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Thespaceinvader: /* Cheating */

2025-11-13T17:05:59Z

Cheating

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	If you think that another player is cheating then please report the matter to one of the referees as soon as possible and leave it for Profound Decisions to deal with. If referees find players cheating then they will deal with the issue as appropriate.		If you think that another player is cheating then please report the matter to one of the referees as soon as possible and leave it for Profound Decisions to deal with. If referees find players cheating then they will deal with the issue as appropriate.

	It is advisable to [[Referee#When_to_get_a_Ref\|get a referee to accompany your character attacks another character]]. The referee will be able to help ensure that all the game rules are followed fairly by all participants.		It is advisable to [[Referee#When_to_get_a_Ref\|get a referee to accompany you if your character attacks another character]]. The referee will be able to help ensure that all the game rules are followed fairly by all participants.
	{{Player Rules Links}}		{{Player Rules Links}}

GuiltyConscience: /* Behaviour while IC */

2025-08-02T19:08:38Z

Behaviour while IC

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	The themes that exist within Empire include romance and courtship, mind-influencing magic, drugs and addiction, human sacrifice, racism and prejudice, prostitution, violence, robbery, torture and murder. They do not include non-consensual sex or sex with minors. It is not possible to know what real life experiences other players have suffered, so you must avoid IC references to either of these two subjects in play to ensure that you do not upset any of your fellow players.		The themes that exist within Empire include romance and courtship, mind-influencing magic, drugs and addiction, human sacrifice, racism and prejudice, prostitution, violence, robbery, torture and murder. They do not include non-consensual sex or sex with minors. It is not possible to know what real life experiences other players have suffered, so you must avoid IC references to either of these two subjects in play to ensure that you do not upset any of your fellow players.

	The wiki lays out forms prejudice that are specific to the Empire setting - for example a [[briar]] will face prejudice in many parts of the Empire. We regard the choices that players have chosen to make for their character as acceptable subjects for discrimination in the game - please do not conflate these with real world discrimination issues such as sexuality, gender, and religion. See the rules on [[Conduct]] for more information.		The wiki lays out forms of prejudice that are specific to the Empire setting - for example a [[briar]] will face prejudice in many parts of the Empire. We regard the choices that players have chosen to make for their character as acceptable subjects for discrimination in the game - please do not conflate these with real world discrimination issues such as sexuality, gender, and religion. See the rules on [[Conduct]] for more information.

	You should do everything reasonably possible to ignore any secret information that your character has not gained IC. You should only act on the things your character could legitimately know. It is usually inappropriate to tell another player something that their character might desperately want to know. If your character has been murdered, for instance, you should avoid telling your friends who murdered your character, for they are likely to want to take revenge.		You should do everything reasonably possible to ignore any secret information that your character has not gained IC. You should only act on the things your character could legitimately know. It is usually inappropriate to tell another player something that their character might desperately want to know. If your character has been murdered, for instance, you should avoid telling your friends who murdered your character, for they are likely to want to take revenge.

Matt: /* Behaviour while In-character */

2024-04-03T10:59:47Z

Behaviour while In-character

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	You must not roleplay once you leave the IC site boundaries. [[Stealing]] game items is generally prohibited in Empire, except under specific situations.		You must not roleplay once you leave the IC site boundaries. [[Stealing]] game items is generally prohibited in Empire, except under specific situations.

	==Behaviour while ~~In-character~~==		==Behaviour while IC==
	* '''Avoid inappropriate references while at events'''		* '''Avoid inappropriate references while at events'''
	* '''You must not use any secret IC information which was gained while OOC'''		* '''You must not use any secret IC information which was gained while OOC'''

