Sawtooth County RP Rules

Disclaimer
Ignorance of these rules is not an excuse and will not be tolerated.
By joining the community, you confirm that you have read and understood these rules.
These rules are subject to change at any time.
Anything not explicitly covered in the rules will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
If you have any questions or uncertainties, please make a ticket to speak with staff.

Notice

Sawtooth County Roleplay is an 18+ community.
Both you and your character must be above the age of 18.
Character names must not be modeled after a famous or known person from history, movies, games, books, etc.
Your character name and manner of speaking must be era-appropriate for the year 1899.

Zero Tolerance Rules

Violating any of these rules will result in a permanent ban unless staff deems otherwise.

Exploiting.
Slurs against someone's race, ethnic background, orientation, or disability.
☆ Roleplay surrounding native hostilities cannot be based on race from either side. It can be based on land, hunting, etc.
Sexual harassment.
Stalking, predatory behavior, or any otherwise creepy behavior towards a member of the community.
Suicide RP in any form.
Being in 3rd-party calls.
Roleplay bleed:
☆ IC activities that bleed into OOC harassment.
☆ OOC feelings that corrupt the RP experience IC.
Using PvP configs or graphics mods other than Visual Redemption / ReShades.

General Rules

If you see something against the rules or something that makes you feel unsafe, report it! This server is a welcoming space!

Sawtooth County RP is a serious roleplay community. Therefore, you must be serious and realistic while in-game.
No account sharing.
No harassment, trolling, sexism, racism, or hate speech. Treat everyone with respect!
No discussion regarding politically charged or inflammatory topics.
No spam or self-promotion [server invites, advertisements, etc.] unless approved by management.
No NSFW or obscene content. This includes text, images, or links featuring nudity, sex, violence, or other disturbing content.
No macros.
No 3rd-party crosshairs.
Change your Discord server nickname to your primary character's name. Other names may be attached after.
Do not DM staff unless they request you to. For assistance, create a ticket.
You may only have one set job role at a time [i.e., lawman, doctor, business owner, etc.].
If you need to be AFK, log out. Being AFK does not make you immune to interaction.

RedM Server Rules

1. Roleplay Over Gunplay

a. You should always be trying to start storylines from scenarios.
b. There must be legitimate interaction before attacking another player - build up the scene leading to violence. The level of violence used should be proportionate to the scenario.

i. Using small talk to then attack players is abuse of this rule [e.g., initiating by saying "Hey, remember me?" and then shooting is not allowed].
☆ Killing someone ends roleplay - instead, try holding them up, kidnapping them, injuring them, or creating an organic storyline for everyone around you.

2. RDM: Random Death Match / Kill On Sight

a. You cannot kill or injure someone without prior interaction. There must be a valid reason or motive behind wanting to hurt or attempting to murder someone.
b. Killing NPCs is considered RDM.

3. VDM: Vehicle Death Match

a. You cannot randomly kill players with your horse or your cart.
b. You must have a prior interaction and motive to kill someone this way.

4. Power gaming: Exploiting, Forcing RP, or Abusing Game Mechanics

a. Abusing bugs or exploits to gain an advantage is unacceptable.
b. You cannot place a camp near a point of interest to more safely store the items you are gathering.
c. You cannot commit crimes that notify law [bank robberies, store robberies, grave robbing, drug selling, etc.] within 30 minutes of a restart.
d. If someone steals your horse, you cannot whistle it back to you. You also cannot track your horse's position via the map.
e. You cannot unsummon your wagon during a hostile situation. You also cannot flee your wagon and pull it out in a different town to avoid transporting goods.
f. You cannot pull out a weapon while mid-animation or while using an item.
g. You cannot break character and "rules plain" to allude to rule breaks.
h. Do not abuse “Ragdoll” to get out of bad situations.
i. You cannot flee your horse or wagon to avoid being robbed or searched.
j. You cannot rush another player to shove or lasso mid-gunfight. This does not include players who are already close quarters (approximately 3 player peds apart).

5. Metagaming: Abusing Outsourced Information

a. Using out-of-character information from Discord, streams, or third-party calls is forbidden.
b. Discord telegrams are only approved in the Sawtooth County RP main Discord and whitelist job Discord.

i. Any Discord not regulated by staff (e.g., gang, business, or family Discords) cannot use telegrams or messages in-character.
c. While on the server, do not watch another player's stream while they are LIVE in the server. You cannot use information from a content creator's stream for personal gain.

