full rules.
No towning. Group starts. parties. and leaves. no gold can be picked up (to prevent cheating) no repair. no buying of pots/scrolls/gear/etc. only time you can go to town is to progress through the quest line. gear is shared amongst players.
All areas must be fully cleared, including shrines,chests,barrels/caskets,pits,holes. no repeat farming (cant baal 20 times) .
characters are hardcore. when one is lost that player is out until the next round.
only exception to the no buy is one tome of identify to preserve inventory space, however the number of scrolls in the tome must be subtracted from your current stockpile. for example if you have six and you buy a tome with six. you are to throw away what you have.