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General Role-Playing Rules

The core roleplay rules for all Ragnarök servers — covering character conduct, metagaming, FailRP, criminal activities, gang limits, and more.

General Role-Playing Rules

❖Follow Twitch Community Guidelines & Terms of Service.
❖Inappropriate or harmful use of derogatory words in accordance with Twitch TOS may result in a removal from the community.
❖Your characters need to have a realistic first and last name (no celebrity or notable character names).
❖Suicide RP is not allowed. This includes Self Harm.
❖We do not allow Pregnancy RP in the server as we do not have the mechanics to support it. We also do not allow Forced Child Support RP.
❖You may not perform Sexual RP without explicit consent. Attempting to pressure ERP will always result in a ban. Any support case involving SH/SA will be handled by management.
❖You may only scam another player for up to $100,000 for legal transactions. Cars and properties are not allowed to be scammed. The scamming of illegal weapons/items is allowed.
❖Your character must follow a realistic career or criminal path. You should not be a lawyer and a mechanic, or be in a street-gang and be a Mayor.
❖It is prohibited to share the personal information of other members without their express permission.
❖You may not see the light (respawn) while a scene is still in progress. This means no gun-shots, no police or enemy gangs in the area, and no further possibility that you will be interacted with as a downed individual.
❖If you leave the Discord, you are subject to losing your personal belongings (properties, vehicles, businesses, etc).

Exploits and Reports

❖You cannot remove a car radio that you do not own.
❖You may not use any graphics pack that enhances your ability to "shoot" or give you an advantage over others. This includes, but is not limited to: stretched POV, turning off shadows, "sky" packs, etc.
❖You may not use any AUDIO MODS that enhance your ability to shoot or provide any unfair advantage. This includes, but is not limited to: mods that apply specific sounds to headshots, altered footstep sounds, or audio rebalancers that reduce non-combat sounds. All mods are subject to staff review and interpretation.
❖If there is a mechanic that does not seem to be working as intended or is over-tuned (e.g., emote spamming, abusable economic rewards, cracked car tunes), report this to staff and stop using the mechanic. Do not undertake actions that would exploit a situation: combat logging, camping respawn points, major crime mechanics (heists or store robberies) 30 minutes before or after regularly scheduled restarts, or forcing cops to drop PD equipment.
❖If you have an issue, open a ticket to discuss it with server staff rather than impacting morale negatively in city.

Player Reports

❖In the event of a rule-break, you must finish the scene completely before reporting.
❖You must make a report within 48 hours of the incident. Exemptions can be made by Senior Staff+ under extenuating circumstances.
❖You must have evidence from at least 2 minutes surrounding the incident if reporting with video evidence. Audio must also be included. Exemptions can be made if there is a clear rule break. Staff may request more than 2 minutes depending on the report.
❖You may notuse other people's footage as the primary piece of evidence. If you do, you must also have footage from your own perspective.
❖You may not "revenge report". This is when you report someone mainly because you "lost" a scene and your motives are to get the other party in trouble.

Roleplay First

❖You must be in character on the server at all times. Roleplay through the encounters in front of you. If there is a rule break, report it AFTER the scenario has completed. (This does not pertain to major rule breaks like racism, sexual abuse, or major harassment.) If you are offered roleplay you should reciprocate that roleplay. This is an RP server first and a game server second. If you are committing crime and offered RP by the cops, you must reciprocate and give them SOME roleplay back.
❖Rule-Splaining is not allowed. Using OOC text/speech explaining rules to deny RP will not be tolerated. If something seems off, make a ticket and it will be addressed by staff.
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Stay in character at all times:
- ➢If someone breaks character or rules, role-play out the situation. If you have an issue, deal with it out of city (OOC).
- ➢Mentions of cousins (alt characters), body cam (for rule-breaks), and other OOC discussions are not allowed.
- ➢Your characters do not share information and must not benefit each other. If there is a conflict of interest between your characters, you need to back out of the situation.

MetaGaming

❖Metagaming is the act of using information your character has not gained in character. This could be information from streams, Discord DMs, or other methods of OOC information consumption. This includes indirectly using the information — just because you don't openly say the meta'd information out loud does not mean you haven't used it to gain a favorable result.
❖You cannot be in discord when you are in the city at all.

