Shattered Kingdoms

Is it, or is it not against the rules to kill newbies with little to no reason?

I've read logs or witnessed three examples of newbie killing in less than a week: Random and/or unnecessary killing of people who are both low-level and legitimately new to the game. Two of those situations involved killing the same newbie, and that newbie is probably not coming back because of this.



Is there at least something in the works for this? I haven't seen any postings in the punishments board yet.

There is not much to add beyond what is written in Rule 1 and Rule 2, and to say that those rules are enforced. Any confirmed malicious newbie killing will certainly be punished. Regarding your post and other, related concerns:

- I have received no complaints from any newbies and no evidence to support any claims of malicious killing of newbies.
- Public logs rarely show the whole story and I will not act solely on such logs.
- Not every new character that acts like a newbie is really a newbie.
- I have no knowledge of any recent new players quitting on account of their characters being killed by other players.

Having stated all that, I am of course open to receiving evidence and hearing complaints from newbies or on behalf of newbies who are too new to even know the rules or how to complain about people violating the rules.

On a related note, I'm also glad to have players around who help and look out for our newbies, on the game as well as with threads like this. I've seen quite a few of you out there doing that, which I personally take as a good sign for our game.