These are the actual help files from the Dark Pawns game server — the same entries you see when you type help <topic> in-game. They’ve been part of the game since the original CircleMUD days, written by the developers who built Dark Pawns across thirteen years of operation (1997–2010).
Use ! to repeat the last command typed at the keyboard.
Use ^ to replace a string from the last command with a new string. The syntax is the same as in unix: “^old-string^replacement”
Examples:
tell rasmusse Hi there, how are you? No-one by that name here.
^rasmusse^rasmussen You tell Rasmussen, ‘Hi there, how are you?’
^you^you doing^ You tell Rasmussen, ‘Hi there, how are you doing?’
See also: ALIAS
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### 'ACID BLAST'Usage : cast ‘acid blast’
With this spell, the caster shoots forth a spray of deadly, flesh-dissolving acid from the fingertips of both hands. The spray is directed toward all non- group-member occupants in the room.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'ACT FLAGS'Each control character is preceded by a ‘$’.
$n - Write name, short description, or “someone”, for ch, depending on whether ch is a PC, a NPC, or an invisible PC/NPC. $N - Like $n, except insert the text for victim $m - “him”, “her”, or “it”, depending on the gender of ch. $M - Like $m, for vict. $s - “his”, “her”, or “it”, depending on the gender of ch. $S - Like $s, for vict. $e - “he”, “she”, “it”, depending on the gender of ch. $E - Like $e, for vict. $o - Name or “something” for obj, depending on visibility. $O - Like $o, for vict_obj. i.e. A wand of invis pointed at a sword; sword is $O $p - Short description or “something” for obj. $P - Like $p for vict_obj. $a - “an” or “a”, depending on the first character of obj’s name. $A - Like $a, for vict_obj. $T - Prints the string pointed to by vict_obj. $F - Processes the string pointed to by vict_obj with fname() prior to printing. $$ - Print the character ‘$’.
Example: Drakos is is holding a wand of invis and uses it on Xira. $n points $p at $N, and $E vanishes! would print: Drakos points a wand of invis at Xira, and she vanishes!
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### 'ADRENALINE BOOST'Usage : will ‘adrenaline boost’ Accumulative: yes (duration)
With this mind-skill, the psionic increases his body’s adrenaline production, effectively making himself several degrees stronger.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'BURNING HANDS'Usage : cast ‘burning hands’
This spell is more powerful than the chill touch spell.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CALL LIGHTNING'Usage : cast ‘call lightning’
This spell will use the “force of nature” to make a lightning strike the victim. It is therefore only possible to call lightning outside, and it has to be raining (or worse).
See also: “CONTROL WEATHER”, WEATHER
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CELL ADJUSTMENT'Usage : will ‘cell adjustment’
The psionic focuses his mental abilities on his own healing processes, Causing his wounds to mend much faster than normal.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CHANGE DENSITY'Usage : will ‘change density’
The psionic changes the physical make-up of his body, assuming the ability to walk, lie down, etc, on liquid surfaces.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CHARM PERSON'Usage : cast ‘charm person’
It is not possible to charm anyone that is already charmed, if you’re charmed yourself, or if the person is higher level than yourself. The person will get a saving throw versus “paralysis”.
A charmed person will follow you, and not be able to attack you. You can order the charmed person using the order command. Monsters don’t like being charmed, and a failed attempt will usually result in your being attacked.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CHILL TOUCH'Usage : cast ‘chill touch’
This spell is more powerful than the flame arrow spell. A victim failing its saving throw will get its strength reduced by one.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CONJURE ELEMENTAL' CONJURE ELEMENTALUsage : cast ‘conjure elemental’ Accumulative: - Duration : Varies per elemental type
By means of this powerful conjuration spell, the magus can summon elementals from their planes of existence to aid him or her in battle or other tasks. In order to summon an elemental, a magus first needs to have the correct reagents for the elemental type that he or she wishes to summon. Information on elemental reagents can be found in books on arcane spellcraft, or consult your local sage.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CONTROL WEATHER'Usage : cast ‘control weather’ <‘better’ | ‘worse’> Accumulative: Yes Duration : -
This spell will change the “course” of the current weather. It is useful if you want to alter the weather so you can cast another spell, call lightning for example.
Obviously, you must be outside to cast this spell.
Example:
cast ‘control wea’ worse
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CREATE FOOD'Usage : cast ‘create food’ Accumulative: - Duration : Instantaneous
This spell instantly creates a fresh mushroom. The mushroom will be filling for the next (5+level) hours, up to a maximum of 24 hours.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CREATE WATER'Usage : cast ‘create water’
Expect disastrous results if cast upon a drink container which contains another liquid than water. Empty or water containers will be filled depending on the level of the caster.
Double amount of water will be created if it is raining (or worse).
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CURE BLIND'Usage : cast ‘cure blind’
This spell will cure a person blinded by the “blindness” spell, it can not remove blindness caused by for example cursed items.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CURE CRITIC'Usage : cast ‘cure critic’
This spell cures many hitpoints of damage.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'CURE LIGHT'Usage : cast ‘cure light’
Cures minor wounds and scratches.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'DEATH TRAP' DTA “death-trap” is a place in the world which upon entering you are instantly slain, loosing all equipment. You do not loose EXP for dying in a DT. You cannot RETRIEVE your corpse if you die in a DT. Since hitting a death trap is considered one of the worst fates that can befall a player character, there are no death traps that are hidden or unmarked in Dark Pawns.
See also: EXP, DEATH, RETRIEVE
### 'DETECT ALIGNMENT'Usage : cast ‘detect alignment’ Accumulative: Yes (Duration) Duration : 12 hours + level
Allows the caster to detect the alignment of those around them. Evil will show as a red aura, good in a blue aura.
See also: “DETECT INVISIBILITY”
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'DETECT INVISIBILITY'Usage : cast ‘detect invisibility’ [self] Accumulative: Yes (Duration) Duration : 12 hours + level
This spell enables you to see invisible items and players.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'DETECT MAGIC'Usage : cast ‘detect magic’ [self] Accumulative: Yes (Duration) Duration : 12 hours + level
This spell will let you see the magical aura surrounding magical objects.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'DETECT POISON'Usage : cast ‘detect poison’ <victim | food | drink> Accumulative: No Duration : Instantaneous
Cast on food or drinks (drink containers) you will be able to sense if it is poisoned.
Cast on a person you will be able to see if that person is poisoned.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'DISPEL EVIL'Usage : cast ‘dispel evil’
This spell will only affect evil creatures. An evil person of level equal or less than caster will suffer much damage. While an evil person of higher level will suffer slightly less damage.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'DISPEL GOOD'Usage : cast ‘dispel good’
This spell will only affect good creatures. A good person of level equal or less than caster will suffer much damage. While a good person of higher level will suffer slightly less damage.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'DIVINE INTERVENTION' DIVINE INTERVENTIONUsage : cast ‘divine intervention’ Accumulative: - Duration : Instantaneous Save : Versus spell for control
The most powerful prayer an avatar can make, divine intervention will summon warrior angels from the avatars Gods to serve them for a short period of time.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'DRAGON KICK' DRAGONUsage: dragon
The secret attack of the Hidden Dragon school of ninjitsu, this powerful upper body kick slams into the victim with devastating force, knocking backwards and leaving them dazed.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### 'DREAM TRAVEL'Usage : will ‘dream travel’ Accumulative: - Duration : Instantaneous Save : -
By the means of this power, a Psionic can make his body travel thousands Of miles while he sleeps. The psionic merely wills ‘dream travel’ and then Goes to sleep. Then he/she has a dream about the place they are going to, and When they awake, they find that they have arrived! A very efficient means of Transportation.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'ENCHANT ARMOR'Usage : cast ’enchant armor’
This spell will enchant non-magical (non-modifying) armor only. By non-modifying armor we refer to armor that might alter any ability such as, for example, damage. The only way to know if a piece of armor is suitable for enchantment is to fully identify it. The enchantment is based on the caster’s level. Enchanted armor become not useable by people of the caster’s opposite alignment.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'ENCHANT WEAPON'Usage : cast ’enchant weapon’
This spell will enchant non-magical (non-modifying) weapons only. By non-modifying weapons we refer to weapons that might alter any ability such as, for example, damage. The only way to know if a weapon is suitable for enchantment is to fully identify it.
The enchantment will modify the weapon as:
Level Hit Roll Damage
0..17 +1 +1
18..19 +2 +1
20..20+ +2 +2
Enchanted weapons become not useable by people of the caster’s opposite alignment.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'ENERGY DRAIN'Usage : cast ’energy drain’
This spell sucks the life force from the victim, causing a tremendous amount damage.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'ESCAPE OF THE MONGOOSE' ESCAPEUsage: escape
A successful escape while fighting results in your leaving battle without losing the experience points that results from fleeing normally. If your WIMPY is triggered while fighting, there is a chance that you may automatically ESCAPE instead of fleeing.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### 'FLAME ARROW'Usage : cast ‘FLAME ARROW’
Causes a bolt of magical flame to be thrown from the casters hands at the victim.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'FLAME STRIKE'Usage : cast ‘flame strike’
Causes a bolt of fire from the heavens to come down and strike the victim. Will usually cause the victim to be set on fire and burn considerably. Can only be used outdoors, of course. Fun for the whole family.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'FLESH OF STONE'Usage : will ‘flesh of stone’
The psionic’s mental concentration changes his physical make-up, hardening the surface layer of skin to the density of stone, protecting the psionic from many light blows, and softening harder strikes.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'GLYPH OF SUMMONING'Usage : cast ‘glyph of summoning’ Accumulative: - Duration : Instantaneous Save : -
This spell allows the caster to draw a magical gylph on the ground that Can be used to SUMMON beings. It is very sensitive to movement and should Only be drawn in a place where the caster can be left undisturbed.
See also: SUMMON
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'GREATER PERCEPTION'Mastering the realm of the unseen, the psionic can focus his mental Energies towards seeing the normally hidden creatures in a room and invisible objects/creatures.
See also: “LESSER PERCEPTION”
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'GROUP HEAL'Usage : cast ‘group heal’
This powerful prayer heals the caster’s entire group.
See also: HEAL
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'GROUP INVISIBILITY' 'GROUP INVIS'Usage : cast ‘group invisibility’ Accumulative: No Duration : Varies
This powerful magick allows the magus to conceal his entire party behind a veil of invisibility.
See also: INVISIBILITY, VISIBLE
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'GROUP RECALL'Usage : cast ‘group recall’
This spell will recall the caster’s entire group to their respective home towns, given they are not fighting and in the same room as the caster.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'HOLY SHIELD'Usage : cast ‘holy shield’ Accumulative: No Duration : Varies
An improved version of the holy ward spell that allows you to ward your entire party at one time.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'HOLY WARD' WARDUsage : cast ‘holy ward’
Duration : Varies
The holy ward grants magickal protection to the target against things that would normally damage him or her.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'LESSER PERCEPTION'Conquering the realm of the unseen, the psionic can focus his mental energies towards seeing the unseen. This lesser version is great for seeing in the dark, as well as seeing other people’s true nature.
See also: “GREATER PERCEPTION”
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'LIGHTNING BOLT'Usage : cast ’lightning bolt’
This spell is more powerful than the shocking grasp spell.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MAGIC USER' WIZARD MAGE MAGES WIZARDSThis is the class of powerful and violent magick, but the magic user does not control nature, and can therefore not bless and protect.
You can improve your spells by using the practice command.
Spell list:
1 flame arrow
1 infravision
2 acid blast
2 detect invisibility
2 detect magic
3 chill touch
4 invisibility
5 burning hands
6 strength
7 shocking grasp
8 sleep
9 lightning bolt
9 blindness
10 detect poison
11 color spray
12 sense life
12 waterwalk
13 energy drain
14 curse
15 fireball
20 hellfire
21 metalskin
22 waterbreathe
[24](/help/info/attitude-attitudes-24-atti/) enchant armor
25 disintegrate
26 enchant weapon
28 globe of invulnerability
See also: PRACTICE, SPELLS, CLASSES, MAGICK
### 'MASS DOMINATE'Usage: will ‘mass dominate’
An improved version of the dominate power that will assert your control over everyone in the room that is not in your party. Useful for redominating part of your army that has strayed.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MASS HEAL'Usage: cast ‘mass heal’
Twice as strong as the heal spell, this powerful healing can only be cast by the most powerful of clerics and avatars.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MENTAL LAPSE' MENTAL LAPSEUsage : will ‘mental lapse’
Projecting a mental voice across virtually endless distance, the psionic
Can stop
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'METEOR SWARM' METEOR SWARMUsage: cast ‘meteor swarm’ Accumultative: - Duration: Instantaneous Save: versus spell for half damage
By means of this powerful magick, the magus can call meteors from the heavens down to smite all of his enemies in the room. This can obviously only work when the magus is outdoors.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MIND ATTACK' MINDATTACKUsage: will ‘mind attack’
A psionic’s attack on the mind of a victim is an appalling sight. The Victim first feels a mental invasion, which causes pressure that slowly increases to the point of extreme, incredible pain. The victim’s brain, revolting against the attack, sometime succumbs to the pressure, exploding through the skull of the unfortunate victim.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MIND BAR' MINDBARUsage: will ‘mind bar’
By use of this power, the skilled psionic can place a mental bar across his vicitim’s mind, leaving the victim without access to his or her intellect. Successful barring leaves the victim dumbfounded, unable to speak or perform many other tasks.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MIND BLAST' MINDBLASTUsage: will ‘mind blast’
A mental blast of pure psionic energy erupts from the attacker, surging Toward the victim and hitting their mind like a physical blow.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MIND POKE' MINDPOKEUsage: will ‘mind poke’
A victim of this mind-spell receives a powerful jolt of psionic energy in their mind, causing level-based damage ranging from a mild head-ache to a physical hole.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MIND SIGHT' MINDSIGHTUsage : will ‘mindsight’
Using mental telepathy, the psionic “looks” through the eyes of the victim and sees the world wherever the victim may be. If the victim is of a significantly higher level than the psionic, the psionic may not be able to penetrate their mind. It is also noted that certain races and peoples have natural shields against this type of psionic mind probing. Psionics in the victim’s room (or the victim himself, if a Psionic) will be able to sense the sighting.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'MIRROR IMAGE' MIRROR IMAGEUsage: will ‘mirror image’
By using this powerful psionic ability, the mentalist may create a clone of himself. This clone is not perfect, however, and will not stand up to close scrutiny. It is however, useful for evading pursuers and fooling the enemy.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'PICK LOCKS' LOCKS LOCKPICKS PICKSUsage: pick
For picking locks. Not all locks can be picked. Those that can require a set of held lockpicks. Lockpicks can be found in most major cities and are usually very cheap. (Unfortunately, the quality is usually the same as the price.) As your experience picking locks grows, the chance of mangling your lockpicks lessens.
Examples:
pick door south pick safe
See also: OPEN, CLOSE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### 'PROTECTION FROM EVIL'Usage : cast ‘protection from evil’
Gives minor protection from the attacks of evil opponents, and wards off some aggressive mobs.
Note: casting this spell upon yourself when you are evil can have disasterous side effects.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'PROTECTION FROM GOOD'Usage : cast ‘protection from good’
Gives minor protection from the attacks of good opponents, and wards of those pesky do-gooders who always wish you harm.
Note: casting this spell upon yourself while you are good can have disasterous side effects.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'PSYCHIC SHIELD' PSYCHICUsage: will ‘psychic shield’ self Accumulative: - Duration: Instananeous Save: -
By means of this power, the psionic can shield himself from damage done by others to him. The psychic shield shields the psionic from normal, as well as magical and psychic attacks.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'RAY OF DISRUPTION' RAY DISRUPTIONUsage : cast ‘ray of disruption’
Karnek’s Ray of Disruption is one of the most powerful spells known. It calls forth a ray of pure energy that can burn through most anything. This spell can backfire, the results usually being fatal.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'REMOVE CURSE'Usage : cast ‘remove curse’ <victim | object> Accumulative: No Duration : Instantaneous
Will remove a curse on carried objects or any persons in the room.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'REMOVE POISON'Usage : cast ‘remove poison’ <victim | food | drink> Accumulative: No Duration : Instantaneous
Will remove the affects of poison from a victim or an object.
See also: POISON
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'SENSE LIFE'Usage : cast ‘sense life’ Accumulative: Yes (Duration)
Allows the caster to sense the presence of a player or monster in the room which is hiding. The true identity will remain hidden however. Invisible persons are also considered hidden.
See also: HIDE
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'SERPENT KICK'Usage: serpent
This punishing, lethal kick is part of the Golden Serpent Kung Fu style, and knowledge of it is forbidden outside the Liu’she Ch’uan tong. Learning it earns a sentence of death from any tong member. Beware.
See also: NINJA
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### 'SHIFT REALITY' SHIFT REALITYUsage : will ‘shift reality’ Accumulative: No Duration : Instantaneous Save : Versus psychic to prevent
By use of this mental power, the psionic or mystic can shift their location in the material world to somewhere else. Like all forms of psychic transfer, the mentalist has no control over where he or she ends up, making this power somewhat hazardous.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'SHOCKING GRASP'Usage : cast ‘shocking grasp’
This spell is more powerful than the burning hands spell.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'SOUL LEECH'Usage : cast ‘soul leech’
The darkest and most feared of ninja magic abilities – the power to steal life from another. If successful, the ninja will gain about a third of the stolen life added to his own life total.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'SPELL STRENGTH'Usage : cast ‘strength’
The target of this spell will benifit from increased strength for its duration.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'STRIKE OF REVENGE'Usage : strike
Allows the trained martial artist to deal a stunning, sometimes lethal Strike to the victim’s throat.
