kbk/kbk3/

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#HELPS
-1 'ANCIENT' 'ANCIENTS'~
Nothing more than rumors is known for sure about those of the Ancient. They are
said to be true hunters, free of vices and masturbatory virtues, namless in
their hunt and identity.

It is also said that the caves of Ancient have drawn on powers from the Abyssal
Planes to call upon in their hunt.
~

0 'UTEROI'~
The manuscript of the Uteroi is rumored to be found underground within the lair
of the onyx dracolich. Nothing more has ever been recorded of this
religion, nor would anyone be so foolish as to attempt doing so. The manuscript
exists because its very creation was by the blood and power that is the
unholy dracolich.

See also: 'help age'
~

0 EXPERIENCE LEVEL XP~
Your character advances in power by gaining experience. You need a set
amount of experience points for each level based on your creation points.

You gain experience by:

being part of a group that kills a monster

You lose experience by:

fleeing from combat
recalling out of combat
being the target of certain spells
dying

The experience you get from a kill depends on several things: how many players
are in your group; your level versus the level of the monster; your alignment
versus the monster's alignment; how many of this monster have been killed
lately; and some random variation.
~

0 PET PETS~
You can buy pets in the pet shop. You may own only one pet at a time, after
the old one dies you may purchase a replacement.

New pets are planned for a shop in New Thalos.
~

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.
~

0 !~
Syntax: !

! repeats the last command you typed.
~

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.
~

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 level 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.
~

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.
~

0 EQUIPMENT INVENTORY~
Syntax: equipment
Syntax: inventory

EQUIPMENT lists your equipment (armor, weapons, and held items).
INVENTORY lists your inventory.
~

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.
~

0 FLEE~
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.
~

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.
~

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.
~

-1 NOTE NOTES CHANGES NEWS PENALTY IDEA UNREAD~
The notes on ROM replace the bulletin boards and mail systems found on many
other mud. The following options are usable:

reading notes:
note list : show all notes (unread notes are marked with an N)
note read : either by number, or read next to read unread notes
note remove : removes a note that you wrote or are the target of
note catchup : markes all notes as read

writing new notes:
note to : sets the to line (playername, clanname, immortal, or all)
note subject : sets the subject for a new note
note + : adds a line to a new note (i.e. note + hi guys!)
note - : remove a line from a note in progress
note clear : erase a note in progress
note show : shows the note you are working on
note post : posts a new note. This MUST be done to post a note.

When you log in, you will be informed if there are unread notes waiting. Type
note read to scroll through them one at a time.

Four other note directories exist, these are ideas, news, changes, and
penalties (gods only). They are used the exact same way, for example
idea read 5 will read idea #5. Posting to the news and changes boards is
restricted. The 'unread' command can be used to show your unread notes on
all the note spools.
~

0 GOSSIP CGOSSIP . SHOUT YELL~
Syntax: gossip <message>
Syntax: cgossip <message>
Syntax: shout <message>
Syntax: yell <message>

SHOUT sends a message to all awake players in the world. To curb excessive
shouting, SHOUT imposes a three-second delay on the shouter.

GOSSIP and CGOSSIP are variants of SHOUT (without the delay). '.' is a
synonym for GOSSIP.

YELL sends a message to all awake players within your area.

Type a channel name by itself to turn it off.
~

0 EMOTE PMOTE 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
(type socials or help socials for a listing).

PMOTE is similar to emote, but will substitute you and your for a target's
name (i.e. pmote bonks Alander will be read as bonks you by Alander, and
as bonks Alander by everyone else).

POSE produces a random message depending on your class and level.
~

52 SMOTE~
Syntax: smote <action>

Smote works exactly like pmote, except you must place your name somewhere in
the string, and it will show that string to everyone in the room.
~

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.

See also: help 'dual wield', help 'trinal wield'
~

0 BUG 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 AREAS COMMANDS REPORT SCORE TIME~
Syntax: areas
Syntax: commands
Syntax: report
Syntax: score
Syntax: time
Syntax: weather

AREAS shows you a list of areas in the game.

COMMANDS shows you all the commands in the game.

REPORT shows your current statistics to you and also announces them to other
players in the room. SCORE shows much more detailed statistics to you only.
Your ability scores are shown as true value(current value), so for example
Str: 15(23) means you have a 15 strength from training, but a 23 strength
from other factors (spells or items).

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.
~

-1 WHO~
Syntax: who
Syntax: who <level-range>
Syntax: who <class or race>
Syntax: who <clan name>
Syntax: who <class or race> <level-range> <clan name>

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 players of certain classes or levels.
For example:

who 10 lists all players of level 10 or above
who 15 20 lists all players between level 15 and 20
who cleric lists all clerics playing
who immortal lists all immortals playing
who cleric 1 5 lists all clerics between levels 1 and 5
who elf cleric lists all elven clerics
who demise e m lists all elven mages in Demise (hi Alander!)

Classes and races may be abbreviated.
~

-1 WHOIS~
Syntax: whois <name>
The whois command identifies any user who matches the name given. For
example, 'whois a' shows all characters whose name begins with A.
~

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.
~

0 DESCRIPTION DESC~
Syntax: description <string>
Syntax: description + <string>
Syntax: description -

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. You can delete
lines by uses description -.
~

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 and when you
advance a level. 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.
You will only flee if your character is not in a wait state -- i.e. has not
been using combat commands like cast, trip and bash, and has not been
tripped or bash by an enemy.

WIMPY with no argument sets your wimpy value to 20% of your maximum hit points.

Some monsters are wimpy.
~

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.
~

0 DRINK EAT FILL POUR~
Syntax: drink <object>
Syntax: eat <object>
Syntax: fill <object>
Syntax: pour <object> out
Syntax: pour <object> <object>
Syntax: pour <object> <character>

When you are thirsty, DRINK something.

When you are hungry, EAT something.

FILL fills a drink container with water.

POUR transfers a liquid to a container, or empties one.
You can also pour from an object into something a character is holding.

If you go without food for too long you will begin to starve. If you
continue to neglect your stomach's needs you'll find yourself slowly
taking damage and dying.
Likewise if you do not drink for a long period of time you will start to
dehydrate, and when this becomes critical (you'll know from the messages
you'll be getting) you'll start taking small amounts of damage. This
damage will slowly increase as you dehydrate further.

Moral: Eat, drink and be merry.

0 BUY LIST SELL VALUE~
Syntax: buy <object>
Syntax: list
Syntax: sell <object>
Syntax: value <object>

BUY buys an object from a shop keeper.
When multiple items of the same name are listed, type 'buy n.item', where n
is the position of the item in a list of that name. So if there are two
swords, buy 2.sword will buy the second. If you want to buy multiples of
an item, use an * (buy 5*pie will buy 5 pies). These can be combined into
(for example) buy 2*2.shield, as long as the * is first.

LIST lists the objects the shop keeper will sell you.
List <name> shows you only objects of 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 offers an object to Mota, who may reward you.
The nature of the reward depends upon the type of object.
~

0 SCROLL~
Syntax: scroll
Syntax: scroll <number>

This command changes the number of lines the mud sends you in a page (the
default is 24 lines). Change this to a higher number for larger screen
sizes, or to 0 to disabling paging.
~

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.

These commands may require an item skill to be succesful, see the help entries
on the skills scrolls, staves, and wands for more information.
~

0 CONSIDER~
Syntax: consider <character>

CONSIDER tells you what your chances are of killing a character.
Of course, it's only a rough estimate.
~

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.

You may FOLLOW and GROUP only with characters who are within five levels of
your own.
~

0 VISIBLE~
VISIBLE cancels your hiding and sneaking, as well as any invisibility,
making you visible again.
~

0 QUIT RENT SAVE~
Syntax: QUIT
Syntax: RENT ... not!
Syntax: SAVE

SAVE saves your character and object. The game saves your character every
15 minutes regardless, and is the preferred method of saving. Typing save
will block all other command for about 20 seconds, so use it sparingly.
(90+ players all typing save every 30 seconds just generated too much lag)

Some objects, such as keys and potions, may not be saved.

QUIT leaves the game. You may QUIT anywhere. 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 Mota for miraculous transportation from where you are
back to the Temple of Midgaard. '/' is a synonym for RECALL.

If you RECALL during combat, you will lose experience (more than for fleeing),
and you will have a chance of failing (again, more than for fleeing). This
chance is based on your recall skill, although a 100% recall does not
insure success.

RECALL costs half of your movement points.

RECALL doesn't work in certain god-forsaken rooms. Characters afflicted by a
curse may not recall at all.
~

-1 SPLIT~
Syntax: SPLIT <silver> <gold>

SPLIT splits some coins between you and all the members of your
group who are in the same room as you. It's customary to SPLIT
the loot after a kill. The first argument is the amount of silver
the split (0 is acceptable), and the second gold (optional).
Examples:
split 30 --> split 30 silver
split 20 50 --> split 20 silver, 50 gold
split 0 10 --> split 10 gold
~

0 STEAL~
Syntax: STEAL coins <character>
Syntax: STEAL <object> <character>

STEAL attempts to steal coins, or an object, from a character.

There are penalties for using STEAL on other players.

In order to STEAL successfully, you must practice the appropriate skill.
~

0 PRACTICE~
Syntax: PRACTICE
Syntax: PRACTICE <skill|spell>

PRACTICE without an argument tells you your current ability level 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. The higher your wisdom, the more practice sessions you will
have each time you gain a level. Unused sessions are saved until you
do use them.
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0 TRAIN~
Syntax: train <str int wis dex con hp mana>

TRAIN increases one of your attributes. When you start the game, your
character has standard attributes based on your class, and several
initial training sessions. You can increase your attributes by
using these sessions at a trainer (there are several in town).

It takes one training session to improve an attribute, or to increase
mana or hp by 10. You receive one session per level.

The best attributes to train first are WIS and CON. WIS gives you more
practice when you gain a level. CON gives you more hit points.
In the long run, your character will be most powerful if you train
WIS and CON both to 18 before practising or training anything else.
~

60 ADVANCE~
Syntax: advance <character> <level>

ADVANCE sets a character's level to the specified value. It is the
only way to create new immortal characters within the game. ADVANCE
may also be used to demote characters.
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60 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.
~

58 ALLOW BAN PERMBAN~
Syntax: allow <site>
ban <site> <newbies|all|permit>
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, if the remover is of equal or higher level than the banner.

A site may have all players, new players, or non-permitted players (set
by editing the player file) banned, by changing the argument after the site.
*s may be used to ban either by suffix (*.edu), prefix (labmac*), or
content (*andrews*), but be careful not to accidently lock out too many
sites with a wildcard. Bans do not save unless the permban command is used.
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59 REBOOT SHUTDOWN~
Syntax: reboot
shutdown

Reboot shuts down the server. When the normal 'startup' script is used
to control the server, a delay of fifteen 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.
~

56 WIZLOCK NEWLOCK~
Syntax: wizlock
newlock

Wizlock and newlock both block login attempts to ROM. Wizlock locks
out all non-gods (i.e. level less than 51), except for link-dead players who
are returning. Newlock only locks out new character generation, typically
used for preventing a spammer from returning. Wizlocking should be avoided,
and newlocking should be accompanied by mail or a note to the imps.

A god must be at least Supreme level to wizlock the game.
~

59 DENY~
Syntax: deny <name>

Deny locks a character out of a game permanently, rendering their character
name unusable. It may only be removed by editing the file, for this reason
freeze is usually preferred.
~

57 DISCONNECT~
Syntax: disconnect <name>

Disconnect breaks a player's link to the game, dumping them back to the telnet
prompt. This is a non-lethal way of getting rid of spammers and annoying
players.
~

57 FREEZE~
Syntax: freeze <name>

FREEZE <character> is a toggle which prevents a character from issuing any
commands at all. It can be removed from within the game, so freezing a
troublemaker is usually a better option than they deny command.
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53 FORCE~
Syntax: force <character> <command>
Syntax: force all <command>

FORCE forces one character to execute a command, except of course delete.

