#HELPS
-1 DIKU~
. Original game idea, concept, and design:
Katja Nyboe [Superwoman] (katz@freja.diku.dk)
Tom Madsen [Stormbringer] (noop@freja.diku.dk)
Hans Henrik Staerfeldt [God] (bombman@freja.diku.dk)
Michael Seifert [Papi] (seifert@freja.diku.dk)
Sebastian Hammer [Quinn] (quinn@freja.diku.dk)
Additional contributions from:
Michael Curran - the player title collection and additional locations.
Ragnar Loenn - the bulletin board.
Bill Wisner - for being the first to successfully port the game,
uncovering several old bugs, uh, inconsistencies,
in the process.
And: Mads Haar and Stephan Dahl for additional locations.
Developed at: DIKU -- The Department of Computer Science
at the University of Copenhagen.
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-1 MERC~
[Note: this entry may not be removed or altered. See our license.txt.]
This mud is based on Merc 2.1, created by Furey, Hatchet, and Kahn. Merc 2.1
is available as Merc_21.tar.gz from ftp.tcp.com and ftp.math.okstate.edu.
E-mail to 'merc-request@kpc.com' to join the merc mailing list.
Thanks to ...
... Diku Mud for starting it all.
... The Free Software Foundation and DJ Delorie for kick-ass tools.
... Copper Mud and Alfa Mud for releasing their code and worlds.
... Aod of Generic for ... well, everything. You're a hoopy frood, Aod.
... Alander for many ideas and contributions.
... John Brothers of Silly for permission to use Silly code and worlds.
... Zrin for administering the mailing list.
... Abaddon for proofreading our comm.c.
... Hind, Quin, Vic, Diavolo, Oleg, Trienne, and others for porting help.
... Diavolo, Grodyn, Morgenes, and others for code and bug fixes.
... Raff, Doctor, VampLestat, Nirrad, Tyrst, PinkF, Chris, Glop for worlds.
... the players and imps of Mud Dome, Final Mud, Mud Lite, Vego Mud, Rivers
of Mud, Ruhr Mud, and Mystic Realms for bug reports, ideas, new code,
and hours of enjoyment.
Share and enjoy.
~
-1 GODWARS~
God Wars was created by Richard Woolcock, aka KaVir.
Thanks also go to the following people (in order of help given):
...Zarkas, for teaching me how to mud properly.
...Malice, for getting me into the implementor and coder side of things.
...ShadoWeaver, for providing me with my first (and free) site.
...Rotain, for helping with the code - and the debugging.
...Calamar, for adding some nifty code that I still don't understand.
...Stephen from ACK mud, for coding advise and suggestions.
...Monochrome BBS, for supplying me with a decent free site.
...Lucifur, for providing a USA mirror site for the USA players.
...Shaddai, for a mirror site, code snippets and bug reports.
...Arioch, for comments, suggestions, and help running the mud.
...Tepic, for writing the web pages, and helping run the mud.
...Pandora, for trying to bring some semblance of order to the mud.
...All the players, for finally showing me why God Wars doesn't work.
Note: This mud is based upon the March 1996 version of the code.
See also: GODWARS-HISTORY, GODWARS-INFO, GODWARS-TREE
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-1 GODWARS-HISTORY~
Around the end of 1994, I - Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir) - was helping
Ben Walding (aka Malice) write a mud called Eternal Conflict. I supplied
suggestions, whilst he did almost all of the coding. In order to help
out with the code, I decided to download a copy of Merc 2.1 and 'have a
play' with it. I taught myself how to code in C, but as a side affect I
created another mud - God Wars. The mud was very primitive, but was
also quite fun to play on, so I spoke with a friend of mine and managed to
get a temporary site - just to show him what I had written. The mud proved
popular, and was offered a permanent site elsewhere. After about 6
months work, one of the players (who called himself Joker) requested a copy of
the mud to help with his University project. In return for his word
that the mud would be for personal use only, I agreed. He broke his word,
and ran the mud as Vampire Wars, making practically no further changes to
the code. A few months later, I began to jointly run a second version of
God Wars in the USA, because of the severe lag the American players suffered
from whilst playing on the UK based mud. This mud began developing on
its own, until eventually the site owner and his coder fell out, and another
version of God Wars was created. In 1997 another copy of Godwars was
stolen and given out freely over the net. Since then I began developing the
mud in a very different direction - stopping only briefly to create God Wars
Deluxe, which unfortunately was also stolen and eventually leaked out.
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-1 GODWARS-INFO~
This version of God Wars was last modified by me in March 1996. After
that point a couple of people decided to try and "rework" the code, filling
it with numerous really nasty bugs - thus you are using this code at your
own peril (unfortunately there are no cleaner copies of the 1996 code).
Look out for other muds in the series! God Wars (1995 version of this),
Dark City (my evolved God Wars derivative), God Wars Deluxe (a cut-down,
smoothed out version of Dark City) and Last City - my current mud, which
(at the moment of writing this) is not QUITE ready to play, but is getting
close. There are also a number of other God Wars derivatives which were
not written by me - for example Sage's "Lords of War" and Aronacus' "Planes
of Hades", to name but two.
There may well be other derivatives that I don't know about yet. Most
of the current ones come from this leaked version, although I suspect
there will soon be some based on the God Wars Deluxe. Unfortunately the
original 1996 copy of the code was lost (I didn't keep copies of the mud
in it's different stages - I just kept working on it until one day I
decided it needed a new name and called it Dark City). Last City got
another rename because a movie came out called Dark City and I didn't want
people getting confused about the theme.
For more information, check out the GODWARS-TREE help file.
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-1 GODWARS-TREE~
This is the official God Wars family tree.
God Wars (1995)*
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God Wars (1996)* Vampire Wars
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Dark City (pre-wilderness)* Leaked God Wars
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Dark City (post-wilderness)* God Wars Deluxe* LoW others
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Last City* -------------
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PoH others
* Indicates the version was written by KaVir.
For more information, check out the GODWARS-INFO help file.
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-1
WIZLIST~
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- - - H I G H J U D G E S - - -
- - - J U D G E S - - -
- - - E N F O R C E R S - - -
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-1 GREETING~
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-= God Wars MUD =-
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Diku Mud was created by Hans Henrik St{rfeldt, Katja Nyboe,
Tom Madsen, Michael Seifert, and Sebastian Hammer.
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01 Aug 1993 Merc 2.1 Furey, Hatchet, Kahn.
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God Wars was created by KaVir.
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What name do you want engraved on your tombstone? ~
-1 MOTD~
* This is a player killing and stealing mud.
* Type 'help' for help. To see the changes type 'help changes'.
* Type 'rules' and 'policy' for a list of rules and the policy.
Press RETURN to continue: ~
3 IMOTD~
* PLEASE: check 'help decapitate' and 'help rules'.
* Also check 'help status', 'help escape' and 'help godless'.
~
-1 NEWS~
To see the changes, type 'help changes'.
~
2 RULES~
The Ten Commandments:
1) Kill and decapitate other immortals, or else:
2) Other immortals will kill and decapitate you.
3) Forgiveness may be divine, but vengeance is much more fun.
4) Don't whine or complain, or someone will kill you.
5) If someone whines or complains, you should kill them.
6) If someone DOESN'T whine or complain, kill them anyway.
7) Might makes right; A corpse will never betray you.
8) Friends are useful. So are the exp you get for decapitating them.
9) Rules and alliences are there to be broken; never trust anyone.
10) Stop reading the stupid rules and let the slaughter commence!
11) Never trust Amoeba.
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2 POLICY~
* Cloning of Artifacts is banned! And always has been.
Cloning of ANY artifact will result in all copies of the cloned artifact
being removed from the game and any further action deemed appropriate by
myself or the God(s) concerned.
* Multiplaying is banned!
Anyone caught multiplaying will have ALL of the concerned characters deleted
or any lesser penalty deemed appropriate by the immortal dealing with it.
* No spamming any channels
This is unfriendly and upsets people. The penalty for this is that the
offending player will be silenced for a period determined by the immortal.
* No purposeful crashing of the mud.
Deliberate crashing of the mud will cause you to be denied or possibly
deleted and may even end up in your site being prevented from connecting
to the mud (banned).
* Sharing characters
This is frowned upon heavily.
* Storage of Artifacts
You are not allowed to place your artifact(s) on a "storage character"
Any storage characters found will be deleted and the artifact(s) they
were storing will be placed back in the game at the immortals discression.
~
-1 STORY~
It is a time of great magic. Powerful immortals battle across the world
for domination, slaying and pillaging at will. Only the greatest can
survive...are you one of them?
~
-1 SUMMARY~
MOVEMENT GROUP
north south east west up down follow group gtell split
exits recall
sleep wake rest stand
OBJECTS INFORMATION / COMMUNICATION
get put drop give sacrifice help credits areas commands socials
wear wield hold report score time weather where who
recite quaff zap brandish channels config description password title
lock unlock open close pick auction chat music question answer shout yell
inventory equipment look compare emote pose say tell
eat drink fill empty bug idea typo
list buy sell value note
COMBAT OTHER
kill flee kick rescue disarm ! save quit
backstab cast wimpy practice train
For more help, type 'help <topic>' for any command, skill, or spell.
Also help on: CHANGES DAMAGE DEATH EXPERIENCE NEWS STORY TICK WIZLIST
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0 CHANGES~
* Improved combat system includes weapon skills, hit locations, critical
hits, special moves, death moves, stances and fighting techniques.
* Levels and classes removed.
* PK avatars that can only die by decapitation and complete destruction
of their head and brain.
* Improved 'consider' command now gives much more information.
* New training system uses exp to improve stats, skills, hp, mana, move,
primal, become avatar, and gain immunities/resistances.
* KILLER and THIEF flags removed, and player corpse looting allowed.
* Spell casting weapons and spell affect armour coded.
* Godless option, for player who dislike interferring gods.
* Vampires, Werewolves, Mages and Demons coded. Type 'help vampire', etc.
* Left/Right hand locations rather than wield/shield/light/held.
* Object manipulation commands for wear/remove/activate/etc.
* Mounts, missile weapons, marriage and sex added.
* ANSI colour added (using macros by Calamar). Type 'ansi' to switch it on.
* Special hard-coded quest point system for Quest Makers and players.
* Oswitch and oreturn, allowing imms to switch into objects and back.
* Customisable prompts added (based on code by Morgenes from Aldara Mud).
