#HELPS
-1 NEWBIE INFO~
Ah! Another mortal, seeking adventure. You should go through mudschool first,
to gain experience to face the trials outside. Be sure to practice a weapon
in the guild room, or your stay with us shall be very short indeed. Type
'equipment' to see what your are wielding, 'spells' to see your spells,
'skills' to see your skills, and 'commands' for a list of commands. Help is
available on most commands and abilities.
Please type 'help rules' to see the Rules of ROM.
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-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.
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-1 WIZLIST~
{wGhost Dancer Immortal Team{x
Level Name(jobs)
120 Phantom LadyFox Taka Cormac
119 Vincent Cormorant Eanlaar
118 Allestreia
117
116
115
114
113
112
{MPlayer Testers{x
Pyrox Raziel Odium Codabo Cedrick
help WIZJOBS for more info.
help WIZRETIRED for retired immortals.
Thanks for prior sevice to:
Diana, myndzi, Leesy, Alander(Russ Taylor),
Erchamion, Shelly
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-1 WIZJOBS~
Immortals
Phantom - Head Coder
Taka - Coder/Builder/Web design
Cormac - Builder/Immortal relations
LadyFox - Immortal Coordinator
Vincent - Builder/Help files maintenance
Eanlaar - spells/skills/race/class balancing
Cormorant - Head Builder
Alander - Russ Taylor himself (So he may check in on us from time
to time.)
Allestreia- Graphics design
Players
Pyrox - Lead play tester/Ideas GOD
Nyancia - Builder
Semi-Retired
Shelly - Builder
Erchamion - Builder
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-1 WIZRETIRED~
Diana, myndzi, Leesy, Allestreia, Alander(Russ Taylor),
Erchamion, Shelly
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-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 can
be found on Rehobaom's Legacy, at hypercube.org 9000.
The following people contributed to the ROM flavor of the merc base code:
Socials --
Kelsey and Liralen
ALL NEW SOCIALS Taka
adore angel bbath bikini blankie blanket
blowe chair choke eak hail herald
hfart hobble humor mock ouch tender
wchair wedgie worthy forgive kneel skip
dirty evil drift lookear glue staple
foot shave offer insect reality teach
chew cadet puppyeyes infect tforce alone
rocket stupid helpme censor hsh homeis
bring heatup errors brag bask tenfeet
inspect bottle gulp putup covert smackdown
ping pilfer scorn scoff pity twist
rant jello wjello rust potato smurf
squint tmi
** The socials list has also been colorize and alphabetized by Taka
Extensive fixes and corrections/additions have been made to the original
socials file. -Taka
Beta testing --
Ken Blosser, Doug Araya, and Sherene Neil all helped with bugs reports
and suggestions, saving a lot of headaches
Bug reports --
Thanks to Shad Muegge, Jerome Despret, Phoenix, Will Hongach,
Erwin S. Andreasen, Adam Debus and especially Gary Turkington
(author of the ROM FAQ) for help spotting bugs
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 (the new poofin/poofout), and many contributions
and ideas from the Merc list were used. Portions of Rusty's work on
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 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)
Extensive mods have been done to this mud i now call it GhostMUD
For latest version or the version release this mud is on type VERSION
For more help type help GHOST.
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-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. :)
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-1 SOCIALS~
Just type social for a list in alphabetical order of all the socials
for this mud.
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-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.
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-1 MAP MAPS~
Thanks to Ezra for drawing the originals of several maps on ROM.
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-1 GREETING~
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{GOriginal DikuMUD by Hans Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe,Tom Madsen, {x
{GMichael Seifert, and Sebastian Hammer{x
{GBased on MERC 2.1 code by Hatchet, Furey, and Kahn{x
{GROM 2.4 copyright (c) 1993-1998 Russ Taylor{x
{GGhostMud is copyright 1999-2002 TAKA and The GhostMud Project Team{x
{GBy what name do you wish to be known as? {W~
-1 MOTD~
{W* {GYou are responsible for knowing the rules (type {c'{Crules{c'{G).