Below level 57 (Deity) force can only be used on mobiles, and force all is
unavailable. You also cannot 'force orc murder hugo', for example.

FORCE 'all' forces all player characters to execute a command.
This is typically used for 'force all save'.
~

56 SOCKETS~
Syntax: sockets
sockets <name>

SOCKETS 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.

The optional name argument shows the site of a player, or optional can be used
to identify switched gods (i.e. socket orc shows the name of anyone switched
into an orc).
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56 LOAD~
Syntax: load mob <vnum>
load obj <vnum> <level>

The load command is used to load new objects or mobiles (use clone to
duplicate strung items and mobs). The vnums can be found with the vnum
command, or by stat'ing an existing mob or object.

Load puts objects in inventory if they can be carried, otherwise they are
put in the room. Mobiles are always put into the same room as the god. Old
format objects must be given a level argument to determine their power, new
format objects have a preset level that cannot be changed without set.
(see also clone, vnum, stat)
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58 SET~
Syntax: set mob <mobile> <field> <value>
set obj <object> <field> <value>
set room <number> <field> <value>
set skill <char> <name> <rating>
set skill <char> all <rating>

The set command is used to change the numerical values of the various data
structures. Type set <class> without an argument to see a listing of options.
Set skill all (pc's only) will set all the character's skills to the value
given. Use string to change the strings on an object or mobile.
(see also string, stat)
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55 STRING~
Syntax: string obj <field> <string>
string mob <field> <string>

The string command changes the various strings associated with an object or
mobile. A full list of fields can be viewed by typing string obj or string
mob. Sorry, multi-line strings are not yet supported.
~

55 NOCHANNEL NOEMOTE NOSHOUT NOTELL~
Syntax: nochannel <character>
noemote <character>
noshout <character>
notell <character>

Noemote, noshout, and notell are used to muffle other characters, by
preventing them from emoting, shouting, and telling, respectively.
Characters who are noshout'ed or no'telled will also not receive those
forms of communication.

The nochannel command is similar, but more drastic. It prevents the victim
from using any of the channels (gossip, cgossip, Q/A, music) on the game.
Nochannels usually result from swearing or spamming on public channels.
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57 PARDON~
Syntax: pardon <character> killer
pardon <character> thief

Pardon pardons a player for their crimes. Don't pardon a player unless you
are sure they deserve it. Being killed by Hassan acts as an automatic
pardon.
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56 PURGE~
Syntax: purge
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, or objects or mobiles with a NOPURGE flag
set (i.e. the pit, the fountain, shopkeepers, Hassan). Mobiles may be
purged if they are called directly by name.
~

56 RESTORE~
Syntax: restore <character>
restore room
restore all

Restore restores full hit points, mana points, and movement points to the
target character. It also heals poison, plague, and blindness.

Restore room (or restore with no argument) performs a restore on every player
in the room, restore all does the same for all connected players. Restore all
is only usable by creators and implementors. Restore should be used sparingly
or not at all.
~

57 SLAY~
Syntax: slay <character>

Slay kills a character in cold blood, no saving throw. Best not to use this
command on players if you enjoy being a god.
~

55 TRANSFER TELEPORT~
Syntax: transfer <character>
transfer all
transfer <character> <location>
transfer all <location>

Transfer transfers the target character, or ALL player characters,
to your current location (default) or to a specified location. Trans all
should almost never be used, as 100 players popping into one room can have
horrible effects on slow links. Teleport is a synonym for transfer.
~

54 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).
~

54 ECHO GECHO PECHO~
Syntax: echo <message>
gecho <message>
pecho <character> <message>

These commands all perform similar functions. Echo sends the message to
all characters in the same room as the user, with no indication of who sent
it. Gecho does the same for all players connected to the game, and pecho
sends the message to the player specified as the target. Any higher-level
god will see a prompt in front of your message, informing him or her that it
is an echo.
~

52 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 other rooms are barred to players below a certain
god level.

Implementors can use the violate command to get into private rooms.
~

52 HOLYLIGHT INVIS WIZINVIS~
Syntax: holylight
wiznvis <level>

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.

Wizinvis takes a level argument, and will mke you invisible to all players of
a lower level than your invisibility level. It defaults to the maximum
(your level) if no argument is given. Wizi 60 characters are totally
invisible.
~

52 INCOGNITO~
Toggling your incognito status will hide your presence from people outside the
room you are in, but leave you visible to those who are with you. It takes
a level argument similar to wizinvis, people at that level or higher can see
you regarless of location.
~

52 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.
~

56 VNUM~
Syntax: vnum <name>
vnum <obj or mob> <name>
vnum skill <name>

Vnum finds all objects and mobiles with a particular name, and prints out
the results. Use vnum obj or vnum mob to limit the search. This vnum is
very useful for loading. Vnum skill returns the skill number (for set) and
the slot number (for making new zones) of a skill name.
(see also load)
~

53 STAT~
Syntax: stat <name>
stat mob <name>
stat obj <name>
stat room <number>

The stat command gives you detailed information on an object, mobile, or room
within the game. Without a class argument, the command will return a object
(if found), a mobile (if no object exists, but a mobile does), or a room
(if a number is given). Stat room with no argument stats the room you are
standing in. Stat can be used to find room vnums for goto.
(see also goto, transfer)
~

53 MWHERE~
Syntax: mwhere <name>

Mwhere shows you the locations of all mobiles with a particular name.
~

55 PEACE~
Syntax: peace

Peace causes all characters in a room to stop fighting. It also strips the
AGGRESSIVE bit from mobiles.
~

52 POOFIN POOFOUT~
Syntax: poofin <message>
Syntax: pooffout <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 poofin and poofout commands. These messages
must include your name somewhere in the string.

Poofin and poofout only show to characters who can see you.
(see also goto)
~

59 PROTECT~
Syntax: protect <character>

Protect is used to protect a character from unwanted snooping. Removing
protected status from a character WILL be seen by that character.
~

55 LOG SNOOP~
Syntax: log <character>
log all
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.
Logs may only be used by creators and implementors, and should be accompanied
by mail to the implementors.

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. Please do not use this unless you tell the imps.

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. Try to respect privacy.

Snoop yourself to cancel all outstanding snoops.
~

54 SWITCH RETURN~
Syntax: switch <character>
return

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). You also cannot
switch into link-dead PCs.

Return returns you to your original body.
~

51 IMMTALK :~
Syntax: immtalk <message>
immtalk

Immtalk sends a message to all immortals. : is a synonym for immtalk.
Using this command with no argument turns off the immortal channel (or
turns it back on).
~

52 WIZNET~
Syntax: wiznet
wiznet show
wiznet status
wiznet <field>

Wiznet is sort of an immortal news service, to show important events to
the wiznetted immoral. Wiznet by itself turns wiznet on and off,
wiznet show lists all settable flags (they are not detailed here),
wiznet status shows your current wiznet settings, and wiznet <field> toggles
a field on and off. The events should be self-explanatory, if they are not,
fiddle with them a while. More events are available at higher levels.
~

51 WIZHELP~
Syntax: wizhelp

Wizhelp provides a list of all the immortal commands.
~

58 OTYPE~
Syntax: otype <type> <wear/weapon>
otype light

otype weapon axe
otype weapon sword
otype weapon etc..

otype armor <wear>
Wear Lists:
Body
Head
Legs
Feet
Hands
Arms
Shield
Neck
About
Hold
Finger
strap
brand
~

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>
Syntax: cast bless <object>

This spell improves the to-hit roll and saving throw versus spell of the
target character by 1 for every 8 levels of the caster. It may also be
cast on an object to temporarily bless it (blessed weapons, for example,
are more effective against demonic beings).
~

0 BLINDNESS~
Syntax: cast blindness <victim>

This spell renders the target character blind.
~

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. The higher-level spells do
more damage.
~

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 Mota.
~

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. The higher-level spells do
more damage.
~

53 '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'
Syntax: cast 'continual light' <object>

This spell creates a ball of light, which you can hold as a light source.
The ball of light will last indefinitely. It may also be used on an object
to give it an enchanted glow.
~

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. The higher-level spells
heal more damage.

(see 'help healer' for details on the heal command)
~

0 CURSE~
Syntax: cast 'curse' <character>

This spell reduces the character's to-hit roll and save versus spells.
It also renders the character unclean in the eyes of Mota and
unable to RECALL. Curse may be used to fill equipment with evil power,
allowing (for example) weapons to do more damage to particularly holy
opponents.
~

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 Mota on an evil victim. It can be very
dangerous for casters who are not pure of heart.
~

0 'DISPEL MAGIC' CANCELLATION~
Syntax: cast 'dispel magic' <character>
cast 'cancellation' <characte>

Both of these spells remove magical effects from the target. Dispel magic
has a reduced chance of working, and is considering an attack spell.
Cancellation can only be used on allies, but is much more effective and does
not provoke attack. Unfortunately, the spells do not discriminate between
harmful and benign spells.

The chance of dispelling is based on the level of the spell. Permanent spells
(such as mobile sanctuary) are much harder to remove. Not all spells may
be dispelled, notable examples are poison and plague.
~

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 by one or two points. Multiple enchants may be cast, but as the
weapon grows more and more powerful, it is more likely to be drained or
destroyed by the magic. Also, every successful enchant increases the level
of the weapon by one...and there is no turning back.
~

-1 'ENCHANT ARMOR'~
The enchant armor spell imbues armor with powerful protective magics. It is
not nearly as reliable as enchant weapon, being far more prone to destructive
effects. Each succesful enchant increases the plus of the armor by 1 or 2
points, and raises its level by one.
~

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. For each
level of the caster, the victim's armor class is increased by two points.
~

0 'FAERIE FOG'~
Syntax: cast 'faerie fog'

This spell reveals all manner of invisible, hidden, and sneaking creatures in
the same room as you.
~

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 IDENTIFY~
Syntax: cast identify <object>

This spell reveals information about the object.
~

0 INFRAVISION~
Syntax: cast infravision <character>

This spell enables the target character to see warm-blooded creatures even
while in the dark, and exits of a room as well.
~

0 INVIS 'MASS INVIS' INVISIBLITY~
Syntax: cast 'invisibility' <character>
Syntax: cast 'invisibility' <object>
Syntax: cast 'mass invis'

The INVIS spell makes the target character invisible. Invisible characters
will become visible when they attack. It may also be cast on an object
to render the object invisible.

The MASS INVIS spell makes all characters in the caster's group invisible,
including the caster.
~

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 'PASS DOOR'~
Syntax: cast 'pass door'

This spell enables the caster to pass through closed doors.
~

0 POISON~
Syntax: cast poison <victim>
Syntax: cast poison <object>

This spell reduces the strength of the victim by two, as well as reducing the
victim's regeneration rate. It may also be used to poison food, drink, or
a weapon in a fashion similar to envenom ('help envenom'), but with
drastically reduced effectiveness.
~

0 SANCTUARY~
Syntax: cast sanctuary <character>

The SANCTUARY spell reduces the damage taken by the character from any attack
by one half.
~

0 REFRESH~
Syntax: cast refresh <character>

This spell refreshes the movement points of a character who is out of movement
points.
~

0 'REMOVE CURSE'~
Syntax: cast 'remove curse' <character>
Syntax: cast 'remove curse' <object>

This spell removes a curse from a character, and might possibly uncurse
a cursed object. It may also be targeted on an object in the caster's
inventory, in which case it's chance of success is significantly higher.
~

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.
~

0 SLEEP~
Syntax: cast sleep <victim>

This spell puts its victim to sleep.
~

0 SUMMON~
Syntax: cast summon <character>

This spell summons a character from anywhere else in the world into your room.
Characters who are fighting may not be summoned.
~

0 TELEPORT~
Syntax: cast <teleport>

This spell takes you from your current location to a random location somewhere
in the world.
~

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.
~

0 WEAKEN~
Syntax: cast weaken <victim>

This spell reduces the strength of the victim by two points.
~

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.
~

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.

