GETTING STARTED: 

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Section A: Warning and Punishment Policy:

A.1: BritanniaRP operates on a points system regarding breaches of the Rules. Bans are as follows:

• First Offence 5-50 points: Warning/Temporary Ban (depending on what Rule was broken): You will be given a verbal warning depending on how severe the rulebreak.
• 7 day expiry. 
• Second Offence 10-50 points: Warning/Temporary Ban (depending on what Rule was broken): You will be given a recorded warning depending on how severe the rulebreak. 14 day expiry.
• Third Offence 20-50 points: Temporary/Permanent Ban (depending on what Rule was broken): You will be given a recorded Ban depending on how severe the rulebreak. 30 day expiry.

A.2: BritanniaRP staff have the final say in terms of punishments. If you are deemed ‘Not here to Roleplay’ by staff, you are subject to removal from BritanniaRP permanently.
     -A.2.1: BritanniaRP does allow unban appeals through the discord, if you believe you were banned unjustifiably you are entitled to appeal. However if a ban was justified an Unban appeal may not be overturned atall, or may be over some period of time.

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Section E: Powergaming and Fail RP: 

E.1: Permanent injuries, such as losing a limb or an eye, are decided by the player, and cannot be decided by anybody else. ALL decided injuries must be rp'd out by their respective parties. 

E.2: The use of commands cannot be used to force another player into your demands.

     -E.2.1: You cannot demand items from a player’s bank, house or business. 

E.3: Identifying somebody based on their masked appearance or voice is not allowed unless they have been ID'd previously with the same outfit on already. 

E.4: The passing or trading of goods through exploiting (eg. through a wall) is prohibited. 

E.5: You are not allowed to use the game mechanics to your advantage; eg. Ragdolling, escaping hogties instantly or avoiding executions. 

E.6: When Police remove all of your weapons (via /me removes all weapons) you must roleplay that you have no weapons - these will be transported with you to Sisika. This is subject to change for planned storylines. 

E.7: You are not allowed to Combat Log (exiting the County to avoid further roleplay), unless you provide Staff with valid emergency circumstances. Failure to adhere to this rule will render you subject to punishment. Try not to start planned scenes you know you will have to ride out soon or within 30minutes of storms.

E.8: When changing outfits you must be in an appropriate area such as a clothing store or wardrobe (with the exception of job outfits at mines etc). You must not be doing quick changes of clothing using the quick select via inventory whilst doing crime or in an active chase with the Law. 

     – E.8.1: This includes using /rc when wearing a pocket outfit that puts you in your origional outfit

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Section I: Hostage Taking:

I.1: If hostages are compliant, it is bad practice to severely injure them.

     -I.1.1: When a hostage is severely injured, they should not still be used as a hostage, if this was done by a robber on a criminal scene it could lead to Police breaching for their safety and any other hostages. 

I.2: You are not allowed to use your group, friends or associates as hostages. It must remain an uninvolved third party. 

I.3: You are permitted to break out of regular lassos to avoid capture. Reinforced Lasso's you should not break free from until an active scene is over.

See Section L for further information regarding hostage taking for Emergency Services.

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Section M: New Life Rule:

M.1: When you choose to respawn you must forget 15 minutes prior to your state of injury.

     -M.1.1: You must not respawn while in an active situation with Police, Medical or other citizens. 

M.2: If you are treated by a Local Doctor or Player Doctor you can remember up until the point where you were severely injured.

M.3: When you are revived from a combat situation, you cannot initiate any form of combat roleplay for at least 1 hour, to let your injuries heal. 

     -M.3.1: The sole exception to this is regarding active Law Enforcement. They may re-deploy to another scene after a respawn/revive. 

M.4: If you choose to respawn, you may not seek revenge, as you will have forgotten the 15 minutes leading up to your injury. If you have credible information which identifies your aggressor, such as a witness, you may respond based on the proof pointing to an individual.

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Section Q: Metagaming

Q.1: Information obtained from outside of the State of BritanniaRP cannot be used to your character’s advantage; official Discord channels marked ‘IN CHARACTER’ are allowed to be used. 

     -Q.1.1: This includes the use of any third party communication and stream sniping.

Q.2: You are not allowed to share knowledge between your characters also known as Character Bleeding 

Q.3: You are unable to identify an individual by their voice alone. (people have multiple characters and may not use any voice changers or be good at accents so don't assume you know someone always check.

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Section B: Toxicity, Discriminatory Behaviour and Use of Bad Language:

B.1: There is zero tolerance for any discriminatory, toxic or oppressive behaviour.