{RIgnorance of the rules is no excuse.{x
{W* {GImportant {ccommands{G: {Chelp{G, {Ccommands{G, {Cnews{G, {Cnotes
{W* {GUse the {Cdelete {Gcommand to erase unwanted characters
{WGhost Dancer {Gwelcomes {Yyou {Gto our world!{x
[Hit Return to continue]
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-1 GREET2~
GhostMud version 3.4 beta A
Original DikuMUD by Hans Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe,
Tom Madsen, Michael Seifert, and Sebastian Hammer
Based on MERC 2.1 code by Hatchet, Furey, and Kahn
ROM 2.4 copyright (c) 1993-1998 Russ Taylor
This code base is GhostMud 3.x an offical rom 2.4 derivative.
GhostMud is copyright 1999-2002 TAKA
- further copyrighted 1999-2002 The Ghost Dancer MUD Project Team
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-1 GHOST~
{YWelcome to {WGHOST{x
This is GhostMud Version 3 an offical ROM derivative.
First off let me say thanks to the entire GhostMud team!!!!
This new codebase is a ROM derivative it started with ROM 2.4b6
A few snippets have been added and credit remains in the code.
I also have many unique features added to our mud some of them
are as follows.
01) long vnums are supported
02) hit points/mana/movements can be greater than 32K
03) Lots of coloring and reformating
04) A new banking and multi stock system - Losely based on Maniacs Banking code
05) Many New commands/spells/skills
06) Dribbles REMORT system but greatly improved
07) Many enhancements to the code
08) Player history and kill/death counters
09) Many fixes to existing commands
{BThe {WGhostMud Team{x
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102 IMOTD~
{GWelcome Immortal!
You are responsible for following the laws of immortal behavior. These can
be found by typing 'help laws' or 'help commandments'.
{W* {GExcessive loading is not allowed, and is grounds for deletion.
{W* {GAsking for promotion is grounds for instant deletion.
{W* {GType 'help jobs' to get some idea of what you should be doing.{x
[Hit Return to continue]
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102 JOBS~
This is a partial list of what a god of any given level should be doing. It is
not complete yet.
Angels:(102-104)
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:(105-106)
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:(107-109)
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 fufilling the roles of your office can result in demotion or deletion.
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-1 PKILL PKILLING PKILLER 'PLAYER KILLING' PSTEAL PSTEALING 'PLAYER STEALING'~
Player killing and player stealing are allowed to all clan members
(including loners), provided the victim is is within 8 levels of the
character and is also in a clan. This will flag you as a "killer" or
"thief", allowing any character to attack, and also provoking action
from the city guard.
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102 COMMANDMENTS LAWS 'GOD RULES' GODS~
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** The Rules of Ghost **
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1) Do not kill mortals, do not kill mortals, do not kill mortals.
This includes transferring/summoning them to aggressive mobs.
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.
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
go there themselves.
4) DO NOT kill the shopkeepers for any reason at ALL.
5) DO NOT use reboot. <--- Note, simple English.
6) Do not give out free equipment. You don't need to win brownie
points with the mortals. Quest are fine but handing out items
isn't.
7) A note on quests: Quests are a good thing, more or less, BUT
do not give out overly extravagant prizes. Exercise some
common sense here folks. Do not load items more than 4 levels
below their normal level (i.e. no level 5 ogre gauntlets).
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) Trusted mortals: Do not use your god powers to help your mortal
character. If you do, your trust will be taken away.