Developed by the Mist Viper school of Ninjitsu, “Saito Yuriko’s Strike of Revenge” is a brutal, devastating blow.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### 'TIGER PUNCH' TIGERUsage: tiger
This devastating uppercut can do serious damage to the victim if they are unable to block it. The tiger punch is a more aggressive style of ninja combat, used when the ninja cannot avoid direct confrontation.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### 'WORD OF INTELLECT'Usage : cast ‘word of intellect’ Accumulative: affect Duration : about a quarter of a day
This short prayer, if answered, causes the victim to become smarter for a brief while.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### 'WORD OF RECALL'Usage : cast ‘word of recall’ Accumulative: - Duration : Instantaneous
The caster will be transferred back to his home-town sanctuary (Whatever city you started in.) Word of Recall cannot be used during combat. This applies to all forms of Word of Recall, whether it is a cast spell, scroll, wand, etc. You must be out of combat to use any items with Word of Recall or cast the spell.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### ABILITIESUsage: abilities
This command will display your current ability scores in the following format:
Your current ability scores: Strength: (excellent) Dexterity: (decent) Intelligence: (decent) Wisdom: (fair) Constitution: (good) Charisma: (bad)
There are not any numeric representations of ability scores on Dark Pawns.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### AC ARMOR“AC” is your armor class.
Items often have one of two effects: ac-apply, or “armor”. These two are inverses of one another; ac-apply 10 = armor -10; You can get a rough idea of what your current armor class is in SCORE.
See also: SCORE
### ACTION A-DESCThe A-desc (action desc) of objs is used for held wands, held staves, scrolls and potions! Please don’t confuse it with Extra description, which is what you see when you LOOK
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### ADVANCEUsage: advance
ADVANCE moves a player to a new level. If used to promote a player to an immortal level, and if you have the autowiz program installed, the wizlist and immlist will automatically be recreated.
Example:
advance rasmussen 34
See also: SET wizonly
### AFKUsage: afk
AFK means “away from keyboard”. Use this command when you’re going afk to get a beer, smoke a cigarette, etc. It simply lets people who TELL to you know you are AFK and might not get the message. Type AFK again to toggle it off.
### AGEAge is the game mechanic that measures how old your character is in game terms. Most characters start in their teens and gradually grow older from there. You can see how old your character is in SCORE.
See also: SCORE
### AID FIRST 'FIRST AID'Usage: aid
Use this skill to help incapacitated friends. This only works on characters who are almost dead, however.
See also: RANGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### ALIAS ALIASESUsage: alias [alias name] [command]
An alias is a single command used to represent one or more other commands. The ALIAS command can be used to manipulate your character’s aliases. Type ALIAS alone to see a list of your currently defined aliases.
alias
Type ALIAS
alias gbb get bread bag alias gac get all corpse
Type ALIAS
alias gbb
A semicolon (";") can be used to define multiple actions to be taken with a single alias.
alias eat get bread bag; eat bread
Note that the ’eat’ contained within the eat alias is interpreted as the MUD’s internal eat command; aliases may not be nested or used recursively. The variables $1, $2, … $9 may be used to represent arguments given with an alias.
Examples:
alias killem cast ‘fireball’ $1; cast ‘harm’ $2 killem fido mage
Would cast fireball on fido, followed by casting harm on mage. Variables may be used repeatedly and in any order:
alias helpem cast ‘heal’ $1; cast ‘bless’ $1; cast ‘armor’ $1
The special variable $* represents the entire input line after an alias:
alias tr tell rasmussen $* tr hi there, how are you today? You tell Rasmussen, ‘hi there, how are you today?’
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### ALIGNMENT GOOD EVIL NEUTRALAlignment is the measure of how Good, Evil or Neutral you are, relative to the rest of the world. In effects what kind of spells you can cast, what types of equipment you can wear, whether certain creatures act aggressively towards you, etc. You can see your relative current alignment in SCORE.
See also: SCORE
### AMBUSHUsage: ambush
With their superior knowledge of the lay of the land, a Ranger can prepare a sneaky ambush for his enemies. You can only ambush someone where there is enough cover to hide, of course. If you can successfully ambush someone while staying hidden, you increase the damage dealt to them.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### ANIMATE DEAD 'ANIMATE DEAD'Usage : cast ‘animate dead’ corpse
With a powerful prayer (or unholy curse!) a cleric may seek to infuse life into the dead. The resulting undead zombie will obey the cleric and follow loyally until destroyed.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### ANSI COLORUsage: color [off | sparse | normal | complete]
If you have a color-capable terminal and wish to see useful color-coding of information, use the COLOR command to set the level of coloring you see.
color off This command disables all color.
color sparse color normal color complete
These three commands turn color on to various levels. Experiment to see which level suits your personal taste.
‘color’ with no argument will display your current color level. ‘color on’ defaults to ‘complete’.
Using color will slow down the speed at which you see messages VERY slightly. The effect is more noticeable on slower connections. Even if you have color turned on, non-colorized messages will not be slowed down at all.
See also: COLORSPRAY, “COLOR SPRAY”
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### APPRAISEUsage : appraise
A successful appraisal gives an item value within 20 or so coins. Unsuccessful appraisals can be much, much worse.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### AREASYep, there are some, go find ’em. The world is designed to be contiguous; each zone buffing up against another in a logical way. The best way to find new areas is to ask other players, or just go out into the world and explore some. Make sure you are adequately prepared first though.
### ASSASSIN ASSASSINSAssassins are cold and deadly killers for hire, whose knowledge of subterfuge, stealth and the Black Arts makes them extremely efficient, extremely deadly opponents. Assassins are found worldwide, although they are usually concentrated in cities. Because of the nature of their work, the assassin class is barred from using shields of any kind. Because of the skill, knowledge, and experience that is required to be an assassin, this class is remort only.
Skill list:
1 peek
1 backstab
1 compare
2 blindness
2 sneak
3 steal
3 palm
4 pick lock
4 sharpen
5 hide
5 search
7 appraise
8 circle
9 trip
10 groinrip
12 shadow
15 subdue
16 smokescreen
17 evasion
20 cutthroat
25 disembowel
See also: REMORT
### ASSISTUsage: ASSIST
If Quifael is being beaten senseless by a warg and you feel brave enough to help him, type ASSIST QUIFAEL to hit the warg. Note that the warg will keep hitting Quifael; assist only makes you start to fight whomever the person you’re assisting is fighting.
assist Quifael
See also: FLEE, KILL, RESCUE, WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### ATTITUDE ATTITUDES 24 ATTIAt level 24, certain high-level mobs start paying a lot more attention to you, in a bad way. Essentially, they “cop an attitude” and attack you. Avoid them, kill them, or be killed.
### AUCTION CHANNEL CHANNELS GOSSIP GRATS NOAUCTION NOGOSSIP NOGRATSUsage: auction
These are channels reserved for specific purposes. Messages on these channels reach everyone who is monitoring them. You must be at least level two to use these channels, except the newbie channel.
To toggle a channel on and off, use the NONEWBIE, NOGOSS, NOAUC, etc. commands. Usage: nonewbie nogossip
Examples:
auction short sword – minimum bid 100k gossip Hey, is that a short sword on your belt or are you happy to see me? grats LEVEL!!!!!!!! grats GRATS CATJE!!!!!!!! newbie Damn, where’s the donation room? newbie Help me please, any high levelers listening?
See also: EMOTE, GSAY, HOLLER, NOREPEAT, SAY, SHOUT
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### AUTO LOOT SPLITUsage: auto [
When used alone, “auto” will show what handy automatic features you are using. When used with an option (see down a few lines) it will toggle that option for you.
The options available are: exits Show exits in room descriptions loot Strip the equipment, including gold, off a fresh kill gold Strip the gold off a fresh kill split Split the loot with your group
Note: To use AUTO SPLIT, AUTO GOLD must be set.
See also: TOGGLE
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### AVATAR AVATARSAvatars are the emissaries of the Holy Forces in the land, deriving their awesome power from those entities. Although they can heal and protect like clerics, the reason that the Avatars exist is to strike down the Unholy Forces in the land, and their masters have given them powerful magicks to aid them to this end. Because of the intensity of belief required to be an avatar, this class is remort only.
Skills and Spells:
1 turn
1 cure light
2 create food
2 create water
3 detect poison
4 detect align
4 cure blind
5 bless
5 holy ward
6 blindness
7 poison
8 protection from evil
8 protection from good
9 cure critical
10 glyph of summoning
10 summon
10 remove poison
11 holy shield
12 word of recall
13 word of intellect
14 dispel evil
14 dispel good
15 sanctuary
16 heal
22 group heal
23 mass heal
25 invigorate
26 remove curse
27 vitality
29 group recall
30 divine intervention
See also: REMORT
### BACKSTABUsage : backstab
Backstab is a way to sneak up on a person and attempt to place your dagger in his back, at exactly the point where it does most damage. A successful backstab gives a damage multiplier, depending on level.
The chance of successfully backstabbing a person depends on how well you have practiced backstab at your guild. Also, backstabbing a person will lag you for about two rounds of combat.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BAN UNBANUsage: ban [<all | new | select>
These commands prevent anyone from a site with a hostname containing the site substring from logging in to the game. You may ban a site to ALL, NEW or SELECT players. Banning a site to NEW players prevents any new players from registering. Banning a site to ALL players disallows ANY connections from that site. Banning a site SELECTively allows only players with site-ok flags to log in from that site. Ban with no argument returns a list of currently banned sites.
Unban removes the ban.
Examples:
ban all whitehouse.gov unban ai.mit.edu
See also: WIZLOCK wizonly
### BANK WITHDRAW DEPOSIT BALANCECommands to take money out of the bank, put money in the bank, or see how much money you have in the bank.
Examples:
deposit 400 withdraw 1000 balance
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BASHThe success of a bash depends upon how well you are learned. To bash someone is to attempt to ‘knock’ that person over. If you succeed you will inflict minor damage, and cause the victim to fall on it’s rear. The victim will be unable to issue any commands for 2 rounds of violence. If you miss you lose your balance and fall.
A bash makes you unable to type commands for 2 rounds of violence.
See also: KICK, RESCUE, WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BEARHUGUsage: bearhug
By using this skill, the combatant can grab their adversary in a rib-breaking squeeze, slowing them down during combat. Note that this also slows you down as well.
See also: WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BEHEADUsage: behead corpse
Lets you take home a trophy from your kill…. Beheads the corpse of your fallen adversary and places it in your inventory.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BERSERKUsage: berserk
Lose your control and let your battle rage take over… While berserking you care less about your own safety, but inflict a barrage of damaging blows to thy enemies. Berserking can only be attempted successfully once every two game hours (ticks).
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BFT‘Bout Fucking Time
### BITEUsage : bite
In the case of vampires, this is a mere side-affect, as using the bite command to suck the blood of their victim is a common and natural thing, as the blood suffuses them with life and satiates their almost veracious appetites.
See also: VAMPIRE WEREWOLF TRANSFORM
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BLESSUsage : cast ‘bless’ <victim | object> Accumulative: Yes (duration) Duration : 6 Hours, permanent for objects.
Bless on a victim will improve the victims saving throw versus spells by 1, and furthermore improve the hitroll by 2.
It is only possible to bless non-magic items, and the object blessed may weigh no more than five pounds per level of caster.
A blessed weapon gains a hitroll modifier. Other blessed objects are not yet defined.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### BLINDNESSUsage : cast ‘blindness’
Blindness will blind a victim failing its saving throw. A blinded person will have -4 penalty to both hitroll and AC.
See also: AC
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### BOARDSBulletin boards are the forum of inter-player communication on the MUD. There are different bulletin boards for different purposes – for example, a standard mortal board, a board for immortals, a board for fun “social” messages, etc. Naturally, not all players may be allowed to read all types of boards.
Type “LOOK BOARD” to see the messages already posted on a board. Type
“WRITE
Example:
### BRIBE HIRElook at board write Am I using these boards correctly? [writes the message; terminates with a ‘@’] look at board read 6 remove 6
Mercenaries can be hired, the current market rate is about 100 coins.
Guards can be bribed; the price varies from guard to guard, but they don’t come cheap.
To bribe or hire someone, just GIVE
Examples:
### BRIEFgive 101 coins mercenary give 200 coins guard
Usage: brief
Toggle “brief mode”. When in brief mode, you don’t see the descriptions of the room you are in; only the name of the room and the people and objects there. Unless you’re very familiar with the area in which you’re traveling, however, it is not advisable to use this command. Frequently, you will find small but vital hints in the descriptions of the rooms: An extra peek at your surroundings could mean the difference between life and death!
If you explicitly type ’look’, you will always see the full room description, even in BRIEF mode.
Looking into other rooms by typing LOOK [direction] will appear in “brief mode” if brief is on.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BROADCAST BROADCASTS NOBROADThe Broadcast channel displays arena fights live as they happen to the whole world. To turn on/off Broadcast, type NOBROAD.
### BUG TYPO IDEAUsage: bug
For making useful suggestions and reporting problems to the Powers that Be.
Examples:
bug the entire game crashes when I type ‘put bag in bag’ idea make a restaurant in Kir-Oshi typo ‘sence’ should be spelled ‘sense’
There’s no need to tell where the bug/typo is; We can tell what room you’re in.
typo there is no exit to the west here, but the descript says there is
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### BUILDING BUILDSome not-so-obvious things about OLC:
REDIT: Room flags: REGEN_ROOM .. PCs (and mobs) rege mana/HPs faster in this
room.
BFR .. Bad for recall, recall doesn’t work here.
NEUTRAL .. can’t die here. PCs get sent back to the temple
instead. As such, entry to these rooms (or the rooms
themselves), should be
PEACEFUL .. violence and violent magic isn’t allowed here.
ATRIUM, *, and HCRSH .. do not use
PRIVATE .. Only two people allowed here. If more try to
enter, they get the following message:
" A private conversation is going on in that room"
TUNNEL .. Only one person allowed here. If more try to
enter, they get the following message:
“There’s no room for you there!”
BFS, *, ATRIUM, HCRSH, HOUSE, and **: do not use
See Also: HELP FLOW
As of 2.2, Sector types only affect movement rate.
The sectors: Earth, Air, Water, Fire are for use in the elemental planes.
OEDIT: When making a liquid container, the first alias-name should be the name of the liquid initially in the container (unless it’s empty, of course). The second name should be the item.. only 2 names should be used. Example: water skin OR beer bottle Cost, vs. cost-per-day: The cost is the value of the item. This should not exceed 10000. Cost-per-day is the number used to calculate wether or not the item will load. In most cases, assign cost-per-day = cost. If cost per day is > 10000, the difference is the % chance the item will have to load. Example: item: a loaf o bread cost:5 cost-per-day:10100 (loads 100% of the time) item: a dagger of blood cost:8500 cost-per-day:8500 (approx 10% of the time) item: a helm of greed cost:300 cost-per-day:10050 (loads 50% of the time)
To be able to backstab with an item, it must be type “pierce”. Clerics can not
use slashing weapons, even if they don’t have a flag on them.
MEDIT: Setting the LEVEL (choice 6) puts defaults into the other blanks, so
set the mobs level first, then the other slots, else they will get over-
written.
When setting a mob with flag 21 (RNDLD-ZONE), use zedit to load him anywhere
in your zone. The RNDLD-ZONE flag will cause his location to actually be a
random room in the zone. It won’t load in GODROOM, PRIVATE, , or DEATH
rooms.
Noise is the message sent to rooms surrounding the mob every once in a
while… An example for a dragon might be:
“You hear the sound of great wings rustling.”
or perhaps:
“A cloud of noxious gas wafts into the room.”
See HELP NOISE
AWARE (flag 5) mobs can’t be backstabbed. AGGR24 (flag 20) makes the mob aggressive to PCs level 24 and above. AGGR24 mobs speak before attacking, and sometimes gossip when they have killed. A mob flagged AGGR24 and AGGR(flag 6) will attack other mobs that are 3+ levels below him, but only when fully healed. HUNTER(flag 19) mobs will hunt through !mob rooms, and a hunting mob ignores their own SENTINEL(flag 2) assignment.
If you add “carve_meat”, “carve_rabbit”, “carve_fish”, or “carve_bird” to a mob’s namelist, they will become carveable.
SEDIT: Sell rate should be lower than buy rate. Using the Rooms menu(choice R) then adding a new sell room (choice A) with the vnum of 1 will make a mob sell anywhere.. good for making wandering shopkeepers.
ZEDIT: If you use an item/mob created in another zone, post it on the board so Serapis or Oddity can up the max_exist for the entire world. About max-exist: since %load controls objects loading, set the max_exist for eq loading on a mob to 999, unless it an extremely powerful item or an artifact. Set the max_exist for eq loading directly into a room (like ATMs) to 1.
CAUTION: Items given to shopkeeper’s are affected by %load. If you want a shopkeeper to ALWAYS have a certain item (like, for example, the baker to have bread), make the item’s cost-per-day 10100.
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### BUYUsage: buy
If you’d like to purchase an item from a shop and have the money, you can buy it. Items can be bought by name, or by their number in the shop listing, and can be bought in quantity.
Examples:
buy sword (buy the first sword on the list) buy #3 (buy the third item on the list) buy 4.sword (buy the fourth sword on the list) buy 10 bread (buy 10 pieces of bread) buy 10 #2 (buy 10 of the second item on the list)
See also: LIST, SELL, SHOPS, VALUE
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CARVEUsage: carve corpse
Lets you carve up some dinner off of certain dead mobiles. Typically, any type of animal should be able to be carved up for a nice tasty diner.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CASTUsage: cast ‘
For magickal people. If you want to throw a spell at someone or something.
Example:
cast ‘burning hands’
Note that the name of the spell must be enclosed by “’“s.
See also: help on each individual spell:
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
Examples:
### CASTLE CASTLEShelp cure ligh help ventri help energy drain
On Dark Pawns, castles are a generic term for structures owned and maintained by clans of players. They can be anything from small fortresses to hidden mountain strongholds to a secret back room at the local pub!
After a clan has gained sufficent strength and noteriety in the land, they may petition the staff for a castle. Please note that there are no castles available for individuals, or groups of individuals who are not in a clan.
&cWhat it all costs:&n
Carving your own permenant niche in Dark Pawns is not easy. The following list is a break down of castle features, and their cost. Note that some features may also require a quest to be performed, and that only the basic features have been listed.