     -B.1.1: This includes any form of discrimination, gendered, forced sexual, racist, homophobic, ableist behaviour.

For Realism we appreciate that in 1901 sexuality was hidden, slavery was coming to an end and transgender surgery did not exist. This does NOT give anybody the right to point this out to anyone in county, although we do ask people to be as realistic as possible to the times, so irrespective of a players gender or sexuality they should not be discriminated against, however we do ask people not to troll as a male in a dress shouting obscenities or playing a darker coloured skin player and claiming people are racist just because they said they couldnt help, (There should be NO "Is it 'cos I am *&$# as this is antagonistic and NOT allowed, and can be reported for FAIL RP.)  

B.2: Cursing and profanity is allowed as long as it has purpose and the context makes sense, but should not be excessive, and should make roleplay sense. Screaming over your mic and name calling is NOT quality roleplay.

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Section F: Impersonation, Vigilantism, Self-Defence:

F.1: You are not permitted to roleplay as Government Officials or Emergency Services (Law and Doctors)  without holding an official role in one of these positions. 

     -F.1.1: This includes the use of forged documentation or wearing their uniforms or identifiers. This can be roleplayed out in County but can lead to punnishment OOC. 

F.2: When criminal action occurs, you should respond realistically. If you are in the area of a crime but not directly involved, don’t intervene on behalf of Emergency Services. Make sure you are valuing both your life and the lives of others present and following correct initiation rules. (Sections N and H) 

F.3: The only time where you are permitted to directly respond to criminal acts is when you or your group are initiated upon. You may still be considered an active combatant, and the Police may charge you with the associated crimes.

F.4: You have the right to defend your properties and friends through correct initiation. This will not be considered criminal, but there is a chance that the Law will investigate the situation as long as they witnessed or enough witnesses to support the defence. Starting fights in towns however will be liable to be seen as criminal - take it to the Pig Pen or Out of Town Centres.

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Section J: Abuse of Advertisement and Scenes:

J.1: You are not permitted to use advertisements to promote obscenity, or unrealistic roleplay elements such as obvious criminal behaviour as this will be classed as FailRP.

     -J.1.1: This includes the direct promotion of criminal acts, for example selling moonshine or Opium through a Pinboard.

     -J.1.2: Posters may be used to advertise criminal wares, but it should be done subtly and carefully so as to avoid detection by The Law and should be time accurate and not modern 2026+ type obvious Ai.  

J.2: Pinboards should not be used as a form of back-and-forth communication between individuals, however you are allowed to convey public announcements/messages to the State, such as declarations of gang warfare. Back-and-forth communication using posters is permitted but should be kept to a minimum so not classed as spamming.

J.3: You are permitted to place one copy of a poster to the pinboard in each town. When you want to repost the advertisement, you must remove the old one. No more than 3 seperate different posters about different things. for example as Blackwater Saloon 1 poster advertising Workers wanted, looking for a farmer, and shop menu. 

J.4: The use of scenes must align with J.1, and must be placed within realistic locations. No floating scenes in the middle of the road etc. There are private property signs that you can build from furniture to mark your property line if needed, leave PO's at mailboxes, next to business doors/stalls etc.

J.5: You must not place an overwhelming amount of scenes within one area. 
     -J.5.1: “Overwhelming” is defined by staff, and removal is at their discretion.

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Section N: No Value of Life (NVL)

N.1: You must fear for your life when threatened with weapons or severe injury if you are outnumbered more than 2 to 1 (ie 3 criminals pointing weapons at you and you are on your own) or 3 criminals (only 2 with weapons will not count then) against yourself, or if you are with a friend with guns out would need 6 guns against you. If you do not have guns out and are outnumbered you cannot attempt combat only flee to then equip weapons and engage. Having weapons in hand and weapons pointing at people all make a difference.

N.2: You are allowed to flee a situation if a crime has not yet been initiated upon you.

     -N.2.1: If however, the crime has been initiated and  you have equal numbers (1 versus 1, 2 versus 2) you have the opportunity to flee and/or combat. 

N.3: If you are outnumbered you must fear for your life.

     -N.3.1: If your party equals or outnumbers the aggressors then you are permitted to defend yourself.   

     -N.3.2: If your party is outnumbered by only one, you may also attempt to defend yourself or flee. 

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Section R: Staff in Game

R.1: If a staff member steps into a situation and identifies themselves as such, the roleplay situation has turned into an Out-Of-Character (OOC) situation. You must listen comply with staff requests.

R.2: If you are disrespectful or toxic towards staff in YellaBelly, you will be banned immediately.

