Site Policies/Conflict of Interest

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

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 participate in materially or directly negatively affecting another player character or providing benefit which directly and intentionally harms other PCs.
   1. If Bob's character A makes a sword for Jane's character B to attack Alice's character D who A hates, Bob's character A should not also be getting spells from Jane's character C, nor should he receive equipment or social assistance on this vendetta from character C.
2. It is permissible for Character A and Character C to be in the same Civil organization, as long as they aren't doing the above, or using it to shut people deliberately out of plots. This is a small game, that kind of thing becomes obvious fast.
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 in PvP.
   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 not permissible as a means of transferring assistance for PvP.
4. Oaths, Bargains, Sealings of words are permissible as long as those items never come into play as forbidden above re: PvP
5. Casual social RP is not considered direct assistance.
6. Don't hog plots with multiple characters.
7. Under no circumstances may you transfer items or resources from one of your characters to another of your characters. Your Mage can't heal your Changeling. Your Vampire can't do Status actions which benefit your Mage. If it's grey area, ask staff.

The intent of this is to allow players to interact reasonably on a small game without being able to use multiple characters to ... well, cheat with regards to PvP. There's almost never PvP on FDTJ, so don't worry about it. If you feel "weird" about CoI or have questions, chat with staff. We'd rather say "nah that's not a big deal, go ahead" than "uhm, I think that's not cool" after the fact.

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 multiple characters. Really, this all comes down to 'please don't give us headaches.'