Matt at 10:45, 3 April 2024

2024-04-03T10:45:12Z

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Matt: /* Forgery */

2024-02-28T16:51:30Z

Forgery

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	* '''You can forge letters and other purely in-character documents'''		* '''You can forge letters and other purely in-character documents'''
	* '''You cannot forge game items in Empire'''		* '''You cannot forge game items in Empire'''
	* '''You cannot forge bourse notes'''		* '''You cannot forge bourse notes or voting bonds'''
	In-character forgery is not a theme of Empire. The divinations of day and night magic ought to make it trivial for the authorities to identify characters who were forging coins or similar items, but in practice this isn't possible for OOC reasons. You may forge IC documents written by NPCs or PCs if you wish to do so - but you cannot forge [[Game_items#Coins\|coins]], [[herbs]], [[potion\|potions]], [[Game_items#Mana_Crystals\|mana crystals]], [[materials]], [[liao]], or any other similar game items. In particular, you cannot forge bourse notes or [[Spontaneous_magic#Arcane_Projection\|arcane projections]].		In-character forgery is not a theme of Empire. The divinations of day and night magic ought to make it trivial for the authorities to identify characters who were forging coins or similar items, but in practice this isn't possible for OOC reasons. You may forge IC documents written by NPCs or PCs if you wish to do so - but you cannot forge [[Game_items#Coins\|coins]], [[herbs]], [[potion\|potions]], [[Game_items#Mana_Crystals\|mana crystals]], [[materials]], [[liao]], or any other similar game items. In particular, you cannot forge bourse notes, [[Tally_of_the_Votes#Voting\|voting bonds]], or [[Spontaneous_magic#Arcane_Projection\|arcane projections]].

	==Artificial Intelligence and Recorded Music==		==Artificial Intelligence and Recorded Music==

Hailmur: /* Artificial Intelligence and Recorded Music */

2024-01-29T12:42:54Z

Artificial Intelligence and Recorded Music

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	Empire is a game of hard skills by design - success in Empire is intended to derive primarily from your abilities as a player. For this reason, playing recorded music at events is prohibited. There are many talented IC musicians in Anvil - if you want to have music playing in your tent then you must find a way to persuade one or more of them to perform for your character.		Empire is a game of hard skills by design - success in Empire is intended to derive primarily from your abilities as a player. For this reason, playing recorded music at events is prohibited. There are many talented IC musicians in Anvil - if you want to have music playing in your tent then you must find a way to persuade one or more of them to perform for your character.

	Content that is made using generative-AI tools (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_artificial_intelligence) is banned in the field at Empire for the same reasons. It is fine for digital artists to use procedural tools to create art for the game, but images manufactured by AI art engines must not be used in-character. Likewise, writers can use modern tools to proof their writing, but any substantial block of prose that is manufactured using a large-language model or any equivalent AI tool must not be used in-character at Empire events. (Generative-AI content is also [[online##AI-content\|prohibited in our online spaces]]).		Content that is made using generative-AI tools (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_artificial_intelligence) is banned in the field at Empire for the same reasons. It is fine for digital artists to use procedural tools to create art for the game, but images manufactured by AI art engines must not be used in-character. Likewise, writers can use modern tools to proof their writing, but any substantial block of prose that is manufactured using a large-language model or any equivalent AI tool must not be used in-character at Empire events. (Generative-AI content is also [[online##AI-content\|prohibited in our online spaces]]).

	It is not always easy to tell if something was created using AI. We don't want participants being interrogated every time they produce a piece of art or text for Empire. So if you think something may be breaking the rules, then you can let a referee know (at an event) or our moderation team if it's online, but you must leave it to them to deal with.		It is not always easy to tell if something was created using AI. We don't want participants being interrogated every time they produce a piece of art or text for Empire. So if you think something may be breaking the rules, then you can let a referee know (at an event) or our moderation team if it's online, but you must leave it to them to deal with.

Hailmur: /* Artificial Intelligence and Recorded Music */

2024-01-29T12:42:20Z

Artificial Intelligence and Recorded Music

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	Empire is a game of hard skills by design - success in Empire is intended to derive primarily from your abilities as a player. For this reason, playing recorded music at events is prohibited. There are many talented IC musicians in Anvil - if you want to have music playing in your tent then you must find a way to persuade one or more of them to perform for your character.		Empire is a game of hard skills by design - success in Empire is intended to derive primarily from your abilities as a player. For this reason, playing recorded music at events is prohibited. There are many talented IC musicians in Anvil - if you want to have music playing in your tent then you must find a way to persuade one or more of them to perform for your character.