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-1 RULES~
{GThese are the rules of {wGhost{G. For other matters, use common sense.{x
{W* {GLimited player stealing or player killing.{x
{W* {GYour presence here is a privilege not a right. Obey any orders from gods, and{x
{Gyou will be fine. Deletion does not require a reason, appeals are to be sent{x
{Gto the implementors.{x
{W* {GSitting around idle with a client is hazardous to your health. If we catch{x
{Gyou doing it, you will lose half your playing time.{x
{W* {GNo multiple logins, multiple playing, or helping your own characters with {x
{Gother characters you own -- by any arrangment.{x
{W* {GNo kill stealing. This means you cannot attack a mob someone else is {x
{Gfighting, unless they ask you to. Also avoid attacking fleeing mobs.{x
{W* {GCheating will not be tolerated. This includes accepting favors from gods{x
{Gand exploiting bugs. If you find a bug, report it, then do not use it.{x
{W* {GChanges to these rules are at the discretion of the immortals, and may be{x
{Gdone without warning, notice, or even evidence of sanity. Walk softly,{x
{Gand carry a big stick.{x
{W* {RNO SWEARING {Gover open channels will be accepted!{x
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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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105 CLONE~
Syntax:
clone obj <object>
clone mob <mobile>
clone obj x*<object>
clone mob x*<mobile>
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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105 JAIL~
Syntax:
jail <name>
The jail command is used when a player has been overly disrespectful.
Use it with caution.
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102 OMNI~
omni
original author: -Prism snazzy@ssnlink.net
improvements and colored by Taka.
- list in level order
- show mortal trust levels
The omni command is for immortals only. It is more detailed than the
mortal who command. Try it you will like it.
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105 FREEVNUMS FVNUM FVNUMS VNUMS~
Syntax:
fvlist obj
- list all available object vnumbers in the area you are in!
fvlist mob
- list all available mobile vnumbers in the area you are in!
fvlist room
- list all available room vnumbers in the area you are in!
fvlist rooma
- list all available room vnumbers for all vnums mud wide!
when there is a free vnum gap of atleast 50.
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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 AUTODAMAGE AUTOLIST AUTOLOOT AUTOGOLD AUTOSAC AUTOEXIT AUTOASSIST
AUTOSPLIT AUTOALL AUTOCONSUME~
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
autodamage : displays the amount of damage in numberic form to your screen
autoall : sets on all auto actions
autoconsume : allows undead to consume the fresh blood of corpses and gain
back lost life in the form of mana, hp, and movement poists
Typing a command sets the action , typing it again removes it.
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-1 CLAN~
A Clan is a collection of players, united to follow and further
a common cause. Each clan has rules and regulations, to find out
more about clans and their 'beliefs' type "help <clan name>". Only
Clan members can kill or steal from other players. To join a Clan
you must be level 5 or above and level 25 or below. Speak to the
Clan Leader about joining. If you go Loner before level 25 you may
join a Clan later.
Joining a Clan is a dangerous step. Many adventurers live to
kill and torture others and chances are that your paths will cross.
Remember, attacking or killing fellow clan members *IS* illegal except to
mutiny your Clan leader.
Existing Clans may buy special rooms and mobiles by acquiring
diamonds as payment. To see room prices, type "help prices". New
Clans may be formed by petitioning the immortals. Please remember that
their word is final on all matters not covered by this help.
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-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 BUY SHOPKEEPER~
All shopkeepers prices are in silver.
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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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-1 COLORS COLOURS ANSI~
Syntax: colour or color Toggles colour mode on/off
You may also talk in colour. The format is like this:
Use the left-handed brace { to start, choose the letter of the color
you wish your message to be in, type your message, close with another
left-handed brace { followed immediately by an x
{{r {rdark red {{c {cdark cyan
{{R {Rbright red {{C {Cbright cyan
{{G {Gbright green {{y {ygold
{{D {Dgrey {{Y {Ybright yellow
{{b {bdark blue {{m {mdark magenta
{{B {Bbright blue {{M {Mbright magenta
{{W {Wbright white {{w {wmuted white
{{z Blink
clear(reset colour) e.g. brace { letter <message> closing brace {x
When using colour, it looks better if you finish the line with whatever
colour it would normally be in. A gossip is normally the colour magenta,
so: {mLope gossips '{Ghello, {Rworld{m'{g looks better than Lope gossips
'hello, world'
ColoUr is written by Lope (ant@solace.mh.se)
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-1 CRITICAL STRIKE CRITICALSTRIKE~
Critical strike is a skill, that when learned, will increase the fighter's
chance of delivering a death blow to the victim. This is a straight 2% chance
of killing the mob in one hit.
