Rules

1. DawnDream Community Rules

DawnDream Community Rules

"Respect the Realm. Protect the Community. Honor the Dream."

Welcome to the official DawnDream Community Rules. These rules exist to protect the community, preserve fair gameplay, maintain the secrecy and integrity of the DawnDream universe, and establish clear expectations for interactions between players and Administration.

Participation in DawnDream means accepting these rules. Players are responsible for understanding them and for respecting both the community and the platforms where DawnDream is played.

DawnDream rules do not replace the Second Life Terms of Service or Community Standards. Players remain responsible for following Linden Lab policies at all times.

Rule 1 — Administration Protection

DawnDream administrators help maintain balance, order, fair gameplay, and community safety. Players are expected to respect Administration and cooperate when administrators are performing official duties.

Protected Administrators

The following positions receive direct administrative protection:

• The Eternal
• Velkarion
• All Sentinels

Biting or attacking a protected administrator will result in immediate death within the DawnDream system, unless explicit permission was given beforehand.

Permission must always be clearly granted and may never be assumed.

Disrespectful, abusive, threatening, provocative, or toxic behavior directed toward the Eternal, Velkarion, or a Sentinel may result in administrative action. Depending on the severity of the situation, consequences may include warnings, suspension, loss of privileges, or a system ban.

Magistrates & Sentinel Hands

Magistrates and Sentinel Hands are players entrusted with assisting DawnDream Administration.

While actively performing official administrative duties, they must not be harassed, insulted, threatened, deliberately provoked, or intentionally obstructed.

This protection applies only while they are actively performing official administrative duties.

It does not prevent normal gameplay, roleplay, combat, competition, rivalries, or other legitimate player interactions outside those duties.

Violations may result in administrative action.

If a player disagrees with an administrative decision, they may respectfully follow the appropriate chain of command and request that the matter be reviewed.

Rule 2 — Vampire Children

Vampire children are permitted within DawnDream provided that all activity remains fully compliant with the Second Life Terms of Service, Community Standards, and policies concerning child avatars.

Players using child avatars are responsible for understanding and following Linden Lab's rules.

The relevant Second Life policy can be found here:

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Child_Avatar

DawnDream rules never override Linden Lab policy.

Rule 3 — Secrecy of the DawnDream Community

The supernatural world of DawnDream exists behind a veil of secrecy.

The DawnDream community must remain hidden from humans.

This means humans should not be made aware through DawnDream system information that vampires, lycans, hunters, or other DawnDream creatures exist.

Protecting Creature Identities

No player may show scan results or directly reveal that another resident is a vampire, lycan, hunter, or another creature within the DawnDream system.

You may not show another player's scan, tell a human what another player is, or use DawnDream system information to expose another player's creature identity.

This rule still applies when another player may be violating the rules of a SIM, club, venue, or other location.

For example, if a player is violating a club's rules, you may report their conduct to the appropriate land owner or staff, but you may not reveal that the player is a vampire, lycan, hunter, or another DawnDream creature in an attempt to have them removed or banned.

Another player's supernatural identity belongs to that player.

You may never reveal or confirm the creature identity of another player.

Revealing Your Own Identity

Players may publicly reveal their own identity.

For example, a player may say:

"I am a Vampire."

or:

"I am a Lycan."

However, players may not use protected system information as proof.

This includes sharing:

• Human scans
• Self-scans
• Target scans
• HUD information
• System-generated information
• Similar DawnDream data

You may reveal your own identity through words or roleplay, but protected DawnDream system information must remain protected.

Public Attacks & Risk

Players who choose to attack in public areas accept the risk associated with doing so.

If you attack another creature in an area accessible to humans, you understand that the attack may be witnessed and that the land owner, venue staff, or local administration may remove or ban you from that location.

DawnDream Administration is not responsible for protecting a player from consequences imposed by an independent land owner because that player chose to engage in combat on their property.

Likewise, players who enter DawnDream realms understand that they may be attacked at any time unless they are protected by the Work Rule or another applicable protection.

Entering a DawnDream realm therefore means accepting the normal risks associated with DawnDream gameplay.

Masquerade Violations

Breaking the Masquerade may result in disciplinary action, including a system ban.

Intentionally exposing another player's creature identity, distributing protected scans, or revealing protected DawnDream system information may constitute a Masquerade violation.

To report a suspected Masquerade breach, players must provide clear evidence to DawnDream Administration.

Rumors, assumptions, unsupported accusations, or claims without sufficient evidence may not provide Administration with enough information to take disciplinary action.

Rule 4

Reserved for the applicable DawnDream Rule 4.

Rule 5 — Community Behavior

DawnDream expects players to maintain a basic level of respect toward one another.

At the same time, not every rude comment, disagreement, argument, or insult automatically constitutes a Rule 5 violation.

Players are encouraged not to engage with insulting behavior. When appropriate, mute the individual and report serious incidents to Linden Lab.

Rule 5 applies when behavior becomes repeated, targeted, unwanted, threatening, intimidating, or harassing.

Examples may include:

• Repeated personal attacks against the same player.
• Continuing unwanted contact after being asked to stop.
• Repeatedly provoking or intimidating another player.
• Threatening or coercive behavior.
• Repeated attempts to humiliate or publicly target someone.
• Attempting to drive another player out of DawnDream through harassment.
• Encouraging other people to target or harass someone.
• Repeatedly pursuing another player in order to continue a personal conflict.
• A continuing pattern of harassment across different interactions.

