NEWS 5 17 has been updated. POLICY 16 will be updated shortly.
The main change is the addition/clarification of rules regarding the use of "bots".
DragonRealms Player Policy: Scripting Policy
Any activity that results in ANY benefit to either you or another player while being unresponsive to the gaming environment will be considered against policy.
Warnings for using triggers, running scripts, or any other activities while being unresponsive to the gaming environment are based on the Staff's observation of the character, and the Staff's judgment may vary from instance to instance; therefore each instance will be judged independently. Furthermore, GMs have the right to verify that any and all characters are following this policy at any time.
Exceptions
In general, if you are running a script or are in Rest Mode and are not gaining any NEW experience, skills, money, or providing other players with an in-game advantage (e.g., casting spells), it does not fall under this policy. ANY activity that's deemed by Staff to be disruptive or not in the best interest of the game or its players can be warned when discovered. (E.g., if you are scripting moving in and out of a room, a warning may be issued because it causes undue screen scroll.) If you are gaining skills passively or providing other characters with an in-game advantage, a warning may be issued based on your being unresponsive to the gaming environment. If your "Rest Mode" message is determined to be inappropriate, a warning may be issued based on the message being Out of Character (OOC) or disruptive. If you set up a character "bot" to provide services (e.g., healing, lock picking, spell casting) to other players while being unresponsive, you will be issued a warning.
Utilizing Character "Bots"
Any participation in the use of character "bots" witnessed by Staff, even if the unresponsive character is not connected to your account and you currently are not in violation of this policy, will be considered against policy and may result in a warning and/or other penalties.
Multiple Accounts
The use of multiple accounts is not prohibited by DragonRealms Policy; however, if a player chooses to run multiple accounts at the same time and they are being controlled by triggers or scripts and are gaining ANY benefit for that character or surrounding characters, the player must be actively responsive to the gaming environment from each character's perspective.
Violation Penalties
For the purposes of this policy, all offenses by any character on an account can be treated as having occurred to the same character. As with other policy violations that lead to lockouts, accounts that are "linked" by any method including but not limited to name, address, or other billing information can be treated as the same account in regard to disciplinary action.
- First offense: Player receives a formal warning, is moved to a consultation room, loses ALL field experience (unabsorbed experience), has an experience inefficiency penalty added, and must reread and agree to policy before being released.
- Second offense: All characters on the account, plus potentially all other related accounts, can be locked out of the game for a minimum of 30 days. In addition, substantial penalties of experience points may be subtracted from any or all characters on the account(s).
- Third offense: The offending account, plus all other related accounts, can be locked out of the game for a minimum of 60 days. In addition, the offending character will be FORFEIT. Character forfeiture results in the loss of access to one or more characters and their entire inventory including vaults, bank accounts, experience, skills, stats, etc. Everything will be gone. There will be no exceptions made and no transfer of items from a confiscated character to any other character will be allowed.
Solomon
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