enter crack          (at the crack of hellfire, on Daleville's North Ride)
hellhole             (your Hellhole: how deep, when it resets)
hellhole reset       (start it again)

A crack of hellfire hangs over Daleville's North Ride, south of the Common, a little way past the Hearthstead's portal. It leads down into the Hellhole: a pit one goes down alone, one room a floor, each floor harder than the one above. Nobody has found its bottom, and nobody is meant to. How deep you get is the measure of you: the deepest floor you clear (every demon on it killed) goes on the leaderboards.

Alone. Only a lone player may step through: no pets, no mount, no followers, no group. Once inside, pets are fine: every pet spell works there, at the Brink and on the floors (monsters summoned, elementals and animals called, familiars, golems and demons made, the dead raised, any monster but a demon charmed). Send them a floor ahead of you if you like. They come out with you.

Your own. Everyone who enters gets their own Hellhole, a copy no one else can enter. Its floors are the same for everyone, though, so what you learn of a floor holds for the next player.

Once you are in, you are in. There is no fleeing, no recall, no magic that takes you out. There is no climbing back up either: the Hellhole only goes down. You can rest on a floor you have cleared, and quit and come back to where you were. The only ways out are death, or giving your Hellhole up with hellhole reset.

The floors. The top, the Brink, is for getting ready: a pool to drink from, and nothing else. The first floors below hold a couple of weak demons; deeper they come in threes and fours, stronger every floor. From floor 10 some of them cast spells; from floor 20 some breathe fire (protection from fire breath turns it, as a dragon's). None is so huge that it can't be bashed: a multiclass with a fighter in it has the best chance. The demons never flee and never leave their floor, so they can't be lured away; nothing can be shot or thrown from one floor into another.

No slipping past. The demons bar the way down: the stairs to the next floor open only when every demon on your floor is dead. Nothing carries you past a floor, no spell or portal. The demons can't be charmed, and a demon's corpse crumbles to ash if you try to raise it.

The bottom. There is none: each floor is made as you reach the one above it, and they go on getting harder for ever.

Dying. You wake up outside, as anywhere. Your corpse stays in your Hellhole, where you fell, and it doesn't rot: get it back yourself if you can. You never lose it: when your Hellhole resets, any corpses in it come up to the crack on the North Ride.

Resets. Your Hellhole resets by itself a day after you last played in it, or when you type hellhole reset. Then it begins again from the top (the leaderboard keeps your deepest), and any corpses in it come up to the portal.

Rewards. Experience and gold, no gear. Each floor's demons are their own kind, so killing the same ones over and over pays less and less (from level 20), as anywhere.

help
help <topic>

The help is read in the Help pane: its button on the side panel opens it on the index, with the topics to start with first. Search it for any command, skill, spell or place: a topic's name finds it, and so does a word in its text. Typing help <topic> in the game opens that topic in the pane; help alone opens the index. The pop-out button shows the help in a large window over the game.

A topic is found by the start of its name, as you type it:

Names written in capitals in a topic, and its related topics at the end, are links to those topics.

See also: USAGE, INFO COMMANDS

There is much help for players of Grindy Mud available. Below are topics that introduce the concepts behind the game and how to play.

Beginners: HELP, NEWBIE, INTRO, RULES, COMMANDS, MAP

Your character: SCORE, ATTRIBUTES, WHO, WHOIS, GWHO, STUDY, PRACTICE

The world: WEATHER, TIME, WORLD, ZONES

How the game works: CLASSES, SKILLS, RACES, COMBAT, ALLSPELLS, ALLSKILLS, ARMOR, MOVES, HP, MANA, LINK, ALIGNMENT, IDENTIFY

Shortcuts: ALIAS, TRIGGERS, VARIABLES, PATHS, SPEEDWALK, !

See: SAY

!

Repeat the last command typed at the keyboard.

See also: ALIAS

abilities

This command will tell you any special abilities you have based on race, class, or form.

See: SPELL POLYMORPH, SPELL CHANGE FORM, SPELL TREE

See: ARMOR CLASS.

See: SOCIALS

afk

This command will notify users that you are AWAY FROM YOUR KEYBOARD. If someone tells/gtells/sending/messenger you they will also see that you are AFK. if someone steps into the room, or looks in the room, they will see a (AFK) at the end of your name. As soon as you hit return anytime after starting AFK, you will return to normal mode (not AFK).

See also: LINK

/alias <name> {<commands>}     (or /al)
/alias                         lists your aliases
/unalias <name>                removes one

An alias is a word of your own that runs one or more commands. Separate commands with ";", and put the commands in braces when they have spaces or a ";":

/al fb {cast 'fireball';say eat my fireball!}
fb

Words typed after the alias are its arguments: %1 is the first, %2 the second... up to %9, and %0 all of them. A group in braces is one word. An alias that uses none of them gets the words added to its end.

/al k {kill %1;say Die, %1!}
k orc kills the orc and says "Die, orc!"

/al c cast
c 'magic missile' orc

An alias can use other aliases, variables (@name) and paths. Type ";;" for a ";" that is not a separator (say a;;b says "a;b").

Your aliases, triggers, variables and paths belong to your account: all your characters have them, in any browser. The Scripts pane lists them to add, change and remove.

An alias can go on the hotbar like a skill: drag it there from the Scripts pane, or click an empty slot (or right-click one) and pick it from the list. Its slot shows the first three letters of its name, and using it runs the alias as if you had typed it, so a hotbar slot can do almost anything.

/action {<pattern>} {<commands>}   (or /ac, /trigger, /tr)
/action                            lists your triggers
/unaction {<pattern>}              removes one
/t- {<pattern>} or /t+ {<pattern>} turns one off or on
/ignore                            turns all triggers off, or on

A trigger watches the game's text: when a line has the pattern in it, its commands run, as if you had typed them.

/ac {the grate is closed} {open grate}

Patterns ignore case, and can hold these:

• any text %d a number %w a word {a|b|c} any one of these ^ first the line must start with the pattern $ last the line must end with it ~ the next character as itself (~* is a star)

What the wildcards matched is %1, %2... in the commands. Put ( ) around the parts to keep when not all of them matter:

/ac {%w gives you *} {say Thanks, %1!}
/ac {You get (%d) gold coins from *} {/add gold %1}

If triggers fire more than 20 times in two seconds (a trigger setting off itself), they all turn off; /ignore turns them on again.

/variable <name> {<value>}   (or /var)
/variable                    lists your variables
/unvariable <name>           removes one
/add <name> <number>         adds to a variable (1 if no number)
/echo <text>                 shows text to you only

@name anywhere in a command you type, an alias or a trigger is the variable's value (@@ is an "@"):

/var target {big orc}
kill @target
/al k {kill @target;bash @target}

A trigger can keep what it saw:

/ac {You get (%d) gold coins} {/add gold %1}
/echo Gold so far: @gold

/path <name> <speedwalk>     (or /pa)
/path                        lists your paths
/unpath <name>               removes one

A path is a speedwalk with a name:

/path comyulash .34e12newsenu

".." before plain directions walks them back too: ..3n2e is .2w3s.

A path's name cannot be made of directions only (that is a speedwalk), and an alias of the same name comes first. A path is at most 100 steps.

Characters do age. Age is your starting age plus the number of game years that have passed since your character was created, regardless of how much of that time you spent rented, and how much playing. To see the current game year use 'time'. The haste spell adds to your age (permanently) as does some equipment (temporarily.)

Age has several game effects. From character creation to middle age (40 for humans) your move (vitality) regeneration and hit point regeneration rate increases. From middle age to old age (60 for humans), and even more so from old age on, your maximum hit points, move regen, and HP regen decrease. From character creation to ancient age (90 for humans) your mana regen rate increases, and after that it decreases.

Every race starts young. A game year is about ten and a half days of real time.

The haste spell ages whoever it is cast on by a year, which can carry a young character into their best years sooner; the long-lived races can be hasted again and again without growing old. The quest shop's youth takes you back to the age your race starts at.

See also: RACES, SPELL HASTE, QUEST

touch waystone
list            (at the airship dock)
buy <place>     (at the airship dock)

An airship is moored at the top of a tower above the Common in Daleville: from the Common, go up. Its captain flies you to the places you have been.

Most lands of the Prime Material plane have a waystone near the way in: a tall grey stone carved with glowing runes. Touch it ("touch waystone") and the place is remembered, for every character of your account.

At the dock, "list" shows the places you can fly to and the fare, and "buy" with the place's name takes you there (or click "buy" beside it). The fare is 100 gold coins for each level of your highest class. Your mount and your pets fly with you; your group does not.

The airship flies only from Daleville: walk there, or type HOME.