High level mages may learn and cast these spells as well.
~

0 SPECIALIZATION SPEC~
Syntax: spec <weapon>

Specialization Lists:

Mace - Drum and Boneshatter
Sword - Flurry and Flourintine
Dagger - Stab and Gouge
Polearm - Charge Set and Distance
Hand - Headclap and Ironhand
Spear - Spin and Impale
Axe - Pincer and Overhead
Flail - Strip and Choke
Whip - Strip and Choke
Staff - Spin and Impale

You have one Specialization, use is wisely. You cannot
change your spec without Immortal help.
~

0 COLOR ANSI~
Syntax: color Toggles color mode on/off

You may also talk in color; the format is like this:
the 'escape character' to specify a color is the left
handed brace '{{', following
that you should use one of the following letters,
{r{{r red {c{{c cyan
{g{{g green {y{{y yellow
{b{{b blue {w{{w white
{m{{m magenta {x{{x clear(reset colour)
{{{{ {{ char {{* beep
{{/ newline
when using color, it looks better if you finish the line
with whatever color it would normally be in, such as a
gossip, the color is magenta, so:
{mLope gossips '{ghello,{r world{m'{x
looks better than:
{mLope gossips '{ghello,{r world'{x

ColoUr is written by Lope (ant@solace.mh.se)
~

52 HEDIT~
Syntax: hedit <topic>
Syntax: hedit new help.are

---
While in hedit editor
new - make a new help entry will the keywords in <topic>
desc - edits the text in the entry
level - changes the level at which the help can be seen
keywords - changes the keywords of the help
show - shows the current help
~

52 Dettest~
~

-1 TARTARUS~
Tartarus code was started in late 1996 and completed around mid 1997. It
was developed at darkmists.mudservices.com for use on the mud Dark Mists
and used Rom2.4b3 code. The original coder on the mud was Thrym who
began the mud with Styx, who contributed ideas and help. Ceran joined
the team and contributed most of the core code, including all the class
and clan skills/spells as well as the majority of fully new code, before
leaving in 1997 because of conflicts with the other immortals.

This code release is named Tartarus and contains Ceran's original coding
plus rewritten code. This code is for use on Rom2.4b muds, although it can
be easily hacked for parts to use on other code bases. It is provided
solely for the MUDing community as a way of giving back to it what has
been freely given many times before.
The following people contributed to the Tartarus release:

Code --
Thrym who installed the MOBProgs patch into the base ROM code.

Areas --
-Lilith (Arkham) (Unable to contact this person. See
README.tararus file which comes with this derivative code)
-Kay, who wrote a lot of Nightfall and Thorbardin.
-Zenan, who did Rakshasa Domain when I got bogged down with code
and other areas.

-1 GREETING~
.

.:' `:.
::' Inahn's Doom `::
:: :. .: ::
`:. `:. . .:' .:'
`::. `:: ! ::' .::'
`::.`::. .' ! `. .::'.::'
`:. `::::'':!:``::::' ::'
:'*:::. .:' ! `:. .:::*`:
:: HHH::. ` ! ' .::HHH ::
::: `H TH::. `!' .::HT H' :::
::.. `THHH:`: :':HHHT' ..::
`:: `T: `. .' :T' ::'
`:. . : : . .:'
`::' `::'
:' .`. . .'. `:
:' ::. .:: `:
:' `::: :::' `:
`. `` '' .'
:`...........':
` :`. .': '
`: `"""' :'

Based on Rom 2.4
Made from Tartarus
Run by: Liriel, Gawinn and Ceial
Title by: Ronald Allan Stanions

What name do you wish to be known by? ~

-1 MOTD~

[Hit Return to Continue]
~

52 IMOTD~
[IMOTD]:

[Hit Return to Continue]

52 COMMANDMENTS 'GOD RULES' GODS~
.

=== Commandments of Thera ===

These rules also apply to all Immortals.

1) Do not kill mortals, do not kill mortals, do not kill mortals.
This includes transferring/summoning them to aggressive mobs.
Any immortal found killing a mortal will be deleted.

2) Do not cheat for ANY mortal in ANY way, especially your own.
Unless of course you LIKE deletion. Yes this includes tanking,
healing/restoring, casting protection spells <armor, sanct>,
and softening up or altering mobs, handing out equipment.

3) Do not transfer or summon mobs to mortals or mortals to mobs.
They have legs, if they want to kill a mob, they can easilly

4) DO NOT use reboot unless you have a very good reason.

5) Do not induct anyone into a clan just because they ask. Clans grant
special abilities and are a reward for good playing.

6) Do NOT create and keep objects which are limited. If you choose to
keep limited equipment then you should stay mortal instead. Limited
equipment is for mortals to fight over and earn, not for Immortals
whom mortal players can never kill.

7) If you are running a quest make sure you balance the prize(s). Do not
hand out anything that will upset the balance of the MUD.

8) Do not undermine the authority of a higher level god. If you
see that someone has been frozen or nochannelled do not restore
their priveleges. They are being punished for a reason.

9) Do not try to overrule each other.

10) Do not ban a site without posting a note about why it was banned.
Likewise do not unban a site without consulting other Immortals first.

REMEMBER :
As an Immortal you have chosen to build and work on the mud. If you simply
want to play then stay mortal and enjoy the fun, but as an Immortal you
are expected to do certain duties and a minimum of building (you are also
supposed to have fun, but if that's all you want to do - sit and talk,
play around etc - then you should choose to be mortal and allow others to
immort and build).

These are the rules for Immortals to follow.
~

This map shows major areas east of Midgaard. Locations are relative and are
only shown as general positions. It is not to scale. See also help 'west
thera'.
~

This map shows major areas west of Midgaard. Locations are relative and are
only shown as general positions. It is not to scale. See also help 'east
thera'.
~

-1 PK PKILL PKILLING PKILLER 'PLAYER KILLING' PSTEAL PSTEALING 'PLAYER

STEALING'~
Player Killing (PK) Rules:

Player killing and player stealing are allowed for anyone over level 10.
You will see a (PK) flag next to anyone you can attack -- you yourself
will always be in your own PK range. If you kill in town you may become a
criminal if an Enforcer flags you wanted. In this case cityguards and
Enforcer guards may all attack you, even guards who's masters are out of
PK range.

Charmies of masters who are not in your PK will not be attackable, nor
will they be able to normally harm you. If you find that people are
somehow able to use pets/charmies to kill out of PK then note to immortal
about it and we will look into the problem.

You must be level 10 or over to PK, and anyone below level 10 is immune to
PKers.
~

-1 RULES~
Rules on KBK:
----------------------------

- Do not spam, this lags the MUD for you and everyone else. This includes
spamming yells, tells, say, prays, emotes, etc.

- Player Killing (PK), is encouraged on KBK. You may PK
and be PK'd by anyone in your range once your "newbie" status wears off.

- Roleplaying is not enforced but encouraged. Don't hope for anything but
the norm without a bit of roleplaying. This includes things like cabals,
tattoes, quest skills, titles, etc.

- Descriptions are not mandatory but we judge your character by the effort
put into it, this strongly helps the outcome of your character.

- Your being here is a privilege, and a privilege we reserve the right to
take away at any time. If you are caught cheating or helping someone else
cheat, expect to be denied and/or banned. If you feel you've been pushished
wrongly please send a note to "immortal" or bring it up on the Forum.

- Multi-Charring is {RNOT{x allowed here. This includes logging on two chars
at the same time, passing equipment between chars, using out of character
information to obtain special things, and killing a character and looting him
with another character of your own. This will result in your being denied,
if the problem continues you will be banned for a long period of time.

- Do not try to copy equipment, at all. If you are caught doing this you will
be banned from the MUD and most likely not let back for a long, long time.

- The word of an immortal is final, if an immortal tells you to do something,
do it. If you feel an immortal is telling you to do something wrong, leave a
note to "immortal" about it.

- Hoarding limited items is grounds for first, it being taken from you, and
second your being slain. Do not hold over a half screen or so of limited eq
for long. It keeps the good stuff away from others. Just sac it or give it
to cabal mates. *Giving it to your other chars or OOC Friends will get you
denied without a single word in.

- An immortal may find other smaller things that are cheating but not posted
here offensive. If you are caught for something an Immortal tells you is wrong,
it is (at least until an implementor or another implementor decides otherwise).

-- These rules apply to mortals and Immortals alike. If you are caught breaking
any of the rules above, you will be punished. You have been warned!
~

0 RACES RACE SPECIES~
The following races may be chosen by players:

Human The standard race, average stats.
Changling Smart, weak creatures able to shift their shape.
Dwarf Short & stout fellows, make good warriors.
Elf Not very strong, but exceedingly smart. Make good mages.
Grey Elf Cross breed between Dark and normal Elves. Good mages.
Dark Elf Frail, make excellent clerics and varied mages.
Ethereal Living mist, marginally smart, make good mages.
Draconian Offshoots of true dragons, good warriors and Anti-Paladins.
Gnome Short and smart, inventors by nature. Good mages.
Centaur Big and strong, like giants. Good warriors. Always good aligned.
Troll Strong and dumb, lucky if they know what a sword is. Always evil.
Storm Giant Good Giants.
Cloud Giant Neutral Giantss
Fire Giant Evil Giants.
Lich Undead Creatures - Necromancer quest.
Wood-Elf Forest elves of ancient times.
Illithid A strange, tentacled humanoid, adept at sorcery and psionicism.

Different races have different starting statistics, and also different
stat maximums for magic items and training.

For more information, see the help files for each race (i.e. 'help dwarf')
~

0 HUMAN HUMANS MAN~
The most populous species in the world, Humans are found in every walk
of life and come in just about every shape, size, and coloring. They
average 6' in height. Magical devices tend to benefit them greatly.
They may follow any path (good/neutral/evil).
~

0 ELF ELVES~
Slightly taller but lighter in build than Humans, Elves lack the
strength of other races, but are more agile, both mentally and
physically. Averaging 6'5" in height, Elves are fair skinned and have
golden blonde to reddish to brown hair, and their eyes are usually
green or blue (although there are some grey-eyed Elves).
Elves are magical in nature, and it is rare to find an Elf who has
forsworn magic. They are somewhat resistant to charm spells and
other magic, but a strong spell can penetrate that resistance. Elves
are difficult to locate and often walk unnoticed. Infravision allows
them to see in the dark. Elves must stay good in order to keep their
magical abilities. Elves who have turned to evil (even to neutrality)
are frowned upon.
~

0 'PARTING BLOW'~
Syntax: Automatic

Using the parting blow skill, a warrior can attempt to strike a fleeing
opponent
with their weapon a final time as they flee in hopes of killing the
target. Only
warriors can obtain the parting blow skill.
~

0 'BLACKJACK'~
Syntax: blackjack <target>
bj <target>

Using the blackjack ability, a thief can strike his victim in the head
with a sack
in an attempt to knock out their target for a certain amount of time. This
skill
cannot be used during combat and is only obtained by the thief class.
~

0 'CIRCLE STAB'~
Syntax: circle

Using the circle stab skill, a thief can attempt to sneak behind his
opponent
while they are distracted by fighting and stab them in the back. Although
similar to the backstab skill, this skill is not as powerful and can only
be used
during combat. The circle stab ability is only obtained by the thief
class.
~

0 'DOWNSTRIKE'~
Syntax: Automatic

Using the downstrike ability, a thief can attempt to stab his opponent
when
they are on the ground after being tripped, lashed, or bashed. The
downstrike
ability may also execute after the opponent fails to bash and crashes to
the
ground. This skill is only obtained by the thief class.
~

0 'BIND'~
Syntax: bind <target>

Using the bind ability, a thief can attempt to cover a victims head
with a sack and tie their legs with rope if they are sleeping. If the
sack and rope do not break, the victim will not be able to flee or
see.

Bind has a permanent effect that is only removable by using the 'unbind'
command.

