Disciplinary Policy

DISCIPLINARY PROCESS
In occasions where disciplinary action is necessary, the following are the types and severity of actions to be taken:

Warning - Any Storyteller may issue a verbal or written warning to a player at any time. Generally a warning is just a "head's-up" that a certain action is inappropriate, to ensure that the player is aware of the violation or potential violation. Continued actions, or if actions are deemed inappropriate enough to warrant as such, will result in a player being asked to leave for the remainder of session, and will likely involve additional disciplinary action.

First Strike - The first Strike issued to a player is an indicator that the player has blatantly violated a rule and should be careful in future.

Second Strike, Third Strike - Further Strikes (up to three) indicate further violations while the player still has previous Strikes on their record. Please note these strikes are local, not Org Strikes.

Suspension - When a player accumulates three Strikes, traditionally that player is suspended from all activities related to game (STing, using characters from this Chronicle, playing in this Chronicle, holding any position in Falling Waters) for a time period of no less than three months.

Ban - A ban is far more serious than a suspension; the player is banned from all organizational activities for a time period set by the Storyteller staff (usually indefinitely). This usually will result from either the most severe acts of blatant rules violation or the accumulation of multiple excessive Strikes and/or suspensions.

Disciplinary Action, once handed down, should be reviewed by the Storyteller staff after a period of six months. During a review, the staff looks over the violation(s) and punishments, and assesses whether it is proper at that time to remove past Strikes for good behavior, end a suspension, or have the punishment stand. The Storyteller staff also reserves the right to administer a more severe penalty dependent upon circumstance (i.e. proceeding directly to a suspension or ban in the most severe of circumstances).

VIOLATIONS
The following are common actions that can lead to disciplinary actions:
1. Any action which willfully and/or flagrantly violates the rules for gameplay set down by the Storytellers. This would include actions commonly referred to as "cheating".
2. Any action, in person or on an email list in an out-of-character fashion, which is considered to be rude, violent, or otherwise beyond the limits of acceptable behavior.
3. Any action which falsifies gameplay documentation, including, but not limited to, Experience Tracking Sheets, Character Sheets, Item Cards, Attendance Cards, and the like.
4. Any activity outside the accepted bounds of a player's role within the organization; to include "metagaming" (the in-game use of knowledge not possessed in-character), "improper narration" (running a scene when not authorized to do so), and Storyteller/Staff Misfeasance or gross dereliction of duty.

As OWbN Bylaws and Disciplinary actions change, we will follow them to the exclusion of our own rules. We will update our written policies to match the Org as quickly as possible, but always note the Bylaws posted on http://owbn.net/ supersede our own without exception.