These are all the races that have evolved in the Realms:

Unknown, Human, Moon Elf, Gold Elf, Wild Elf, Sea Elf, Dark Elf, Half-Elven, Dwarven, Halfling, Gnomish, Half-Ogre, Half-Orc, Half-Giant, Dark Dwarven, Deep Gnomish, Orcish, Goblin, Trollish, Aasimar, Amphibian, Aquatic, Arachnid, Astral, Avian, Beholder, Bird, Birdman, Bugbear, Canine, Carnivorous, Centaur, Demonic, Devil, Dragon, Black Dragon, Blue Dragon, Brass Dragon, Bronze Dragon, Copper Dragon, Gold Dragon, Green Dragon, Red Dragon, Silver Dragon, White Dragon, Elemental, Equine, Feline, Fish, Fungal, Ghostly, Giantish, Cloud Giant, Fire Giant, Frost Giant, Hill Giant, Stone Giant, Storm Giant, Gnoll, Godly, Golem, Herbivorous, Hybrid, Impish, Insect, Kangaroo, Lizardman, Lycanthropic, Quadruped, Manta, Mindflayer, Minotaur, Mount, Ogre, Omnivorous, Parasitic, Planar, Plant, Plantman, Primate, Reptilian, Rodent, Slime, Slug, Snake, Sylvan, Tentacled, Tiefling, Tree, Troglodyte, Tytan, Undead, Undead Ghast, Undead Ghoul, Undead Lich, Undead Skeleton, Undead Spectre, Undead Vampire, Undead Wight, Undead Zombie, Wisp, Biped, Monstrous.

See also: HALF-GIANT, ELF, HALF-ELF, DARK ELF, GNOME, HALFLING, DWARF, HALF-ORC, HUMAN, HALF-OGRE, GOBLINOID, TROLLISH, ORCISH, DARK DWARF, LEVEL LIMITS, RACES, AGING

Every skill a class learns, and at what level. Click a skill for its help.

See also: ALLSPELLS, SKILLS, CLASSES

Every spell, its mana cost and the level at which each class learns it: Cl cleric, Mu magic user, Dr druid, Pa paladin, Ra ranger, Ps psionist. A dash means that class never learns it. Click a spell for its help.

See also: ALLSKILLS, SPELLS, SKILLS, CLASSES

Alignment varies from -1000 to 1000 with 0 as perfectly neutral. You are given a rough category for your alignment on SCORE. Alignment of -1000 to -350 is evil, from -350 to 350 is neutral, and from 350 to 1000 is good.

A new character chooses to begin Good (1000), Neutral (0) or Evil (-1000). Rangers and paladins begin Good and druids Neutral, as their oaths demand.

Paladins MUST stay good (350 or more), and Rangers MUST stay good or neutral (above -350). If they fall from grace, they become Warriors forever. Druids MUST stay relatively neutral (between -600 and 600), or they stop being Druids and become Clerics, permanently.

Here are the alignment phrases, as seen on SCORE, from evil to good: Really really bad, Not nice at all, obnoxious as hell, just plain annoying, You feel balanced, Polite, Sweet and caring, A real goody-goody, So good it makes you sick.

Here are partial alignment phrases for the spell 'know alignment', in order: Evil: I'd rather just not say anything, had a bad childhood. Neutral: could be nicer, isn't the worst, doesn't seem to have a firm moral commitment, isn't a bad sort, is often kind and thoughtful. Good: excellent moral character, white as the driven snow.

Here is an oversimplification

If you kill an evil creature, you become more good, and if you kill a good creature, you become more evil. However, random violence is evil, so even killing a neutral creature can make you slightly more evil. If the creature killed is higher level than you, the change in your alignment is more drastic.

See also: DRUID, PALADIN, RANGER, ATTRIBUTE, SPELL KNOW ALIGNMENT, SPELL

DETECT EVIL, SPELL DETECT GOOD

Non-player creatures (mobs) can be forced to follow and obey player characters (PCs) by a variety of spells. These allies, variously called 'followers', 'charmies', 'summoned mobs', 'pets', etc., can be added to their owners group, and ordered by their owner. One you summon (an elemental, an animal, a golem, a necromancer's undead) joins your group and guards you as soon as it appears.

Your allies in the room with you go where you go: by walking, home, the airship, a portal, or a spell or skill that carries you off (teleport, astral walk, dimension door, a psionist's doorway or portal, a druid's trees). Ones asleep, fighting or in another room are left behind, and none go into the Hellhole with you: you can summon new ones inside.

When you are done with your allies, send them away: 'dismiss <name>' for one in the room with you, or 'dismiss all' for every one of them, wherever they are. That reaches allies you have lost or left behind too, and frees their places, so you can summon or raise new ones. Do NOT take allies into areas that are race war sensitive, such as Daleville. Stoal the innkeeper, guild masters, and some others will attack pets on site. You or other players are likely to die during the resulting battle.

NEVER order your ally to attack another player character, or another player character's allies.

The number of allies you may have is based on your charisma, as follows:

See also: SPELL CHARM (PERSON, MONSTER, VEGETABLE), HYPNOTIZE, SPELL MONSUM, SPELL ANIMAL FRIENDSHIP, SPELL ANIMAL SUMMON, SPELL FIND FAMILIAR, SPELL DUST DEVIL, SPELL CACAODEMON, SPELL CONJURE ELEMENTAL, SPELL (WIND, WATER, FIRE, EARTH) SERVANT, SPELL CHANGESTAFF, SPELL ANIMATE DEAD, SPELL ANIMATE ROCK, GUARD, ORDER, DISMISS, FIGURINE

Some spells or skills affect every player and mob in the room except your group. This can cause all the mobs (even ones you could not see) to attack you or flee. PCs not in your group will flee, or you will flee. However, you can damage other players with area affect spells or attacks if you both have race war enabled.

See also: RACE WAR, BELLOW

See: ZONES

arena
arena info
whoarena

If a god opens the arena, you will see an announcement. Please do NOT ask the gods to open the arena. They will do so when they have the time and inclination. The level range must include your highest level in order for you to get in.

To check the status of the arena, type 'arena info' and to enter the arena just type 'arena' and you will be automatically whisked off to play. You will be healed to full hit points, but all the spells previously cast on you will be dispelled. You will not be able to get out of the arena until either you die, or you are declared a winner and a god kills you. You cannot portal, get summoned, or astral from the arena.

You never quite reach death in the arena, but instead are whisked away to wherever you last rented, so you suffer none of the ill effects of death. Also, your items should stay with you.

Nothing you use up in the arena, such as potions, scrolls, wands, staves, or other limited use items, will be refunded. Your hitpoints and such will be refunded automatically..

No pets or taking equipment in the arena. When you enter the arena, look at the SIGN.

See also: WHOARENA

Armor Class is based on the AD&D idea that the lower one's AC is, the less often they get hit. Armor classes range from "barely armored" to "armored like a dragon". In numeric terms, this is a range from 100 to -100. If you are acquainted with AD&D, a 100 corresponds to a 10 AC, and a -100 corresponds to a -10 AC.

Identify (and the item search) gives each item one AC number: how much wearing it changes your armor class, where it is worn. Lower is better: "AC -21 worn on the body" takes 21 off your armor class. That number has everything in it, the armor itself and any magic on it, so there is nothing to work out.

A few things worth knowing:

• Armor protects most on the body, then on the head, legs and back, and least on the feet, hands, arms and as a shield.
• Magical protection (a ring, an amulet) counts wherever it is worn.
• In a fight, armor class better than -100 does nothing more: -100 is the best there is.

Your dexterity changes your armor class too, and the AC on your score already has it in, dexterity from your equipment included:

Asleep, you lose your dexterity bonus.

Monks get no dexterity bonus. Instead, their training takes 5 off their armor class for every monk level (up to 150).

See also: ATTRIBUTES, SPELL ARMOR, SPELL SHIELD, SPELL STONE SKIN, SPELL ENCHANT ARMOR

ass <name>

If you type "assist <player>" you will begin fighting the same person the <player> is.

ASSIST is similar to RESCUE except the <player> continues fighting. It is better than KILL in many cases because you do not have to choose between 1.golem and 2.golem (or 1.lamia that just entered the room). Even though monsters of the same type assist each other in combat, ASSIST is better because you will eliminate one aggressor much faster.

See also: RESCUE, KILL

att

Shows the Character pane's Your Buffs tab: the spells on you and how long each has left (the last few minutes in yellow), what you have from what you wear or of yourself, and anything harmful on you. Your age, weight, load, armor, abilities and hit and damage bonuses are on the Score tab, under the score.

Here are the armor class phrases in order (they may be affected by DEX and combat situations): Barely armored, Lightly armored, Medium armored, Fairly well armored, Well armored, Quite well armored, Very well armored, Extremely well armored, Armored like a Dragon.

Here are the hit bonus phrases in order (these may be affected by combat situations): Quite bad, Pretty lousy, Not much of one, Not bad, Pretty good, Very good, Remarkable, Awe Inspiring.

Here are the damage bonus phrases in order (these may be affected by combat situations): Quite bad, Pretty lousy, Not much of one, Not bad, Pretty good, Very good, Remarkable, Impressive, Tremendous, Breathtaking, Awe Inspiring.

See also: CHARACTER, SCORE, STATS, ALIGNMENT, ARMOR

none

This skill increases your chances of avoiding a backstab attack.

See also: BACKSTAB, THIEF

backstab <target>

Is a way to sneak up on a person, and attempt to place you dagger in his back, at exactly the point where it does most damage. The chance of successfully backstabbing a person depends on how well you have studied backstab at your guild and you knowledge of your enemy. A successful backstab gives a damage multiplier, depending on level.