If the percent chance fails, critical strike will still increase the amount
of damage that is dealt from the attack.
Critical strike skill by:
* Brian Babey (aka Varen)
* [bribe@erols.com]
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-1 IMPLEMENTOR OWNER IMP~
We provide this as a free service to all. We only ask that you
follow the rules and keep this a nice wholesome family place where all
are welcome to play.
Please type {Yhelp {Rrules {Gfor the rules of this mud.
{RNO SWEARING {Gis permitted period over any open channels the immortals here
can and will punish you for your actions if you swear.
Enjoy the world and please send your ideas and suggestions to
a_ghost_dancer@excite.com
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-1 VERSION~
GHOST Version 3.0
The following is a list of the snippets we have used.
Omni command snippet added!
Author: -Prism snazzy@ssnlink.net>
Color snippet added!
- Color was added using Lope Color. It is a snippet downloaded from
a code code site.
critical strike snippet added!
Author: Brian Babey (aka Varen) [bribe@erols.com]
New circle snippet added!
Author: morning glory <mocat@hooked.net>
star map snippet added!
Author: Nebseni of Clandestine MUD
battle prompts snippet added
Author: Ian McCormick (aka Gothar) mcco0055@algonquinc.on.ca
** The graphical prompt has been improved but besides that it
is 100% stock from his snippet.
remort snippet added and fixed!
Author: ataprocter@mail.coin.missouri.edu --Dribble
Special thanks to
ROM archives list at http://www.the-infinite.org/lists/romlist/
seems to have provided the solution to our delete problem.
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-1 TAKA~
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Taka the wolf is our senior coder and does a lot
for The Ghost Dancer MUD Project. She is responsible
for all the code modifications that you currently
enjoy.
I Taka hand picked this team of people who I believe
are the best in the MUD business. each one is incredible
and each one has his or her own specialties. We at Ghost
are lucky to have them!
Thankyou to my fellow team and thankyou to our players.
I am proud to say the Ghost MUD code now powers 3 muds
and we are growing everyday.
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-1 PYROX~
Pyrox is a fountain of ideas and has helped to bring many changes to this mud
that benefit you and everyone else who will ever play a GHOST based mud.
His ideas have been as simple as showing the name of the area in the where
command to as complex as a fully new backstab system. Both are implemented
here in GHOST. A full list of his ideas could never do him justice but beware
you will see his name in many places throughout this help text.
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-1 MYNDZI~
myndzi is another friend i am lucky to have such a skilled bug finder on the
team. He also comes up with practical and usful ideas many of which are
implemented here now. His council has been a god send at times and he is
talented enough to dabble in all aspects of muds. His assistance with our
new array based flags is what gives GHOST its unlimited expansion.
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-1 VINCENT~
What can i say I love this guy. He is dedicated, fair and full of good
oppinions. I seek his council often for practical fair ways to implement
the plethora of ideas presented to me by this team. Vincent is also one
of the most talented writters i have had the pleasure of reading. His work
can be found throughout all of GHOST.
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-1 CORMAC~
Cormac is a builder and heads up immortal relations making him a busy man
here. He often gives me peeptalks and keeps me going and maybe the
very backbone that holds this team together.
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-1 CORMORANT~
Cormorant is the head builder and also busy man here. His input is
everywhere you look. His enthusiasm and dedication drive me to continue
working here everyday and to give just a little more. I have spent more
than one blurry eyed night trying to complete something he expects of me.
Do not mistake that as a complaint since i expect of others what I always
try to give 100% and nothing less he bring out the best in me, That is
one reason i call him friend and mentor.
