Party

Parties are a way for players to group together to fight Bosses and complete Dungeons. Players in a party also have access to a party-only chat, and are able to have a party of up to 5 players, consisting of a leader and 4 members.

Parties also access the scoreboard functionality built within Minecraft to allow players to view who is currently in the party and their health.

Party Mechanics
Parties are persistent between play throughs, which means that if three players group together to form a party and then log out, when they log back in they will return to the party they previously formed.

If a party's leader logs out, a new temporary leader will be elected until the party leader returns, which the temporary leader will then be swapped back to a regular party member. This is true if a party leader leaves the party, in which a random member will then be promoted to become the party leader.

Starting Instances
Parties are used in order to begin instances. However there are a few rules:
 * Only the party leader (or temporary leader) can create instances
 * Once created, the party has 30 seconds to enter the instance or the members which are not in the instance will be unable to join

Creating a Party
Any player that is of rank Survivor or higher can create a party by using the following command:
 * /partycreate or /pcreate

Note: A player cannot be in an existing party when creating one.

Inviting Party Members
Once a party is formed, a player can invite other players to the party (for a maximum of 5 total party members) by using the command:
 * /partyinvite  or /pinvite 

Note: The invited player must be online to receive the invitation.

Accepting/Declining an Invitation
If a player receives an invitation and is of Survivor rank or higher, they can accept incoming invitations and join the inviting player's party or decline them.

To accept an invitation:
 * /partyaccept or /paccept

To decline an invitation:
 * /partydecline or /pdecline

Note: The invited player must respond within 10 seconds or the invitation will expire. Players wanting to invite others must wait until the invitation expires before inviting the invited player again.

Party Chat
It is possible to access a party-only chat which is persistent across worlds. To send a message to your party:
 * /partychat  or /pchat  or /pc 

Leaving a Party
If you wish to leave a party, you can use the following command to leave your current party:
 * /partyleave or /pleave

Notes:
 * If the leader of a party leaves, a new one is randomly chosen to become the new leader
 * If a player leaves a party, they can be re-invited to the party by the leader