As with any chat system there are rules that need to be laid out and enforced.  Unlike the old chat system at Web Broadcasting Systems, Illusionary Minds  chat has granted the Hosts of their rooms the ability to enforce the rules they set up for their rooms when they become public domain.  When you apply to Illusionaray Minds for a handle, licence, to join there system you agree to abide by there laws and the laws of the chatrooms.  It is your responsibility to discover those laws and obey them.

Currently our laws reflect those of the main system with a couple of modifications.  They are quite simple and you should have no problem in following them.  The reason for these modifications is simple, our "citizens" roleplayes do vary greatly in age and therefore since we have set a Chat room Rating of 14 we feel our laws should reflect this.

By all means if you have a suggestion for a law please bring it to our attention by Sending an E-mail to  Queen Witches and
should, after debate and research, the law be passes and added to this page you will be given credit for the law.

The Laws

  1. 1  Pictures / Images used in Chat
      1. 1a  All Graphics used are to be NO LARGER in dimension than 250 pixels square
        1. 1a-1  There are NO EXCEPTIONS
      2. 1b  All Graphics used are to be NO LARGER in file size than 25K
        1. 1b-1  There are NO EXCEPTONS
      3. 1c  All Graphics used  are to be NON-ANIMATED
        1. 1c-1  There are NO EXCEPTIONS
      4. 1d  The Use of PORNOGRAPHIC materials is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
        1. 1d-1 Use of images containing female nudity of the breast greater than 50% is not acceptable
        2. 1d-2 Use of images containing female nudity of the butt greater than 25% is not acceptable
        3. 1d-3 Use of images containing male nudity of the butt greater than 25% is not acceptable
        4. 1d-4  Images used will meet all above criteria and will not be of a vulgar or overly suggestive

          5. type.
          1. 1d-4a  Images that meet standards barely will be classified as BORDERLINE IMAGES and may be used until complaints are lodged against the image with the staff.
          2. 1d-4b  Proceedures to file a complaint of on a pic are as follows:
            1. 1d-4b-1  Copy URL for image
            2. 1d-4b-2  Copy Mun Name of User
            3. 1d-4b-3  Explain what offends you regarding the image
            4. 1d-4b-4  Sign your e-mail  Unsigned e-mail will not be taken as serious complaints
            5. 1d-4b-5  E-mail your complaint to Co-Host
            6. 1d-4b-6  Complaint will then be reviewed
            7. 1d-4b-7  Upon review if found to be nessarry Staff Will be Notified of A Lodged Complaint but NOT The Lodger
          3. 1d-4c  If a complaint is lodged against your image you will be notified to cease usage of that image and a suggestion will be included to make your pic compliant.  Use of the image will not be allowed until it is properly edited and approved.
      5. 1e  Violations of these laws will result in no more than 3 warnings.
        1. 1e-1  Continued Violations will result in the loss of image usage
  2. 2  Language
    1. General
      1. 2a  Offical Language of the room is American English
      2. 2b  Due to the Rating of the room we do request that profanity be curtailed, use of words included in the George Carlins 7 Words You Can't Say on Television comedy routine are hereby banned from use in the room per IMC regulation on room rating as described in following paragraph.
      3. 2b-1 For those of you that are pushing the room rating limit let me explain just what our rating means. Rating 14 means: Chat rooms rated as 14 are for older adolescents and up. You won't see

        4. anything in here that wouldn't make it onto a TV show with a TV14 rating.  We would like chatters in these rooms to be 14 or over. Some mild swearing (in other words, "damn," "hell," and things in that vein), and
        non-explicit violence and sexual situations may exist. You  will, however, NOT see explicit sex or graphic violence.

        "The X-Files" is a good example of a 14-rated genre.
         