&cLand:&n
An initial investment of 100,000 gold coins buys you the basic set up, which is 3 rooms, an entrance, foyer, and main room. Additional rooms are 75,000 each.
Castle locations will be chosen by the gods, though your preferences will be taken into consideration.
&cFacilities:&n
Lockable doors, grates, portculli, etc. are available for an installation charge of 15k. They come with one key. Additional keys are 10k. Those of you looking for greater security should consider installing a reinforced door, which is 30k and comes with one key.
Statues and Fountains are 10k each.
Banking facilties are 20k.
Informational boards are 15k.
Local priests can be called in to bless certain chambers in your castle for 80k per chamber.
&cCastle Staff:&n
Butlers, maids, slave girls, guards etc, are 1k per level, with a 10k minimum each. Please note that the staff of Dark Pawns cannot take responsibilty for your failure to adequately defend your property.
&cAdditional Issues:&n
Over time, there will be associated upkeep costs that go in to maintaining your property. These costs will be deducted directly from your clan bank account.
&cExample Castle and prices:&n
Grand Total: 230,000
### CHAMELEONUsage : will ‘chameleon’
The psionic change his colors to match the surroundings, effectively Becoming hidden in a room. If successful, you can only be “sensed” by the “sense life” spell. Even if sensed your identity will remain hidden. This is a rather taxing mental feat, and can only be attempted once per day. You may be able to perform actions and still remain hidden, but the chances of this are slight.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### CHANGE CHANGESToo many things have changed on Dark Pawns 2.2 for them to be listed here. When in doubt, try the help files. If you still can’t find what you are looking for, typo it and we’ll add it to help asap.
Here is a brief list of things that have changed and have updated help files: REMORT, RANGER, MYSTIC, ASSASSIN, AVATAR, PALADIN, MAGUS, DRAGON KICK, TIGER PUNCH, SCOUT,SLEEPER, TRACK, HIDE, KUJI-KIRI, NECKBREAK, CONJURE ELEMENTAL, AMBUSH, WATERBREATHE, FLAME STRIKE, METEOR SWARM, MIRROR IMAGE, SOUL LEECH, LAY HANDS, HOLY WARD, HOLY SHIELD, DIVINE INTERVENTION, MASS DOMINATE, SHIFT REALITY
### CHARGEUsage: charge
The charge is offensive move, used by a warrior to try to impale the victim. A successful charge deals a great deal of damage, the only drawback being the recover-time from a charge is quite lengthy.
See also: PALADIN
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CHARISMA WISDOM INTELLIGENCE STRENGTH DEXTERITY CONSTITUTION STATISTICS STATSStatistics affect more facets of the game than can be listed. Heres a short run-down of some of what they affect, and definitions.
Strength: How strong you are. Affects the amount you can carry and how Hard you hit.
Intelligence: How smart you are. Affects how fast you learn.
Wisdom: How wise you are (common sense). Affects how many times you can practice.
Dexterity: How nimble you are. Affects how often you hit and get hit.
Constitution: How healthy you are, in general. Affects hitpoint gain per level.
Charisma: How likeable you are. Affects how some monsters treat you (like shopkeepers), and how many pets you can have.
Don’t let your statistics get below because bad things can happen. You can see your current statistics with the ABILITIES command.
See also: ABILITIES
### CHECK MAIL RECEIVEUsage: check
mail
The commands used by the Dark Pawns Mail System (DPMS) are MAIL, CHECK, and RECEIVE. These commands can only be used while in an Official DPMS Post Office. You must be at least second level in order to use the DPMS.
Examples:
To check and see if you have any mail waiting:
check
To write mail to Niandra:
mail Niandra
To ask the Postmaster to give you your mail, if you have any waiting:
receive
Stamps cost 25 coins.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CHECKLOADUsage: checkload < obj | mob >
Used to check where a particular mobile or object loads given its virtual number.
Examples:
checkload o 1300 (where does object 1300 load?) checkload m 1315 (where does mobile 1315 load?)
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### CHOSENThe CHOSEN flag means a mortal is chosen of the gods.
The CHOSEN character is basically a playtester for the game, and can both see and use WIZNET.
To speak to true imms only, use WIZNET #31
Mortals do not see the CHOSEN flag (even Chosen mortals) on anyone but themselves.
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### CIRCLEUsage : circle
Use this command to circle behind an opponent and stab him in the back. This is basically a form of backstab that can be used in battle but does less damage. You can only attempt to circle when you are not being hit.
See also: BACKSTAB, THIEF, ASSASSIN
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CIRCLEMUDC I R C L E M U D 3 . 0
CircleMUD was developed from DikuMUD (Gamma 0.0) by Jeremy “Ras” Elson at Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Computer Science. All code unique to CircleMUD is protected under a copyright by the Trustees of the Johns Hopkins University.
Many, many people contributed to CircleMUD in one way or another throughout
the course of its development. Although it’s impossible for me to remember
them all, I’d like to extend special thanks to certain people:
– Gekke Eekhoorn, Jeff Fink, Chris Epler, Eric Green, and Chris Herringshaw,
and Stefan Wasilewski for extensive beta-testing, bug reporting, and code
submissions for Circle 3.0.
– Furry (Alex Fletcher), for single-handedly managing Circle’s world files.
– Jean-Jack Riethoven, for porting the code to the Amiga.
– Fred Merkel, Ryan Watkins, Jay Levino, and Sharon Goza, for other
code and area submissions for Circle 2.x.
– The DikuMUD folk, and the good old WhatMUD implementors Dave & Justin,
for starting the ball rolling.
– Bryan Jolson, Steven Lacher, Cat Stanton, and Naved Surve, for being
there in the very early days of Circle’s development.
– Bill Bogstad and Tim Stearns, for allowing Circle to exist at JHU CS.
…plus everyone else in the Circle community who has submitted code, areas, utilities, suggestions, and otherwise supported CircleMUD in one way or another. I absolutely couldn’t (and wouldn’t) do this if it wasn’t for all of your help. Thanks everyone!
Anonymous FTP: ftp.cs.jhu.edu:/pub/CircleMUD Author’s Email: jelson@jhu.edu URL: http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~jelson/circle.html Mailing List: circle@pvv.unit.no
Type ‘credits’ to see the DikuMUD credits.
### CITIZENSHIPYou can buy citizenship in several cities in Dark Pawns for a small fee. Citizenship allows you to quit out in the safe room of that city and Return there upon re-entering the game. You can only be a citizen of one city at a time.
The “safe rooms” in the cities are generally the Temples or common Meeting places of the city.
See also: HOMETOWNS, QUIT, REALLYQUIT
### CLAN CLANSOn Dark Pawns, CLANS are associations of players that have banded together for a specific purpose. Most CLANS are made up of adventurers who have decided to work together for mutual gain.
If you would like to form your own clan, you need to be over level 10 and enlist the aid of two other players (not multis) who are currently not in any other clans. After these requirements have been met, ask to speak to a God. Additionally, there is usually a minor quest or task involved in order to finalize the creation of your new clan.
CLAN WHO Displays the names and ranks of fellow clan-members that are currently online.
CLAN MEMBERS Displays all the members in your clan.
CLAN STATUS Displays your current rank in your CLAN.
CLAN INFO Displays all available information on a named CLAN (type CLAN INFO without any arguments to get a list of current CLANS).
CLAN QUIT Allows you to leave your clan behind.
CLAN APPLY Apply to join a named clan, but only if you meet their requirements.
CLAN ENROLL Allows you to enroll players into your clan. Typing CLAN ENROLL without any arguments shows a list of players who have applied to join your clan.
CLAN EXPEL Allows you to kick someone out of your clan.
CLAN PROMOTE Promote a player in your clan to a higher rank
CLAN DEMOTE Demote a player in your clan to a lower rank
CLAN WITHDRAW Make a withdrawal from the clan bank account
CLAN DEPOSIT Deposit into the clan bank account
CLAN SET RANKS Set the number of ranks in your clan
CLAN SET APPFEE Set the application fee for people to apply for your clan
CLAN SET DUES Set the required monthly dues for your clan members
CLAN SET APPLEV Set the minimum level a player must be to apply to your clan
CLAN SET PLAN Create a description of your clan for all to see
CLAN PRIVATE Toggle whether or not your clan is private or public
CLAN SET PRIVILEGE Set the privileges of the clan commands for clan members
CLAN SET TITLE Set the title for each rank in your clan
See also: CTELL
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CLASS CLASSESSee help on individual classes: THIEF CLERIC WARRIOR MAGE NINJA PSIONIC
There are also six additional remort-only classes: PALADIN, AVATAR, MAGUS, ASSASSIN, RANGER, MYSTIC.
See also: REMORT
### CLEAR CLSClears the screen. Note that in most clients, this typically erases scrollback.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CLERIC CLERICSClerics have an ancient belief in not carrying sharp weapons. Hence, they can only wield bludgeoning weapons. This class gives you the wisdom of peace, blessing and healing, though it is possible to learn more violent spells.
You can improve your spells by using the practice command.
1 turn
1 cure light
2 create food
2 create water
3 detect poison
4 detect align
4 cure blind
5 bless
6 holy ward
6 blindness
8 protection from evil
8 protection from good
9 cure critical
10 glyph of summoning
10 summon
10 remove poison
11 holy shield
12 word of recall
13 poison
14 dispel evil
14 dispel good
15 sanctuary
16 heal
22 group heal
23 mass heal
25 invigorate
26 remove curse
27 vitality
29 group recall
See also: PRACTICE, SPELLS, CLASSES
### CODE CODINGThe source code that runs Dark Pawns was originally based on CircleMUD version 3.0 beta (pl11). It has evolved considerably since then, largely due to the efforts of the following people:
dkarnes Derek L. Karnes Serapis
stevet Stephen Thompson Orodreth
rparet R. E. Paret Frontline
Colors are: &n - normal &d - black &D - gray &0 - background black &b - blue &B - bright blue &1 - background blue &g - green &G - bright green &2 - background green &c - cyan &C - bright cyan &3 - background cyan &r - red &R - bright red &4 - background red &m - magneta &M - bright magneta &5 - background magneta &y - yellow &Y - bright yellow &6 - background yellow &w - white &W - bright white &7 - background white Extra codes: &l - blink &o - bold &u - underline &e - reverse video && - single &
Note that not all tags are supported.
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### COLORSPRAY 'COLOR SPRAY'Usage : cast ‘color spray’
Send a colorful but deadly spray at your victim. This spell is more powerful than the lightning bolt spell.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
For help on actual color, see: ANSI
### COMBATCombat is the very essence of Dark Pawns, when it is just the player or players against the mob in the field of battle. To that end, most of the SPELLS in the game are designed to aid you in combat in some way.
Combat on Dark Pawns takes the form of standard rounds. During each round, you have the opportunity to hit your opponent, and he or she has the opportunity to hit you. Different things can affect the rounds of combat, of course. As you get higher in level, most classes will gain extra ATTACKS to help you in battle. You may also use the combat skills you gain from leveling in battle, but be aware that some of these skills will “lag” you, causing you to miss rounds of combat. There are also multiple skills to “lag” your opponent. These rounds of combat continue until either the player is dead, the mob is dead, or one of you decides to FLEE from battle.
Combat is the chief way to gain experience, levels, and equipment on Dark Pawns.
### COMMANDSUsage: commands
The COMMANDS command gives a canonical list of all the known verbs.
Each command listed should have help available by typing “HELP
See also: SOCIAL, SOCIALS
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### COMPACTUsage: compact
This command toggles the extra blank line output to your screen after each command. Useful if you have a small display.
See also: BRIEF
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### COMPAREUsage : compare
Compare two weapons, or two pieces of armor of the same type. Thieves and Assassins excel at this comparison, but everyone has a chance of comparing accurately.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CONSIDERUsage: consider
This command gives a rough estimate of your opponent. Three things are considered: Your enemy’s strength, health, and level. So while they may be very powerful, and have be a much higher level, they may be almost dead, etc.
Example:
consider fido
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### COVERED COVER GLOW GLOWING HUM HUMMINGIf you see something in your EQUIPMENT list that has “covered” by it, it means just that: you have another piece of equipment covering it. I.e., gloves cover rings on your fingers. People looking at you can’t see items that are covered.
Humming and glowing equipment mean exactly what they say, too. The equipment hums (makes a vibrating noise) or glows with a faint light (not enough to see by, but enough to be seen in the dark).
### CREDITSThe ‘credits’ command lists the DikuMUD credits.
For CircleMUD credits, type ‘help circlemud’.
For Dark Pawns-specific credits, type ‘help darkpawns’.
### CTELLUsage: ctell [ ‘#’ ]
Use ctell to communicate privately with members of your clan that are
currently online. Use ctell #
ctell How is everyone today? ctell #5 Shh, here is a secret message for you guys.
See also: CLAN
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### CURSEUsage : cast ‘curse’ <victim | object> Accumulative: Yes Duration : Several hours, permanent on objects.
Curse cast on a person that fails the saving throw, will reduce their hitroll and damage roll significantly. It will also reduce the saving throw versus paralysis by one. At higher levels, it is possible that a curse might cause the victim to have an unfortunate accident of the lethal type.
When cast upon an object, the object will become undropable.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### CUTTHROATUsage: cutthroat
With the proper weapon, you can slit their throat, making it hard for them to fight, heal, and generally making life hell until they are healed by magickal means.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### DAMAGE RACE_SLAYERSome equipment is identified as: “Does extra damage to race:
These items, known as race slayers, are both coveted and hated. Although the damage bonus they give is powerful, the user of such weapons becomes hated and marked for death by all members of the target race.
See also: RACE
### DARKUsage: dark
This commands stops all fighting in the room, and stops any NPCs in the room from remembering. (Hey, you’re the jerk that attacked me!)
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### DARKPAWNS D A R K P A W N S 2 . 2
Dark Pawns version 2.2 is the result of over five years of work by many talented people. The current developer wishes to express his gratitude to all of those who have supported him in his development of Dark Pawns, as well those who laid the groundwork for his current work.
Pre Version 2.0 Credits:
Conceived, masterminded, and skillfully developed by Derek L. Karnes (Serapis). World design and conception by Oddity. Thank you to Bhang, Hardcase, Farthammer, Raven, Commax, Scythe, Skarash, Skullcrusher, Grimmy, and Daniel Muller for their code, ideas, time, areas and general coolness. A special thank you to Nimos for his fantastic areas and insight into mud design.
Post Version 2.0 and Beyond:
Conception, Design, and Code R.E. Paret (Frontline)
Admin Support, Tech Support, Personal Support, and Code S. Thompson (Orodreth)
World Design and Implementation R. “Tarrant” Martin (Aralius)
Player Administration and Game Theory H. Beckmann (Hulk)
Thank you to Delirium, the Dark Pawns playtest crew, Derek Karnes for trusting me with his game, the players for sticking with us through downtime and server changes, Oro for keeping the box up and running and generally being a cool guy, Ara for running the areas aspect of the game so smoothly that I don’t have to worry about it (much), Emily for emotional support, Kate for understanding, and last but not least…
Dark Pawns was originally based on CircleMUD 3.0 beta patch-level 09, developed by Jeremy Elson. Without Jeremy and the fine example his code was to build on, Dark Pawns would never have existed. Thank you very much, Jeremy.
See also: CODE, WIZLIST, IMMLIST
### DATEShows the current real time. (Not a social) wizonly
### DCUsage: dc
DC (DisConnect) is used to disconnect a socket. If used on a playing socket, the player will lose his/her link, but, unlike PURGE, will not extract the player or dump the player’s inventory on the ground.
DC is also useful for disconnecting people who have accidentally left themselves at the main menu, or connections sitting in the “Get name” state.
See also: USERS wizonly
### DELETEIf you wish to delete your character, you may do so from the main menu, Which is displayed before entering and after quitting the game.
### DEREK RICH STEVE TARRANT HENDRIK FRONTLINE FL ORODRETH ORO ARALIUS ARA HULKShit, he’s beyond help.
### DIAGNOSEUsage: diagnose [character]
The DIAGNOSE command tells you how wounded a character looks. If you are fighting someone, you can use DIAGNOSE with no arguments to diagnose the person you’re fighting. This can be particularly useful if looking at your adversary has particularly nasty side effects.
Examples:
diagnose diagnose rasmussen
See also: CONSIDER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### DIE DEATH CONDIEWhen you die, you come back into the game in the temple. (Unless you own a CASTLE, in which case you come back into the game there.) All equipment and gold remains in your corpse at the place you died. To retrieve your objects, go back to where you died and get them from your body. Alternatively, you could RETRIEVE your corpse from the Mortician.
Every time you die, there is a chance you will lose 1 point of CONSTITUTION. If your constitution drops below 1, you will be dead forever. There are places within the game where constitution can be bought.
See also: CASTLE, CONSTITUTION, RETRIEVE
### DIGUsage: dig
Creates an exit leading
Example:
You are in room 30000.
dig e 30001
You create an exit e to 30001.
e
You are in room 30001.
w
You are in room 30000.
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### DISARMUsage: disarm
Calling upon your skills, you attempt to disarm your opponent. Failed attempts are usually pretty messy.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### DISEMBOWELUsage: disembowel
An experienced vagabond can slice open the stomach of a victim with the proper weapon, spilling their victim’s guts everywhere. Performing this procedure is tricky, however, and usually takes some time.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### DISINTEGRATION DISINTEGRATEUsage : cast ‘disintegration’
This powerful spell calls forth a beam of raw energy that can be directed by the caster. Bewhere though, this energy is very unstable and can have devastating results if not used carefully!
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### DISMOUNTUsage: dismount
Used to get off of your favorite mode of transport.
See also: MOUNT
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### DISPLAY PROMPTUsage: prompt < H | M | V | T | F | all | off >
Modify your prompt to show your hit points, mana, and/or movement points.
prompt hv Display hit points and movement points prompt t Display the status of the tank prompt f Display the status of the person you are fighting prompt all Display hit, mana, and move points, and status of tank and person you are fighting. prompt off Return to normal prompt
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### DOMINATEUsage : will ‘dominate’
The psionic forces his mental energies on the victim, over-coming any free thinking and assuming the ability to order the victim to do most anything.