Damage Multiplier = Level divided by 4, +1

For example, Rath is level 20. His backstab multiplier is 20/4 + 1 = 6, so if Rath's damage is 10, he does 60 hit points of damage (10 × 6) on a successful backstab.

Multiclass thieves can only backstab if few people are fighting and their damage multiplier is limited to that of a level 40 thief.

You must use an appropriate weapon to backstab. It must be a piercing weapon (stab, sting or pierce) and be a shortsword, rapier, wakizashi, dagger, knife, stiletto, dart or javelin.

See also: THIEF, ECHO

balance

Use this in a bank to find out your account's bank balance: the gold all your characters share.

See also: DEPOSIT, WITHDRAW, BANK

Banks may be found in large cities and in some small villages. In Daleville, the bank is on the North Ride: its door is on the south side of the street, across from the Fishmonger's. Here you can store money for use to re-equip at shops after a death in which you were not able to retrieve the coins or equipment from your body.

The bank is your account's: all your characters share one balance. Gold one of them deposits, any of them can withdraw, at any bank, and deleting a character leaves its gold in the bank for the others. Houses can draw on it too.

A bank holds up to 10,000,000,000 coins for an account, whatever your level. Coins in the bank are safe when you die; coins you carry are not.

See also: DEPOSIT, BALANCE, WITHDRAW

Barbarians are impressive fighters with a tendency to go berserk. They can take more damage then any other class. They are, however, completely unable to use, or even hold, and item with the taint of magic. This means they will never be as well armored, or have the magical advantages, of a warrior.

Newbie Barbarian tip: A Barbarian's primary skill is "bash". Study it early and use it often.

Newbie Barbarian tip 2: Half-giant (HG) is the only PC race that can bash huge mobs (in-game monsters) such as dragons. Hence HG barbarians are popular in groups.

Newbie Barbarian tip 3: Because of the severe equipment limitations on barbarians, they are very difficult to equip and therefore to play. If you are new to the game, consider playing a warrior first before you try to play a barbarian.

To see a list of Barbarian skills known, use 'study b'.

See also: STUDY, SKILLS, PRACTICE

bash <monster>
bash

Bashing is a primary skill for all fighting classes (warrior, ranger, paladin, and barbarian). To bash someone is to attempt to knock that person off their feet. If you succeed you will inflict minor damage, and cause the victim to fall to a sitting position.

Note that weapon-based attacks will inflict 1.33*damage to a victim who is sitting.

Bashing an opponent also prevents that opponent from casting or performing other actions (other than basic physical attacks) for 2 rounds of combat.

Likewise, the basher, if successful, will be unable to perform any actions (other than basic physical attacks) for 2 rounds of combat. However, if the basher fails to execute a bash, he/she will lose their balance, fall to a sitting position, and be unable to perform any actions for 3 rounds of combat.

See also: RESCUE, KICK

behead corpse

This can be used to cut off the head of a corpse to keep for a while as a trophy. The head will not rot, like a head accidentally removed in battle will. You must be wielding a bladed weapon for this to work. (You would look pretty funny trying to sever a head with a club!)

bellow

Bellow is a loud war cry used in battle. To use this skill simply type bellow and let'er rip. If you properly shout your battle cries you might inspire fear in your enemies, or even stun them briefly. This spell is a area effect skill and if someone in the same room is not in your group they WILL be effected.

See also: AREA EFFECT

berserk

This is a skill used by Barbarians. When a Barbarian attempts to go berserk he forces his mind to use all his strength and adrenaline in battle. Once he goes berserk he cannot think of anything else (i.e. flee). The good thing about this is when they do go berserk they get special bonuses to damage, however since the Barbarian is not in his right mind he might not hit as well.

See also: BARBARIAN

bless <target>

This is a Paladin's ability to call the blessing of his/her deity upon a lucky person. The paladin must have mana equal to at least twice his level before attempting this skill. The Paladin gets a bonuses for perfect alignment, casting it on himself, and being in a group. The better the Paladin's alignment, and the higher his level, the greater the effect of the blessing. Here are the possible effects: bless, armor, strength, second wind, sense life, true sight, cure critical wounds, sanctuary, heal, remove poison, remove paralysis, heal (again), heroes feast, heal (a third time).\ The skill can only be used once every three days (72 game hours). A level 22 paladin with perfect alignment should be able to receive through sanctuary.

See also: PALADIN, SPELL BLESS, SPELL SANCTUARY, SPELL HEAL

See: BLINDNESS

If you have been blinded you cannot see. You do not fight as well. You can still try to defend yourself. Certain commands won't work. You may not be able to correctly cast or hit the creature you are aiming for causing you to strike other mobs that may be present in the room.

See also: SPELL BLINDNESS, SPELL CURE BLIND

See: TRAP

board <mount>
retrieve

At a stable, board <mount> hands your mount to the stable hand, who keeps it for you (one mount at a time). retrieve at the stable brings it back.

breath

The breath command allows you to use a breath weapon on another monster. The only way to get a breath weapon is to either be a monster with such an ability (dragons usually have one) or quaff a potion of fire/ice/acid/gas/lightning breath.

If you are already fighting, breath without any arguments will breath on the monster you are fighting. If you are NOT fighting you must supply the name of a target to breath on.

Breath weapons are terrifying and most opponents will flee before you get a chance to breath on them. However, you may blast bystanders with the same breath.

This means breath weapons are not terribly accurate. You will always hit the monster you target and will usually hit his group, followers and his leader. You will also probably blast anyone currently hitting on you. You also have a small chance (less than half) of hitting each bystander (someone not covered above). They will not appreciate this and will probably decide to beat the snot out of you.

When quaffed breath potions modify you so that you can breath ONE time. If you do not breath in 2-3 rounds the potion will explode inside you causing half of its normal damage. These potions also reduce your CON for the duration of the spell. You therefore cannot quaff more breath weapon levels than you have constitution. You also cannot quaff more breath weapon levels than you have levels.

The damage of a breath weapon is a function of its level, your level, and your hitpoints. If your level is equal to the breath weapon's level it will do your hitpoints worth of damage to the target. If your level is double the level of the breath weapon it will only do half your hitpoints of damage. Monsters natural breath weapons exceed the CON restriction and even a 50th level monster can do full damage. Since most huge monsters have huge hitpoints, this can be a LOT of damage. do not ever fight a titanium dragon.

See also: KILL

brief

Toggle "brief mode". When in brief mode, you do not see the descriptions of the room you are in; only the name of the room, and the people and objects in there. Unless you are very familiar with the area in which you travel, 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!

See also: DT

buy <item>

Command for the shops. To buy an item the shopkeeper must have it on hand.

See also: SELL, LIST, EVALUATE

camo

This will allow a Barbarian to hide in the woods (must be outside) and be almost invisible to anyone. This is similar to the Thief hide skill.

See also: HIDE

See: CAPS

There is a experience cap on people NOT grouped with anyone else, this cap is 150k per kill MAX. If you group with someone the cap then goes up. In other words, you get more experience (if the mob is worth a lot of experience) if you group.

Solo: 150k maximum per kill. In a group: 150k, plus for each other member

The highest level char is not counted in (he/she is the base 150.)

For example, people of levels 40, 35, and 10 group: the XP cap is 150k + 50k + 12k = 212k. People of levels 50, 15, and 5 group: the XP cap is 150k + 12k + 10k = 172k.

See also: GROUP, EXPERIENCE, MAXING

See: RATION

cast '<spell>'
cast '<spell>' <target>
cast '<spell>' self

For magic users. If you want to throw a spell at someone or something. Note that the name of the spell must be enclosed by single quotes. If the spell is a combat spell, the spell will automatically target on the enemy you are attacking once you are engaged in combat. Some spells, such as heal, are harder to cast in combat. You can cast spells on yourself by putting self in as the target.

See also: SPELL <spellname>, ALLSPELLS, SPECIALIZATION, MANA

charge <target>

This skill allows paladins and certain specialized creatures to charge at opponents with a charging weapon. THe best charging weapons are long, piercing weapons like lances and spears. On a successful charge with a charging weapon, the attack will inflict double damage on the victim. This can be used to charge at opponents in adjacent rooms.

See: STATS

See: ALLIES

check <skill/spell name>

This allows players to check on their ability to use a given skill. The player will receive information about his/her level of expertise with the skill if they know it already and if not, they will learn if they can ever learn it and at which level.

See also: STUDY, SKILLS, GUILDMASTER

Player characters belong to one or more classes. The classes are:

Barbarian: Big fighters who cannot use any magic items. Cleric: Healers and casters of spells.
Druid: Spell casters in tune with the balance of nature. Magic User (Mage): Casters of powerful spells.
Monk: Master of their own bodies.
Necromancer: Evil summoners who raise an army of the dead.
(This class is abbreviated to 'k' so as to not confuse it with Mage.) Paladin: Warriors of light, blessed by the gods.
Psionist: Those who have developed the powers of their mind. (This class is abbreviated to 'i' so as to not confuse it with Paladin.) Ranger: Wilderness fighters for the cause of good.
Thief: These sneaky characters have a mighty backstab.
Warrior: The backbone of any fighting force.