6. NVL “Not Value Life”: Fear Roleplay

a. You must always value your life.
b. Take risks according to the situation you are in. The opposing side having superior numbers does not mean you must automatically surrender, but you must behave realistically. Don't be a hero.

i. There is a difference between holding your gun and pointing your gun at someone. If you aren't pointing your gun at someone and they act against you, it's your fault for not keeping the threat active.
c. Think about the consequences of your actions before deciding.
☆ For example, pulling a gun when two people already have guns pointed at you isn't a wise decision. React to situations as one would in real life.

7. Revenge Killing

a. If you are downed in a scenario, you cannot respawn and come back to revenge kill the person or people who downed you.
b. You must avoid interaction with the people who downed you and stay away from the area you were downed for at least 30 minutes after reviving.

8. New Life: Respawning

a. If you choose to respawn, your memory of the scenario is wiped.

i. You will not remember the events that led to you being down [up until the last 30 minutes].
b. If you are downed, you are unconscious and cannot speak.

i. You cannot remember anything you see or hear while unconscious.

ii. You may lightly groan or make confused responses to roleplay your injuries. During medical roleplay, you may verbally respond but must do so realistically.
c. You may remember everything up until you lose consciousness if a player revives you.
d. You cannot use clips or VODs as "memories" in-character.
e. If you have been down for over 30 minutes, you must respawn. You may not relog in order to call a doctor a second time.

9. Reviving

a. If you are downed, you cannot be revived and brought back into the scenario to continue participating.
b. Do not use a tonic on another player during PvP.
c. When the fight is over, you may be revived using a tonic to be slightly patched up and spoken to. The party who revived you may not kill you again and must let you walk away from the scenario. During this time, you should fear for your life and act as if you are incapacitated. You must roleplay your injuries.

10. Fail RP: Breaking Character or Roleplay

a. Do not break character or do unrealistic things while in-character.
b. Speak and use terminology appropriate to the year 1899. Modern-day lingo is not permitted.
c. Supernatural roleplay is not permitted (e.g., vampires, werewolves, etc.).
d. Giving a famous name for an arrest record is considered Fail RP.
e. Phonographs must only play music fitting the era.
f. Do not run towards gunshots or involve yourself in things you have no business being a part of.
g. Do not mix Out Of County “OOC” communication with In-County “IC” speak.

11. Baiting

a. Do not do things to get the attention of the law that isn’t realistic or doesn’t make sense.
b. Luring police away with fake crimes to kidnap or rob them is not permitted.
c. Do not down someone or use /kys to kidnap or rob doctors.

12. Vigilantism

a. Do not interfere with law in an active crime scene.
b. Do not participate in law roleplay—even when law is not present. You may help law when they specifically request it.

13. Hogtie

a. You are not allowed to break out from being hogtied.

i. You may break out if someone roleplays that they have loosened your ropes and you wait for them to leave, or if you are left unattended for more than 10 minutes.
b. You may not give up while hogtied.
c. If you are being dragged, you may cut the rope to escape.

14. Voice Identification

a. If a player is wearing a mask and tries to change their voice, others should respect that effort and not identify them by their voice. If no attempt is made to hide their voice, other players can recognize them by it.

i. You can use other features to identify them, such as scars, clothing, or other personal features.

ii. Unnatural-sounding voice changers are not permitted!
b. You may not identify someone by their accent.

15. Medical Roleplay

Medical roleplay is performed through /me, /do, or /hurt to respond to medical personnel.
a. You may not lie when using /me, /do, /tag, or /hurt. Everything written should be factual.

i. Roleplay your injuries realistically.

ii. If a medical professional is attempting to identify you based on previous medical records or injuries, you may not lie about the characteristics of your body.
b. You cannot force injuries on another player.
c. If you have to respawn, you must still roleplay your injuries. You cannot respawn during medical roleplay unless you haven’t been interacted with for more than 20 minutes.

16. Appearance

a. You are allowed to change the color or style of your hair and/or facial hair when not involved in an active scenario, but only once every 24 hours.
b. If you cut your hair or shave, you should roleplay your hair regrowing realistically.
c. If you escape the law in a scenario, you must remain in the same clothing (other than dumping a jacket or mask) for a minimum of 10 minutes. Those with “outfitter” abilities are not to abuse “full” outfit changes immediately after a heist/law chase.