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-1 TEAM~
This team is fiercely loyal and very dedicated. They have been my shining
light and often are the reason I even work on the project at all. Each one
of them is special to me. It brings me the greatest pleasure to work with
such talented people as these. I look forward to a long and pleasant
development process, one in which I am constantly challenged and just when
I think it is hopeless, one of this team is always there to point to a path
I had some how overlooked before.
Thank you each and every one of you for your hard word and dedication as
well as your loyalty and (at times) brutal but fair honesty.
-Taka
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-1 ROXIE DIANA~
What can i say. Diana is at times a bit discombobulated and often deep in
thought. She has a keen mind and a sharp wit. She also has an artistic side
that can be seen within GHOST. She is always pleasent and always up for
good conversation. She often makes me laugh and always makes me smile.
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-1 LEESY~
Leesy is the newest member of the GHOST team. She is out to prove herself and
look out world I think she will be great!
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-1 ALANDER~
Alander is Russ Taylor creator of ROM the codebase this is started from
we are pleased he is watching our progress and also pleased he is here to
insure we stay legal!
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-1 PAINTBALL PBWARSTAT WAR JOINPBWAR SHOOT RELOAD EXITPBWAR~
Paintball has come to Ghost Dancer! Paintball was the brain child of our
very own Lessy who flushed out the details of the game and its rules. It
has been coded by Taka.
PBWARSTAT
This command shows the status of all combatants in the paintball war and it
lists the kills they have made and the deaths they have suffered.
WAR
This is the war channel used by combatants and non-combatants alike to request
a war or better yet roleplay leading to a war.
Use this exactliy like you would gossip: WAR <message>
JOINPBWAR
This command allows you to join an existing paintball war while it is in the
join phase. This is a 3 tick period just before the war begins. After these
3 ticks are over noone may join a paintball game.
SHOOT
Shoot is used to shoot at a victim. You have a chance at hitting them with
your paintball.
use it like kill: SHOOT <victim>
RELOAD
You only get so many shoots before you are out of ammo. When this happens use
reload to "reload" your ammo.
EXITPBWAR
Allows the character to exit a paintball war already in progress.
In the game of paintball you will be the hunted and the hunter. If you shoot
someone they cannot shoot you nor can you shoot them again. You can kill as
many people playing as there are, but you can only kill each person once.
But beware they could kill you first!
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102 STRPBWAR ENDPBWAR~
STRPBWAR
Use this to start a paintball war. You can name the number of ticks or let it
default to the preset number for the mud. So to start a paintball war that
will last 10 ticks you would type this: STRPBWAR 10
ENDPBWAR
This command ends immediately the paintball war inprogress.
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0 MODES PLAYMODE~
On GhostMUDs there are now three modes of play. I will try and explain them
here breifly.
{Y1{R. {GNormal Mode {M- {GWhen you die your corpse is sent to the morge and you to{x
{Gthe temple. You can easily recover your possessions then.{x
{Y2{R. {GAdvanced Mode {M- {GWhen you die your corpse remains on the battle field and{x
{Gyou goto the temple.{x
{Y3{R. {GNightmare Mode {M- {GWhen you die you have to start over at level 1 the corpse {x
{Gis destroyed and you are reset to level 1. {x
{CPlease pick {Y1{C, {Y2{C, or {Y3{x
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0 REBIRTH REMORT~
Another remort option is rebirth. In rebirth you are reset to level 2 yet
retain your skills and spells as well as stats like str/int/wis/dex/con.
Your hit points will be reset to 40, mana to 200 and move to 200. The
advantage to rebirth is you retain all skills you at one time know and can
now gain the ones you do not. Your skills also remain trained at the same
level they were IE: If i knew magic missle at 93% then when i rebirth i
will still have magic missle at 93%. You will also be allowed to carry
an extra 50 items and 100 lbs.
Rebirth is only available at level 101 or above.
It is irriversable!
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0 BUILDING BUILDERS~
If you feel you'd like to build on Ghost Dancer, please contact Cormorant,
Head Builder, by a note here giving your E-mail address. We certainly need
a few good builders to join our team and help in the exciting job of
creating our huge new world.
