A crowd of masked DRILL UK players on a concrete walkway at night, pistols raised as fireworks burst behind them and one player in an orange hoodie stands in the foreground

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RP rules, explained

Every roleplay server speaks the same strange language: RDM, NLR, FearRP. Here is what each term means in plain English, and how it plays out on a British server. The exact law of this city lives in the rulebook; this guide is the translation.

01 / Violence

The killing rules

RDM (random deathmatch): Attacking someone without a story reason. The core rule of all roleplay: force needs a why, and the why has to happen in the game, with threats and demands before triggers. Getting shot out of nowhere is not a story, so servers punish it hard.
VDM (vehicle deathmatch): RDM's cousin: using a car as the weapon. Deliberately running players down or ramming them for attention counts, even without a kill.
Initiation: The moment conflict officially starts. Aiming a weapon, stealing a car, tasing someone, or clear verbal aggression all count on this server. Once initiation happens, both sides may act; before it, neither may. Full list in the initiation rules.
KOS (kill on sight): Zones or situations where initiation is not required. Here that means redzones and gang turf under turf rules, and nowhere else.

A masked DRILL UK gang in black and white streetwear posed against a concrete wall, four sat on the pavement and one holding a shotgun up — 01Before the trigger

A red haired DRILL UK player in tattoo print leggings holding a long purple rifle beneath a raised glass walkway in daylight — 02Aimed counts

02 / Death

What happens when you die

NLR (new life rule): Death wipes your character's memory of the life that just ended. You do not remember who killed you, you stay away from where it happened (ten real minutes here), and you never go back for revenge. NLR is what makes death matter without making it permanent.
Revenge killing and revenge pushing: Going back to settle the score after dying, or repeatedly pushing the same fight after losing it. Both break NLR's spirit and both are banned.

Three DRILL UK players against a pale wall at night, one kneeling in a pink and white outfit with the other two stood behind in red — 02Ten real minutes

03 / Pressure

Acting like your life is real

FearRP: Your character values their life. Outnumbered three or more to one by armed players, you comply. Unarmed, you comply in every situation. A taser never trumps a gun: if a gun is on you, you comply. Heroic nonsense in hopeless situations breaks everyone's immersion, so the rules simply require fear to be real.
Powergaming: Forcing outcomes the game or the story cannot support: fleeing into greenzones to escape consequences, camping them, or baiting from safety. If a move only works because the rules protect you, it is powergaming.

Four armed DRILL UK police officers beside their liveried van on a city street at night, one reading a clipboard — 03Outnumbered

04 / Knowledge

What your character can know

Metagaming: Using knowledge your character did not learn in the game: reading player IDs, listening to a Discord call from someone across the map, or passing information while dead. Your character knows what they saw and heard in the city, nothing more.
OOC (out of character): The real world outside your character. Arguing rules mid-scene, breaking character to complain, or bringing real-life disputes into the city all mix the two worlds; the rules keep them apart. Reports happen through the report system, never mid-roleplay.

A masked DRILL UK player in a skull mask sat in the back of a car with zebra print seats, a second player in sunglasses and a gold chain stood on the seat in front — 04Heard it in the car

05 / Leaving

Quitting under pressure

Combat logging: Disconnecting to escape a fight, an arrest or a robbery. It cheats the other player out of the scene's ending and is banned everywhere roleplay is played.
Cop baiting: Manufacturing police chases for fun without any story behind them. On this server, police deserve two minutes of verbal roleplay before anything kicks off.

A masked DRILL UK player in red and black checking their phone beside a white lowrider with its bonnet up at dusk — 05Every scene has a before and an after

06 / The point

Why all this exists

None of these rules exist for their own sake. They exist so that when something happens to your character, it means something: the robbery had a build-up, the war had a cause, the death had weight. Learn the vocabulary, play within it, and the city gives you stories you will be retelling for years.

To see it in practice, start with how to join, or read how gang life works on this side of the Atlantic.

The city is open.

No whitelist. If the city has a free slot, you are in, and someone has the placement conversation with you early in your first session.

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