Site Policies/Staff Policies

• Clear Communication: It is on occasion necessary for staff to answer a request with a simple and unequivocal no. In such cases, Staffers should clearly cite either a book reference or a wiki reference substantiating the denial, or otherwise explain the extenuating circumstances necessitating the denial.

• Default Rulings: Staff must enact the rules hierarchy set forth in this document. Houserules supercede published errata which supercedes the most recent published version of a rule which supercedes older versions of a rule. If a houserule is not currently in place on the wiki, the rule defaults to the rules as written according to the above hierarchy. Unclear rules without clarifying errata or houserules should be arbitrated by the scene's ST be they a player or a staffer and submitted for clarification after the scene is over.

• Impartiality: Staff are forbidden from involving themselves in any matter relating directly to their PCs, their PC's player group, their PC's family, friends, rivals, enemies, or IC partners. They may not process XP requests, equipment requests, action requests, or any other request for such individuals, or any other request that would directly benefit their character in any fashion. Furthermore, they are forbidden from taking part in discussions about such matters with other staffers, or even viewing requests relating to their characters or their character's circle of influence. Actions violating the spirit of this rule, even if it doesn't violate the letter of the rule will be taken with equal seriousness. TL;DR: Staffers should go out of their way to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest.

• Staff Role and Player Role Divide: Staff forums, discords, and direct messages are in place to facilitate staff communication about matters pertaining to staff. Staff should not discuss their player side intentions and actions in staff only spaces. While such discussions are permissible in player spaces, the intention here is to keep staff from unintentionally excluding players from avenues of fun, and to prevent any notion of influencing other staffers to favor another staffer's IC activities.

• NPC Scenes: Any actual RP with an NPC must happen on the server, and must be logged onto the wiki and linked to the NPC's page properly. It's okay to like, 'Artje would tell the Sakima where to get good shoes,' 'great, the Sakima thinks that's cool.' in DMs, but anything that's actually RP'd has to be in public, where it can be seen as it's happening, and then go up on the wiki for documentation.