Post by Serranna on Mar 5, 2021 19:26:40 GMT
Howdy folks; across the course of our time here a number of rules and judgements have needed to be handed down and so everything will be collated here until it can be included into the relevant sections. It won't be pretty, it won't be fancy, most of it's common sense but as the first will show... there's always someone...
1/ Please don't be a rules lawyer - If the rules don't explicity deny something but the staff say no please respect that. We don't shut people down for the evulz, but to close loopholes we didn't notice. We are human, lord knows there will be such things.
2/ On a similar note let's have a bright one. Did you know each Staffer has a unique item they are at liberty to give away? Like bounties for bugfixes if you find an exploit or present some grand ideas we then go on to use for mission rewards and the like you might just find yourself recieving one in an update. It can't all be doom and gloom here after all~
3/ When awaiting replies on Custom traits, techniques and so forth please give us a few days turn around; we are all in full time employment and we are all 'Key/Essential' workers, meaning we get no downtime during the pandemic and all of the masses ignoring the rules. If no reply is forthcoming after a few days shoot us a message on Discord.
4/ Similar applies to grading and update approval; don't fret if things aren't done immediately, we'll get to it before updates are due!
Now for the Clarifications
1/ Expedient Delivery - Yes this can take you to the Afterlife, however you and those accompanying you can only access areas your alignment would give you access to. A heroic Deity cannot use ED to enter HFIL for example, similarly a villainous friend cannot accompany you to Heaven. Sorry folks, the alignment gating is there for a reason!
2/ Customs - Be it traits or techniques please be aware that any and all things approved are subject to being reviewed and looked at; if something turns out to be an issue we may approach you to rebalance it or alter it accordingly to bring it back in line. Sometimes things simply turn out overtuned when combined with other things.
3/ Staff - After mentioning the last thing I should mention that we are not immune to this process either, after all one of the best examples of 2/ would be my own Signature Technqiue - Cross Counter.
4/ Selling/Trading Items - You may trade items freely with others on the same planet as you; both updates should link one another as the 'source' of the relevant items/zenni.
5/ Selling/Refunding Items - Anything bought from a store for zenni may be 'sold' to the NPC populace of a world for half of its purchase value. If it's useless to you then you may basically flog it for some of your investment back.
6/ Interactions - While this should be obvious you cannot trade with your own characters and cannot death battle your own characters. This was relaxed at one point and I am sorry for those this inconviences but this has been abused far too hard. Your followers may interact with the one they follow, aughta make that clarification before some smart arse cites this rule, eh?
7/ Canon Links - If you are playing an OC you cannot have a direct tie to any canon barring group affiliation. You're welcome to be a fellow scientist of the Red Ribbon Army or indeed another Time Breaker however you cannot be Gero's grandson or Towa's lover on the side.
8/ Searching - Performing a Search thread for a planet unlocks that destination permenantly for you; you cannot travel to a place until you have discovered it and/or been there. Search threads for players who are suppressed/undetectable last until you or the target leave the planet. Search threads are NOT required for finding players who are not suppressed/undetectable.
9/ Bounties - Your first T0 Bounty on a character is considered to be your first rodeo. Your foe in this encounter will have an additional trait designed to hobble them somewhat; please note that they are still going to fight, they will merely have flaws designed to make someone new to the combat system stand a better chance.
10/ Bounty Victory - Upon winning your First Rodeo an NPC Patrolman will arrive and offer to transport you on your update to the Galactic Prison to turn it in and earn a full licence. You do not need to do a search thread for this trip and you do not need a ship; the patrolman's ship has a travel time of three (3) days.
11/ Galactic Prison - You cannot travel to/from the Galactic Prison using Instant Transmission or Expedient Delivery. You must do a search thread for each time you travel to the prison UNLESS you own a Bounty Hunter's Licence, earnable on the Prison via a mission. The Prison is always considered to be a Far distance away from any given world.
12/ Instant Transmission/Expedient Delivery - You have to have a planet as a valid destination in order to use these abilities to travel there; planets are considered valid if you have previously been there or if you have unlocked the world via a search thread.
13/ Aura/Spec Changes - You may change your selected aura components or specialisations by re-doing the relevant unlock thread. Your traits and transformations cannot be changed without the use of certain dragonball sets or mission/saga rewards.
Open Realm
Grading for threads on Open Realm are as follows:
- If the post is in IC Communications all participants may apply the relevant property bonuses for the worlds they are on and their own traits. They may not benefit from each other's traits.
- If the post is entirely Out of Character then you may not claim any traits or property, however your base SP gains from your Word Count will be determined using the same values as Saga NPCs.
- If the post is IC for yourself or your follower(s) then you may claim your personal traits, but may not claim property bonuses.
