Help and 3k Terminology is Here

<help build>
Note: This help file is only available if you've created a wizardling character.

Topic: Build
Well, you've done it. You've discovered the secret to unbridled area creation power.

Using this command you can build rooms on the fly, as you wander around. Need to wander around your area a bit before you find a suitable place to expand it? Want to just make a whole new area without having to edit dozens of files by hand? Well, this is your ticket.

Syntax: build <dir> <filename>
build list (show all my files)
build (show syntax plus which room I'm in now)

Creates a new room in direction 'dir' from the room you're in now. It creates the exits in your source room and destination room and gives the new room a filename that's cartesionly coordinated from the one you're in now. Or named 'filename' if you provide it. A named 'file' is just a filename, no path, no ., space, /, \ (Valid dirs: the 8 cardinal, in/out, up/down, enter/exit, portal) Dual-direction hidden exits can be made with a preceding '@' character. Single (exiting) hidden exits can be made with a preceding '#' character. Single (return) hidden exits can be made with a preceding ' character.

example: build west street_corner
build @north back_hidden_room (hidden in both ways)
build #north other_hidden_room (hidden out of this room only)
build $north third_hidden_room (hidden only from the other side)
Do not use special characters in the destination room except underscore.

Once in your new room you can use 'bdescr' and 'badditem' commands to add real flavor to it.

CAREFUL: Random use of this command is going to add exits to the room you are in! Your area is automatically 'in game', so you will be giving access to all players. Be aware of this.

See also: bdescr badditem bmob bdelete

Note from Rastafan:
Obviously 'build' is your room construction tool.

When you build, you provide a direction and a filename.
Example: build west kitchen1

That would create an exit from your current room to 'kitchen1' and it also moves you to that room.

Let's pretend I'm building a 4 room square kitchen. I would type the following commands:

build west kitchen1
build north kitchen2
build east kitchen3
build south kitchen1

Note that you're linking the last room (kitchen3) at the end there back to kitchen1 creating your loop.

You can link any room back to any other room also. So I could do something like:

build west hallway1
build west hallway2
build west hallway3
build west hallway4
build north bedroom1
build west br1closet
build $down hallway1

Now I've linked the closet in the bedroom back to the beginning of the hallway. This example makes for a crappy map, but obviously you can use this to build an upstairs, or twisting dungeon, or even intentional confusion into your area.
(The "$" preceding the down exit means that the exit will be hidden from the hallway but visible in the closet. See 'help build' for more info.)

Note from Wasp:
The command to open/close your infinity areas (discussed in note 14), is "unblock all" or "block all" in any room that is named with an "entrance" in the name.

Types of Damage

Damage is divided into ten different classification, which include the following:

Edged: Any damage resulting from a sharpened surface such as from swords, daggers, arrows, claws, teeth, or talons.

Blunt: Any damage resulting from a relatively flat, weighted surface such as from hammers, staffs, maces, boulders, or fists.

Fire: Heat damage resulting from sources like open flames, explosives, extremely hot surfaces, or magical fire.

Ice: Freezing damage resulting from sources like artic climates, chilling waters, snow storms, and magical coldness.

Acid: Burn damage resulting from sources like acidic sprays, digestive juices, or chemical explosions.

Electricity: Burn damage resulting from sources like lightning, tasers, stunrods, or a toaster in a bathtub.

Mind: Brain-specific damage resulting from sources like psionic blasts, certain chemical compounds, and stunning or sonic weapons.

Energy: Damage resulting primarily from exposure to magical energy, such as from a magic missile, but potentially from energy-based weapons as well.

Poison: Damage resulting from exposure to toxins such as snake venom, gas traps, rotten food, or poison potions.

Radiation: Damage resulting from exposure to radioactive emissions such as from nuclear reactions, gammarays, or laser weapons.

Note: It's fairly common for a single source of danger to inflict several types of damage. For example, a freezing hailstorm might inflict both cold and blunt damage.

See also: defense, resistances.

Defense

Defense is a measure of your ability to avoid attacks in martial combat. The more experienced, agile, and skillfully trained you are, the better your defense will be. In addition, armor can also affect your defense, as bulky armors may limit your movement while some magical armors may heighten your reflexes.

See also: damage, resistances.

Topic: Dmap

SYNTAX: dmap [newb|pinc]

By typing 'dmap', you will be shown your location in either Pinnacle or Newbieland, if you are in either area, with your location represented by a flashing red (if you have ansi on) '@', otherwise you'll need to specify which map you'd like to view by using 'dmap newb' or 'dmap pinc'.

