The policies and guidelines detailed in this handbook are
intended to aid the immortal in hir work with/for StrangeMUD
and its players. Gods are expected to read, understand, and
COMPLY WITH these rules. Ignorance of the rules is not an
excuse. Repeated infractions may result in demotion,
deletion, or other punishments as decided upon by the 
StrangeMUD administration.

1. USE COMMON SENSE. If it feels wrong, it probably is.

2. All immortals may reimb players by use of the "reimb crash"
command.  Only 53+ may reimb single items and only if there are
more than 5 items.

DO NOT REIMBURSE players who have been gone long enough that
the game deleted their rent file. Inactivity is NOT grounds
for a reimb. If you are unsure, ask a higher god.

3. There is to be no aiding of mortals by immortals. This
includes,  but is NOT LIMITED TO: disclosing mob/object
stats or locations, giving directions to mortals through
areas, advising mortals of DTs, loading equipment for
mortals, altering stats of mortals or mobs (except in cases
of rerolls or quests), the grouping of mortals with
high-level mobiles, or your tanking while the mortal  gets
the experience.
 
   (Note: giving a mortal directions or stats while in your
mortal incarnation is fine. Just don't do it in your god
form.  Note also that using your god form to find directions
you didn't know for the express purpose of disclosing them 
is forbidden.)

4. Do not kill mobs unless they will come right back and
there is no equipment on the mob. This is only fair to the
mortals.

5. Gods are not to cast spells upon mortals (including their
own).  The ONLY exception to this rule is the 'bless' spell,
which may be cast by patron gods upon their mortal
followers.

6. Gods are responsible for reporting problems, changes,
and/or bugs to the appropriate beings.

7. Read the QuestManual and clear all quests with a TIN+
before running them.

8. Gods involved in creating or running a quest may NOT 
participate in the quest with their mortals.

9. You MAY switch into mobs to make killing them more
difficult. You may NOT heal mobs, or things like that.  Do
NOT make them berserk or battlerage. Don't use skills or
spells that are level 45+ while switched (except as approved 
for quest purposes).

10. The 'logentry' command is to be used by ALL GODS for any 
disciplinary action taken upon any player. This rule applies
to ALL gods.  Please also post on the bulletin board in room
1202 (the icebox) if the action is a serious one, or requires
the attention of a higher level god.

11. Only TItaNs, NIMPs, and IMPlementors may multiplay.  

12. Back doors in code or other scripting methods of coding
within the MUD for the purposes of giving a person access to
functions or information they would not otherwise have is
strictly forbidden.  This includes not only source code, but
spec_procs, mobprogs, etc.  Do it and you _will_  be
severely punished (including possible deletion).  This does
NOT apply to accidental BUGS which have this affect (Though
you should test your code thoroughly to ensure it is
bug-free).

13. The immortal hierarchy serves a purpose. The order of
authority is as follows:

	Questor, Head IMP, has final say in ALL matters.
	Trillian, Head of Administration, has jurisdiction of
		all administrative matters (discipline, clans,
		MUD policy, etc.).
	Lucifer, Head of Coding, has jurisdiction of all coding
		matters (balancing, adding of new skills/spells,
		rewriting of code, etc.).
	Caila, Head of Building, has jurisdiction of all building
		matters (area rebalancing, area implementation,
		building policies, etc.).

14. Problems with online actions of *any* other god are to
be brought to the attention of Trillian, Head of Administration, 
via email to dodita@austin.rr.com, or via MUDmail.

Please direct questions/comments regarding this text to Trillian or
Caila.

15.  Above all else, folks, remember this:  You're here to have
FUN.  Yes, you do have responsibility, and yes, you have power, 
but the main point of this MUD is for you to be able to relax, 
let your hair down, and have a good time (within reason).  


Last update: 10/15/98 by Caila