Chapter 2 - Laws(Rules)

Aethar has a set of laws that must be followed to make thegame enjoyable for everyone. Ignorance is NOT an excuse forbreaking a rule. Keep current on new laws by typing LAWS, Bedlamsnote boards, and the news screen at login. The immortals help toenforce these laws. If you see someone blatantly break any ofthese laws, please report it to an immortal. DO NOT take the lawinto your own hands. IMMORTALS - Immortals are the rule keepersand builders of Aethar. They volunteer their time and serviceshere to make this world for you to escape into. When any rank ofImmortal speaks with you, answer their questions quickly andhonestly. Treat all immortals with respect even if you feel theyare in the wrong. The more calm you remain, the quicker andeasier the problem can be worked out. If you are unhappy with animms decision, you may talk to a higher level imm or write a noteand post in on the Oracle board in Bedlam. If you have anytrouble with other players or your character, contact any visibleimmortal online. To get a list of immortals online, type who 51.If none are available, please leave a note about your problem orquestion on the Oracle board in Bedlam. The decision of theAdministration is final and should not be argued.

STORES - You may not attack any Bedlam or clan shopkeeperswith any spell or skill. This includes steal, charm, and sleep.

MURDER - You may not attack another player, with spell orskill, unless both you and the target character are listed on"who deadly" and within 5 levels of one another.Actually killing the player makes little difference. Once youattack a player, you can be sent to hell, frozen, slain and/orpurged. This is a very serious offense.

STEAL - You may not steal from another player. The player toplayer stealing has been disabled in the code. You may only usesteal on mobiles.

DISARM - You are not to pick up a weapon that is disarmed fromanother player, unless the player disarmed and you are bothlisted under the "who deadly" list. To take a disarmedweapon is considered stealing, and punishment can be severe.

LOOT - Do not loot a player's corpse unless it is yours, youare a deadly and the corpse belongs to another deadly character,or the non-deadly owner of the corpse gives you permission toloot. Non-deadly clanners may not loot a deadly players corpse.

HQ - You may not enter a deadly clans HQ unless you are alsodeadly.

STAKE - You may not stake claim on a mob by waiting in a roomfor it to repop. The first person who attacks a mob gets to killit.

KILL STEAL - It is illegal to attack a mob someone else isalready fighting. Once someone is engaged in battle, you may onlyjoin in if asked.

LOOTING - Do not loot a mobs corpse unless you killed it orare given express permission to from the person who got the kill.Also, do not sacrifice a corpse unless you get the kill as manymobs are scavengers and many have an item that belongs to theperson killing it.

OBJECTS - If you see a container or piece of equipment layingon the ground, and there is a player in the room with it, do notpick it up without first asking if the item is owned by them.Taking the things without permission may be looked at asstealing. If there is a player corpse on the ground, assume allitems belong to that player. Ask prior to removing -any- itemfrom room.

CHANNELS - You may not spam, use profanity, harass or makelewd or racial comments on any channel, in says, or in tells. Donot use charmed mobs to harrass other players. Do not carry onextended two person conversation over public channels, take it totells. Do not insult anyone publicly.

CHARM - Do not bring aggressive mobs into or near Bedlam. Donot bring charmed mobs into areas which are lower in level thanthe area from which the mob belongs. Do not endanger othercharacters with your charmed mobs. A charmed mobile is covered byall laws that you are. You cannot use a mobile more then 5 levelshigher then a pkiller if you use it to attack them. You cannotsteal with a mobile or attack non-deadlies. You cannot spam orharass other players with a charmed mob. You should not attack acharmed mob unless is belongs to you.

MULTI - You may only have one character link-live if it islisted under who deadly. a link-dead character is not consideredto be online. You may have more than one character link-live aslong as none are deadly.

SHARING - It is illegal to share a character if the characteris pkill, or is in a position of leadership. Be warned that theImmortals will not help recover characters who are stolen viasharing. Remember, whoever has the password, OWNS the character.Do not share a character casually. Use only alpha-numericpasswords to help prevent character theft.

Laws on PKill Deadly Characters are those which appear on the who list underthe section titled "Deadly Characters" (type 'whodeadly'). A character must be level 5 and 18 years of age toofficially become deadly; if you are a pkill character whodoesn't fill these criteria yet, you will not appear under 'whodeadly' and are not yet able to pkill.

Deadly characters may not:
a) multi-play while using deadly character or be shared withothers

b) receive Immortal corpse retrievals or reimbursements - noexceptions

c) attack players (or shove/drag/sleep) more than 5 levelsfrom their own

d) use mobs more than 5 levels above the victim to attack("c identify " to see the mob's levelrange)

Deadly characters are allowed to:
a) pkill and loot the corpse of any other player who appearson the deadly list (who deadly) who is within 5 levels of their own

b) loot the corpse of any other deadly, regardless of who madethe kill

c) use mobs within or lower than the pkill level range of thevictim

Laws on Harassment
Harassment is giving a person unwanted attention, whether youperceive it as negative or positive attention. If a person ismade to be uncomfortable by your attention or comments, you areharassing that person. If a person asks you to desist in talkingto them or performing socials on them, and you do not stop, youare harassing that person. If you act in an intimate manner to acharacter, without their permission, you are harassing thatperson.

Laws on Cheating
Cheating is a very serious offense and subjects all charactersinvolved to a slay, purge (loss of all equipment), freeze,balzhur (destruction of all equipment and public demotion tolevel 2), deny or even a site ban.

What is considered cheating?
- exploiting (intentionally using) a bug to gain equipment or gold

- intentionally causing the system to crash

- intentionally duplicating equipment or gold

- knowingly accepting illegal equipment (see above) from others

- attempting to duplicate equipment or gold -- * even if notsuccessful *

- using or making profit from equipment that was accidentally duplicated

- using gold that was accidentally duplicated

Cheating hurts the game, and every player in the game. Protectyourself and report any bugs you find, and inform the Immortalsif you have strong cause to believe someone is engaged in any ofthe above. If you find you have accidentally duplicate an item,turn the item over immediately to an Immortal or drop andsacrifice the item.

Laws on Assisting deadlies
A non-deadly may give, sell or trade scrolls, potions andequipment with a deadly character. A non-deadly character may spyfor a deadly character. A non-deadly may not shield, heal,summon, help, hinder, portal or otherwise assist a deadlycharacter (this includes charm).

Laws on Assisting mobiles
You may not cast any helpful or shielding spells on aggressivemobiles or mobiles currently engaged in battle with otherplayers. You may cast helpful spells or shielding spells on yourcharmed mobile, as long as the mobile is not naturally aggressivenor in a room where is may assist/attack a player.

Punishments for Laws Violations:

NOTELL: Removes the tell channel from a single character.

SILENCE: Removes all channels but says from a singlecharacter.

NOEMOTE: Removes socials and emotes from a single character.

HELL: A real boring room to store one character, to preventthem from playing Aethar.

SLAY: To bring instant death to a character, leaving a corpsethat we can either return or destroy.

PURGE: The command we use to destroy a corpse.

FREEZE: Removes _all_ commands from a single character, makingit useless.

DENY: Makes a single character unable to ever log on thatcharacter again.

SITE BAN: The only punishment that affects more then onecharacter, as it prevents anyone from a site to log into Aetharat all. The punishments are listed in order of severity.