This is a guide to discovering the Axe and Sickle, including what a new player should read. We recommend you go through this entire guide as soon as possible.

• Read Summary of the Roll of Ages
  • Read the paragraphs, do not click on the links— they're the same as on this page, but ordered for experienced players.
• Read Nations and Cultures
  • For backstory purposes.
• Consider reading Player Organizations
  • You may be interested in joining these early into the server.
  • Being a member of an organization, especially a martial organization, grants very good benefits.
  • Organizations operate according to the Organization Rules.

We recommend you read the entire House Rules document. However, because this is a daunting task, certain key sections are linked here.

• Tone and Theme
  • The best introduction to the server.
• Allowed Resources
  • Very important when understanding what characters you can create.
  • We recommend you don't use a +1 on your first character unless you are an experienced 3.5 player, because it lengthens the character creation process.

• Feats are gained at every odd level (1, 3, 5, 7, 9).
• Up to one flaw per character (Not all flaws are allowed, see the Houserules for the list.)
• One free Minor Feat per character (A feat with a small bonus, mostly for RP).
• Fractional Base Attack and Save Bonuses and Multiclass Saving Throws.

Read the list before finalizing a character concept, and read the exact restrictions in the Houserules if you want to use one of these tactics.

• Animal Companions (lightly)
• Crafting Magic Items
• Entangle
• Grease
• Metamagic Cost Reduction
• Polymorphing
• Summoning
• Turning Attempts
• Wild Shape

The following options from always-allowed books are NOT available:

• Races in Expanded Psionics Handbook, except Half-Giant, Elan, and Blue.
• The Gray Elf and Sun Elf Races.¹⁾
• Leadership feat.
• Thrallherd class.