Mob Claim
- Don't attack a mob that is currently engaged in melee.
- Don't attack a mob if another party currently has claim to the mob.
- In order to preserve fairness, decorum and respect for your fellow mudizens, we've crafted rules governing mob room claim and precedence:
- "Claim" is defined as a party's precedence in a room occupied by a mob. If you would like to engage the mob that another party has claim to, you must indicate your intention to invoke the "Ten Minute" rule.
- The "Ten Minute" rule refers to the time that the preceding group has to prepare to engage the mob in the room. (If the mob wanders, the precedent party still retains claim. )
- If the ten minutes of preparation time expires, the next party to indicate intention to claim automatically receives claim and the process then repeats with the next group to lay claim.
One Mob Per Room
- Note that each group, regardless of the number of players and pets within it, may only claim ONE specific mob, not a room of mobs. If it's a wandering mob, someone within the group with claim should use the 'follow' command to follow it, and remain awake and standing so that they will be in immediate pursuit of the mob at all times should it happen to move; if they do this, they guarantee their claim for the full 10 minutes, regardless of who else may follow the mob and/or be in a room the mob walks into. Note that this *only* applies to wandering mobs -- for all other mobs, you (or at least one player helping you) must remain in the same room as the mob at all times in order to retain claim! Pets *cannot* hold claim under any circumstances.
- Claim stealing is a serious offense. For a first offense, the punishment is typically a fine of 3x the mob's gold plus having an official warning logged against you. Severity of punishment will increase with each offense, however, so if you make a habit of stealing other players' kills, be prepared to face more severe penalties. Stealing from mobs to which others have claim is considered stealing from players and will be punished accordingly.
Mob Aiding
- You may NOT cast spells to aid a mob upon which others have claim, whether they are currently in combat with it or not. This is considered a form of harassment and/or PK, and will be dealt with accordingly.