17. Perma: Killing Your Character

a. Permanent death can never be forced on your character by anyone other than yourself. If you decide to “perma”, the decision is final and will not be reversed.
b. Using /do, /me, /hurt, or a /tag to write “perma,” “dead,” or “bled out” or “no pulse” confirms your “perma.”
c. If you do not have a will made with a lawyer one week prior to your character’s death, your belongings are lost. No items are dealt with post-death OOC.
d. Diseases or injuries that cannot be cured or treated in this time period are considered a permanent character death if you choose to have it (e.g., tuberculosis, shot to the heart, shot to the brain, etc.).

18. Duels

a. Dueling someone is an automatic “perma” to the loser of the duel.
b. Duels must follow these standard rules:

i. Both parties must abide by the zero movement standard; you are to stand with hands raised looking at each other.
ii. On the starting mark, drop your hands and draw, and you are not allowed to move. Outsiders are not permitted to get involved in a duel.

19. Law & Law Corruption

a. Law characters are allowed to use force as they see fit.

i. Conduct yourself in ways appropriate to the era, but do not abuse your authority.
b. Law characters are not allowed to steal drugs or guns from evidence lockers. Anyone caught doing this is subject to corruption charges being brought forward.
c. Law characters are not allowed to share police documents with criminals or the public.

☆ Your first weapon should be your voice. Look for the thrill of the chase when doing your job—remember that this is roleplay.

20. Combat Logging

a. You cannot quit out of the game during an active roleplay scenario.
b. Just because you are unconscious doesn’t mean the scenario is over. Respect everyone in the scenario—you being unconscious or dead is an important part of the scene for others.
c. You cannot log out during medical roleplay because you don’t want to sit through it.
d. You may not respawn while a scene is still active, unless you haven’t been interacted with for at least 20 minutes.

21. Communication

a. You must have a mic to be in this server.
b. This is an English-speaking server, so you must speak English to play here. You cannot speak other languages while in the server as staff may not understand the context of your words.
c. If you have a medical issue that prevents you from speaking, please inform staff so we are aware of the situation.
d. Mute characters are not allowed.

22. Toxicity

a. Toxicity towards members of the community is not allowed.
b. You must be able to separate in-character and out-of-character feelings.
c. Do not send toxic DMs to other players or go into streams to be toxic in chat.
d. Toxic comments towards the server may result in discipline.
e. Excessive violence towards players, such as shooting off heads or limbs, is not acceptable.
f. IC banter or trash-talking with reason is roleplay. Insults without meaningful context are considered OOC toxicity and will not be tolerated.

Scenario Rules

1. Safe Zones: Law & Doctor's Offices

a. You may not commit any form of criminal or violent roleplay inside the office.

b. This cannot be used as a shield for law or medical characters – the safe zone is void if a law or medical character runs inside the office for cover.

2. Torture: Consent

a. Torture is allowed if both parties consent via /me.

i. Before torturing someone, you must do a /me to show you are willing to cause permanent damage to their body (e.g., /me "Holds knife to eye").

ii. If you intend to remove body parts, please get specific consent from the person before you engage with the roleplay.

b. Even if someone consents to torture, it is their choice to roleplay scars as permanent.

i. This does not apply in the case of the removal of body parts.

c. You cannot torture someone and then kill them afterward.

d. Do not torture someone if you are not willing to be tortured yourself.

3. Pregnancy

a. If you participate in pregnancy roleplay, your child cannot play in the server until three months have passed (real time) after they are born.

b. Duration of a pregnancy is a minimum of three weeks (real time).

c. You cannot roleplay pregnancy loss.

d. Child murder or torture is not allowed.

e. If you are pregnant, you cannot initiate violent interactions. You can defend yourself but must always fear for your child’s life.

f. You cannot roleplay as your own children.

4. Trains

a. You cannot steal trains. You must instead force the conductor via gunpoint to do as you demand with the controls. This is not a safety net for conductors.

Criminal Rules

1. Robbing Civilians

When executed well, this can be highly rewarding for both the criminal and the victim.

Best practices to make the robbery enjoyable for both parties:

Avoid “pocket wiping” other players: Do not take every item they have on their person.
Do not dump their things on the ground to make them despawn.
Be selective about how many items and how much money you take.
Roleplay with your victim: Don’t simply search and run. Engage with your victim before, during, and after the robbery.
Talking to them can make the experience more fulfilling and less like you are looting them.
Leave hints with your victims and/or the law to add depth to the roleplay and create potential follow-up scenarios.

