Editing Protection

After you have registered for the round and realm placement has been completed, but before the [[round]] has started, you are under '''protection''' during which time you cannot [[invade]] or be invaded, or take any kind of [[magic]] or [[espionage]] against others or they against you. You can however access the Council for your [[Realm]].

For players who join when the round starts, protection is synonymous with the first three days of the round.
 
== Simulating ==

Because of the safety of being in protection, most players make sure to plan it as best as possible to ensure they reach the desired combination of land, building composition, [[OP]], and [[DP]] for their strategy.

To do this, players create simulations ("sims") of protection using the [https://github.com/Yami-10/OD-Simulator OpenDominion Simulator] originally created and maintained by Blackreign and now maintained and updated by Yami.

== Conditions ==

To prevent/hinder cheating attempts the game will no longer allow Dominions to leave protection without a minimum amount of defense. There are two calculations for this:

* The first applies before OOP and is the same calculation that can be found on the invade screen: <code>10 x land-3300 OR 750</code> (whichever is greater)

* The second applies after the round has already started, but you have yet to leave protection. When you try to advance your final tick you will receive an error message stating the minimum defense you will need for that size, which will change for each day in the round and as per the [[NPDs|NPD]] defense chart.

== See Also ==

* [https://github.com/Yami-10/OD-Simulator OpenDominion Simulator]
* [[My First Protection Guide]]
* [[My First Round]]