House Rules
All players are expected to read and follow these upon joining the server.
1. Please do not argue with the DMs or administrators in-game.
If you have a problem with something that has occurred in the game, you may send a DM a private message on the forum. They will take any steps necessary to correct the situation. If you are still unsatisfied, you may contact an administrator. An administrator's word is final. If you feel a significant problem has occurred, it can be corrected after the fact, but in the spirit of keeping the story flowing along for the rest of the people on the server, it is best not to sap DM time with arguments in-game.
2. Keep things PG-13.
In-character scenerios involving explicit sexuality, rape, or excessive violence will not be allowed. For decorum's sake, both IC and OOC profanity is discouraged.
3. No cheating, exploiting, hacking, or muling.
Muling, or twinking, is defined as the transfer of items between your own characters.
4. No griefing.
Excessive, mindless, non-roleplayed, or OOC-motivated PvP and pickpocketing will not be tolerated.
5. Please choose an original and sensible name.
No book, television, or movie characters names will be allowed. Other inappropriate names will be handled as the DMs see fit. If they ask you to change it see rule #1. Do not use a title (Sir, Lord, Lady, Duke, King, etc.), profession, or other generic descriptor as part of your name unless you have DM permission. Please capitalize the name appropriately and refrain from using non-alphabetical characters and symbols. No Drizzle Do'Unden, no Lord Doom Majere, no e. e. cumberland.
6. Stay in character at all times while in the game world.
All OOC communication should be sent through tells and denoted in a generally accepted way (such as prefixing with OOC or //). The party channel should be used sparingly, and only for IC communication across area transitions.
7. Keep metagaming to a minimum.
We realize that some is inevitable, but please take care to separate what you know as a player and what your character knows as a denizen of DC. If you play multiple character, be extra careful to keep their knowledge separate. You cannot share knowledge between your own PCs for any reason.
8. No Ninja Looting.
Ninja looting is using some degree of stealth to avoid fighting foes to treat treasure chests like ATM machines or stealing the spoils of someone else's battle. We have found this behavior more often than not to generally rest on very shaky IC reasoning and is best done away with entirely.
9. Play nice!
OOC conflicts will happen, but every player is expected to maintain a respectful attitude toward the players and staff here. Adopting a hostile, insulting, or antagonistic attitude is a quick way to get banned. If you have a problem with another player that you are unable to resolve civilly, you may send a DM or administrator a private message on the forum and ask them to mediate.
10. No spawn camping/farming.
Do not farm or spawn camping areas/dungeons = defined as running through the same areas/dungeon again and again.
11. Limitations on player character power
PC backgrounds and make-up should not include celestials/demons, dragons, fey, constructs, psionicism (including telepathy), any sort of monstrous or exotic power (such as lycanthropy and vampirism), or a paranormal appearance (glowing eyes, wings, tail). These things are limited on SoH by design so as to prevent them from becoming commonplace and cliche, and so that their eventual appearance has more impact.
12. Have fun!