We want
1. Writers with imagination and preferably some experience in writing good
English. Experience of building code will be great, but we are willing
to give maximum help to anyone who can promise the dedication necessary to
complete an area and have the time available. A small and simple area well
produced is much more useful to us than a huge project which gets nowhere
and joins many like it!
2. Players must have reached level 20 on the new world, read the history and
studied the maps. This is to ensure that the area contributed will not
stray too far from our central theme, though of course we welcome a variety
of styles. It will also demonstrate our use of mobprogs (or mobs who talk
and react) and the quests which most areas will have (though not all).
3. If you want to press on, Cormorant will answer any questions and provide
what you will need, including manuals and a location on our maps for any
agreed area and a set of the vnums (necessary code numbers) for it.
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-1 CLAN GUILD~
A clan is a group of players who have banded together for some greater
common goal. They may share things like alingment all being goodie-goodie
or all the darkest or dark. Or they may just be thieves, or rangers.
Whatever the common link these brothers and sisters are banded together
with a single belief.
You may start a clan if one that shares your views is not already present.
However you must have atleast 3 members wishing admittance. Any clan which
falls below this minimum may find itself disolved.
LEADER - Sets and removes clan leaders
CWHO - Views clan vitial information
CLEADER - Shows the leaders of a clan
CRULES - Shows the clan rules for admittance
CTALK - Clan talk
For joining a clan
PETITION - Petition for admitance
CACCEPT - Accept a new pledge
CDECLINE - Decline an application
CPLIST - list all the pledge applications
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112 CLANCLOSE CLOSE CLANOPEN CCLOSE COPEN OPEN~
CCLOSE
Clan close will close a clan to new members! This immortal command should
be used only when a clan is being disputed. If an immortal was witness to
clan activity which we see as wrong we may close the clan to new members
pending review of the activities.
COPEN
Clan open will open the previously closed clan to accepting new members
once more into its folds.
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119 CLANMAKE CMAKE~
CMAKE
Clan make allows the immortal to make a new clan on the spot. Allowing
for the addition of a new clan as one is requested.
CMAKE START
The first command used to start the process
CMAKE NAME <one word name>
The name the clan will be known as. Example Magi
CMAKE LONG <long name>
The long name of the clan. Exapmle The Magi of Krillian
CMAKE DISPLAY <name>
The name that will be displayed on the who command
CMAKE SHOW
This command validates the CMAKE commands and the process of the creation
of a new clan. If all fields are filled appropriately you will be allowed
to now create the new clan with CMAKE END.
CMAKE ABORT
Aborts the clan being created
CMAKE END
Provided you have filled in all the parameters this will create the clan
record. CMAKE SHOW must be used prior to CMAKE END
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119 CSET CLANSET~
CSET <clan name> <field> <value1> <value2>
<fields>
LEADER <value1 = leader number>
Type CSET <clan name> for more information.
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-1 CLEADER LEADER~
The clan leaders are the persons who can accept or decline new members requests.
They also have advance options to advance a clan member in ranks.
CADVANCE
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-1 CPLIST PETITION LIST CACCEPT CDECLINE~
CPLIST
CPLIST all
PETITION <name> <message to the clan leader>
CACCEPT <name> <message>
CDECLINE <name> <message>
{WCPLIST{x
Lists the clan status for each player who has requested clan status.
Status 0 is listed with cplist no arguments. Status 0 means the person
has applied for clan invitation and has not yet been accepted of declined.
using argument all will list all statuses.
0-open
1-Accepted but has not yet signed on to become a member
2-Declined but has not yet signed on to get the bad news
4-Has recieved the news and is already a member or declined.
{WPETITION, CACCEPT, CDECLINE{x
These three commands can be used at anytime since they are stored in a file
for later review. The clan leaders and prospective members do not have to be
signed on for these commands to work. However the flip side is you are at the
mercy of timing. It may take several days for a clan leader to review and
approve or disapprove of a new member. Also it may take several days for the
prospective new member to sign on after a determination has been made as to
his or her application to a clan.