See also: 'help morphdragon'
~

52 RENAME~
Syntax: rename <player> <new name>

Renames a player on-line
~

0 CLOAK~
Syntax: cloak

This puts the player into a cloaked form that hides them from others. You
can not cloak while in another shapeshifted form.
~

0 RATING~
Syntax: rating

This shows your current number of PKs (player kills), mob kills, PK deaths
and mob deaths. Mob kills are also listed with the total level worth of
mobs that have been killed.
~

0 VENUEPORT~
Syntax: cast venueport <target>

This gates the caster and anyone grouped with them and in the same room to
the specified victim. It is an Arcana skill.
~

0 'TEAM SPIRIT'~
Syntax: cast team <target>

This allows one arcana member to transfer mana to another one at the cost
of some health.
~

0 FAMILIAR~
Syntax: cast familiar

Summons a familiar to the caster, for Arcana members.
~

0 RIOT~
Syntax: riot

Causes the user to incite a riot in his or her group. Rioting characters
gain a huge bonus to attacking but are so inflamed with indignation that
they will attack anything they see. This is an Outlaw skill.
~

0 VANISH~
Syntax: vanish

Allows a person to slip away and vanish to another part of the area they
are in. This is an Outlaw skill.
~

0 DECOY~
Syntax: cast decoy <target>

Creates fragile mirror decoys of the target. Decoy without a target
creates decoys of the caster. This is an Outlaw skill.
~

0 REVOLT~
Syntax: cast revolt <victim>

Attempts to make any charmed followers of the victim revolt and attack
their master. This is an Outlaw skill.
~

0 INDUCT~
Syntax: induct <person> <clan>

Allows a clan leader or an immortal to induct others into a clan. Only
immortals can specifiy a particular clan, mortal leaders automatically
induct into their own clan. Clans to induct into are: Arcana, crusader,
outlaw, enforcer, ancient and life.
~

0 'STEEL NERVES'~
Syntax: steel

Grants greater resistance to physical damage. This is a Crusader skill.
~

0 BATTLECRY~
Syntax: battlecry

This enables the delivering of particularly powerful blows in combat. It
is a Crusader skill.
~

0 TROPHY~
Syntax: trophy <part>

Lets a Crusader make a battle trophy from a body part such as a heads,
arms and legs. The poncho made can be worn as both a trophy and for
beneficial uses.
~

0 EVALUATION~
Syntax: evaluation

This lets you get a more detailed look at a victim's current state of
health. Using evaluation you will be able to gauge better how wounded a
foe is (provided you figure out what the stages of injury are represented
by). If you fail an evaluation check your skill will improve but you will
have to start re-evaluating again to turn it back on.
~

0 SPELLBANE~
Syntax: spellbane

A crusader using this is able to reflect a lot of magic that is cast at
him or her.
~

0 'AURA OF SUSTENANCE' AURA~
Syntax: aura

Grants the character immunity to hunger and thirst for the duration of the
affects. Aura of sustenance is a Life skill.
~

0 LIFELINE~
Syntax: cast lifeline <target>

Creates and ethereal line between the caster and a target. Casting it
without any argument results in the caster being transported to the
previously lifeline target. If a caster lifelines themself the line is
severed from the previous target. It is a Life spell.

A victim may 'nofollow' to cut a lifeline that is unwanted.
~

0 SAFETY~
Syntax: cast safety

Recalls all members of the casters group who are in the same room. It is a
Life skill.
~

0 'LIFE TRANSFER'~
Syntax: cast 'life transfer' <target>

Transfers some health from the caster to the target for healing. It is a
Life spell.
~

0 'ANIMATE DEAD' 'MUMMIFY' 'ANIMATE SKELETON' ANIMATE DECAY 'DECAY CORPSE'

'EMBALM' SOULBIND SOUL~
Syntax: cast 'animate dead' corpse
cast 'animate skeleton' skeleton
cast mummify corpse
cast decay corpse
cast preserve corpse
cast soulbind <target>

These are the basis of a necromancer's power. Decay corpse strips the
flesh off a corpse and leaves the skeletal remains. The skeleton may then
be animated using the 'animate skeleton' spell.

Corpses that are still intact may be animated with the more powerful
animate dead spell, or, at much higher levels, raised as mummies with the
mummify spell.

'Embalm' skill will preserve a corpse and extend the duration before a
it decays to dust.

In all cases of animates the undead raised will have a level of power
comparable to it's living existence but slightly lowered. Thus an orc
zombie won't be as powerful as a demon zombie. Skeletons are weaker than
zombies, which are in turn weaker than mummies. The number of undead you
can raise is level dependant and also modified by the type of undead you
already have following you.

Soulbind will bind an undead follower to your soul and it will act as a
loyal pet, entering and leaving the realms with you like a normal pet.

See also: help 'animate object' for the Channeler's version of animation
~

0 SHADOWSELF~
Syntax: cast shadowself

Creates a shadowy, fragile mirror from your shadow. Useful to trick your
enemies.
~

0 GASEOUS 'GASEOUS FORM'~
Syntax: gaseous <direction 1> <direction 2>

Allows an ethereal to turn into a cloud of gas very briefly and rip
through one or two rooms. If you specify just one direction you will be
go gaseous and attempt to travel two rooms in that direction. If a second
direction is given you will attempt to travel one room in the first
direction, then change path and go to the next room via the second
direction. This is most useful in rushing past tracking mobs or aggressive
ones that are blocking the way.
~

0 'DOOR BASH' DOOR~
Syntax: door <direction>

Attempt to bash down a door using brute force. A giant, centaur and troll
ability. Failing can cause harm, and usually a successful bashing will
result in the basher flying into the next room.
~

0 'GREATER GOLEM' 'LESSER GOLEM' GOLEM PRESERVE~
Syntax: cast 'lesser golem'
cast 'greater golem'
cast preserve <object>

A necromancer may create a lesser golem by gathering body parts and then
forming them into a flesh automaton. The power of the golem is dependant
on the caster's level and the number of parts. The 'preserve' spell is
used to keep body parts such as hearts, arms, legs and heads from
decaying.

Greater golem fashions a more powerful golem to serve and requires no
material components to cast.
~

0 DISINTERGRATE~
Syntax: cast disintergrate <victim>

Allows a channeler to blast a victim into dust. Objects on the victim have
a good chance of vaporising too unless they save against the spell.
~

0 TIMESTOP~
Syntax: cast timestop

Places everything in the room which fails to save into a time trap. Those
affected by it are outside the normal flow of time and may not be harmed,
but at the same time are unable to move or do anything themselves. Has
varying usefulness in varying situations.
~

0 'ANIMATE OBJECT'~
Syntax: cast 'animate object' <item>

When cast on a weapon, armor or key it animates the item and causes it to
follow the caster like a normal charmie. The itself is destroyed in that
it cannot be used again. The power of the animated object is dependant on
the level of the item animated. Animated keys may be ordered to unlock
doors.
~

0 ABSORB~
Syntax: cast absorb

Forms a magic absorbing shield about the caster which also channels mana
back to them when absorbing offensive spells.
~

0 'TRANSFER OBJECT'~
Syntax: cast 'transfer object' <object> <target>

Sends an item in the caster's inventory to the target. If the target has
notransfer set on his or her autos then they will be unable to accept the
object. You can not transfer Clan items.
~

0 GROUNDING~
Syntax: cast grounding

Grounds the caster and makes him or her immune to electrical attacks.
~

0 'SHOCK SPHERE'~
Syntax: cast 'shock sphere' <victim>

Blasts the victim with a powerful sonic boom. The first blast can damage
their ears and result in temporary loss of hearing.
~

0 REGENERATION ATROPHY~
Syntax: cast regeneration <target>
cast atrophy <victim>

The recipient of this benedication begins to regenerate at an unnatural
rate. Wounds will heal literally ever second or so. Trolls who have
natural regeneration will regenerate even faster.

Atrophy is the opposite to regeneration and results in health loss at a
constant and fast rate. While not lasting long it can have a deadly effect
on victims.
~

0 RESTORATION~
Syntax: cast restoration <victim>

A powerful healing spell that cures wither, forget, prevent healing and
undead drain affects. It is the only way that level loss due to undead
draining may be restored. Healers at temples, and clerics, have this
power.
~

0 'PREVENT HEALING'~
Syntax: cast 'prevent healing' <victim>

Attempts to destroy a victim's ability to heal naturally. If successful
the victim will stop healing on ticks until it wears off or is cured.
Trolls who have natural fast regeneration are immune to this.
~

0 DUAL TRINAL 'DUAL WIELD' 'TRINAL WIELD'~
Syntax: wield <weapon>

These skills allow you to use more than one weapon at once. Most fighting
classes gain the dual wield skill at some stage and if such a character
attempts to wield a weapon while already using a primary weapon they will
attempt to dual wield it. (This is provided that they are not using a
light, shield or held item which would occupy their other hand).

Trinal wield is a bit different. It requires a changeling who has
shapeshifted to form a third arm and hand using the 'shapeshift arm'
command. Such a changeling who has the dual wield skill and the trinal
wield skill learned may then attempt to wield up to 3 weapons at once.
(They may also choose to dual wield and hold a shield, or any other
combination of three hand uses).
~

0 NIGHTFALL~
Syntax: cast nightfall <victim>

This binds the caster's essence to the victims and if the caster can
deliver the killing blow on the target at any stage while the spell is in
affect the victim's soul is ripped away and formed into a shadowy follower
of the caster. Only very high level assassins can learn this spell.
~

0 'FIRE AND ICE'~
Syntax: cast 'fire and ice' <victim>

Blasts the victim with both a flaming blast and an icy cold one.
-Fire and Ice will only work on Mobs.
~

0 'Knight' 'Knights'~
The Knights of Thera are the champions of light and honor in the world of thera.
They are always seeking to end the destruction that the forcesof darkness cause
in the world. The life of a knight is not an easy onebecause it is full of
personal sacrifice. The process to become a knightcan be long and frustrating,
and only those who are pure of heart are ableto do so. Your path begins with a
note to the castle (Knights) and endswhen you take your last breath in the world.
To be a knight is a life long commitment and is not something that is
taken lightly.
~

0 'Muse' 'Muses of the Valley'~
A band of musicians and entertainers have gathered and named
themselves the "Muses of the Valley". These people strive to
enjoy life to its fullest and strive to express themselves
through the arts of music and poetry. Laughter, happiness,
and good times are what the Muses stand for. The Muses will
defend themselves and are known to aid people according to
their own beliefs. Those of the darkness of Chaotic ethos may
not become Muses for they do not naturally breed beauty or art.
~

0 OOCTELL~
Syntax: ooctell (character) (message)
This is a command used to separate Roleplaying from out of character
communication. You may use this for various questions to imms or other
characters that can not be asked in character. However, this will not be
used as a venue to curse at players when you are upset etc., that kind of
behavior will be severely punished. Also overuse of this command will be
looked down upon by immortals so if you want to make something out of the
character you are playing, use OOCTELL sparingly.
~

0 DEOMANIX SEEKERS INFINITY~
He is the Source of Magic, and the Potentate of Time. Those who chose to
follow Deomanix are known as the Seekers of Infinity. Deomanix is
magic, he created it, and is one with it. Magic is outside of time, only
when wielded by mortals are limitations put upon it. Followers who seek
the mark of Infinite Tome know that it is only by the feeble mind of most
mortals that magic finds its limits. They seek to free thier mind and
gather as much knowledge as possible so they may know the true powere
availible to them. Deomanix is also the Lord of the Tower, he therefore
holds to the ideals of the Tower as well. Seek the Shrine of Deomanix in a
place where magic flows freely.~

0 'Knife'~
Thieves with the this skill can surprise a opponent with a strike used at a beginning
of a fight. This fighting technique may even be used against opponents that are injured
or others occupied with fighting someone else. This power is used only with a dagger.
~

0 'Enforcer'~
The Enforcers are the Law of the cities within these realms. They are the convictors and
executioners of those who are named a criminal. Their decisions are final and not to
be argued. Criminals are the true enemy of Enforcer and they will be hunted until their
punishment has been served by death. Only those of a lawful ethos and clean of record
will be privileged enough to carry out the judgement of Enforcer.

