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Rules and Setting

Setting

This RP is set within the Old Republic era of Star Wars, within the game Star Wars: The Old Republic.  The year is 3630 BBY, or ICly, 23 ATC (after the treaty of Coruscant).  The main stage for role play will take place in the Iziz Western District guild stronghold, which is a Rishi stronghold but ICly it is the planet of Onderon, specifically the western district of the city of Iziz.

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The district is a very poor district, heavily damaged from decades of war and in a state of disrepair.  The wall that surrounds the entire city of Iziz to protect from the beasts of the jungle has crumbled in some locations here.  This part of the city has been neglected to to poor funding and lack of manpower for the repairs, and the jungle has started to take back the area.  Vines and other flora have started growing over buildings and further ripping them apart.  Savage beasts come in from the jungle almost daily and attack citizens.  There is also a good deal of unchecked crime and illegal commerce.  The Iziz Western District should be RPed as a very dangerous place to visit, but one with abundant opportunities if one knows where to look.

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The area is ruled over by the Onderon monarchy, subsequently the Council of Lords.  One Lord in particular has been newly assigned jurisdiction over the region.  She is Lady Helena Kira, of the Noble Kira family that used to sit upon the throne of Onderon.  While this information may or may not be known to visitors of the area, it would be common knowledge among the locals and easily found out.

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The stronghold is open to the public and the district welcomes visitors from all walks of life.  This includes members of the Sith Empire, though they would have to keep somewhat a low profile as to not attract the attention of the Republic.

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Code of Conduct

Because the stronghold is hosted by the Iziz Western District, there are OOC rules that must be followed while visiting.  Breaking the rules may result in a ban from the area for a time.  Everyone on the server is allowed to visit the stronghold to RP.  So be respectful and obey the rules if you would like to continue being there.  Also the Code of Conduct for being in the guild itself is listed here.

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1 - The stronghold is an IC area.  To visit, you are considered in character.  Only the landing point is an OOC area which you may use to load in or exit safely.  No OOC is allowed while in the stronghold. You can use private messages or a personal group to speak oocly while there.

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2 - No godmodding.  Goddmodding can be two things. The first and most obvious, is having your character be as powerful or nearly as powerful as a god.  Playing a celestial would be one such example of this.  This is also referred to as powergaming.  The other definition of godmodding is taking control of another player's character in emote form.  This can be you emoting their reaction to something you did or having them perform an action in any way.  An example of this would be:  *Han Solo pulled General Leia to him and kissed her deeply.  General Leia moaned her enjoyment.*  The godmodded action here would be Han Solo RPing that Leia enjoyed what he did.  Do not do this, let the player decide if their character enjoyed it or slaps you silly.

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3 - No metagaming.  Metagaming is a term used in role-playing games, which describes a player's use of real-life knowledge concerning the state of the game to determine their character's actions, when said character has no relevant knowledge or awareness under the circumstances.  An example of such would be knowing a person's name before they have told it to you, because you read the tag over their head.

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4 - Combat is defender's choice.  There are three options for combat within Iziz.  There is PVP, which can be done in the pvp area or by duels, there is the dice system (which we will go over more in depth in another section), and there is FFC.  FFC stands for free form combat which means you RP out your combat with no dice and rely on the honor system of your combat partner to take hits accordingly.  It is up to the defender which of these methods to use.  The defender is ther person on defense.  Provocation in any form towards another person makes that person the defender.  Breaking laws of the city makes the city the defender. 

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5 - Obey GMs.  If a GM asks you to stop doing something or corrects you in any way, you listen.  You do not argue, you act respectful and obey.  If you have any problems with something a GM has told you, you can send a mail to Helena Kira about the situation AFTERWARD.

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6 - No politics or drama.  Political activism in this day and age is more important than ever.  However, thanks to our current political overloards, it is also more divisive than ever.  If it can tear families and friendships apart, it certainly can guilds too.  Please respect our no politics rule as an attempt to keep peace and take a break from the real world.  We also understand drama will happen as a part of life, but please do not purposefully start things when out oc character while with the guild.

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7 - Behave in all aspects of SWTOR.  Applying to guild members only, your behavior reflects that of the entire guild.  When you behave in a way that is unbecoming to yourself, it is unbecoming to the rest of the guild as well.  Immediate removal of the guild will be initiated for any behavior that involves stealing loot (if that is even possible), trolling, racism, sexism, bigotry in any form, violent real life threats, sexual harassment, harassment, etc etc.

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