#include "path.h"
inherit PATH + "inside";
object sign;
void setup() {
set_zone( "Newbie" );
set_short("Advancement Room" );
set_light( 75 );
add_property("no teleport", 1);
set_long( "This is a rather cosy room designed to encourage visitors to "
"linger a while and read a few of the notices pinned to the "
"walls. The air is thick and overly warm, and there is a "
"pervasive odour of stale tea, mothballs, and elderly ladies who "
"collect rather more cats and string than they can properly "
"handle. "
"Several overstuffed sofas have been grouped in the centre "
"of the room along with wobbly occasional tables. There is "
"a small cage holding an odd-looking creature in one corner, "
"and an immense ball of yarn in the other. A door to the south "
"leads back to the foyer.\n");
add_item(({ "floor", "ground" }), "The floor is scuffed, dusty wood. It "
"was probably nice at some point.");
add_item( "wall", "The walls (what can be seen of them under the notices) "
"have been covered with a gaudy floral paper.");
add_item(({ "paper", "wallpaper", "floral", "flower" }), "The wallpaper has "
"a dark, muddy background covered with enormous fantasy flowers "
"in red, blue, and yellow.");
add_item( "door", "The plain wooden door has been propped open in an effort "
"to let some of the stale air out.");
add_item( "cage", "The cage is a small, rickety bamboo affair with a tiny "
"door tied closed with a strand of wire. It contains a strange "
"creature.");
add_item( "creature", "The creature is a pale, translucent colour. It has "
"long, spindly legs, big teeth, and eyes that glow like lamps "
"when it is awake. Even though it is small, you sense it would "
"not be wise to disturb it. It is holding a small card.");
add_item( "wire", "The wire holding the cage door shut is a hopelessly "
"twisted mass of spun octiron, the magical metal of Discworld.");
add_item( "card", "The card is stamped 'Demon Local 45, Holywood' in "
"fading ink.");
add_item(({"ball", "yarn"}), "A large ball of string.");
add_item("notice",
({ "long", "There are many of these pinned to the walls of the "
"room. Several catch your eye including ones marked "
"'statistics', 'guildpoints', 'hitpoints', "
"'skills' and 'advancement'.\n",
"read", "There are many of these pinned to the walls of the "
"room. Several catch your eye including ones marked "
"'statistics', 'guildpoints', 'hitpoints', "
"'skills' and 'advancement'.\n"}));
add_item("sofa", ({"long", "Several well-stuffed and well-worn sofas with "
"rather dirty, brown upholstery.",
"position", "a sofa",
"position multiple", 1 }));
add_item("table", "A number of wobbly occasional tables made from "
"some indeterminable kind of wood have been placed near the "
"sofas.");
sign=add_sign("A handwritten notice marked 'Statistics and Rearrange'.\n",
"On Discworld your skill bonus typically determines your "
"ability to perform a task. Skill bonus is calculated "
"from your skill level and your statistics. Different "
"stats affect different skills.\n"
"Once you enter Discworld, you may rearrange your stats. "
"This should be done to improve your combination of "
"constitution, dexterity, intelligence, strength and wisdom "
"(your stats), but you are advised to wait until you have "
"chosen a guild and have asked other guild members for "
"advice. Use the command 'rearrange' to do this, but "
"consider it well, as you can only rearrange your stats "
"once.\n", 0, "statistics", "general" );
sign->add_property("determinate","the ");
sign->set_short("sign marked 'statistics and rearrange'");
sign=add_sign("A handwritten notice marked 'Guildpoints'.\n",
"Guildpoints are a measure of your capability to perform guild "
"commands such as stealing, fighting, casting spells or rituals, "
"etc. When you have used all your guild points, you will have to "
"rest to allow them to regenerate. For more information, type "
"in 'help guildpoints'.\n", 0, "guildpoints", "general");
sign->add_property("determinate","the ");
sign->set_short("sign marked 'guild points'");
sign=add_sign("A handwritten notice marked 'Experience'.\n",
"In addition to the direct skill advances provided by the "
"taskmaster, quest completion, using your guild commands "
"and by doing certain tasks, you are rewarded with "
"experience points or XP. These may be spent in advancing skills "
"from your guild or by learning from other players.\n", 0,
"experience", "general");
sign->add_property("determinate","the ");
sign->set_short("sign marked 'experience'");
sign=add_sign("A handwritten notice marked 'Hitpoints'.\n",
"Hitpoints, or HP determine how much damage you can take in "
"combat before you die. The number of hit points you have is "
"dependent upon your stats (mostly Con) and on your levels of "
"other.health. Hitpoints regenerate gradually over time. "
"There are also a variety of other ways to be healed. You "
"can use 'monitor' to keep track of your hitpoints. See also "
"'help wimpy'.\n", 0, "hitpoints", "general");
sign->add_property("determinate","the ");
sign->set_short("sign marked 'hitpoints'");
sign=add_sign("A handwritten notice marked 'Skills'.\n",
"To check your skill levels, use the command 'skills', and "
"to see various statistics about yourself, use 'score'. Your "
"stats can also be reviewed using 'score stats'. The command "
"'help' will give you a variety of other topics with useful "
"information.", 0, "skills", "general");
sign->add_property("determinate","the ");
sign->set_short("sign marked 'skills'");
sign=add_sign("A handwritten notice marked 'advancement'.\n\n",
"Skills can be advanced in a variety of ways on Discworld. "
"The guild you join will allow you to advance your skills "
"for a certain number of experience points and a small fee. "
"When you reach the proper skill level your guild will "
"teach you the commands that you will need to carry out "
"your guild duties.\n"
"You may also have another player teach you skills if they have "
"a higher skill level than you, or you may teach yourself. Both "
"of these methods cost experience points, and it is generally more "
"expensive to teach yourself.\n"
"Finally, many of your skills can be advanced simply by performing "
"tasks that make use of those skills. For example, your fighting "
"skills will get better as you participate in more fights. For "
"more information on this system, type "
"'help taskmaster'.\n",0, "advancement", "general");
sign->add_property("determinate","the ");
sign->set_short("sign marked 'advancement'");
/* Make it so you cannot godmother out of here */
add_property("no godmother", 1);
add_exit( "foyer", PATH + "foyer", "door" );
add_alias( "south", "foyer");
/*
room_chat(({10, 40, ({"A voice whispers something that you can't quite "
"make out."
})}));
*/
} /* setup() */
