General Rules
We strive to create a welcoming and immersive community where players can build stories, forge alliances, and shape the realm of Thedas in their own way.
By joining Bloodline, you agree to abide by the following rules. If you have questions or need clarification, please reach out to staff via a ticket.
I. General Requirements
a. 18+ Community: All players and characters found to be under 18 will be removed from the community without appeal.
b. Discord is required: All members must be in our Discord. Important announcements, rule updates, and staff communications happen there. You cannot play the server and not be in the Discord.
c. English-Language server: We are an English-speaking server. For clarity and moderation purposes, please keep all in-character (IC) and out-of-character (OOC) communications in English.
II. Environment
a. Friendly Atmosphere: We are a welcoming environment for all. Discrimination, harassment, or hate speech of any form (sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc.) will not be tolerated.
b. No Harassment or Bullying: We have ZERO TOLERANCE for OOC harassment or bullying. If you feel uncomfortable, please open a ticket in Discord and provide relevant context or evidence for staff to address it.
c. No Drama: Resolve IC issues ICly, don’t retaliate, and don’t RP dodge. Disagreements happen, we do a little trolling, but perpetuating drama and letting a true feud fester is unacceptable. This is a collaborative roleplay space; respect your fellow players. You have no enemies.
III. Zero Tolerance
a. NSFW & SFW Segregation: While the server uses adult themes and darker roleplay, explicit and or sexual content should never cross into OOC.
b. Sensitive Content: Themes like torture, explicit violence, and sexual encounters require caution. All parties involved must consent to such roleplay.
c. Bestiality, rape, crude depictions of minors, and similar, is strictly prohibited: You will be banned.
IV. Roleplay Ettiquete
a. Lore Accuracy & Realism: Bloodline fosters creativity, but keep your characters and RP consistent with Dragon Age lore and its spirit. No superhero feats or extremely rare concepts without staff approval. Help us preserve and experience the ‘grit’ of Thedas.
b. Metagaming: Using OOC knowledge (Discord chats, a friend’s word of mouth, nameplate cheesing, etc.) in character is metagaming and is not allowed. Keep your character’s knowledge realistic to what they’ve actually seen or learned IC. You are encouraged to communicate with those you roleplay with to create future moments together, but don’t use it as a crutch for in-game roleplay that could be happening instead.
c. Acts: The /act command cannot be used to have an entirely different name to be called. You can set your name to be a descriptive, surface level 'act' for your character, but cannot impersonate another name entirely with your /act. i.e. your character is named Bob and your /act is Joe.
d. Powergaming: Forcing actions onto other players’ without giving them a chance to respond is prohibited. Always allow the other player to emote. If you are leaving a scene, try to let most if not all of those a part of the scene to respond.
e. IC and OOC Separation: Keep your personal feelings out of your character. Do not conflate a character’s antagonism with the player behind them. In OOC areas, do not perform IC actions, such as in spawn.
e. Combat and Consequences. Injuries, captures, and most consequences should have OOC communication about consent. Thedas is lethal, however, and you can’t deny consent to taking a wound or being killed…
V. Discord Guidelines
a. Server Promotions: Advertising other Conan servers is not permitted in public channels. Clan server promotion is only allowed in designated channels.
b. DMing Staff: Do not directly message staff regarding issues without permission. Use the ticket system to keep things transparent, organized, and fair.
c. No Spam: Avoid mass-posting memes, images, or @pings. We all do it, but don't over do it.
d. Controversial Topics: Keep politics, religion, and other inflammatory topics out of the Discord. We want to focus on roleplay, not the real world!
e. Streaming: Streaming in-game content without all parties’ consent is disallowed. We want to prevent metagaming and protect everyone’s privacy.
f. No AI Art: AI art is not permitted in either our 📷screenshots or 🎨art channels. Using AI-generated logos for clans is acceptable.
VI. Whitelisting
a. Whitelist Process: All players must complete a whitelisting form on Discord, ensuring they’ve read the rules, lore basics, and thought about their character concept. If the character is dramatically lore-bending, doesn’t meet the themes of the server, or there are many grammatical errors, the staff team has full authority to deny the whitelist
b. Character Changes: Any significant retcons to your character (race or huge backstory rewrites) must be approved via a ticket.
c. Multiple Characters: We do not allow multiple characters at the moment. Everybody gets one.
VII. Building & Base Rules
a. Clan Requirement: Every player must be in a clan (even if solo) to help staff track builds. Builds found without clan ownership will be removed without warning.
b. Base Limits & Aesthetics: One main base per clan. Keep structures lore-friendly and not excessively large or ‘boxy’. No excessively tall builds, and no airlocking (creating multiple door ‘airlocks’ just to hinder infiltration).
c. Building Proximity: Keep at minimum 50 foundations from Admin builds (Including Hubs) or marked areas designated on the map. Do not block pathways to areas.
d. Enforcement: Staff will contact you via ticket if your build needs changes. If unresponsive, staff will remove parts or all of the structure to adhere to building rules.
e. Further Building Rules: Build Rules Link
VIII. Exploits, Bugs, and Fairness
a. No Exploitation: Do not use in-game glitches, third-party tools, or exploits to gain an advantage. Report bugs or exploits to staff and you will be rewarded more.
IX. Catch-All Clause
We cannot anticipate every edge case. Staff handles unforeseen issues based on the server’s guiding principles.
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Fairness
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Lore Consistency
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Creativity
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Respectful Conduct
Staff has final discretion.
IX. Staff & Enforcement
a. Staff Accountability. All Staff members are bound by these rules and are held to a higher standard to be able to enforce them. If you witness staff misconduct, open an Owner ticket with evidence.
b. Tickets & Strikes. We do not use a strike or temporary ban system. We will warn you about behavior, and if it continues to be an issue, ban you from our community.
c. No Rule-Lawyering. If you spot a rule violation, open a ticket. Don’t harass or call out others. We encourage respectful problem-solving.
Thank you for reading and abiding by the Bloodline community ruleset. Our aim is to preserve an immersive and collaborative environment for all players. By following these guidelines, we can collectively create a server environment that stands out for its virtues.
If you have any questions or concerns about these rules, please open an Admin ticket in our Discord.
Staff Structure
Owner
The Owner is the founder and creator of the server, Vieeka. They are not all encompassing, however, as tasks are delegated out and handled by the staff team.
Senior Admin
Senior Administrators are each responsible for a specific section of the server.
Granite: Community & Staff Manager
Aciidwire: Technical Systems Manager
Admin
Admins are responsible for bug reports, player reports, clan requests, and other server-level and player-to-player issues. They have all the same responsibilities as a Game Master.
Game Master
Game Masters are responsible for events, lore inquiries, POI investigations, story requests, and other lore and roleplay focused tickets.
Interested in becoming Staff?
We are always looking for more members.
If you wish to assist in staff work for Bloodline, please apply in our Discord and or let a Senior Admin or higher know.
Thank you!