      4. 2c  Should use of profanity be part of the characters normal way of speaking we ask that you, as the MUN of your character, adjust your text so as not to offend those who simply do not wish to listen to profane language, or others such as a parent or guardian who may be with the MUN of a young person in the room.  Back at Web Broadcasting Systems use of profane language caused some of our traffic to cease because of parental objection.  Lets try and improve this here.
        1. 2c-1  Use of edited text will simply not do.  We expect that using the above guideline that the patron can express themselves in a manner according to room rating while OOC and when IC they should be able to use approperiate language for the setting and room rating.
      5. 2d  Any explicate ADULT ORIENTED SCENES should be done via other sources, I.E.: ICQ or AIM, not in the public domain of the chatroom.
        1. 2d-1a  This also pertains to acts of foreplay
        2. 2d-1b  Content with STRONG Sexual overtones
        3. 2d-1c  Materials that contain Sexual Inuendoes.
      6. 2e Any person or persons entering asking to Cyber or otherwise get involved in Cyber Sex will receive a single warning with no arguement.  If an argument is presented, even if was in the form off a joke, the offenders Mun Name is to be sent to the host with a notice that the mun violated Rule 2 Paragraph 4 section 2d.  This is a Bannable offence since it does not fall under the Rating 14 category.  Notice**: The Host or Cohost of the room will pass the mun name of the offender to the Chief Host of the room who in turn will notify IMC Administration.
    2. Specific
      1. 2a-a  What is approperiate in the Boxes for ICQ and AIM:
        • The Following Examples contain examples of Approperiate and Inapproperiate:
          • Inapproperiate
          Approperiate
          AIM:  for the nuts AIM: (Screen Name)
          AIM: for the crotch AIM:  Ask
          AIM: F up Dave Thomas  AIM:  N/A
          AIM:  To beat you like a step child AIM:  Don't Know Do Ya
          AIM:  to F you like a dog AIM:  To be (someones boyfiend / girlfriend)
        • Things that involve cursing, violent acts or sexual content should not be used under these categorys let alone within the room.
        • If you are notified by a Staff Member of the Room that it is deemed inapproperiate please comply with the request to remove it.  You may, if you feel this action was unjustified, file an appeal as decribed later.
      2. 2b-b  What is approperiate for taglines?
        • The Following Examples contain examples of Approperiate and Inapproperiate Tags
          • Inapproperiate
          Approperiate
          It's one of those days when everyone S---s, everything is F---ed I go no place excepet where adventure Awaits
          is naked Need a Picca Shrank? PM me and ask real nice!
          hot, and horny (character Stats)
        • Things that involve cursing, violent acts and sexual content are inapproperiate and will be asked to be removed
        • If you are notified by a Staff Member of the Room that it is deemed inapproperiate please comply with the request to remove it.  You may, if you feel this action was unjustified, file an appeal as decribed later.
  3. 3  God Moding AKA: Zippiness
      1. 3a  MUNS who decide to play Gods will be treated EXACTLY like normal characters.  God's use avatar forms to interact with the Normal World so therefore must become mortal.  To put it straight forward, any God entering the room is transformed into Avatar Form and therefore Mortal.
      2. 3b  Anyone calling their own damage in battles or refusing to even be scratched in a battle will be at risk of sounding like a zippy.  Use Caution.
      3. 3c  Anyone  who is IE: in the tavern one min and magically appears at a battle site or dissappears or teleports away from an attack without stating in a seperate post they are using a teleport spell, gate, portal, innate ablity, etc... Use Caution.
      4. 3d  Anyone who is IE: in one place that is far away from someone else and is taking with them IC as if they were together in one place.  Even Mind speak has a range limit.  Inorder to use mind speak an individual would need to have CONTACT with the other person. CONTACT has a max range of 10,000 miles.  Use Caution.
      5. 3e  Anyone who just enters the room and proceedes to destroy anything and everything.  This is very disruptive and should be refrained from at all costs.
      6. 3f  Anyone who claims immunity to everything and anything.  Even Gods and Goddesses have weaknesses and are especially vulnerable in Avitar form.  Nobody is immune to eveything with one exception.  The Registed DM's of Dragondale under their DM Handles are the only exceptions to this rule.  Since these handles are mades specifically to run campaigns and adventures.  The NPC's under these handles are not invulnerable however.
      7. 3g  Anyone who thinks that No Immortality doesn't apply to them.  IE: has IMMORTAL or UNDYING or Never Dying etc... in thier tag after being informed that IMMORTALITY does NOT exsist in the room.
        1. 3g-1  IMMORTALS IE: those portrayed by Highlander, those who are not harmed by anything whatsoever.
        2. 3g-2  Psuedo Imortality aka: Unaging  Dragons, Demi-humans so other races of monstor and creature may live an extended time.  However they will die of old age sooner or later.
  4. 4  Fights
      1. 4a  Armed battles are sometimes part of day to day life and adventure in the realm.  Battles should really be avoided unless unavoidable.  Should conflict become apparent it is recommended that the participants have Characters Written up in AD&D format and ask for a impartial observer to act as judge, however that is theidea situation which does not happen often; therefore Free Form battles are allowable as long as BOTH parties agree.  When a large group RP of combat is to take place, ALL Participates are to send updated Character information to the assigned DM for that RP.
      2. 4b  When fighting in battles it is always preferred to have an impartial third party as judge.
          3. 4b-1  All Combatants will declare actions in order of initiative which will be determined by DM. Special attacks like SPELL CASTING*, PSIONIC POWERS* & INNATE  ABILITIES* will also be declared.
          * Name of (spell, power, or ability), Casting Time, Duration, Area of effect or target, Level of Casting
          4b-2  The DM will also declare actions for the opposition in the correct initiative order , UNLESS CONTROLLED BY A 3RD PARTY which in that case will declare actions on the proper initiative.
          4b-3  THE DM WILL DETERMINE HITS, MISSES, DAMAGE OR EFFECTIVENESS OF ATTACKS, SPELLS, POWERS OR ABILITIES RANDOMLY AND ASSIGN DAMAGE TO AFFECTED PLAYERS.
