The Golden Rule

Treat other players with respect. Characters may be as evil as they wish, but players must behave civilly.

1. Lead A Horse To Water

Play your own character only. Don't post actions or reactions for other characters; don't post for their possessions or creations. Control only what you create.

2. Wither Goest Thou?

Stay within Worlde Arcane's atmosphere of medieval fantasy, with swords and sorcery -- *without* gunpowder, time travel, steam engines, lasers, or alien starships.

3. Balance In All Things ...

Characters must display weaknesses and encounter obstacles, at least equal to their strengths, to maintain balanced roleplaying.

4. It Worked Once Before ...

Using Magick is never a sure deal -- like rolling dice, you never know what you might get. Every use of magick requires a commensurate expense.

5. Walking Through Walls (Without Magick)

Characters must respond believably and act reasonably within the game's physical environment.

6. Every Journey Leaves A Trace

Each character moves like a king on a chess board, one step at a time, along a logical path through adjacent areas. Interact with characters and situations in each area as appropriate. Don't "skip" to distant locations without posting your movements through the areas along your path.

Also, except by the use of magick (see #5) your character can only be in one place at a time.

(See also the "Mad Dash" rant)

7. Wait For Me, George!

Give other characters time to react to what your character does. Do not attempt to complete an unreasonable number of actions in a single post, and allow time for others to post their reactions before you post more of your own character's actions.

(See also the "Mad Dash" rant)

The Corollary: 7B. Move Yer Arse, Pete!

Don't keep your gamemates waiting. Post often! The further you fall behind, the harder it is to catch up on all the reading and the things your character would have reacted to. And if you are gone for long your gamemates will leave you behind!

8. Are You Decent?

Explicit/graphic sex and violence, and offensive language, are not allowed.

9. Alone Against The Worlde

Players in their first six months agree to play single characters only; second characters may be requested after six months. After a full year of real time players wishing yet another character may petition Conclave, or any moderator, who will plead their case before the Patheon.

Generally, because of the time involved to play characters well, players should limit themselves to 2 regular character accounts (PC's) at any given time; several kinds of additional supporting characters are available to enrich and enhance the RP experience.

0-6 months		= 1 character only please!
6+ months		= 2 characters
12+ months		= special

10. Shhhh!

Your password is private. Do not share it with anyone!

Your friends are welcome to join us through the regular Application process.

11. Calling All Players ...

A valid email address (i.e. the player actually regularly reads emails sent to the address) is required in each player's User Profile.