1. Don't be a dick. Honestly, this goes without saying. Don't be a garbage human to your fellow players. Remember that IC ≠ OOC, remember to respect permissions and opt-outs, and for the love of God, Montresor, remember that RP is pretendy fun times - emphasis on FUN. If you have an issue that you absolutely cannot resolve on your own using your adult words, contact a mod.

2. Speaking of adult words ... use them. Communicate OOCly with your fellow players. End of story. The name of this game is teamwork, and that goes for OOC as well as IC.

3. Don't info-mod; don't power-game; don't god-mode. Keep OOC game knowledge separate from IC character knowledge, unless you can show receipts for how your character acquired this information. Please stay IC! Likewise, if your character is doing something to another character, make sure you have explicit permission from the other character's player (see rule #2 above), or else write it openly. Example: "Jane punches Dick in the face and gives him a wicked nosebleed" requires Jane's player to have permission from Dick's player to break his nose. "Jane throws a punch at Dick's face" leaves it open to Dick's player to decide whether Jane's punch connects and what damage, if any, is caused.

4. To reiterate: keep IC and OOC separate. Remember that you are not your character. It's as simple as that.

5. Keep in mind that IC actions have IC consequences. If you decide to play Destructo-bot 9000, don't be surprised if you end up developing mostly negative CR with other characters. Likewise, if your character decides to blow up a city monument, don't be surprised if the city's police force tracks you down and arrests you (and possibly does other unpleasant things ... this is a dystopia masquerading as a utopia, after all).

5b. If you wish your character to cause anything more severe than MINOR destruction in the city, please talk to the mods about it to discuss whether it is allowed and what the IC consequences will be.

6. Please be an active participant. This is designed to be an easy-paced game, but going too easy leads to stagnation. Activity requirement is 5 comments per month and activity will be checked from the 1st-5th of every month following the end of the AC period. Please see the FAQ page for full details on activity checks.

If you can't make AC and can't hiatus due to extenuating circumstances, please get in touch with a mod. You may request a strike, which will be cleared with two months of meeting AC, but if you strike twice in a row or fail to respond to AC, your character will be swept. Reapplication for swept characters will be considered on an individual basis and are granted by mod discretion.

6b. Please remember that Dualis is not a sandbox, nor is it a slice-of-life game. Think of it more like a tabletop campaign played using DWRP format. If you're not engaged with the metaplot, this game might not be a good fit.

6c. Please tag around! Don't stick to tagging only your castmates, your friends' characters, or your ship partner character. Embrace crosscanon CR.