Thowing Death Scripts in RLC / Utherverse Role Playing Combat
Rule of the Dark Knights
Published by AEldr_Halvdan_DK
December 19th 2013 revision of "Throwing Death Scripts in RLC" with reference to the controversy over zaby kills in Standard Dimension and listing of the 14 Rules.
Throwing Death Scripts in RLC/Utherverse Role-Playing Combat by AEldr_Halvdan_DK
Role playing combat dates back to the late 1960s and early 1970s. The role playing game "Dungeons and Dragons" popularized role playing to the general public. However, Role Playing (hereafter referred to as "RP") in RLC/Utherverse differs dramatically from Dungeons and Dragons. The two should NEVER be confused.
Dungeons and Dragons is static and has no physical skill component to its play - players confront each other and use dice or other means to settle combat. By contrast, players in RLC/Utherverse must employ reflexes, training and skill to - manueuver their avatars facing their opponents and within arm's reach at the same physical level (not standing on floors at different heights), not standing inside their opponents enter the death script into the chat box entry field, send it to Local text then type "so be it," "so mote it be," or another closing statement into Local text
BEFORE the opponent canmaneuver away or type a "block" (which can consist simply of the word "block," or be a more elaborate variationof that, or any text) and enter it in Local text. then a death screenshot
must be taken showing an open dimension box that gives the location of the kill as being in a Anything Goes Role Play (AGRP) dimension an open People box set to "Local" showing that both the player entering the script and his/her opponent are in the same area at the same time an open Chat Box set to "Local" showing the ENTIRE text of the script a picture of the player facing his/her opponent squarely, within arm's reach with no one or nothing between them, both players standing on the floor at the same physical level with the “killed” player neither “ghosting” or seated.
NOTE: Throwing scripts (the informal name for the process I am describing here) in standard dimension at others without their consent is against RLC/UV rules and is cause to be banned by Protectors or other UV/RLC staff. There is controversy regarding this point. I have an inquiry pending at Utherverse World Operations as to the legality of kills in Standard Dimension in private properties such as Zabys, offices and clubs. Older RPers such have stated that Protectors have told them UtherVerse does not regard kills in these properties as illegal aslong as the property owner permits roleplay violence there.
The picture above is a screenshot in valid format. Note WP_Inkubus_DK relative to his target, the People Box set to local showing his target( Super_Thrust )and WP_Inkubus_DK in the same room, the Dimension box (showing in this case we are in battle in AG-RP dimension and the Chat Box showing the entire text of WP_Inkubus_DK script and the “so be it” following directly without a block having moved between my having copy & Paste the script in the chat box and typed “so be it.”
Note: a major pitfall of death screenshots is that it's possible to copy & paste the script before being
inposition, get in front of your target, type “so be it” and appear to have made a valid kill when you have in fact not done so. For this reason, RP combat is best done before witnesses, preferably Elders who are not of either side of the family.
In any case, death screenshots and the kills themselves should be validated by a neutral Elder. Those are the basic conditions which must exist for a valid RP kill in RLC combat.
There are more conditions:
Only a member of a reccgnized role playing family in RLC/Utherverse (as determined by an Elder not affilated with the family of either player involved in combat) may "kill" or "be killed." Death screenshots of wannabees who blunder into an AGRP arena and anger an RP player unduly are not valid except for their educational and entertainment value, which can be great.
No player may be killed while seated. This is true even if the player is in the sitting position while in mid-air.
No player may be killed while “ghosting,” (in other words, when the avatar is partially transparent, showing that the player isn't actively controlling it). This is just basic fairness it's not combat if only one player's actually playing at the time, it's assassination.
Players “ghost” while getting a script ready to PASTE into the text box - as they leave the RLC/Utherverse client to retrieve text manually from a text editor like Notepad or Word and this can show someone getting ready to fight. Anyone witnessing an RP combat should note whether either party ghosts before combat if that DOESN'T happen, someone may be hot-keying or using a macro.
There are other points on which there is controversy in role playing in RLC/Utherverse. Whether or not a "kill" is valid when the attacking player ports to the avatar of his/her opponent. This isgenerally considered unsportsman like, and some RP families ban such conduct on pain of denouncement. formerly, it was considered necessary for a someone to be in armor and bearing weapons to be “killed"
This signifies that both players are ready to fight. However, several kill screenshots have been published in which this was not the case. Members of another role playing family have attempted to lure a player in my family who was not intending to RP into what was probably AGRP so they could pick up a cheap, ambush kill. As an Elder myself, I would not look favorably on such a kill, as it smacks of an ambush, not authentic role playing combat. The validity of the use of text entry tools such as "hot-keys," and macros, short Windows computer programs which automate the process of entering scripts, sending the scripts to Local text, sending the confirmatory "so be it" or "so mote it be" to Local text with in a fraction of a second - before a human player can send a block or maneuver out of the way - and the capture of the screenshot of the kill afterwards.
