New server rules and information are up on the forums and steam group. The server is going to open today in just a few hours' time.

Character Creation Guidelines

Isle of albion is a heavy RP server with a rich and evolving lore to which each player can contribute in their own way. For that They need a character with their own goals, desires, background and intrigue. We realise that not everyone is able to come up with such and thus we offer guidance in the form of questions and suggestions for your character to answer and take a cue from:


What is your name and race?

•This one needs little explanation, keep in mind you want to pick a name in accordance with server rules, not something like Bigtits McGee!

•The name must be believable, it can be exotic however.

•Think of the family name, perhaps it could be a whole dynasty, something your background can draw from.

•Remember different races fit different name-styles.


Where do you come from?

•It is important for your character to have a home, or origin. You are welcome to come up with your own story for this, or check out our Lore document to draw from one of the predefined Empires for your backstory.

•Do you come from a long dynasty of ancestors with their own history, or are you just a peasant from a small, humble family looking for more in life?


What motivated you to leave?

•Why did you finally decide to buy passage on a ship headed to Albion?

•Was it turmoil that struck your homestead?

•Maybe you became cross with your liege-lord or maybe you just got sick of the politics?

•Have a little fun with it, there can be many reasons finally leading to your character's decision to leave for good.


What are your desires?

•Everyone has goals in life. Your character shouldn’t be an exception.

•Does he seek fame? Power? Riches? Or mere tranquility and peaceful coexistence?

•Does he seek a partner in life?

•Does he have a hobby he wishes to pursue?


Are you traveling alone or with company?

•If you have real life friends joining you, are you family? Or are you just acquaintances from your homeland?

•Does your group seek to make their own stead, or join an existing one and not have to worry about the politics of leadership?


What are your beliefs?

•Do You follow any religion or are you an atheist?

•You can think up Your own, or again draw from the Lore document for the ones we already have lined out.

•You can convert if you like someone else's religion better for your character.


What are your fears?

•Is there anything Your character worries about?

•Trauma they went through in life?


How old are you?

•How old is your character?

•This can reflect in his wisdom and life experience and can affect how other people treat you.

•Your appearance should also reflect this as much as possible with the limited character creation options of LiF


Once You have answered all these, Your character should become fairly well rounded for You to work with. Remember, it’s who You are in game and it’s something You should be acting in accordance with. Of course, people change, Characters do as well, although there always is a reason why. In short, try and mold Your character to be fun for you and for others interacting with him. You can RP a madman if you feel like it, but stick to it if you do. As a madman, few will follow you, a lot will want to kill you and intelligent thought may be a problem for your character.




!!Remember!!

!Senseless griefing -is- against server rules and will be dealt with harshly!

>>You need a valid RP reason to grief people<<

If you are unsure about what you can and cannot do, ask GMs, but keep your questions intelligent. No trolling.

“Welcome traveler! You have reached the Port of Albion. You are safe here, so take your time to read, rest and take the scenery in.”

The Isle of Albion is a RP server with a rich, encapsulating and ever evolving lore. The island has a developed economy based on coin and regular events of all kinds.

The link to the following information is here: https://tinyurl.com/isleofalbion

What you need to know:

Basic Rules


        1.    No Vulgar language in Global Chat

        - There may be children on the server. Keep it in Direct chat.)

        2.     No base griefing without RP reason

        - Known raiding party can attempt wall breaching unless the settlement is empty.

        - Intentionally leaving hostile animals on someone's claim is forbidden.

        3.     You must stay in character

        - Global Chat is Out Of Character (OOC) and used for GM requests only.

        - Use double parentheses if you need to be OOC on local.

        - TeamSpeak is OOC only and acting upon it is considered meta

        - No negotiation can take place in Global

        - Use ravens or local for RP dealings

        4.    PVP is allowed within reason - No KOS (Kill On Sight) w/o RP reason

        - You MUST have RP reason to kill.

        - If you're robbing them and they comply with your orders, there’s no kill.

        - You MUST give ample time for reaction and make your intent clear

        5.     No Floating objects

        - No need to clarify this. If it's magically floating, it isn't RP.

        6.     No scaling walls

        - Do NOT scale walls in any way, shape, or form. Unless it's war time.

        7.     Record and screenshot EVERYTHING

        -  Serves as proof of Your correct conduct or misconduct of others.

        8.    No building or claiming on the largest mountain

        - The one with the tallest snow cap.

        9.     Dig up your tree stumps

        -  If left undug, they cause server lag

        10.     Use a PICKAXE (Digging) on a clay deposit

        - DO NOT lower terrain using shovel.

