Below is a rewrite of the books we get when we log into the server. I did this due to the lack of attention and updating of these rules, the fact that we get 3 books dealing with these topics, most of the stuff is just repeated in either the books themselves or the journal, to help with the efficiency of explaining the rules and having 1 book that people ignore is far less forgivable than ignoring 3 books.
Nemesis and other Sentinel's suggestions comments should be taken into consideration.
First draft, order of presenttation will depend on the importance of the topic, I would recommend TERMs first of course due credit of Xen, 420 and Taarna would follow.
Oh and grammatical errors are a pet peeve so feel free to point those out.
Topics such as: Stripped Properties, Info on True Seeing, How to Make Your Own Items, Flagged Characters, How Dispels Work and Banned Spells can be found in each players JOURNAL (upper right corner menu).
These terms are listed first because in the following rules they may come up:
RANDOMER: One who attacks outside confirmed duel(s). This includes those who attack players that are in confirmed duel and the lynch mobs that attack randomers.
SPAMMING: The act of doing an action repeatedly when not dueling. This is includes and is not limited to; emotes, spells of any kind, or bugging people.
SHIFTING INTO LARGE FORMS: Do not shift into forms larger than human size outside duels because of the size it is difficult to see and maneuver around them. Also, for some players it creates an amount of graphical lag.
?GF?: This expression means ?Good Fight?. It is not a description of the fight but a polite way to end one. It is considered rude not to respond with this after the end of a duel.
DUNGEON MASTERS (DMs): The supreme rulers of the server. Any and all rules are void when they are concerned and they cannot be held to any rule. There are many DMs and they can be hard to spot, be on your best behavior.
SENTINELS: These are enforcers of God Spire?s rules. They are for all intent and purposes, mini-DMs and must be obeyed. They are recognized by their yellow lights and/or TSoGS in their names/profiles.
DUELING: A duel can be started by using the DUEL MANAGER item located in your inventory, by using it on your chosen opponent. To use it right, click the set of scales then use its unique power on your chosen opponent. If your opponent accepts they will have used their DUEL MANAGER on you to confirm the duel.
As an alternative you can drag the DUEL MANAGER item from your inventory to a QUICKSLOT (located at the base of your screen) and simply click the slot then click your opponent.
DUELING LIGHTS: When a duel has been confirmed the two duelers will be surrounded by circling orange lights. After a countdown the words ?ready? then ?go? will appear signaling the start of the duel.
BELOG, steward of the halls: Belog is the care taker of the halls. Belog provides basic sets of equipment, experience to level your character, dueling ranks and alignment changes. Belog is an NPC.
APPEARNCE: You may use a 3rd party program (like LETO) to later your character?s appearance. You may not use any appearance with a null chest or pelvis. Also the appearance must be the same size category as your character or else you will not be able to enter to server.
RULES:
1) Don?t piss off the DMs (take careful not of this!).
2) NO RANDOMING.
3) Don?t complain about the rules. If you don?t like them speak to a DM and if the rules in question is one that is worth changing it will be considered.
4) Don?t using healing spells or healing lights during a duel. This includes effects that give permenant hit points such as Wholeness of Body and Lay on Hands.
5) Listen to the Sentinels and DMs.
6) Don?t complain about the Sentinels. If you have a problem with one they?re being abusive report them to a DM.
7) Don?t bring your hacked items onto this server. They are not welcome. You will be banned for repeated attempts.
Don?t set people to hostile it is set automatically when using the DUEL MANAGER to confirm a duel.
9) Don?t randomly cast when not in a duel. This includes summons/familiars. If you wish to test spells or summon go to another map area.
10) Hiders may Hide in Plain Sight once every 6 seconds, not once per round. From the time hiders reappear to the time they enter the HiPS mode must be 6 seconds.
11) Map areas outside the halls and the team versus team arena are FREE FOR ALL areas. Randoming is allowed in those areas.
12) Only Sentinels and DMs may punish rule breakers
13) Godspire is a legit server and as such exploitation of game glitches are considered cheating and will not be tolerated.
God Spire is a Player versus Player (PvP) server. There are no shops here. Most players make their own equipment in the TOOLSET which can be found in the main menu once starting NWN. For a temporary set of gear talk to Belog, steward of the halls an NPC.
Ban/Bootable offenses:
Asking to be a DM
Asking to be a Sentinel
Being racist, sexist or generally offensive.
Any reason a DM might think of at the time.
