The law of the land

Player fights are part of life in Akarra, but a town is not the place for them. Here is what happens when someone turns on the innocent in the middle of Hope.

A guard of Hope
Hope Guard

  1. Someone raises their flag

    Attacking anyone unlawfully raises your flag, a minute for every blow. You can also raise it yourself with /flag on: it stays up until you lower it with /flag off, and its timer runs on after that.

  2. The watch answers

    Strike anyone in good standing inside Hope's guard range, player or townsfolk, and every guard nearby turns on you at once, whatever your record.

  3. Greyrock Isle

    Fall to the guards and you wake in the gaol on Greyrock Isle, to serve a sentence your deeds have earned. planned

Morale

Killing someone in good standing, attacking one inside a town's guard range, looting another player's body or taking an item in trade from a criminal costs you morale. A blow in the wilds that doesn't kill costs none. Lose enough and you are a criminal: your name shows red, the townsfolk turn you away and the guards hunt you. Morale comes back slowly as you play; type /morale to see where you stand.

A morale bar, and name colours that shade from white to grey as morale falls. planned

When you fall

  • Die outside the Arena and you leave a body holding your pack and one random item you wore. You and your fellowship can always take it back; anyone else waits two minutes, and after a player kill the killer's side gets the next two. A body crumbles after half an hour.
  • After you respawn, no player can attack you for five minutes, or until you leave the town or attack someone yourself.

Where fights are fair

  • Players can fight each other only once both are level 15 or higher.
  • The Arena is the place for a fair fight: no level rule, no crime, and nobody leaves a body.

Lowmarket

Lowmarket keeps a looser law. Its enforcers don't care what you did elsewhere, but they cut down anyone who fights inside, so even criminals can trade and bank there. It lies down a hidden stair in the Wraith Woods; bring a torch.