* Many extra skills/spells, new item types, extra mob specs, and the rest
of the usual stuff people generally add to their muds.
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0 DAMAGE~
When someone attacks someone else, a damage message is displayed to give
you an idea of how much damage you have caused. The following messages
represent the following amounts of damage.
If you missed, then you did 0 points of damage.
If you lightly hit, then you did 1 to 25 points of damage.
If you hit, then you did 26 to 50 points of damage.
If you hit hard, then you did 51 to 100 points of damage.
If you hit very hard, then you did 101 to 250 points of damage.
If you hit extremely hard, then you did 251 to 500 points of damage.
If you hit incredibly hard, then you did 500 or more points of damage.
Your final blow will be a death move, depending on your weapon type.
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0 CLAIM CALL GIFT LOCATE~
Syntax: claim <object>
Syntax: call <object>
Syntax: call all
Syntax: gift <object> <player>
Syntax: locate
By claiming an object (which costs 500 exp), that object becomes your
personal property. Using the 'locate' command you can find what items
currently belong to you and where they are in the mud. If you are not
carrying the item, you can get it back by calling it with the 'call'
command. You can change the ownership of your own items by use of the
'gift' command.
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0 DECAPITATE~
Do this to another avatar when they are mortally wounded, and you will
suck out some of their lifeforce (represented by 1000exp), making them
mortal again. You may also loot their corpse, of course, and if you are
hungry you can even eat their head ;)
Decapitation alone is not enough to completely destroy another avatar
however, for their head will retain their remaining lifeforce. To truely
kill them, you must crack open their head and eat (or in some other way
destroy) their brain.
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0 CRACK~
While holding a head in either your left or right hand, typing 'crack'
will crack the head open, spilling the brains out onto the floor.
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0 DEATH~
When your character dies, you are reincarnated back at the Altar of the Temple
of Midgaard. Your corpse is left behind in the room where you were killed,
together with all of your equipment. Your gold stays with you.
Any spells which were affecting you are canceled by death.
Following and groups are not affected by death.
You lose experience points for dying. The amount you lose is half of your
current amount, so it's a good idea not to hoard exp.
Corpses decay after time, and the objects inside corpses decay with them.
Player corpses last *roughly* 30 hours of game time (15 minutes of real time).
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0 ESCAPE~
This command allows you to transport to the temple of midgaard when
mortally wounded. Unfortunately, it also reduces both your mana and move
to 0, and informs everyone else on the mud that you are lying defenseless
at recall...so be careful how you use it.
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0 MOUNT DISMOUNT~
Syntax: mount <creature>
Syntax: dismount
This allows the character to mount the specified creature. Only
creatures such as horses and the like may be mounted, and they will aid
their rider in combat.
For information on the MOUNT spell, type 'help mountspell'.
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0 QUESTS~
Quest Makers (and occasionally higher levels) can set quests for one or
more players to participate in. The rewards for such quests can be in
the form of specially modified equipment. A number of quest points-worth
will be allocated depending on the difficulty of the quest, using the
following guidelines for point costs (QP's = Quest Points):
Stats (Str/Dex/Int/Wis/Con): 20 QP's per +1, max allowed is +3 per stat.
Hp/Mana/Move: 5 QP per +1, max allowed is +25 on each.
Hitroll/Damroll: 30 QP's per +1, max allowed is +5 on each.
Ac: 10 QP's per -1, max allowed is -25.
Once a certain affect (str, hitroll, ac, etc) is selected, it cannot be
chosen again for that item even if you didn't select the maximum allowed
amount. Choosing to have penalties on an item will not decrease its
cost, although some Quest Makers may allow extra points if you select a
few disadvantages on the item.
For more information, type 'quest'.
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0 QUEST TOKEN~
Syntax: quest <field> <value>
Syntax: token <value>
QUEST will allow you to spend any quest points you might have. For a
list of the cost (in quest points), type 'quest'.
TOKEN will allow you to create a quest token, with the value of the token
set to the value specified. The tokens value must be within 1 and 50,
and it cannot be greater than the number of quest points you currently
have.
For information on the QUEST spell, type 'help questspell'.
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0 QUESTCARD COMPLETE RECHARGE~
Syntax: complete card
Syntax: complete card <object>
Syntax: recharge card machine
A quest card requires 4 objects to complete. To find out what 4 objects
you need, type 'complete card'. When you find these items, you should
type 'complete card <object>'. Once you have completed all 4 items on
the card you will be told that you have completed the card. Then you
should go and find the dark crypt, where there is a machine, and type
'recharge card machine'. You will receive a quest token reward, which
you should eat, and the card will be recharged with 4 new items to find.
HINT: Vallandar's tomb can be found by going 2 south, 7 east, 2 north
from recall. Once you have found that area, you should look for the
guardian and solve his riddle, enter the portal he creates, and you'll be
in the dark crypt.
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0 QUEST-TYPES~
The following are a few examples of quest types:
* Find the object/s. Examples: Find 5 different coloured potions, Find a
pitch black longsword that flames brightly, Find a dragon dagger, belt
and bracer, etc.
* Kill the mob/s. These can be hunt down and kill, or simple placing the
player in the same room as the mob/s. Can also be combined with finding
objects - Example: Find and kill two different dragons and bring me
their claws.
* Solve a puzzle. For example find a certain room, solve a riddle in an
area, or successfully get out of a maze. These are particularly good
when several players of different ability are competing in the quest.
* Duel: A one-on-one fight pitting either a player against a mob, or
(more usually) a player against another player. The conditions will be
decided beforehand, and can include any conditions that both sides
agree on. Example: No sanctuary, no potions (or maybe a limited number),
no spells, no weapons, or whatever.
* Skirmishes: Like a duel, but involves several players on either side.
Although the sides don't have to be equal in number, it is generally a
good idea to make sure they are roughly equal in power.
* There are also several more obscure quests that can be run - for
example you could require that the player brings you 3 small green
eggs, then load mob 30005 into the players room. Another battle might
involve no melee - all combat must be with missile weapons.
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0 EXPERIENCE XP~
Your character advances in power by gaining experience.
You gain experience by being part of a group that kills someone/something.
You lose experience by dying or being decapitated.
The experience you get from a kill depends on several things: how many players
are in your group; your alignment versus your opponent's alignment; how
many of this monster have been killed lately (if they are an NPC); and
some random variation.
See also help on 'status'.
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0 STATUS~
This represents the 'danger' of the player. You only have a status if
you are level 3. It grants no extra powers, but is a good measure of
how deadly that player is in combat. Each time you decapitate an
Immortal+ (or an Avatar if you are also an Avatar) your status goes up by
one and their status goes down by one (to a minimum of zero). The
following shows how many kills (minus deaths) you need for each status:
0 = Avatar
1 - 4 = Immortal
5 - 9 = Godling
10 - 14 = Demigod
15 - 19 = Lesser God
20 - 24 = Greater God
25 + = Supreme God
Remember, if your status is Immortal or above you gain nothing for
decapitating an Avatar (except a free loot, a head, and an enemy).
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0 SKILL~
Syntax: skill | skill <player>
This shows the target player's skill with the weapon they are currently
wielding and the stance they are in (if it's a specialized stance).
Weapon skill Stance skill
1) Totally unskilled. 1) Totally unskilled.
2) Slightly skilled. 2) An apprentice.
3) Reasonable. 3) A trainee.
4) Fairly competent. 4) A student.
5) Highly skilled. 5) Fairly experienced.
6) Very dangerous. 6) Well trained.
7) Extremely deadly. 7) Highly skilled.
8) An expert. 8) An expert.
9) A master. 9) A master.
10) A grandmaster. 10) A grandmaster.
Note that these are only rough estimates; one master might well be
slightly more skilled than another master, and so on.
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0 SPELL SPELLS~
Syntax: spells | spell <colour>
This shows your spell casting ability with the various types of magic.
1) Untrained. 6) An adept.
2) An apprentice. 7) A mage.
3) A student. 8) A warlock.
4) A scholar. 9) A master wizard.
5) A magus. 10) A grand sorcerer.
Note that these are only rough estimates; one master wizard might well be
slightly more skilled than another master wizard, and so on.
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0 GODLESS~
By typing this, you will no longer be affected by most god commands,
including restore, force, slay, mset, transfer, deny, freeze, etc. You
can toggle your godless flag on and off at will, and everyone in the mud
is informed each time you do this.
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0 HOME~
To set your recall point, enter the desired room and type 'home here'.
From that point on you will recall to that point rather than the Temple
of Midgaard (although you still go to the Templar Altar if you die).
A home cannot be a safe room.
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0 PET PETS~
You can buy pets in the pet shop. Your pet-buying opportunities do not
accumulate; use them or lost them. This policy prevents wholesale abuse
of pets.
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0 TICK~
Many of the game actions are based upon interval timers, including combat,
most autonomous monster actions, hp/mana/move regeneration, spell duration,
weather, and area resetting.
Of these timers, the hp/mana/move regeneration timer is popularly called the
'tick'. Ticks on this mud average 30 seconds of real time, but the actual
amount varies randomly from 15 seconds to 45 seconds.
Area resetting happens roughly every 3 minutes if no one is in the area; less
often (15 minutes) if some one is. Also note that objects lying on the ground
will not be regenerated if anyone is in the area when it resets.
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0 !~
Syntax: !
! repeats the last command you typed.
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0 NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST UP DOWN~
Syntax: north
Syntax: south
Syntax: east
Syntax: west
Syntax: up
Syntax: down
Use these commands to walk in a particular direction.
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0 CAST~
Syntax: cast <spell> <target>
Before you can cast a spell, you have to practice it. The more you practice,
the higher chance you have of success when casting. Casting spells costs mana.
The mana cost decreases as your magical ability increases.
The <target> is optional. Many spells which need targets will use an
appropriate default target, especially during combat.
If the spell name is more than one word, then you must quote the spell name.
Example: cast 'cure critic' frag. Quoting is optional for single-word spells.
You can abbreviate the spell name.
When you cast an offensive spell, the victim usually gets a saving throw.
The effect of the spell is reduced or eliminated if the victim makes the
saving throw successfully.
See also the help sections for individual spells.
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0 EXITS~
Syntax: exits
Tells you the visible exits of the room you are in. Not all exits are visible.
You can use the 'bump' technique to find hidden exits. (Try to walk in a
certain direction and see what you bump into).
