There are a few basic rules for this game:
- This is a role-playing game and not a hack-and-slash earn points and gold game. If you want one of those there are plenty available in the shops. In this game descriptiveness is appreciated. A two paragraph response is preferable to a two line response. Gods also tend to be more in favour of those who put a lot of effort into playing the game.
- The game is PG rated. So no nudity, sex scenes, excessive violence, swearing or blood and guts. You will find most swear words are blocked out by the filter. Anyone spelling them strangely in order to get around this will find themselves the object of great interest by the Assassins Guild. The word eight, and the number, is also blocked out by the filter as this is a magical number and should not be uttered in the magically unstable city, especially near UU. Please use (3+5) or similar.
- No unlicenced killing will be tolerated. Only graduate assassins fully licenced may kill, and then only to fullfill contracts. Nil Mortis Sine Lucre, no death without payment. Therefor death should be very rare within the game, and is, as always, subject to the moderation of the Gods. If you are one of the very rare victims, its usually because you've done something horribly wrong, and got on one of the God's poop lists, or that of a very rich player. If so, sorry but that's the way the Disk spins, you'll need to create a new character. You can, of course, restart your life as a zombie of the same character.
- (Personally I'd recommend this, it makes things much more interesting. As always, new character rules apply, and you should start a new profession etc, as you will find yourself very jaded with your previous way of life.)
- No Bunnying. Ok, What is bunnying? Put briefly, bunnying is assuming something has happened or is a certain way without a God telling you so. (The gods are the Moderators of this game). You can say: "Silvestris swings his sword at the foul creature from the Dungeon Dimensions' head". Your moderating God will then tell you what the result of this action is. You cannot however type something like this: "Silvestris swings his sword at the creature, lopping it's head off and dances around on its dead body." You're liable to wind up making friends with whatever lives at the bottom of the Ankh.
- No Gods names from the books (or names that suggest minor gods, like Flanfoogle, god of rotting cheese) are open to players. These are reserved for the Moderators of the game. Major Gods (Who moderate whole boards) will have names of greater gods taken from the books, like Blind Io, She Who Must Not Be Named and Offler the Crocodile God. Small Gods, who assist the Major Gods in Moderating their boards, will have names like Flanfoogle, god of rotting cheese, etc.
- On a similar note, the Moderators are in effect Player Gods, and are perfectly free to show favour to player characters who regularly visit their temples or pray to them. (its best to do this in their temple where the moderating God will be aware you're doing it.) Priests especially often find themselves in the favour of their chosen God.
- * Remember, we are not members of the lawyers guild, so I'm sure there will be plenty of loopholes in our set of rules, but like all rules in the Discworld they are merely guidelines. We're just here to have fun. So please no circumnavigating the rules in a way that disrupts the game's spirit.