Wizard Rules
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Characters who have risen above mortal rank are considered immortal wizards
and are bound not only by rules set forth for mortals, but also by additional
rules contained in this document as 'wizrules'. Immortal wizards are still
allowed playable mortal characters: In general, wizalts are the mortal alts
of a wizard. These alts might be called mortal alts, wizard mortals, mortal
alternatives, alts, wizard alts, wizalts, wizmortals, alternate characters,
additional mortals, and/or secondary mortals.
For the sake of consistency throughout this document, all immortal wizards
will be called 'wizards', and their alts 'wizalts'. Of a wizard's set of
wizalts registered to them, only those designated as their playable wizalt(s)
can be legally played: All additional wizalts shall be registered and frozen
until they can also be moved to an active playable status as the wizard rises
in rank.
Wizards are not allowed to harm or help mortals in any way. This includes,
but is not limited to: patching them; giving them money or equipment;
allowing them to kill unapproved NPC's; allowing them to use unapproved items
or equipment, transing them out of combat or other "sticky" situations, etc.
To be safe you really should ONLY trans a person out of the main village,
Tantallon. Trans is NOT meant to be used as a form of taxi service.
Wizards are not allowed to clone, destruct, trans, or kill any objects or
NPCs in, from, or to areas open to mortals. This includes updating or
resetting rooms.
Wizards shall protect and respect the privacy of other immortals and mortals
alike. Wizards shall handle private information with proper care and only in
the course of exercising their relevant duties. Improper or unnecessary
handling or dissemination of such information is illegal.
It is illegal for wizards to bypass safeguards implemented to protect
privacy, information, or other functions. Wizards are not allowed to give
themselves access, privleges, or powers that are not native to their level
and responsibilities.
Sharing exploration point solutions (also known as Gaius points) is still
illegal as stated in 'help rules', but the rule governing free discussion of
quest information was modified to no longer be illegal. (See: help rules)
Excessive shouts, as well as excessive or unwanted tells, echoes, etc. are
not allowed.
Wizards may not have "pets" (NPCs that follow them from room to room).
Wizards are not permitted to force other wizards to quit the game. However,
Wizards *are* permitted to patch other wizards (setting gender, etc) in fun,
but excessive abuse of this can be the basis of a harassment complaint.
Wizards are allowed to log in while any of their wizalts are chilled.
Although chilled playable characters are not 'active' in the game, Wizards
are still not permitted to help or harm them.
Wizalt Registration
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All wizards are required to register all their characters by mailing their
wizalt list to Law and being sure to point out which alt(s) they would like
Law to designate as their legal, playable wizalt(s). Law will register all
the wizalts, and designate each one as either frozen or active and then mail
the wizard back this complete list so that the wizard can check it for
accuracy. As changes might occur either through the promotion of the wizard
allowing additional wizalts to be created and registered; or some number of
those already registered be then moved from 'frozen' to 'playable' status; Or
should the player choose to suicide any of their wizalts, the wizard mails
Law the changes to their registered wizalt list so that it remains accurate
and current.
Although a wizard may have quite a few registered wizalts, only those
registered with Law as 'playable' are allowed to be played. The rest will
remain frozen.
Number of Playable Wizalts
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Depending on the level or rank of the wizard, a wizard is allowed from one to
an unlimited number of playable wizalts as follows:
Apprentice Wizards (400) are permitted one wizalt upon achieving level 400.
However, Apprentice Wizards may then also earn an additional (+1) wizalt
as follows:
+1 wizalt for Atlas approving their submitted World.Info.
Wizard (500s):
Upon becoming a sponsored Wizard, the Wizard may legally play three
wizalts, which may be newly created character(s), or previously frozen
wizalt(s). These wizalts must be registered with Law as the Wizard's chosen
playable wizalts, and may not be played until the registration has been
confirmed by Law. Law will unfreeze the character(s) if the wizalt is
currently frozen.
Wizards (500s) are permitted a total of three wizalts upon achieving Wizard
level: They are credited 2 wizalts from their Apprentice level, plus an
additional (+1) wizalt for achieving full wizard status (500).
However, Wizards of level 500 may then also earn additional
playable wizalts beyond that initial total of three as follows:
+1 for earning Level 525; (Contributor) (See "help rank")
+2 for earning Level 550; (Assistant/Committee work) (See "help rank")
+1 for having a Creator project in the queue which has passed World and
then remains active in the approval process.
Thus, a wizard who has submitted a project to
QC which will earn Creator status may have ONE
ADDITIONAL (+1) playable wizalt, if all the
following conditions are met:
a) The project has passed World
b) The project remains active in the
approval process. Should the project be
assigned to an inactive status by an
Arch, the Arch will inform Law and the
Wizard can choose which playable wizalt
will be no longer active (frozen). If
the Wizard is very inactive, Law will
freeze all the Wizard's wizalts until
such a time as the Wizard returns to
select which character they want
unfrozen.
Total possible wizalts for level 500s:
Thus, a Wizard (3 playable wizalts) could gain up to +4 additional playable
wizalts for a total of SEVEN (7) playable wizalts. (At Creator level and
above, playable wizalts are unlimited.)