R.3: Do not harass or attempt to force staff to break character, regardless of which character they are actively playing.

-R.3.1: Your ideas, questions or concerns are best in a support ticket so that we can refer back to them through transcripts. 

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Section C: Exploiting:

C.1 You are not permitted to give any items to any of your other characters. This includes transferring items through other players, houses, or horses and wagons. 

     -C.1.1:  You should not be using one character for gaining required materials for another. 

C.2: Do not duplicate items, or exploit duplication bugs.

     -C.2.1: If you have discovered any form of exploit, it is your responsibility to report this to staff. Failure to do so will result in punishment. 

C.3: Do not Mod while playing on BritanniaRP. 

     -C.3.1: The only permitted scripts or mods you can use are visual overhauls or shaders, however if these are found to provide any benefit or advantage, you will be subject to punishment.

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Section G: Criminal Roleplay, Robbing and Cooldowns:

G.1: You are not permitted to engage in any large criminal behaviour or activities 30 minutes either side of a restart. Small crimes are permitted 15 minutes either side of the storm. 

G.2: You cannot rob greenhorns (new players) of their starter items. 

G.3: You are not allowed to both rob and severely injure a player.

     -G.3.1: The sole exception to this is if the victim initiates combat roleplay, which allows you to defend yourself in accordance with F.4. They can then be robbed.

     -G.3.2: Placing a hogtied individual into a body of water automatically renders them severely injured, so take caution when using hogties.  

G.4: You should not attempt to rob a player who is AFK or using an in-game menu.

     -G.4.1: If you are found to be abusing inactivity to avoid roleplay from progressing you are subject to punishment. It is recommended that you use /status  ‘daydreaming’ to identify you being away. 

G.5: Chain robberies of players and stores are not permitted, individuals should wait 30 minutes between robbery scenes. If you are in a Faction your group should also wait 30 minutes between scenes irrespective of if the same players or not. (This will be adjusted as we get more Police)

G.6: You should always leave individuals with a reasonable chance to survive. An individual’s pockets should not be completely wiped to where they have no food or water to recover from the robbery. (some food, drink, basic weapons small cash should be left at least)

G.7: Robberies must be initiated through cause, ie someone doing an illegal activity, in an illegal area (Blackmarket/Legendary hunts for example), being mouthy etc and the intent to rob must be clear to the victim. Victims should be offered a chance to surrender their items willingly prior to any violence and hogtieing occurring. People not doing anything illegal or no grounds to initiate should not be robbed.

G.8: Criminals are allowed a maximum of 5 individuals when engaging in criminal acts.

G.9: When parties end combat roleplay (shootout), all involved individuals must not engage in criminal acts for 1 hour.

     -G.9.1: This applies to player and scene robberies that a shootout takes place. You are also not permitted to repeat the same heist robbery within 12 real life hours. (stores and graves are not classed as heist robberies and can be repeated every 30 minutes if no shootout, otherwise should be at least an hour between) 

-G.9.2: This also applies when you are released from Law Enforcement custody. If no Shootout You have to wait 30 minutes after release before committing any criminal activity. 

G.10: One robbery, killing or kidnapping per criminal faction or individual, of the same victim(s) within 12 hours is permitted. After the robbery has concluded, those victim(s) may not be robbed again by you, or your party for 12 hours. 

G.11: You may only steal 1 weapon, including guns and knives, from each victim involved in a robbery.

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Section K: Safe Zones and Green Zones:

K.1: The centre of Blackwater is a Safe Zone, meaning you must not engage in any criminal acts. Areas outside of the main highstreet and businesses are not.

K.2: Temporary green zones may be created for events, and will have corresponding announcements of their limits and boundaries set by government and event staff where possible.

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Section O: Permadeath

O.1: Permanently killing a character is the decision of the individual whose character it is. 

     -O.1.1: This decision is final, and cannot be reversed.

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Section S: Selling Businesses & Ranches

S.1: BritanniaRP can revoke player owned businesses and ranches for any reason. 

S.2: You are not allowed to sell your business or ranch privately, or assign ownership to another player. 

     -S.2.1: All business sales and purchases must be led by the BritanniaRP Real Estate Team.
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Section D: Breaking Character:

D.1: You must always remain in character. Casual Out-Of-Character conversations are not permitted (if you are in a small group of friends and no-one is streaming and it is quiet away from others then this is OK, however it is NOT ok to do it in towns, mid scenes, or around streamers to ruin their content.) 

D.2: Breaking character must only be done when you are instructed to or given permission to by Government Staff Members or Commissioners. This could sound something like ‘you are welcome to speak freely’. 