See also: FOLLOW, ORDER, MASS DOMINATE
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### DONATEUsage: donate
This command takes an object that you no longer want and deposits it in the donation room of Kir Drax’in to assist newbies in getting started. There is a 50% chance objects donated will wind up in a donation room in Kir Drax’in, a 25% chance objects donated will wind up in a donation room in Kir Oshi, and a 25% chance the item will be junked.
donate shield donate all.bread donate 500 coins
See also: JUNK
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### DREAM DREAMS NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARESWhen you sleep on Dark Pawns, there is a good chance that you might DREAM. Most people in the world consider DREAMS to be harmless, but many mystics and oracles consider dreams to be very important, even prophetic. DREAMS that occur in the Wyldlands are considered especially meaningful.
It is rumored that in the magick-rich Wyldlands DREAMS have the power to physically effect the dreamer, in essence, the DREAMS become real.
Some DREAMS are known to be savage and twisted in nature. These DREAMS are normally referred to as NIGHTMARES, and like their counterpart DREAMS, are more intense in the Wyldlands. Many adventurers report that their NIGHTMARES are most intense after they have been recently reincarnated.
See Also: SLEEP
### DROPUsage: drop
If you lose interest in a carried item, you can drop it on the ground. You should always respect other players however and not leave your stuff littering the ground. To get rid of items, use JUNK or DONATE.
drop bottle drop all.bread drop all drop 1000 coins
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### DWARFDwarves are a noble race of demihumans who dwell under the earth, forging great cities and waging massive wars against the forces of chaos and evil. Dwarves also have much in common with the rocks and gems they love to work, for they are both hard and unyielding. It’s often been said that it’s easier to make a stone weep than it is to change a dwarf’s mind. Standing an average of four-and-a-half feet tall, dwarves tend to be stocky and muscular. They have ruddy cheeks and bright eyes. Their skin is typically deep tan or light brown. Their hair is usually black, gray, or brown, and worn long, though not long enough to impair vision in any way. They favor long beards and mustaches as well.
See also: RACES
### EARTHQUAKEUsage : cast ’earthquake' Accumulative: - Duration : Instantaneous Save : -
The spell causes an earthquake to occur in a small radius surrounding the caster. The earthquake will damage everyone in the room, save the caster and his or her friends.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### EAT DRINK SIP TASTEUsage: eat
If you’re hungry or thirsty, these commands are for you!
eat bread taste bread drink from cup sip fountain
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### ECHO GECHO QECHO SENDUsage: echo
ECHO displays a string to everyone in your room. GECHO displays the string to everyone in the game. QECHO displays the string to everyone with the QUEST flag. SEND displays the string to a particular person.
Examples:
### ELFecho Hi, everyone in the room. gecho Hi, everyone in the game, isn’t this annoying? send rasmussen You are being watched. wizonly
Though their lives span several human generations, elves appear at first glance to be frail when compared to man, due to their delicate and finely chiseled features. Elves have very pale complexions, which is odd because they spend a great deal of time outdoors. They tend to be slim, almost fragile, standing on average between five-and-a-half to over seven feet tall. Though they are not as sturdy as humans, elves are much more agile. Elves have learned that it is very important to understand the creatures, Both good and evil, that share their forest homes.
See also: RACES
### EMOTE :Usage: emote
Show people what you’re feeling. The shorthand is “:”.
“emote
Example:
If your name is “Helt”,
emote is feeling very sad today.
will display:
Helt is feeling very sad today.
See also: SOCIALS
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### ENCUMBRANCE WEIGHT ENCUMBERANCE PTSEncumbrance is a three-dimensional assessment of mass, weight, and occupied space. Basically it’s an assessment of how difficult something is to carry around. i.e. 2-foot lead pole and a 10-foot wooden pole have about the same encumbrance; the lead due mostly to weight; the wooden due mostly to the awkward length.
Encumbrance affects spell casting, and is measured in “points” for lack of a better unit.
### ENTERUsage: enter [place]
If you type ’enter’ while you are outdoors, you’ll enter any nearby shelter. You can also follow ’enter’ with an argument; for example, ’enter window’, or ’enter moongate'.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### EQUIPMENTUsage: equipment
Gives you a list of all the equipment you’re wearing, holding, and wielding.
See also: INVENTORY, REMOVE, WEAR
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### EVASIONThis skill will allow you to evade anyone who is tracking you, there is no Command to type; just practice the skill.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### EXAMINEUsage: examine
May give you some valuable information about an item or monster. A little more detailed than LOOK.
See also: LOOK
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### EXITSUsage: exits
Gives you a list of the obvious exits from your location. Of course, the less obvious ones won’t show up here - you have to THINK in order to locate those.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### EXPERIENCE XPWhenever you kill a monster, you earn experience points. When enough experience points are earned, you raise a level.
Things you should know about experience points:
When damaging a monster at low levels, you get experience points.
If you kill a monster of higher level than yourself, you get bonus experience points. If killing a monster of lower level you’ll gain less experience points
New players: The guard barracks on the Street of Swords is designed to help get you off to a good start in the world of Dark Pawns. Initially you are going to want to try to level just in there and the other newbie areas in Kir Drax’in. (Type HELP MAP for info on getting around the city)
Be sure to read the board in the Temple. It contains a lot of information about the game, and current events.
You also are going to want to read HELP POLICY (for the rules) and HELP NEWBIE (for any “newbish” questions)
FAQ:(and the help files to read to find the answers)
(Words in CAPITALS means type HELP
&cHow can I find out my skills/spells I have currently avaiable? &n
PRACTICE
&cHow can I find ALL the skills/spells available to my class? &n
Get HELP on your class (ie: help WARRIOR, help THIEF, etc)
&cI’m broke and hungry.. help? &n
EAT CARVE
If you are just hungry, try the bakery 1e1n of Market Square.
&cI’m a psychopath.. help? &n
BEHEAD
&cWhere’s the donation room?&n
south, west, south of the temple in Kir Drax’in.
&cAre there subclasses?&n
No.. but you can REMORT to a different class when you
reach level 30.
Also, VAMPIREs and WEREWOLVES are available for all races.
&cIs there a map?&n
HELP MAP
&cIs there rent?&n
No rent, but you must QUIT in the temple to keep your equipment.
If you are a resident of another HOMETOWN besides Kir Drax’in
you can quit in that towns quit room (generally, where you
started)
&cIs there a way to automate things, such as looting corpses and gold?&n
AUTO
&cWho is this “Someone” person?&n
When you see something like “Someone says, ‘Hi there.’” That is
an invisible person speaking to you. You would be able to see
them if you had the DETECT INVISIBILITY spell cast upon you. If
it bothers you to talk to an invisible person, you can always
request that they go VISIBLE.
&cWhat is everyone talking about on gossip?&n
You can type REVIEW to get the text of the last 25 gossips, so if
you have just logged on you can figure out what has been going on
lately in the game.
&cI’m so lost! Where do I go to get a good start?&n
Well, first of all, type RECALL. That will put you back in the
temple of Kir Drax’in. From there, go down and open the door
south into the guard training centre. This is where you are
going to begin honing your skills and advancing your levels.
Killing mobs in the city when you are a newbie is NEVER a good
idea, your best bet is to stay down in the centre for awhile.
If you get lost, use the RECALL command to put you back in the temple.
Also, read the NEWS for recent changes.
See also: HELP, HELP NEWBIE, NEWBIE
### FILLUsage: fill
If you want to fill a container you’re holding with liquid from a fountain in the same room as you.
Example:
fill canteen fountain
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### FINGER WHOISUsage : finger
Lists the level, class, name and title of
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### FIREBALLUsage : cast ‘fireball’
With a word of command, the caster shoots forth a ball of fire from his palm, incinerating the victim and dealing massive damage.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### FLAGSPlayers sometimes have FLAGS after their names in the WHO list. These flags are always in parentheses, not brackets or braces.
FLAG MEANING
(CHOSEN) Player is the Chosen of the Gods. (invis) Player is invisible; you can see him/her because you are sensitive to the presence of invisible things. (writing) Player is writing on the board; do not disturb. (mailing) Player is writing mail; do not disturb. (deaf) Player has chosen not to hear shouts. (notell) Player has chosen not to accept tells. (quest) Player is participating in a quest currently being run by the gods. (AFK) Player may be Away From the Keyboard and may not hear anything. (OUTLAW) Player is an OUTLAW.
See also: NOSHOUT, NOTELL, QUEST, STEAL, VISIBLE, OUTLAW
### FLEEUsage: flee
If you are in a fight and things are beginning to get a little uncomfortable (maybe you are dying), just type ‘flee’, and presto! You are out of harms way
Fleeing from battle will also cost you some experience points, but hey, thats what you get for wimping out.
See also: WIMPY
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### FLESH ALTER 'FLESH ALTER'Usage: alter
Flesh alter allows the mentalist to manipulate the molecules in their arm, hardening them into a weapon. While this skill is being used, no other weapon may be wielded. The weapon’s stats: tohit:(level/3)+1 todam:(level/2)+1
Level Weapon
1 - 3 club 4 - 6 dagger 7 - 9 axe (hand) 10-12 mace 13-15 flail 16-18 axe (battle) 19-21 axe (double-headed battle) 22-24 morning-star 25-27 sword (broad) 28-29 sword (long) 30 scythe
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### FLOW ROOM_FLOW ROOM_FLOW_NORTH FLOWINGThese rooms push the inhabitants in the direction specified. The message
“
Sector-based drift messages can be created if needed. (i.e. For sector wind,
perhaps “
Room inhabitants have a 50% chance of getting pushed every 10 and 15 seconds.
wizonly
### FLYUsage : cast ‘fly’
Look ma, I’m flying! Useful for getting around in places you can’t walk, like over water, deep chasms, sky castles, etc.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### FOLLOWUsage: follow
Use FOLLOW to automatically follow someone else.
Examples:
follow ras follow self
See also: GROUP, SNEAK, SHADOW
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### FORCEUsage: force <victim | all>
FORCE forces a character, either monster or player, to perform a certain action. FORCE ALL forces everyone in the game; FORCE ROOM forces everyone in your room.
Example:
force fido drop meat force all save force room look fido
If you are invisible to the one being forced, the force will be performed silently. wizonly
### FREEZE THAWUsage: freeze
FREEZE, originally invented here at CircleMUD (we think), is used to prevent a player from playing. If frozen, the game will ignore all commands entered by the player, including QUIT, until the player is unfrozen with THAW.
Obviously, this command should only be used in extreme disciplinary circumstances.
See also: SET -> FROZEN wizonly
### FRENCHDon’t you know how they kiss in France?? – try it!
### Frequently Asked QuestionsSource: darkpawns.com/faq.html
Author: R.E. Paret (Frontline)
Preserved from Wayback Machine capture
Q: What are the races available on Dark Pawns, and what are the peculiarities of each?
[Race descriptions matching and expanding on the in-game help files — each race gets a more expansive treatment on the website than in the help system.]
Q: How do I survive without a cleric?
It is nearly impossible to survive without the assistance of a cleric in your party.
Q: Booo… I died. What do I do now?
When you die, you come back into the game in the temple. All equipment and gold remains in your corpse at the place you died. Every time you die, there is a chance you will lose 1 point of CONSTITUTION. If your constitution drops below 1, you will be dead forever.
Remember that when you die, all spell affects are stripped.
Q: How do I buy back constitution?
The price becomes quite steep. At the going rate of 400 gold coins per character level, this amounts to 12,000 gold coins per point for a level-30 character.
Dark Pawns 3.0 is (finally!) out in beta.
Oh my god forums! Please please please register with your correct account name!
[A player was mudding during a lecture, got paged 20 times because their speakers were on.] Moral of the story: Turn your speakers down if you are going to mud during lecture. :)
[Post by Frontline introducing the OUTLAW system for player killing.]
### GATEUsage: cast ‘gate’
This spell, when cast in the secluded groves and magickal centers of energy where moongates normally appear, causes a portal to appear, regardless of the date or time.
This portal functions similar to other moongates; taking you to the farthest reaches of the cosmos where the moongates intersect in their faster-than-light paths of travel.
Casting this spell in a room where a gate already exists can have strange, far-reaching side-affects. Few have returned to tell what those side-affects actually are.
See also: MOONGATE
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### GET TAKE“Get” and “take” are exactly the same and can be used interchangeably.
Usage: get | take
If you find something interesting on the ground, you may use ‘get’ to pick it up. ‘get’ can also be used to extract items from containers.
Examples:
get sword corpse get all corpse get all all.bag get all.bread all.bag
See also: DROP, PUT
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### GIVEUsage: give
If you feel benevolent, you may give some stuff to someone in need.
give all ras give bread doctor give all.bronze mirlen give 40000 coins nia
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### GLANCEUsage: glance
Use GLANCE to get a rough estimate of how wounded your opponent is.
See also: DIAGNOSE
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### GOD GODSThe Gods of Dark Pawns are a mysterious lot, preferring to remain obfuscated and mysterious to the mortal population. It is known that they do speak to some mortals, however.
### GOLDUsage: gold
Displays how much gold you have. Gold is the primary currency in Dark Pawns and can be used to buy services, goods, and bribes to city officials and religious institutions.
See also: BALANCE, DEPOSIT, WITHDRAW
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### GOTO TRANS WIZTELEPORTUsage: goto
These commands are used to transports yourself and others to different rooms. GOTO allows you to go to other rooms; TRANS transports a person from wherever they are to the room YOU are in; TELEPORT transports your victim to some other location.
For both GOTO and TELEPORT, the location specifier can be either a virtual room number, or the name of a character or object.
Examples:
goto 3001 goto rasmussen trans fido teleport fido 3001 teleport fido 2.fido
See also: POOFIN, POOFOUT, SET -> ROOM, WIZAT wizonly
### GRAB HOLDUsage: grab
For getting a good grip on something; a torch, for example.
Examples:
hold torch grab stone
See also: EQUIPMENT, REMOVE, WEAR, WIELD
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### GROINRIPUsage: groinrip
A popular street-fighting move, this dirty little trick leaves ’em puking in the aisles. The victim can be male only, of course.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### GROUPUsage: group [player] group all
GROUP with no arguments shows the status of your group. GROUP
If you are a group member, then you will share experience points for killing monsters equally among the group. Experience points will only be shared among group members that are in the same location, at the time of the killing blow. Sharing is regardless of whether the group members have been participating in the fight.
Group with no argument shows a list of people with whom you are grouped. “group all” groups all people who are following you.
To make a group, a “leader” must be selected. All members of the group must then “follow” the leader using the follow command. The leader should NOT follow anyone at all! The leader can now toggle group membership for each player in the group, by using “group <player_name>”. The leader should remember to include himself in the group.
Example:
Quifael and Redferne wishes to group with Dragon.
Quifael : “follow dragon” Redferne: “follow dragon” (Dragon should be following no one but himself) Dragon : “group dragon” Dragon : “group redferne” Dragon : “group quifael”
Later when Dragon get upset at Quifael (because he is sleeping all the time) he types : “Group Quifael” to kick Quifael out of the group.
See also: EXPERIENCE, UNGROUP, XP
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### GSAY GTELLUsage: gsay
Tell something to all the members of your group, even if they’re not in the room.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### GUILD GUILDSThe Guildhouse is the place where mortals may go to escape the troubles and perils of a cruel world. Each guild is heavily guarded, so that only members may enter the building. Guilds are also the places where people come to learn and practice the skills of their trade.
&cGuild locations in Kir Drax’in: (see help MAP for more info)&n
&cThieves Guild&n - On the southern wall road.
&cWarriors Guild&n - On the Street of Swords
&cClerics Guild&n - Inside the Temple of the Cross
&cMages Guild&n - On the Street of Wizardry
&cPsionic Guild&n - On the Avenue of the Gods
&cNinja Guild&n - On the Avenue of the Gods
See also: PRACTICE
### HANDBOOKUsage: handbook
Guidelines for having an Immortal character – you should read it. wizonly
### HARMUsage : cast ‘harm’
Using this spell, a priest can inflict grievous harm upon his or her enemies.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### HASTEUsage : will ‘haste’
By use of this power, the Mystic can speed up his actions in movement as well as in combat.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### HCONTROLUsage: hcontrol build
House control, controls the addition, removal, and payments of houses. Hcontrol show will show all the houses currently defined in the game along with their last ‘rent’ payment date.
See also: HOUSE, HOUSES wizonly
### HEADBUTTUsage: headbutt
Put the hurtin’ on ’em! (But wear protection!) A successful headbutt can leave the victim reeling, as well as doing a nice amount of damage.
See also: WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### HEALUsage : cast ‘heal’
Heal will heal all the hitpoints from a person, except 1d4 points. Maximum 100 points can be healed. A victim who is blinded will also be cured by the heal spell.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### HELLFIREUsage : cast ‘hellfire’ Accumulative: No Duration : Instantaneous
Summon the flames of hell to scorch thy enemies. Let the pretenders drown in the fiery grave you create for them.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### HELP ?Usage: help [command] ? [command]
Help searches for a partial match of the entered word, including any spaces that may follow the word. Help alone will give a list of the most common commands in the game.
Examples:
help magic mis will find the help text for the magic missile spell.
help mag will match ‘magic user’ or ‘magic missile’ depending on first occurrence in the help file.
? help will give you this help file
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### HIDEWhen you type hide there is a chance that you hide in the room. If hidden you can only be “sensed” by the “sense life” spell. Even if sensed your identity will remain hidden. If you perform any action while hidden, there is a good chance that you will be discovered. It is possible to do things and remain hidden, however.
