First, a good IC reason. This is a rp mud, and characters who just want
to kill others to get equipment and fame are not really welcome. Such special
rp as psychotic killers should be first (dis)approved by the immortals.
Second, OOC fairness. If you are ready to pkill someone ICly, be sure that
he/she is aware of how it should be done (especially with newbies who might
not react as you expect simply because they do not know what to do exactly).
Always switch to killmode nofight when you feel that a pkill might occur.
Always let your opponent know when you want to switch to killmode stun/kill
so that he/she is not surprised.
Third, roleplay. As a rule of thumb, you should rp at least 5 rounds in
killmode nofight before switching to killmode stun/kill, being OOCly fair here
too (see the other parts of this help file). That also means that the 'victim'
can't simply type 'west' to flee. That should be rp-ed too, and it's only fair
that both opponents give time to the other one to actually type an emote.
In order to properly rp a pkill, you should turn off the autobury, autosac,
and autoloot configurations too. Burial, sacrificing and looting in a pkill
should be roleplayed. And, finally, it is generally a good idea to make a pkill
with killmode stun, so you can rp the last blow too.
Be OOCly fair to your opponent, let everybody react, and there should be no
complaints and no strikes.