D.3: You must not use the Global Chat function. The only exception to this is for Staff Announcements or Doctors and Train Staff when appropriate. 

See Section R for further information about Government in Game.

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Section H: Killing Players:

H.1: The act of killing or severely injuring an individual must be done through fair warning, with a credible roleplay reason. You should not randomly kill or injure players or locals (NPCs) as this will be a criminal act (unless in defence).  

     -H.1.1: Fair warning must be verbal. Warning shots do not count as proper initiation. 

     -H.1.2: The use of scopes to kill or severely injure players from a distance with no initiation is not permitted. Marksman should be declared in non Shoot on Sight Criminal scenes involving Law. (Factions can agree terms for their own combat scenes for wars etc)

H.2: You cannot force an individual to permanently kill their character. This includes duels. Character Kill and Perma death scenarios would have to be ticketted in advance. You cannot force a memory wipe either.

H.3: If a situation occurs where a character is severely injured by another player, you are allowed to move the body to get help or to water dump so they forget the interaction and 'go into the light' - this must have a genuine RP reason and not repeatedly done as a regular consequence, allowing more RP and storylines to develop. If you do move a body you must do so within 5 minutes. and if a doctor has been notified that should be rectified so Doctors do not waste time on journeys where they are not needed by cancelling the origional alert.

H.4: Individuals who have been severely injured cannot return to an active combat situation this includes Law and Factions and criminals, if you are downed in an active combat scenario when safe for the medical personel to aid you they will transport to the nearest Medical Ofiice, unless there are too many to heal, in which case when revived you are to act out your injuries and leave the area, you should not re-engage within 30 minutes. If some Police are left standing they can help transport criminals, but cannot capture any as that is seen as re-engaging. They can also help with processing to speed up the process for everyone. You can remember everything unless you have gone into the light.

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Section L: Emergency Service interactions:

L.1: You are not allowed to abuse the /alert functions to bait emergency service workers. 

     -L.1.2: This includes the ambushing of emergency service workers. 

L.2: You are not permitted to move bodies of Law Enforcement once they are severely injured, unless you are rendering them genuine medical aid. 

L.3: If you are stocking illicit goods within your business, Law Enforcement are able to seize the shop and shut it down with a warrant. 

     -L.3.1: Having a bounty also renders your business at risk of seizure and shut down. 

L.4: Mainland Law Enforcement are not permitted to be corrupt. 

     -L.4.1: Guarma Law Enforcement entities are able to be corrupt, exclusively in the confines of Guarma. 

     -L.4.2: All citizens of BritanniaRP must adhere to report any corruption within Mainland Law Enforcement Through RP & Tickets. Failure to do so will render you subject to punishment.

L.5: Law Enforcement are allowed to respond with up to 8 individuals when responding to a criminal scenario, and 10 for Heists and Back Up requests. 

L.6: You cannot kidnap, take hostage, rob or dump the bodies of Law Enforcement or Doctors while they are on-duty. Off-duty is fair game. 

     -L.6.1: Law Enforcement and Doctors should not avoid going off duty to avoid this. 

     -L.6.2: If an off-duty Law Enforcement Officer or Doctor is approached, they should not go on duty to avoid being robbed.

L.7: You must allow reasonable response times for emergency services. Take your time with evolving your roleplay situation while they are en-route. 

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Section P: Random, Horse and Vehicle Deathmatch

P.1: You are not allowed to attack or severely injure another player without any prior roleplay or story buildup. This is considered Random Deathmatch or RDM.

P.2: You are not allowed to attack or severely injure another player using a horse or wagon without any prior roleplay or story buildup. This is considered Horse and Vehicle Deathmatch or VDM.

     -P.2.1: Wagons or horses can be used as means of self-defence.

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Section T: Torture and Erotic Roleplay

T.1: Torture and Erotic Roleplay without explicit and informed consent from the both parties is strictly prohibited. 

     -T.1.1: Consent for Torture Roleplay is strongly recommended to be obtained through a ticket to ensure that all parties are aware of what boundaries are in place. 

     -T.1.2: If you are actively in roleplay, and need to engage in Torture Roleplay, you must obtain explicit consent from the receiving party through a /me ‘consents fully to activity’. 

T.2: No public Erotic Roleplay (ERP). If you wish to engage in Erotic Roleplay, it must be in absolute privacy. This means make sure you are whispering, and keep in mind staff can see all of your /me prompts…

T.3: Consent for either Torture Roleplay or Erotic Roleplay can be revoked at any time, and the roleplay must cease immediately, with no exceptions.

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