A current [ENFORCER] will be easy to find should a crime take place.
~

0 'Cleave'~
Cleaver is very similur to backstab (It can only be used to start fights). It inflicts massive
damage and can instantly kill the victim. Cleave cannot be done to a target much larger than
the player who is cleaving. This skill is for axes and swords only.
~

0 'Strangle'~
Monks and assassins can attempt to strangle an opponent, putting them to sleep. This skill can keep
the victim asleep for around 2 ticks. Some people find it works best when hiding. Strangle can only
be used to start a battle and not used more than once for a few ticks.
~

0 'Throw'~
Throw is like and trip, it does little damage but keeps the opponent from fleeing or entering commands.
Throw lags the victim but also the character who is throwing. Throw cannot be entered more than once
every 2-3 rounds.
~

0 'Pugil'~
Pugil is used by a staff, the attempt is made to do a quick combination hit with both ends of the staff.
This is done with a quick punching movement from each hand. You can use this skill only during a fight.
~

0 'Wrath'~
This spell calls upon a holy wrath on an evil player. This does damage as has a small chance of cursing
the target. This spell is only known to Paladins.
~

0 'Nerve' ~
A skilled monk or assassin has the power to increase pressure to it's victim with various strikes to the
vulnerable ares. This skill can be used on anyone. It deals no damage but weakens the victim.
~

0 'Swist'~
He is the guy who is in charge of coding here.
~

0 WOOD-ELF WOOD ELF~
Long ago when high elves ruled Thera a sub race of elven whom only lived in the
peace and tranquility of the forest excited. These elves where known as chaotic
creatures and where murder and destroyed, for the most part. In modern days
wood-elves are still rare but do exist as ancient folk lore tells us. Wood-elves
are much like high elves but not quite as intelligent but more heartier and
dexterous. In modern day Wood-elves may become lawful but are shunned upon by
all other of their breed. Wood-elves may become warriors, clerics, and rangers.
~

51 'UNHOLY BLESS'~
Syntax: cast 'unholy bless'

An Anti-Paladin with this spell casted upon him will become stronger
in many forms every time they kill someone.~

51 'CURSE WEAPON'~
Syntax: cast 'curse weapon' <object>

This spell is castable on a weapon, this weapon becomes more powerful
the more times it is castable on the object. However, this spell can
destroy the weapon it is casted upon.
~

-1 LAG~
Twas dial-up, and the failing mudders did toil and struggle in the fray
All checksummed were the compressed files
And the man pages, outdate
Beware the Internet my son,
The noise that hangs, the lag that kills
Beware the Usenet news, and shun the frivolous mud with frills
So took his his mudding client in hand
Longtime the virtual foe he sought
So rested he by the T1s three and paused a while in swap
And as in disk-drive swap he stayed,
The Internet, with lags of fame
Came packetwise through the T1 line
And error-checked as it came
One two one two and through and through, the mudding client went kill -9
He left it dead and with it's core he went a tracing back
And hath thou slain the Internet?
Come to my arms my disk-based bot!
Oh lag-free day, callooh callay, he chortled in his joy
Twas dial-up, and the failing mudders did toil and struggle in the fray
All checksummed were the compressed files
And the man pages, outdate.
~

-1 WIZLIST~
.
Immortals on KBK
---------------------------------------------
/ \
| | Imps-
; : ; Kraenesk
| : | Deomanix
l ; l Detlef
l ; l Creators-
l ; l None
I ; I
I ; I Suplementors-
I ; I Mephistillis
I ; I
d | b Deities-
H | H Maelisth
H | H
H I H Gods-
,;, H I H ,;, Adiehi
;H@H; ;_H_;, ;H@H;
`\Y/d_,;|4H@HK|;,_b\Y/' Immortals-
'\;MMMMM$@@@$MMMMM;/' None
"---*;!8@8!;*---"
;888; DemiGods-
;888; Aino
;888;
;888; Angels-
d8@8b None
O8@8O
T808T Avatars-
`-` None

---------------------------------------------
Admin: Kraenesk
~

-1 ROM~
ROM started in early February 1993, using Merc 1.0 code. In July of 1993,
ROM II was started, eventually replacing the original ROM. ROM was up for
a little over a year, after which the code (version 2.3) was released,
and various other ROM muds were started, including Rivers of Mud under
a new management (Zump's ROM), at rom.org 9000.

Alander's current project is Athen, the sequel to the ROM code.
It will be found at hypercube.org 6666, when it is opened.

The following people contributed to the ROM flavor of the merc base code:

Socials --
Kelsey and Liralen

New, Improved Valhalla --
Liralen

Puff's new special proc and improved poofin/poofout code --
Seth

Maps and map shop --
Ezra, Regnan (Olympus)

Nirvana zone --
Forstall (mobiles rewritten by Alander)

Mob Factory --
Pinkfloyd (originally written for ROM, mobiles rewritten by Alander)

Geographically correct Midgaard (tm) --
Alander

Ideas and playtesting --
Thousands of dedicated mudders around the world

Beta testing --
Ken Blosser, Doug Araya, and Sherene Neil all helped with bug reports
and suggestions, saving a lot of headaches

New Thalos area was donated by Onivel of Jedi, who was also the originator
of the ASCII flags used in the zone files
ROM 2.4 was developed during my time with Moosehead mud, and the
release
shares many of the features I wrote while I was there. Additional code
was written by Seth Scott (enchant armor, the new poofin/poofout), and many
contributions and ideas from the Merc list were used. Portions of Rusty's
code from Moosehead also remain.

The new features of 2.4 were largely produced in bull sessions with
Gabrielle Taylor and Brian Moore, without whom this release wouldn't
have happened. In particular, the new privacy code, furniture, and
wiznet are largely the results of Gabrielle's ideas.

Changes to the standard diku mob and object format, as well as the changes
to Merc 2.1 source code, were done by Alander over many a late night of
hair-pulling. Hope you enjoy it.

(my apologies if anyone was forgotten in this list)
~

-1 IMMORTAL IMMORT GOD WIZARD WIZ~
'Immortal' (often, simply, 'immort') refers to players who have reached
the highest attainable levels in the game. Here, anyone of level 52
or higher is an 'immortal.' Immortals are capable of exceeding the
usual game rules, in more drastic and pervasive ways as levels increase;
examples range from teleportation and invisibility to mortal sight to
creation of objects, removal of a player's privileges (channels,
ability to move, or even ability to log in), and ability to promote
players to immortality.

Since immortals can wreak havoc with game balance, they are (ideally)
a carefully-chosen and policed group. An absolute rule of immortal
behavior is that no immortal can aid or assist any player without
explicit permission from the higher ranks; in other words, please
don't ask an immortal to help you kill a mob, gather EQ, etc, or
you'll likely be either politely or rudely refused, or referred to
this file.

The duties of immortals, and even the very reasons for their existence,
are topics of continual and heated debate in various MUD forums, and are
fraught with misconceptions, poor examples, and outrageous hypocrisies. :)
~

-1 SOCIALS~
This is a complete list of socials for this MUD:
Compiled originally by: Sara
accuse adjust air apologize applaud babble
bark bcatch beckon beer bearhug beg
bird bkiss bleed blink blush boast
boggle bonk bounce bow brb burp
cackle caress charge cheer chuckle clap
claw collapse comfort comb cough cover
cower cringe criticize cry cuddle curse
curtsey dance daydream drool duck embrace
explode eyebrow faint fart flare flash
flex flinch flip flirt flutter fondle
french frown fume gasp giggle glare
goose grimace grin groan grope grovel
growl grumble hand head hiccup highfive
hop howl hug hush ignore innocent
insane judge kiss knee laugh lick
love lust massage meditate moan moon
mosh mutter nibble nod nudge nuzzle
pant passout pat peck pie pinch
pissed plead point poke ponder pout
pray propose puke punch purr ramble
raspberry rofl roll rub ruffle run
scratch scream serenade shake shiver shrug
sigh sing slap slobber smile smirk
snap snarl sneeze snicker sniff snore
snort snowball snuggle sob spam spank
spit squeal squeeze squirm stare stretch
strip stroke strut sulk swoon tackle
tease thank threaten tickle tip tongue
twiddle type undress view wave whine
whistle wiggle wince wink wonder worry
worship yawn yeehaw yodel rose laces
tank starve aargh homework puff differ
yae lightbulb voodoo ogg confused beam
bite discodance scuff whap lag chortle
zerbert twitch

-1 MERC~
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 'majordomo@webnexus.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.

Also see "help ROM" for information about the Rivers of Mud code base.
~

-1 MAP MAPS~
Thanks to Ezra for drawing the originals of several maps on ROM.
~

52 JOBS~
This is a partial list of what a god of any given level should be doing. It is
not complete yet.

Angels:(52-54)
Angels and higher level gods may not assist mortals directly in any way.
An Angel's main job is to help with quests (via switch), or possibly run
small quest of their own -- but the rewards should be minimal.

Deities:(55-56)
Deities have two main roles: reimbursement and quest running. Be skeptical
on reimburses, don't just hand out every piece of gear. I suggest limiting
reimbursements to 10 items at a time, and make sure that you do not load things
at too high a level (new format items have hard-coded levels, so are not a
problem). vnum and stat are useful for this. You can draft Angels to help you
run a quest, and please note that quests should NOT have huge rewards -- the
main point should be to have fun. Deities have no business trying to enforce
rules -- the most you should do to a player is a NOCHANNEL or similar light
punishment.

Gods:(57-59)
Gods can run quests just like Deities, and it's nice to do reimbursements too.
However, the main role of a God is keeping the peace. Gods can enforce (but
not create rules), using the various NOTELL-class commands, as well as deny,
purge, freeze, and ban (but be careful with these commands!) Gods are expected
to help make the mud run more smoothly, power trips are strictly verbotten.

Not fulfilling the roles of your office can result in demotion or deletion.
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0 SUICIDE DELETE~
Use the delete command to erase unwanted characters, so the name will be
available for use. This command must be typed twice to delete a character,
and you cannot be forced to delete. Typing delete with an argument will
return your character to 'safe' status if you change your mind after the
first delete.
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0 HEALER~
The healer decided to grab a quick buck, and now charges for his heals. Some
services are still free to players of level 10 or below, however. To see
a full listing of the healer's services, type 'heal' at his residence. To
receive healing, bring plenty of money, and type 'heal <spell>'.
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-1 GAIN~
The gain command is used to learn new skills, once the proper trainer has
been found. (Check New Thalos) The following options can be used with gain:

gain list: list all groups and skills that can be learned
gain points: lower your creation points by 1 (costs two sessions)
gain <name>: add a skill or skill group, at the listed cost
gain convert: turns 10 practices into one training session

Gain uses training sessions, not practices. (see 'help train')
Gained skills and groups do NOT increase your experience per level or total
number of creation points.
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52 CLONE~
Syntax:
clone obj <object>
clone mob <mobile>
clone <name>

The clone command duplicates an object or mobile. The level of item or mobile
that may be cloned depends on your level. The target object or mob must be in
the same room as you, or in your posession. Strung and set information is
preserved by clone, as well as any spell effects and container contents or
mobile inventory, except for items which are too high for you to clone.
Strung extended descriptions on objects are not kept, however.
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0 SKILLS SPELLS~
The skills and spells commands are used to display your character's list
of available skills (or spells, as the case may be). They are listed in
order of level, with mana cost (for spells) or percentage (for skills)
listed where applicable.
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0 OUTFIT~
The outfit command, usable by levels 5 and below, equips your character with
a new set of sub issue gear (banner, weapon, helmet, shield, and vest),
courtesy of the Mayor's warehouses. Only empty equipment slots are affected.
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0 AUTO AUTOLIST AUTOLOOT AUTOGOLD AUTOSAC AUTOEXIT AUTOASSIST AUTOSPLIT~
ROM uses varies automatic actions, to ease the boredom of always splitting
gold and sacrificing corpses. The commands are as follows:

autolist : list all automatic actions
autoloot : take all equipment from dead mobiles
autogold : take all gold from dead mobiles
autosac : sacrifice dead monsters (if autoloot is on, only empty corpes)
autoexit : display room exits upon entering a room
autosplit : split up spoils from combat among your group members
autoassit : makes you help group members in combat

Typing a command sets the action , typing it again removes it.
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-1 CABAL~
[OPEN] Rager, Destroyers of Magic.
[OPEN] Arcana, Masters of the Five Magics.

