The following are policies for members of House Corsobar. In most situations, judgment will be made on a case by case basis; however these policies have been laid out ahead of time to act as guidelines for members of House Corsobar to refer to when planning TPs or considering questionable RP or certain paths of character development. This way, members have a pretty good idea ahead of time of the consequences of their decisions.

PLEASE NOTE: These policies are subject to change should something come up that was not anticipated when these policies were originally drawn up, requiring either a revision to an existing policy or a new one entirely.

• General:
  
  • All House members must follow the MUSH's current policies on conduct and procedure. Complaints of a breach of these policies will not be handled internally but by the MUSH's Administrators. The OOC House Head (OHH) will cooperate with the administrators towards a resolution if any formal complaints are lodged and he/she is asked to be present during any meetings between the parties involved.
    
  • Should personal conflict arise between two or more members, but no breech in conduct or procedure be committed, the OHH will make him/herself available to mediate to attempt to come to a peaceful resolution without involvement of one of the MUSH staff, unless asked for.
    
  • A breach of House policy will not necessarily result in banishment from the House OOCly. The OHH will also make every attempt to meet the player(s) halfway to keep the character from ICly being banished, but ICA=ICC and if a remedy cannot be presented which meets both theme and personal preferences, the character may be disinherited. A player may apply for another House role should his character fall to this fate.
    

• Idle chars:
  
  • Members are encouraged to remain active and involved in various House RP/TPs or RP outside of the House. Should a player anticipate going idle for an extended period of time, say for school vacation, it is requested (though not required) that the player contact the OHH so that an IC justification for the absence can be worked out--one that is both thematic for the game and the House, and suitable and agreeable to the player.
    
  • Should the idle period come on unexpectedly, House Corsobar will not take any measures to RP on or offscreen on behalf of the char in any way. But the OHH will attempt to contact them to ascertain their status in the House (i.e. whether they want to remain or not). The OHH will work with the player depending on their wishes if they can be reached.
    
  • If the player is unable to be reached, then the character will remain unplayed and in limbo until he or she is idle-dested via the MUSH-wide idle-dest purge.
    

• RP/TP Approval:
  
  • Most RP scenes do not require approval. However, TPs that could lead to House defamation, financial or political ruin require House Head approval in addition to plots that involve kidnapping, murder/assassination, grand theft, the Dark, and other similar elements which could lead to disaster for the House if not handled delicately.
    
  • This is not to say these elements alone would be grounds for disapproval. These are simply examples of plot elements which require OHH knowledge of prior to the TP being implemented, and the OHH reserves the right to disapprove it on these grounds should he/she feel the plot will lead the House into some grave complications that would make playing in and running the House difficult or impossible.
    
  • The benefit to informing the OHH of these sorts of plots ahead of time is that he/she may have some knowledge of other plots in the works that the player does not, and a possible merging of the plots could be arranged. Or, conversely, it could be arranged that these plots are timed right so that they would not interfere and damage each other, thereby potentially damaging the fun of the players.
    

• OOC recruitment requirements:
  
  • Outside of an application, there is currently no probationary period, or any other similarly time-dependent requirements needed to be filled for members of House Corsobar.
    

• IC policy on dueling and other questionable activity:
  
  • Altarans duel; its simply in their nature to. Corsobar's stand on this while in Tar Valon is simple: No duelling will be conducted within the city's boundaries--even on Corsobar property. All duels must be conducted out of city limits, in the countryside in an area secluded from contact with rural villagers.
    
  • And in general, while in Tar Valon, House Corsobar members will behave in accordance with Tar Valon law. Failure to do so will endanger the member's status within House Corsobar, and excessive abuse of Tar Valon laws and open subversion of Tar Valon authority could result in the exportation of the character back to Altara--should Tar Valon authorities release him/her into the custody of the House.
    
  • Basic ICA=ICC: Be smart in your criminal dealings if you have any. Corsobar will fit the bill of your legal defense if necessary, but may not support you socially, politically, thereafter, if you are let off--depending on the circumstances. If you're not let off, then you'll just have to suffer the sentence administered. Officially, House Corsobar will not support a member of their House that's been convicted, though, individually, some members may want to plan a TP to facilitate the guilty party's escape or support him/her socially when they return from serving a sentence (except when the sentence is execution, of course). Such plots are fine, so long as they are ran through the appropriate Area Leader(s) and House Leader(s), or Wizards if it requires that level of approval.
    

• IC and OOC policy on marriage:
  
  • Since marriages of nobles are usually more to develop political or financial alliances, it's more thematic to request House Head approval for such a match. The members are requested and encouraged to run marriage intentions by the OHH so that he/she can determine what the Duke's IC response would be. It's not required, however.
    
  • Marriages of non-noble members of House Corsobar--such as servants or guardsmen--do not require approval. However, the OHH can't give presents or recognition if he/she doesn't know. So its still encouraged to at least let the OHH know about any marriage intentions for non-nobles members of House Corsobar.

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