	Content that is made using generative-AI tools (https://en.wikipedia.org/~~...~~/~~Generative_artificial...~~) is banned in the field at Empire for the same reasons. It is fine for digital artists to use procedural tools to create art for the game, but images manufactured by AI art engines must not be used in-character. Likewise, writers can use modern tools to proof their writing, but any substantial block of prose that is manufactured using a large-language model or any equivalent AI tool must not be used in-character at Empire events. (Generative-AI content is also [[online##AI-content\|prohibited in our online spaces]]).		Content that is made using generative-AI tools (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_artificial_intelligence) is banned in the field at Empire for the same reasons. It is fine for digital artists to use procedural tools to create art for the game, but images manufactured by AI art engines must not be used in-character. Likewise, writers can use modern tools to proof their writing, but any substantial block of prose that is manufactured using a large-language model or any equivalent AI tool must not be used in-character at Empire events. (Generative-AI content is also [[online##AI-content\|prohibited in our online spaces]]).

	It is not always easy to tell if something was created using AI. We don't want participants being interrogated every time they produce a piece of art or text for Empire. So if you think something may be breaking the rules, then you can let a referee know (at an event) or our moderation team if it's online, but you must leave it to them to deal with.		It is not always easy to tell if something was created using AI. We don't want participants being interrogated every time they produce a piece of art or text for Empire. So if you think something may be breaking the rules, then you can let a referee know (at an event) or our moderation team if it's online, but you must leave it to them to deal with.

Dre at 11:54, 29 January 2024

2024-01-29T11:54:38Z

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	The camp at Anvil is the single safest place in the Empire, and as such there is no credible threat of any kind that a perimeter fence or wall round a camp would serve to protect against. This set-up is part of the game design, intended to make Anvil as open as possible to encourage interaction and roleplay between everyone present and to discourage players from spending their time guarding gates.		The camp at Anvil is the single safest place in the Empire, and as such there is no credible threat of any kind that a perimeter fence or wall round a camp would serve to protect against. This set-up is part of the game design, intended to make Anvil as open as possible to encourage interaction and roleplay between everyone present and to discourage players from spending their time guarding gates.

	If you do encounter a physical barrier at the event, then it is only as effective as the actual phys-rep for the barrier. If you want to climb over or push through it and you are able to do so then you are fine to do so under the rules of the game. Other characters are likely to take in-character exception to you coming into their camp in a way they have tried to prohibit, but all actions must ~~betreated~~ as fully in-character by all participants.		If you do encounter a physical barrier at the event, then it is only as effective as the actual phys-rep for the barrier. If you want to climb over or push through it and you are able to do so then you are fine to do so under the rules of the game. Other characters are likely to take in-character exception to you coming into their camp in a way they have tried to prohibit, but all actions must be treated as fully in-character by all participants.

	Players are not allowed to make any out-of-character complaints at any player who attempts to force their way over or through a barrier. Because of this it is not permissible to deliberately build a barrier using anything that is fragile or vulnerable such that it would become an out-of-character issue if it is damaged.		Players are not allowed to make any out-of-character complaints at any player who attempts to force their way over or through a barrier. Because of this it is not permissible to deliberately build a barrier using anything that is fragile or vulnerable such that it would become an out-of-character issue if it is damaged.
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	==Artificial Intelligence and Recorded Music==		==Artificial Intelligence and Recorded Music==
	* '''Do not play recorded music at the event'''		* '''Do not play recorded music at the event'''
	* '''Do not use content, art or text, created using generative AI tools in the field at Empire'''		* '''Do not use content, art or text, created using generative-AI tools in the field at Empire'''
	* '''If you think someone is violating the rules, you can report it to a referee or a moderator but you must allow them to resolve the matter'''		* '''If you think someone is violating the rules, you can report it to a referee or a moderator but you must allow them to resolve the matter'''
	Empire is a game of hard skills by design - success in Empire is intended to derive ~~primiarly~~ from your abilities as a player. For this reason, playing recorded music at events is prohibited. There are many talented IC musicians in Anvil - if you want to have music playing in your tent then you must find a way to persuade one or more of them to perform for your character.		Empire is a game of hard skills by design - success in Empire is intended to derive primarily from your abilities as a player. For this reason, playing recorded music at events is prohibited. There are many talented IC musicians in Anvil - if you want to have music playing in your tent then you must find a way to persuade one or more of them to perform for your character.