Some classes may be combined to form a multiclass character, such as an Elven Mage/Thief or a Dwarven Cleric/Warrior. Any race may take any class or combination, except half-giants: they are single-class warriors or barbarians only. Monks and barbarians are always single-class.

Multi-classed PCs are slower to advance in levels, since they split their experience (XP) among their classes.

See also: BARBARIAN, CLERIC, DRUID, MAGE, MONK, NECROMANCER, PALADIN, PSIONIST, RANGER, THIEF, WARRIOR, ALLSKILLS, ALLSPELLS, RACES, GUILD, ADVANCED

Clerics channel the powers of their deity to bestow healing and protection spells on themselves and others. They are especially useful in groups for their ability to heal and protect warriors and other group members. Their most useful spells are "heal" which bestows 100 hitpoints on the target, and "sanctuary" which bestows protection to the target such that they will only incur 1/2 of normal damage from attacks. They can also employ several useful utility spells such as "fly", "true sight", "summon" and "locate object". At higher levels they can even ressurect the dead!

Clerics are also pretty fair fighters if they are properly equipped to fight. They gain a fair amount of hp's and can use a pretty good array of weapons and armor.\ To achieve their maximum powers, clerics need to be wise and intelligent, but to be decent fighters they also need decent strength, health, and dexterity.

To review your spell list, use 'study c'.

See also: PRACTICE, SKILLS, STUDY, CAST, SPELL DAMAGE, MAGIC, MANA, ALLSPELLS

climb <direction>

This skill may be used instead of climb to scale the sides of ravines, cliffs, etc.

See also: SPELL FLY

See: OPEN

See: SPELL COLOUR SPRAY

Killing things (sometimes called Mobs, Monsters or NPCs) is the main activity in the game. Do not kill player characters.
Pre-combat information:

See : CONSIDER, EXAMINE, LOOK, SPY, SPOT, WHERE

Combat initiation

See : KILL, HIT, BASH, KICK, CAST, MIND, TARGET

Group fighting

See : FOLLOW, GROUP, ASSIST, RESCUE, SPLIT, GWHO

Escaping when loosing

See : FLEE, RETREAT, FEIGN DEATH, WIMPY

Using non-player followers

See : ORDER, MOUNT, ALLIES, GUARD

Missile combat

See : SPOT, NOTCH, FIRE, THROW

Healing

See : REST, SLEEP, SPELL CURE LIGHT, SPELL HEAL, FIRST AID, SPELL REFRESH

Arena

See : ARENA, WHOARENA

Every command you can type, grouped by what it is for, each a link to its help where it has one. INFO COMMANDS picks out the ones to know first.

See also: INFO COMMANDS, SOCIALS, ALIAS

Players talk through the chat (see CHAT): Here (the room), Group, Zone, Global, Newbie and Private messages.

Doing things others see, in the room:

See : EMOTE, SOCIALS, POSE, REPORT, MUTTER, POINT

Talking

See : CHAT, SAY, TELL, REPLY, GTELL, GOSSIP, GLOBAL, NEWBIE

Other communication

See : MAIL, WRITE, PRAY, AFK, SENDING, TELEPATHY, MESSENGER

Reporting bugs, typos and ideas:

See : FEEDBACK

Talking to other players is one chat system, beside the game: no moves, no languages, and sleep or a silenced room don't stop it. The Chat pane lists the channels down its side; open one to read it and write in it.

From the main window, @name and #channel send a line: @bob on my way, #global anyone for Moria? A chip then keeps your plain lines going there until you clear it (Esc), and /look runs one game command. A fight clears the chip, so your lines are commands again.

Each channel's "main window" switch shows it in the main window too, so you can follow it while you play. Leaving a channel (the pane, or nogossip, notell, deafen) stops it reaching you.

Channels have rate limits instead of costs: talk too fast, or say the same thing twice, and the chat asks you to wait.

To change something you said, hover over your message in the Chat pane (tap it on a phone) and choose Edit or Delete; ↑ in an empty chat box edits your last one. Everyone who has it sees the change; an edited message says "(edited)".

To show someone an item, drag it from your Inventory into the chat box (drag it over the Chat tab to open it, if it is behind the Gear tab). Its name goes into your message, and in the message it is a link: anyone can click it to see what the item is, as identify shows it. You can also type {{keyword}} for something you carry, as '{{sword}}'. Editing a message turns its items back into plain names.

Private conversations are kept between visits (see TELL). The channels start empty each time you enter the game; if your connection drops and you come back, what was said meanwhile is there.

See also: SAY, TELL, REPLY, GTELL, GOSSIP, GLOBAL, NEWBIE, EMOTE

con <monster>

This command will compare your level with the <monsters> level. You will then receive a rough estimate, which is by no means exact. (Actually, it's usually an outright lie.) Consider does not take hitpoints/special attacks/damage into account.

See also: SPELL KNOW MONSTER

See: STATS

credits

Who made the game and the games it grew from: the programming and the original concepts. It is mainly historical, as the game has changed a great deal as it passed from implementor to implementor. Typing credits opens this page.

See also: ZONES

(Not a race new characters can choose: you meet them in the world.)

Dark Dwarves are ugly, twisted, Dwarf-like creatures of the Underdark. The dwarves claim no relationship with them, but Dark Dwarves can be assumed to be similar to Dwarves in most respects, except they fight on the side of evil in the race war. It is said Dark Dwarves serve Dark Elven masters.\ Dark Dwarves start at 45, mature at 61, reach middle age at 121, old age at 181, and are ancient at 271.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: DWARF, RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, RACE WAR, AGING

The most evil race of elves, these live under the ground and rarely tunnel out to the surface. They have infravision and are well coordinated, but may not have good constitution. They like to enslave other races, and especially hate other elves. They are cold blooded killers, and masters of magic. The sunlight causes their eyes extreme pain, so they cannot fight well in sunlight. Generally dark elves have black colored skin and white hair. Very occasionally, Dark Elves will automatically cast darkness and levitate on themselves. Dark Elves fight on the side of evil on the race war. In fact, they are the main instigators of the race war, since they would very much go wipe out the good races completely, and enslave the bad races. Not even other Dark Elves trust Dark Elves.\ In comparison to good elves: the same as elves, but higher dexterity and infravision; minus to hit in lighted rooms; they automatically cast darkness and levitate on themselves occasionally.

Dark Elves start at 120, mature at 251, reach middle age at 501, old age at 751, and are ancient at 1126. They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: ELF, SPELL DARKNESS, RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, RACE WAR, AGING

deafen

Leaves the Global chat channel; type it again to rejoin.

See also: GLOBAL, NOGOSSIP, NOTELL, CHAT

When you die, and it is not due to a DT:

So a death never costs you a level, and dying again soon after (on the way back to your corpse, say) costs little or nothing. The game tells you what you lost.

If you are resurrected or reincarnated after you die, you do not lose the experience, but you do lose 1 point of Constitution. You must exit the game upon death, and not re-enter until after the resurrect or reincarnate, for the spell to work.

Corpses are automatically saved over a crash, but you must get back to it before it dissolves, or it may be gone. It is illegal for players to loot the items from your corpse, but monsters and other NPCs take your things quite happily.

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE, SPELL RESURRECT, SPELL REINCARNATE, DT

deposit <number>
deposit all

Use this in a bank to deposit coins into your account's bank, which all your characters share. It holds up to 10,000,000,000 coins.

See also: BALANCE, WITHDRAW, BANK

See: STATS

disarm <monster>
disarm <trap>

There are two kinds of disarm. Disarming weapons and disarming traps.

If one types disarm <monster>, then, if the player has the disarm weapon skill, and successfully uses it, the monster's weapon will fly from its hand/tentacle, etc. If the player is already fighting a monster, just disarm will automatically attempt to disarm the monster being fought.

If one types disarm <trap>, if the player has the disarm traps skill, one can attempt to disable the trap.. failure indicates a high probability that the trap will be sprung on the player attempting the disarm.

See also: FIND TRAPS, SPELL FIND TRAPS

dirtkick <monster>
dirtkick

A thief's dirty trick: kick dirt into a foe's eyes. If it works they are blinded for a little while (they hit 4 less often and are easier to hit). It starts a fight, and takes two rounds to do whether it works or not. Typed alone in a fight, it is aimed at the one you are fighting.

See also: POISON WEAPON, SPELL BLINDNESS

disengage

This stops you from continuing to fight. It only can work if you are not currently being attacked yourself. Thieves may not immediately surprise the opponent again with a backstab, but must somehow lose the opponents attention.

See also: FLEE

disguise

Disguise is a skill that allows thieves to disguise themselves. The result of this is that all mobs that hate you will not recognize you and therefor will not hunt you or attack you. This does not work on other players.

See also: SNEAK, HIDE, THIEF

dismiss <monster>

dismiss all

This sends summoned creatures back to the plane on which they originated. Sometimes you must dismiss them in a certain order. This only works for monsters under your control, visible to you, and in the same room as you.

'dismiss all' also releases the ones under your control that are somewhere else (lost, or left behind), so you can summon or raise new ones in their place.

