OasisDraft#1

Oasis Ruleset Draft #1

The following contains the rules for the Oasis NA server, these rules must be respected. Otherwise the according punishment will be given out.
Note: Oasis NA staff members reserve the right to use their discretion in determining punishment.

These are the reasons to legally kill a player. Anything else is considered RDM:

You are being robbed.
You are being attacked with a weapon/tool.
They have stolen your items or loot. (Warning needed!) Note, Loot is defined as armor, items or horses which got gained through a kill on a person who had it.
They have stolen your horse. (No warning needed!)
You are at war.
You have been insulted in local chat.
They have kicked, punched, or horse bumped you(Each hit or horse bump can be combined to reach a total of three. Four times can be reported if you lose health through the punches.)
They have ignored your "No loot" demand.
You have been threatened by a person with a weapon. (Proof required E.G. Screenshot/Video.)
They are destroying/stealing your property. (Screenshot/Video needed.)
They have refused your valid demands. (Read the demand rules.)
They have given you a demand(s) that result in kill reasons (I.e - Leave this place or die) (Read the demand rules.)
They are interfering in your war (Screenshot/Video needed)
You are kicked from a faction (You can attack the lord who kicked you from faction)
The lord of a faction can attack someone who tries to vote a new lord (The guy who makes the poll not the guy being voted to lord)
You've witnessed a player contracting assassins to kill you.

Be Aware:

Indirectly attacking a player, such as kicking someone off of a bridge, is considered an attack/rdm.
Someone saying 'Noob' or anything else in that category is not a insult!
If an admin does not reply to your message/s please wait, they are most likely dealing with other issues. Spamming admins can result in a kick or worse if continued.
Using a cart to block access to an area is strictly forbidden. This includes pushing players through a wall to access an locked area.
KoS may only be declared by a faction lord and must have a valid reason such as lowering the drawbridge when told not to.
Clear interfering in war can be punished with kicks and bans.
You cant ask someone to leave from their own land.

Impersonation

Impersonating a certain player/admin/faction is not allowed (impersonation is the act of wearing and maybe even behaving like the player your impersonating).

No Revenge Rule (Does not apply to war):

You can not instigate any type of hostile action towards your killer/killers for a total of 10 minutes after your death. You may go back to where you died and loot your items, unless your killer/killers tell you that you cannot loot it.

War Rules:

In order to start a war you need to have a valid reason of war and also the reason needs to be clearly stated in global chat 3 times PRIOR to declaring war.

Valid reasons include:
Refusal of tribute(s)/demand(s):Tributes can go up to a maximum of 50,000g. A faction has 10 minutes to comply with the tribute demand. If the faction refuses to pay the tribute, the asking faction now has a reason to go to war. A faction may ask another faction for a tribute only once an hour.  Factions demanding tributes from other factions must be conducted in local chat. The demanding faction can send anybody to make the demands, as long as the demands are given directly to the lord of the target faction.
Land (When your faction has none. Also you can not declare on more than one faction with this reason.)
Roleplay reasons (Only if both sides agree)
Helping an allied faction.
Past hostilities (This now refers to ONLY previously declared wars, that have been in the last hour)

Be Aware:
You can only declare war on another faction if 70% or more of your men and all your banners are at your OWN castle/mercenary camp. The Lord needs to be at the castle/mercenary camp aswell.
Outlaws, commoners and factions not a part of the war may not participate in a faction war or interfere in a battle (I.e - Calling 'help' is invalid). War cannot be declared on a faction that does not possess a castle, and peace has to be IMMEDIATELY declared on a faction that loses all their castles.
If an attacking faction has control over a castle but is not capturing it, administrators reserve the right to call peace.
Not capping/peacing in order to spawn kill (or kill for armor) for a longer amount of time will be punished harshly.
The attacking faction needs to make a serious capture attempt with one or more banners within 15 minutes of declaring the war.
If no attempt was made the attacking faction will have to peace.
The defending faction may make a redeclare within a reasonable time (30 seconds maximum after peace) without the need of having everyone at their castle.
Administrators reserve the right to call peace if the faction declaring makes no attempt to engage the enemy force, be it on the field or by sieging them.
You may not redeclare a redeclare.
The starting wars after a server reset (Red Faction vs. Green Faction etc.) are considered illegal. Anyone attacking or killing people in these wars are randoming.
You may not declare on a faction for 15 minutes after a war has previously ended.

