Law and Order

You can do whatever you can get away with in the game. If you find a bug that gives you an advantage, it is better to report it than exploit it, as players who report bugs promptly will receive a reward of up a million ducats. Players who do not report bugs, but instead exploit said bugs, can expect to suffer retribution from the other players and "corrections" from the developers. The latter will spare you some of the pain from the former.

As far as your relations with other players go, you are responsible to God (the Pope) and your king. If you misbehave and can talk them out of going after you, then you get away with it. Remember that the king has the power to outlaw you, drag you into court, try you for treason and, if the jury agrees, condemn you. The king can then execute you and, if he so desires, confiscate all your possessions. Executing a noble who has been outlawed results in no loss of stature, so if anyone feels like it, they can try and seize you, or capture you in combat, and have you conveniently "killed while trying to escape."

If you get executed, you will still be in the game (if you have an heir), but but quite likely flat broke. Other, more bloody minded, players may decide to do the king one better and slaughter your family (and take a loss of stature for killing women and children ). If you execute a player character, your stature goes down to "1." If your player character and his entire family are killed or die, you are out of the game.

If you consistently misbehave, in spite of the kings justice and excommunication from the pope, the only action the sysops may take is to not let you in the game again. Troublesome players have gotten themselves wiped out in this fashion during testing, so it can happen. Make enough enemies and you'll be wiped out completely. It's not a very comfortable process, unless you are into that sort of thing. The sysops prefer to allow the players themselves take care of bad actors in the game.

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