Server Rules and Player Expectations

Scars of Risenholm is a passion project of many long-term NWN veterans who wanted to carve their own unique niche within a storied and dedicated community of players and DMs, some of which have been playing this game continuously since its initial release. We fully understand that this server will not be for everyone - part of NWN's charm is that anyone with a vision and dedication can build up a community within a still healthy playerbase for such an old game.

The Rules

We welcome all players and hope they enjoy their stay while on the server - we do not welcome those who test the patience or good will of the volunteers who organize this community. We do not have a "strikes" or guaranteed warning system in terms of player policing. If the staff finds your presence on the server or in the community to be a disturbance, you will simply be removed. Please read and understand the rules carefully - though they seem like common sense to the average player, we want to make it very apparent what is and isn't acceptable here.

General Community Expectations

• Scars of Risenholm is a diverse and LGBTQ+ friendly community. We do not tolerate any bigoted behavior, hate speech, or dogwhistles in our community. There is no hiding behind classic excuses of "free speech" or "making jokes" here.

• Sexual violence, via either overt act or mere implication is forbidden in the gameworld or through tells.

• Players should remain in character while logged into the game world, utilizing OOC tags when necessary.

• While metagaming becomes more difficult to avoid while interacting with the community out of the game world, it is expected that players avoid speaking of secretive plot elements or characters while in the Discord or through tells.

• The general DM staff do not have universal access to in-game Tell channels between players. However, these logs are still recorded. They are only accessible by the consensus of at least two Admins in the rare event that some rules breaking event has occurred and a DM would like verification. We value your privacy as if we do our own - anything that is communicated through tells should be considered private in 99.9% of circumstances.

• Every rule-abiding player and staff member is permitted to play characters anonymously. Do not ask or insinuate that a character is played by a particular player for any reason. If you believe a banned player has returned, take your concern to the DM and Admin staff privately.

• Everyone must play fairly. Do not cheat through the usual methods (muling, duping exploits, etc.) and report any found exploits to the DM staff.

PvP Expectations

Attacking another player character outside of an agreed duel or sport is a very serious ordeal, and is expected to be portrayed as such. Even though the Risen are nigh-immortal, there are severe consequences for being caught attacking another Risen with perceived lethal force. If you attack another player character, you must accept that if you were caught doing so, or if the character ultimately survives (which they probably will) being attacked and convinces the Reeves that you intended to kill them, your character will most likely be Exiled, or in more serious circumstances immediately escorted to the Well to be Drowned (One of the only known ways to permanently kill a Risen).

This being said, there are no rules for when and how mechanical combat between players should take place outside of Risenholm. When you attack another player, you are automatically set hostile to them. You do not need to set them as such as a courtesy or anything, especially if you plan to blindside them. If you are subdued by a player, you are at their mercy until they explicitly let you leave or they leave themselves.

If you plan to attack a character, player or not, within Risenholm proper (any area with a 'Risenholm' prefix in the name), you must get a DM to oversee the event and have the nearby NPCs react accordingly.

Drowning another player also requires a DM to be present.