Crossroads: Philadelphia by Night Wiki:Wiki rules

= Rules and Guidelines = Our aim is to provide a fun and immersive environment for everyone to roleplay and simply socialize. Below you will find a list of rules and guidelines that will help us achieve the environment we strive for. You must be over the age of 16 to play on this server. All content created by players and staff belongs to the creator and is used in Philadelphia by Night for non profit.

General rules of Discord
1) Respect. Derogatory remarks, racial slurs, or comments directed to others regarding race, gender, religion, disabilities, or sexual orientation will not be tolerated. While In Character those things may come up, due to the nature of the setting, such behaviour Out-Of-Character is a bannable offence.

2) Separation of Perspective. You are not your character. While two characters may have a mortal feud, their players may and should stay friends. Don’t bring In-Character grudges into your personal interactions. Don't bring personal grudges into Role Play

3) Cheating. It may take many forms, from misreporting dice rolls to lying to one member of the staff about another's ruling, disregarding a staff member's ruling, lying to the staff. Do not do this.

4) NSFW content. While Philadelphia by night is an adult server we do not accommodate erotic roleplay or images depicting pornography, gore, or otherwise hard NSFW content. When an In-Character interaction becomes sexual we ask you to respectfully fade to black.

5) Meta gaming. It can be hard to separate what the Character knows and what the Player themselves know sometimes. That said, any intentional use of Out-Of-Character information to gain In-Character benefits will not be tolerated.

6) Harassment. It includes: disrespectful communication, repeated arguments about the same topic, forcing unwanted interactions (for example sexual roleplay), repeated arguments about the staff's rulings. None of this behaviour is tolerated in Philadelphia by Night. While what happens in Personal Messages is usually not the business of the staff, if a player harasses another, or a member of the staff team in PMs, actions may be taken.

7) Advertising. We are happy to help advertise sister games run or played by our players, as well as support and spread their creative endeavors. Any other form of advertising is forbidden.

8) Spam. Please don’t.

Rules for Players
1) Staff. Respect the staff's decisions and rulings, as well as the person. Staff in Philadelphia by Night are, surprisingly, people too and are doing this on a volunteer basis.

2) Activity. If you will be out of play for longer than a month please inform a staff member. Otherwise you will be removed from the game.

Rules for Staff
1) Integrity. By accepting the position of a staff member you are expected to be held to a higher standard of integrity. Make sure your rulings are as fair as you can make them. Know that intentional cheating will be punished far more severely if it is found in staff

2) Favoritism. Don't give advantages or easy passes to people simply because you like them.

3) Duties. Some staff positions come with assigned duties, such as different types of coordinators. You are expected to fulfill the role that comes with them. General duties of staff include: Playing NPCs, running plots, overseeing rolls, ensuring that the rules are followed.

4) Rolls. A staff member may NEVER oversee rolls they make for their own characters.

5) Communication. It is very important for the staff members to trust each other and communicate. That involves any questions, personal concerns, issues raised by the players and any number of things. We are doing this together.

6) Activity. As staff are the people that make Philadelphia by night work, any leave of absence longer than 2 weeks needs to be talked about with the Storyteller team. Going missing may result in your exclusion from the staff team.

Community Guidelines
1) Accepting the nature of the game. Vampire the Masquerade is not a "fair" setting. Your character will face adversity, sometimes of no fault of their own. They will face no win situations and their will can be subverted. That said NO roll or discipline may be used to force a sexual encounter that the player doesn't consent to. The staff doesn't care how In-Character it is, this is not  a server for that.

2) Accepting the Staff's rulings. If a staff member has made a ruling you disagree with, you may politely offer a reason as to why it should be different. If they disagree please accept it as absolute in the given scene. Do not approach another staff member to overrule it. After the scene has run its course, you may discuss said ruling with the staff council in the appropriate channel. Retcons are not allowed but rules moving forward may be clarified.

3) Character Death. It will happen. Players do not have to consent to their characters' deaths. Any situation or altercation between two players or players and NPCs may end in death if that is how the dice decree. Foolish actions will result in your characters death, owing to the setting.        4) Sexual content. Any sexual encounter must have the Out-Of-Character consent from all the players involved to happen. No sexual roleplay is allowed on the server, please fade to black.

5) Voice chat. Philadelphia by Night runs primarily in text. Still we have options of voice roleplaying and socialising. If roleplaying in Voice Chat, please make sure to have a staff member present if the scene will have consequences. When simply socialising please remember that the rules above apply to Voice Chat too.        6) Personal disagreements. Sometimes two people will simply never find a common ground, even if no rules are broken. It is their responsibility to deal with the matter like grownups, and not fill the server with negativity. If they are unable to do so, the staff team may intervene to prevent the hostility in the server, using methods up to and including bannings.

7) DON'T BE A DICK.

Etiquette for contacting staff
1) Pinging staff: If a scene needs a quick look from a staff member, go ahead and ping a Narrator or a Storyteller. If you are requesting a scene or plot to be run, please follow the second point.

2) Things to be Submitted to Staff: EXP spendings, creation of new items or magic, requesting a scene, background writeups should be handled through the #submissions channel. To see it, please add @I Submit role and post what you are contacting the staff for. Afterwards don't forget to remove yourself from the role. Any Combination Discipline not on the approved list, as well as anything not from Revised edition needs to go through the same process before its approved.

3) Things to be overseen by staff: Frenzy rolls, Rotschreck rolls, Combat rolls, Discipline use against players or NPCs, Social rolls of importance between Players or NPCs, Crafting, Influence, Investigations, Blood bonds. If any of this situations come up in scenes, we ask you to ping a Narrator or a Storyteller.

4) Things to not be overseen by staff: Flavour rolls, sparring, social rolls without stakes, actions and rolls that are part of the characters routine (In the last case, those actions need to be logged in the appropriate google Doc and the Notes section of the character sheet. Please note the reason for the roll in the roll when rolling without a supervisor)(edited)

Staff and Accountability: All staff members in Philadelphia by Night are volunteers chosen by the players. If at any point in time four or more people call for a vote of non confidence, the position of the staff member in question will be up for reelection. The staff member in question may choose to put forth their candidacy again or not.

Player Reporting: If you are made aware of another player breaking any of the rules or guidelines above, please notify a staff member, preferably while providing proof. We expect our staff to hold themselves to the highest standards, both in-character and out-of-character, so don't hesitate to use this option if the target is a staff member.

Disciplinary Actions and Banning: At any time the members of the Storyteller team may take away typing permissions from players if they find that tempers are getting too heated. Neglecting any of the rules outlined above will result in a formal warning from a Storyteller. Followup digressions may result in a short term (two to four weeks) Ban, at the Storyteller teams discretion. Three or more severe infractions will result in the players permanent banning. Please remember that the Storytellers want to do it no more than anyone and respect when they have to make such a decision, because chances are, they are just as broken up about it.