You can only petition one clan at any one time.
Here's an example of the way it works:
1)Player name Xyz petitions clan Abc like so
{WPETITION ABC{x
2)The leader Def signs on and uses CPLIST he sees Xyz requesting to
be a member. And decides to decline him.
{WCDECLINE Xyz Sorry rangers do not really count as healers thanks for{x
{Wyou interest.{x
3)Next time Xyz signs on he/she will see
{WLeader Def of clan Abc has denied your request to join the clan{x
{WSorry rangers do not really count as healers thanks for you interest.{x
Had the leader accepted it would say
{WLeader Def welcomes you to clan Abc{x
{W(optional message here){x
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-1 CADVANCE CLEADER~
CADVANCE <name> <rank #> <message>
LEADER <name> <message>
Cadvance can be used to advance players in rank, whether they are online or not.
The leader command does not work yet. Stay tuned for updates.
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-1 CTALK CLANTALK~
CLAN <text>
This is the channel which every member of the clan and nobody else can see.
It works in the same way as all the other channels, and the same rules apply to it.
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-1 CWHO~
CWHO - lists basic clan information
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C L A N I N F O - - - - - - - - -- - - - -
Name Open PK Hall Store Kills/Deaths MBR:cur/most founded
Y N N N 0/0 0/0 Mon Dec 11 13:54:48 2000
Ghost_Gods Y N N N 0/0 0/0 Mon Dec 11 13:54:48 2000
Eclipse Y Y N N 0/0 0/0 Wed Jan 3 08:41:57 2001
The following things are shown, from left to right:
- clan name
- is it open to new members
- is it aplayer killing clan
- does it have a clan hall
- does it have a clan store
- player killing record
- number of members, both current and most ever
- the date it was founded
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-1 CRULES~
CRULES - lists the rules of that clan
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C L A N I N F O - - - - - - - - -- - - - -
- - - ALIGN - - - Min - - REMORT - - No.
Name min./Max. enforced PK Lvl Exempt Only Ranks
-1000/1000 N N 1 N N 1
Ghost_Gods -1000/1000 Y N 102 N N 9
Eclipse -1000/-100 Y Y 15 Y N 10
Shows alignment restrictions and if the alignment is enforced or
not..if the alignment is enforced and you fall outside the
requirements your player is placed in a probation status for clan
review. Also again is the clan player killing or not and minimum
level to join. Remort Exempt means are remorts exempt from the level
restriction and remort only means the clan will not accept non-remort
characters. The number of ranks are configurable per clan.
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-1 CLEADERS~
CLEADERS - lists the clan leaders
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C L A N I N F O - - - - - - - - -- - - - -
Name Leaders
Ghost_Gods Taka Cormac Vincent Diana
Eclipse Rahvin
All clan leaders are shown.
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112 CWORTH~
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C L A N I N F O - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Name Gold Silver Share1 Share2 Share3 Share4
0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghost_Gods 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 5
Eclipse 0 0 0 0 0 0
This command will show the worth of the clans.
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-1 CRANKS~
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C L A N I N F O - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Name Ranks
None
Ghost_Gods Pledge Member Saint Minor Ange Angel Arch-Angel
Deity Demi-God God Imp
Eclipse apostle kensai dark bisho dark monk dark cleri aes-sedai
archmage Sorcerer Wizard Warlock
This command shows the ranks you can attain in the different clans.
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-1 CNAMES~
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C L A N I N F O - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - N a m e s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
No. Short Long Display Diety
0 Null None
1 Immortals The immortals of Ghost Da Ghost_Gods None
2 Eclipse Dark Magic. Eclipse None
This command shows you the different names for the clans.
Diety is inprocess and will be the god that the clan prays to if any.
NOTE: Immortals will also see the vnum of the clan recall location in this
command to the right of the diety.
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0 $~
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