Warzones:

Any kills done during war to a player you are not at war with will be investigated. Killing a player who is not involved in that war can be punished for RDM if found be be done maliciously.

Combat Logging/Halt Logging/Tax Logging:

You cannot log out or alt+f4 when you are in combat.
After combat, if you kill your opponents, you can safely logout, otherwise you must wait 5 minutes, and you cannot logout in a warzone.
Logging out after being given a demand is also Combat Logging.

Be aware:
Logging out when a rule is being broken on you (e.g RDM) is still considered as combatlogging and will be punished! If a rule is broken on you, report it to an admin. If you logged out due to a crash or connection problems, you have to provide evidence for that.

Town Watch/Unconquerable Factions:

The Town Watch or any faction that cannot be capture by players, I,e, shops or any faction that has no reachable banner point, must have admin permission in order to war any faction.
Factions also need admin permission in order to declare war on the Town Watch.
(without permission will result in a fade or temp ban for either side.)
Town Watch name may only be edited by Official TW members.

Admin Discretion Clause:

Admins reserve the right to pass judgement on a complaint using their own opinion especially if a rule isn't clearly stated or a player is found loopholing the rule set. The Admin's word is law. This includes rule bending and abuse of the ruleset. (Example for rule bendings are: Robbing the same Player every 10 min or harrassing a faction Lord after he paid a tribute) The decision is with the admin. We would ask every player to use common sense, as we do the same.


Looting rule:

If you killed a player then a timer of 15 seconds starts. If someone takes/steals from the corpse within in these 15 seconds then you can kill him without saying "no loot”. After the 15 second loot protection has passed you are required to say "No loot". You are allowed to loot items you find on the ground, though other players are also allowed to demand that you do not loot. You may not kill a person for looting unless you make it clear they are not allowed to loot by telling them they may not. If you forget to say no loot and the other player already looted you have no right to kill him.

Be aware:
The demand to "drop loot" after looting has been done by a third party is illegal and will be treated as RDM.

Halting:

You need to state the name of the player while halting him/her; ex.) "Halt John", otherwise your demand, taxation or robbery is invalid and will be punished as RDM. Also be sure to repeat the halt at least 2 times. When being halted by someone you have a kill reason on them.
Note: You may NOT halt a player who is in combat.

Robbery:

Only Outlaws can rob in any of it's forms (Everywhere)(Commoners can only demand money in a robbery):
Item robbery.
Gold robbery. (50% of pouch max.)
Horse robbery.
Armour robbery.
If you make a demand, make sure the person has 10 seconds to comply and finish to this demand. (See valid demands rule.)
You cannot rob the same person within 10 minutes.
You cannot rob a person of what they do not have.
Robbery using animations is prohibited.

Taxation:

You can tax a player whenever they enter your faction-controlled lands. You may never tax players on land owned by another faction (castles, farms etc..). In order to tax someone you have to halt the player properly (look at the valid demands section). Then you have to tell him, that he is being taxed. You can now request to see his money pouch in order to see how much you can tax the player. If he agrees and pays the tax, he can enter your lands. If a player refuses to pay the tax, you cannot kill the player. He simply must turn around. However, if he continues to walk on your land, you may kill him (screenshot with the surrounding is needed)!

Be aware:
A player can refuse the tax at any time by simply turning and leaving. You cannot kill him for that. This also implies, if a player does not show his pouch. Therefor "show pouch" is here no demand but a question in order to give someone entrance to your lands.
If a player has paid the tax, you're not allowed to demand him to leave your lands for 10 minutes.
Once a person agrees and gives the required tax, they are not allowed to be taxed by another faction member within 10 minutes. If you have successfully taxed someone, you may state the name in the faction chat, so the whole faction knows it. If you forget that and another member is taxing the same person within 10 minutes, you will be held responsible for that.

