Assault

Assault is attacking another player, or their pet, with an attack, a skill or a hostile spell. It is a crime, except when:

• both of you are PvP characters (LAW PVP), or
• the fight is in the arena (HELP ARENA), or
• you are fighting back against a player who assaulted or murdered you.

Non-PvP players can only be attacked on purpose, with MURDER or CONFIG +MURDER (HELP MURDER).

What happens next

The game records the crime and tells the victim. The victim can report it with CRIMEREPORT, or forgive it with PARDON (HELP JUSTICE). Once a crime is reported, the attacker is a criminal:

• shopkeepers refuse to serve them and call the guards.
• any player may fight them without it counting as assault.
• players whose realm position gives them the right to jail can jail them, and a player with the right to judge sets the sentence.

Jail time per assault: 12 hours if unprovoked, 6 hours if justified, 3 hours if highly justified. Jail time only counts while you are online, and does not affect your account. Players who keep committing crimes also get account marks from the Caretakers. See LAW PENALTIES.