      3. 4c  In order not to disrupt the entire room combat should be done in a Private Room or may only take place between combatants at the same location, indicated by part of your tag line by Location:.
  5. 5  Code of Conduct
      1. 5a  When entering the city we now have some options.  We can enter In Character ready to Role-play or Out of Character to shoot the breeze and set up a role-play.  In either entrance mode a simple hello room to announce your arrival would be enough.  If a serious Role-play is in progress please don't interfere with Out of Character  chat.  Some Role-players can become sidetracked and totally lose where they are in their Role-play.
      2. 5b  Illusionary Minds Chat does allow messages with HTML Coding.  I know this is a temptation to most to experiment with colors, text size, etc.  We are asking that you please exercise restraint and not experiment while In Character and by all means not use a Large font exclusively.
        1. 5b-1 Font size of 1 is not to be used
        2. 5b-2 Font size of 5 or more is not to be used.
      3. 5c  Any argument should be taken elsewhere, I.E. ICQ or AIM, so as not to disrupt the room.  if a peaceful solution can not be mediated then please agree to disagree on the topic.
      4. 5d  Profanity has been covered in section 2 paragraph 2b if you need  to review it.
      5. 5e  Flaming someone is never a good thing and therefore is a bannable offence.
      6. 5f  Use of OOC Brackets IS NOT required, but RECOMMENDED ONLY
      7. 5g  If a Room Staff Member calls you in violation of one of the room rules you must Log what was called in the offence and all dialog between you and the Staff Member.  If you feel the violation was incorrect agreee to disagee with the Staff Member and comply.  Then submit your log of the Violation to the Chief Room Host as part of the appeals process.  Sitting and agruing with a Staff Member does nothing but disrupt the room.  You have this avenue.  Use it and get back to RPing.
  6. 6  Characters and technology
      1. 6a  Technology of Dragondale is that of 17th Earth plain and simple.
      2. 6b  To that end the only available items in Dragondale are those found in the Following Books by TSR:
        1. 6b-1  AD&D The Players Handbook
        2. 6b-2  AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide
        3. 6b-3  AD&D Players Options (All)
        4. 6b-4  AD&D Complete Handbooks (All)
      3. 6c  This is inclusive of Magical Items as well with the following Exceptions.
        1. 6c-1  New Magical Items MUST be submitted for approval to a Room Host.  Approval Will Not be immediate as the item must be debated
        2. 6c-2  Artifacts will not be allowed in play without approval by Room Hosts
        3. 6c-3  New Artifacts must follow section 6c-1
      4. 6d  A listing of mundane equipment and weapons is available at This Section
  7. 7 Character Creation Not Nessarry for Basic Room RPing only for Major Rp's in which Combat is a BIG Part
      1. 7a  To keep this setting and Characters uniform we use the AD&D system of Character Creation. To maintain the mood and genre we ask that you keep these concepts in mind when designing a character. Dragondale City is a Forgotten Realms variant world. Characters played in DDC should be the kinds of characters one would normally see in Forgotten Realms. Deities, avatars, and extra planar beings should be shown to staff members or the host for approval. This includes world walkers, planes capers, starjammers, etc. You will find that the Forgotten Realms is a large enough world to contain most character arch types.
        1. 7a-1  Attributes are Rolled up by using 3 six sided or standard dice and totaled
            1. 7a-1a Attributes are Str=Strength, Dex=Dexterity, Con=Constitution, Int=Intelligence, Wis=Wisdom, and Cha=Chrisma
            2. 7a-2  Arrange your scores in any order you prefer.  If you have the AD&D Players handbook continue with character creation as normal and skip to section 7a-5. If not continue reading..
            3. 7a-3  Pick a race you want your character to be.
            4. 7a-4  Explain what you want your character to be like and good at.  Include the weapons that the character will use and if the character will wear armor or cast spells and such.
            5. 7a-5  Submit the character to  The Dragondale DM and he will supply you with the nessarry combat information and other information for you character.  But will not supply your character with more than basic equipment.  You will be given an HTML page for your Character in which you will be able to edit your character as it progresses. But if you skipped to this section from 7a-2 you character will have equipment that you selected and will still receive the HTML page.
  8. 8 SPAMMING, ADVERTISING AND OTHERWISE PROMOTING THINGS UNREALTED TO ROOM
      1. 8a  Visiting Hosts, Co-Hosts, Room Staff, and Support Staff of other rooms are required to remove any Plugs for their rooms.
        1. 8a-1  E-mailing the Chief Host of the Room and asking persmission to plug or advertise your room is acceptable.
        2. 8a-2  Only after receiving a positive e-mail regarding you request to plug your room will you be allowed to advertise not only your room name but your Room Position as well
        3. 8a-3  Only Exception to this is a Character Approval Notice Approved for (room Name).
      2. 8b This activity will not be tolerated in the room.
      3. 8c This activity violated Illusionary Minds Chat Terms Of Service and will be reported to Illusionary Minds Chat Staff.
      4. 8d  Since this is a Violation of Terms of Service you will only be asked to terminate your violation once, 1 time. Failure to comply will result in Temporarilly Being Suspened from the room and a formal complaint being filed with Illusionary Minds Chat
      5. 8e  Future Violations will result in being perminantly Banned from the Room with no future warning.
  9. 9 Handles, Source Matterial and Requesting Handles EFFECTIVE 6-1-00 Slight policy change
      1. 9a  Handles or Character Names should be unique.  They are that which you deem as your characters name and should be of your own Creation.
      2. 9b  Source Matterial Handles are that which has or is published within books or matterials that are setting specific.  IE: Elminster is a age who is published in many AD&D Novels, and AD&D Products and is therefore a Source Matterial Handle.
      3. 9b-1  To check if a name you desire is a Source Matterial Name you should run it though Metacrawler under a Phase Setting.  If nothing comes up chances are it's a clear name and you should be able to get it registered on your own.