        - Using a shovel on a clay deposit prevents the deposit from regenerating.

        11.     DO NOT CLAIM CLAY DEPOSITS

        - Clay deposit must remain outside of your claim border.

        - You can RP-claim it by guarding it from others however.

        12.     Character names MUST be realistic.

        - Doesn't have to be from the Era, but it DOES have to be a realistic name.

        - Ask a GM for a name change if needed.

        13.    New Life Rule

        - You must wait 30 minutes before returning to the place you died in.

        - Once you've been killed and respawn, you may not return to the fight

        - You are not allowed to reclaim your stuff.

        - You must RPly forget how you were killed and what events lead to the death.

        - This rule only applies to PVP.

        14.    20 accounts in a guild

         - Alternate accounts under same steam ID do not count.

        15.    No tree walls

          -  Planting trees as means of defence is forbidden

        16.    No Metagaming

         - Your character only knows what he directly witnessed or what was said to him/her in RP that includes names of other characters.

         - Stream sniping is an instant bannable offence

         - Confirmed metagaming is punishable based on its scale


Character Killing (PVP)

       1.     Can only affect criminal (-50 and below alignment) characters.

       2.    Can be a result of an independent court of law conviction.

       3.    An attempted CK has to be posted in the correct section and correct format.

       4.     The event must be posted within 2 hours of the death.

       5.    Make sure the post shows the time stamp in system tab.

       6.     When CK takes effect, CK’d player has 24 hours to settle his affairs while staying out of RP as if the character was already dead. This is to allow for transfer of      leadership and necessary administration before we delete the character from the database.


War time

1. Two or more guilds/factions can formally declare war on each other. A declaration of war must be posted on the forums along with historical events and/or reasons explained in detail as to the cause of the war.

2. The goal of the war must be apparent and upon conclusion of the war, any peace treaty or negotiation must be followed by both parties without exception.

3. KOS is allowed after the war has been declared but only in the affected regions which will be marked on the map.

4. You are not allowed to change your settlement’s heraldry after a war has been declared. (Until after the war.)   

5. All alignment hits happening during a confirmed war can be requested annulled.

6. CK can be part of the war, but has to be signified as the war goal and affected character has to agree to it with the war declaration. Keep it RPly.


Economy

The economy of Albion is very coin centric and quite fluid thanks to the Port of Albion which keeps independent trade relations with some of the merchants willing to take the risk upon themselves for some extra profit, outside of their usual dealings amongst the nearby empires. It is up to You how You use your coin. Here are some basics

You should know:

Denominations
•1 Gold coin is worth 20 silver pieces or 400 copper pieces respectively
•1 Silver coin is worth 20 copper pieces
•1 Copper coin is worth a wenches wink

How can You make money?
•Each new character gets credited with 2 gold, 35 silver and 100 copper upon joining the server. This only happens during character creation and if you lose that money, it will not be refunded.
•Port of Albion will be happy to buy Your excess stock of items, the traders there are not overly picky as they can monetise virtually anything with the other merchants. Of course they will aim to profit as well, so you might stand more from selling those materials directly to other settlements on Albion who actually need it.
•Regular events will award coin for victors in their respective areas and the amount varies event to event
•You can try to steal the money from other players, but don’t whine when they band together and hunt you down.

What can You use the coin for?
•Port of Albion is able to fill orders for virtually anything, although it will cost You. Remember, there are pirates asail in the waters of Albion and merchants take a risk sailing there.
•You can trade with other settlements and can likely reach a more favourable price with them, as well as haggle. Skilled merchant might even profit from this.
•Coin is sought after, thus it can get you pretty much anything. You just need to find the right person for the job and offer the right amount of compensation.
•You can run your own events and offer prizes for the victors, getting renown in return. Great way to make allies, wouldn’t You say?
•And last but not least Port of Albion can accept and fill construction contracts.

Please See Other Threads for the Following Information:
Lore
Character Creation Guidelines
Events
Donations

We hope you will enjoy your stay and become an integral part of our community!

THAT, is something to look forward to  .  Just hope I can get in on it soon.  Got that itch I'm in need of scratching, and nothin else to do on this rainy weekend.  Glad to have found this server (first one i logged in on, haha) hope it becomes something real good.

When we opened Isle Of Albion, we wanted to have more strict RP. However, with LIF's current state, most of the required tools prevent that. (Unless you have like, 20 GMs.)

With the help of [LRRP] Gnif and some new [LRRP] Members, we're comfortable with pushing to make a more serious RP server. We have chatlogs and other interesting tools. I'm no longer helping with the LIF project so I can't really say much.. Any questions should be directed towards Cewhit and Shao.