General Rules:

1) No begging off other players or GMs. People who give stuff to beggars will also be frowned upon.
2) No scamming, cheating, etc.
3) Do not lure mobs on other players.
4) If you find a bug, please report it on the forums in the appropriate forum category. i.e., quest bugs go under quest problems, etc. Before posting the bug, check to see if it was already reported, or if there is a solution posted for it. "Me too" types of posts will be DELETED unless they add new information relevant to fixing the bug.
5) If you think someone is cheating, do not hesitate to report them to a GM (if one is online and is not AFK) plus send a PM to Admin plus at least one other Forum Adminstrator, such as Yeldarb or myself. Evidence such as screenshots would also be greatly appreciated.
6) Do not steal loot from other peoples' kills.
7 ) Be NICE! (translation: don't be a jerk!) It's not hard. And you make more friends by being nice. (originally added by ColbyWolf) As expanded upon by Admin recently: "being an asshole will get you removed promptly."
8 ) Please help out with Sinister's working talents, spells, and professions list.
9) Please join the World chat. This can be done by typing "/join World" in the game (without quotes). This is the first place you should look for help- odds are at least one other player has the answer to your game-related questions.
10) Don't ask a GM for money, items or help killing mobs. Do ask for help with other problems that could not be solved in World Chat (see #9, above).

PvP Rules:

1) Do not attack players 20 or more levels below you unless they attack first.
2) Do not kill players that are AFK (away from keyboard) or do not respond to you or your attacks.
3) Do not attack players that are under attack by a mob unless they attack you first.
Exception: If you are defending a town and the other player is under attack by one or more guards.
4) No corpse camping. Period. Note: if the recently resurrected player displays aggression towards you or an ally of yours, this rule does not apply.
5) PvP is now allowed anywhere if you follow the preceding rules.

Above all else, use common sense and show a degree of courtesy to other players!!! Remember that the other character is controlled by a person as well, and while killing them once is part of the game, repeatedly hunting them down is not allowed. We are all here to have fun, and those who are acting to ruin the fun of others will not be allowed to remain.

Play with honor:
honor
the quality of being honorable and having a good name; "a person of honor"
respect: show respect towards; "honor your fellow man!"


Clarifications and definitions for new players: (in order they appeared)

GM: Game Master, one of the people who assists with daily operation of this server. They can be identified by having their name preceded by <GM> when they chat, and will show up in the list of online GMs if you use the ".listgm" command in-game.
Mob(s): any creature/person/monster in the game which is not controlled by another player. Synonomous with NPC.
Corpse Camping: Waiting near the corpse of a dead player so that you can kill them once they resurrect in a weakened state.
PvP: Player vs Player fights, as opposed to PvE or Player vs Environment(mobs)


Final Note:
If you cannot play by our rules, do not play on our server.

This is an updated list as originally posted by DarkShinn, contributed to by Sinister1_74 and ColbyWolf.
Admin and myself have reviewed the rules and guidelines and have agreed upon this updated list. In addition to what was posted by other forum administrators and moderators, we also read and discussed much of what was posted by users.