[OPEN] Enforcer, Arbiters of Judgement.
[OPEN] Outlaw, Bandits of Chaos.

[OPEN] Knights, Knights of Honor.
[OPEN] Ancients, Warriors of the Shadows.

- These are the cabals (Ka-ball), offered to mortals
on Winds of Hope. A cabal is a special group or "House"
of players who's roles are similar. For more help or
information in one specific cabal see that cabals help
file (Ex: 'help rager').

A few things that WILL get you blackballed from any cabal
are:
1. Lying to an Immortal or Leader about your hours, skills,
equipment, or experience.
2. Applying for a cabal Ex: Enforcer, after being in its
enemy cabal.
3. Full looting, Killing, or Raiding a cabal or cabals
player will keep you from that cabal.

These rules are set to keep 100% assholes out of cabals.

-1 PRICES PRICE~
New Clan Hall Rooms cost 50 diamonds.
Boosting the mana or healing gains for a room costs 250 diamonds.
Both in the same room costs double.
Making the Healer or Store prices lower costs 1,000 diamonds.
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-1 COUNT~
The count command displays the number of people (that you can see) logged
into the mud. It also displays the highest number observed that day, if
it is higher.
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-1 GATE~
The gate spell is a powerful transportation magic that opens up a portal
between your character and another person or creature somewhere else in the
world. This portal will transport you and any pet you might have, but not
other members of your group. Monsters recieve a save against gate, and
monster or players more than 3 levels higher than you can not be gated to at
all. God rooms, private rooms, and no recall rooms cannot be gated to, and
no recall rooms cannot be gated out of. Finally, any god or hero is also
immune to gate, as well as in player who has no summon set. Clan members
may not be gated to except by their fellow Clan members.
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-1 AFFECTS AFFECT~
This command is used to show all the spells affecting your character. At
low levels, only the spell name will be displayed, at higher levels the
effects and duration of the spell will also be shown. Spell effects
are no longer shown on score (this can be changed by using 'show' command).
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0 spec specialization~
Specialization is something only a warrior may gain. Specialization is the
mastery of a particular weapon. When a warrior chooses his specialization
he gains two new skills which may only be performed with the weapon he chose
so spec in.

Syntax: spec - Spec alone will bring up the list of choices.
Syntax: spec # - Will set a players spec to the selected number.
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0 flurry~
Syntax: flurry

Wielding two swords a warrior may swing them both in rage at an enemy, causing
many attacks in a short amount of time. This skills is very tiring and will
lower he warriors moves a great deal.
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0 flourintine~
This skill allows a warrior to parry better while dual wielding two swords. This
is an automatic skill.
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0 drum~
Syntax: drum

Wielding two maces a warrior may swing them many times at an enemy, drumming them
with his or her maces. The final attack is often the most powerful.
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0 bone boneshatter~
Syntax: boneshatter

Using the brute force of the mace a warrior may attempt to shatter the bones of an
enemy resulting in the loss of strength and dexterity.
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0 gouge~
Syntax: gouge

Using a dagger a warrior learned in the art of dagges may jab an oppenent in the eye
causing massive damage and possibly blinding the oppenent.
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0 stab~
Syntax: stab

Wielding a dagger a warrior may stab at an enemy, cuasing greater damage and pain.
~

0 pincer~
Syntax: pincer

Dual wielding two axes a warrior may trap an enemy between them and pincer them. This
attack is brute and painful. It is possible to miss only one of the two attacks.
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0 overhead~
Syntax: overhead

A warrior, wielding one or two axes may bring one of them up over the oppenent and
strike them with a very powerful blow.
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0 ironhands~
A warrior specialized in the art of hand to hand learns to parry better with their bare
hands. This is an automatic skill.
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0 impale~
Syntax: impale <target>

This skill allows a warrior to impale an enemy with a staff or spear. A warrior may only
impale someone with near full health that is not fighting. This skill results in loss of
strength and dex and a wound that can continue to bleed.
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0 spin~
A warrior specialized in staff or spear learns to correctly spin their weapon to avoid
incoming attacks. This is an automatic skill.
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0 distance~
A warrior specialized in polearms learns to use the long shaft of a polearm to keep an
enemy at bay. This is an automatic skill.
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0 charge set~
A warrior specialized in polearms may use the long shaft and tip of the polearm to gain the
first hit of an attack. When anyone attacks the warrior there is a chance they will impale
themselves on the end of the warriors polearm. This is an automatic skill.
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0 choke~
Syntax: choke <taget>
choke - alone (during combat) will attempt to choke the primary opponent.

Wielding a whip or flail a warrior may put an enemy to sleep for a short period of time by
using the longer end of the weapon to pass a victim out.
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0 strip~
Syntax: strip

using the agility of a whip or flail a warrior may strip an enemy of their weapon. Note that
cursed weapons will not budge.
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-1 WANDS STAVES SCROLLS~
Magical items require training to use properly. If your character lacks the
necessary skill to use an item, he will fail, possibly destroying it. The
item skills are as follows:

scrolls The reading of magical scrolls and books (see 'help recite')
staves The use of staves and similar devices (see 'help brandish')
wands The use of wands and similar items (see 'help zap')
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-1 'GROUP HEADER'~
The following skills and groups are available to your chacter:
(this list may be seen again by typing list)
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-1 'GROUP HELP'~
The following commands are available:
list display all groups and skills not yet bought
learned show all groups and skills bought
premise brief explanation of creation points and skill groups
add <name> buy a skill or group
drop <name> discard a skill or group
info <name> list the skills or spells contained within a group
help <name> help on skills and groups, or other help topics
done exit the character generation process
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-1 'MENU CHOICE'~
Choice (add,drop,list,help)?~

-1 'GROUPS' 'INFO' 'PREMISE'~
The ROM skill system allows you to fully customize your new character, making
him or her skilled in the skills you choose. But beware, the skills you pick
at character creation are the only skills you will ever learn. Skills are
paid for with creation points, and the more creation points you have, the
harder it is to gain a level. Furthermore, higher-cost skills are harder to
practice.

Skill groups are like package deals for characters -- sets of skills or spells
that are closely related, and hence can be learned as a unit. There is a
default skill group for each class, which can be selected for a balanced
selection of skills at a somewhat reduced cost.

The experience breakdown is as follows:
points exp/level points exp/level
40 1000 90 6000
50 1500 100 8000
60 2000 110 12000
70 3000 120 16000
80 4000 130 24000
The table continues in a similar manner for higher point totals.
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-1 BASICS 'ROM BASICS'~
The basic skills:

Every character starts with two skill groups, one for their class and a default
set that all characters receive. The default skills are:

recall essential escape skill (see help recall)
scrolls reading of scrolls and other magical volumes
staves use of magical staves
wands use of magical wands

for class defaults, check the classes themselves.
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-1 MAGE 'MAGIC-USER' 'MAGE BASICS' 'MAGE DEFAULT'~
Mages specialize in the casting of spells, offensive ones in particular.
Mages have the highest-powered magic of any class, and are the only classes
able to use the draconian and enchanting spell groups. They are also very
skilled at the use of magical items, though their combat skills are the
weakest of any class.

All mages begin with skill in the dagger. Any other weapon skills must be
purchased, at a very high rate. The default skill selection for mages is
as follows:

skills:
lore the lore of magical items

spell groups:
beguiling spells that control the mind
combat offensive magics, such as fireball and chill touch
detection informational magics, such as detect magic and identify
enhancement spells that maximize physical potential, such as haste
illusion magics for concealing and deceiving
maladictions a selection of curses fit for any witch
protective defensive magics, ranging from armor to stone skin
transporation spells for getting from here to there
weather spells for conjuring and mastering the elements
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-1 CLERIC 'CLERIC BASICS' 'CLERIC DEFAULT'~
Clerics are the most defensively orientated of all the classes. Most of their
spells focus on healing or defending the faithful, with their few combat spells
being far less powerful than those of mages. However, clerics are the best
class by far at healing magics, and they posess an impressive area of
protective magics, as well as fair combat prowess.

All clerics begin with skill in the mace. Other weapon or shield skills must
be purchased, many at a very dear cost. The default skill selection for
clerics is as follows:

skills:
flail the proper use of flails

spell groups:
attack a selection of offensive magics
creation the making of physical objects, such as food and water
curative spells that cure the sick and feeble of their ailments
benedictions powerful magics that grant the blessings of the gods
detection informational magics, such as detect magic and identify
healing spells for treating wounds, from scratches to death blows
maladictions an assortment of curses
protective defensive magics, including the powerful sanctuary spell
transportation spells for getting from here to there
weather spells for conjuring and mastering the elements
~

-1 THIEF 'THIEF BASICS' 'THIEF DEFAULT'~
Thieves are a marginal class. They do few things better than any other class,
but have the widest range of skills available. Thieves are specialists at
thievery and covert actions, being capable of entering areas undetected where
more powerful adventurers would fear to tread. They are better fighters than
clerics, but lack the wide weapon selection of warriors.

All thieves begin with the dagger combat skill, and are learned in steal as
well. Any other weapon skills must be purchased, unless the default selection
is chosen. This default skill package includes:

skills:
mace the use of maces and other blunt weapons
sword swordplay and fencing
backstab the art of hitting your opponent by surprise
disarm used to deprive your opponent of his weapon
dodge the best way to take a punch is not to be there
second attack with training, the skilled thief can hit twice as fast
trip a good way to introduce an opponent to the floor
hide the art of remaining undetected in a room
peek used to look into a person's belongings
pick lock a useful skill for breaking and entering
sneak with this skill, a thief can walk into a room undetected
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-1 WARRIOR 'WARRIOR BASICS' 'WARRIOR DEFAULT'~
Warriors live for combat and the thrill of battle. They are the best fighters
of all the classes, but lack the subtle skills of thieves and the magical
talents of mages and priests. Warriors are best for those who don't mind
taking the direct approach, even when another method might be called for.

Warriors begin with skill in the sword, and gain a second attack in combat.
Other weapon skills may be purchased cheaply, or gained in the default skill
package, which includes the following:

skills:
weaponsmaster this group provides knowledge of all weapon types
shield block the art of parrying with a shield
bash a forceful rush with the body, designed to flatten your foes
enhanced damage this skill multiplies your damage in battle
parry the art of parrying with weapons
rescue allows you to take the blows aimed for a companion
third attack allows the skilled warrior to land three blows in one round
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-1 EXOTIC WEAPONS WEAPON WEAPONSMASTER AXE DAGGER FLAIL MACE POLEARM SPEAR SWORD WHIP~
Each weapon skill applies to a specific group of armaments, and determines how
well a character fights with a particular weapon. The weaponsmaster group
provides talent in all weapons (save exotics), from chair legs to halberds.
If the character has the parry skill as well, he can parry incoming attacks.
The chance of parrying is best if the character in question is skilled at
both his weapon and his opponent's.