	Content that is made using generative-AI tools (https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Generative_artificial...) is banned in the field at Empire for the same reasons. It is fine for digital artists to use procedural tools to create art for the game, but images manufactured by AI art engines must not be used in-character. Likewise, writers can use modern tools to proof their writing, but any substantial block of prose that is manufactured using a large-language model or any equivalent AI tool must not be used in-character at Empire events. (Generative-AI content is also [[online##AI-content\|prohibited in our online spaces]]).		Content that is made using generative-AI tools (https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Generative_artificial...) is banned in the field at Empire for the same reasons. It is fine for digital artists to use procedural tools to create art for the game, but images manufactured by AI art engines must not be used in-character. Likewise, writers can use modern tools to proof their writing, but any substantial block of prose that is manufactured using a large-language model or any equivalent AI tool must not be used in-character at Empire events. (Generative-AI content is also [[online##AI-content\|prohibited in our online spaces]]).

Matt at 10:44, 29 January 2024

2024-01-29T10:44:07Z

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	Empire is a game of hard skills by design - success in Empire is intended to derive primiarly from your abilities as a player. For this reason, playing recorded music at events is prohibited. There are many talented IC musicians in Anvil - if you want to have music playing in your tent then you must find a way to persuade one or more of them to perform for your character.		Empire is a game of hard skills by design - success in Empire is intended to derive primiarly from your abilities as a player. For this reason, playing recorded music at events is prohibited. There are many talented IC musicians in Anvil - if you want to have music playing in your tent then you must find a way to persuade one or more of them to perform for your character.

	Content that is made using generative-AI tools (https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Generative_artificial...) is banned in the field at Empire for the same reasons. It is fine for digital artists to use procedural tools to create art for the game, but images manufactured by AI art engines must not be used in-character. Likewise, writers can use modern tools to proof their writing, but any substantial block of prose that is manufactured using a large-language model or any equivalent AI tool must not be used in-character at Empire events. (Generative-AI content is also [[~~moderation~~##AI-content\|prohibited in our online spaces]]).		Content that is made using generative-AI tools (https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Generative_artificial...) is banned in the field at Empire for the same reasons. It is fine for digital artists to use procedural tools to create art for the game, but images manufactured by AI art engines must not be used in-character. Likewise, writers can use modern tools to proof their writing, but any substantial block of prose that is manufactured using a large-language model or any equivalent AI tool must not be used in-character at Empire events. (Generative-AI content is also [[online##AI-content\|prohibited in our online spaces]]).

	It is not always easy to tell if something was created using AI. We don't want participants being interrogated every time they produce a piece of art or text for Empire. So if you think something may be breaking the rules, then you can let a referee know (at an event) or our moderation team if it's online, but you must leave it to them to deal with.		It is not always easy to tell if something was created using AI. We don't want participants being interrogated every time they produce a piece of art or text for Empire. So if you think something may be breaking the rules, then you can let a referee know (at an event) or our moderation team if it's online, but you must leave it to them to deal with.

Matt at 10:43, 29 January 2024

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 * '''You cannot forge bourse notes'''
 In-character forgery is not a theme of Empire. The divinations of day and night magic ought to make it trivial for the authorities to identify characters who were forging coins or similar items, but in practice this isn't possible for OOC reasons. You may forge IC documents written by NPCs or PCs if you wish to do so - but you cannot forge [[Game_items#Coins|coins]], [[herbs]], [[potion|potions]], [[Game_items#Mana_Crystals|mana crystals]], [[materials]], [[liao]], or any other similar game items. In particular, you cannot forge bourse notes or [[Spontaneous_magic#Arcane_Projection|arcane projections]].
 ==Cheating==