Demands:

The following demands are valid (You must give 10 seconds like halting)

The demand to leave a specific area. E.G. Castle, robbery/taxation location.
The demand to not purchase items/animals in castles, or pickup items from the ground.
The demand to not loot corpses.
The demand to halt. (Stop or any soft variants of the word besides halt is not a demand/kill reason)
The demand to show pouch, drop items or gold in terms of robbery.
The demand to dismount a horse while getting robbed (not if taxed).
The demand to stop following a player.
The demand to heal.

Imprisonment:

You must have a valid roleplay reason to imprison somebody, You can imprison
somebody for a total of 10 minutes, any longer than this then the other party must agree.

Raids:

Only outlaws can raid. Raids must be agreed by a member of the admin team.
Raids must require a valid reason to demand a raid, and an admin must announce that a raid is going on in a specific castle.
Raids cannot be declared upon commoner spawns.
Raids must be declared 5 minutes in advanced.
A raid is a defined as like as a "war". Outlaws are in war with this castle/village, that means they can kill anybody inside the castle, and anybody can kill them inside the castle.
A raid can last at maximum for 15 minutes.

Assassinations:

The assassin must clearly state the target, the reason, and the player who hired him/or in admin chat. The assassin must be paid a minimum of 5k gold. The contract giver needs a valid kill reason on the target. Once the contract has been completed or the reason becomes invalid, the assassin must type "Contract completed" in admin chat. Assassinations must be approved by an admin, and cannot be initiated without an admin online.


Advertising:

Any player found advertising another PW server in-game or in TeamSpeak will be banned.

Exploiting/Glitching/Duping:

Do not exploit any of the mods glitches, it will result in a ban. E.g. Do not log out after dying to respawn where you died. Do not use carts to push/move other players, especially when on a bridge.
Blocking with a cart/horse pack/back pack is strictly forbidden, this includes bridges, doorwars, entrances, pathways, siege ladder points on walls or anything which may otherwise prevent a player from having a clear right of passage
Do not dupe items - this will result in a harsh ban, not only for the rule breaker, but for anyone who made a profit from duped items.
You may not use horses to block (even slightly) doorways and entrances
Cart cannot be used as a shooting platform on the walls as shown in this screenshot:

Discrimination/Racism:

The usage of major racial insults or discriminating/homophobic insults of a person, with the sole intent to disrupt gameplay and personally insult another player, will result in a significantly harsh ban IF needed. This is done by administrator discretion. We do not approve of this on Oasis.
Reenacting the events of Modern executions/beheadings of Terrorism, or the events at Syria will be harshly punished. This includes shouting "Allah ackbar" and "beheading" someone. This includes the world religions, making fun of them is offensive. The events are Syria are no joke. Oasis does not approve of these actions on any of the platforms.

Insults:
Anything on global chat is considered OOC (out-of-character) and cannot be used against someone in the RP scenario. This means that you must not kill somebody for insulting you or things of that nature. Types of insults done in global chat may result in punishment by the administration.

eRP:

Erotic Role-Play is allowed. HOWEVER any player to be found forcing other players into eRP will be punished harshly.

Griefing and harassment

Harassment in any form is not allowed. Griefing (e.g. punching and kicking extensivly twice, extensive horsebumping) will be punished. The interpretion of the rule will be decided by the admin. If you do not consent with that complaint, write an admin complaint or ask a HA.

General Name Rule:

You are not allowed to use any offensive name. E.g. Adolf Hitler, ISIS_Mohammed_Jihad,... By refusing a request to change the name, is the admin allowed to punish. We do not accept these kind of character names considering the impact of the real life issues in the world. It does disturb the general roleplay for out player majority.
[if you stil didn't got it... Imagine if your grandparents were killed by Hitler's army and you see him running around in the server? How would you feel.
This also counts for faction names!

Personal information:

It is not allowed to share other people's personal information without there permission doing so will result into a PERM ban ingame and on the forums!!!

Invalid items:

Plated chargers are not allowed, if you are spotted with one it must be removed. You will not get a refund.