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Alter Aeon Rules of Conduct



Rules Section 8 - Player Corpses and Eq


Rule 8.1 - Introduction This section deals primarily with corpse and equipment related problems between players. These entries are related to annoyance or griefing behavior, but deserve a separate section due to how often they arise. Penalties for minor offenses are not severe, and are often dismissed if a first offense or if a mistake was made. For repeated offenses, all possible punishments are available for use.
Rule 8.2 - Thou shalt not mess with the corpses of other players Player corpses are sacrosanct. If you take a player corpse, you must return it immediately on request, and are obligated to try to return it to the owner if you can.
Rule 8.3 - Thou shalt not loot the corpses of other players When you loot someone elses corpse, you are in effect stealing their gold and possibly their equipment (depending on the character.) This is illegal, and you MUST return anything taken from a corpse IMMEDIATELY upon request. You MUST also actively attempt to return anything accidentally taken from a corpse, including gold. It is no defense to say "he never asked for it back".
Rule 8.4 - Thou shalt not separate equipment from its rightful owner As a general rule of thumb, the rightful owner of a piece of equipment remains the rightful owner until the equipment is discarded, sold, or actively given away. In general, equipment dropped on the ground or donated is considered discarded, but there may be cases where this is not true. When in doubt, don't be a jerk - ask if someone meant to throw something away. Exceptions to this include equipment that is removed from you without your consent, such as when you die. Additionally, weightless containers purchased via donation are NOT to be touched and must be returned. Here are a few other scenarios where the equipment or items may not be taken: Corpses Zapped equipment Disarmed weapons Corpse eq (after the corpse has been eaten) Equipment donated for the purposes of a corpse retrieval Equipment in a player's inventory Equipment worn by a player Equipment placed on a pet or golem Weightless containers purchased via donation Characters you happen to know the password to Note that there is also a grey area for storage characters that feel the need to drop containers due to weight concerns. In general, you should be polite when encountering stupidity of the level required to drop five hundred pounds of equipment on the ground in a public place. For those of you with storage characters, we strongly recommend that your character be capable of sorting its inventory without resorting to dropping stuff. If this isn't the case, you're a dumbass.



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