One Account, One Character

Perilous Legends runs a strict one-to-one policy: one account per person, one character per account. This is why - and why it still leaves you plenty of room.

The Policy

Per person	One account
Per account	One character
Alts	Not allowed
Online limit	One account per connection
Class	Swappable - one active at a time
Builds	Several skill sets per character (Personality system)

Overview

Perilous Legends is built around a single character per real human being, and nearly every other system on the shard assumes that. This is the foundation the shard's society stands on.

The one thing this policy is not is a straitjacket on your one character. That character can change class and can hold several full skill builds. One character, yes - but a very flexible one.

The Rule

One account per real person. Multi-accounting is prohibited.
One character per account. No alts, no second slot.

Put together: one character, per account, per human. That character is your entire footprint on the shard. You make it at character creation, and there is no roster to fall back on.

One Character, Many Builds

One character does not mean one class forever, and it does not mean one skill set. This matters, because it is the reason a single-character rule is not punishing:

Your class is swappable. You are never locked to your first pick. Changing class sits behind a short channel and a cooldown, and each class keeps its own level. See Classes.
Your character holds multiple builds. Through the Personality system, one character can store several complete builds - each a full set of skills and stats - and swap between them. You start with two build slots for free and can unlock more with gold. A warrior build and a mage build can live on the same character. Details are on Skills & Stats.

So "one character" is one identity, one reputation, one footprint - but it can be several playstyles over its life. What it cannot be is two of you running at once.

Why It Exists

The single-character rule does a few things at once:

It keeps your reputation attached to one identity. Your actions follow a single character, so you cannot do your dirt on a disposable alt and keep a clean main. One character per person is the wall that keeps a reputation worth having.
It makes specialization social. You cannot be your own crafter and your own hauler at the same time through alts. If you want a supply chain, you build it with other real players. That turns crafter-to-hauler relationships into genuine economic ties instead of within-account convenience. Swapping builds is a deliberate, one-at-a-time act, not a way to be in two places at once.
It makes per-player limits actually per-player. Fatigue, cooldowns, and account-bound mechanics can't be dodged by rotating a fresh alt, because there isn't one. A per-account throttle is a per-person throttle.
It keeps the world fair. No one gets to field an army of themselves - no multi-boxed farming crews, no self-supplied one-person guilds, no stacking a fight with your own alts.

The net effect is a world where trading and grouping with people is the point, not a chore you route around.

How It Is Enforced

The policy is backed by enforcement, layered so that each level catches what the last one misses:

Online gate. Only one non-exempt account may be logged in per connection at a time. A second one is kicked shortly after it enters the world. This is the first-line deterrent against dual-boxing.
Detection stack. After the connection gating, a tech stack that uses professional poker-site security measures will identify abusers in daily reports to be looked into deeper. Because the entire server is built off this ideology, this is a one-strike-and-out offense. Simply said: Don't do it. You will be caught, and not forgiven. Play fairly.

Shared Households

Real families and shared connections exist, and the rule accounts for them. A couple, siblings, or roommates on the same connection can legitimately trip the one-per-connection limit. There is a staff-reviewed approval process for those cases - genuine separate people under one roof can be cleared to play.

Play it straight. If you and someone in your home both want to play, ask staff in Discord to sort it out. Trying to disguise multiple accounts as a shared household is exactly what the detection is designed to flag.