If you something that appears to be a bug, you can use the BUG command to notify the staff. See HELP BUG for details.

While searching the public release, it is possible that you may encounter exploits, testing mechanisms, or undocumented features which had been hidden or (hopefully) disabled. Should you discover one, inform staff and do not attempt to use it, even if your intention is simply to ‘test’ it. Use of any discovered exploits is regarded as cheating and/or bug abuse and will be dealt with accordingly. Consequences begin at a warning (including but not limited to verbal warnings or the usage of the Sigil of the Wrath of the Gods) and escalate from there.

PLAYERKILLING and PLAYERSTEALING

are allowed and even encouraged, but must happen within the bounds of roleplaying and are subject to certain limits and restrictions. Read HELP ROLEPLAYING GUIDELINES for more information…

QUITTING OUT FROM PK

less than 15 minutes after an attempt was made upon you or after looting a corpse, or less than 30 minutes after you initiated a PK attempt is poor sportsmanship and roleplay, and a pattern of this behaviour will not be tolerated. Even if you observe the 15/30 minute waiting period, you may still be called up if you display a pattern of ASAP quit-outs.

If circumstances arise when this is not possible (sometimes RL does intrude), you should notify the other player(s) involved via OOC to inform them. But such situations should be rare exceptions, not the rule, as stated above.

DESCRIPTIONS and BACKGROUNDS

are required for all characters: a complete description by level 10, and a complete background by level 25.

Backgrounds should be free of violent sexual content, explicitly-depicted or not. If you have a question as to whether something is acceptable, please err on the side of caution, and leave it out.

It is never acceptable to have a placeholder in your background or description. This includes but is not limited to “.”, “space”, “will have this soon”, and so on. Consequences for violating this begin at requiring the offender to clear the placeholder and escalate. Repeated offenders may be forbidden to play until the background is inserted. If you are made to clear your background and continue leveling tasks after this has been done, you will be removed from play.

Best Practice for background length is 1-2 paragraphs, of 500 words or less.

SPAMMING, BOTTING

and other forms of filling up communication channels, advanced scripting, or automated grinding is forbidden.

ACCOUNTS

Each player is allowed precisely one (1) account. If you forget your account information, contact the Avendar staff via a forum message, discord chat, or an email to staff@avendar.net.

HARRASSMENT

Harassing other players is against the rules.

ADULT ROLEPLAY

is permitted only if and when you have the clear and expressly stated OOC consent of all players present. Extreme violence, sexual or otherwise (torture, rape, etc), must also have clearly stated OOC consent from all present. Keep in mind that this is a fantasy adventure MUD, not an adult MUD, and you may be interacting with minors. You, not Avendar and the game staff, are personally responsible for ensuring that any sexually explicit and graphic interactions are legal and seen only by those who have given consent.

Roleplay of pedophilia will not be tolerated under any circumstances, regardless of consent.

Multichar

Multi-Charing is not allowed here at Avendar. What does multi-charing entail?

I. Multiple-logins of any kind. This means that we should no two of your character should ever be playing in the world at the same time.

II. Using any of the capabilities of one character to benefit another. This includes, but is not limited to:

-Transferring Equipment Between characters. This means not only should you not log on with both characters and hand eq from one to another, you should also not leave equipment to be found later by one of your other characters, or hand equipment to a friend to give to your other characters.

-Using information available from one character to benefit another. Basically, if you discover information with one character that your other character has no business knowing, your other character should in no way be using this information. This includes things like locating items with one character for another, using a mage to scout out invis people for your warrior, information you get over priveleged channels such as housetells, spells/abilities to locate others, etc.

In general, a good rule of thumb is this: If you’re doing something with one character to benefit another one of your characters, you need to stop, or if found you will most likely be considered in violation of the rules of this MUD.

OOC Info

Secrets are an important aspect of Avendar. We want to foster a vibrant, fair roleplay environment, one in which discovery, exploration, and the unexpected are still fun and challenging facets of the game. Please use your best judgement in helping us attain that balance.

If it seems like a spoiler, it probably is.

Roleplaying

When you come to the world of Avendar, it’s a world where role-playing is not only encouraged, it’s required. This means that in any situation that presents itself to you here, you should do your best to see and react as an actual person from Avendar would react.This means that you shouldn’t spend your time discussing the real world, but instead attempting to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a fantasy role-playing environment. Think of yourself as an actor, playing a master role in a great drama. We guarantee this is even more fun than just playing a ‘numbers game’.