See also: SNEAK, THIEF, ASSASSIN, RANGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### HITROLL HR DAMROLL DR 'SAVING SPELL' 'SAVING THROW' THROW SAVINGHitroll, Damroll and Saving Throws are some of the raw mechanics of Dark Pawns. A few brief definitions:
Hitroll: Your chance to hit someone during combat, as applied to their AC. Plus hitroll is good, minus hitroll is bad.
Damroll: The amount of damage you do in addition to the average per round damage of your weapon. Again, plus is more damage, minus, less damage.
Saving Throws: How well your character is protected against certain specialized attacks, like spells, breath weapons, and petrification. Minus saving throws indicates better protection against a certain type.
### HOLYLIGHTUsage: holylight
A toggle which allows you to see: Invisible people and objects, even if you don’t have ‘detect invisibility’ Hidden people, even if you don’t have ‘sense life’ Dark rooms, even if you don’t have a light
It is expected most immortals will keep HOLYLIGHT on most of the time; it exists so that you have the ability to see what mortals see for debugging purposes. wizonly
### HOMEUsage: home
This command sets your load room. The standard home is 1204. Certain rooms, like other immortals private rooms, cannot be made your home. wizonly
### HOMETOWN HOMETOWNSYour hometown is the city that you have residence in. Being a citizen in Your hometown entitles you to quit there for free. Anyone can quit for free in the Temple in the free city of Kir Drax’in. Other hometowns may require you to pay a fee to become a citizen there.
Your hometown is displayed in the SCORE listing. When you recall, you Will recall to your hometown. If you quit out in your hometown, you will start there, if you quit out someplace else (like in Kir Drax’in) you will start there.
See also: RECALL, WORD OF RECALL
### HOUSEUsage: house guest
The HOUSE command is used to add or remove guests from your house’s guest list. You must be standing in your house to use this command. Only the primary owner of a house (not guests) may change the guest list using the HOUSE command.
The HOUSE command can also transfer ownership of the house from one player to another. If you do this and wish to retain access to the house, make sure the transfering character is on the guest list before you transfer!
Typing ‘house guest’ with no arguments gives a list of the people currently on your house’s guest list. Typing ‘house guest’ with the name of a player will add that player to your guest list if the player is not on the list, or will remove the player from the guest list if the player is already on the list.
The player specified must be in the player database for the MUD, although he or she does not necessarily have to be logged on at the time.
Guests of your house will be able to enter your house until you remove them from the guest list.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### HUMANHumans are the most common race on this world, and come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. The appearance of humans are not the only thing that varies about them, though, some are evil as sin, while others are good as good can be, but most you shall find on your adventures are neutral, and will just mind their own business and pay no attention to the affairs of adventurers. Also, humans are the only race that can become ninjas, the dangerous oriental mercenaries. They adapt easily to most climates, allowing them to build cities in almost any location.
See also: RACES
### IDENTIFY IDENTIFIERFerrenx the Identifer, whose shop is located off of Main Street in the City of Kir Drax’in, will identify equipment, for a price.
See also: MAP
### IDLISTThis creates a text file on the server with a list of all the items in the game. Each item is described as if it had been identified in game.
### IMOTDUsage: imotd
Displays the Immortal message of the day. This file usually contains new information on commands recently added, new features and other important information that immortals should be aware of.
See also: MOTD wizonly
### IMPLEMENTORThe most powerful being in existence.
### INACTIVEUsage: inactive
This command toggles your “inactive” status. While inactive, you don’t get hungry or thirsty, but you don’t heal or regenerate movement or mana, either.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### INFO NEWS POLICY VERSION FUTUREThese commands show you important information about Dark Pawns. It is a good idea to read them every once in a while.
info - useful information about the game for beginners faq - even more of the same useful information news - latest changes to the code and areas policy - policies on topics like player killing, multis, etc. credits - DikuMUD credits version - displays the current Dark Pawns release number future - what new things are coming down the line
See Also: INFOBAR
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### INFOBARUsage: infobar infobar <on | off>
This will allow a status bar to develop on your screen. It assumes a 24 lines by default screen. Helpful information will be there instead of in your prompt. It can be resized with the “lines” command.
See also: LINES
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### INFRAVISIONUsage : cast ‘infravision’ Accumulative: Yes (Duration) Duration : Varies by level of caster
Allows the caster to detect the heat given off by objects giving them the ability to have much better vision in dark conditions.
See also: “DETECT INVISIBILITY”
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### INN INNS CRYOGENIC CRYO RECEPTIONThere is no Rent on Dark Pawns, so just quit in the Temple in your home town, and your equipment will be saved.
See also: RENT, HOMETOWN, QUIT, REALLYQUIT
### INVENTORYUsage: inventory
If you’re uncertain about what you’re carrying, or simply want to check that no thieves have got to your backpack.
See also: EQUIPMENT, GRAB, HOLD, REMOVE, WEAR
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### INVIGORATEUsage : cast ‘invigorate’
This spell alleviates the pains of traveling, leaving the victim refreshed and ready to continue their journey.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### INVISUsage: invis [level]
INVIS sets your invisibility level. With no argument, invis toggles between making you fully visible and fully invisible. If you specify a level, only people at and above the level you specify will be able to see you.
Examples:
invis invis 31
See also: VISIBLE wizonly
### INVISIBILITYUsage : cast ‘invisibility’ <victim | object> Accumulative: No Duration : 12 hours + level/2
Makes the target of the spell invisible to everyone except those who have the “detect invisibility” spell.
See also: “DETECT INVISIBILITY”
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### INVULNERABILITY INVULN GLOBE 'GLOBE OF INVULNERABILITY'Usage : cast ‘globe of invulnerability’
Drako’s minor globe of invulnerability is an ancient spell, powerful and efficient. It protects the victim from a variety of attacks, as well as increasing resistance to certain magickal offenses.
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### JAIL GUARDS GUARD CITYGUARDKir Drax’in Law states that no violence is allowed in the city. Offenders Are thrown in jail for a short period of time – very short, due to the Number of offenses in a given day. Be warned that cityguards are given leeway to kill offenders in protection of their own lives, and of course are always to rid the city of WEREWOLVES and VAMPIRES.
See also: BRIBE
### JUNKUsage: junk
Use JUNK instead of DROP if you want to keep the world a little cleaner. If you JUNK something, it will disappear and you’ll get a few coins or experience points, just as if you had dropped it in the dump.
Examples:
junk cup junk all.bronze junk 500 coins
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### KABUKIUsage : kabuki
Named after the ancient Oriental play-acting, this skill hides the user, if
successful. You can only been sensed by the “sense life” spell, or seen by
a thorough search (The seeker types “look at
See also: NINJA
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### KENDERKender are small, kind, but somewhat annoying, elf-like beings that have recently spread across the globe. They do not seem to have any sort of kingdom and most are found just wandering throughout the lands, exploring. Although some are trained thieves, the whole of the kender race seems to have a knack for stealing, and occasionally, without even noticing it sometimes, they have been known to steal from friends and enemies alike. They act much like humans, but four things make a kender’s personality drastically different from that of a typical human. Kender are utterly fearless, insatiably curious, unstoppably mobile and independent, and will pick up anything that is not nailed down.
See also: RACE
### KICKUsage: kick
The first type of combat learned by a warrior. The success of a kick depends upon how well you are learned. The higher level you reach the harder you kick.
See also: BASH, RESCUE, WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### KILL HITUsage: kill
A good way to start a fight. Not a good idea to hit other players.
See also: FLEE, WIMPY, PK, POLICY
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### KISSWell can’t you guess?
### KUJI-KIRI RIN KYO TOH SHA KAI JIN RETSU ZAI ZHENKuji-Kiri (“nine ways cutting”) is a form of mystical meditation involving finger interlacing. The ninja is taught nine different ways to interlace his fingers, each with its own symbolic significance. By meditating on this gesture, the ninja can grant himself certain powers of a temporary (about 5 game hours) nature.
Power - Meaning - Affect
Rin - “protection” - armors the ninja Kyo - “direction of energy” - performance in battle increases Toh - “force and vulnerability” - more power, less defense Sha - “healing” - hit points increase Kai - “the strength within” - less power, more defense Zhen - “endurance” - vitality increases Retsu - “mastery of time and space” - ninja teleports Zai - “the mask of illusion” - ninja becomes invisible Jin - “regeneration” - increased healing
Usage: rin kyo toh etc….
See also: NINJA
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### LASTUsage: last <player_name>
For checking the last time a person logged on, their sitename, and their ID number.
Example:
last ras [ 24] [14 Cl] Ras : somesite.edu : Tue May 16 22:07:09 1995
See also: STAT wizonly
### LAY HANDS 'LAY HANDS'Usage: cast “lay hands”
This prayer-spell brings a flow of healing through the Paladin’s hands, restoring health to himself.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### LEAVEUsage: leave
If you feel claustrophobic, typing ’leave’ will make you use the nearest obvious exit to the outside.
See also: ENTER
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### LEG LEGEND LEGENDSThese are gods that have contributed a lot to the world that is Dark Pawns. They have decided, for whatever reason, to move onto new and better things.
Respect them, because the rest of the Pantheon does.
### LEVELSUsage: levels
Lists the levels of your class and the experience required to attain each level.
See also: CLASSES
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### LEVITATEUsage : will ’levitate’
Using the power of mind-over-matter, the psionic can levitate himself into the air, hovering 2-3 feet above the ground (or water).
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### LINESUsage: lines
lines
Allows you to set the number of lines you have to your screen. It can range anywhere from 7 to 50 inclusive. Without an argument, this command will tell you what your current screen is set at. This number is only used in the infobar and OLC for immorts.
See also: INFOBAR
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### LINK LINKLESSA lot of players have problems with their links to the game. This can be very hazardous to your health in the middle of a battle, of course.
I. If your link is broken, you will automatically attempt to flee each time someone attempts to hit you. If you manage to flee, then you will be saved by divine forces, and put in a safe place until you reconnect to the game.
II. If your link jams (freezes), you have a problem. The only solution We can give is that you break your link as quickly as possible. By breaking the link you can hope that the above procedure is initiated.
Do not try to get out of a fight by breaking link. You will be not
reimbursed for any experience or equipment if you purposefully
cut your link.
Usage: list [item type]
If you’d like to see what items a shop has for sale, take a look at the list. The list contains all of the items currently for sale and in what quantity. The price for each item is also listed. If you are interested in a particular type of item, you can specify which items to list.
Examples:
list (list all items for sale) list sword (list all swords for sale)
See also: BUY, SELL, SHOPS, VALUE
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### LOADUsage: load <mob | obj>
LOAD is used to create mobiles and objects. The first argument specifies if you are trying to load a mobile or an object; the second is the virtual number or name.
Example:
load obj 8099 You create a bulletin board.
load mob 8005 You create the receptionist.
load mob warg You create the hybrid warg.
load obj ring You’re not godly enough for that! (This is because load-by-name attempts to load lowest-vnumbered object with that name, and Tracer’s ring is above your load limit.)
See also: VNUM wizonly
### LOOKUsage: look
look [in | at] [the]
For studying your surroundings.
Examples:
look
look AT the angel look IN the bag look south (May give some information as to what is south)
Note that if you LOOK AT CORPSE you will not see its inventory. To see what’s inside a container (i.e. a corpse) use LOOK IN
Looking in directions will show you either a description of the door in that direction (if any), a generalized one line description of what lies in that direction, or the actual room itself. Players may turn off full room listings while using look [direction] by playing in BRIEF mode.
See also: EXAMINE, GET, READ, TAKE, RACE, BRIEF
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### LUAEDITUsage: lua [directory] [file[.lua]]
Edit or view a lua script depending on your level. If a filename is not provided it lists all scripts in the given directory.
Leave a script blank to delete it.
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### LYCANTHROPY WEREWOLF WEREWOLVES LYCANTHROPEWerewolves (also known as lycanthropes) are part man and part wolf, known for their excessive appetites and superior strength.
Werewolves are created by the darkest of magicks, or (more commonly) the BITE of another werewolf. Lycanthropy is almost like a disease, spreading through populations and transforming them entirely into werewolves who soon crowd themselves into extinction by devouring the available food supply – and each other.
Lycanthropes can harness the power of the moon, TRANSFORMing at night to assume their werewolf form. Based on the phase of the moon, the werewolf gains up to two times normal hitpoints (Quarter moon being the smallest gain, full moon being the largest.) Werewolves can not transform if there is no moon in the sky (i.e. in the new moon phase).
Although they can be killed like any other creature (by depleting their hitpoints), the quickest way to kill one is with a silver SPIKE through the chest. A successful spike removes all vestiges of lycanthropy from the player when they re-enter the game.
Cityguards take a disliking to lycanthropes in their cities.
Werewolves have an increased metabolism (get hungry more often than normal mortals) but can eat corpses, even though it’s not a pretty sight.
Werewolves are forced to TRANSFORM during full moons.
See Also: SPIKE TRANSFORM BITE TIME
### MAGICK MAGICMagick is defined as the energy field that surrounds the world, giving it existence. Mortals skilled in the magickal arts are able to manipulate this energy to their own benefit, either through sorcery, the violent magick of wizards, or through prayers to an idol or deity spirit, as clerics and avatars do. The civilized world fears sorcery and sorcerers for their destructive powers, but they have no problem with religious magicks. Thus, clerics and other religious powers dominate modern civilization’s societal government.
### MAGUSThe Magus represents the extreme power of magickal spellcraft, wielding power on a cosmic scale, able to create, destroy, or shape realities at whim. Because of the destabilizing effect magic has on the humanoid psyche, as well as the intense lifelong training and study, the class of Magus is remort only.
Spell list:
1 flame arrow
1 infravision
2 acid blast
2 detect invisibility
2 detect magic
3 chill touch
4 invisibility
5 burning hands
6 strength
7 shocking grasp
8 sleep
9 lightning bolt
9 blindness
10 detect poison
11 color spray
12 waterwalk
12 sense life
13 energy drain
14 curse
15 fireball
20 gate
20 hellfire
21 metalskin
22 waterbreathe
22 fly
23 group invisibility
23 flame strike
[24](/help/info/attitude-attitudes-24-atti/) enchant armor
25 disintegrate
26 enchant weapon
27 ray of disruption
28 globe of invulnerability
29 conjure elemental
30 meteor swarm
See also: REMORT
### MANAMana is used when casting spells. You must have a certain amount of mana in order to cast any particular spell. If you do not have enough mana to cast the spell you must rest until you gain enough points to cast.
### MAP—–—–—–—–—–—–* | | | | * ––––––* | | | | | | * –WG * * | | | | | | * | * * M- * | * | | | | AP--MG | | | -1- | | * GB– | | | –LM * | | * | CG | | | | | | | * AA ——T——- Z CT * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | –––––––————-––––––* | | | | | | | | | * P D | | | | * A –I B RO NG LG PG * | | J | | | | | | | | | | | | | –———–––————-––––––– | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * * TP * G * W ID Bk Jl * | | | | | | * * * | | | | | | * * * | | | | | | * – * | | | | | | | | * TG * Sl DD S – | | | | | | | | | | | | ———–––————-––––––* | |
AP = Apothecary B = Bakery Bk = Bank CG = Clerics Guild D = Donation Room DD = Dump G = Goods Store GB = Guard Barracks (new players should train here) ID = Ferrenx the Identifier J = Jeweller Jl = Jail LG = Leon’s Leather Goods LM = Lawana’s Mystical Devices M = Morgue MG = Mages Guild NG = Ninja’s Guild PG = Psionic’s Guild S = Stables Sl = Slums TG = Thieves Guild W = Weaponsmith WG = Warriors Guild Z = Zoo
### METALSKINUsage: cast ‘metalskin’
Causes the target’s skin to turn metallic, protecting them from damage.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### MINOTAURMinotaurs are either cursed humans or the offspring of minotaurs and humans. They are usually found dwelling in underground labyrinths, for they seem to have an innate ability to maneuver in these places, and do not often lose their sense of direction. Minotaurs are huge, well over seven feet tall, and their broad bodies ripple with muscles. They have the head of a bull but the body of a human male, there have been accounts of female minotaurs, but they are rare. The color of their fur ranges from brown to black, while their body coloring varies, as would a normal humans. Although they usually dwell in mazes beneath the earth, it is noted that they also see very well in forests.
See also: RACES
### MOB MOBILE NPC MOBSGeneric term for any Non-Playing Character in the game.. i.e. “monsters”.
### MOLDUsage: mold
Makes an object have a TEMPORARY name and description. This only lasts until reboot or owner’s logout, at which point the oject reverts to what it started as. Only certain objects are moldable- a halo, clay, or playdoh(tm).
Ex: > load o clay You create some clay. > mold clay shit a pile of shit The clay hardens as you magically create a pile of shit. > give shit Oddity You give a pile of shit to Oddity.
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### MOONGATE MOONThere exists an extraordinary cosmic association between the gravity of The moon and the delicate fabric of time and space. As though pulling the strings of some cosmic marionette, the moons cause radiant moongates to appear on the land below. Step through one of these shimmering corridors of light and you will be transported to a new time or place. Moongates generally appear at locations where fragments of extraterrestrial rocks called ‘moonstones’ have been buried. There are at least two types of moongates – blue and red.
Blue moongates, generated by moonstones, generally focus on the destinations in but a single world – the world in which they appear.
Red moongates, generated by the powerful Magi of the land, are summoned by magicks, and thus can be opened at any time, even during the day.
### MOTDUsage: motd
Displays the message of the day. Contains important information regarding the status of the MUD. You should be sure to read it when you login. If you miss it at login, just use this command!
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### MULTI MULTIPLAY MULTI-PLAYDark Pawns has been designed to be a challenging mud. Because of this, Playing only one char who doesn’t group with other players will prove to be tough. At first, a solo player should be able to do fine by themselves. However, it will take some time to level and earn decent equipment. Once you get into the mid levels though, going solo might prove to be extremely difficult. A level 1 player fighting a level 1 mob is about even. A level 15 player fighting a level 15 mob doesn’t probably stand a chance.
