We feel the need to remind and assure the player base that this is NOT a sex sim. At all. We are a fantasy sim not a sexual fantasy sim.

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Quick definitions:

 

• RP: Role Play (self-explanatory, it's what you're all doing here)

• RL: Real Life

• ICly: In Character. When you are playing your character and not talking as yourself, the player.

• OOCly: Out of Character. When you are NOT in RP and goofing off. Mostly done in the group chats, not so much in local chat. If in an RP and want to make a brief OOC statement use ((_____)) So ea.: ((omg that was funny)) ((omg these dice hate me)), things of that nature.

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Note: Do not try to admin hop to try to get a different answer if you do not like the one you got. The admins all speak to each other and often will ask each other before telling a player a decision. So if a decision comes from one admin, it more than likely came from all the admins.

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Rule #1 - No Godmodding

Godmodding is when you control another person's character, usually without permission. You can GET permission but that permission is rare (usually for a healer healing a patient, patient doesn't do much or needs to log off and gives the healer permission to finish healing without them there) therefore, DO NOT control a character belonging to another player without that permission.

 

Rule #2 - No Metagaming

Metagame is another nono, don't do it. Ever. This is when you ICly use information you shouldn't know or did not receive in character. This means if someone is talking about RP in group chat don't just show up unless they are inviting and are in a public place where people would encounter them anyways. If a guard is talking about something happening in a house or castle: Don't go there. Don't try to get in. Do not use what information they chatted about OOCly in your IC RP. If someone has a bounty on them but that's not public knowledge, ICly you need to find out through RP not automatically assume it was common knowledge. If someone in IM told you about something going on like some juicy IC gossip, guess what? Don't use it. The only time IM's or NC's can be used ICly are if they're sent as IC notes. If I were to send someone a note I would write a notecard and sign it formally and often times tell them in IMs it is IC info so there is no confusion. You can also not hear through walls or hear a conversation happening underground, even if it is within chat range and showing up in local. Please use logic. Yes. You're in chat range, but you are not Superman with super-hearing. You cannot see through or hear through walls RL, so you can't here. You can hear through an open door yes... but not though someone's house if they are not screaming. Metagaming can also be just standing around a scene and not posting then using the information from the scene in another IC instance.

 

Rule #3 - No Power Gaming.

Also known as being OP (over powered). This is if people try to do something to you (usually in a fighting sense) and you use a power (skills, magic, HP and so forth) that is outside of what you should know or have or just too huge to be allowed here in an effort to make sure you win or get your way. Another example is if you are Free Form Fighting (without dice) and you DODGE EVERYTHING repeatedly so again you win. WINNING IS NOT EVERYTHING! There is a lot of development that can come from losing. You may seek vengeance, you may hunt to learn to find the person's true weakness, you may try to bring that person down politically, you may learn as a character and grow and maybe not care that you lost, just be prepared for other fights.

There are SO many options when you lose. Winning.... gets you nothing. You win and move on to the next opponent. Winning isn't fulfilling 100%. So don't power game to win a fight. Take the loss. Grow from it. This isn't just for hand to hand combat or a slapping match between two college girls, this can also be used when using actual weapons.

 

Rule #4 - We're All Adults Here

Players must be over 18 years of age IRL (off screen) to play in Novus Ascending. The sim IS an adult sim and adult situations as a result may very well arise. If you're not comfortable with these situations oocly, then do your part to avoid them icly as well. As a result of the sim being adult. YOU MUST BE DRESSED PROPERLY IN THE CITIES spare for rentals and the bathhouse in Galena, there is no nudity in the cities.

 

Novus in no shape or form is a sex sim, only a sim where sex on occasion may happen for what ever approved reason oocly that the player wishes to move plot or just enjoy intimacy icly. You may not force a player/character into any form of ERP if they have expressed they are uncomfortable with it. We would like to point out we also have a low tolerance on abusive personalities that partake in but not limited to: cyber stalking/bullying, gaslighting, threatening a player or to take ooc into ic.

 

Rule #5 - Dress Code

Your characters may not be on sim and wearing modern clothes without being expressly labeled as OOC or as an observer. Acceptable clothing would be anything reasonable to the terms "medieval" and "fantasy." Please if you have any questions on what is acceptable, contact your faction lead, a moderator, or an admin. The smaller the avatar, the better, for lag reasons. If your avatar is creating too much lag, staff may ask you to change it. This includes large avatars like dragons, and avatar add-ons like pets from Manticore. If ever you are unsure about your attire please contact an online admin for an av check. You can also refer to our page "What should I wear?"

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Rule #6 - Golden Rule/ Consent

Always remember that if you are going to do something to another player's character that can alter how their character RP's after, including theft, body part removal, death, permanent death, etc. Always be considerate of other players, no matter what you're given permission to do to their characters.

 

Rule #7 - Sex on Sim

It is an adult sim and this is something that may very well happen for the world to see. You're free to have sex on sim, but please bear in mind that if you want to have privacy, you will have to find a tavern room, a cave, or your own rental home. Otherwise, it's a public sim, and privacy is not a promise. However, IC actions have IC consequences, there is no OOC arguing, you get caught in public, you deal with the repercussions. If an under aged character is in chat range (if the rp is happening in local and NOT IMs) in some way, the RP stops and you ask them politely to leave OOC. Should they fail to leave or respond, contact staff ASAP.

 

Rule #8 - Just, No

• No spell HUDs.

• No spy tools.

• No chat spammers.

• No Teleporters.

 

Rule #9 - Gods

Because Novus Ascending does have god characters as a part of the story line, god characters outside of the established sim gods are not accepted to be played. While we will accept just about any character and race that fits the story line and theme, we cannot allow gods from outside of the Story Teller function to be accepted or permitted on sim. You may worship another, but only the canon gods would respond IC. Recommended is to find a Novus god that translates to your specific god... Or gods. The Order of the Twelve group can help with this.

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Rule #10 - Scenes

You may not sit and watch a scene with out posting is as people may behave differently IC if someone is watching them or giving them a chance to spot a spy. You may not watch people RP and turn around and use that information IC if you did not participate in the RP you got the information from. Additionally you can not submit RP you did not participate in yourself. In short: DO NOT SIT AND WATCH, PARTICIPATE. IT WILL NOT COUNT.

 

When in doubt, keep a log!

If you ask someone’s permission to do something? Save a copy of that log in a notecard. This protects you if they decide to be a jerk and say they never gave permission providing you with the proof they did. If you are being bullied by someone or think they are not treating you well (usually in IM's or the OOC HUB, in IC a character is allowed to not like you) log that, too. This is also useful when griefers are around. Give us their name and what they did so we as admins can help. We can't do anything if there is no proof.

Communication on all fronts is the fastest thing to fall apart in RP so try to keep it strong and talk. If you're in a fight with someone, IM them and laugh it off! If you're in a deep RP with someone, check if they're ok, sometimes we get connected to these characters we have made and deep things can hit us hard.

 

ALL RULES ARE SUBJECT TO UPDATES AND CHANGES AT ANY TIME. Please check back regularly! HUGE changes will be communicated via notice with instructions to come back here for more information!