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Roleplay Help

Shattered Kingdoms is a mud where roleplaying is emphasized.  While
you are here, you are expected to "get into" your character, to act and speak
and dress as he or she would.

When you play a character in Shattered Kingdoms, you are assuming the life
and personality of that character.  You are immersing yourself into a fantasy
world of which your character is a part.  Your character should behave as
though he were actually living in the world as presented in the mud.  This
means keeping in mind such things as race, class, and alignment.

This is a roleplaying mud.  The immortals can and will judge you for the way
you roleplay your character.  Some of this judgement will be based on your
character's race, class, and alignment.  You may be rewarded or penalized for
the quality (or lack thereof) of your roleplay, though roleplaying should not
be done simply for the possible rewards.
 
This is your chance to live another life, away from the stress and troubles of
real life.  Become a paladin in shining armor, a sneaky and backstabbing
rogue, a powerful and arrogant hellion, or a kind and helpful priest.  You can
live as a tall and graceful elf, a short and mischievious halfling, a towering
and overpowering giant, or a majestic and powerful griffon.  The possibilities
are vast, limited only by your imagination and by the race/class combinations
allowed by the mud.  Just remember that your character should behave as one of
that race, class, and alignment would act.

A few examples of good and not-so-good roleplaying follow.  This is by no
means an exhaustive list, especially as people's views on roleplaying will
differ, but this may give you an idea of some things to look for or to avoid.
 
Good RP:
 --  a principled char giving money or items to a beggar
 --  a priest/priestess preaching the word of his/her Deity to others
 --  having debates with people of opposing views, rather than attacking on
sight
 --  a diabolic character being as willing to hurt friends as enemies

Bad RP:
 --  using out-of-character (OOC) information for in-character (IC) purposes
 --  spending much time out-of-character...this is a roleplaying mud, not a
chat channel
 --  power-levelling (spending all of your time training, rather than
roleplaying with others)
 --  not behaving respectfully in the presence of -any- immortal, even one
whose spheres of influence you may not agree with...they are gods, after all
(see help conduct)
 --  a paladin or hellion attacking without having issued a challenge (see
 help principled, help aberrant, help vow, help code)