Because some players prefer to adventure alone, we have instituted a policy Of multi-playing in order to offset this somewhat. Each player may have a Total of 3 characters at any given time. More than three players is not tolerated and will be severely punished when caught (I think this policy is More than generous, why push it?) Please note, linkdead characters that are still in game count towards your three multis. Log ’em out if you aren’t using them.
Finally, if you don’t know about mud-clients: you should look into them. In a nutshell, mud-clients are front-end programs that allow you to manage aspects of mudding much easier, including multi characters. Ask a high level player about them or search them out on the web. Three popular ones are Tintin, Tinyfugue(both for UNIX shell accounts) and Zmud (Windows based). Please do not bother the Imms and Gods about mud clients!
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### MURDERUsage: murder
Kill command to hit another player. To avoid accidental flagging (i.e. trying to type “kiss Nia” but accidentally typing “kill Nia”).
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### MUSHROOMMagic mushrooms are created by clerics with the “create food” spell. The mushroom given to new players at the start of the game is edible and not poisonous.
### MUTEUsage: mute
MUTE is used to shut a player up. When muted, a player will not be able to use most communication channels until he/she is unmuted.
See also: FLAGS wizonly
### MYSTIC MYSTICSThe Mystic is an esthetic, a psionicist who has achieved a level of peace and enlightenment unknown to other mortals. The Mystic is a true master of time and space with his amazing mental powers, and can be quite a deadly foe if enraged. Mystics tend to lead a detached, intellectual lifestyle, but some have decided to use their considerable mental prowess to fight for Good or Evil. Because of the intense training needed to attain their enlightened state, the class of Mystic is Remort only.
Powers:
1 mind poke
1 flesh alter
2 psychic shield
3 lesser perception
4 mindsight
5 mind attack
6 chameleon
7 adrenaline
8 levitate
9 mind blast
11 change density
13 dream travel
15 shift reality
16 greater perception
19 dominate
21 cell adjustment
22 mirror image
[24](/help/info/attitude-attitudes-24-atti/) mental lapse
25 psiblast
26 mind bar
28 mass dominate
30 haste
See also: REMORT, CLASSES, PSIONIC
### NAMEDNamed items: These objects should have a namelist consisting of the short
descrip minus the leading article.
Example:
name: emerald ring
short_descrition: an emerald ring
long description: An emerald ring lies here.
When worn, the ring’s short descrip becomes
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### NBKNatural Born Killer
### NECKBREAKUsage: neckbreak
The trained master of ninjitsu can execute a one-time attempt to break his victims neck quickly. Success deals nearly lethal damage to the victim, failures are usually quite messy.
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### NEWBIENewbie is a term used to describe people who are new to MUDding, and sometimes just one particular MUD. As a newbie you start out with a few choice pieces of equipment and enough food to last until you gather enough money to buy more. The INFO and POLICY commands will tell you the rules and basics of Dark Pawns, and the NEWS file will keep you updated on various added features. Also, check out help FAQ, which has the answers to some of frequently asked newbie questions.
You will start out in the Temple of your home town. The first thing you should do is find your GUILD and PRACTICE your starting skills. After that, investigate the training areas available in your city. The Guard Barracks in Kir Drax’in is one of the best places to start. Once there you will be able to kill things for EXPERIENCE so you can gain levels and become more powerful.
Renting here is free, but only in certain areas, the main one being the Temple and Altar in the city of Kir Drax’in. The HELP MAP file will show you a map of Kir Drax’in, and the locations of all the stores, guilds and sub-areas within.
Once you get on your way, you’ll probably want to check out information on MULTIplaying, which the mud is designed for.
See also: FAQ, NEWS, POLICY, MULTI, MAP, CLASSES, RACES
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### NINJA NINJASThe ninja is a member of the oriental society of mercenaries; A master of the ancient secret stealth combat style called ninjitsu. They have abilities that no other class can offer. Ninja have no remort class. Because of the stealthy style of their combat, Ninjas are barred from using shields of any sort. Ninjas may only be human.
Skills list:
1 strike of revenge
2 kuji-kiri kyo
3 stealth
4 serpent kick
5 escape of the mongoose
5 kuji-kiri sha
7 kabuki
8 kuji-kiri zai
9 kuji-kiri kai
11 tiger punch
12 kuji-kiri retsu
13 subdue
15 kuji-kiri toh
17 evasion
18 kuji-kiri rin
20 dragon kick
22 kuji-kiri jin
25 kuji-kiri zhen
26 cutthroat
28 neckbreak
29 smokescreen
30 soul leech
See also: CLASSES
### NOBITSThe term “NOBITS” is mud slang for “Has no bits”. What it means, essentially, is that the item has no special affects to it. It doesn’t do anything remarkable.
### NOHASSLEUsage: nohassle
Toggles a flag to prevent aggressive monsters from attacking. wizonly
### NOISEThe noise option for mobs adds an interesting element to the mud.
The noise of the mob is heard through all the exits of his room.
Now if you create a room that can only be exited and place a noisey
mob within. The mob will project his noise through the exits into the
other rooms. A player in these rooms will hear the noises, but will
not know their origins. Application: Haunted House -moaning spirits-
: Monster cave -drums in the deep-
But the noise option doesn’t need to be limited to noises. Using
the noise option the mud simply states your noise statement as you have
written in.
O)Noise : You here the chirping of crickets.
> You hear the chirping of crickets.
With this idea in mind you can create non-noise ’noises’. Using the
noise option and the ‘hidden’ mob, you can create enviromental effects.
Ex. ‘You feel a cool breeze’, ‘You stumble on the slick floor.’
These effects will continue to occur at the same interval as regular
noises, but because the mob is unreachable and unkillable (!SUMM,SENTINEL),
The noise will never end. Application: Sea shore -breeze-
: Garbage heap -trip-
: Wet cavern -slip-
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### NOREPEATUsage: norepeat
This command toggles whether or not you see your communication echoed back to you (i.e., from commands such as SAY, SHOUT, HOLLER, GOSSIP, etc.) Useful if you have a slow connection or if it just annoys you.
See also: TOGGLE
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST UP DOWNUsage: north south east west up down
To travel in a given direction. To see directions available for travel, use EXITS or better yet AUTO EXIT.
See also: EXIT, AUTO
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### NOSHOUTUsage: noshout
NOSHOUT toggles whether or not you hear shouts. (deaf) will appear after your name in the WHO list.
See also: FLAGS, HOLLER, SHOUT, TOGGLE, WHO
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### NOSUMMONUsage: nosummon
When nosummon is on, players and monsters can not summon you easily. T his does NOT mean you are totally protected against summoning, however.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### NOTELLUsage: notell
Use NOTELL if you wish to prevent other players from using “tell” to communicate with you. (notell) will appear after your name in the WHO list if you have notell on.
See also: FLAGS, TELL, TOGGLE, WHO
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### NOTITLEUsage: notitle
Prevent players from being able to set their own titles; i.e., if the player consistently has an offensive title. The definition of offensive is left as an exercise for the reader.
See also: TITLE wizonly
### NOWIZUsage: nowiz
Allows you to hear or ignore messages coming over the wiznet.
See also: WIZNET wizonly
### NUMBER ATTACKSAll classes get a chance for a third attack at level 30, warrior and fighter-type classes get it a bit sooner. The chance for second attack is reached around level 15 to 20, depending on class.
### OBSIDIANObsidian is a spell REAGENT, used in the flame arrow spell.
See Also: REAGENT
### OFFER RENTUsage: offer rent
RENT has been disabled. See QUIT.
If you have an item that is , it will disappear when you quit.
RENT files time out with inactivity. Normal rent files (where you QUIT normally) will timeout and be deleted after 30 real life days of inactivity. This means that if you do not log into the mud every month, your items will be deleted. In the event of a crash save or idle save, the timeout period is 10 days. If for some reason the mud goes down for more than 10 days, these restrictions may be lifted.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### OLCUsage: olc [save]
Lists the olc’d areas that need saving. With the ‘save’ option, it saves all areas that need saving.
See also: REDIT, SEDIT, OEDIT, MEDIT, ZEDIT, TEDIT, SET wizonly
### OPEN CLOSE LOCK UNLOCKUsage: open | close | lock | unlock
To open, close, lock, and unlock doors, of course.
Examples:
open portal lock door unlock door south close gate
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### ORDERUsage: order
Used for ordering pets and charmed people to do your evil bidding. You can order everyone under your command with “order followers”.
Examples:
order puppy eat bread order cityguard sleep order followers kill Link
See also: CHARM
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### OUTLAW OUTLAWSYou are an OUTLAW on Dark Pawns if you have pkilled or stolen from another player. Outlaws are generally not well liked and are known to be hunted to the death by many blood-thirsty and vengeful adventurers.
Note: A player who wishes to become an OUTLAW should think long and hard about the choice, as the consequences for being an OUTLAW are as severe as one might expect.
### PAGEUsage: page <player | all>
PAGE is used to send a message, along with a beep, to another player. Use PAGE ALL to send a message and a beep to everyone in the game.
Examples:
page rasmussen Hey, are you still at the keyboard? page all GAME WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN IN 10 MINUTES
Do not abuse this command. wizonly
### PALADINPALADINS
The Paladin is the warrior of the church, sent out to further the church interests across the land in a provisional sense. Paladins are also the leaders of the churches armies, and are typically fanatical and deadly fighters who have mastered their art. Because of the large amount of training and religious study that are involved, the class of Paladin is remort only.
Skills and Spells:
1 kick
3 bash
3 rescue
4 sharpen
5 detect alignment
5 retreat
7 bearhug
8 berserk
9 track
10 lay hands
12 sleeper
13 parry
14 dispel evil
14 dispel good
15 headbutt
17 slug
20 smackheads
23 charge
25 protection from evil
25 protection from good
30 disarm
See also: REMORT
### PALMUsage : palm
Used for getting an item without getting noticed. A successful palm of an item lets you acquire it (to your inventory) with no one noticing. A failed palm is just like a normal “get
Only items in the room can be palmed, not objects in containers. The Smaller the object, the easier it is to palm.
See also: STEAL
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### PARDONUsage: pardon
Removes killer and thief flags from a player. wizonly
### PARRYUsage: parry
Used to strike a defensive stance and parry (counter) the attacks of your opponent. Most effective on opponents with multiple attacks. A successful parry will counter one of your opponents attacks. A higher dexterity means that more of your opponent’s attacks will be countered.
Parry is sometimes automatic once you have learned the skill. It occurs reflexively in combat, with greater skill providing more frequent parries.
See also: WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### PAWPansy-ass whiner; also known as “Delete me because I’m a fool”
### PEEKUsage: peek
When being caught staring could be bad for your health, peek lets you size
up your victim without being noticed. A failed peek is just like a normal
“look
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### PK 'PLAYER KILLING' PKILL PKILLING PKILLERPlayer killing is allowed on Dark Pawns but, as in life, there can be serious consequences to killing another intelligent being.
If you kill another player, you will be flagged as an OUTLAW. OUTLAWS are not well liked by the “civilized” city-states on Dark Pawns, and they are likely to take measures to keep OUTLAWS out of their cities. In addition, some vigilante-type mobs are known to hunt OUTLAWS for bounties, or just for fun.
Werewolves and Vampires are not considered “mortal” and thus can be staked without any flagging. Also, there is no flagging for killing an OUTLAW character.
Players under level 10 are protected from being pkilled, and they are also prohibited from pkilling.
Stealing items from another players corpse is prohibited. The only situation that this is allowed in is with the case of recovery of an item which has been stolen by the killed player. If this is the case, expect to be able to prove it.
### POINTUsage: point
point
Used for… pointing things out. Remember what your mother said however… its not nice to point.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### POISONUsage : cast ‘poison’ <victim | food | drink> Accumulative: No. Duration : Permanent on food and drinks.
Casting poison on food or drink (containers) will poison it. Eating poisoned food/drinks will poison the person eating or drinking.
A person who is poisoned will suffer damage every hour, lose strength, and regenerate less points than usual.
See also: “REMOVE POISON”, “DETECT POISON”
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### POOFIN POOFOUTUsage: poofin
Sets the message seen by players when you use GOTO to move to a different
room. POOFIN with no argument resets your poofin to the default “
Ex: poofin You cream as Ayesha enters the room. poofout Your heart melts as Antryg blows kisses and walks away.
### POURUsage: pour
If you want to pour some liquid from one container to another. Pouring out simply empties the contents of the container onto the ground.
Examples:
pour canteen cup pour cup out
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### PRACTICE PRACTICE TRAINUsage: practice [skill or spell name]
Practice is the way you improve your spells and skills. You can only do
so in your guild, where your guildmaster can help you train. Type
“practice
If you type practice anywhere other than in your guild, you will get a List of all of the spells and skills you know and your level of proficiency At each. For spells, you also get your current mana cost to cast them.
Everyday use of certain skills also improves them.
Practice sessions are gained when you level, and based on your wisdom. The amount you learn in each session is based on your intelligence.
See also: CLASSES
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### PSIBLASTUsage : will ‘psiblast’
This incredibly powerful psionic attack is capable of devastating an opponent. The psionic must be careful, however, for this power is difficult to control. There is a chance that a psiblast might backfire on the psionic, causing permanent brain damage to him or her.
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### PSIONICIST PSIONICS PSIONIST PSIONIC PSIONICSA Psionicist (Psionic) is the master of the mind. The amazing mental abilities of this class can be a very powerful assistant in battle.
List of Powers:
1 mind poke
1 flesh alter
2 psychic shield
3 lesser perception
4 mindsight
5 mind attack
6 chameleon
7 adrenaline
8 levitate
9 mind blast
11 change density
13 dream travel
15 shift reality
18 greater perception
20 dominate
22 mirror image
23 cell adjustment
25 mental lapse
26 psiblast
28 mind bar
See also: WILL, CLASSES
### PSTEAL 'PLAYER STEALING' PSTEALINGStealing from other players is allowed on Dark Pawns.
To steal from other players, you must be flagged as an OUTLAW. All the gorey details of this flag are listed in its help file.
You may NEVER junk equipment that you have stolen from other characters. Junking of stolen equipment represents an irreplacable loss to the character whose item it was. If you junk equipment you steal, you will be removed from the game.
If you decide to move stolen items from your OUTLAW character to one of your non-outlaw multis, expect your multi to be flagged OUTLAW. Repeated abuses of this will likely result in your deletion.
You can only steal from other players who are +/- 3 levels from you.
Stealing items from other players corpses is prohibited. However, if you swipe someone’s gear and they kill you and take it back, you’ve got no room to complain.
### PUDDLE PUDDLESPuddles are formations of liquid occurring from rain or other liquid Collecting in one spot. They dry up and disappear after a short time, or after their contents are consumed.
### PURGEUsage: purge [name]
Purge destroys things. If used with no arguments, it will clear a room of all mobiles and objects, but will not harm players. If the argument is an object, that object (and all of its contents, if any) will be destroyed. If the argument is a mobile, the mobile will be destroyed, leaving its inventory and equipment lying on the ground.
If the argument is the name of a player, the player’s inventory and equipment will drop on the ground and the player will lose his/her connection. For this reason, PURGE should only be used on players in disciplinary situations.
Examples:
purge purge Pom purge sword purge dragon
See also: DC wizonly
### PURGEPLAYThis is done periodically by an admin to clean out stale players. These are the cut off points for those players (and gods in fact):
Level Time Idle (to be purged) 1 10 days 2-4 20 days 5-10 30 days 11-30 60 days Immortal 120 days Gods 120 days
This is going to be done every few months when the player file grows too big. That is the way it has to be, there were too many non-players in that database.
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### PUTUsage: put
For putting items into containers.
Examples:
put bread bag put all.bread bag put all chest
See also: GET
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### QSAYUsage: qsay
To tell something to everyone on the current Quest.
See also: QUEST
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### QUAFF POTION POTIONSUsage: quaff
Quaff is used to “drink” a (magical) potion. The magic will take effect immediately, for better or for worse…
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### QUESTUsage: quest
This simple toggle command merely informs the Powers that Be that you wish to participate in the currently running Quest. If an immortal is running a Quest and needs to know who wishes to participate, he/she will ask players to turn on their Quest flags using this QUEST command if they are interested in the Quest. It also allows you to listen in on the quest channel and receive information specific to the quest.
See also: QSAY
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### QUI SHUTDOWJust to prevent accidental quittings and/or shutdowns. This command doesn’t DO anything, it simply is.
See also: QUIT
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### QUITWhen you get tired of playing, you can leave the game by typing ‘quit’. There is no RENT on Dark Pawns. Your equipment is saved as long as you quit out in a safe area. To see a list of how long your equipment is saved for, type HELP RENT.
Again, to keep your items, you must quit in the safe area in your hometown. The safe areas are the Temple of the Unholy in Kir Drax’in, The public temple in Kir-Oshi, and the ziggurat in Alaozar.
If you have to type REALLYQUIT to leave the game, your items did not save, and were dropped on the ground in the room you quit out in.
See Also: HOMETOWN, RECALL, WORD OF RECALL, RENT, REALLYQUIT
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### RACE RACESYour race is pretty much class independent; Certain things are affected, Such as: The type of terrain you survive best in: RAKSHASA: desert MINOTAUR: forest ELF: forest DWARF: mountains KENDER: fairly good everywhere. HUMAN: fairly good everywhere. SSAUR: swamp
Magick resistance: Elves and Dwarves are a bit heartier in this area.
Attitudes: Humans abound, so they are often suspicious of other races and give preferential treatment to their own kind. Kenders have a tendency to ‘acquire’ things unwittingly, and make excellent thieves.
Each race has its own language.
See also: RSAY MINOTAUR RAKSHASA ELF DWARF KENDER HUMAN SSAUR
### RAKSHASARakshasas are a race of malevolent spirits encased in flesh that hunt and torment humanity. No one knows where these creatures originate, some say they are the embodiment of nightmares. The only way to describe their form is that they are humanoid tigers, with hands whose palms curve backward, away from the body. Most of the worlds rakshasa are evil, but recently many have decided to stop their tyrannical living and become adventurers, although they still retain their fondness towards the great sandy wastes of their homeland.
