Story Runner Code Of Conduct
The story runner code of conduct has one aim, to ensure SRs are concentrating on helping make and run great RP. As an SR you are subject to immortal oversight, that means that unlike a player you do not have to clearly break any rules for immortals to intervene, if we feel like you are using your SR in a way that is bad for the game we will take it away from you.
1) Do not grief players. This means using your SR in any way to make player's lives unpleasant unless as a direct and nessesary part of the story. Using NPCs to pick on players, having monsters go after one in particular for no real reason, using hurt/injure excessively etc.
2) Do not coddle players. This means using your SR in any way to inflate player's egos unless as a direct and nessesary part of the story. Using NPCs to flatter players, designing fights and scenarios that they can't possibly lose or letting them win the situation even if you think they should lose etc. In general a good success rate is about 75%, if players succeed about 75% of the time in your stories you're probably at a good level.
3) Never attempt to influence a player to increase your trust level. While you may tell a player you don't want to run RP for them because their trust is too low you may not ever harass, plead or pressure a player into raising your trust. This is to protect you more than them, if they are unhappy with something you've done the fact that they completely voluntarily raised your trust high enough to do it is your best defense.
4) Do not use your SR to prop up or help your characters. Your characters can be involved in rooms and stories that you run but they should never profit from it. For instance if your players have to solve a puzzle, your character should never be the one with the answer. They should be one of the group and in no way gain any possible advantage because you are also the SR.
5) Do not allow your SR to give any benefit to your PC. Most overt examples would be offering to run RP for people who're nice to your PC more than others, but even if you're not doing it deliberately you can be held responsible. It's very strongly recommended that you do not tell people who your PC is where possible, as if it seems like people are treating your PC differently because of that knowledge you may well lose your SR, even if you aren't encouraging them to do so.
6) Do not play favourites. It is fine to run RP for your friends or people you like more often. However when setting up a story you should accept players based on the merit of their reasons for being involved and that is all, additionally once in a scene you must treat all players equally and respond only based on the merits of their IC actions.