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0 DROP GET GIVE PUT TAKE~
Syntax: drop <object>
Syntax: drop <amount> coins
Syntax: get <object>
Syntax: get <object> <container>
Syntax: give <object> <character>
Syntax: give <amount> coins <character>
Syntax: put <object> <container>
DROP drops an object, or some coins, on the ground.
GET gets an object, either lying on the ground, or from a container, or even
from a corpse. TAKE is a synonym for get.
GIVE gives an object, or some coins, to another character.
PUT puts an object into a container.
DROP, GET and PUT understand the object names 'ALL' for all objects and
'ALL.object' for all objects with the same name.
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0 EQUIPMENT INVENTORY~
Syntax: equipment
Syntax: inventory
EQUIPMENT lists your equipment (armor, weapons, and held items).
INVENTORY lists your inventory.
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0 COMPARE~
Syntax: compare <object-1> <object-2>
Syntax: compare <object>
COMPARE compares two objects in your inventory. If both objects are weapons,
it will report the one with the better average damage. If both objects are
armor, it will report the one with the better armor class.
COMPARE with one argument compares an object in your inventory to the object
you are currently wearing or wielding of the same type.
COMPARE doesn't consider any special modifiers of the objects.
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0 BACKSTAB BERSERK BS DISARM KICK PUNCH KILL~
Syntax: backstab <character>
Syntax: berserk
Syntax: disarm
Syntax: kick
Syntax: punch <character>
Syntax: kill <character>
KILL starts a fight, and, hopefully, kills something. BACKSTAB is another way
to start a fight, used by thieves. BS is a synonym for BACKSTAB.
BERSERK will make you strike out at every creature in the room. It will
hit players as well as mobiles, so it's a good idea not to use this skill
while you are grouped.
DISARM is an auxiliary fighting command to disarm your opponent. Similarly,
KICK will inflict more damage during combat by kicking.
PUNCH will inflict a small amount of damage, and stun your opponent for a
short period of time. It also has a chance of breaking your opponents
nose or jaw.
In order to BACKSTAB, DISARM, KICK or PUNCH successfully, you must practice
the appropriate skill.
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0 FASTDRAW~
FASTDRAW is automatic, if you have it. If another player attacks you
while you have any sheathed weapons, you will draw them out with
lightning speed and strike your opponent before they are able to land any
blows on you. If you have any items in your hands at the time, you will
throw them aside before drawing your weapons.
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0 ANSI COLOUR~
Syntax: ansi
This will show things in colour. Spells will appear in their appropriate
colour, and important messages will be highlighted. Your exp (or opponents
condition if you're fighting), hp, mana and move are shown in scaled colour.
Scaled colour is represented as follows:
Cyan : Maximum.
Yellow : 75% to just below maximum.
Green : 50% to just below 75%
Blue : 25% to just below 50%
Red : Below 25%
Ansi colour can be toggled on and off with the 'ansi' or 'config' commands.
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0 STANCE~
Syntax: combat <style>
In combat, the stance of the fighter plays a very important role; you
can't just stand there and exchange blow for blow unless you are very
confident of your ability. Each fighting stance has advantages and
disadvantages, the basic outline of which follows:
VIPER: A very fast and aggressive style of combat, concentrating on
striking your opponent before they have the chance to avoid or block you.
CRANE: A wide, sweeping style of combat, which concentrates on a very
strong blocking defence.
CRAB: A low, defensive fighting stance which uses agile footwork and
rolling with attacks in order to reduce your injuries.
MONGOOSE: A light-footed stance, which relies on leaps and acrobatics to
ensure that by the time your opponent makes their attack, you've moved
out of the way.
BULL: A low aggressive stance which concentrates purely on physical power.
See also help on 'advancedstance' and 'stancetable'.
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0 ADVANCEDSTANCE~
Syntax: combat <style>
Advanced stances can be learned after you have become a grand master in
two normal stances. These stances are much better than the others.
MANTIS: Requires CRANE and VIPER before it can be learned. This stance
combines a very strong defence with lightning fast counter attacks.
DRAGON: Requires BULL and CRAB before it can be learned. This stance
uses very powerful attacks, as well as protecting the fighter from injury.
TIGER: Requires BULL and VIPER before it can be learned. Probably the
most aggressive of all the stances, this style utilizes very powerful and
lightning fast attacks.
MONKEY: Requires CRANE and MONGOOSE before it can be learned. The only
affect of this stance is to completely nullify the advantages of your
opponents stance.
SWALLOW: Requires MONGOOSE and CRAB before it can be learned. This is
the most defensive of all the stances, combining agile dodges with the
ability to 'roll' with an attack, helping prevent injury.
See also help on 'stance' and 'stancetable'.
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0 STANCETABLE~
The following table is a rough comparison of stances, giving a value
between 10 and -10, where the higher the number the better your chance of
victory. Cross-reference your stance from the left with your opponents
stance from along the top. Please remember these are only rough
estimates, and may not be completely accurate...
None Vipr Cran Mmgs Bull Crab Mnts Tigr Drgn Mnky Swlw
None 0 -4 -5 -5 -5 -5 -9 -9 -10 0 -10
Viper +4 0 +3 +3 -2 -2 -2 -7 -9 0 -4
Crane +5 -3 0 0 +2 +2 -8 -6 -1 0 -3
Mongoose +5 -3 0 0 +2 +2 -8 -6 -1 0 -3
Bull +5 +2 -2 -2 0 +2 -5 -3 -3 0 -5
Crab +5 +2 -2 -2 -2 0 -5 -5 -7 0 -7
Mantis +9 +2 +8 +8 +5 +5 0 -3 0 0 +3
Tiger +9 +7 +6 +6 +3 +5 +3 0 -2 0 +1
Dragon +10 +9 +1 +1 +3 +7 0 +2 0 0 -2
Monkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swallow +10 +4 +3 +3 +5 +7 -3 -1 +2 0 0
~
0 FIGHT STYLE FIGHTSTYLE~
Syntax: fightstyle <number> <style>
This is used for unarmed combat, and it allows the fighter to decide on
their style of unarmed attack. Many different types of attack are
possible, each with different advantages and disadvantages. Your first
attack in combat always uses the first number slot. If you have a second
attack, this will draw a fighting technique from slots 1 to 4. If you
have a third attack, it will draw a fighting technique from slots 5 to
8. Any other attacks are randomly drawn from any of slots 1 to 8. If
the slot is blank (0) then the attack is a standard unarmed attack.
~
0 HURL~
Syntax: hurl <name>
Syntax: hurl <name> <direction>
This ability allows you to hurl the target into walls, through exits, or
through doors. Hurling someone through an exit does a little damage.
Hurling them into walls does twice as much, and hurling them through
doors does three times as much. If you don't specify a direction to hurl
the target, it will be random (north, south, east or west). You cannot
hurl someone who is already injured.
~
0 SCAN SPY THROW~
Syntax: scan
Syntax: spy <direction>
Syntax: throw <direction> <target>
SCAN allows you to see all the mobs/players within 1 room of you.
SPY allows you to see all the mobs/players within 3 rooms in a specified
direction.
THROW allows you to hurl an object you are holding (in your right hand,
or if that's empty left hand) to a target mob/player in a specified
direction. The object can be throw up to 3 rooms. If it fails to reach
the target by that time it will land on the floor.
For information on the SCAN spell, type 'help scanspell'.
~
0 FLEE RESCUE~
Syntax: flee
Syntax: rescue <character>
Once you start a fight, you can't just walk away from it. If the fight
is not going well, you can attempt to FLEE, or another character can
RESCUE you. (You can also RECALL, but this is less likely to work,
and costs more experience points, then fleeing).
If you lose your link during a fight, then your character will keep
fighting, and will attempt to RECALL from time to time. Your chances
of making the recall are reduced, and you will lose much more experience.
In order to RESCUE successfully, you must practice the appropriate skill.
~
0 EXAMINE LOOK~
Syntax: look
Syntax: look <object>
Syntax: look <character>
Syntax: look <direction>
Syntax: look <keyword>
Syntax: look in <container>
Syntax: look in <corpse>
Syntax: examine <container>
Syntax: examine <corpse>
LOOK looks at something and sees what you can see.
EXAMINE is short for 'LOOK container' followed by 'LOOK IN container'.
~
0 ORDER~
Syntax: order <character> command
Syntax: order all command
ORDER orders one or all of your charmed followers (including pets) to
perform any command. The command may have arguments. You are responsible
for the actions of your followers, and others who attack your followers
will incur the same penalty as if they attacked you directly.
Most charmed creatures lose their aggresive nature (while charmed).
If your charmed creature engages in combat, that will break the charm.
~
0 REST SLEEP STAND WAKE~
Syntax: rest
Syntax: sleep
Syntax: stand
Syntax: wake
These commands change your position. When you REST or SLEEP, you
regenerate hit points, mana points, and movement points faster.
However, you are more vulnerable to attack, and if you SLEEP,
you won't hear many things happen.
Use STAND or WAKE to come back to a standing position. You can
also WAKE other sleeping characters.
For info on the sleep spell, type: 'help sleepspell'.
~
0 GTELL ; REPLY SAY TELL~
Syntax: gtell <message>
Syntax: say <message>
Syntax: tell <character> <message>
All of these commands send messages to other players. GTELL sends a message to
all of the characters in your group, wherever they are, even if they are
sleeping or stunned or dying. ';' is a synonym for GTELL.
SAY sends a message to all awake players in your room. The single quote '''
is a synonym for SAY.
TELL sends a message to one awake player anywhere in the world.
REPLY sends a message to the last player who sent you a TELL. REPLY will work
even if you can't see the player, and without revealing their identity. This
is handy for talking to invisible or switched immortal players.
~
0 NOTE~
Syntax: note list
Syntax: note read <number>
Syntax: note read all
Syntax: note + <message>
Syntax: note subject <string>
Syntax: note to <to-list>
Syntax: note clear
Syntax: note show
Syntax: note post
Syntax: note remove <number>
NOTE LIST lists notes which you can read. NOTE READ reads one or all notes.
NOTE SUBJECT sets the subject line of a new note. NOTE TO sets the list of
recipients. The recipient ALL means all players, and the recipient IMMORTAL
means all immortals. Use NOTE + to write message lines onto the note, one line
at a time. NOTE SHOW shows your note in progress; NOTE CLEAR starts over.
NOTE POST posts your note for reading. Posting is not automatic.