While most players publicly agree that macros and use of hot-keys are unsporting, some of the faster players are SO fast that analysis of the moves needed to make a valid kill indicates they're using hot-keys or macros to automate at least part of their play. It physically takes at least a second to Ctrl-V text into the text entry box for the script and then again for the “so be it.”
In one recent instance where I was "killed" by an opponent, he couldn't get his dimension box to work duringplay, a common malfunction when some macros are in use. I waited for an hour in AGRP at the transport we both used for the initial combat for her to reinstall her client, clear her cache, remove any files from her software that were hiding or obscuring her dim box - more than enough time for her or any player to do these things - she never returned to world at all that day, and I friended her specifically for that day to be able to track her where abouts and presence in-world. After (instead of seeing me in AGRP honorably) she sent me Email accusing me of hiding from her (where was she when I waited for her in AGRP?) I defriended her. Absence of a dimension box in the death screenshot invalidates the kill in any case, but I iggyed the player because in my opinion she was automating the play cheating.
You can't out fart a skunk and only a fool tries. Players ought to remember that RP is a GAME. None of the gratuitous insults, the obscenities used in bulletins, Local chat, or Emails by some players in this game are justified. Do your talking in scripts in AGRP dimension. If you can't get a valid kill by the rules and document it in a death screenshot properly, just shut up and try again.
Don't embarrass yourself and your family by demanding the rules be set aside to allow you to get an undocumented kill or railing about it in Emails or bulletin afterward.
Each player in RP in RLC/UV has creature attributes which determine how he/she must be killed. Mortals (ordinary men or women) can simply be killed by beheading or any other physical injury by a blade or other non-ranged weapon (guns aren't considered valid) which would cause death. My friend GA_Jess_EOL was fond of using the "strappy o'death" to copulate her opponents to death, but that would probably never pass muster by an independent Elder unless the Elder really wanted to piss the victim off. That was just Jess's way of saying 'hello" in AGRP.
The formula for a valid kill script is -
You must name your opponent CORRECTLY. His/her name must be spelled AS SHOWN IN THE SCREEN, some players use capitalization like this "WDB__DEVIL_WDK" in their tags to complicate the lives of people trying to kill them. If you want to go around with an oddly capitalized name which demonstrates your craven feat of losing in RP, hey, go for it.
You must kill the creature to whom your opponent was sired PROPERLY, using the proper acts. The directions below are cropped from the screenshot. They are generally considered to be the things you need to put in a kill script to kill a specific creature.
Examples of how to apply these instructions in kill scripts are given below.
For an Archangel like myself, the valid kill script includes the weapon needed (my own Blessed Swords, which have to be taken from my back), and the acts of removing my Light Force, destroying my Light Force, releasing my power back to Heaven, removing my head and heart from my body, then calling the demons of Hell to drag my soul there. Then my body would have to be burned (I use white phosphorus grenades because they rock, but matches, the Fire of Heaven, or a cigarette lighter can also be used). Finally, I would have to be identified by type and told I am dead at the end of the script.
Final taunts or orotund pronouncements like “take your death with honor” or “I am keeping your severed head for masturbation” are optional.
That script followed by the words “so be it” on a separate line without a block or my moving from being directly in front of my attacker before “so be it” is uttered, would constitute a kill if all were recorded on a screenshot,
showing that I and my attacker were in AGRP at the same location at the same time, and showing the entire script
in the chat box, with the attacker front and center to me with in arm's reach.
Example Kill Scripts
ArchAngel
Lunging at you, ArchAngel_name
and dodging any attacks, I take the blessed swords from your back and cut off your wings and removing the Light Force from your body, destroying it and releasing your power back to Heaven. I cut off your head, then lay your chest open and remove your heart. Then I call the minions of Hell to drag your
soul to Hell. You are dead, Archangel. Take your death with honor.