FailRP

❖Our goal is to maintain a high-quality RP experience for all players. If you openly distort the world for others with low RP quality or disrupt other players' RP experience by being abnormally obnoxious and not taking the server seriously, we reserve the right to remove you. Ensure your character's appearance aligns with realistic and immersive standards. Any attire deemed low effort or disruptive — such as combinations of Bowl Cut hair, surgical gloves, cat ears, and goggles typically associated with FiveM Arena — will not be tolerated. Cosplay and other bit outfits are tolerated; however, anyone whose whole identity is distorting the reality of others is not.
❖Unless you are visibly carrying a body cam or have one in your pockets, camera, or phone you do not have evidence in-character — any mention of body cams is considered Fail RP.
❖Openly discussing or mentioning illegal activities on Birdy or any public social media is considered Fail RP.
❖Dumping someone's body in the ocean is allowed for story purposes; however, this must not be used to force permadeath or memory loss. If a player is ocean dumped, they are allowed to direct police to the location where they were originally downed. Ocean dumping vehicles with no plan for further roleplay is against the rules.
❖No "menu-camping" — you may not take advantage of someone being in a "legal/Civ" menu (mechanic, garage, clothing store, etc.). Allow any exiting party the ability for counterplay. This does NOT pertain to illegal crafting menus.
❖You may not break into prison (this does not include breaking someone out of jail using the proper mechanic).
❖If you are in an active scene when restart (tsunami) hits, you must finish the scene before the restart happens. An exception is made upon everyone in the scene agreeing to return to the "last location" immediately after restart. You must wait for all to fully reset the scene before resuming.
❖Criminals CAN identify other criminals using their voice. If you don't want to be identified, you will need to change your voice, as well as clothing, cars, etc. (Police CANNOT identify using voice)
❖Reviving a dead player to use them as a hostage is strictly prohibited. If you revive someone with the intent to extract information, you must create an immersive and well-developed roleplay scenario to justify it. Any attempts at low-effort or unrealistic roleplay (FailRP) will not be tolerated.
❖You can't insert yourself in the middle of a situation/gun fight between two individuals or groups without a role-play reason (3rd-Partying).

Roleplay 101

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NVL (Not Valuing Life)
- ➢Value your life and the lives of those your character would value (police with innocents/hostages, friends, and acquaintances). This includes when a gun is placed at your back or when you are unarmed. You must surrender unless you are planning to RP out the full consequences for story reasons (e.g., planning to permadeath or facing other very serious permanent consequences like a government job firing).
- ➢You may not ram someone's vehicle at excessive (unrealistic) speeds.
- ➢No Cop-Baiting — committing crimes in the proximity of police officers without a valid role-play reason.
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NLR (New Life Rule)
- ➢If you have respawned at the hospital, you must forget any information leading up to your "death", unless you still have your body-cam in your pocket upon respawn.
- ➢If you are downed in a situation, you should not return there until the RP scenario is completely finished.
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RDM (Random Death Match)
- ➢No attacking or engaging in combat with another player without verbal RP interaction or being initiated into combat first. This includes vehicles or drive-bys. You must give sufficient RP and counterplay before shooting.
- ➢In certain situations, initiation may be as simple as saying 'Fat Tony sends his regards,' but only if there has been a recent conflict that justifies such a direct approach.
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VDM (Vehicle Death Match)
- ➢Do not purposefully use your vehicle as a weapon unless you have no other ability to escape (once, not multiple times). This does not apply to staged executions, only active or freshly initiated conflict.
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Combat Logging
- ➢Players should not disconnect during any RP situation until the situation is completely over. Players involved in police incidents should wait a reasonable time and be clear of police activity before disconnecting.
- ➢If you disconnect mid-scene, you must log back into "last location".
- ➢It is never acceptable to combat log.
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Green Grass Zone
- ➢These are areas in which no criminal actions should occur. These are punishable offenses. Areas are indicated by an icon on your HUD.
- ➢You may NOT say "green zone" in city. "Green grass" may be mentioned once to try and keep a situation in city, but abuse will result in punishment.
- ➢Parties are not to retreat to a green zone to avoid further conflict. If someone runs into a green zone during a fight, stop shooting them, finish the scene out (with words), and then report it.
- ➢Using GREEN ZONES to go OOC, trading illegal items safely, having gang meetings, etc. will result in punishment.
- ➢Role-play in Green Zones. These zones are just like everywhere else in the city — just no illegal activity or hostile actions. You cannot take people hostage, rob, kill, or commit any crimes.
- ➢These areas are meant to have a place to interact, meet new people, and check out vehicles without the worry of being robbed, killed, or kidnapped.