The weapon skills consist of the following:

weaponsmaster skill group of all weapons listed below (save exotic weaponry)
axe the use of axes, ranging from hand to great (but not halberds)
dagger the use of knives and daggers, and other stabbing weapons
flail skill in ball-and-chain type weapons
mace this skill includes clubs and hammers as well as maces
polearm the use of pole weapons (except spears), including halberds
spear this skill covers both spears and staves, but not polearms
sword the warrior's standby, from rapier to claymore
whip the use of whips, chains, and bullwhips
exotic the use of strange magical weapons

The exotic skill cannot be purchased, and is dependent solely upon level.
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-1 'SHIELD BLOCK'~
Shield block is a rather fancy name for the art of parrying with a shield.
Characters with no shield block skill will not be able to defend themselves
well with a shield. All classes may learn shield block, but only warriors and
clerics are good at it. Beware, flails ignore shield blocking attempts, and
whips have an easier time getting around them. Axes may split shields in two.
~

-1 ATTACK~
The attack spells are essentially powerful curses, fueled by divine energy
rather than magical power (like the combat spells are). They are less powerful
than the combat spells, but can still deal out a stinging blow. Mages and
thieves cannot use this group. The attack spell group consists of the
following spells:

demonfire a powerful, but very evil, spell
dispel evil torments evil foes
dispel good calls down unholy power on good creatures
earthquake brings the power of earth to bear against your foes
flamestrike sends a column of flame from the heavens
heat metal heats metal equipment to searing tempatures
ray of truth sends forth a blinding ray of holy energy
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-1 BEGUILING~
This insideous spell group is used to invade the minds of others. It consists
of various charming magics, well suited for turning your foes to your cause.
Only mages and thieves have access to the beguiling magics, which consist of
the following:

calm if successful, stops all fighting in the room
charm person turns an enemy into a trusted friend
sleep puts a foe into enchanted slumber
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-1 BENEDICTIONS~
Benedictions are priestly spells, used to bestow divine favor upon your allies.
They are often restricted to those of like alignment. Only clerics and
warriors may use these spells. The benedictions spell group consists of the
following:

bless bestows divine favor upon the target
calm if successful, stops all fighting in the room
frenzy puts the recipient into beserker rage
holy word aids your allies while calling divine wrath upon your foes
remove curse removes malevolent magic from players and items
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-1 COMBAT~
These sorcerous spells are, in the words of one famous mage, just 'more ways to
toss energy around'. They are the most powerful of the damaging spells, and
considered an essential part of most wizards' collections. Clerics and thieves
do not have access to these spells. In order of power, the combat spell group
contains the following magics:

magic missile send a weak energy bolt into a foe
chill touch weakens your enemy with a frigid grasp
burning hands sends a blast of fire into your foe
shocking grasp sends a powerful jolt into a foe
lightning bolt sends forth a single bolt of lightning into an enemy
colour spray blasts your opponent with a rainbow spray, which may blind him
fireball a powerful spell, great for burning your enemy to ashes
acid blast sends forth a stream of acid to eradicate your foes
chain lightning sends lightning bolts arcing through foes
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-1 CREATION~
The creation spell group is used to create objects, of temporary or permanent
duration. Skill creators can travel without food or drink, and use their
powers to create nourishment as required. All classes may become learned in
this group, which contains these spells:

continual light creates an eternal light source
create food produces a nourishing mushroom
create rose creates a beautiful red rose
create spring calls forth a small but pure spring from the ground
create water fills any available container with water
floating disc creates a floating disc of force perfect for hauling treasure
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-1 CURATIVE~
The curative spells are used to heal various unpleasant conditions that can
befall an adventurer. For healing of damage, see the healing spell group.
Curative spells cannot be used by mages or thieves.

cure blindness restored sight to the blind
cure disease heals the plague
cure poison removes the harmful effects of poison
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-1 DETECTION~
The detection spells have may uses, all related to gathering information. They
can be used to see hidden objects, give information about treasure, or even
scry out the true nature of your foe. All classes except warriors can use
detection spells.

detect evil reveals the aura of evil monsters
detect good similar to above, only for good monsters
detect hidden shows the whereabouts of hidden foes
detect invis allows the caster to see the unseeable
detect magic reveals magical auras to the caster
detect poison determines if food is safe to eat
farsight searches for living beings near the caster
identify gives information about the nature of an object
know alignment determines the moral character of a monster or person
locate object finds a specific item
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-1 DRACONIAN~
The Draconian spell group deals with the magic of dragons -- in this case,
bringing forth the devastating power of their breath weapons upon your foes.
Only mages have the mental training necessary to cast these spells, and few
of them ever reach the level of mastery required to use them.

acid breath uses the black dragon's attack upon an enemy
fire breath calls forth the flames of a red dragon
frost breath drains the life from a foe with the power a white dragon
gas breath suffocates your enemies with poison gas
lightning breath summons the electrical fury of a blue dragon
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-1 ENCHANTMENT~
The enchantment spell group is used to imbue items with magical properties.
Currently, this spell group consists of enchant weapon and enchant armor,
although more will be added in the future. Only mages may enchant.

enchant weapon increases the hit and damage bonuses of a weapon
enchant armor increases the protective value of armor
fireproof shields items from the harmful effects of fire and acid
recharge restores power to a depleted wand or staff
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-1 ENHANCEMENT~
The enhancement spells improve upon the body's pontential, allowing feats of
superhuman strength and speed. However, these spells may often have harmful
effects upon the recipient.

giant strength grants increased strength
haste doubles the speed of the target, but slows down healing
infravision allows monsters to be seen in the dark
refresh restores energy to tired adventurers
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-1 HARMFUL~
This spell group is the opposite of healing. The harmful spells are designed
to tear flesh from bone, rupture arteries, and generally turn the body against
itself. Only priests and warriors may use this spell group.
In order of power, the harmful spells are:

cause light inflicts minor wounds on an enemy
cause serious inflicts wounds on a foe
cause critical causes major damage to the target
harm the most deadly harmful spell
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-1 HEALING~
The healing spells are used to cure the wounds that adventurers inevitably
suffer in battle. For curing other conditions, such as poison, see the
curative spell group. Only warriors and priests have access to this group.
In order of power, the healing spells are:

cure light heals minor wounds
refresh restores vigor to a tired adventurer
cure serious heals wounds
cure critical closes all but the worst wounds
heal the most powerful healing spell
mass healing casts a heal spell on each player in the room
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-1 ILLUSION~
The illusions spells are dedicated to deception and trickery. They can be
used to mask appearances, or create distractions for the party. Currently,
the illusion group is very small, but it will be expanded in the future.
Only thieves and mages can cast illusion spells, which consist of the
following:

invis turns the target invisible
mass invis turns the caster's group invisible
ventriloquate allows the caster to put words in someone's mouth
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-1 MALADICTIONS~
Maladictions are a group of curses and other baneful spells, designed to
cripple, inconvenience, or torture, rather than kill outright. These spells
may be cast by any class.

blindess strikes the target blind
curse prevents recalling and weakens the target in combat
energy drain drains experience and mana, while strengthening the caster
plague causes the target to suffer a slow, painful death from plague
poison weaker than plague, but often fatal
slow slows your enemies down, reducing their rate of attack
weaken drains the strength of the target
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-1 PROTECTIVE~
The protective spells are used to shield against harm, whether from spells or
physical attack. They range from the weak armor spell to the sought-after
sanctuary charm. Also included in this group are several spells for dispeling
hostile magics. Any class may use this group, which consists of the following
spells:

armor provides the target with an extra layer of defense
cancellation a powerful dispel, used for removing spells from friends
dispel magic removes spells from enemies, not as effective as cancel
fireproof shields items from the harmful effects of fire and acid
protection evil provides defense from the attacks of evil creatures
protection good protects from the attacks of good beings
sanctuary reduces all damage taken by the recipient by half
shield puts a shimmering shield between you and your enemies
stoneskin turns skin hard as stone, providing a huge armor boost
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-1 TRANSPORTATION~
The transportation group is used for travel, whether by flight, magical
teleportation, or walking through walls. All classes may learn these spells,
which are among the most useful in the game.

fly allows the target to fly over nearly all obstacles
gate transports the caster to the target
nexus forms a two-way portal to a far off destination
pass door allows the caster to walk through walls
portal creates a one-way portal to a destination
summon transports the target to the caster
teleport sends the target to a random location
word of recall transports the caster to safety in Midgaard
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-1 WEATHER~
These spells allow the caster to manipulate local weather conditions, as well
as summon fog clouds, lightning, or even electrical glows. This group is
usable by all classes.

call lightning summons a huge bolt from the heavens, if the weather is right
control weather changes the weather in the manner desired by the caster
faerie fire surrounds the target in a glowing aura
faerie fog reveals all hidden creatures in the room
lightning bolt sends a bolt of electricity into the target

(the weather command, unrelated to this group, shows local weather conditions)
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-1 BACKSTAB~
Backstab is the favored attack of thieves, murderers, and other rogues. It
can be used with any weapon type, but is most effective with piercing weapons.
The damage inflicted by a backstab is determined by the attacker's level, his
weapon skill, his backstab skill, and the power of his opponent.
Only thieves may learn the backstab.
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-1 BASH~
The bash skill is a warrior talent, a brute-force attack designed to knock
your foe to his knees. Its success depends on many factors, including the
bash rating, your weight, and the size of your opponent. Bashing a dragon
is not generally a wise idea.
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-1 BERSERK~
Only powerful warriors can master berserking, the ability to enter insane rage
in combat. Its effects are not altogether unlike the frenzy spell -- a huge
surge of combat prowess, coupled with a disregard for personal safety.
Berserking warriors are more resistant to the effects of magic.
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-1 DIRT 'DIRT KICKING'~
Consider by some to be a cowardly skill, dirt kicking gives the clever
combatant a chance to blind his opponent by casting dirt into his eyes. The
blindness does not last long, but can provide an edge in combat. Dexterity
helps in hitting or avoiding a dirt kick. Only warriors and thieves may
learn this skill.
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-1 DISARM~
Disarm is a somewhat showy and unreliable skill, designed to relieve your
opponent of his weapon. The best possible chance of disarming occurs when you
are skilled both your own and your opponent's weapon. Only talented thieves
and warriors may learn this skill.
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-1 DODGE~
In the words of one wise warrior, 'the best way to block a blow is to not
be where it lands'. The dodge skill honors this tradition, by improving the
character's natural agility to the point where many blows will miss the
target. The chance of dodging is also affected by the dexterity of the
attacker and the target. Any class may learn dodging.
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-1 'ENHANCED DAMAGE'~
Warriors and skilled thieves can become skilled enough in combat that they are
able to inflict more damage than other classes. Enhanced damage is checked
for with each hit, although with a low skill, the chance of receiving a bonus
is very low indeed.
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-1 ENVENOM~
The envenom skill is a cowardly skill practiced only by thieves, designed to
win a battle through alchemy and treachery rather than skill or strength.
Or, put another way, it's a skill used by the smart to kill the foolish.
Food, drink, and weapons may be envenomed, with varying effects. Poisoned
food or drink puts a mild poison spell on the consumer, and is unlikely to
be more than a minor inconvience (after all, the typical adventurer could
drink sewer water with only a trace of the runs). A poisoned weapon, on
the other hand, can inflict serious damage on an opponent as the poison
burns through his bloodstream. But be careful, blade venom evaporates
quickly and is rendered almost powerless by repeated blows in combat.
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-1 'HAND TO HAND'~
Hand to hand combat is a rare skill in the lands of Midgaard. Learning this
style of fighting gives the player a weapon even when disarmed -- bare hands.
Trained hand to hand experts are far more effective than many swordsmen.
Clerics and warriors are the best at this skill, although thieves and mages
may also learn it.
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-1 KICK~
Kicking allows the adventurer to receive an extra attack in combat, a powerful
kick. However, a failed kick may throw an unwary fighter off balance. Fighters
and clerics are the most skilled at kicking, although thieves may also learn
it.
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-1 PARRY~
If at first you fail to dodge, block it. Parry is useful for deflecting
attacks, and is succesful more often than dodge. Parry requires a weapon for
full success, the hand-to-hand skill may also be used, but results in reduced
damage instead of no damage. The best chance of parrying occurs when the
defender is skilled in both his and his opponent's weapon type.
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-1 RESCUE~
A friend in need is a friend indeed. And when in combat, a warrior with
the rescue skill is just the friend you need. Rescue allows you to intercede
in combat, protecting weaker characters from bodily harm. Hopefully the
favor will be returned. Success in rescuing depends on the skill rating, as
well as a comparision of level, dexterity, and speed between the character and
the target. (note: you rescue a friend, not the monster)
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-1 TRIP~
Back by popular demand. Trip is a somewhat dastardly attack, and involves
using any one of a number of methods to bring your opponent down to the ground.
Tripping large monsters is generally not a good idea, and agile ones will
find the attack easy to avoid. Thieves and warriors may learn trip.
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-1 'SECOND ATTACK'~
Training in second attack allows the character a chance at additional strikes
in combat -- allow a 100% second attack does NOT guarantee 2 attacks every
round. Any class may learn this skill, although clerics and mages have a
very hard time with it.
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-1 'THIRD ATTACK'~
Training in third attack allows the character a chance at an additional strike
in a combat, and increases the chance of a second attack as well. Perfect
third attack does NOT assure three attacks per round. Only warriors and highly
skilled thieves may learn this skill.
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-1 HIDE SNEAK~
Hide and sneak are similar skills, both related to remaining undetected.
Hide has a very high chance of success, but only works for as long as the
character remains stationary. Sneak may be used when moving (including to
sneak by monsters), but has a lower chance of success. Only warriors and
thieves may learn these skills.
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-1 'FAST HEALING'~
The fast healing skill improves wound healing rates, whether walking, resting,
or sleeping. It represents knowledge of healing herbs or just general
toughness and stamina. Fast healing is checked every tick, and it is
possible for it to fail. All class may learn this skill, but mages find it
very difficult to master, due to their bookish lifestyle.
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-1 LORE~
Lore is a general skill, consisting of knowledge of myths and legends. Use
of the lore skill gives a chance of obtaining information on an object,
concerning its power and uses. It also may occasionally increase the value
of an object, because more will be known about its worth. All classes may
learn lore, although thieves are best at it, and warriors find it very hard
to use.
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-1 HAGGLE HAGGLING~
Haggling is an indispensable skill to the trader. It allows a character to
match wits with a merchant, seeking to get a better price for merchandise,
or to buy at the lowest possible cost. Unfortunately, most merchants are
already very skilled at haggling, so the untrainined adventurer had best
guard his treasure closely. Thieves are natural masters at haggling,
although other classes may learn it as well.
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-1 PEEK~
The peek skill is useful for seeing what a player or monster is carrying,
the better to use the steal command with. More intelligent characters are
harder to peek at. All characters may learn peek, but thieves are the most
common practicioners.
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-1 PICK 'PICK LOCK'~
Lock picking is one of the prime skills of thieves, allowing them to gain
access to many secured areas. Lock picking chances are improved by
intelligence, and hindered by the difficulty of the lock. Other classes may
learn to pick locks, but they will never find it easy.
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-1 MEDITATION~
This skill is similar to fast healing, but relies on the concentration and
mantras to increase mana recovery when the character is sleeping or resting.
Thieves and warriors, with their troubled minds and violent attitudes, have
much trouble learning to meditate.
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-1 STEAL~
Theft is the defining skill of the thief, and is only available to that class.
It allows items to be stolen from the inventory of monsters and characters,
and even from shops! But beware, shop keepers gaurd their merchandise
carefully, and attempting to steal from a character earns you a THIEF flag
if you are caught (making you free game for killing).
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-1 'DETECT GOOD'~
Syntax: cast 'detect good'