        4. [ MetaCrawler® ]   Search Tips
        any  all  phrase
      4. 9c  If for some reason you requested or applied for a handle and it was rejected as a source handle, you may choise to request the room Host apply for the handle for you.  These requests must meet STRICT guidelines and are non negotialable.
          1. 9c-1  The Handle must meet the setting of the room or Genre.  IE Captain James T. Kirk will not be approved for use within a Forgotten Realms Setting.
          2. 9c-1a  If you want to use a source material handle that is not related to the room's setting, the following will be asked of you:
          3. 9c-1b  In detail, describe why you need this to RP a character in Dragondale. "I love this name and Have to have a C with that name" WILL NOT COUNT.
          4. 9c-1c  In detail, provide your character's storyline of why he/she ended up in the setting of Dragondale. (In other words, how did this Anime character who probably hasn't even heard of Dragondale, let alone Faerun, end up on our planet, in our Kingdom?)
          5. 9c-1d  Both of these will go to the staff for review AND approval before you will be granted the handle. It may seem like much... but the transition of one world's characters to another world tends to have more impact than one would think. This way we can maintain some control on how Dragondale is affected by 'alien' races or the like.
          6. 9c-2  If your Handle is approved by the Room Host you will be notified in writing.  A 30 day trial will then be held for the handle, during which time you are expected to use the handle within the Room exclusively as part of your HTML Tagline.  IE:  Joe Schmo is (Handle Requested).
          7. 9c-3  After the 30 days you will then notify the Host once more IN WRITING that yo have completed your Trail Period and are still interested in the Handle.
          8. 9c-4  The Host will then submit the desired handle to IMC for you.  This desired handle then becomes property of the Room EXCLUSIVELY.  If you use this Source handle outside of the room issuing it you will forfit the handle and the Host does have te right to remove forfitted handles from your account that belong to the room.
      5. 9d  A player many only possess a MAXIMUN of 4 Source Material Handles regardless of number of accounts.
          1. 9d-1  Muns delegated by the room host to handle NPC source characters are exempt from this.
  10. 10 Filing of Complaints
      1. 10a  This proceedure is similar to that used for pic complaints
          1. 10a-1  Copy Mun Name of User
          2. 10a-2  Explain in detail what you're complaint is with the users CHARACTER NOT MUN
          3. 10a-3   E-mail your complaint to Co-Host
          4. 10a-4  Sign your e-mail  Unsigned e-mail will not be taken as serious complaints
          5. 10a-5  Complaint will then be reviewed
          6. 10a-6  Upon review if found to be nessarry the SUBJECT of the Complaint Will be Notified of A Lodged Complaint but NOT The Lodger
      Now that you have read the laws of the realm.  I am confident that you will uphold the laws as you come and join us at Dragondale_City.  Remember though.  Now the Host of the room has been empowered by the Staff of Illusionary Minds Chat to enforce these laws.  You will receive a maximum of 3 warnings for violations with the Host reserving the right to BAN anyone IMMEDIATELY if and only IF the violation is of that severity.
       
       
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