Criminal Activities

❖CAYO PERICO DOES NOT REQUIRE INITIATION! (Red Zone)
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You may not use police weapons (this includes tasers).
- ➢The only PD items you can take from cops:
- ➢Body Armor
- ➢Ammo
- ➢Body Cams
- ➢IFaks
❖No other police or government items may be taken.
❖EMS Vehicles CANNOT be stolen or used in crime.

Hostages

❖You do NOT need a hostage to rob Tier 1 & Tier 2 heists.
❖Tier 1: Stores, ATMs, Bank Trucks, Gun Stores, House Robberies
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Tier 2: Fleeca, Marryweather, Yacht
- ➢If you do a heist without a hostage you will get free passage ONLY. This cannot be changed for another demand. If you need one additional demand for an elaborate getaway, you CAN take a hostage for (1) one additional demand of your choice.
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Police may breach a robbery with no hostage if:
- ➢The criminals do not have the gun pointed at the door (excluding animation restrictions such as talking on radio, using food or drink, etc.) (excluding Tier 1 heists only).
- ➢The criminals are being OVERLY aggressive / not taking the RP situation seriously (e.g., leaving the bank mid scene and trying to come back in). Crims may say things like "if you come in we will shoot" — but any threats not pertaining to cops entering the building will be considered overly aggressive.
❖You may not take employees hostage from whitelisted businesses unless there are 2 or more employees visibly present at the business.
❖You may only keep a hostage for a reasonable amount of time (approximately 15 minutes) unless agreed on by all parties for extended role-play scenes.

Robbing & Fighting

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If your sole intention is to simply rob someone, you may not kill the person you are robbing if they are compliant.
- ➢You may rob people but you need to initiate first. You must have your weapon pointed at the person you are robbing for them to fear for their lives.
- ➢You may not chain rob the same person/people over and over again.
❖You may not engage in a gunfight from a roof or any location that is not accessible by foot. (Excluding Police)
❖Conflict Cooldown — If you continually engage in large mass shootouts with multiple casualties with the same group within an hour of one another, this will be considered Fail RP. (Exemption for Official Gang Wars)
❖Endless Conflict — Every conflict has an expiry date. If you continually engage in a conflict that results in harm without attempting to end it, this is considered NVL. Additionally, continually harassing a group/gang/individual without giving them a reasonable option to end the conflict will be considered griefing.

Gangs, Time & Group Limits

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Groups are limited to 6 people max (unless agreed upon in official Gang Wars, then 10 max).
- ➢This includes any robberies, hostile activities against gangs or police, or any activity that incites hostilities such as illegal locations or entering rival gang territory.
- ➢Allied gang members, lookouts, getaway drivers, ambushes, or any other associates count toward the limit.
- ➢You cannot break the rule of 6 to pick up your downed associates until the situation is completely finished.
❖You can drive or hang out with more than 6, but it must be at your own territory, a neutral area with no illegal activities, you must have no hostile intentions, and you must not be in "shooter" gear.
❖If you get attacked while having more than 6 people visible to the aggressors, you can stand your ground and defend yourselves.
❖You are not allowed to bait or lead players to larger groups if it results in breaking the 'Rule of 6'. The only exception is when you're leading players to your whitelisted gang base.
❖All businesses are not gang affiliated and cannot be treated as such. You may not ban anyone from a business purely because of a gang beef — gangs cannot target them for retaliation.
❖Your gang or group cannot interfere with another gang's bank or store robbery unless one of your own gang members has been taken hostage AND the police have not arrived yet. (No breaching)

Gang Wars

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Gang wars need to be declared in Factions Discord and agreed upon by both gangs.
- ➢Money cannot be part of the war terms/rewards.
- ➢Once a gang war has concluded, 1 week (7 days) must pass before either gang declares war on any other gang, or fights with each other.
- ➢Common "Serious RP" sense should dictate how quickly to reinitiate a battle in a gang war. As a whitelisted gang, you should be setting the example for Serious Roleplay standards.
- ➢You may not repeatedly fight with another gang for more than 3 days (72 hours) without an attempted declaration of war.
- ➢Official gang war terms agreed by both parties must be followed through at the end of the war or there will be gang manager intervention. When declaring war, a clip must be submitted of the terms being agreed upon by both party's leaders.
- ➢Once an Official Gang War has been agreed to, the two gangs no longer require initiation to start a fight with the opposing gang. INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR RDM. VERIFY YOUR TARGET BEFORE ENGAGING.