This spell enables the caster to detect good characters, which will
reveal a characteristic golden aura.
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-1 'DISPEL GOOD'~
Syntax: cast 'dispel good' <victim>

Dispel good brings forth evil energies that inflict horrific torment on
the pure of heart. Good-aligned characters use this dark magic at their
peril.
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-1 'RECHARGE'~
Syntax: cast 'recharge' <item>

The recharge spell is used to restore energy to depleted wands and staves.
Fully exhausted items cannot be recharged, and the difficulty of the spell
is proportional to the number of charges used. Magic items can only be
recharged one time successfully.
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-1 'DEMONFIRE'~
Syntax: cast 'demonfire' <target>

Demonfire is a spell of blackest evil, and as such can only be used by those
who follow the paths of darkness. It conjures forth demonic spirits to
inflict terrible wounds on the enemies of the caster.
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-1 'RAY OF TRUTH'~
Syntax: cast 'ray of truth' <target>

Ray of truth opens a portal to the planes of positive energy, bringing forth
a beam of light of sufficient purity to harm or or annihilate the servants
of evil. It cannot harm the pure of heart, and will turn and strike
casters who are tainted by evil.
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-1 'PORTAL'~
Syntax: cast 'portal' <target>

The portal spell is similar to gate, but creates a lasting one-way portal
to the target creature, instead of transporting the caster. Portals are
entered using 'enter' or 'go' command, as in 'go portal'. Portals cannot
be made to certain destinations, nor used to escape from gate-proof rooms.
Portal requires a special source of power to be used, unfortunately the
secret of this material component has been lost...
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-1 'NEXUS'~
Syntax: cast 'nexus' <target>

This spell is virtually identical to portal (see 'help portal'), with the
only difference being that while portal creates a one-way gate, a nexus
spell makes a two-sided gate. It also lasts longer than the lower-powered
portal spell. Both spells require an additional power source, the secret
of which has been lost...
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-1 'HEAT METAL'~
Syntax: cast 'heat metal' <target>

Heat metal is a powerful clerical attack spell, with effects that vary
according to the armor of the victim. It heats up the metal equipment
(assumed to be all weapons and armor at this point in time) on the target,
causing him or her to drop them if possible, taking serious burns in the
process (possibly fatal if the equipment is too heavy to remove easily).
This spell does no damage to creatures who are immune to fire.
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-1 'HOLY WORD'~
Syntax: cast 'holy word'

Holy word involves the invocation of the full power of a cleric's god, with
disasterous effects upon the enemies of the priest coupled with powerful
blessings on the priest's allies. All creatures of like alignment in the
room are blessed and filled with righteous divine wrath, while those of
opposite morals (or both good and evil in the case of neutral priests)
are struck down by holy (or unholy might) and cursed. The cleric suffers
greatly from the strain of this spell, being left unable to move and
drained of vitality. Experience loss is no longer associated with the spell.
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-1 FRENZY~
Syntax: cast 'frenzy' <target>

The frenzy spell fills the target with righteous fury, greatly increasing
his or her attack skill and damaging capacity. Unfortunately, this divine
wrath is coupled with a tendency to ignore threats to personal safety,
making the character easier to hit. Frenzy provides immunity to the calm
spell (see 'help calm'), and may only be used on those of the caster's
alignment.
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-1 CALM~
Syntax: cast 'calm'

One of the most useful and often overlooked abilities of the master cleric is
the calm spell, which can put an end to all violence in a room. Calmed
creatures will not attack of their own volition, and are at a disadvantage
in combat as long as the spell soothes their minds. The more violence
activity there is in a room, the harder the spell, and it is all or nothing --
either all combat in the room is ended (with the exception of those who
are immune to magic) or none is.
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-1 HASTE~
Syntax: cast 'haste' <target>

The haste spell increases the speed and agility of the recipient, allowing
an extra attack (or even a backstab) in combat, and improving evasive
abilities in combat. However, it produces a great strain on the system,
such that recuperative abilities are halved. Haste is capable of negating
the slow spell. (see 'help slow').
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-1 SLOW~
Syntax: cast 'slow' <target>

Despite popular mythology, slow is not the opposite of haste, but is a spell
with it's own unique set of effects. When cast on an unfortunate victim,
it slows its movements, making it easier to hit and reducing its rate
of attack. The effect of slow also double movement costs and halve healing
rates, due to reduced metabolism.
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-1 PLAGUE~
Syntax: cast 'plague' <target>

The plague spell infests the target with a magical disease of great virulence,
sapping its strength and causing horrific suffering, possibly leading to
death. It is a risky spell to use, as the contagion can spread like
wildfire if the victim makes it to a populated area.
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-1 'CREATE ROSE'~
Syntax: cast 'create rose'

A romantic spell that creates a fragrant red rose, with utterly no game
use whatsoever.
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-1 'PROTECTION GOOD' 'PROTECTION EVIL'~
Syntax: cast 'protection evil' <target>
cast 'protection good' <target>

The protection spells reduce damage taken from attackers of the appropriate
ethos, and improve saving throws against all forms of magic. They may not
be cast on others, and one person cannot carry both defenses at the same
time.
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0 'GIANT STRENGTH'~
Syntax: cast 'giant strength' <character>

This spell increases the strength of the target character.
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-1 'CHAIN LIGHTNING'~
Syntax : cast 'chain lightning' <target>

Chain lightning is a deadly spell, producing a powerful bolt of lightning
that arcs from target to target in the room, until its force is fully
expended. Allies of the caster may be hit by this spell if they are members
of a clan, while the caster himself will not be struck unless no other
viable target remains. Chain lightning is most effective when used on
groups of creatures.
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-1 FARSIGHT~
Syntax: cast 'farsight'
cast 'farsight' <direction>

The farsight spell expands the caster's consciousness, allowing him or her
to see far away beings like they were in the same room. It takes intense
concentration, often leaving the caster helpless for several minutes.
The spell may be used for a general scan that reaches a short distance in
all directions, or with a directional component to see creatures much
farther away.
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-1 MASS HEALING~
Syntax: cast 'mass healing'

The mass healing spell, as its name might suggest, performs a healing spell
on all players in the room. It also throws in a refresh spell for good
measure.
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-1 'FLOATING DISC'~
Syntax: cast 'floating disc'

This useful spell creates a floating field of force which follows the caser
around, allowing him or her to pile treasure high with no fear of weight
penalties. It lasts no more than twice the casters level in hours, and
usually less. It can hold 10 pounds per level of the caster, with a
maximum of five pounds per item. The spell requires an open float location
on the character, and the only way to remove the disc is to die or allow it
to run out of energy.
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-1 FIREPROOF~
Syntax: cast 'fireproof' <object>

The fireproof spell creates a short-lived protective aura around an object,
to protect it from the harmful effects of acid and flame. Items protected
by this spell are not harmed by acid, fire, or the heat metal spell.
Although inexpensive to use, the spell's short duration makes it impractical
for protecting large numbers of objects.
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-1 ALIAS UNALIAS~
Syntax: alias
alias <word>
alias <word> <substitution>
unalias <word>

The alias command allows limited shortening of command names. At this time,
aliases cannot call other aliases, and cannot generate more than one command.
Alias by itself lists your current aliases, Alias <word> lists the alias with
that name (if such exist), and alias with both a word and and argument
produces a new alias. You cannot alias either alias or unalias to a new
command. Examples of use:

alias gc get all corpse --> typing gc will equal typing 'get all corpse'
alias ff cast 'fireball' --> ff orc will equal 'cast 'fireball' orc'

Only the first word on the line will be subsituted at this time.
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0 'LAWS' 'LAW'~
The Law of the Enforcers:

1. There will be no attacking/slaying within any protected areas. This includes
the cities of Midgaard, New Thalos, Tar Valon, Ofcol and the Halls of Enforcer.

2. Looting the corpse/pit within a protected area is against the law.

3. Assisting criminals in any way is against the law. This includes, but is not
not limited to: Sancing, healing, rescuing, bandaging, grouping, assisting.

4. Attacking an enforcer while hunting a criminal is considered under the same
ruling as law #3.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RAIDING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Enforcers at this point in time will only actively raid the maelstrom's of chaos. This
does not mean that we do not have to enter other protected regions on account of
criminals that go into hiding. In these scenerio's, we are after the said criminal
and not the respective item held to your cause. Should you choose to harbor the
criminal then you accept the warrent for your death.

If we hold an item of your respective cause, speak to an Enforcer who is present
that you may come announced to retrieve your own item, and keep the book of laws
safe for the realms.
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-1 $~