See also: RACES
### RANGER RANGERSRangers are the warriors and guardians of the wilderness. They are skilled in tracking and hunting, and make very good guides. Rangers can be found worldwide, in deserts, swamps, or any other type of open, undeveloped land. Rangers hail mainly from races whose cultures are agrarian instead of urban, and they detest the smell of cities and industry. Because of the skill required to master their environment, the class of Ranger is a remort class only.
Skill list:
1 kick
2 scrounge
3 bash
4 sharpen
5 rescue
6 first aid
6 retreat
7 bearhug
8 search
9 track
10 hide
11 sense life
12 sleeper
13 parry
15 headbutt
17 slug
19 scout
22 charge
23 ambush
26 shoot
30 disarm
Usage: read
When you want to read something.
READ is also used to read messages on bulletin boards; type HELP BOARDS for more information.
Example:
read note
See also: BOARDS
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### REAGENT REAGENTS COMPONENTS COMPONENTReagents (or spell components) are used to cast (or enhance the casting) Of magickal spells. Some very powerful spells can only be perfected by obtaining the correct components.
The reagents necessary for spells can be found throughout the world, and documentation on their use is in various scattered spell books. Reagents for widely known spells can be found at Apothcaries in any major city.
### REALLYQUITUse this command if you really want to quit and lose all your equipment. It will fall to the ground and will not be on your character when you re-enter the game. To quit and keep your equipment, see help on QUIT.
See also: QUIT
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### RECALLUsage: recall
For new players, this command will send you to the Temple of the Unholy in the main town of Kir Drax’in.
See also: “WORD OF RECALL”, QUIT, HOMETOWN
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### RECHARGE RECHARGERFind the recharger and he will recharge your staves and wands, for a price. Recharging decreases the max charges for the object. The recharger himself has more info on the subject.
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### RECITE SCROLL SCROLLSUsage: recite
Is used to “read” a magical scroll. Target can be an object, character or nothing (which defaults to yourself). When read, scrolls will dissolve. Some scrolls may contain more than one spell.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Recall scrolls cannot be used during combat. You must be out of battle to use a recall scroll.
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### REDIT SEDIT OEDIT MEDIT ZEDIT TEDITUsage:
redit - edit the room you are standing in
redit
zedit - edit the zone info for the room
you are standing in
zedit
oedit
medit
sedit
tedit - list text files
tedit
set
WARNING: This OLC will let you set values to values that shouldn’t be set. For example, it’ll let you set a mobile with a GROUP flag. This is good in the sense that it allows you to test anything you please, but bad in the sense that builders can crash the mud with ease. (Hey, that rhymes!). /**************************************************************** In short: If you don’t know what it does, ask before using it!!!! ****************************************************************/
See also: SET OLC RLIST wizonly
### REIMBURSE REIMBURSEMENTIf you loose your equipment as a result of a crash or other game error, a god will most likely reimburse you. To get a reimbursement, simple put something along the lines of “needs to Talk to a God” in your TITLE. Reimbursements are not offered if you are looted by another player, or are looted by a mob.
See also: POLICY
### RELOADUsage: reload < ‘*’ | all | file >
Reload is used to reload text files such as the MOTD from disk into memory. reload * reloads all the text files below.
Valid files are:
background (/mud_dir/lib/text/background) credits (/mud_dir/lib/text/credits) handbook (/mud_dir/lib/text/handbook) help (/mud_dir/lib/text/help) immlist (/mud_dir/lib/text/immlist) imotd (/mud_dir/lib/text/imotd) news (/mud_dir/lib/text/news) motd (/mud_dir/lib/text/motd) info (/mud_dir/lib/text/info) policy (/mud_dir/lib/text/policies) wizlist (/mud_dir/lib/text/wizlist) xhelp (/mud_dir/lib/text/help/*) future (/mud_dir/lib/text/future)
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### REMORT IMMORT REMORTING IMMORTING IMMORTALITYRemorting: Once you reach level 30 (and find the remorter) you can remort, becoming A level 1 again, and you will be a member of a remort class. Remorts gain special bonuses, including some or all of: higher hit-points/mana/moves, no thirst, no hunger, higher statistics, and improved skills. Remorts keep all of their equipment, gold, and statistics.
This is the progression chart for first time remorts:
Original Class Remort Class Warrior ——-> Paladin or Ranger Cleric ——-> Avatar Thief ——-> Assassin Mage ——-> Magus Psionic ——-> Mystic
There is no remort class for ninjas. Players who choose to remort a second or third time will gain no new remort class, but they will reap the benefits of further increased abilities and other special bonuses. Remorting will raise two of your statistics in the following order: Constitution, Strength, Wisdom, Intelligence, Dexterity, Charisma. When you have “perfect” statistics, you will no longer need food or drink.
Immortality: In most cases, immortality will not be offered until you have remorted at least once. Should immortality be offered to you, the details and conditions of godhood will be explained at that time. If you wish to immort, let a god know. Only a certain number of positions are available.
See also: GODS, WIZLIST, IMMLIST
### REMOVEUsage: remove
If you tire of wearing some armor or wielding a weapon, remove it.
Examples:
remove boots remove sword remove all remove all.bronze
See also: GRAB, HOLD, WEAR, WIELD
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### REPLY .Usage: reply
This command will send a reply to the last person to send you a message
using TELL. It works just as if you had typed ’tell
Example:
Ras tells you, ‘Hi!’
reply hey You tell Ras, ‘hey’
Someone tells you, ‘I am your secret admirer.’
. Who are you? You tell someone, ‘Who are you?’
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### REPORTUsage: report
This command sends a report of your current health, as well as other general statistics, to everyone in the room that you are currently in.
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### REROLLUsage: reroll
REROLL gives a player new stats (i.e., Str, Int, Wis, Dex, Con, and Cha)
See also: STAT wizonly
### RESCUEUsage: rescue
This command is useful if you want to try and make an attacker hit you instead of your poor friend who is being pummeled. You can only ’turn' one monster for each rescue attempt. This is very useful when playing in groups, of course.
Example:
rescue Yankee
See also: WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
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### RESTOREUsage: restore <player | mobile>
RESTORE restores a player or mobile to full hit, mana, and movement points. If used on immortals, it also sets all skill levels to 100%. wizonly
### RETREATUsage: retreat
A successful retreat while fighting results in your leaving battle without losing the experience points that incurs from fleeing. If your WIMPY is triggered during battle, you may be able to retreat instead of fleeing.
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### RETRIEVEUsage: retrieve
You can retrieve your corpse for a price at any skilled Mortician in the realms. These Morticians are known to be few and far between however. Also, certain practitioners of the Black Arts are known to be able to retrieve corpses, but their motives are probably less than respectable.
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### RETURNUsage: return
RETURN returns you to your regular body if you are switched into a mob.
See also: SWITCH wizonly
### REVIEWUsage: review
Lets you review the last 25 gossips.
See also: GOSSIP
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### RIDE MOUNT MOUNTSUsage: ride
Used to mount your favorite mode of transport.
See also: DISMOUNT
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### RLIST MLIST OLIST ZLISTUsage: rlist
Lists the rooms in a zone (rlist), objects in a zone (olist), mobs in a zone (mlist), or zone-commands in a zone (zlist). wizonly
### ROOMFLAGSUsage: roomflags
Toggles a flag which causes the virtual room number and room flags, if any, to be displayed next to room names. wizonly
### RSAYUsage: rsay
Rsay (race-say) lets you speak in your own native tongue. Those not of your race see a gibberish-type message. Careful.. this message IS decipherable.
See also: RACE
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### SANCTUARYUsage : cast ‘sanctuary’
When protected by sanctuary
See also: HOLY WARD, HOLY SHIELD, BLESS
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### SAVEUsage: save
Save your persona. This includes experience points, strength, gold, etc. Your equipment is also saved in the (unlikely?) event of a crash. The game periodically auto-saves you and your equipment, so it is not necessary to have your client auto-save you as well.
You CANNOT load a saved version if you die – your persona still exists, but you will lose experience, and all your objects stay in the game, with your corpse.
Note that the SAVE command only saves your equipment in the event of a crash. If you are leaving the game normally, SAVE will NOT save your equipment - You must quit out at a temple.
See also: HOMETOWN, QUIT, DEATH, REALLYQUIT
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### SAY TELL ASK WHISPER SHOUT HOLLER 'Usage: say | shout | holler
If you consider communicating with other beings, you might be understood better if you start your sentences with either say, tell, whisper or shout.
Examples:
say Hey, does anyone know how to get to Oz? tell catje hi, how are you?
You can use ’ as a shorthand for say, as in:
’ hello there.
Shout broadcasts your message to everyone is your geographic zone. Holler broadcasts to everyone in the game but costs 20 movement points. You must be level 2 before you can use shout or holler.
See also: AUCTION, GOSSIP, GSAY, NOREPEAT, QSAY, REPLY
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### SCOREUsage: score
Provides useful information on your status such as age, hit points, mana, movement points, armor class, alignment, experience points, gold on hand, how long you’ve been playing, and your level.
See also: AC, EXPERIENCE, SPELLS, ABILITIES
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### SCOUTUsage: scout
Rangers are superior scouts, and they can use their scouting abilities to determine what lies in a specific direction. This can be useful in finding difficult to track persons, as well as assessing the size of an enemy force and avoiding certain natural pitfalls.
See also: RANGER
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### SCROUNGEUsage: scrounge
The skilled Ranger can scrounge up a meal anywhere, just by feeding off of the land.
See also: RANGER
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### SEARCH SECRET DOORS DOOR DETECTUsage: search
Using this command, an adventurer calls upon his skills in detection, Surveying every inch of the room for a secret door or hidden entrance. Classes that excel in this ability are Thieves, Assassins, and Rangers. Elves also have an uncanny knack of being able to spot secret entrances.
See also: THIEF, ASSASSIN, RANGER
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### SELLUsage: sell [#]
If you’d like to sell an item to a shopkeeper, trying selling it to them. Most shops specialize in what they will buy, so you may have to look around to find a buyer for your items.
Examples:
sell sword (sell the first sword in your inventory) sell 3 sword (sell the first three swords in your inventory)
See also: BUY, LIST, SHOPS, VALUE
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### SERAPISThe Egyptian God of the Underworld. Show respect.
### SETUsage: set [ file | player ]
SET is an extremely powerful command, capable of setting dozens of aspects of characters, both players and mobiles.
SET PLAYER forces set to look for a player and not a mobile; useful for players with names such as ‘guard’.
SET FILE lets you change players who are not logged on. If you use SET FILE on a player who IS logged on, your change will be lost. If you wish to set a player who is in the game but is linkless, use set twice – once with the FILE argument, and once without – to make sure that the change takes.
For toggled fields (BINARY), the value must be ON, OFF, YES, or NO.
The following are valid fields:
{ "brief", LVL_GOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "invstart", LVL_GOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "title", LVL_GOD, PC, MISC },
{ "nosummon", LVL_GRGOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "maxhit", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "maxmana", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "maxmove", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "hit", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "mana", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "move", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "align", LVL_GOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "str", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "stradd", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "int", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "wis", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "dex", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "con", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "sex", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, MISC },
{ "ac", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "gold", LVL_GOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "bank", LVL_GOD, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "exp", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "hitroll", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "damroll", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "invis", LVL_IMPL, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "nohassle", LVL_GRGOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "frozen", LVL_FREEZE, PC, BINARY },
{ "practices", LVL_GRGOD, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "lessons", LVL_GRGOD, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "drunk", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, MISC },
{ "hunger", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, MISC },
{ "thirst", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, MISC },
{ "outlaw", LVL_GOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "name", LVL_GRGOD, PC, MISC },
{ "level", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "room", LVL_IMPL, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "roomflag", LVL_GRGOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "siteok", LVL_GRGOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "deleted", LVL_GRGOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "class", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, MISC },
{ "nowizlist", LVL_GOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "quest", LVL_GOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "loadroom", LVL_GRGOD, PC, MISC },
{ "color", LVL_GOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "idnum", LVL_IMPL-1, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "passwd", LVL_IMPL-1, PC, MISC },
{ "nodelete", LVL_GOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "cha", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "olc", LVL_SET_BUILD, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "race", LVL_GOD, PC, MISC },
{ "kills", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "pks", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "deaths", LVL_GRGOD, BOTH, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "home", LVL_GRGOD, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "tattoo", LVL_GRGOD, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "origcon", LVL_GRGOD, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
{ "chosen", LVL_GRGOD, PC, BINARY },
{ "clan", LVL_GRGOD, PC, [NUMBER](/help/info/number-attacks/) },
See also: STAT wizonly
### SETHUNTUsage: sethunt
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### SHADOWUsage: shadow
Use this command to unobtrusively follow your victim. When used in conjunction with the sneak and hide skills, a successful shadower can be virtually undetectable.
See also: FOLLOW, THIEF, ASSASSIN
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### SHARPENUsage: sharpen
This skill works only on bladed weapons of a certain quality. Magickal blades can not be sharpened. Sharpened blades do more damage.
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### SHOOT BOW ARROWUsage: shoot
Example: shoot arrow east janitor shoot quarrel up anybody
You must be wielding a missile weapon, such as a bow, and carrying the
projectile. You can’t shoot while fighting. If the
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### SHOPSShops are places where the adventurer may purchase equipment for his quests, and where he may sell his treasure if he should manage to survive the perils with his life and sanity intact. Many shops trade only in a specific type of merchandise. Thus, a baker may well refuse to buy your armor, even if it is of high quality!
To some people, the prospect of obtaining the entire inventory of a shop By murdering the keeper may appear tempting - but beware: The shopkeepers are often rugged, capable men; roughened by years of trading and, indeed, surviving in a world where the only safe prospect is death in the end.
See also: BUY, SELL, LIST, VALUE
### SHOWUsage: show
Valid Modes:
death errors godrooms houses player rent shops stats zones tattoos aggr
The SHOW command displays information. Some modes of show require additional information, such as a player name.
death: Shows all death traps in the game. errors: Shows errant rooms. godrooms: Shows the rooms in the ‘god zone’. houses: Shows the houses that are currently defined. player: Shows player summary information, simply provide a player name. rent: Shows the filename and path to a players rent file. shops: Shows all the shops in the game and their buy/sell parameters. stats: Shows game status information including players in game, mobs etc. zones: Shows all the zones in the game and their current reset status. An age of -1 means it is in the ’to be reset next’ queue. tattoos: Shows a list of available tattoo index numbers aggr: Shows a list of attitude mobs
See also: STAT, ZRESET wizonly
### SHUTDOWNUsage: shutdown [reboot | die | pause]
SHUTDOWN shuts the MUD down. The SHUTDOWN command works in conjunction with CircleMUD’s ‘autorun’ script. If you are not using autorun, the arguments are meaningless. If you are using autorun, the following arguments are available:
REBOOT Pause only 5 seconds instead of the normal 40 before trying to restart the MUD.
DIE Kill the autorun script; the MUD will not reboot until autorun is explicitly run again.
PAUSE Create a file called ‘paused’ in Circle’s root directory; do not try to restart the MUD until ‘paused’ is removed. wizonly
### SKILLSETUsage: skillset
Sets the specified skill to the specified value.
See also: SET wizonly
### SLEEPSLEEP is both a command and the name of a spell.
The SLEEP command puts you to sleep, allowing you to regain your health more quickly. You will be largely unaware of your surroundings while asleep. You can awaken yourself with the WAKE command.
The SLEEP spell forces the victim into a magical sleep such that they Cannot be awakened until the spell wears off.
Usage : cast ‘sleep’
If failing saving throw versus spell, the person will fall asleep. A person who is affected by sleep can only be awakened if attacked.
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### SLEEPERThe legendary sleeper hold. Just grab your opponent by the neck and soon its sleepy time for them. Zzzzz.
Note: sleeper works best on humanoid-types and some people may be too big or too strong to knock unconscious using this method. Also, you must be bare-handed to sleeper someone.
See also: WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
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### SLOWUsage : cast ‘slow’
Sends the forces of time against the victim, causing him to slow down In relation to other PC’s and NPC’s in the game. Primarily, this affects Combat and skill use.
See also: HASTE
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### SLOWNSUsage: slowns
Toggles whether or not IP addresses are resolved into readable site names. If slow nameserver is enabled, USERS will show only IP addresses. (128.123.222.111 etc).
See also: USERS wizonly
### SLUGUsage: slug
This is a devastating blow, used to by the bare-handed warrior to rattle a little sense into the victim.
See also: WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
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### SMACKHEADSUsage: smackheads
Ex: smackheads warg janitor smackheads cityguard 2.cityguard
Grab some hair and bash their brains! Only thing more satisfying than smacking two heads together is… well, there’s not much more satisfying in battle, at least.
See also: COMBAT, WARRIOR, PALADIN, RANGER
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### SMILEWhenever you feel like smiling…
### SMOKESCREEN SMOKEUsage : cast ‘smokescreen’ Accumulative: No Duration : varies per level of caster
This spell creates a blinding cloud of acrid smoke that affects everyone In the room except the caster and those in his or her group.
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### SNEAKUsage: sneak
Used for sneaking (moving in and out of rooms without anyone taking notice). When you type sneak, there is no way to know if you’re actually sneaking. If you successfully sneak, then you’ll continue to sneak for a little while.
See also: HIDE, STEALTH, THIEF, ASSASSIN
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### SNOOPUsage: snoop [player]
Snoop allows you to listen in on another player’s session; everything the player sees or types will be displayed on your terminal preceded by a ‘%’.
Obviously, there are many ethical considerations to the use of this command; snoop should be used minimally, and only for disciplinary purposes.
Type snoop
Snowball is just a social – it prints a funny message, and nothing more. wizonly
### SOCIALSUsage:
Socials are commands used to show your affective state to others. The actor, victim and bystanders may receive different messages. Generally, social commands are used only to express emotion and not to take action, but it is possible that some mobs (or players) will take action based on the social. (Slap a dragon lately?)