Whitelisted Jobs

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Corruption
- ➢Corruption is allowed if there is good role-play behind it.
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  Any form of corruption that goes against the interests of the community will result in a permanent blacklist or ban. This includes:
  - ■Executing civilians for little to no reason
  - ■Selling/giving out information that only PD/EMS/DOJ would have
  - ■Captain+ and Internal Affairs cannot be corrupt
  - ■Applies to EMS, PD, and DOJ
  - ■You cannot sell anything out of the armory or evidence lockers
- ➢The police department, medical, or DOJ cannot provide false information for subpoena or warrant requests. Selling materials from job stores meant for those specific jobs is considered abuse of a game mechanic.
❖Undermining/Sabotaging Government Departments for OOC reasons (e.g., rank, OOC command decisions, and mechanics) is Fail RP and detrimental to server health. If you have a legitimate OOC issue, open a ticket. Legitimate IC complaints/internal conflict are fine to be roleplayed out.
❖Medical staff are not to be robbed, taken hostage, or killed.
❖Lawsuits are set at a maximum of $150,000 total unless an agreed upon increase between DOJ and management.

Police Response Limit

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Police must limit officer/vehicle response to the following (K9 and MBU count as full units): (Vehicle count / Officer count)
- A & S Class Boosting2/4
- ATM Robbery2/4
- Bank Truck Robbery2/4
- Store Robberies (All Stores)2/4
- Home Invasions2/4
- Drug Hand-Off2/4
- Suspicious Activity2/4
- Fleeca Banks, Merryweather, Yacht4/6
- Paleto Bank, Vangelico, Aircraft Carrier5/8
- Maze Bank, Art Gallery, Humane6/8
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Maximum of 9 police total for ALL scenes, except for:
- ➢Kidnapping or Killing of Chief of Police, Sheriff, Chief Justice, Chief of EMS/Medicine, or Police Commissioner — all available units may respond.
❖This includes all special response units such as Air-One, SEU, Boat, etc.
❖If an additional criminal vehicle enters the scene after it has started, police may request additional units 1:1.

Roleplay 101

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NVL (Not Valuing Life)
- ➢Value your life and the lives of those your character would value (police with innocents/hostages, friends, and acquaintances). This includes when a gun is placed at your back or when you are unarmed. You must surrender unless you are planning to RP out the full consequences for story reasons (e.g., planning to permadeath or facing other very serious permanent consequences like a government job firing).
- ➢You may not ram someone's vehicle at excessive (unrealistic) speeds.
- ➢No Cop-Baiting — committing crimes in the proximity of police officers without a valid role-play reason.
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NLR (New Life Rule)
- ➢If you have respawned at the hospital, you must forget any information leading up to your "death", unless you still have your body-cam in your pocket upon respawn.
- ➢If you are downed in a situation, you should not return there until the RP scenario is completely finished.
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RDM (Random Death Match)
- ➢No attacking or engaging in combat with another player without verbal RP interaction or being initiated into combat first. This includes vehicles or drive-bys. You must give sufficient RP and counterplay before shooting.
- ➢In certain situations, initiation may be as simple as saying 'Fat Tony sends his regards,' but only if there has been a recent conflict that justifies such a direct approach.
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VDM (Vehicle Death Match)
- ➢Do not purposefully use your vehicle as a weapon unless you have no other ability to escape (once, not multiple times). This does not apply to staged executions, only active or freshly initiated conflict.
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Combat Logging
- ➢Players should not disconnect during any RP situation until the situation is completely over. Players involved in police incidents should wait a reasonable time and be clear of police activity before disconnecting.
- ➢If you disconnect mid-scene, you must log back into "last location".
- ➢It is never acceptable to combat log.
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Green Grass Zone
- ➢These are areas in which no criminal actions should occur. These are punishable offenses. Areas are indicated by an icon on your HUD.
- ➢You may NOT say "green zone" in city. "Green grass" may be mentioned once to try and keep a situation in city, but abuse will result in punishment.
- ➢Parties are not to retreat to a green zone to avoid further conflict. If someone runs into a green zone during a fight, stop shooting them, finish the scene out (with words), and then report it.
- ➢Using GREEN ZONES to go OOC, trading illegal items safely, having gang meetings, etc. will result in punishment.
- ➢Role-play in Green Zones. These zones are just like everywhere else in the city — just no illegal activity or hostile actions. You cannot take people hostage, rob, kill, or commit any crimes.
- ➢These areas are meant to have a place to interact, meet new people, and check out vehicles without the worry of being robbed, killed, or kidnapped.