See: MOUNT

doorbash <doorname>

Doorbashing is a skill that allows one to open locked doors. One must refer to the door by name, not the direction of travel. Success means that the door is unlocked and opened and the attempter is placed in the room on the other side of the door, while failure causes the attempter to be stunned for a short time, and take a fair amount of damage in the process.

See also: PICK, SPELL KNOCK

none

Dodge allows fighters and Monks to avoid damage in combat. Not a lot, 1-3 points, but every little bit helps. Each time you are hit, the game checks your dodge skill, which should not improve with use, only with study. If you make it, the damage is reduced by 1-3 points. This applies to physical attacks only. This skill is automatic, each attack is automatically checked against your dodge skill level.

See also: PARRY

drink <liquid>

How to take care of that nasty 'You are thirsty' message. Look in the container to get a clue what it might contain. Try: water, beer, wine, ale, dark ale, whisky, lemonade, firebreather, local specialty, green slime, milk, tea, coffee, or blood.

See also: WATER, EAT, TASTE, SIP, POUR, FILL, LOOK

drop <see below for options>

"Drop" is used to drop things you are carrying in inventory, or to drop coins from your purse, into the room you are in.

The various options for this command are:

"drop <item>" drops the first instance of "item" listed in your inventory. Example: "drop bread" drops the first bread item in your inventory.

"drop n*<item>" drops n number of "item"s from your inventory. Example: "drop 4*bread" drops 4 bread items from your inventory.

"drop n.<item>" drops the nth instance of "item" listed in your inventory. Example: "drop 4.bread" drops the 4th bread item listed in your inventory.

"drop all.<item>" drops all instances of "item" listed in your inventory. Example: "drop all.bread" drops all bread items from your inventory.

"drop all" drops all items listed on your inventory.

"drop n" or "drop n.coins" both drop n number of coins. Example "drop 30" or "drop 30.coins" drops 30 coins.

"drop all.coins" drops all your coins.

Note: You need to be able to see any specified item(s) in your inventory that you want to drop, but you can "drop all" regardless. Also, you won't be able to drop cursed items.

See also: GET, INVENTORY, SPELL CURSE

Druids are spell casters who are in tune with the balance of nature. They must maintain a neutral alignment (between -600 and 600). A Druid who has fallen from the path may never return to being a Druid, but instead becomes a Cleric.

** Learn flame blade and tree travel as soon as you can. **

To review your spell list, use 'study d'.

See also: STUDY, PRACTICE, SKILLS, CAST, ALIGNMENT, SPELL DAMAGE, MAGIC, MANA, ALLSPELLS

See: DARK ELF

A DT, or death trap, is a room that is your end the moment you walk in: a fall into a chasm, a pool of acid, a crushing ceiling. Usually there are warnings in the rooms next to one, but not always, so look ahead when exploring. The map marks the death traps you know of and never walks you into one.

What a death trap costs you depends on your level and one setting:

• Up to level 10 the gods are kind: they snatch you away and set you down at home with everything you had.
• From level 11, normally: the gods still catch you, but at a price: half the gold you carry is lost. Gold in the bank is never touched, and you keep your equipment.
• From level 11 with hardcore death traps on: the death trap kills you, as in the old days. Your gold and all your equipment are lost (they are recycled back into the game); you do not lose experience.

Hardcore death traps are off unless you turn them on: in Settings (Character), or with set hardcore on, which explains them first and asks you to confirm with set hardcore yes. set hardcore off turns them off again.

See also: ROOM TELEPORT, QUESTS

wield <primary weapon>
hold <secondary weapon>

This skill allows one to wield two weapons at once. Generally this means a smaller/lighter weapon in the holding hand. To use your secondary weapon you must HOLD it, not wield it. Most weapons cannot be held.

If you are not very good at this skill you will frequently fumble your weapons in combat.

This skill is primarily used by Rangers but a devoted single-class Thief can also learn to dual wield if only a suitable teacher can be found.

See also: RANGER, FUMBLE

Wide as a barrel and about as tall. This short stocky race builds the best stone houses/tunnels or anything made of stone around. Perhaps due to their underground existence, Dwarves have developed the ability to see outside the normal range of visible light, into the infrared. Due to their short legs they sometimes have trouble keeping up with companions of taller races. Dwarves are known to have very good constitution, but as also known to be very hard to get along with. Some races hate all dwarves. Some (jealous of fine Dwarven craftsmanship no doubt) claim dwarves are a bit clumsy. Dwarves do seem to gain HP faster, and they are hard to poison. If a dwarf does not have a beard a foot long he must be a baby. Dwarves fight on the side of good in the race war.\ Dwarves start at 45, mature at 61, reach middle age at 121, old age at 181, and are ancient at 271.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: GNOME, DARK DWARF, RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, AGING

eat <food>

How to take care of that nasty 'You are hungry' message. Note: You can die of starvation.

See also: POISON, FOOD, DRINK

echo

This toggles the echoing of your emotes off or on. (What you say in the chat always shows: see CHAT.)

This is also a wizard command; This command sends the text of its argument to everyone in the same room as the wizard. The wizard gets no feedback and does not see the message.

See also: UTILITY

A poll's question and a few other long texts are typed a line at a time: each line you send is added to the text. An @ ends it (anything after the @ on that line is left out). A text too long is cut where it stops fitting, and the editor ends.

Sharp features such as pointed ears set this race apart from most. They are known to be flighty and not dependable. Elves are also known to be some of the best magicians around, as well as being one of the most dexterous races. They fight on the side of good in the race war. The subraces of elf are:

• Moon Elf: More Movement, faster Mana gain, higher dex, lower con than humans. Some races have a racial hatred for them. Supposedly they detect secret doors and have infravision.
• Gold Elf: Same as Moon, except more intelligent and less wisdom.
• Wild Elf: Same as Moon except stronger, less intelligent.
• Sea Elf: Same as Moon except healthier and stronger, less dexterous. They can naturally breath water and have innate empathic

abilities to communicate underwater & in silenced rooms. Moon and Gold Elves start at 120, mature at 251, reach middle age at 501, old age at 751, and are ancient at 1126.\ Wild and Sea Elves start at 120, mature at 151, reach middle age at 301, old age at 451, and are ancient at 676.\ (Dark elves, or Drow, are very different and are listed separately.) They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: DARK ELF, HALF-ELF, RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, AGING

See: ELF, DARK ELF

emote <text>
: <text>
emote <text> ^<target name> <text>

This places the specified text after your name, for everyone in the room to see. A : (colon) may be used as shorthand for emote. If the character "Player" types 'emote pounds her head against the wall', then everyone in the room will see, 'Player pounds her head against the wall'. This is purely social, no action is truly taken.\ There is also an advanced emote now! You can now select a target for your emote using the symbol "^". An example would be if our character "Player" is in the room with Celestian and he types 'emote prays to ^celestian for help.' Then all in the room *except* Celestian would see: 'Player prays to Celestian for help.' and Celestian would see: 'Player prays to you for help.'

See also: SOCIAL, COMMUNICATION, POINT, MUTTER, INSULT

empty <container> [<new container>]

This allows you to empty a container's contents into another container or onto the floor if no new container is listed.

See also: POUR

enter
enter <object>

If you type 'enter' while you are outdoors, you will enter any nearby shelter. You can also follow 'enter' with an argument; for example, 'enter window' or 'enter pool'.

See also: LEAVE

eq

Opens the Gear tab of the Character pane: the armor, weapon, charms etc. you are wearing, with links to remove or identify each.

Also, things that can be picked up are called equipment or objects. This is sometimes abbreviated to EQ.

On general item handling

• 2.item: Second item of that name (wear 2.bag)
• all.item: all items of that name (get all.bread)
• 9*item: that many of the item, up to 9 (put 9*potion bag)

See also: INVENTORY, CHARACTER

evaluate <item>

This can be used by anyone in shops to find out how much an item might sell for.

For thieves, this skill tells you the value and some of the vital stats of an object. For example, 'evaluate sword' will tell you interesting stuff about the sword. The numbers may be inaccurate. As you get better at the skill, the numbers become more and more accurate. NOTE: The item must be in your inventory for this to work.

See also: IDENTIFY, INVENTORY

examine <item/monster>

May give you some valuable information about an item, or a monster.

See also: LOOK

exits

Gives you a list of the obvious exits from your location. Of course, the less obvious ones will not show up here - you have to THINK in order to locate those.

See also: SET

Whenever you kill a monster, you earn experience points. When enough experience points are earned, you raise a level at once, wherever you are (no trip to your guildmaster). There is a cap on experience per kill determined by the group size. You can max out on a creature, see: MAXING.

New characters earn more: triple experience up to level 5, double up to level 10, then a little less each level until level 15, where the bonus ends. The message for each kill gives what you actually receive, and why (for example "You receive 360 experience (×3 newcomer bonus)."). A multi-class character's experience is split between their classes, and the message says so too.

Exploring pays as well: the first time any character of your account enters a zone none of them has been in, that character gains a hundredth of a level's experience (of their highest class). Later characters of the account get nothing there. There is none for the town you start in, and none at level 50.

