Concubines
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:43 pm
CONCUBINES
- Concubines may be male or female
- There is no restriction upon the number of concubines a player owns apart from their ability to support such
- Each concubine requires two equip slots the same as a slave
- A concubine is considered owned property.
- The nature of the private relationship between owner and concubine is defined by the players
- A concubine's public behavior is regulated by their owner except in them having the same social requirements as a free person from an IG perspective
- Concubines may not own other concubines or slaves
- A concubine is not required to show deference to free people
- Restrictions on a concubine's ability to carry and use weapons is decided in OOC terms between the players of owner and concubine
- A concubine does not have the same limitation over employment as a slave does
- Concubines cannot wear a slave collar but may be given some other indication of their status if wished. This could be anything from a pin to a brand and is decided by the owner.
- Concubines are not captured and sold by slavers and may not be traded or sold by their owner except with IC consent
- Becoming a concubine requires IC and OOC consent but once IC consent is given, the concubine is owned and cannot decide to stop being owned ICly.
- Only concubines registered via the ISA are recognised by the empire.
- The registration fee for a concubine is 50% of the current registration fee for a slave. All other IC requirements for a concubine mirror slave registration
- Terminating a concubine relationship also mirrors the ending of a slave registration
- Registration entitles the owner to appeal to the ISA for assistance if a concubine is stolen or abducted (such assistance being given by an ISA call to the IG).
- The ISA will not monitor or intervene in a concubine's public behavior. The IG may do in the same way as they do with free people
- The IG will not rescue a concubine if she has got herself into trouble any more than they would for a free person. They will only act on behalf of the ISA if it is believed the concubine has been taken forcibly, through no fault of their own, with the intention to temporarily or permanently deprive the owner of his property.
- The ISA will not have the power to change a character's status between free, concubine and slave without the player's OOC consent
- A character can only hold one status at a time between bonded, concubine and slave
- A concubine cannot hold the status of Tu`turadil
TO BE DECIDED
- Does the owner of a concubine pay the same upkeep fee as a slave, since the concubine is kept by that owner? Or does the concubine receive the normal basic allowance and pay their own upkeep?
- A way of marking concubine status in channel, such as concubine_name*OWNER*
- Exactly how a character can move between concubine and slave status after the first month's introductory period
IMPLEMENTATION
- An event or storyline will be introduced to bring concubines into the game
- Following the introduction of concubines, existing slaves who wish to switch to concubine will have a one month grace period when they can apply for an immediate (subject to ISA staff availability) change. No extra waiting times or fees but no refunds either.
- Both owner and slave must post OOC consent to the switch.
- Following that one month grace period there will be set requirements to switch between concubine and slave
- New concubines will have to follow the full registration process from day one
- Concubines may be male or female
- There is no restriction upon the number of concubines a player owns apart from their ability to support such
- Each concubine requires two equip slots the same as a slave
- A concubine is considered owned property.
- The nature of the private relationship between owner and concubine is defined by the players
- A concubine's public behavior is regulated by their owner except in them having the same social requirements as a free person from an IG perspective
- Concubines may not own other concubines or slaves
- A concubine is not required to show deference to free people
- Restrictions on a concubine's ability to carry and use weapons is decided in OOC terms between the players of owner and concubine
- A concubine does not have the same limitation over employment as a slave does
- Concubines cannot wear a slave collar but may be given some other indication of their status if wished. This could be anything from a pin to a brand and is decided by the owner.
- Concubines are not captured and sold by slavers and may not be traded or sold by their owner except with IC consent
- Becoming a concubine requires IC and OOC consent but once IC consent is given, the concubine is owned and cannot decide to stop being owned ICly.
- Only concubines registered via the ISA are recognised by the empire.
- The registration fee for a concubine is 50% of the current registration fee for a slave. All other IC requirements for a concubine mirror slave registration
- Terminating a concubine relationship also mirrors the ending of a slave registration
- Registration entitles the owner to appeal to the ISA for assistance if a concubine is stolen or abducted (such assistance being given by an ISA call to the IG).
- The ISA will not monitor or intervene in a concubine's public behavior. The IG may do in the same way as they do with free people
- The IG will not rescue a concubine if she has got herself into trouble any more than they would for a free person. They will only act on behalf of the ISA if it is believed the concubine has been taken forcibly, through no fault of their own, with the intention to temporarily or permanently deprive the owner of his property.
- The ISA will not have the power to change a character's status between free, concubine and slave without the player's OOC consent
- A character can only hold one status at a time between bonded, concubine and slave
- A concubine cannot hold the status of Tu`turadil
TO BE DECIDED
- Does the owner of a concubine pay the same upkeep fee as a slave, since the concubine is kept by that owner? Or does the concubine receive the normal basic allowance and pay their own upkeep?
- A way of marking concubine status in channel, such as concubine_name*OWNER*
- Exactly how a character can move between concubine and slave status after the first month's introductory period
IMPLEMENTATION
- An event or storyline will be introduced to bring concubines into the game
- Following the introduction of concubines, existing slaves who wish to switch to concubine will have a one month grace period when they can apply for an immediate (subject to ISA staff availability) change. No extra waiting times or fees but no refunds either.
- Both owner and slave must post OOC consent to the switch.
- Following that one month grace period there will be set requirements to switch between concubine and slave
- New concubines will have to follow the full registration process from day one