The important distinction is the pattern and nature of the behavior, rather than simply whether an insult occurred.

What Is Generally NOT Rule 5

The following situations, by themselves, are generally not processed as Rule 5 violations:

• A single insult such as "idiot," "asshole," or "jerk."
• A personal disagreement.
• An argument between players.
• Mutual insults during a heated dispute.
• Saying that you dislike another player.
• A single rude comment.
• Isolated trash talk during combat or competition.
• Calling someone "chicken," "coward," or "weak" during a fight.

For example:

"You're an idiot. I'm done talking to you."

This is not automatically a Rule 5 violation.

DawnDream discourages unnecessary hostility, but being rude and engaging in harassment are not automatically the same thing.

Combat, Competition & Roleplay

Players are expected to maintain basic respect during combat, competition, rivalries, events, and roleplay.

An isolated taunt or insult during competitive gameplay is not automatically processed under Rule 5.

For example:

"You're a chicken."

This statement alone is not automatically Rule 5.

However, if the behavior develops into repeated targeting, intimidation, unwanted contact, or harassment, Administration may evaluate the complete pattern under Rule 5.

Roleplay, combat, rivalry, or competition may not be used as an excuse for genuine harassment.

Rule 6 — Discrimination

DawnDream does not tolerate discriminatory behavior within its community.

Rule 6 applies when another person is targeted, degraded, excluded, or attacked because of a personal characteristic, including:

• Race or ethnicity
• Nationality
• Gender
• Religion
• Sexual orientation
• Disability
• Other comparable personal characteristics

Unlike Rule 5, discriminatory conduct does not necessarily need to be repeated before it may become relevant to Rule 6.

For example:

"I don't like you because you're [nationality/race]."

This may constitute a Rule 6 violation.

Using a racial slur against another player may also constitute a Rule 6 violation.

Repeated discriminatory attacks based upon gender, nationality, race, sexual orientation, or another protected characteristic may potentially violate both Rule 5 and Rule 6.

Rule 5 vs. Rule 6

Rule	Primary Focus
Rule 5	Harassment, intimidation, threats, repeated targeting, unwanted contact, coercion, or attempts to drive another player away.
Rule 6	Targeting, degrading, attacking, or excluding someone because of a personal characteristic.

A situation may violate both rules.

For example, repeated harassment directed at someone because of their nationality may involve both discriminatory conduct under Rule 6 and a continuing pattern of harassment under Rule 5.

Context & Evidence

DawnDream Administration evaluates reports according to the overall circumstances rather than judging incidents solely from a single sentence taken out of context.

Relevant considerations may include:

• Whether the incident was isolated or repeated.
• Whether a particular person was being targeted.
• Whether the behavior was unwanted.
• Whether someone asked the other person to stop.
• Whether the conduct continued afterward.
• Whether the situation escalated.
• Whether threats or intimidation were involved.
• Whether discriminatory conduct was involved.
• The severity and context of the behavior.
• Whether there is evidence of an ongoing pattern.

Relevant evidence may include communications, screenshots, witnesses, or other available information.

Private communications are not automatically DawnDream violations simply because they occurred privately. However, private communications may be considered when they provide evidence of harassment, threats, discrimination, intimidation, or a continuing pattern of behavior affecting the DawnDream community.

Administration will evaluate the available evidence and context before determining whether DawnDream disciplinary action is appropriate.

Linden Lab Reporting

DawnDream rules do not replace the Second Life Terms of Service or Community Standards.

When appropriate, players are encouraged to mute individuals they do not wish to interact with and report serious violations of Second Life policies directly to Linden Lab.

Players may also notify DawnDream Administration when the behavior affects the DawnDream community or potentially violates DawnDream rules.

DawnDream Administration handles DawnDream matters.

Linden Lab remains responsible for enforcement of Second Life platform policies.

Quick Guide

Situation	General Interpretation
Single rude comment	Not automatically Rule 5
Personal disagreement or argument	Not automatically Rule 5
Isolated combat trash talk	Not automatically Rule 5
Repeated targeted and unwanted behavior	May constitute Rule 5
Threats or intimidation	May constitute Rule 5
Repeated attempts to drive someone from the community	May constitute Rule 5
Discriminatory attack based on a personal characteristic	May constitute Rule 6 even from a single incident
Repeated harassment involving discrimination	May constitute both Rule 5 and Rule 6
Revealing another player's creature identity	Potential Rule 3 / Masquerade violation
Sharing another player's DawnDream scan	Potential Rule 3 / Masquerade violation

Remember:

Rude does not automatically mean harassment.

An argument does not automatically mean Rule 5.

An isolated insult does not automatically mean Rule 5.

Repeated, targeted, and unwanted behavior may become Rule 5.

Discriminatory behavior may fall under Rule 6 even when it occurs once.

Harassment involving discrimination may fall under both Rule 5 and Rule 6.

Context, severity, frequency, evidence, and pattern determine how a situation is evaluated.

Final Notice

The purpose of these rules is not to prevent competition, conflict, combat, rivalry, or roleplay. These are important parts of the DawnDream experience.

The purpose is to establish a clear boundary between gameplay conflict and genuine harmful behavior.

Fight your enemies.

Defend your Clan, House, Horde, Pack, or Bloodline.

Build rivalries.

Compete.

Roleplay.

But remember that behind every creature in DawnDream is another person.

Protect the Masquerade. Respect the Realm. Honor the Dream.

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