God
Lunging at you, GOD_name and blocking your attacks, I swing my blades and remove your head cleanly as your body falls but before it hits the ground, I lay your chest open and cut out your heart, placing it in a silver-lined bag. I then drop the dagger to the floor, slam my fist into your chest, and remove your heart, placing it, and your head into a silver-lined bag. I place the bag on my back. With lightning like strokes with my blades, I chop your corpse limb-from-limb, leaving it in torn, purulent shreds, destroying your false Godhead. Finally I ignite your remains and smile contentedly as your rotting corpse burns to ashes, destroying your vampire bloodline. I call the retinue of Hell to drag your soul back to the realm from which it came. You are dead in all your false forms.
Demon
Lunging at you, _name_ and blocking your attacks, I swing my blades and remove your head cleanly as your body falls but before it hits the ground, I lay your chest open and cut out your heart, placing it in a silver-lined bag. I then place a white phosphorous grenade in your open chest cavity and warm my hands over your rotting body as it is reduced to ashes and call the retinue of Hell to drag your soul back to the realm from which it came. Demon, take your death with dignity. You are dead.
Vamp/Demon
Lunging at you, _name_ and blocking your attacks, I swing my blades and remove your head cleanly as your body falls but before it hits the ground, I lay your chest open and cut out your heart, placing it in a silver-lined bag. I then drop the dagger to the floor, slam my fist into your chest, and remove your heart, placing it, and your head into a silver lined bag. I place the bag on my back. Finally I ignite your corpse with a white phosphorus grenade, and golf clap as your rotting corpse burns to ashes, destroying your vampire bloodline. I call the retinue of Hell to drag your soul back to the realm from which it came. You are dead in all your false forms."
Vamp/Scorpion/White Dragon/Lycan
Blocking any attacks, I draw my blades and swiftly swing them, removing your head, _name_. As your body falls, but before it hits the ground I swiftly remove a silver dagger imbued with the elements of fire, and ice from one of my blades. I catch your falling body, and slam the dagger deep into your chest, piercing your heart, freezing it, and then purifying it, destroying the White Dragon inside of you, and the lycan bloodline within you. I then drop the dagger to the floor, slam my fist into your chest, and remove your heart, placing it, and your head into a silver lined bag. I place the bag on my back. Finally I ignite your corpse with a white phosphorus grenade, and golf clap as your rotting corpse burns to ashes, destroying your vampire bloodline, and your scorpion bloodline forever. Youare dead, in all your false forms
Lycan
Blocking any attacks, I draw my blades and swiftly swing them, removing your head, _name_. As your body falls, but before it hits the ground I swiftly produce a silver stake filled with silver nitrate. I catch your falling body, and slam the stake deep into your chest, piercing your heart and purifying it at the stake breaks, destroying the lycan bloodline within you. I then drop the stake to the floor, slam my fist into your chest, and remove your heart, placing it, and your head into a silver-lined bag. I place the bag on my back. Finally I ignite your corpse with a white phosphorus grenade and golf clap as your rotting corpse burns to ashes."You are dead, Lycan."
Vamp/Lycan
Blocking any attacks, I draw my blades and swiftly swing them, removing your head, _name_. As your body falls, but before it hits the ground I swiftly remove a silver dagger from one of my blades. I catch your falling body, and slam the dagger deep into your chest, piercing your heart, freezing it and purifying it, destroying the lycan bloodline within you. I then drop the dagger to the floor, slam my fist into your chest, and remove your heart, placing it, and your head into a silver lined bag. I place the bag on my back. Finally I ignite your corpse with a white phosphorus grenade, and golf clap as your rotting corpse burns to ashes, destroying your vampire bloodline."You are dead in all your false forms."
Demon/Lycan
Blocking any attacks, I draw my blades and swiftly swing them, removing your head, _name_. As your body falls, but before it hits the ground I swiftly remove a silver dagger from one of my blades. I catch your falling body, and slam the dagger deep into your chest, piercing your beating heart and purifying it, destroying the the lycan bloodline with in you. I then drop the dagger to the floor, slam my fist into your chest, and remove your heart, placing it, and your head into a silver lined bag. I place the bag on my back. Finally I ignite your corpse with a white phosphorus grenade, and golf clap as your rotting corpse burns to ashes. I summon the retinue of Hell to bring your soul back to the realms from whence it came."You are dead, in all your false forms."