Using your skills and spells pays too: each that works gives 100 experience for every level of the skill (the level your class learns it at). In a fight that is always paid in full. Out of a fight it comes from your practice pool, a tenth of your level's experience: once it is spent, practice gives nothing more ("You've learned all you can from practice for now") until it fills again. It fills back evenly over an hour, logged in or not, and never past full; a new level keeps it as full as it was.

See also: GROUP, SCORE, DEATH, GAIN, CAPS, MAXING, ADVANCED

To report a bug or a typo, or to suggest something for the game, click the Feedback button beside Exit, under the game's text. On a phone, it is the speech bubble beside Exit, and Feedback in the More menu.

Choose what kind of feedback it is (General, Typo, Bug or Feature request) and write as much as you like, up to 10,000 characters. The staff read every one, and see which character sent it and the room it was in, so for a typo it helps to send it from the room where you saw it.

See also: COMMUNICATION

feign death

Allows a Monk to pretend that they are dead. The people/things that are attacking you will stop fighting you, and may leave you alone completely, although it is best to leave the room as soon as possible. In order to pretend to be dead the Monk puts himself in a position similar to sleep.

See also: MONK

activate <figurine name>
deactivate <figurine name>

Figurines are objects that turn into pets when held and activated. The pet turns back into the figurine after a period of time, or when you deactivate it. You have to be in the room with the pet to deactivate it. When the pet becomes the figurine again, the figurine drops to the ground. These items may have a limited number of uses, and they may shatter if the pet dies.

See also: IDENTIFY, ALLIES

fill <container>

Do this if you want to fill a container with water at a water source, such as a fountain.

See also: POUR, DRINK, WATER, SPELL CREATE WATER, FIND WATER

find food

This skill will allow a person to find food outside. It may only be improved by study, not by practice.

See also: FIND WATER, FIND TRAPS, EAT

FIND TRAPS

Enables you to detect the presence of traps in a room. If you don't know how to "hunt" for them, seek someone to teach you this skill.

See also: SPELL FIND TRAPS, FIND FOOD, FIND WATER, DISARM

find water

This skill will allow a person to find water outside. It may only be improved by study, not by practice.

See also: FIND FOOD, FIND TRAPS, DRINK

fire <target>
shoot <target>

The command parameters for FIRE are 'fire <mobname>' where mobname is the mob you wish to shoot the weapon at. Most items require a load/notch before you can do this.

See also : NOTCH, SPOT, THROW

first aid

This skill allows a character of some classes to cure a few hit points per level of the character. This can only be done once per day (supplies etc.). This can only be done on yourself.

See also: SPELL CURE LIGHT, LAY ON HANDS

flee

If you are in a fight and things are beginning to get a little uncomfortable (maybe you are about to die), just type 'flee', and presto! you are out of harm's way - that is, IF you are still standing and, IF there is a suitable exit nearby, IF you succeed at your flee, and IF that exit does not simply take you out of the frying pan and into the fire... but then, who wants to live forever? Also, some classes lose experience for fleeing if they cannot retreat, so use it cautiously!

See also: WIMPY, DISENGAGE

focus <target>
focus

This will focus the monk's inner strength on a monster, knocking the monster down. However, a monk can become exhausted. and the monster may stand up at an unpredictable time. Once you are in battle, there is no need to type the target, it targets what you are fighting.

See also: BASH

follow <person>
follow <self>

If you happen to be going in the same direction as someone else, why not simply follow that person? In order to be grouped by someone you must be following them. As soon as you follow someone else, including yourself, you are no longer a member of whatever group you may have been in.

See also: GROUP

The bakers have a small selection of bread. One shop is west of the Old Skull Inn in the village of Daleville. Also, look for food in inns and bars.

See also: EAT, SPELL CREATE FOOD, FIND FOOD, SPELL MINOR CREATION

free [<target>]

This command allows you to free someone that is being held by someone else. The command can be used to free yourself if you are held, free your hold victim if you are holding them, or help free somone you see that is held. If no target is supplied, the default will go to yourself if you are held, otherwise to your holding victim if you are holding someone.

freegear

Lost everything? If you died and can't get back to your corpse, freegear outfits you again with the plain starting equipment your classes begin with (armor, a weapon if your class uses one, a light, a bag, bread and water).

You can only ask while you wear and carry nothing, and only once a game day (about 26 minutes). While you wait, it shows among your buffs as "freegear" with the time left.

If you are attempting to dual wield two weapons at once, there's a chance you will fumble your secondary weapon in combat. If you're not too clumsy at it, you'll only drop your secondary (held) weapon. Otherwise, you'll also drop your main weapon as well. In any, you'll have to pick up up the drop weapon(s) from the ground and hold/wield it again.

See also: RANGER, DUAL WIELD

You do not need to GAIN any more: as soon as you have the experience for your next level, you have it, with its hit points and everything else, and the game tells you so. Several levels at once come\ together ("x3"). Monks and druids no longer fight for their levels either.

Each level also teaches you the skills and spells your class learns at it, at 70% (one line each below the level message): see SKILLS.

Typing 'gain' at your guildmaster still works, if ever a level is waiting.

See also: EXPERIENCE, LEVELS

get <item>
take <item>
get <item> [from] <container>
get all <container>
get all

If you find something interesting on the ground, you may use 'get' to pick it up. If you are in a hurry, or if you just feel very greedy, you may type "get all". You can also use 'get' to extract objects from containers.

• You may number the item: get 2.fish
• You may get several: get 3*rock
• You may hyphenate: get large-skin

See also: DROP, PUT

give <object> <target>
give <number> coins <target>
give <number>*<object> <target>
give <number>.<object> <target>
give all.<object> <target>

If you feel benevolent, you may give some stuff to someone in need. Also, you may use this command to give gold coins to someone.

On general item handling

• 2.item: Second item of that name (give 2.bag someone)
• all.item: all items of that name (give all.bread someone)
• 9*item: that many of the item, up to 9 (give 9*potion someone)
• 35 coins: that number of coins (give 35 coins someone)

See also: GET

glance <person>

Use this to look at someone without seeing all their equipment.

See also: EXAMINE, READ, LOOK

gossip <text>
#zone <text>   (from the main window)

Talks in the Zone chat channel: everyone in the same zone as you hears it. The channel follows you from zone to zone.

See also: CHAT, NOGOSSIP, GLOBAL

global <text>
#global <text>   (from the main window)

Talks in the Global chat channel: everyone playing hears it. It costs nothing, but a few lines in a row and the chat asks you to slow down. SHOUT does the same.

See also: CHAT, DEAFEN, NEWBIE

Some would say that these guys look like a dwarf with a very large nose, I would not say that to a dwarf though. Gnomes are known to be very intelligent, but are not wise at all. They have the low movement and infravision of a dwarf, but have faster mana gain. Gnomes fight on the side of good in the race war.\ Gnomes start at 45, mature at 91, reach middle age at 181, old age at 271, and are ancient at 406.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: DWARF, RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, AGING

(Not a race new characters can choose: you meet them in the world.)

Goblins are nasty little creatures, about the size of Halflings. They are not as strong as larger races, but make up for it by being more coordinated and less ethical. They live short brutal lives, and are just out for themselves. They have infravision, and like to steal. They fight on the side of evil in the race war.\ Goblins start at 17(mature), reach middle age at 29, old age at 43, and are ancient at 64.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, RACE WAR, AGING

grab <item>

For getting a good grip on something; a torch, for example.

See also: WEAR, WIELD, REMOVE, HOLD

group <player>
group
group all

Use this to travel together and to share the experience from kills.

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 follow him or herself. The leader can now toggle group membership for each player in the group, by using "group <player_name>". The leader should remember to include him or herself in the group.

Group with no argument show a list of people with whom you are grouped.

Group all groups everyone following you, including yourself.

NOTE: You can only add someone who is visible to you and in the same room as you to your group. Once grouped, group members will remained grouped and can still communicate via gtell even if they are separated.

If you are a group member, then you will share experience points for killing monsters. 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.

1. leader of a group gets 3% exp bonus per kill per other PC in group
2. followers get 1% bonus (per other PC)
3. Newbie groups (groups in which the highest level in the party is less than 11) get an extra bonus of 10% for groups of 2, 20% for groups of 3 or more.
4. Chumps get an extra 5% bonus for groups of 3 or more.
5. A charmed pet's kill gives its master a third of the pet's share.

Example

Quifael and Redferne wishes to group with Dragoun.

• Quifael: follow dragoun
• Redferne: follow dragoun

(Dragoun should be following no one but himself)
Dragoun : group all

Later when Dragoun gets upset at Quifael (because he is sleeping all the time) he types : "Group Quifael" to kick Quifael out of the group. If you want to leave the group you are in, follow someone other than the group leader, such as yourself.

There is a limit to the amount of experience you get per a kill based on the size of your group. See: CAPS

See also: SET, EXPERIENCE, GWHO, FOLLOW, ASSIST, PROMOTE, ADVANCED

gtell <text>
#group <text>   (from the main window)

Talks in the Group chat channel: everyone in your group hears it, however far away they are.

