Site Policies/Conflict of Interest

Staff Conflict of Interest is covered under the Staff policies. The below covers PC interaction.

Player Conflict of Interest

Most of the concept of CoI when it comes to players comes down to common sense. Here are a few guidelines to better delineate what staff thinks 'common sense' means, just so we're all on the same page:

1. Multiple characters of yours should not materially or directly benefit from their relationship to a single other character.
   1. If Bob's character A is in a motley with Jane's character B, Bob's character A should not also be employed by Jane's character C, nor should he receive equipment, social assistance, or be romantically involved with character C.
   2. However, it may be okay if character A's girlfriend is in a motley with character C, but that's still kind of iffy, because then if the girlfriend helps character A, that help is going to inevitably have some involvement from character C.
2. It may be permissible for Character A and Character C to be in the same Civil organization, depending on the level of connection; this will be handled by Mortal Staff on a case-by-case basis.
3. It is totally permissible for Character A and Character C to have the same Court, as long as they do not provide direct material assistance to one another.
   1. Material assistance provided to the Court, that is, 'Character A has a job that requires him to do something for his Court like gather Goblin Fruit, and then Character C has access to that as a member of the Court,' is permissible.
   2. If this is used as a loophole to provide direct assistance, it'll become pretty obvious pretty quickly.
4. Oaths, Bargains, Sealings of words are all considered direct assistance.
5. Assisting with Aspirations is considered direct assistance.
6. Casual social RP is not considered direct assistance.
7. Participating in the same plot may or may not be considered direct assistance -- the idea is not to shut your characters out of participating in plots. If you have concerns or staff has concerns, that's what conversations are for.

This is not an exhaustive or definitive list but a list of examples. Staff may add to this list at any time, and just because something isn't directly listed doesn't mean it isn't CoI; we'll talk to you if we have concerns, and we ask that you talk to us, too.

Players who repeatedly violate Conflict of Interest rules may lose the ability to run a second character. Really, this all comes down to 'please don't give us headaches.'