NOTE REMOVE removes the entire note if you are the sender, or just removes you
from the to-list if you are a recipient.
~
0 AUCTION CHAT . MUSIC QUESTION ANSWER SHOUT YELL~
Syntax: auction <message>
Syntax: chat <message>
Syntax: music <message>
Syntax: question <message>
Syntax: answer <message>
Syntax: shout <message>
Syntax: yell <message>
These commands send messages through communication channels to other players.
SHOUT sends a message to all awake players in the world. To curb excessive
shouting, SHOUT imposes a three-second delay on the shouter.
AUCTION, CHAT, MUSIC, and QUESTION and ANSWER also send messages to all
interested players. '.' is a synonym for CHAT. The QUESTION and ANSWER
commands both use the same 'question' channel
YELL sends a message to all awake players within your area.
You can use the CHANNELS command to hear, or not hear, any of these channels.
~
0 EMOTE , POSE SOCIAL~
Syntax: emote <action>
Syntax: pose
EMOTE is used to express emotions or actions. Besides EMOTE, there are
several dozen built-in social commands, such as CACKLE, HUG, and THANK.
POSE is a variant of EMOTE.
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0 HOLD REMOVE WEAR WIELD~
Syntax: hold <object>
Syntax: remove <object>
Syntax: wear <object>
Syntax: wear all
Syntax: wield <object>
Three of these commands will take an object from your inventory and start using
it as equipment. HOLD is for light sources, wands, and staves. WEAR is for
armor. WIELD is for weapons.
WEAR ALL will attempt to HOLD, WEAR, or WIELD each suitable item in your
inventory.
You may not be able to HOLD, WEAR, or WIELD an item if its alignment does not
match yours, if it is too heavy for you, or if you are not experienced enough
to use it properly.
REMOVE will take any object from your equipment and put it back into your
inventory.
~
0 CHANNELS~
Syntax: channels
Syntax: channels +<channel>
Syntax: channels -<channel>
With no options, CHANNELS shows you your current channels. With a plus or
minus sign and an option, CHANNELS turns that channel on or off.
~
0 CONFIG~
Syntax: config
Syntax: config +<option>
Syntax: config -<option>
This command configures some of your character behavior. With no options,
CONFIG shows you your current settings. With a plus or minus sign and
an option, CONFIG turns that option on or off.
The options are:
ANSI You view things in colour.
AUTOEXIT You automatically see exits.
AUTOLOOT You automatically loot corpses.
AUTOSAC You automatically sacrifice corpses.
BLANK You have a blank line before your prompt.
BRIEF You see brief descriptions only.
COMBINE You see object lists in combined format.
PROMPT You have a prompt.
TELNETGA You receive a telnet GA sequence.
~
0 BUG IDEA TYPO~
Syntax: bug <message>
Syntax: idea <message>
Syntax: typo <message>
These commands will take your message and record it into a file as feedback
to the mud implementors.
~
0 CREDITS~
Syntax: credits
This command shows the list of the original Diku Mud implementors.
~
0 REPORT SCORE TIME WEATHER~
Syntax: report
Syntax: score
Syntax: time
Syntax: weather
REPORT shows your current statistics to you and also announces them to other
players in the room.
SCORE shows detailed statistics to you only.
TIME shows the game time, as well as the time the mud was last started,
and the current local time for the host computer.
WEATHER shows the current game weather.
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0 AREAS COMMANDS SOCIALS~
Syntax: areas
Syntax: commands
Syntax: socials
AREAS shows you all the areas in the game, with the author's name and the
levels of the mobs that inhabit that area.
COMMANDS shows you all the (non-social) commands available to you.
SOCIALS shows you all the social commands available to you.
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0 PROMPT CPROMPT~
This command allows you to configure your prompt. The PROMPT command
will set your standard prompt. You also have the option of having a
combat prompt, CPROMPT, which will appear while fighting. If no cprompt
is defined, the standard prompt will be used for both conditions.
The following options are available:
%a %A = Alignment (word/numeric). %b %B = Beast/Blood.
%c = Armour Class. %f %F = Condition of opponent/tank.
%g = Gold. %h %H = Current hp/Max hp.
%m %M = Current mana/Max mana. %n %N = Name of opponent/tank.
%p %P = Plus Hitroll/Plus Damroll. %q = Quest points.
%r %R = Room name/Rage. %s %S = Status (word/numeric).
%v %V = Current move/Max move. %x = Exp.
To switch your prompt on and off, use 'prompt on' and 'prompt off'.
For some examples, type 'help prompts'.
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0 PROMPTS~
There are many possible prompts, and everyone will have their own
favoured setups. However, to get you going, here are some examples:
Original normal prompt: [%x exp] <%h/%Hhp %m/%Mm %v/%Vmv>
Original combat prompt: [%f] <%h/%Hhp %m/%Mm %v/%Vmv>
Simple prompt: [%hH/%mM/%vV]
Vampire prompt: [%B Blood] <%hhp %mm %vmv>
Werewolf prompt: [%R Rage] <%hhp %mm %vmv>
Combat prompt: [%N:%F/%n:%f]
Stat prompt: [%xX] [+%pHIT/+%PDAM] [%cAC] [%hH/%mM/%vV]
Remember, you can switch between the default prompts and your customised
prompts with 'prompt on' and 'prompt off'. Doing this will not destroy
your customised prompts.
~
0 PRIMAL~
Primal energy is the ultimate form of energy in the multiverse, the one
from which all other energies are derived. Unfortunately, unlike mana,
primal energy is only one use, and is generally used for very powerful
spells, such as 'voodoo' (which uses 5 points) and 'quest' (which uses
between 1 and 50 points).
~
0 WEREWOLF WEREWOLVES~
At the beginning of things, Gaia - the world and the spirit that embodies
it - set all things in a balance that would maintain and encourage life.
Near the top of this chain of being was humanity, and above them were the
Garou - the sacred warriors of the spirit. They were appointed to be the
crusaders against the Wyrm, who spreads its cancer through the humans.
They are the preservers of the raw essence of life, of nature's diversity
and purity. They are the Earth's immune system, fighting the disease of
the Wyrm. They are the werewolves, and they fight and destroy the
children of the Wyrm (such as the vampires) at every opportunity.
* Claw - Transforms target into a werewolf, but costs 10000 exp.
* Introduce - Informs everyone in the room of your werewolf lineage.
* Howl - A special channel that only werewolves can understand.
* Tribe - Shows information on other werewolves logged on.
* Totem - Lists the current totem powers you have at your control.
In addition, all werewolves can gain totem powers, which grant additional
powers. For more information, type 'help totems'.
~
0 VAMPIRE VAMPIRES~
Vampires are the creatures of the night and thus take damage if exposed
to daylight. Vampires cannot eat food, or drink any liquids except for
blood. If they cannot drink blood for a long duration of time they will
start taking damage or maybe even go berserk, so it's a good idea to store
some blood in a drinking container. Vampires take half damage from cold,
none from gas, and double from fire, although those with the Heat
immunity take normal fire damage rather than double. Other abilities:
* Fangs - Gives a free bite attack in combat, and required to 'bite' people.
* Bite - Transforms target into a vampire, but costs the vampire 1000 exp.
* Order - As if target lower generation vampire of your clan was charmed.
* Introduce - Informs everyone in the room of your vampire lineage.
* Vamptalk - A special vampire channel which distinguishes between clans.
* Regenerate - Vampire cannot regenerate naturally; they need to use this.
* Vclan - Shows information on the other members of a vampires clan.
* Feed - For feeding other vampires with your blood.
* Favour - Make a vampire a Prince, allow them to sire a childe, accepts
or inducts them into the clan, or outcasts them from the clan.
In addition, all vampires get 3 or more disciplines, each of which grant
one or more extra powers. For more information type 'help disciplines'.
The VAMPIRE command toggles on/off whether vampires may bite/feed you.
~
0 MAGE MAGES~
Mages are those who study the greatest of magicks. Their spells are far
greater than those of a non-mage, as well as far more flexible. Some of
the main features of mages are as follows:
* Extra spells - Extra spells unavailable to non-mages, including spells
such as 'find familiar', 'polymorph', 'major creation', etc.
* Rune spells - Combinations of runes allow the mage to construct new spells.
* Advanced spells - Available to the more powerful of mages, this ability
allows the mage to create their own spells from scratch. Such a task is
very difficult as well as time consuming, however.
* Memorise - Allows the mage to memorise a spell from their spellbook.
* Introduce - Allows the mage to list his/her master, master's master, etc.
* Teach - Allows the mage to make an apprentice.
Please note that mages are still under play testing, and are not yet
fully working.
~
0 DEMON DEMONS CHAMPION CHAMPIONS~
These fiends are the damned ones. They have sold their souls in exchange
for power, and they improve this power by draining the souls of their
victims. Their powers are mysterious, but the following facts are known:
* Each Champion, Demon, or Demon Prince follows a specific Demon Lord.
They are able to channel the souls of their victims to their Demon Lord,
who in turn can use that power to grant favours to his/her followers.
* Demonic armour improves the combat ability of the wearer, the more
armour worn the better the improvement.
* Many demons are able to transport themselves to each other at will.
* Most demons are able to assume the form of a weapon.
* The demons power over death is such that even after they have been
decapitated, they are still able to employ a selection of powers.
* The powers of a specific demon vary considerably. Some are barely more
powerful than a common avatar, while others are as strong as the greatest
of werewolves or vampires.
* While in hell, a demon is virtually unkillable.
~
0 BEAST~
Vampires, like mortals, are creatures of instinct. However, the
instincts of the vampire are those of a hunter, not a gatherer. Vampires
are the ultimate predators and stand at the apex of the food chain.
They are highly developed killing machines - the harbringers of death.
For vampires to survive in modern society, however, they must learn to
keep the Beast in check. The instincts of violence (the Beast) so
essential in the wild serve only to endanger the vampire in today's
complex world. The Beast's rage has its uses, but the blindness it
creates far outweighs its benefits.
Vampires struggle to suppress the Beast, but, no matter how hard they
try, they do not always prevail, and when it gets loose, the havoc it
creates goes far beyond the horror of any mortal rage.
~
0 FAVOUR SIRE PRINCE~
Syntax: favour <target> <sire/prince>
Favour is an ability available to second generation vampires and vampire
princes.
SIRE allows the target vampire of your clan to sire another vampire.
Once a single vampire has been created the power is lost, but can be
granted again if the Antediluvian or Prince so desire. A childe sired
without permission is known as an Anarch.