See also: GROUP, CHAT

A guildmaster is an accomplished NPC who can teach you your skills. They often have GM or Guildmaster in their name, but not always.

Once at the guildmaster, you can see how good you are at your class's spells and skills. The spells and\ skills themselves come with your levels and get better with use.

Due to construction being done in Daleville, some of the guildmasters can currently be found lodging at the Old Skull. Others live around Daleville or in other home towns.

See also: PRACTICE, STUDY, CHECK, MAP

This is a command to use with order to get followers to assist you automatically if you are attacked.

A pet you summon (an elemental, an animal, a golem, the dead a necromancer raises) guards you from the start and joins your group, so the kills it makes count for you. A guarding ally joins your fight within a round of it starting. 'order <pet> guard off' stops it guarding.

See also: ALLIES, ASSIST

gwho

This command will give a complete list of groups with group names.

See also: WHO, WHOIS, SET

See: HALF-GIANT, HALF-ELF, HALFLING, HALF-ORC, HALF-OGRE

A Half breed of human and elf, this race calls no place home and tries to make anywhere s/he stays their home. A Half elf can take on the qualities of either of it human or elvish parents. They usually have the infravision and can detect secret doors like an elf. They have good movement and mana gain. Half elves fight on the side of good in the race war.\ Half-Elves start at 25, mature at 51, reach middle age at 101, old age at 151, and are ancient at 226.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: ELF, RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, AGING

See: HALF-ELF

See: HALF-ELF

Race of half giant and half human, they look more human than anything and can often be confused as a large human. Half-Giants are known for their high strength and constitution, but are a bit dim, and sometimes foolish. They can take an incredible amount of damage and live to brag about it. They are very large: they are the only race that can bash huge creatures, such as giants and dragons, which makes them the best warriors and barbarians in the Realms. They are only suited to being a Warrior or a Barbarian. They fight on the side of good in the race war. Half-Giants start at 25, mature at 31, reach middle age at 61, old age at 91, and are ancient at 136.\ Warriors and barbarians only (single class).

See also: RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, AGING

See: HALF-GIANT

See: HALF-GIANT

Mini-humans is what they look like, but nothing like humans are they. Halflings like to enjoy good food and lay about. They are good at most Thief skills when born, although they are not a evil race. They are very dexterous, but not very strong. They usually have trouble keeping up with taller companions, but they recover there endurance and health faster than many other races. Halflings are hard to poison. Halflings fight on the side of good in the race war.\ Halflings start at 25, mature at 31, reach middle age at 61, old age at 91, and are ancient at 136.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: LEVEL LIMITS, RACES, CLASSES, AGING

Half human and half orc, this guy looks like a very very ugly human. Not very sure where to live these guys can be very dangerous or very helpful. They are however healthy, have infravision and have good move gain. They fight on the side of good in the race war, to the amazement of many.\ Half-orcs start at 17(mature), reach middle age at 29, old age at 43, and are ancient at 64.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, AGING

See: HALF-ORC

See: HALF-ORC

Half Ogres are huge hairy human looking race. They are not very smart nor very quick moving about, however they are strong and healthy. They have good move and hit point gain, and are big. They fight on the side of good in the race war, to the amazement of many. Half-ogres start at 17(mature), reach middle age at 29, old age at 43, and are ancient at 64.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: RACES, LEVEL LIMITS, CLASSES, AGING

See: HALF-OGRE

See: HALF-OGRE

A headhunt is a simple type of quest run by the gods. They are NOT run on request. In a headhunt, those who participate try to spell out the announced word or phrase in heads. For instance, if a newbie was trying to spell "TOP" they might get the heads of a treant, otyugh, and priest from around Daleville. Only the name of the creature (the noun) counts for the letter. For instance, "small mouse" would only count for M, not S. To get the head off a corpse, 'behead corpse' while wielding a cutting weapon.

1. You must collect the heads after the headhunt is announced, not use heads you previously had.
2. The creatures you kill must not be far far below you in level. For instance, an adept should not kill creatures under level 25 or so. Anything a newbie can kill is acceptable for a newbie.
3. You may not use more than one of any type of head.
4. The first to shout or gossip to the gods that they have the complete set of heads wins. Only one person wins for each phrase.
5. You may not receive help from outside the level range announced for the word you are trying to spell.

See also: QUEST, RESTRING

heave <boulder> <target>

This command will allow barbarians and certain giant creatures to heave large rocks at targets. This is similar to the throw/fire/shoot command and should be used in conjunction with SPOT. You need to be carrying the item you are heaving in your inventory, and you may miss. Boulders can chip or break when heaved, which makes them smaller and, therefore, less damaging. The creature you hit may charge out and attack you, ignore you, or heave the rock back.

See also: THROW, SHOOT, NOTCH, SPOT

heroic

This skill allows a Paladin to rescue someone in combat in the room. It is very similar to rescue, but a NAME field is not required. This means a Paladin can rescue anyone in his group simply by typing 'heroic' when a battle begins.

See also: RESCUE, PALADIN

See: HALF-GIANT

hide

When 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. Hide is broken by pressing return, regardless of whether you typed a command or not. You can hide while following someone, as long as you do not enter any commands.

See also: SNEAK

See: Kill

hold <item>

For getting a good grip on something; a torch, for example. If you want to hold the second lantern in your inventory, hold 2.lantern.

See also: WEAR, WIELD, REMOVE, GRAB

Hit points (HP) determine how much damage you can take before you die. How many you gain each level is based partially on you CON statistic and on your race, but has a random factor. To regain HP, wait, rest, sleep, or find a Cleric to heal you. If you do not seem to be gaining back hit points, check SCORE to see if you are hungry or thirsty.

See also: SCORE, REPORT, SPELL CURE LIGHT, SPELL HEAL, FIRST AID

Look in the mirror. Humans are the average the other races are compared with. They are subject to the least amount of racial hatreds. Humans fight on the side of good in the race war.\ Humans start at age 17, are mature at 21, middle aged at 41, old age at 61, and are ancient at 91.\ They may be any class (see CLASSES).

See also: RACES, CLASSES, AGING

track <target>

Enables you to track a mob or person. Once you start tracking them, you will see a message each time you move, telling which direction to go to find your target.

See: TRACK, SPELL MINOR TRACK, SPELL MAJOR TRACK

identify <item> [worn | carried | here]

Anyone can identify an item, at no cost and at once: something worn, carried or lying here. With no place named, it looks at what you wear first, then what you carry, then what is here. In the Character pane's Gear tab, clicking an item (its icon or its name) does the same. The facts open in a card of their own, with the item's icon, what looking at it says and its buttons (wear, drop...); Escape or ✕ closes it.

The ID is a table, row by row:

Who can use it

You must have at least one class the item is not for. For instance, if you are a mage/warrior and an item is not for mage or warrior, you cannot wear it. But if you are also a cleric, and it is not barred to clerics, you can.

Only for turns this around: you must have only the classes listed. An item only for mage can be used by single-class mages only. An item only for mage and cleric can be used by mages, clerics and mage/clerics, but not by a mage/warrior.

Levels

An item that serves "20 to 30 only" can be worn only by a character whose average level is in that range. If you drop below its range, it falls off. "Gods only" items are for immortals.

Rarity

An item's rarity weighs what it gives against how scarce it is. The bonuses players chase count most: resisting blunt, then slash, extra damage and hit points, weapon spells and slayers, big damage dice, true sight and sanctuary. An item the game allows only one of, or with a high rent, counts as scarcer, and one that is never saved counts less. Any item that resists blunt and can be rented is legendary. Rarity also shows as the colour of the item's icon border: grey poor, green uncommon, blue rare, purple epic, orange legendary (a common item keeps the plain border).

Limited

A LIMITED item is one the world holds only so many of (or one with a rent over 10,000 a day). A new one loads only while fewer than that many exist, counting the ones players keep in rent. If you stay away more than 30 days, the limited things you kept go back into the world (see RENT), and when you are rented out (after going idle), you can keep only so many of them, more as you rise in level. LIMITED is not the same as rarity: a limited item can be of any rarity.

Affects

• armor: a negative number is better armor.
• saving: a negative number protects you. Saves are as in D&D.
• hit means hitpoints; hitroll means 'to hit'; hit-n-dam is both 'to hit' and 'to damage' combined.
• mana-regen is how much mana you get back each tick (game hour).
• spellfail is your chance (1 to 100) to fail a spell: casters want negative numbers.
• resists means half damage, weak to double damage, immune to no damage.
• slays a race (see ALLRACES) or an alignment: double total damage to them.

The Item Database (a link under the message of the day on the character list, or /items on the game's web address) shows the ID of every item in the world, and which monsters and shops have it.

See also: RECITE, FIGURINE, SPELLFAIL, EVALUATE

Some characters have left this mortal coil and become Immortals (sometimes referred to as god or wizards.) You may REQUEST immortality after you earn 200,000,000 experience per class. Very rarely, someone will be given an immortal for some significant service to the mud.

You must find a god to sponsor you into immortality. Each current immortal above level 51 can sponsor a few others to be immortals. The sponsoring immortal oversees your training, and helps you progress to level 52, so that they can sponsor someone else.