See also: citymap, newbie, newbieland.

<help dungeons>

Syntax: dungeons [player/directive]

This command allows you to see all the dungeons that you are currently saved to, the boot you're saved until (inclusive), when you're allowed to clear your ID (if at all), and the ID of the dungeon and any players (currently online) that are saved with you.

You will not be able to enter a dungeon area with players that are saved to a different ID. Similarly no one can enter your dungeon if they have a different ID. The only way to get the same dungeon ID as another player is to party with them. (Partying with players saved to various different dungeon IDs will have interesting results...)

You can check the dungeons your party mates are saved to with:
dungeons <player>
You can leave a dungeon group with:
dungeons clear <name or ID/all>

Example output:

Indicating that I'm saved to Smurfland through boot 873, unless I choose To leave that dungeon ID earlier, which I can do in 1 hour and 47 minutes. My dungeon ID for Smurfs is 15, and there's no other players online right now that are saved with me.
My lock on Death Taco won't expire for a few more boots if I desire, My lock on Death Taco won't expire for a few more boots if I desire, but I could leave that dungeon ID now if I wanted, if perhaps I was going to party with someone else in that area who is also already saved. My lock on Death Taco won't expire for a few more boots if I desire,
WMT's Note: the player in this help file should use the <dungeons clear all> command since we've now learned that entering the Death Taco dungeon with the 'Can Reset' section listed as now could potentialy screw up the scaling, etc.

See also: scaler

When you teleport into a dungeon, or even if you're summoned into one, your dungeon will not automatically clear when the timer is done. To manually clear this, type <dungeons clear all>.

<help explorer>
3Kingdoms Explorers

The number of rooms every player has found is tracked individually so that you can see just how far and wide you've spread carnage.
You can use the explorer command to see this information.

<help hail>
Topic: Hail
Syntax: hail cab

From within Pinnacle you can 'hail cab' to have a cab come and pick you up to take you back to the center of town.

This trip is free for any player under level 15 but can become quite pricy for the high level player in a hurry.

<help hardcore> <help hwho>
SYNTAX: 'hwho' or 'hardcore' [history [sort]]

This command shows the list of hardcore players currently logged on. If you use the [history] argument, it will show a high level of detail about every hardcore player that ever reached level 30. You can sort by any of the fields shown in the resultant output with the optional [sort] argument. The default sort order is by # of hardcore kills, as defined as monsters whose class is >= your hardcore kill class req (HCKCR) in the list.

Becoming a hardcore player
A player can ONLY choose to be hardcore when they are first created. You cannot turn a regular character into a hardcore character nor vice-versa. If a hardcore character dies just 1 time, you can no longer advance, leave town, party, or gain XP.

Every player gets a single hardcore alternate slot for free.

Benefits of Hardcore Characters
When a hardcore character reaches level 30, all of that player's legal alternate characters get a free skill point. Those characters also gain another point for every 5 levels beyond 30. Only your highest level hardcore character lends this benefit. i.e. having more than one hardcore character over level 30 won't give you extra skill points.

See also: players, who, who2.

TLDR - Once you earn the rank of High Mortal by earning at least 805 quest points and level 30, type <questlist, commands new, hm on> to access the high mortal chatline.

High Mortal is a title earned by collecting a certain number of quest points. The exact number you need fluctuates over time as the scale of the system changes. You must also be at least 30th level to receive this title.

High Mortals may change their titles at will. They may not change their alignment (the word that appears in parentheses after the title), but they often use the pretitle and title together to form interesting and unique titles. In addition they may choose to remove themselves from the 'who' listing type commands at will.

They may also change their entrance and exit messages that other players will see when they enter or leave a room. Many High Mortals create entrance and exit messages that match, creating interesting illusions and effects. The messages must always contain their name, and the exit message must contain the name of the exit they are leaving through.

In addition to altering their appearances as such, High Mortals may also communicate with others for much less cost. Tells and link tells no longer cost spell points.

High Mortals may choose which of the six fantasy realm entrances they appear in when passing through the fantasy portal. This makes traveling through the large fantasy realm much easier and faster. People who are following a High Mortal and who themselves are not High Mortal will appear in the current default portal. However, a High Mortal may summon another player if that player is in the base area of the kingdom. This does not work for the other two realms as well.

High Mortals of sufficient level may also earmuff people past level 49, without the use of earmuffs. At an even higher level, High Mortals may elect to create a legal second character, which must be registered. Only one of the characters may be logged in each reboot, so they must choose wisely each time they log in.

