The Bound Realm Core Rules

Players equipping RPR armor must reflect that armor in their Tot Appearance. That said, this server allows for “cheesecake” and “beefcake” interpretations of armor.

• Leather Armor: may be represented by minimal or fur-based outfits, such as a loincloth.
• Chain Armor: may be styled as a chainmail bikini.
• Plate Armor: can be represented by pieces such as a plate bustier with hip protection (fauld).
• High-heeled footwear: is permitted without penalty.

Weapons and shields must always be represented visually, though they do not need to be exact matches due to broader weapon categories. A depicted staff may be a Dual Medium Weapon, a Reach Weapon, or a Heavy Weapon. A whip may be a Small Weapon, Medium Weapon, or Reach Weapon.

All other gear should be represented to the best of your ability, but this is not something we intend to strictly police. We recognize that visual design is an important part of roleplay, just like emoting, and players should feel free to prioritize appearance while still respecting the spirit of the system.

Because all three RPR clothing styles are balanced and provide different benefits, it’s expected that some players may wear Common Clothes while appearing highly dressed, or vice versa. Similarly, certain visual elements, such as pauldrons, may appear even if their RPR counterpart is not equipped.

Players get one character at a time to start. Veteran status is earned after one month of active play without rule breaks and comes with access to a second character slot using a family-share account.

• Character Deletion: If you wish to delete a character, please submit a ticket. Let us know it’s to be deleted, provide an IC post about how the character is leaving Lythria, and include a “Will” explaining who is being gifted what before their departure.
• Put your character on a Shelf: Alternatively, you can Shelf your character instead of deleting it. This allows you to bring the character back later and retain gear, supplies, and history. Submit a ticket, include an IC departure post, and show screenshots of the gear you want to keep. Staff will remove those items from your inventory and let you know when you are safe to recreate.

Everyone has different RP schedules. Some play daily, while others may only be available on weekends.

• Try to be mindful of your own availability and avoid expecting RP to be held up for you. If you primarily play on weekends, consider creating a character with an IC reason to be absent during the week. Let your story work with your schedule.
• If you play more frequently, be mindful of others’ availability. Avoid committing to long, ongoing scenes unless you are willing to wait. Fade-to-black (FTB) with a summary or “wrap-up” is often a great alternative.
• Time is a valuable resource. Be realistic about what you can commit to, avoid promising time you cannot give, and communicate if you will be late or unable to make it.

When you take a captive or slave, you have a responsibility to make sure they are able to get RP. This may be achieved through magic tracking collars or chains that limit their ability to leave a location without binding them inside a cell. It may be as simple as letting your clan members know there is a captive to interact with. If you cannot meet this responsibility, find a way to ICly let the captive go, or communicate directly OOC that they should escape.

If you are a slave or captive who is being OOCly restricted from RP by IC restraints, you may absolutely escape. If you cannot ICly determine how your character could escape alone, you may invent a magic-wielding NPC, such as a fairy, angel, demon, or sorcerer of your race, to break you out.

To put this bluntly, you get a 48-hour window to do your fun captive ERP before the White Knights are allowed to invade and deliver consequences. It’s not fair to keep the rest of the server waiting beyond that time frame. If you can’t handle consequences, don’t engage in capture RP.

• Exceptions apply to long-term or permanent enslavement storylines agreed upon by both captor and captive, but RP with the captive’s allies must still be facilitated by the captor to allow for resolution.
• Captures of major political, military, religious, or social figures tend to affect large groups of people. These events can trigger server-wide reactions and should be treated as server-wide storylines.