PRINCE turns the target vampire into a prince, who is then able to allow
other vampires the ability to sire more vampires still. Only an
Antediluvian has the power to make some a prince (or to remove the
prince's powers).
ACCEPT will accept a childe into the clan, making them a Neonate.
INDUCT and OUTCAST will accept an Anarch into the clan or outcast a member.
~
0 TOTEM TOTEMS~
Every werewolf is able to learn special totem powers from various
spirits. Each of the spirits teaches a different type of power, and the
werewolf is able to gain use of these powers through the expenditure of
primal energy.
The following totem animals exist.
* Bear - Flex, Rage, Steel Claws, Hibernate.
* Boar - Shatter, Charge, Toughness, Immovability.
* Lynx - Light Footed, Stalker, Combat Speed, Lightning Claws.
* Owl - Vanish, Shield, Shadowplane, Channel.
* Spider - Poisonous Bite, Web, Poison Immunity.
* Wolf - Claws, Fangs, Calm, Spirit of Fernis.
* Hawk - Nightsight, Shadowsight, Truesight.
* Mantis - Agility, Intuition, Speed of the Fenris, Dance of Fernis.
~
0 DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINES~
Each vampire has three clan disciplines from which their powers come. In
addition to these basic three, vampires are allowed to select additional
disciplines by spending primal; the first extra discipline costs 10, the
second costs 20, and so on. Only the three clan disciplines are passed
on to later generations.
There are nine disciplines, each with the following powers:
* Protean - Nightsight, Claws, Change.
* Celerity - An extra attack, Reduced move cost for spells.
* Fortitude - Improved hitpoints, Damage resistance.
* Potence - Improved damage.
* Obfuscate - Mask, Mortal, Shield.
* Obtenebration - Shadowplane, Shadowsight, Nightsight.
* Serpentis - Darkheart, Serpent, Poison.
* Auspex - Truesight, Scry, Readaura.
* Dominate - Command, Shield, Ghoul.
For more information, type 'help <discipline name>'.
~
0 PROTEAN~
This Discipline allows a vampire to transform either their entire body or
a part of their body into something inhuman. The vampire can thus grow
claws, turn into a bat, transform into a wolf or dissolve into a fine
mist. A vampire can use most other Disciplines while shapeshifted, but
may not cast spells. Full transformation is not possible during combat,
although claws can be grown if you are fighting. While shapeshifted the
vampire cannot wear any equipment.
The powers available to this Discipline are as follows:
* Nightsight: Gives the vampire full night vision, which is much better
than normal infravision.
* Claws: Enables the user to grow inch-long claws on each finger. These
claws have no effect if the vampire is armed, however if not they cause
considerably more damage than a normal unarmed attack.
* Change: Allow the vampire to transform into bat, wolf or mist. Bat
form can fly and detect almost everything (invis, hidden, etc). While in
wolf form, the vampire enjoys the benefit of an extra 500hp and greatly
enhanced combat abilities. Mist form is impervious to attacks and can
pass through doors. Beware though, for two vampires in mist form CAN
attack each other.
~
0 CELERITY~
This Discipline explains the legendary superior quickness of vampires.
Using the Celerity Discipline allows a vampire to move extremely quickly
and have extra attacks in the same round.
~
0 FORTITUDE~
Fortitude describes a type of supernatural toughness and vigor which
allows Kindred to resist harm. Many vampires are very tough and are able
to withstand a lot of injury inflicted by weapons and spells. However
with the Fortitude power, they resist damage even further by often keeping
the weapons from harming them at all.
~
0 POTENCE~
This Discipline defines the superior strength that vampires often
possess. This physical might allows the user to inflict much larger
amounts of damage in combat than normal.
~
0 OBFUSCATE~
Kindred with this Discipline excel at hiding among and away from crowds.
When they do not wish to be seen, others rarely notice them even if they
are standing in plain view. Though this Discipline affects others minds
and does not actually render the users invisible, the end result is much
the same. Obfuscate is the opposing Discipline to Auspex, and they
cancel out many of each others powers.
Kindred with this power gain the following advantages:
* Mask: Allows you to disguise yourself as another player.
* Shield: Protects you from the Auspex 'scry' and 'readaura' powers.
* Mortal: Switches between vampire and mortal mode. While in mortal
form, you loose all vampire advantages and disadvantages, and are
undetectable from a normal mortal.
~
0 OBTENEBRATION~
Obtenebration allows the user to manipulate the powers of darkness. By
using their powers they are able to switch between the normal world and
the plane of shadows at will. They may also view things in both planes
simultaneously if they so wish.
~
0 SERPENTIS~
Serpentis is the art of temptation and corruption. Vampires with this
Discipline have the ability to tear out their own hearts, rendering
themselves immune to being staked. Serpentis users also gain the ability
to transform themselves into a giant serpent and back at will. The third
ability available to vampires with this Discipline is the ability to run
their tongues along weapons, coating them with a deadly snake venom.
~
0 AUSPEX~
This Discipline is one of extrasensory awareness, empathy and
perception. Those using this Discipline tend to be strongly affected by
environmental phenomena. Vampires with Auspex are able to see and sense
things most other people cannot. Auspex is the opposing Discipline to
Obfuscate, and they cancel out many of each others powers.
This Discipline allows the following powers:
* Truesight: The user can see everything, whether invisible or whatever.
* Scry: Allows you to view the room that the specified target is in.
* Readaura: Gives you detailed information about a creature or object.
~
0 DOMINATE~
This discipline reflects the mystical ability of vampires to influence
the minds and actions of others. Dominate is an aspect of the power of
the mind and the will.
This Discipline allows the following powers:
* Evileye: The user gains a lot of control over people foolish enough to
look at them. Not yet fully working.
* Command: The user can issue a command that the target will be compelled
to obey. This will only work on those who's minds are much weaker than
the vampire's.
* Shield: Protects you from the Auspex 'scry' and 'readaura' powers.
* Ghoul: By feeding a mob some of his/her blood, the vampire can create a
ghoul - a loyal servant to act as their eyes and ears.
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0 IMMUNE IMMUNITY IMMUNITIES RESISTANCES~
Immunities and resistances give you protection from the following:
Slash : Slashing/Slicing weapon damage reduced by 1-100% per blow.
Stab : Stabbing/Piercing weapon damage reduced by 1-100% per blow.
Smash : Blasting/Crushing/Pounding damage reduced by 1-100% per blow.
Beast : Clawing/Biting weapon damage reduced by 1-100% per blow.
Grab : Grepping/Whipping/Sucking damage reduced by 1-100% per blow.
Charm : You are no longer affected by the Charm Person spell.
Heat : You are unaffected by Burning Hands, Fireball, etc.
Cold : You are unaffected by Frost Breath, Chill Touch, etc.
Lightning : You are unaffected by Lightning bolt, Call Lightning, etc.
Acid : You are unaffected by Acid Blast, Acid Breath, etc.
Drain : You are unaffected by the Energy Drain spell.
Summon : You cannot be summoned or portaled to, nor can you teleport.
Hurl : You cannot be hurled.
Backstab : You cannot be backstabbed.
Kick : Kicks do no damage whatsoever to you.
Disarm : You cannot be disarmed by other players or by mobs.
Steal : Other players and mobs cannot steal from you.
Bite : Vampires may not bite you or feed you blood.
Stake : If you're a vampire with this, you cannot be staked down.
~
0 TIE UNTIE GAG BLINDFOLD~
Syntax: tie <target>
Syntax: untie <target>
Syntax: gag <target>
Syntax: blindfold <target>
TIE allows you yo tie up another player, who must be stunned,
incapitated, or mortally wounded. While tied up, a players actions are
limited - they cannot move, quit, or do many other commands.
UNTIE will untie a player who is currently tied up. A player cannot
untie themself.
GAG places a gag over the mouth of the target player, who must first be
tied up. This command will also remove a gag. A player can only remove
a gag from themself if they are no longer tied up. It is not possible
to talk or use any of the channels while gagged.
BLINDFOLD places a blindfold over the eyes of the target player, who must
first be tied up. The blindfold can also be removed with this command.
A player can only remove a blindfold from themself if they are no longer
tied up. Unsurprisingly, blindfolded players cannot see.
~
0 DIAGNOSE~
Syntax: diagnose <target>
This will show you any injuries received by the target player or mob. If
that person is bleeding to death, this will also be shown.
~
0 TERMS~
There are many terms and abbreviations used in muds. Here are a few to
help you along...
AFK : Away From Keyboard. BBL : Be Back Later.
BRB : Be Right Back. BRT : Be Right There.
CYA : See you later/goodbye. IRL : In Real Life.
L8R : Later/goodbye. LO : Hello.
TTYL : Talk To You Later. BF/GF : Boyfriend/Girlfriend.
BS : Backstab ROFL : Roll On Floor Laughing.
TANK : The person (in a group) who takes the damage in combat.
STABBER : A (usually decent) backstabbing weapon.
DUPING : An illegal method of copying items by crashing the mud.
MULTI : The process of playing more than one character at a time.
MAXED : At maximum. Eg: "I'm maxed" (hitpoints, mana and move at max),
or "my stats are maxed" (your five stats are all trained to 18).
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0 WHO~
Syntax: who
Syntax: who <avatar/god>
WHO shows the people currently in the game. Some people may choose to
remain unseen and won't appear on the WHO
WHO without any arguments shows all of the (visible) people currently playing.
With arguments, WHO can show avatars (level 3's) or gods (level 4's and 5's).
~
0 WHERE~
Syntax: where
Syntax: where <character>
WHERE without an argument tells you the location of visible players in the same
area as you are.
WHERE with an argument tells you the location of one character with that name
within your area, including monsters.
~
0 HELP~
Syntax: help
Syntax: help <keyword>
HELP without any arguments shows a one-page command summary.
HELP <keyword> shows a page of help on that keyword. The keywords include
all the commands, spells, and skills listed in the game.
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0 DESCRIPTION~
Syntax: description <string>
Syntax: description + <string>
Sets your long description to the given string. If the description string
starts with a '+', the part after the '+' is appended to your current
description, so that you can make multi-line descriptions.
~
0 PASSWORD~
Syntax: password <old-password> <new-password>
PASSWORD changes your character's password. The first argument must be
your old password. The second argument is your new password.
The PASSWORD command is protected against being snooped or logged.
~
0 TITLE~
Syntax: title <string>
Sets your title to a given string.