Dragon
Blocking any attacks, I draw my blades and swiftly swing them, removing your head, _name_. As your body falls, but before it hits the ground I swiftly produce an ice stake filled with liquid nitrogen. I catch your falling body, and slam the stake deep into your chest, piercing him heart, freezing it as the stake injects the nitrogen, and then shattering it, destroying the Dragon inside you. Finally I ignite your corpse with a white phosphorus grenade and watch as your rotting corpse burns to ashes."You are dead, in all your false forms."
Dragon/Vamp
Blocking any attacks, I draw my blades and swiftly swing them, removing your head, _name_. As your body falls, but before it hits the ground I swiftly procuce an ice stake filled with liquid nitrogen. I catch your falling body, and slam the stake deep into your chest, piercing him heart, freezing it as the stake injects the nitrogen, and then shattering it, destroying the Dragon inside you. I then drop the dagger to the floor, slam my fist into your chest, and remove your heart, placing it, and your head into a silver lined bag. I place the bag on my back. Finally I ignite the corpse with a white phosphorus grenade and watch as your rotting corpse burns to ashes, destroying your vampire bloodline forever."You are dead, in all your false forms"
Hedgewitch
As I call the Host of Heaven upon this eternal nightly hour, I take away all your power. Swinging my blades lustily, I cleave your head from your shoulders cleanly and place it in a silver-lined bag. Then I place a white phosphorus grenade on your moldering body and golf clap as it burns to ash. You are dead, Hedgewitch
Note in these examples that ANY source of ignition will do to burn the corpse. My use of the white phosphorus grenade is merely a stylistic flourish. Most killers use Zippo lighters or matches in their scripts or call down the Fire of Heaven to burn the victim's corpse.
The Rules of Role Play combat (adapted from a bulletin reposted by AEldr_Halvdan_DK
1. Kills are only counted in Anything Goes Role Play (AGRP) dimension (NOTE: older RPers report that Protectors have told them "ZABY KILLS" in which the owner of the zaby or other private property in Standard Dimension allows RP violence are valid and legal in UV)
2. No killing of new members called "greenies." (NOTE: this rule has been changed so that a Basic member ("greenie") can kill and be killed as long as the member has been tagged to a recognized RP family)
3. Kills must be done appropriately as to what creature the victim is - vamp, lycan, demon, hybrid, etc..
has made a good basic resource for new RPers for various creature kills, butother experienced RPers also have good information you need to consult when writing a kill script for a given player with uncommon creature attributes. And if you don't know your own kill codes, don't do RP. I saw a guy deny a kill on the grounds that even HE didn't know his valid kill codes. This is why the emoticon "PMSL" was coined.)
4. The kill screenshot must have:your Friend box set to Local”
and in clear view showing both you and your victim in the same region;the Dimension
window in clear view showing which Dimension you and your victim are in
usually thiswill need to be AGRP, your victim in a clear shot with you as you kill them showing you front, center andat arms length from them and the Chat Box
open to Local and showing the full text of your kill script and the "so be it” with no
intervening blocks from the victim (intervening text from other players doesn't count as a "block")
5. The kill screenshot is only valid if taken by the attacker who made the death blow.
6. The kill screenshot must be posted in a bulletin by the person who made the kill (others can repost it afterward)
7. The kill screenshot must show Local chat screen clearly.
8) The kill screenshot must show a Dimension box showing the current dimension (the one you and your victim are in) as AGRP dim clearly.
9. The kill script must be thrown in Local chat only not in a Private Messaage (PM) (as an example, if you are in PM with your intended victim before a kill, it's not a kill)
10. Victim must not be "ghosting" - when the intended victim is away from keyboard (AFK), or has told others in the region they are away.
11. The kill must be shown in a single screenshot.
12. The killer must type "so mote it be" or "so be it " on a separate line after the kill script.
13. Kill scripts should be written with the right terms (the proper lore) and spelling. The killer must describe the kill - what is done to kill - and the out come of the combat ( You are dead, (type of creature). Accept your death with honor, for example)
14. Only The Dark Knights of RLC that have permission from AEldr_Halvdan_DK will be allowed to throw a death script in the Dark knights Skype Chat to any member that has dishonard the rules and codes of DK. "SO BE IT"
What really should be the14th rule but is attached to the13th rule in the original list is,
If all agree on the validity of the kill - Elders, heads of clans, etc. - then the kill is valid. The victim is then to change his/her name within 24 hours. If you Fail to do this, no RPer should take you on again in combat and all RPers should iggy you for having been a sore loser. Some families are careful enough of their honor to denounce a member who fails to change his or her name after losing an RP combat without adequate reason (such as legitimate doubt of a kills validity).