Example:
shake homer applaud marge stare
The SOCIALS command generates a canonical listing of all available socials.
socials
See also: EMOTE
### SOMEONEWhen you see something like:
Someone gossips, ‘Anyone want to group?’.
or
Someone says, ‘Hey there!’.
This means that the person that is speaking is INVISIBLE to you, you cannot see them for whatever reason.
### SPELL SPELLSSpells are cast with the command CAST, in the form:
CAST ‘
Damage, duration and effectiveness depends on a number of factors, from caster’s level, to victim’s saving throw. See help on the individual spell names for more information.
### SPIKE STAKEYou must be holding the correct spike or stake for your form of beastly target, and it must be done while the target is in beastly form. A failed save throw by the beast results in immediate, painful death and loss of beastliness. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.00.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### SPLITUsage: split
Split is used to split money among people in your group who are in the same room as you. If you are in a group with 4 other people, all of whom are in the same room with you, and you type SPLIT 100, you will give each of the other 4 group members 20 coins each. (100 coins is split 5 ways; you keep your share and give everyone else their share).
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### SSAURSsaurs are a relatively new race in the world. They are a more evolved type of lizardman, and most are more intelligent than their aggressive ancestors, and for that are shunned from the lizardman tribes, and the few that are born into those tribes are cast out almost as soon as they are hatched. Other than the intelligence, they appear to be the same as lizardman, although less evil-looking. Ssaurs spend most of their lives in swamps and marshes, but some have been known to adventure far away from their homes.
See also: RACES
### STATUsage: stat [player | object | mobile | file | room]
Gives information about players, monsters, and objects in the game. The type argument is optional.
STAT PLAYER will search only for players; useful for statting people with names such as Red or Cityguard.
STAT OBJECT will search only for objects.
STAT MOBILE will search only for monsters.
STAT FILE is used to stat players who are not logged in; the information displayed comes from the playerfile.
STAT ROOM is used to stat the room.
Examples:
stat fido stat player red stat mobile red stat file niandra stat object thunderbolt stat room
See also: VSTAT wizonly
### STEALUsage: steal
Use steal to steal gold or items from people. The chance of not getting caught depends on how well you have practiced steal, and if the person is asleep.
Stealing from players is probably not a good idea at all.
Examples:
steal gold drunk steal sword mercenary (If it’s wielded, only possible if he is sleeping)
See also: FLAGS, PSTEAL, THIEF, ASSASSIN
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### STEALTHUsage: stealth
Used for moving stealthily (in and out of rooms without anyone taking notice). When you type stealth, there is no way to know if you’re actually moving stealthily. If you are successful, then you’ll continue to move unnoticed for a little while.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### STRINGUsage: string
For changing the text-strings associated with objects and characters. The format is:
Type is either ‘obj’ or ‘mob’.
Field is one of the following(the names may be abbreviated):
Name (the call-name of an obj/char - kill giant) Short (for inventory lists (obj’s) and actions (char’s)) Long (for when obj/character is seen in room) Title (for players) Description (For look at. For obj’s, must be followed by a keyword) Delete-description (only for obj’s. Must be followed by keyword)
Where a string is expected as the last argument, a newline will make you enter a string mode, and the game will prompt you for new lines to the string until you exceed the maximum length for the string or you end a line with a ‘@’.
Players currently cannot be strung. wizonly
### SUBDUEUsage: subdue
When you don’t want to kill them (right away), subdue them. This command, When executed successfully, leaves the victim stunned and unable to move until the next tick of the game clock. A successful subdue maneuver leaves the victim unknowing who subdued them.
See also: THIEF, NINJA, ASSASSIN
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### SUMMONUsage : cast ‘summon’
Will summon a person of the name spoken. It is not possible to summon Someone of three or more levels above yourself. If you attempt to summon a monster, it will get a saving throw, and won’t appreciate the summon if it succeeds.
The summon spell requires that a GLYPH OF SUMMONING be present in the Room for it to succeed.
You can’t summon a monster to a peaceful room, and you can’t summon
On a failed summon attempt,
See also: NOSUMMON
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### SWITCHUsage: switch
SWITCH is used to take over the body of mobiles; useful for interactive adventures. If the monster in which you are switched is killed you will be returned to your own body.
See also: RETURN wizonly
### SYSFILEUsage: sysfile
bugs todo ideas typos
The SYSFILE command displays information submitted by the players as well as the time and location.
bugs: Displays reported bugs. todo: Displays a list of items submitted by Immortals to do at a later time. ideas: Displays player ideas and suggestions. typos: Displays typographical or grammatical errors.
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### SYSLOGUsage: syslog [off | brief | normal | complete]
The SYSLOG command controls how detailed of an on-line system log you see. Messages surrounded by ‘[’ and ‘]’ are syslog messages and are in green if you have color on.
The messages you receive are level dependent.
Examples:
syslog complete syslog off
See also: COLOR wizonly
### TAG ITUsage: tag
They’re IT! Used to start a game of tag or tag another player after you have been tagged IT.
See also: ANNOYING GAMES
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### TANKThe tank is defined as “the person being hit by the person you are fighting.”
See also: COMBAT
### TATTOO TATTOOS TATOO TATOOSTattoos are available from tattooists in most major cities, plus various
traveling magi knowledgeable of the art. LIST lists available tattoos,
BUY
Some tattoos give a bonus to statistics, other cast spells (usable once per day). Tattoos are permanent until you die, or removed by a god (via a quest).
Due to the magickal nature of tattoos, only one tattoo can be worn at a time.
### TERRY KATEMmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMmmmmm ain’t she fine?!?!
### THIEF THIEVESThieves are known to have very special qualities, that no other class
offers. Their specialty tends to be in the darker, sneakier art.
Many of these qualities can come in handy in many situations, such as
picking locks. Because of their sneaky nature, the thief class is
barred from using shields of any sort.
Skill list:
1 peek
1 backstab
1 compare
2 sneak
3 steal
3 palm
4 pick lock
5 hide
7 appraise
8 search
9 trip
11 subdue
15 circle
18 groinrip
20 cutthroat
27 disembowel
See also: CLASSES
### THINKUsage: think
Lets others see what you’re thinking!
See also: SOCIALS
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### TICKForces a game tick to occur. wizonly
### TIMEUsage: time
Gives you the current game time. Your initial reaction to the output of this command may be one of surprise, but you’ll get used to it. You’ll have to, at any rate, since certain things in the game depend on this particular notion of time; the opening hours of the shops, for example.
Also listed is the phase of the moon; this is important to VAMPIREs and WEREWOLVES, as the fullness of the moon decides the bonuses they get (mana and hit points, respectively.) During the nights of a full moon, they are forced to TRANSFORM. Moon phase also affects MOONGATES.
See also: WEREWOLF, VAMPIRE, TRANSFORM, MOONGATE, GATE
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### TITANThese beings have moved beyond mere immortality, and into godhood…
See also: WIZLIST, IMMLIST, GODS
### TITLEUsage: title
Sets the title people see on the WHO list and when you’re in the room with them. You can’t use parentheses (the “(” and “)” characters) because those are reserved for flags.
Do not abuse this command; if you do, it will be taken from you.
See also: FLAGS, WHO
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### TOGGLEUsage: toggle
TOGGLE shows you the current values of various toggles available on the MUD. This command CAN NOT be used to change these values (see related commands.) All of these toggles remain the same until you change them; i.e. they are saved when you quit or rent.
See also: BRIEF, COMPACT, DISPLAY, NOSHOUT, NOSUMMON, NOTELL, QUEST
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands NOREPEAT, WIMP
### TRACKUsage: track
Used for finding the first step on the shortest route to another person. A Failed attempt results in the wrong direction. Some people are more difficult to track than others. Tracking also doesn’t work very well when it is raining outside, or if there is a body of water separating you from your target.
Example:
track warg You sense a trail south from here!
See also: EVASION
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### TRANSFORMUsage: transform
This command allows lycanthropes and vampires to change form from common man into nightbreed. Beast-shape can only be assumed during the night hours, and only be shed during the day – once you transform, there’s no going back until the next dusk/dawn.
See Also: VAMPIRE LYCANTHROPE TIME STAKE SPIKE
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### TRIPUsage: trip
Causes the victim to fall, leaving them open for more damage.
See also: COMBAT
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### TURNWith this power, a cleric or avatar can cause undead forces in the same room to flee from his presence. This power varies with level, and low level clerics may not be able to turn away certain powerful (ie: demonic) undead forces. On the upside, very powerful clerics and avatars are able to completely destroy lesser undead.
Please note that this is a SKILL, not a SPELL, although it does consume MANA. The amount of mana consumed is proportional to the clerics level.
See also: COMBAT, CLERIC, AVATAR
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### TWINKTwink is a state of mind.
See also: PAW
### UNAFFECTUsage: unaffect
Removes all affections (i.e., spell effects) from a player.
See also: STAT wizonly
### UNGROUPUsage: ungroup [group member]
UNGROUP can be used by group leaders to disband the entire group, or to kick a specific group member out of the group (and stop him/her from following the leader).
Examples:
ungroup ungroup homer
See also: GROUP
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### UPTIMEUsage: uptime
Displays when the game was booted and calculates how long ago that was. wizonly
### USE WAND STAFF STAFFS WANDSUsage: use
Using a staff will automatically target everybody (or everything) in a room, except yourself. Therefore staffs are naturally very powerful, and yet may be very dangerous to use around other players.
Using wands require that you point it at a target, which can be either a character or an object.
Both staffs and wands must be HELD in the hand prior to use! (Use the grab or hold commands). You must still supply the name of the staff or wand to avoid confusion.
See also: RECITE
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### USERSUsage: users [switches]
USERS gives a list of all sockets (i.e., connections) currently active on the MUD. The multi-column display shows the socket number (used by DC), class, level, and name of the player connected, connection state, idle time, and hostname.
The following switches are available:
-k or -o Show only outlaws (killers and thieves).
-p Show only sockets in the playing sockets.
-d Show only non-playing (deadweight) sockets.
-l min-max Show only sockets whose characters are from level min to max.
-n
Usage: value
Before selling an item to a shop, you can ask the shopkeeper how much he or she is willing to pay for it.
Example:
value bread
See also: BUY, LIST, SELL, SHOPS
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### VAMPIRISM VAMPIRE VAMPIRESNotorious for their sharp fangs and aversion to wooden STAKEs and garlic, vampires are night creatures that live off of the blood of others.
Any race can become a vampire, either by certain dark incantations or (more commonly) the bite of another vampire.
Vampires can be killed just like any other creature (by depleting their hit-points) or by being staked. A wooden stake through the heart of a vampire is a sure-fire death, albeit a risky one… Vampires usually don’t take kindly to failed attempts at staking them. A successful stake removes all vestiges of vampirism from the player when they re-enter the game.
Vampires can TRANSFORM at night to assume their vampiric form… gaining a substantial amount (up to 2 times normal!) of mana points, based on the phase of the moon. (New moon being the weakest gain, full moon being the largest.) At dawn, the vampire can transform back to their normal shape.
While in vampire form, vampires can BITE a victim to drink their blood, or pass on their vampirism. Biting while fighting does damage, otherwise it only causes damage if you fail to bite successfully. A vampire’s hunger and thirst at night can only be sated by blood.
Cityguards take a disliking to vampires in their cities.
See Also: STAKE TRANSFORM BITE TIME
### VISIBLEUsage: visible
Use this command to break your spell of invisibility before it expires, or to stop sneaking.
See also: INVISIBILITY, SNEAK, STEALTH
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### VITALITYUsage: cast ‘vitality’
This spell restores the vital functions of the target, leaving them healthier and refreshed.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### VNUMUsage: vnum <mob | obj>
Gives a list of the virtual numbers of objects or mobiles which have the specified name.
Examples:
vnum obj ring
vnum mob dragon
Usage: vstat < mob | obj >
Used to stat a prototypical mobile or object by virtual number.
Examples:
vstat obj 3000 vstat mob 3001
See also: LOAD, STAT, VNUM wizonly
### WAKE SLEEPING REST SIT STANDCommands for changing your position. If you feel weary, it’s probably a good idea to sit and rest for a while, or maybe even take a nap.
The SLEEP command puts you to sleep, allowing you to regain your health More quickly. You will be largely unaware of your surroundings while asleep. You can awaken yourself (and others) with the WAKE command.
Also, certain rooms such as holy rooms and places of ancient power allow you to heal and regenerate faster.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### WARRIOR FIGHTER WARRIORSWarriors are known to have more strength than the average class. This
Makes them better at hand-to-hand-combat, as they possess skills of
violence and fighting unequaled by the members of any other class.
However, they lack the ability to use magic of any sort.
You can improve your skills by using the practice command.
Skill list:
1 kick
3 bash
4 rescue
5 retreat
7 bearhug
8 berserk
9 track
12 sleeper
13 parry
15 headbutt
17 slug
20 smackheads
23 charge
See also: PRACTICE, ATTACKS, CLASSES
### WATERBREATHEUsage: cast ‘waterbreathe’
The target gains the ability to breathe underwater like a fish. This magick does not affect the targets ability to move underwater, however.
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### WATERWALKUsage: cast ‘waterwalk’
Target gains the ability to walk on water. (and not just when it freezes!)
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
### WEARUsage: wear
Use this if you want to wear some clothes, armor or the like.
Also, to wear everything in your inventory (or at least try to, as wearing things like loaves of bread is not a good way to win friends and influence people) you can type “wear all”.
Optionally, you can specify what part of your body to wear the equipment on.
Examples:
wear boots wear all.bronze wear all wear ring finger
If you have more than one pair in your inventory
wear 2.boots
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### WEATHERUsage: weather
If you’re uncertain whether the sun is shining or the rain is pouring down. You’ll have to be outside in order to tell however.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### WHEREUsage: where < obj | mob >
To locate an object and/or mobile with a specific name.
Examples:
where sword where wizard
See also: CHECKLOAD wizonly
### WHOUsage: who [minlev[-maxlev]] [-n sname] [-c classlist] [-s] [-o] [-q]
Lists the people currently in the game. Some people may be invisible. Command-line options can be used to limit the listing. The parameters can be specified on the command-line in any order.
minlev, maxlev : list only people whose level is at or above minlev, and optionally, at or below maxlev -n : list only people whose names or titles contain sname -c : list only people of a certain class, where classlist is any combination of the letters w, m, c, t, n, m, a, p -s : list names in the short form (4 columns of names, without titles or flags) -o : list only outlaws -q : list only people who are on the Quest
Examples:
who -c wc -s -l 20 List, in short form, warriors and clerics at or above level 20
who 15-25 -o List all outlaws between levels 15 and 25.
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### WHOAMIUsage: whoami
Displays your character’s name, if you want to be sure you are who you think you are. Useful if you get confused between all your MULTIs.
See also: MULTIPLAY, WHO, FINGER
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### WHODThe who daemon is run on a separate port. The following commands exists:
name : Toggles peoples name on/off the list (useless) class : Toggles peoples level on/off the list title : Toggles peoples title on/off the list wizinvis: Toggles whether or not wizinvis people should be shown on the list site : Toggles peoples site names on/off the list wizlevel: Toggles whether or not to show wizards class and level on : Turns the whod on, and thereby opens the port off : Turns the whod off, and thereby closes the port
NOTE: The on/off feature is only made to use, if someone starts polling a few times a second or the like, and thereby abusing the net. You might then want to shut down the daemon for 15 minutes or so. wizonly
### WIELDUsage: wield
When you get tired of bashing monsters with your fists, you might consider wielding a weapon.
Example:
wield sword wield 3.sword (Wield the third sword in your inventory)
See also: EQUIPMENT, REMOVE, WEAR
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### WILLUsage: will ‘
For psionics. If you want to use your mental abilities on someone or something. (i.e Force your will)
Example:
will ‘mind poke’ warg Note that the name of the mind-skill must be enclosed by “’“s.
See also: help on each individual mind-skill:
Full documentation: Docs Game Mechanics
Examples:
### WIMPYhelp mind pok help levitate help domina
Usage: wimpy [hp]
Use the WIMPY command to automatically flee once your health drops below a certain level. Note that you can’t flee if you are not standing. WIMPY will also trigger ESCAPE or RETREAT, if you possess those abilities.
Examples:
wimpy 35 will make your character automatically flee a fight if you have less than 35 hit points. wimpy 0 will turn off wimpy mode. wimpy will show you your current wimp status.
See also: FLEE, TOGGLE, ESCAPE, RETREAT
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### WIZATUsage: at <room VNUM | item | mob | player name>
AT can be used to perform an action in a location other than where you are standing. The first argument can be a virtual room number or the name of a character or object. The remainder of the line is passed to the command interpreter.
Examples:
at 3001 look at fido kill fido at 3.corpse get all corpse at catje wave catje
See also: GOTO wizonly
### WIZHELPUsage: wizhelp
Gives a list of the special commands available at your level. wizonly
### WIZLIST IMMLISTUsage: wizlist | immlist
Lists the most powerful beings on the MUD. These are the people responsible for the background operation of Dark Pawns.
See also: IMPLEMENTOR
Full documentation: Docs Game Commands
### WIZLOCKUsage: wizlock [value]
WIZLOCK allows you to restrict the game. WIZLOCK 1 prevents new characters from being created. WIZLOCK n, 2 <= n <= 34, prevents new characters and allows only characters level n and above to log on. WIZLOCK with no argument displays the current WIZLOCK level.
See also: BAN wizonly
### WIZNET ;The immortal communication channel.
Usage: wiznet [ ‘@’ | ‘*’ | ‘#’ ] [
Examples:
;
- just sends text ; *burp - sends “<— burp” ; #32 Immortals suck - sends “Immortals suck” to everyone level 32 and above. ; @ - shows all gods that are on and visible to you - also shows if the gods who are visible to you are writing
This code was provided by Gnort.
See also: NOWIZ CHOSEN wizonly
### WNEWBIEUsage: wnewbie
Conjures up a bunch of newbie eq for
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### WRITEUsage: write