DISCIPLINARY POLICY:

Disciplinary Rules
Carpe Noctum uses a censure system.  If a member commits a breach of the posted rules in the Charter, House Rules, One World by Night Bylaws; or, is accused of cheating, lying, harassing, causing physical harm, or other serious offenses, then a disciplinary action may be levied against the offender.   This list is not exhaustive and is intended as an example of the potential actions that could cause a disciplinary action to be enacted against a member.  A player is censured at the Storytelling staffs discretion.   However, players may initiate a strike against another player or Storyteller.  A strike is the recorded punishment for a serious and/or grievous misconduct within the chronicle.  If the players recommend to the Storyteller staff that they wish a strike to be leveled and supply convincing evidence of their reasoning, then said strike will be put to a chronicle vote.  Any person who accumulates three strikes will be removed from the membership and banned from the site.  A strike is removed one year after it is received, unless another strike is received in that time.  The strike(s) may also be removed at the discretion of the Storytelling staff.  Additionally, a player may also be removed from the membership and banned from the site at the discretion of the Storytelling staff.  However, a player may request that the chronicle vote to have their ban removed.

Censure System:   
The Censure system was created as a form of punishment when the misconduct is not grievous enough to merit a Vote of No Confidence or a strike. These points are on a scaling system similar to the strike system and as such obtaining three (3) Censures is equivalent to earning one (1) strike.  Depending on the severity of the situation the censure may be given in conjunction with the following listed below. 
 Loss of Experience points:  I the instance that any member is found to be a part of misconduct with in Carpe Noctum said member may be penalized by way of loss of experience this penalty can be upto a maximum of a full month of actual play time with no Experience points or Player points being gained. Furthermore this will be logged within the Database and the member will not be able to make these points up by use of Player Points.
Suspension:   In the event that a Member of this chronicle has been penalized by way of experience loss and the misconduct continues the member will be asked to remove themselves from site for the duration of the game session and will be suspended for no less than 1 games session after said occurrence. Suspension from game through this measure may not exceed 1 month/2 game sessions with out just reasoning or the addition of a Strike being proposed for the player.
Strike System of Carpe Noctum: Carpe Noctum much like OWbN has a strike system in which we use to determine the standing of individuals within of Chronicle. The following are a breakdown of actions to be taken when one receives on of these strikes within our chronicle.
•	If any member is found guilty of misconduct within this chronicle they will no long per eligible for a position of leadership within the chronicle. If a storyteller at the time of receiving the strike they will be immediately required to step down from their position on staff and will be penalized the Experience granted for that game session. 
•	In the event that any member of this chronicle receives a 2nd strike prior to the removal of the initial will be penalized 1 months worth of Experience and will be required to take no less than 1 month away from game not to exceed 3 months or 6 games sessions.
•	In the event that  any member of this chronicle receives a 3rd and final strike they depending on the events that lead up to the strike my lose their character in the form of a GNC and or a permanent Ban from game site. This Ban will stand for no less than 6 months depending on the severity of the claim up to 1year after which said member may propose a vote to remove the Ban.

Ban: A temporary ban action lasts for six (6) months, after which a six (6) month Probation occurs. An indefinite ban action has no time restriction and is given after a temporary ban. It can only be removed with the assent of the HST.