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Our rules address the following topics that you need to know: <includeonly>[[: Category:Rules |<Read More>]]</includeonly>
* '''Core Rules:''' Code of Conduct, Discord, Don't be a Dick.
* '''Must Know: '''Cheating is bannable, you must role-play and can not avoid role-play.
* '''Combat:''' RP before PvP, Capture Intent, Mechanical Death, Permanent-death/Maiming, Stealing and Seizing/Building Damage
* '''OOC Limits:''' No consent server, Challenge as un-Gorean, Right to Fade to Black
* '''Community Rules:''' Gor RP Etiquette, In Character Restrictions, Building and Bases (Rules)
* '''General Information:''' Application and Alts 
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=Core Rules=
These rules are ones that Admin's will actively step in and enforce on a first offense basis.

;[[Code of Conduct (Rules)]]
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;[[Discord (Rules)]]
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;Don't be a Dick/Troll
:Gor is harsh, no one is trying to deny that, but if another player asks for a reasonable OOC accommodation allow it. Don't interrupt other player's scenes casually. Try not to disturb scheduled events. Be patient of players with children and disabilities that may require them to log off or step away unexpectedly. In other words, practice good sportsmanship.

;Cheating is ban-able: If you find or use a work around that cuts out the generally known mechanics or takes advance of a bug or loophole, bans will be implanted.

==Role-Play Required==

;Must Role-Play:  With the exception of real life emergencies, '''you are expected to be in character when playing'''. If you come across someone while out hunting or harvesting we expect you to engage them in at least a little role-play. 
:Slaves and Free Women did leave their villages to gather things like reeds and hunt things like deer. Our in game thralls are a perfect companion for your role-play travels, either as guards with a free woman, or as a free man (the thrall) and his slave (you) commanded to come along. (The idea that free women couldn't leave the area of their home is not born out by all of the book examples of free women engaged in hunting and gathering. For anything else, you have mechanical guards to role-play off of.)
: If you are reported more then 3x in a month for not role-playing when actively engaged we will assume you are on the wrong server and remove you.

;Avoiding Role-Play: Additionally, you can not avoid role-play thru the use of mechanical means. You can not make use of the /home or quit game (or anything else) to avoid role-play especially consequence role-play. If there is a real life emergency and you have to log off immediately, please make your apologies within a reasonable time. Obviously, using this to avoid RP will be addressed.

;Abandoning Story Lines
: It is never fun to be pursuing a storyline with another player only to have them drop the storyline without notice. Obviously, if a player stops playing, especially if they leave discord, there isn't much we can do.  However, the community takes a dim view of players who do this and we reserve the right to disallow those who abandon storyline - either due to leaving & return, changing characters, etc. If you want to remain in good faith with the community then give your RP partners the information they need to continue their storyline.  (Yes this does include just abandoning a RP partner out of the blue.)

==Combat/Capture/Death/Theft==
;[[PvP Combat (Rules)|PvP Combat]]
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;[[Capture (Rules)|Capture Intent]]
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;[[Death|Mechanical Death]]
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;[[Perma-death/Maiming (Rules)]]
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;[[Stealing (Rules)]]
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;[[Sieging (Rules)]]
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=OOC Limits=
<font color="red">We will not be allowing personal limits that contradict with what can happen in the books, instead we maintain the following server wide limits:</font>
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;Challenge as Ungorean
:Players may challenge any scene which involves actions which are not Gorean. As much as I love a good blood-eagle scene, players are able to challenge it for not being Gorean. If challenged, I would have to pick a more Gorean style of torture. Obviously, if you think the action is in theme for Gor, don’t challenge needlessly.

:If the situation is not resolved by a simple challenge, and you can not extricate yourself from the scene without impacting it, please open a moderation ticket in discord so we can discuss it.

:Slaves who are purchased by someone who is not acting in a Gorean manner may open a ticket and let us know what is going on, and then have the right to leave the collar and submit to any other free. (Obviously, pick someone who has the skill/power to keep you.)

;Right to Fade to Black or Fast Forward
:Players have the right to “fade to black” on any scene that is more detailed than is found in the books. Fade to black means that you opt to be excluded from the details of a role-play scene and is similar to “fast forward” where you ask to skip the middle details and go to the end of the scene.

:The Gorean books do not detail sex, punishment, torture or death. Consequently, you are not obligated to participate in a level of detail you don’t enjoy.

;Perma-death/Maiming
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;Otherwise, if it happened in the books it can happen here.

=Community Rules=
These are the expectations of the community and admins. They will be enforced when there is significant and repeated cause.

;[[Gor RP Etiquette (Rules)]]
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;[[In Character Restrictions]]
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;[[Building and Bases (Rules)]]
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;[[Caste Guidelines]]
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;[[Role Guidelines]]
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=General Infomation=
;[[Application]]
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;[[Avatar Appearance (Rules)|Avatar Appearance]]
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;[[Alternate Character (Rules)|Alternate Character]]
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