We ask that when you request immortality, you do so with ALL your equipment still intact, to keep equipment circulating, and prove your commitment. Please do not get rid of anything that you normally used over the adept portion of your career, and give away NOTHING at all for the last 10 or so million experience. If you played a well equipped adept, we expect you to sacrifice a well equipped adept in order to become an immortal. Trying to weasel around this and find loopholes will show you are not suited to immortality, where you must obey strict rules, enforce the intent of rules, and consider the good of the mud before your own personal good.

Newbie Immortals (level 51) are give limited power and must follow strict rule preventing them from helping (or harming) mortals. They must not interfere with the normal running of the game. The are not allowed to use their immortal character to gain any information about the mud. As immortals perform services to the MUD, such as writing zones, they may be advanced in level. The highest immortals, the true gods of the mud, are bound only by their own code of honor. The rules they set for lower gods express how they expect the mud to be run. Do not ask them to do thing lower gods are not allowed to do, as they may get irritated.

**** THINK carefully before you ask to become an IMMORTAL! *****

Many people find it VERY boring. You can't group with friends, can't kill stuff, can't cast spells on mortals, and can't explore anything. Even what you say to others becomes restricted, as you may have privileged information, and are considered to be representing the MUD when you speak to mortals. Unless you wish to write zones or do other work on the mud, immortality is rather pointless.

See also: WIZLIST, IMPLEMENTOR, PRAY, WHO

The most powerful beings in existence. Their function is mostly administrative. Don't whine too much in their presence.

See also: WIZLIST

Inns are places where the weary traveler may rest. Renting a room (RENT) is a safe and comfortable way to leave the game, and you start in that inn when you return. It is never needed: your things are kept for you, free of charge, however you leave.

See also: OFFER, RENT, QUIT

insult <person>

Try it and see! But you had better be sure they are not easily offended first...

See also: MUTTER, SOCIALS, POINT, EMOTE

See: STATS

Things you should know

• Hit points are AD&D-like, not Diku-like.
• There are 150+ spells, more than 40 skills, more on the way. Many monsters have special routines.
• Most monsters that might have poison do, and poison is very dangerous. Some poisonous monsters have instantly fatal poison: take care!
• Equipment can be damaged, by spells and combat, and can be repaired.
• Dragons (and others) breathe, doing lots of damage to people and equipment.
• Non-PC followers only get 1/2 the exp they would get if they weren't charmed; the other 1/2 is lost.
• Some monsters are too big to bash: in general, dragons, most 'huge' things, purple worms, etc. Giants or Half-Giants may bash huge things.
• Sneak allows you to avoid aggressive monsters.
• Monsters develop hatreds very quickly, and will try to hunt you down and kill you for hurting them.
• Most monsters that should see in the dark do.
• Some monsters are immune, resistant, or susceptible to the things you might expect them to be (resist = 1/2 damage, susc = 2 × damage).
• Monsters HELP each other out, usually if they are of the same race. They don't sit by and watch.
• Player characters are very powerful: many spells, attacks, etc. Monsters are weaker individually, most of the time. However, the monsters here are not as stupid as they are on other muds, and they tend to be tougher, because of that, and because they help each other.

Rule of thumb: Grouping is a good idea.

It is easier to play mages and thieves if you are patient. You don't have to be as patient, if you are more willing to group. Rangers and Paladins have alignment restrictions, making them somewhat difficult. Druids must remain neutral, making them the most difficult to play, especially in groups.

My goals for the classes:

• Fighters: powerful at lower levels, much less useful at higher.
• Clerics: reasonably powerful and useful all along.
• Mages: weak at lower levels, more powerful at higher levels.
• Thieves: good for scouting, very nice when grouped.
• Monks: weak at lower levels, more powerful at higher levels.
• Druids: medium at all levels, like Clerics.

Spell casting is harder to do in combat. Generally, the more powerful the spell, the harder to cast in combat. Magic missile, acid blast, shocking grasp, cause light, serious, critical, are all fairly easy to cast in combat.

While your equipment can be damaged by spells and such, there are some things you can do minimize the damage. #1, if you are fighting something that does fire damage, being immune or resistant to fire yourself will help your equipment out as well. Good saves will also in general reduce the amount of damage.

See also: NEWBIE, RULES

inventory

Opens the Gear tab of the Character pane: what you are carrying, with links to use each thing ('i' and 'inv' do the same).\ To see what is in a container, type "examine <container>" or "look <container>"\ To specify a second item, use 2.item.
(Example, "examine 2.bag" or "give 3.sword friendname")

See also: EQUIPMENT, CHARACTER, EXAMINE, LOOK, WEAR

Bring your friends to Grindy Mud and you both get gold. Your invite link is in Invite friends, on your characters' screen and in Settings: copy it and send it to a friend.

When your friend makes a new account from your link and any of their characters reaches level 5:

• you get 100,000 gold in your account's bank;
• they get 50,000 gold in their account's bank, and the character that reached level 5 gets 5 quest points.

Each friend pays once. Only a new account made from your link counts: someone who already plays can't be claimed afterwards, and your own link doesn't count for you. The link works for 30 days after your friend opens it, through signing in with Google or Discord too.

You can be paid for up to 10 friends a week. Rewards past that aren't lost: they wait and are paid the next week. The Invite friends panel shows how many friends joined, the rewards paid and the rewards waiting. You hear when a friend joins and when you are paid; if you are away, you are told when you next log in. Nobody is shown the other's email.

A guest account has no link: save your account first (Save account, on your characters' screen). A guest can be invited, though, and keeps the invite when saved: the rewards are paid only once the friend's account is saved (an email or a login), so a guest who reaches level 5 first is paid the next time they enter the game with that character after saving.

See also: BANK, QUEST SHOPPE

Both mobs and PCs can be immune, resistant, and/or susceptible (IRS) to various physical and magical affects. In general, the heirarchy is:

Immunity > Resistance > Susceptibility.

That is, immunity supercedes resistance which supercedes susceptibility. So if a PC is flagged to be both resistant and susceptible to fire, then that PC is actually resistant to fire. The susceptibility to fire is overridden by the resistance.

In terms of damage

Immune = zero damage taken
Resistant = half damage taken
Susceptible = double damage taken

In terms of spell affects:

Immune = immunity to that spell's affects.
Resistant = two saving throws vs. that spell's affects. Susceptible = will always fail a saving throw vs. that spell's affects.

NOTE: Mobs (but not PCs) may also be immune, resistant, and/or susceptible to weapons with given HITROLL bonuses.

See also: MOB IRS, RESISTANCES

junk <item>

This destroys the items, and gives you a small amount of gold. You have to have the item in inventory. Be careful what you junk, as it is lost forever.

kick <monster>
kick

The success of a kick depends upon how well you are learned. The higher level you reach the harder you kick. There is one small catch - whenever you kick (or miss) you will be unable to type any command for three rounds of 'Violence' - so be sure that you do not need to flee! This is one of the Monks most awesome weapons. Use it wisely. Just typing kick while fighting someone will automatically kick the monster you are fighting. For everyone but monks, kick does level/2 damage, but for monks (and mobs) it does level.

See also: RESCUE, BASH

lay <target>

Lay on hands heals wounds. The target is healed by

The paladin then cannot use the skill again for 24 hours.

See also: PALADIN, FIRST AID, SPELL CURE LIGHT, ALIGNMENT

leave

If you feel claustrophobic, typing 'leave' will make you use the nearest obvious exit to the outside.

See also: ENTER

There are none by race: a character of any race may reach level 50 in each of its classes. (Half-giants may only be warriors or barbarians.)

No mortal goes past level 50 on their own. Level 51 is immortal: someone of any race/class combination may become one, but only a god makes an immortal (see IMMORTALITY).

See also: LEVELS, RACES, IMMORTALITY, AGING

levels <class>

Opens the table of a class's levels here: the experience each level needs, and its title. A class can be named by its first letter; for Psionist use 'i', for Monk 'k'.

[Mage](help:levels mage) · [Cleric](help:levels cleric) · [Warrior](help:levels warrior) · [Thief](help:levels thief) · [Druid](help:levels druid) · [Monk](help:levels monk) · [Barbarian](help:levels barbarian) · [Paladin](help:levels paladin) · [Ranger](help:levels ranger) · [Psionist](help:levels psionist)

See also: EXPERIENCE, SCORE, ADVANCED

The experience a mage needs for each level, and the title that comes with it (a male / a female one where they differ).

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE

The experience a cleric needs for each level, and the title that comes with it (a male / a female one where they differ).

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE

The experience a warrior needs for each level, and the title that comes with it (a male / a female one where they differ).

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE

The experience a thief needs for each level, and the title that comes with it (a male / a female one where they differ).

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE

The experience a druid needs for each level, and the title that comes with it (a male / a female one where they differ).

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE

The experience a monk needs for each level, and the title that comes with it (a male / a female one where they differ).

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE

The experience a barbarian needs for each level, and the title that comes with it (a male / a female one where they differ).

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE

The experience a paladin needs for each level, and the title that comes with it (a male / a female one where they differ).

See also: LEVELS, EXPERIENCE