Rules for Robbing Civilians:

a. If you rob a player, you cannot kill them.

i. If you are downed in a hostile interaction by another player, you can be robbed. Fearing for your life and being cooperative might just save your items.

ii. If a player is downed, the scene is over. You cannot revive someone to further the interaction.

b. You cannot rob a player, decide it’s not worth it, return their items, and then kill them instead.

Item Rules:

i. You cannot pocket wipe a player. Be mindful and take only what you really need.

ii. You cannot chain-rob players.

iii. You cannot steal property keys.

iiii. Guns can only be stolen from horses or storage not off a person's body

Handcuffs:

i. The victim only needs to surrender two visible weapons and whatever they "decide" to drop from their pockets if they are not cuffed.

ii. If you cuff someone, you must uncuff them before leaving them.

Additional Robbery Rules:

e. You cannot force a player to remove anything from their bank or storage.

f. If robbing a camp and you force them to open their chest, you may only take what two people can carry.

g. After robbing a player, you must avoid hostile roleplay with them for at least an hour.

h. A wagon’s full contents can be stolen. You must choose between robbing the players who own it or the wagon but not both.

i. A horse’s full contents can be stolen.

j. You may not rob a player when they are in a menu.

i. You cannot hogtie or rob someone when they are using the general store, processing, or any other type of in-game menu.

2. Robbing Stores or Banks: Mandatory Cooldowns

a. You cannot chain-rob stores or banks. The minimum cooldown is 2 hour for stores and 3 hours for banks.

b. You cannot rob the same bank twice in one storm (restart).

c. You cannot use friends, locals, or willing participants as hostages.

d. You must be honest about how many of your robbery participants are outside the building when asked by a lawman. The outside members cannot start gunplay.

e. If you’re planning an ambush, you must be honest about there being outside associates in the area if asked by a lawman.

f. If you rob a store or bank, you must leave the area and not return for at least an hour.

3. Moonshine or Drug Production: Processors

a. Processors must be placed in accessible locations.

b. You cannot place processors in lockable interiors.

c. You cannot place processors on other people’s property. You may place them outside on your property; however, this puts the property at risk of seizure by law if caught.

d. The number of people at a processor must abide by gang rules (6). You may not free fire around processors and must interact as normal according to our rules.

4. Hostages

a. After grabbing a hostage, you have 15 minutes to start the job. If you do not start the job within 15 minutes of taking a hostage, you must release them if they request it.

Gang Rules

1. Expectations

a. Max Roster Size: 15

i. Hideouts may be defended by a full gang roster. Attackers must be limited to 6 unless agreed to otherwise by both parties.

b. Active Crime Posse Size: 6

i. You can ride together in larger groups, but if a conflict arises, you must split the group and only have 6 participate in the conflict.

ii. When hunting for other players or groups, you may only be in a party of 6.

Crime Ratios:

Store Robbery: 4 Criminals vs. 4 Law
Bank Robbery: 6 Criminals vs. 6 Law
Poaching Mission: 3 Criminals vs. 3 Game Wardens
Grave Robbery: 3 Criminals vs. 3 Law
House Robbery: 2 Criminals vs. 2 Law
Wagon Chopping: 3 Criminals vs. 3 Law
Wagon Drug Mule: 3 Criminals vs. 3 Law
Boat Drug Mule: 3 Criminals vs. 3 Law
Pawn Heist: 6 Criminals vs. 6 Law
Jewelry Store: 6 Criminals vs. 6 Law
Train Heist: 6 Criminals vs. 6 Law
Governor’s Mansion Heist: 6 Criminals vs. 6 Law

2. War

a. You cannot declare war on law, doctors, or game wardens.

b. You cannot continuously grief other groups without eventually coming to war terms.

c. When starting a war, terms must be settled upon before the conflict starts. These terms will be set and agreed upon by both parties on how the war will end and what is on the line.

d. Once the terms are agreed upon, they must be presented to staff via a ticket, so the staff is fully aware of how the war starts and finishes.

Medical Roleplay Guidelines

If you are injured, there are three categories of severity that your injury should adhere to: Minor, Major, and Severe.

Minor Injuries

Any wound that is considered superficial or doesn’t require invasive surgery from a medical professional.
Minimum recovery time: 1-3 in-game days.

Major Injuries

A wound requiring more in-depth procedures by a medical professional.
Minimum recovery time: 3-5 in-game days.

Severe Injuries

Wounds of the highest severity requiring extensive medical roleplay.
Minimum recovery time: 5-7 in-game days.