.TH pdirt 9 "15 October 1996" "pDirt Beta 2" "pDirt MUD Documentation"
.SH NAME
pdirt -\ AberMUD IV derived MUD deamon.

.SH DESCRIPTION
pDirt is an AberMUD IV derived MUD system. It has an 
easy to use interface, complete working combat system
and a small familiar World for players to explore. 

pDirt is a MUD system which is derived from the popular
Dyrt MUD system. Dyrt was meant as a stable replacement
of the old Dirt code, which had an enormous amount of
bugs. pDirt is what i think might be happening to Dirt
MUDs around the world. 

The pDirt system has several new features which make it
unique to other AberMUD systems and even Dyrt. From a
players point of view not much will seem different, but
from a coders point of view there are several differences.

.SH "IDEA OF THE GAME"
.SS Basic idea
The basic idea of AberMUDs is fairly simple: get enough 
points to become Immortal (ie a Wizard). When a player
reaches wizardhood he/she will get many new commands and
options to keep him/her busy for a while.
.SS How do I become a Wizard/Witch?
You become a wizard by gaining score points and solving
quests. A player can gain score points in several 
different ways. The most common way is by killing mobiles
and offering equipment/objects to the gods. To offer 
something you need to drop them into one of the pits
that are scattered all around the World.
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Once the player reached 300.000 points he/she will reach
the level of Apprentice-Wizard. To become a full Wizard,
the player must be promoted by a power. Some MUDs first
test the player's knowledge of the game before promoting
him/her to full Wizard. But this is all up to the Powers
to decide.
.SS Sounds easy but....
Indeed it sounds easy. All you have to do is run around,
kill some mobiles and solve some quests. There are some
things that will make it a little difficult and challenging.
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One of these things is the dying part. When you loose a 
fight against a mobile, you die. If you die, you will 
loose all your equipment and stuff you're carrying, a 
percentage of your score and will be kicked out of the game.
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The other part are the Deathrooms, feared by experienced
and beginning players. When a player dies in a deathroom
he/she will loose all their equipment and be kicked out.
The player then has to start the search for a good weapon 
again.
.SS Are there an infinite amount of weapons?
Nope, there arent. When you leave, you will loose all your
equipment. There is no way to store your equipment when 
you leave. To make sure there are enough weapons and objects
around for players to use, the game is reset every once
in a while. A reset can be requested by a player and 
performed by an Immortal, or can be done by a player by
hitting the reset stone. An average time between resets is
two and a half hours.

.SH "BASIC COMMANDS"
Here are some basic commands for those of you who never
played a MUD before.
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.I Movement:
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.BI north, 
.BI south, 
.BI east, 
.BI west, 
.BI up, 
.BI down, 
.BI jump
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.I Communication
.TP
.BI say, 
.BI chat, 
.BI cemote, 
.BI gossip, 
.BI shout, 
.BI tell 
<
.I player
>
.LP
.I Information
.TP
.BI help,
.BI info,
.BI qinfo,
.BI time, 
.BI uptime,
.BI who,
.BI email,
.BI inventory
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.I Administrative commands
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.BI opengame,
.BI shutdown,
.BI crash,
.BI delete,
.BI zap,
.BI frob,
.BI syslog

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR aberd (6)

.SH "OH AND.."
And dont forget the golden rule:
The code isn't bugged, it has hidden features!