The game supplies a title when your character is created. You can use
TITLE to set your title to something else.
~
0 WIMPY~
Syntax: wimpy
Syntax: wimpy <number>
WIMPY sets your wimpy value. When your character takes damage that reduces
your hit points below your wimpy value, you will automatically attempt to flee.
WIMPY with no argument sets your wimpy value to 20% of your maximum hit points.
Some monsters are wimpy.
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0 OPEN CLOSE LOCK UNLOCK PICK~
Syntax: open <object|direction>
Syntax: close <object|direction>
Syntax: lock <object|direction>
Syntax: unlock <object|direction>
Syntax: pick <object|direction>
OPEN and CLOSE open and close an object or a door.
LOCK and UNLOCK lock and unlock a closed object or door. You must have
the requisite key to LOCK or UNLOCK.
PICK can open a lock without having the key. In order to PICK successfully,
you must practice the appropriate skill.
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0 DRINK EAT FILL EMPTY~
Syntax: drink <object>
Syntax: eat <object>
Syntax: fill <object>
When you are thirsty, DRINK something.
When you are hungry, EAT something.
FILL fills a drink container from a fountain.
EMPTY empties the container onto the floor.
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0 BUY LIST SELL VALUE~
Syntax: buy <object>
Syntax: list
Syntax: list <object>
Syntax: sell <object>
Syntax: value <object>
BUY buys an object from a shop keeper.
LIST lists the objects the shop keeper will sell you. LIST <object> lists
just the objects with that name.
SELL sells an object to a shop keeper.
VALUE asks the shop keeper how much he, she, or it will buy the item for.
~
0 SACRIFICE~
Syntax: sacrifice <object>
SACRIFICE drains the energy matter from an object, transferring the
energy to you in the form of exp.
The number of exp gained vary according to the value of the object.
~
0 SMOTHER~
Syntax: smother <name>
This is used to try and smother the flames on a burning player or mob.
You cannot do this on yourself, and it may take several attempts to
work. Also, there is a small chance that the person smothering might
catch on fire as well...
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0 BRANDISH QUAFF RECITE ZAP~
Syntax: brandish
Syntax: quaff <potion>
Syntax: recite <scroll> <target>
Syntax: zap <target>
Syntax: zap
BRANDISH brandishes a magical staff. QUAFF quaffs a magical potion (as opposed
to DRINK, which drinks mundane liquids). RECITE recites a magical scroll; the
<target> is optional, depending on the nature of the scroll. ZAP zaps a
magical wand at a target. If the target is not specified, and you are fighting
someone, then that character is used for a target.
You must HOLD a wand or a staff before using BRANDISH or ZAP.
All of these commands use up their objects. Potions and scrolls have a single
charge. Wands and staves have multiple charges. When a magical object has no
more charges, it will be consumed.
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0 CONSIDER~
Syntax: consider <character>
CONSIDER tells you what your chances are of killing a character, taking
into account hitroll, damroll, armour class and hit points, and giving
you an overview of your chances. If you are considering a player, you
will also be informed how skilled they are with their weapon/s, and which
stance they are currently using (if any) and how good they are at it.
Please remember that this is only a rough estimate.
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0 FOLLOW GROUP~
Syntax: follow <character>
Syntax: group
Syntax: group <character>
FOLLOW starts you following another character. To stop following anyone else,
just FOLLOW <yourself>.
GROUP <character> makes someone who is following you a member of your group.
Group members share experience points from kills and may use the GTELL and
SPLIT commands. If anyone in your group is attacked, you will automatically
join the fight.
If the <character> is already a member of your group, then GROUP will
kick out the <character> from your group. Characters can also leave your
group by using a FOLLOW command to stop following you.
GROUP with no argument shows statistics for each character in your group.
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0 HIDE SNEAK VISIBLE~
Syntax: HIDE
Syntax: SNEAK
Syntax: VISIBLE
If you successfully HIDE, then other characters can't see you. If you
attack while hidden, the surprise attack will inflict one and a half
times your normal damage (assuming your opponent cannot see you).
If you successfully SNEAK, then you can move in and out of rooms without
being noticed.
In order to HIDE or SNEAK successfully, you must practice the appropriate
skill.
VISIBLE cancels your hiding and sneaking, as well as any invisibility,
making you visible again.
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0 QUIT RENT SAVE~
Syntax: QUIT
Syntax: RENT ... not!
Syntax: SAVE
SAVE saves your character and objects. You must be a mortal or avatar to
save. The game will auto-save your character every few minutes whether you
save or not.
Some objects, such as keys and potions, may not be saved.
QUIT leaves the game. You may QUIT anywhere, although there is an experience
penalty for quitting outside of Midgaard. When you re-enter the game you will
be back in the same room.
QUIT automatically does a SAVE, so you can safely leave the game with just one
command. Nevertheless it's a good idea to SAVE before QUIT. If you get into
the habit of using QUIT without SAVE, and then you play some other mud that
doesn't save before quitting, you're going to regret it.
There is no RENT in this mud. Just SAVE and QUIT whenever you want to leave.
~
0 RECALL /~
Syntax: RECALL
RECALL prays to God for miraculous transportation from where you are back to
the Temple of Midgaard. '/' is a synonym for RECALL.
RECALL may take you to a different location if you belong to a clan.
RECALL doesn't work in certain God-forsaken rooms. Characters afflicted by a
curse may not recall at all.
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0 SPLIT~
Syntax: SPLIT <amount>
SPLIT splits some gold between you and all the members of your
group who are in the same room as you. It's customary to SPLIT
the gold after a kill.
~
0 STEAL~
Syntax: STEAL coins <character>
Syntax: STEAL <object> <character>
STEAL attempts to steal coins, or an object, from a character.
There are *NO* penalties for using STEAL on other players.
In order to STEAL successfully, you must practice the appropriate skill.
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0 PRACTICE~
Syntax: PRACTICE
Syntax: PRACTICE <skill|spell>
PRACTICE without an argument tells you your current ability in all the
skills and spells available to you. You can check this anywhere.
PRACTICE with an argument practice that skill or spell. Your learning
percentage varies from 0% (unlearned) to a some maximum between 80% and 100%,
depending on your class. You must be at a guild master to practice.
The higher your intelligence, the more you will learn at each practice
session. Unused sessions are saved until you do use them.
~
0 TRAIN~
Syntax: train <str/int/wis/dex/con>
Syntax: train <avatar/mortal/primal/hp/mana/move>
Syntax: train <slash/stab/smash/beast/grab>
Syntax: train <charm/heat/cold/lightning/acid/sleep/drain/voodoo>
Syntax: train <hurl/backstab/kick/steal/disarm>
TRAIN increases one of your attributes. When you start the game, your
character has standard attributes based on your class. You can increase
your attributes by spending experience points (exp) at a trainer.
It costs 200 exp to train a stat (str, int, etc), except that it costs
only 100 exp to train your primary stat. Primal costs 500 exp for the
first point, 1000 for the second, 1500 for the third, etc, and
hp/mana/move cost your current amount in that particular area minus your
con (for hp and move) or wis (for mana) per point. Becoming a mortal or
an avatar costs 1000 exp each.
You can also train weapon resistances (reduces between 1 and all of the
damage per blow for that weapon type), spell immunities (those types
of spell do no damage to you), and skill immunities (they no long have
any affect on you). These cost 10000 exp for the first, 20000 for the
second, 30000 for the third, and so on.
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8 TRUST~
Syntax: trust <character> <level>
TRUST sets a character's trust to the specified level. This is similar to
advancing the character for accessing immortal commands, but has no effect
on combat strength, et cetera. You can give more trust to mortal (or
immortal) characters to give them access to more power without messing up
the character. You can also restrict a player's trust to less than their
natural level.
A trust of 0 means to use the character's natural level again.
~
8 ALLOW BAN~
Syntax: allow <site>
Syntax: ban <site>
Syntax: ban
BAN <site> prohibits players from that site from logging in. BAN with
no arguments lists the banned sites. ALLOW <site> removes a site from
the ban list.
The site ban test works by suffix comparison, so if you ban 'foo.edu',
all sites within 'foo.edu' are banned as well.
Site bans are not saved; every time the server is rebooted, the site
ban list is cleared.
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8 REBOOT SHUTDOWN WIZLOCK~
Syntax: reboot
Syntax: shutdown
Syntax: wizlock
REBOOT shuts down the server. When the normal 'startup' script is used
to control the server, a delay of sixty seconds will ensue (to allow
old connections to die), followed by a reboot.
SHUTDOWN shuts down the server and prevents the normal 'startup' script
from restarting it.
WIZLOCK is a toggle command. When the server is WIZLOCKed, players
below level 36 may not log in. Players who lose their links, however,
may reconnect.
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6 DENY DISCONNECT FREEZE~
Syntax: deny <character>
Syntax: disconnect <character>
Syntax: freeze <character>
DENY denies access to a particular player and throws them out of the game.
DENY is permanent (persists across reboots) and is not undoable from within the
game. Only someone with access to the player files directory may repeal a
DENY by editing the appropriate player file.
DISCONNECT <character> immediately disconnects that character.
FREEZE <character> is a toggle which prevents a character from issuing any
commands at all.
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6 FORCE~
Syntax: force <character> <command>
Syntax: force all <command>
FORCE forces one character to execute a command.
FORCE 'all' forces all player characters to execute a command.
This is typically used for 'force all save'.
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6 USERS~
Syntax: users
USERS reports all of the visible users connected to the server, including users
in the process of logging in. The two numbers inside brackets are the channel
number and the 'connected' state. The 'connected' states are listed in merc.h:
0 is CON_PLAYING; non-zero values are various states of logging in.
~
4 MLOAD OLOAD PLOAD~
Syntax: mload <vnum>
Syntax: oload <vnum>
Syntax: oload <vnum> <level>
Syntax: pload <player>
MLOAD loads a mobile given its vnum (virtual number). The vnum's are just
the #NNNN numbers that appear in world.obj.
OLOAD loads an object given its vnum. It takes an optional parameter for
the level of the object to be loaded.
PLOAD loads the specified player under your control. To get back, simply
quit and log back on as your normal character.