High Mortals also have their own chat line. This line is different from most of the other ones players have access too, because its members are in different guilds and yet at the same time of a limited group. High Mortals usually have at least a passing knowledge of each other and share a tighter bond between themselves.

As can been seen by the above powers, High Mortals enjoy many advantages. Their rewards are well earned, however. Overcoming the challenges presented in the quests is never an easy task, and these people are the few who have managed to surpass a great many of those challenges. If you are up to the task, you may one day join their ranks.

When you meet the requirements for High Mortal, you will automatically become a High Mortal. Then, type 'questlist' to update your QP with the system, then type 'commands new' to refresh your commands, and finally type 'hm on' to access the highmortal chatline. If you are still unable to use your highmortal powers, you may need to exit the game and log back on to get full use of all your High Mortal abilities. Your High Mortal status will be shown in your finger information.

There are several ranks of highmortal that can be achieved, many with access to highmortal commands! The ranks and quest point requirements for are as follows:

High Mortal Ranks

Help file last updated: 4/6/20

See also: hmpowers, levels, milestones, quest.

<help history>
SYNTAX: history [<number>]

The 'history' command will give you a list of the 128 most recent commands you have typed in. With the optional argument, you may elect to list fewer than the default 64 commands.

The last 128 commands that you type in will be stored in a buffer for you to look at and use. Any command started with the percent sign is treated as a history command.

%%

Perform the last command again

%n

Perform the nth command again

%<text>

Perform the last command starting with <text>. e.g. %hel

If there are any arguments to either of these commands then they are appended the command you'll be executing.

See also: commands.

<help ibrief>
Topic: Item Brief
Syntax: ibrief [args | all [on|off]]

Item Briefing
Commands:
ibrief - Lists briefed items in your inventory.
ibrief <arg> - Toggles brief on <arg> in your inventory.
ibrief all [on|off] - Toggles brief on/off for your entire inventory.
ibrief needed <arg> - Logs an item that should allow briefing.

ibrief will, on an item by item basis, block some/all messages from the item to reduce your combat spam. Each item must be individually coded for this to work. If you find an item that does not support briefing but should, use 'ibrief needed <arg>' to tag the item for wizards to add the functionality to it.

Also note, dropping an item will reset its brief setting.

<help method>

Introduction

Presumably you wouldn't be playing this darn game if you didn't want to do quests. If you don't want (like) to do them 3K is probably not for you. This helpfile describes one approach to solving quests, and while it is by no means the only way to do them, the method works. The elements of solving quests are to get yourself a good map, search the whole area, follow the story line of the quest if there is one, and pay particular attention to the characters and objects you will discover while questing. Most importantly, write everything down. This is so obvious most people forget to do it. At any rate, these are the mechanics -- the part you bring to the quest is your patience, and problem solving skills.

Finding a Quest

Finding quests is actually easy to do in most cases. You find quests by mapping, and by being familiar with the three domains of 3K. If the quest listing you find at the guild entrance tells you to "seek in the Realms of Fantasy", you have already ruled out 2/3 of the mud. Now all you have to do is be familiar with the one Domain that holds the quest you want to solve.

Rough map the domain. This is so obvious that most folks miss it when they first start to play. If you can't find Wayhaven, the probability that you will ever solve the Wayhaven quest is pretty small. Take the time to map the three domains (Fantasy, Science and Chaos). You will not only make your questing life easier, you will discover all sorts of stuff that is generally useful. As a guideline, it should take 3 or 4 hours to rough map each domain.

When to do a Quest

Always quest, always map. Be ever searching for the next part of a puzzle. Monsters that give you reasonable XP and GXP are everywhere. Impatience and desperation are probably the single biggest killer of questers. If you are always questing, you will likely progress steadily, you will have a cool head, and you will certainly have a much easier time doing quests. The only way to solve the larger more complex quests is to get good at questing and to always be looking for that next piece of the puzzle.

Mapping

In my opinion the most important part of solving a quest is to draw up a good map. Start with a piece of graph paper, and every time you move into a new room, draw a separate box for the room and put in lines to indicate exits from the new room. This is simple to do, and it can save your life. To map for a quest, set your wimpy very high, and just do a fast rough map putting down all the directions you can see without searching. Read the room descriptions carefully before exploring a new direction. You would be amazed at how many people see a sign that says 'Death trap to the east' and then proceed to go east and die (go figure). With this rough map in hand you now know all the safe exits, and where all the holes you need to explore are.

