Revision as of 06:50, 24 May 2014

These House Rules apply to the Baldur's Gate server.

XP and Static Quests

Effective 2014-05-23

Players are encouraged to group with other players when doing static quests, though soloing is permitted. Players should avoid meta-gaming static quests. Players are also encouraged to adventure and hunt monsters, with and without DM presence, so long as said adventuring is reasonable and in-character.

Once a character has reached level 3, percent RPXP of Total Lifetime XP should not fall below 20%.

Any character with a statistically significant XP gain event history who falls under the 20% threshold, may, at HDM discretion, be reported to the Player Administrator for a farming violation. Significant DMXP or a percentage out of tolerance prior to the effective date are the only mitigating circumstances for this threshold. In the latter case, players will be politely warned, and given ample opportunity to show a trend of correction to their character before any action is taken.

Level 1 PCs

Increased XP awards from DMs

BG DMs may grant bonus XP to level 1 PCs.

Regional Bonus Equipment

BG DMs may award a level 1 PC with regional bonus equipment. Level 2 and higher PCs do not qualify for this bonus. BG DMs should use the Regional Feat taken at character creation when looking up which items are available. When planning a new PC concept, players may wish to reference the full regional bonus equipment lists on p. 8-31 of the Player's Guide to Faerun. If you do not have access to this sourcebook, there is an old shorter list in the FRCS on p. 28-32.

Level 2 PCs

Increased XP awards from DMs

BG DMs may grant bonus XP to level 2 PCs.

XP for Biography

Upon reaching level 2 a player may submit a biography of their PC to a BG DM. Upon receipt, the BG DM may award up to 250xp to your PC at their discretion.

Upon reaching level 2 please send a PM to a BG DM that includes the following:

• Your forum/IRC player name, GSID, PC name
• Servers: Which server(s) is your PC willing/able to play on?
• Biography: A short background story.
• Roleplay: How will you generally roleplay your PC?
• Adventuring: What role your PC has in a group. Include marching order.
• Goals: What are your PC's short/long term plans?
• Factions: Is there a faction your PC loves/avoids/hates or member of?

Permadeath

If your PC dies you should expect for it to remain dead. Players are not entitled to a resurrection of their PCs on BG, though it might happen. For your convenience, here are the IC Rez and Tech Rez policies that members must abide by on BG.

IC Rez

For reference, see: Raise Dead, Resurrection, Reincarnate

Any IC rez of a PC on BG must involve obtaining diamonds and finding a NPC or PC willing to cast the spell. Dying is significant and returning back to life is even more so. It is important that the correct procedures for bringing PCs back from the dead be followed.

Tech Rez

See also: Technical Resurrection

Any BG DM may perform an immediate tech rez of a PC that they are actively DMing at their discretion.

BG DMs may may not perform a tech rez of a PC that died outside of a DM session without pre-approval. Requests for a tech rez must be made to the HDM. If the PM containing the request is not read within three days the EADM is authorized to approve requests. Tech rez requests without screenshots of combat logs are highly likely to be denied. Take screenshots!

If you are going to seek a tech rez and are worried about someone looting the corpse, you should seek out a BG DM via forum PM and on IRC. Do not metagame your PC's corpse location without attempting to get permission to do so from a BG DM first. Ideally a BG DM will pick up the corpse and move it to an OOC area until a decision is made on the tech rez request.

Alternatively, a BG DM may ask you to have the corpse picked up and moved until a decision is made. If you cannot reach a BG DM for permission it is okay to have someone pick it up for you. Instruct them not to loot the corpse as this may lead to permanent loss of items if a tech rez is granted. You must send a forum PM to the HDM and and EADM any time a dead PC corpse is OOC picked up due to a pending tech rez request.

Exceptional PCs

Requests for Exceptional Characters must be made to the HDM for approval. Players may only have one EPC at a time, though PrCs are exempt from this rule. If you already have an EPC, do not apply for a second EPC until your first one dies or you decide to permanently retire it.

Note that exceptional PCs are exceptional, and the current population of all ALFA servers being as low as it is currently, means that the granting of an exceptional race token on BG is unlikely, without extensive background history.