Adylheim has a code of conduct that everyone who plays will be expected to follow at all times. This is primarily a matter of etiquette: we want the game to be fun for everyone, and a civil community is an important part of that. The staff reserves the right to punish or expel any player who is in violation of these rules.

1. Treat other players (including staff members) with respect.

2. No out of character racism, sexism, or other forms of discrimination or spreading of hateful speech will be tolerated.

3. There is a line between persistence and harassment. If someone asks you to leave them alone, you should. The staff takes all complaints of harassment very seriously.

4. Do not advertise on our forums. That is not what they're for.

5. Do not add copyrighted or otherwise plagiarized content to our website, we will not accept it as contributions to Adylheim.

6. Use of obscene words is discouraged, both OOC and IC. We strive to keep this a civil place OOC, and your character should be able to utilize IC alternatives.

7. Obviously, sex happens in the game world, but erotica should be hinted at or skipped over, rather than described on the forums. The "fade to black" literary device is a useful tool in this situation.

8. Also, events of great violence can occur in Adylheim, but gratuitous and detailed descriptions of such events should be avoided.

9. Certain subjects are likely to make people uncomfortable, most notably rape. No PC should ever be subjected to rape without the prior consent of that character's player. Try to stay within people's comfort zones on this sort of thing.

10. OOC should stay OOC, and IC should stay IC. If something happens to your character, do not take it personally, nor should you use OOC knowledge to further your PC's agenda.

11. Powergaming is no fun for everyone else. Don't go around self-modding your character so that he's the only one who gets to do all the awesome stuff. Unless you are the moderator of a thread, you should never dictate what happens to another character, just what your character intends to do.

12. A character should not be mutilated or killed in a thread unless the person doing so is the agreed upon moderator of the thread, or the consent of the character's player is given ahead of time.

13. Similarly, respect the game world. Although this is a fantasy setting, we expect a certain amount of realism. New nations do not appear out of nowhere, nor do governments topple for no reason. Every event IC should have a rational explanation within the game world. In other words, no god-modding.

14. Discussion of controversial topics such as religion and politics is discouraged because of their potentially divisive nature. There's plenty of dedicated forums where people can talk about such things.

15. Remember, this is a game. We're all here to have fun.

Breaking any of the above rules may result in an administrator placing a warning on the users account. Three warnings results in an automatic ban for a week, during which time the administrators will discuss whether any further extension of the ban is needed.