Mapping 2

With your rough map in hand, you now should look for the non-obvious or hidden, directions. These are room exits that you cannot see and are generally found around the edges of an area or leading into the holes you have found in your rough map. Of course this is not always true -- sometimes there are exits up, down, and so on. To find the hidden direction, read the room description carefully, there is usually a clue somewhere in the text (not always, but usually). The brute force approach is to try every direction {n,e,s,w,ne,sw,se,sw,u,d} on every square, and believe me you will probably do this at some point in your adventures here at 3K. Draw in the hidden exits you find.

Searching

Most quests have an element of searching to them. To do an effective search, read the room description. Look at everything in the room, monsters, objects, and look at every noun in the text of the room description and in the text you get back when you look. Generally speaking, in the first few squares, try 'look' and 'examine' both to see which one the quest uses. While you are looking, also 'search' the things you are looking at. This may seem tedious, but is a crucial step to finding the pieces you may need to solve the quest.

Story Line

From the very beginning, write down what you think a possible solution might be. As you discover new stuff, change your written solution to accommodate the new details. As dumb as this may seem, this step allows you to collect your thoughts and organize yourself to solving the quest. There are not many quests around that do not have some sort of logic behind them (as twisted as the logic may be). By drafting solutions you are in effect trying to put yourself in the place of the wizard who created the quest. Frankly, the more complex the quest is, the more important this step becomes.

Monsters

Monsters give a living context to quests. In some quests they are used as scenery and filler, in others they give directions by talking to you, answering your questions, and so on. Don't just blindly stumble around killing everything you see. Look at them first, consider their size and damage potential, try saying stuff to them, see what they are carrying. Then if you must, and it is safe -- kill em. Notice I said 'and if its safe'. Generally speaking the average quest monster is often bigger than you are prepared to deal with. Look at your map, plan your escape, set your wimpy, make sure you are at full strength and have the best equipment and healing you can afford ... and THEN kill it.

Interactive Quests

When you see a quest referred to as being an interactive quest, what is really being said is that the monsters are designed to interact with you much like another player would. What is more important in these quests is to find out just what the monsters are trying to tell you or direct you to do. Try all kinds of things with them, like: say hi, say job, say quest, tell <monster> hi, exa monster, search monster, bow monster, etc. Look carefully at the room and anything within it for hints, plus listen to the monster carefully while examining it, etc. Contained in everything you see and hear will be a hint of what else to ask/look for.

Rules

Yes, there are rules. If you break them the penalties are severe. If you start with the principle that most quests are 'secret journeys' or 'rites of passage' that each player must experience without help, there is really only one rule that matters:

Don't discuss the details of a quest with anyone, ever.

Rules associated with specific quests are found in the quest listing for each quest. For instance, if the listing says no partying on the quest you MUST solo the quest. Pretty simple -- pretty obvious. There is a more formal RULES room down from where you log on. Whatever this file may say about rules, the RULES room rules.

See also: milestones, punishment, quest, questhelp, rules.

<help mission>
Command: mission
Allows you to monitor and interact with any offered or active missions. Missions can be found through the 3-Kingdoms.

The syntax is:
mission abandon <num> - abandons a mission
mission accept <num> - accepts a mission
mission ask <who> - asks <who> for a mission
mission changelog - views the changelog
mission feedback [#] <what> - give feedback to coders
mission help - shows the help file
mission history - shows your history
mission list [brief|offered] - lists your missions
mission refuse <num> - refuses an offered mission
mission return <who> - returns a mission to <who>
mission review [offered] <num> - shows details about a mission
mission set [variable] <arg> - controls your settings
mission share <num> <who> - shares your mission
mission store [num] <what> - stashes an item for a mission

Missions are small tasks that you can perform for certain NPC's or creatures on 3K in exchange for a reward. If any creature has a mission available, you will see a question mark at the end of their name. Missions have a number of possible rewards that can range from coins, experience, stat boosts and reputation increases. The tasks can be killing certain creatures, or collecting specific items from an area. If you do find someone offering you a mission, be sure to type <mission help> for the available commands to get started.

See our missions page.

<help mskills>
Skills on 3Kingdoms add a unique dynamic to your character. Choosing to advance yourself in one or more skills will have a positively profound and somewhat permanent impact on your character. The different skills available for advancement provide you with a myriad of special abilities and tangible effects, the combination of which will be unique to your character.

To see the available skills use the 'skills' or 'mskills' commands.

You get one skill point every even level, and one skill point for every year you've been on 3K. You also get 1 skill point for the first quest you complete. There are also skill specific quests you can get points for.