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5 MSET OSET RSET SSET QSET~
Syntax: mset <character> <field> <value>
Syntax: oset <object> <field> <value>
Syntax: rset <location> <field> <value>
Syntax: sset <character> <skill> <value>
Syntax: sset <character> all <value>
Syntax: qset <object> <field> <value>
MSET, OSET, and RSET set the properties of mobiles, objects, and rooms,
respectively. SSET sets a skill or spell level on a PC. QSET sets
special properties and text messages on objects.
There is currently no way to enter more than one line of text for a
string-valued option.
~
5 OCLONE~
Syntax: oclone <object>
This creates an identical copy of the specified object, with the only
exceptions being that the cloned objects creator is the person creating
the clone, and the cloned objects owner is not set.
~
5 OTRANSFER~
Syntax: otransfer <object>
Syntax: otransfer <object> <character>
This will transfer the specified object to the specified character. The
character is defaulted to yourself.
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6 MCLEAR~
Syntax: mclear <player>
This resets the target players stats to their correct value.
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7 QTRUST~
Syntax: qtrust <character> <on/off>
A player with qtrust on is allowed to use the QUEST command to change the
name/long/short descriptions on an object, as well as change the wear
location.
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6 NOEMOTE NOTELL SILENCE~
Syntax: noemote <character>
Syntax: notell <character>
Syntax: silence <character>
NOEMOTE, NOTELL, and SILENCE are used to muffle other characters, by
preventing them from emoting, telling, and using channels, respectively.
Characters who are no'telled will also not receive those forms of
communication.
~
4 PURGE~
Syntax: purge
Syntax: purge <character>
PURGE is used to clean up the world. PURGE with no arguments removes all the
NPC's and objects in the current room. PURGE with an argument purges one
character from anywhere in the world.
PURGE will not get rid of PC's.
~
5 RESTORE~
Syntax: restore <character>
RESTORE restores full hit points, mana points, and movement points to the
target character.
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7 SLAY~
Syntax: slay <character>
SLAY kills a character in cold blood, no saving throw.
SLAY bypasses auto actions such as AUTOLOOT and AUTOSAC.
~
5 TRANSFER~
Syntax: transfer <character>
Syntax: transfer all
Syntax: transfer <character> <location>
Syntax: transfer all <location>
TRANSFER transfers the target character, or ALL player characters,
to your current location (default) or to a specified location.
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5 AT~
Syntax: at <location> <command>
AT executes the given command (which may have arguments) at the given
location. The location may be specified as a vnum, as the name of
a mobile, or as the name of an object.
AT works by temporarily moving you to that location, executing the
command, and then moving you back (if the command didn't change your
location).
~
5 ECHO RECHO~
Syntax: echo <message>
Syntax: recho <message>
ECHO sends a message to all players in the game, without any prefix
indicating who sent it.
RECHO sends a message to all players in your room, without any prefix
indicating who sent it.
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4 GOTO~
Syntax: goto <location>
GOTO takes you to a location. The location may be specified as a vnum,
as the name of a mobile, or as the name of an object.
You may not GOTO a room if it is PRIVATE and has two (or more) characters
already present, or if it is SOLITARY and has one (or more) characters
already present.
Some useful numbers for new imms are:
Limbo: 2, The Temple of Midgaard: 3001, The Entrance to Mud School: 3700,
The Chat Room: 1200, The Dark Crypt: 30001, The Temple Altar: 3054,
Hell: 30000.
~
4 HOLYLIGHT INVIS~
Syntax: holylight
Syntax: invis
HOLYLIGHT is a toggle that allows you to see (almost) every character and
mobile in the game. With holy light, you can see what's in the game more
easily. Without holy light, you can see what mortal players see.
INVIS is a toggle which makes you completely invisible to all player characters
of lower level than you, and to all mobiles.
HOLYLIGHT will not allow you to see immortal INVIS characters who are
higher level than you.
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7 MEMORY~
Syntax: memory
MEMORY reports the size of your mud.
The 'Mobs' and 'Objs' lines report the number of types of mobiles and objects,
not the number of instances currently in the game.
The 'Strings' line shows memory used by area-file strings. These strings have
a maximum limit, which is also shown.
The 'Perms' line shows permanently allocated memory blocks. There is no limit
on the number and size of these blocks.
~
4 MFIND OFIND~
Syntax: mfind <name>
Syntax: ofind <name>
MFIND finds all mobile types with a particular name.
OFIND finds all object types with a particular name.
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4 MSTAT OSTAT RSTAT QSTAT~
Syntax: mstat <character>
Syntax: ostat <object>
Syntax: rstat <location>
Syntax: rstat
Syntax: qstat <object>
MSTAT shows you statistics on a character.
OSTAT shows you statistics on an object.
RSTAT shows you statistics on a location. The location may be specified as
a vnum, as the name of a mobile, or as the name of an object.
QSTAT shows you the special properties and strings on an object.
~
5 MWHERE~
Syntax: mwhere <name>
MWHERE shows you the locations of all mobiles with a particular name.
~
5 PEACE~
Syntax: peace
PEACE causes all characters in a room to stop fighting.
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4 BAMFIN BAMFOUT~
Syntax: bamfin <message>
Syntax: bamfout <message>
The standard messages for GOTO are 'arrives in a swirling mist' and
'leaves in a swirling mist'. You can replace these messages with messages of
your own choosing using the BAMFIN and BAMFOUT commands.
~
4 SLOOKUP~
Syntax: slookup <skill-or-spell>
Syntax: slookup all
SLOOKUP shows you the internal 'sn' and external 'slot' for the given skill
or spell. The 'sn' is used for OSET and OSTAT. The 'slot' is used for area
files. Neither 'sn' nor 'slot' is used for player files; these operate with
the actual skill and spell names.
SLOOKUP ALL shows this information for all skills and spells.
~
5 LOG SNOOP~
Syntax: log <character>
Syntax: log all
Syntax: snoop <character>
LOG <character> causes all of a character's commands to be logged into
the server's log file. Like FREEZE, it is a permanent character toggle.
Certain commands (PASSWORD) are protected against LOG. Conversely, certain
commands (especially immortal commands) are always logged.
LOG ALL logs all character commands. It is a server-wide toggle; it does not
persist across reboots.
SNOOP shows you a copy of all the input and output going to a character.
The character must have an open channel. You may snoop more than one
character at a time.
SNOOP yourself to cancel all outstanding snoops.
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5 SWITCH RETURN OSWITCH ORETURN~
Syntax: switch <character>
Syntax: return
Syntax: oswitch <object>
Syntax: oreturn
SWITCH switches you into the body of another character (who must not
already have a descriptor, e.g. you can't switch into a PC).
OSWITCH acts like switch, except it switches you into an object.
RETURN and ORETURN return you to your original body.
~
4 IMMTALK :~
Syntax: immtalk <message>
IMMTALK sends a message to all immortals. : is a synonym for IMMTALK.
~
4 WIZHELP~
Syntax: wizhelp
WIZHELP provides a list of all the immortal commands.
~
0 ARMOR~
Syntax: cast armor <character>
This spell decreases (improves) the armor class of the target character
by 20 points.
~
0 BLESS~
Syntax: cast bless <character>
This spell improves the to-hit roll and saving throw versus spell of the
target character by +1 each.
~
0 BLINDNESS~
Syntax: cast blindness <victim>
This spell renders the target character blind.
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0 BREW SCRIBE CARVE ENGRAVE BAKE~
Syntax: cast brew <potion> <spell>
Syntax: cast scribe <scroll> <spell>
Syntax: cast carve <wand> <spell>
Syntax: cast engrave <staff> <spell>
Syntax: cast bake <pill> <spell>
These spells allow other spells to be embedded in the specified object,
which is usually created via the 'minor creation' spell.
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0 'ACID BLAST' 'BURNING HANDS' 'COLOUR SPRAY' FIREBALL 'LIGHTNING BOLT'
'MAGIC MISSILE' 'SHOCKING GRASP'~
Syntax: cast 'acid blast' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'burning hands' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'colour spray' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'fireball' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'lightning bolt' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'magic missile' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'shocking grasp' <victim>
These spells inflict damage on the victim.
~
0 'CALL LIGHTNING'~
Syntax: cast 'call lightning'
This spell works only out of doors, and only when the weather is bad.
It calls down lightning bolts from God.
~
0 'CAUSE LIGHT' 'CAUSE SERIOUS' 'CAUSE CRITICAL' HARM~
Syntax: cast 'cause light' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'cause serious' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'cause critical' <victim>
Syntax: cast harm <victim>
These spells inflict damage on the victim.
~
0 'CHANGE SEX'~
Syntax: cast 'change sex' <victim>
This spell changes the sex of the victim (temporarily).
~
0 'CHARM PERSON'~
Syntax: cast 'charm person' <victim>
This spell, if successful, causes the victim to follow you and to take orders
from you. Use ORDER to order your charmed followers.
You are responsible for the actions of your followers. Conversely, other
people who attack your followers will be penalized as if they attacked you.
~
0 'CHILL TOUCH'~
Syntax: cast 'chill touch' <victim>
This spell inflicts damage on the victim and also reduces the victim's
strength by one.
~
0 'CONTINUAL LIGHT'~
Syntax: cast 'continual light'
This spell creates a ball of light, which you can hold as a light source.
The ball of light will last indefinitely.
~
0 'CONTROL WEATHER'~
Syntax: cast 'control weather' better
Syntax: cast 'control weather' worse
This spell makes the weather either better or worse.
~
0 'CREATE FOOD'~
Syntax: cast 'create food'
This spell creates a Magic Mushroom, which you or anyone else can eat.
~
0 'CREATE SPRING'~
Syntax: cast 'create spring'
This spell brings forth a magical spring from the ground, which has the
same properties as a fountain.
~
0 'CREATE WATER'~
Syntax: cast 'create water' <drink-container>
This spell replenishes a drink container with water.
~
0 'CURE BLINDNESS'~
Syntax: cast 'cure blindness' <character>
This spell cures blindness in one so unfortunate.
~
0 'CURE POISON'~
Syntax: cast 'cure poison' <character>
This spell cures poison in one so unfortunate.
~
0 'CURE LIGHT' 'CURE SERIOUS' 'CURE CRITICAL' HEAL~
Syntax: cast 'cure light' <character>
Syntax: cast 'cure serious' <character>
Syntax: cast 'cure critical' <character>
Syntax: cast 'heal' <character>
These spells cure damage on the target character.
~
0 CURSE~
Syntax: cast 'curse' <character>
This spell reduces the character's to-hit roll by 1 and save versus spells
by 1. It also renders the character unclean in the eyes of God and
unable to RECALL.
