Maintenance script: Current player-facing PvP and shared experience rules

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Current player-facing PvP and shared experience rules

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'''We Are Dragons is an Open PvP world.''' This page explains the rules that affect ordinary player combat, unjustified kills, skulls and death protection.

== Quick checks ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! In-game command !! What it shows
|-
| <code>!frags</code> || Daily, weekly and monthly unjustified kills; kills remaining before Red Skull and a ban; protected-kill allowance and reset time.
|-
| <code>!pz</code> || Remaining combat timer or PvP PZ lock.
|}

<div style="border-left:5px solid #d73a49; padding:.7em 1em; margin:1em 0; background:#3a2024;">Always check <code>!frags</code> before risky PvP. Reaching any one of the daily, weekly or monthly limits is enough to trigger its consequence.</div>

== Unjustified-kill limits ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! Counter !! Red Skull at !! Two-day ban at !! Counter reset
|-
| Daily || 555 || 755 || Every day
|-
| Weekly || 3,555 || 4,055 || Every Monday
|-
| Monthly || 10,555 || 11,055 || First day of every month
|}

An unjustified kill increases all three counters at the same time. Red Skull is applied when at least one Red Skull threshold is reached. A two-day character ban is applied when at least one ban threshold is reached.

== When a player kill is not an unjustified frag ==

The kill does not add a normal unjustified frag when one of these conditions applies:

* both players are inside the same designated PvP combat area;
* the victim is a valid White Skull, Red Skull or Yellow Skull target for the killer;
* both players are in the same party;
* both players are in the same guild;
* the guilds are in an accepted guild war or both use War Mode.

The server message after the kill tells the killer when a murder was unjustified. Use <code>!frags</code> to confirm the updated counters.

== New-player and large-mismatch protection ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! Situation !! Result
|-
| A skull-free level 8-50 character would be killed by another player || The victim is moved to the temple, restored and loses no items or experience.
|-
| A level 8-50 victim has any skull || New-player protection does not apply; death proceeds normally.
|-
| A skull-free victim is vastly weaker than the attacker by level or PvP Power || Large-mismatch protection may move and restore the victim instead of allowing the death. The attacker is informed and a protected kill is recorded.
|}

Protected kills use a separate allowance. <code>!frags</code> shows how many have been used, how many remain and when that allowance resets.

== Combat timers and skull penalties ==

* The ordinary combat/PZ-lock duration is '''60 seconds'''.
* White Skull time is '''15 minutes'''. Continued combat can refresh the relevant timer.
* Skull penalties are added to the character's normal death loss after blessings and other death-loss reductions are considered.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! Skull on death !! Additional experience loss !! Additional skill loss !! Additional magic-level loss
|-
| Yellow || +5 percentage points || +5 percentage points || +5 percentage points
|-
| White || +10 percentage points || +15 percentage points || +15 percentage points
|-
| Red || +30 percentage points || +35 percentage points || +35 percentage points
|}

The final loss for each category cannot exceed 100%.

== Safe PvP checklist ==

# Run <code>!frags</code> and read all three counters.
# Check the victim's skull and your guild/party relationship.
# Do not assume an area is frag-free unless it is a designated PvP combat area.
# Run <code>!pz</code> before trying to enter protection zones, use restricted items or log out safely.

Last updated: 12 August 2026.

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