(The prior requirement that one's wizalt could not be older than one's
wizard has been revoked.)
As always, if unsure about any rule, ask Law.
Ministers
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Ministers are full administrators of the mud with functional responsibility
to carry out the will of the Senate in defined areas of responsibility.
They hold a level of 900. Ministers are appointed in the following roles:
Minister of Infrastructure:
The Minister of Infrastructure is responsible for procuring consistent
connectivity of the machine hardware, the relationship with the network
provider, and physical presence when needed.The Minister of Infrastructure
is also a first responder for emergency response along with the Minister
of Machine.
Minister of Machine:
The Minister of Machine is responsible for maintenance of the
environment within which Ancient Anguish runs, including patching,
security, performance tuning, and upgrades. The Minister of Machine is
also a first responder for emergencies, along with the Minister of
Infrastructure.
Minister of Public Relations:
The Minister of Public Relations is responsible for the public face of
Ancient Anguish which includes: advertising, new player recruitment, the
Canticle, coordination of player events, official mortal communication,
Facebook/Twitter/google+ announcements, status notifications (such as
("AA is Down"), and content for the Ancient Anguish website.
Minister of Treasure:
The Minister of Treasure is responsible for the treasury of Ancient
Anguish including controlling access to funds, disbursing funds for
approved expenditures, accepting donations, and providing accounting to
the Senate. The Minister of Treasure has no discretion as to how funds are
spent other than to have a vote in the Senate. The Senate alone determines
how funds will be spent.
Minister of the Web:
The Minister of the Web is responsible for the public and private websites
of Ancient Anguish, including maintenance, expansion, and performance.
Arch Wizards
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There are six Arch Wizard positions: Balance, Law, Map, Mudlib, Quality
Control, and World. It is possible for an Arch Wizard to be responsible
for more than one position.
Arch Wizards have full competence regarding their domains. Their decisions
are final and cannot be overruled except by Senate vote.
Arch Wizards who can no longer fulfill their tasks should retire or face
dismissal by the Senate.
An Arch Wizard may select an assistant to replace them during temporary
absences. The Arch Wizard will be demoted out of the Senate and the
assistant promoted to Arch Wizard for the duration of the Arch Wizard's
absence.
The Arch Wizards' domains are as follows:
Balance:
Balance shall ensure that the areas, classes, and other features of the
game are balanced, offering challenging and entertaining game play. Older
features and areas of Ancient Anguish can be rebalanced as the overall
game balance evolves. Balance is responsible for the review and approval
of the "game balance" portion of projects in the approval queue.
Law:
Law shall ensure the sets of rules governing mortal and immortal behaviour
are enforced.
Map:
The Arch of Map is responsible for maintaining and improving Ancient
Anguish's outdoor realm and its denizens. Map is responsible for
connecting new areas to the map. Map is responsible for new map
expansions, and works with World in defining them. Thus, Map creates the
world; World populates it.
Mudlib:
The Mudlib domain is responsible for making improvements and bug fixes to
the core mud libraries, and for review, approval, and implementation of
new mudlib projects in the approval queue.
Quality Control:
QC shall ensure that only 'describe all' areas and areas of high quality
are implemented on the Mud. They shall also ensure that areas are coded
efficiently and robustly. QC is responsible for review and approval of the
"code and experience" portions of projects in the approval queue.
World:
World is responsible for the overall thematic consistency of Ancient
Anguish. All mortal-visible objects (including but not limited to items,
monsters, areas, and abilities) must be consistent with World guidance,
and may be rejected or changed to fit within the theme. World is
responsible for the initial review and approval of new projects in the
approval queue. World assists Map with new map expansions, including
naming of features and creatures. World maintains the required gazetteers
and other thematic documents used by both wizards and mortals.
[SEE ALSO:
rules, law, levels, rank, credits, full_wizard, creator, senior_creator,
promotion, punish, wizardlist,]
If you have any questions you can mail them to Law, or post them on the
Senate board.
***
Only the Senate can add or modify rules;
(Documentation since 1999 updated by Malire, Arch of Law):
June 20, 2026 Senate: Angstrom, Buxley, Bytre, Malire.
Dec. 12, 2020 Senate: Angstrom, Bytre, Maker, Malire, Paldin.
May 04, 2020 Senate: Angstrom, Bytre, Kamikaze, Maker, Malire, Paldin.
July 08, 2018 Senate: Angstrom, Bytre, Kamikaze, Luthien, Maker, Malire,
Paldin, Siawn.
July 18, 2015 Senate: Bytre, Buxley, Fir, Luthien, Malire, Paldin.
Dec. 20, 2013 Senate: Buxley, Bytre, Malire.
Mar. 17, 2012 Updated by Malire, Arch of Law.
Nov. 03, 2007 Updated by Malire, Arch of Law.
Mar. 06, 2005 Updated by Malire, Arch of Law.
Aug. 18, 1995 Originally by Flint, Arch of Law.
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