Law penalties

Dark Legacy has two kinds of law enforcement: in-game justice, run by players, and account penalties, given by Caretakers.

In-game justice

Assault and murder are crimes in the world of Alora (LAW ASSAULT, LAW MURDER). The victim can report them with CRIMEREPORT. Players whose realm position gives them the right to jail can then jail the criminal, and players with the right to judge set the sentence. These deputies keep order when no Caretaker is around.

Jail is an in-game penalty. It costs you experience and playing time, but it does not affect your account. Jail time only counts down while you are online.

Sentence      unprovoked   justified   highly justified
Assault           12h          6h             3h
Murder            48h         24h            12h
Not yet judged: up to 48h

A judge can also drop all charges.

Account penalties

For every other law, and for players who keep committing crimes, Caretakers use these steps, in this order. Serious offenses can skip steps.

• Warning: a Caretaker explains the rule.
• Account mark: the whole account is locked. The first mark locks it for 2 hours, the second for 24 hours, the third for 48 hours, the fourth for 7 days, and every mark after that for 30 days.
• Rejection: the account is closed for good.

These offenses can lead straight to rejection: cheating on purpose, crashing the game on purpose, killing a permadeath character, severe harassment, sharing someone's personal information, and using another account to evade a penalty.

Anything gained by breaking a law is removed, and returned to its owner where possible.

Marks

Marks stay on your account. After 6 months without a new mark, you can ask a Caretaker on Discord to remove one. You can also ask a Caretaker how many marks you have.

Reporting

Report a broken law to a Caretaker on Discord (https://discord.gg/73H9P7vPuv). Include the mudtime, the names involved and an exact log. For an assault or murder against you, also use CRIMEREPORT in the game (LAW ASSAULT).

Appeals

If you think a jail sentence or a Caretaker's decision about you is wrong, message a Caretaker on Discord, preferably not the one who made the decision. Include your log and explain why. Arguing about it on public channels does not help your case.