On Chesapeake shard, PaxOku City im trying to impliment killers and theives. I want to add more punishments. So I figured I would ask some people what other punishments might be great for this.

The original thread is here on what im trying to do.
Killing and Stealing in PaxOku (The full idea, more may be added)

Section Six- THE PUNISHMENTS

Yes, here is the part that every citizen LOVES to see. What is going to happen to you!!!


1. You may be jailed for upto 30 UO days which is (??? Real Days)

1b. You may be jailed for up to Three years real time.
Which would mean you were linked to multiple killings or stealings. (Such sentence will most likely be up for jail break.)

This means you may NOT play the character or leave the jail. (Roleplayed break-outs must be approved by the defense MINISTER or CHANCELLOR to limit people as saying "Well I broke out".)

2. You may be executed making the character never playable again.

(Such murderer characters may be built to be killed. Your choice when becoming one is that you may be executed and you delete the character. **Soulstones would be good for such a GREAT executable rp killer.**)

3. Community service

(Community Service may be the following and more not listed.

- Having to help defend PaxLair or Dragons Watch City in the military. (Meaning your cant kill an innocent) but, will kill the attackers.

-Working for the Ministry of the Statehood.

-Having to Report the PaxLair Statehood Meeting Minutes and posting them.

-Having to fix Governor Winfields Boat for his fishing trip.

-Do tours at the Museum of Virtues Annex.

-Seeing the city Shrink for 30mins two times a week

(Oh yes your character may plead insain but, do you really want to? You will spend 30mins in character with a City Shrink two times a week for up to 30weeks!!! You must talk about your childhood, problems, sex life? or lack their of. Dont miss an appointment)

-LOTS MORE TO BE ADDED

On Europa we have experimented with many many crime and punishment systems.

The general consensus of opinion is - *make the punishment ooc fun for the punished player* , give them interaction, give them options.

Otherwise you end up with no criminals.

More thoughts later

For community service, make them wear all orange.
You could also make them work on a 'chain gang' supplying ingots, wood, leather, what have you.

Never quite worked out, did it? People got imprisoned, abandoned, and disenchanted. Now Europa RP's got a criminal population of about.. what? 10?

I'm afraid perma-death just isn't going to work, unless the player in question asks for it to happen. Nor is it at all realistic to detain people's characters for too long. A week would be the absolute maximum, and even then you'd have a fair few people out-right refusing to play along.

I suggest that you introduce things like.. "labour camps".. flogging.. mutilation.. trials (boiling water, fire, combat, etc.).. and other such things that are fun for all the family.

No it didnt really work out because there is an argument that if you role play a criminal you must accept the consequences.

We have had that debate time and time again for and against real consequences for real actions. If you cant do the time then dont do the crime.

I think the debate is for those over on chessy to decide what the answer is!

1 RL hour=1 UO day

30 UO days=30 hours

Prison would be fun. You could actually lock a person in a cell and take away their runebook so thay can't get out. Would be interesting. I believe they had somthin like that in an rp guild on Great Lakes.

On LS the High Court gave the criminals a few options on how to progress. These options were given to the player to decide (not the character)
They included fines, prison time, perma death, labor, community service, and I'm sure there were others. I think we've banished a few for a time too. (like banished from Trammel and they had to stay in Fel).