~
0 DARKBLESSING~
Syntax: cast 'darkblessing' <name>
This spell infuses the target with demonic energy, improving their
abilities in combat.
~
0 'DETECT EVIL'~
Syntax: cast 'detect evil'
This spell enables the caster to detect evil characters, which will
reveal a characteristic red aura.
~
0 'DETECT HIDDEN'~
Syntax: cast 'detect hidden'
This spell enables the caster to detect hidden creatures.
~
0 'DETECT INVIS'~
Syntax: cast 'detect invis'
This spell enables the caster to detect invisible objects and characters.
~
0 'DETECT MAGIC'~
Syntax: cast 'detect magic'
This spell enables the caster to detect magical objects.
~
0 'DETECT POISON'~
Syntax: cast 'detect poison' <object>
This spell detects the presence of poison in food or drink.
~
0 'DISPEL EVIL'~
Syntax: cast 'dispel evil' <victim>
This spell invokes the wrath of God on an evil victim.
~
0 'DISPEL MAGIC'~
Syntax: cast 'dispel magic' <character>
This spell dispels magical affects on a character. It may be used as
an offensive spell to remove an enemy's magical advantages, or as a
benign spell to remove a friend's (or one's own) magical handicaps.
~
0 EARTHQUAKE~
Syntax: cast 'earthquake'
This spell inflicts damage on every enemy character in the room.
Beware that other characters who are not yet fighting may attack
you as a result!
~
0 'ENCHANT WEAPON'~
Syntax: cast 'enchant weapon' <weapon>
This spell magically enchants a weapon, increasing its to-hit and to-dam
bonuses. The weapon must be un-magical to start with. This spell also
causes the weapon to be aligned with the alignment with the caster.
~
0 'ENERGY DRAIN'~
Syntax: cast 'energy drain' <victim>
This spell saps the experience points, mana, and movement points of its
target.
~
0 'FAERIE FIRE'~
Syntax: cast 'faerie fire' <victim>
This spell increases (makes worse) the armor class of its victim.
~
0 'FAERIE FOG'~
Syntax: cast 'faerie fog'
This spell reveals all manner of invisible, hidden, and sneaking creatures in
the same room as you.
~
4 'FIND FAMILIAR'~
Syntax: cast 'find familiar' <familiar>
This spell enables the caster to create a familiar, which can be either a
frog, a raven, a cat, or a dog. The mage is able to see everything that
the familiar can see, and is able to issue orders from any distance using
the 'fcommand' or '[' commands.
~
0 FLAMESTRIKE~
Syntax: cast 'flamestrike' <victim>
This spell inflicts damage on the victim.
~
0 FLY~
Syntax: cast 'fly' <character>
This spell enables the target character to fly.
~
0 FRENZY~
Syntax: cast 'frenzy' <character>
This spell causes the target to enter a berserk fighting rage, improving
their damage and chances to hit, but also making them easier to be hit.
~
0 GATE~
Syntax: cast gate
This spell gates in a guardian vampire. Player characters don't have much use
for it, but high demons, and guardian vampires themselves, like it a lot.
~
0 'GIANT STRENGTH'~
Syntax: cast 'giant strength' <character>
This spell increases the strength of the target character.
~
0 GUARDIAN~
Syntax: cast 'guardian'
This spell summons a demonic guardian to aid the caster in combat (or
just to show off to your friends ;).
~
0 IDENTIFY~
Syntax: cast identify <object>
This spell reveals information about the object.
~
0 IMPROVE~
Syntax: cast improve <object>
This spell enables a quest created object to contain more bonuses. The
object must be worth at least 750 quest points. Casting this spell will
enable it to hold an additional bonus comparable to the bonuses that can
be added to non-created items - ie: an extra +10 hitroll or damroll on a
weapon, an extra +5 hitroll or damroll on a piece of armour, etc. The
maximum number of quest points that the item can contain is also
increased by an addition 500, plus 10 per status point.
~
0 INFRAVISION~
Syntax: cast infravision <character>
This spell enables the target character to see in the dark.
~
0 INVIS 'MASS INVIS'~
Syntax: cast invis <character>
Syntax: cast 'mass invis'
The INVIS spell makes the target character invisible. Invisible characters
will become visible when they attack.
The MASS INVIS spell makes all characters in the caster's group invisible,
including the caster.
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0 'KNOW ALIGNMENT'~
Syntax: cast 'know alignment' <character>
This spell reveals the alignment of the target character.
~
0 'LOCATE OBJECT'~
Syntax: cast 'locate object' <name>
This spell reveals the location of all objects with the given name.
~
0 MANA~
Syntax: cast 'mana' <name>
With this spell, the caster draws the energy from around them and focuses
it into the target person (defaulted to themself). This is very
exhausting for the caster, but allows a faster recovery of mana.
~
0 'MINOR CREATION'~
Syntax: cast 'minor creation' <object>
This spell creates an empty potion, scroll, wand, staff or pill, which
can then be enchanted by the caster using other spells.
~
0 MOUNTSPELL~
Syntax: cast mount
This spell summons a mystical creature to serve as the casters mount.
The type of mount summoned is dependant on the casters alignment, and the
toughness of the mount is dependant on the casters spellcasting ability.
~
0 'PASS DOOR'~
Syntax: cast 'pass door'
This spell enables the caster to pass through closed doors.
~
0 POISON~
Syntax: cast poison <victim>
This spell reduces the strength of the victim by two, as well as reducing the
victim's regeneration rate.
~
0 PORTAL~
Syntax: cast portal <victim>
This spell creates a magical portal between the caster and the target.
The portal remains in existance for 2 or 3 hours (mud time), during which
time anyone can 'enter' the portal on one side and come out on the other.
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0 PRESERVE~
Syntax: cast preserve <object>
This spell will stop the specified object decaying. It's primary use is
on severed body parts, which can be stored away safely in case the player
should loose any limbs in combat.
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0 PROTECTION SANCTUARY~
Syntax: cast protection
Syntax: cast sanctuary <character>
The PROTECTION spell reduces the damage taken from any attack by an evil
creature by one quarter.
The SANCTUARY spell reduces the damage taken by the character from any attack
by one half.
These spells may be used simultaneously for cumulative effect.
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0 QUESTSPELL~
Syntax: cast quest
This spell creates a quest card. The quest-point value of the card is
the same as the amount of primal the caster has at the time of casting
(and this primal is used up during the casting of the spell). No more
than 50 primal will be used on any one casting of this spell.
For information on how to complete the card, type 'help complete'.
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0 REFRESH~
Syntax: cast refresh <character>
This spell refreshes the movement points of a character who is out of movement
points.
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0 'REMOVE CURSE'~
Syntax: cast 'remove curse' <character>
This spell removes a curse from a character.
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0 REGENERATE CLOT MEND~
Syntax: cast 'regenerate' <body part> <character>
Syntax: cast 'clot' <character>
Syntax: cast 'mend' <character>
REGENERATE will replace lost body parts on the target, while CLOT will
stop them bleeding and MEND will fix any broken bones or cut open throats.
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0 RESISTANCE~
Syntax: cast resistance <object>
This spell makes the target object capable of withstanding 10 blows
before it is destroyed, rather than 4.
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0 SCANSPELL REPAIR~
Syntax: cast scan
Syntax: cast repair
The SCAN spell will tell you all the items you are carrying which are
currently in need of repairing.
The REPAIR spell will repair all the items you are carrying which are
currently in need of repairing.
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0 SHIELD 'STONE SKIN'~
Syntax: cast shield
Syntax: cast 'stone skin'
These spells protect the caster by decreasing (improving) the caster's armor
class. SHIELD provides 20 points of armor. STONE SKIN provides 40 points of
armor.
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0 SLEEPSPELL~
Syntax: cast sleep <victim>
This spell puts its victim to sleep.
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0 SOULBLADE~
Syntax: cast soulblade
This spell summons the casters personal (named) soulblade, which is an
extremely deadly weapon. The weapon is permanent.
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0 SPELLPROOF~
Syntax: cast spellproof <object>
This spell makes the target object immune to the destructive powers of
the various magical attacks. No protection from physical attacks is
granted.
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0 SUMMON~
Syntax: cast summon <character>
This spell summons a character from anywhere else in your zone into your room.
Characters who are fighting may not be summoned.
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0 TELEPORT~
Syntax: cast <teleport>
This spell takes you from your current location to a random location somewhere
in the world.
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0 TRANSPORT~
Syntax: cast transport <object> <character>
This spell will transport the specified object from your inventory to
that of the specified character.
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0 VENTRILOQUATE~
Syntax: cast ventriloquate <speaker> <message>
This spell throws your voice, making it appear that some other object or
character in the room is saying your message. Victims who make their saving
throw will know that someone is using ventriloquism, but not who. Victims who
fail their saving throw will think that the object or character really did say
your message.
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0 VOODOO~
Syntax: Spell: cast voodoo <victim>
Ability: voodoo <victim> <action>
Voodoo magic allows the caster to do things to another player indirectly.
First, a body part of the victim is needed. The caster should hold this
part and cast the spell on the target (they don't have to be in the same
room). This will create the voodoo doll, which the caster the voodoo
commands on to interfere with the victim.
There are three voodoo actions. The first, 'Stab', is only of use as a
warning to the victim, or to cause annoyance. The second, 'Throw', will
hurl the victim from their feet and cause a small amount of damage. The
third and final action, 'Burn', will set the victim on fire, as well as
destroy the doll itself.
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0 WEAKEN~
Syntax: cast weaken <victim>
This spell reduces the strength of the victim by two points.
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0 'WORD OF RECALL'~
Syntax: cast 'word of recall'
This spell duplicates the built-in RECALL ability. It is provided solely for
Merc-based muds which wish to eliminate the built-in ability while still
providing the spell.
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0 'ACID BREATH' 'FIRE BREATH' 'FROST BREATH' 'GAS BREATH' 'LIGHTNING BREATH'~
Syntax: cast 'acid breath' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'fire breath' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'frost breath' <victim>
Syntax: cast 'gas breath'
Syntax: cast 'lightning breath' <victim>
These spells are for the use of dragons. Acid, fire, frost, and lightning
damage one victim, whereas gas damages every PC in the room. Fire and
frost can break objects, and acid can damage armor.
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0 PEEK~
This skill shows you a character's inventory when you look at a character.
Use of the skill is automatic once you have practice it.
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0 $~
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