To advance skills use the 'advance' or 'adv' commands. It is recommended you read the help file on 'advance' as well.
example: advance health.regeneration
example: advance combat.armor.light.medium

You can see a brief description on most skills in one of two ways: First, try 'help <skill name/skill pre-req>' such as:
- help weapons
- help armor
- help metabolism
- etc.

You can always get information by using the full skill path as well:
- help health.metabolism
- help combat.armor.light
- help combat.weapons.axe.two-handed.elemental
- etc.

There are many skill QUESTS throughout the mud that will grant you additional skill points to spend. These quests follow the same quest rules as normal quests (read 'help quests') and you will be severely punished for sharing qinfo about them.

However, unlike regular quests, the 'skillquests' list is not a complete list of all available skill quests. It is mostly complete, but there are several where even applying a name would give too much information. Some skillquests are merely rewards for paying attention or doing good deeds, so keep an eye out.

Again, in all cases, skill quests are qinfo and any discussion about them will result in punishments involving loss of skill points, loss of levels or stats, quest points, or any number of other severely painful actions.

On the other hand, Skill trainers are to be considered public knowledge. The locations and abilities of these trainers can be shared, however, you should consider your audience when discussing them as many people enjoy the seeking aspect of finding skill trainers. If you feel the need to share the locations then it's advised that you use tells.

You may reset all your spent skill points in order to reallocate them as you wish by issuing the command:

advance skill reset

The cost of performing such a reset begins at 1000 coins for the first time, and increases by orders of magnitude for every subsequent reset.

The following ansi variables apply to skills:
skill_dodge, skill_crit, shield_block, skill_freecast

See also: advance.

newb - The Newbie Help Line

Syntax: newb <command>|<message>
This line is for new players, regardless of level, to ask questions in an open format and get help and information from higher level players. Information given over this line should be useful, sincere and comply with all MUD rules (no qinfo, harassment, etc.)

Like all other public lines, swearing is not allowed on this line.

If you are a high level player desiring to be a member of the newbie helper community, please ask a Lord+ to set you up.

NOTE: This is NOT a gossip line, its ONLY purpose is for helping newbies! If you're not talking TO a newbie about NEWBIE stuff, you shouldn't be talking.

<help nwho>
Syntax: nwho

List of people that are currently on the mud. You can specify a minimum level or a level range.
Add a '/m' to page the display.
See also: finger, players, who.

While previously covered in the 'history' Command Of the Week, we're taking a closer look at the %% command.

The knowledge passed down from mudder to mudder (but also available in 'help history'), the infamous %% command will repeat the last command you typed. While some clients benefit from using the up arrow to repeat/cycle through commands you've recently typed, %% is a mudside command which specifically performs the last command again.

The 'pfind' command will show a list of all the players who are seeking a party.

pfind : Shows a list of all players in search of a party.
pfind on : Adds you to the party list.
pfind off : Removes you from the party list.
pfind watch : Notifies you when someone requests a party.
pfind ignore : Stops notifications.
pfind comm <txt> : Adds a comment to your party listing.
pfind clear : Will clear any saved comments.
pfind save : Will save any comments you have set.

EXAMPLE:
pfind comm 1 more needed - pref tank

NOTE: serious party requests ONLY, please.

See also: party.

<help players>
Syntax: players

Without an argument this will show every player online, their level, guild level and pk status. It will also tally up the total players for each guild as well as for the entire mud.

With arguments it will only show players in the guild(s) specified or of the specified levels.

 ex: players adventurer

This will show all adventurers online.

You can also use the first letter(s) of a guild, like:

players nec (show all necromancers)
players m (show all players whose guild starts with m (mages/monk))
players <guild> (input the guild name to see all players from that guild)

You can also specify a level range:
players 20- (show all players over level 20)
players 20-40 (show all players levels 20 through 40)
players -30 (show all players up to level 30)
players -core (Show all players in core guilds)
players -stats (Show only totals)
players -local (Show only players in this world (3k))

And also: players 10-20 n m w (show all players levels 10-20 of guilds beginning with n, m or w)

You can also combine multiple guilds on a line, like:
players nec witch new (show necros, witches, and newbreed)

See also: finger, who.

<help professions>
Players may join a profession which provides the player with a benefit that is themed according to each individual profession. For example, an 'arsonist' is more proficient with fire damage. Using professions a player may customize their play experience according to their own play style and interests.

Professions are divided up into minor, specialization, and major professions. Minor professions are typically passive benefits that trigger randomly if the player is able to meet certain conditions that vary according to each profession. Specialization professions are similar to minor professions, but are situational in nature. Major professions typically grant the player new abilities and are much more involved than minor or specialization professions.

A player is able to choose professions at the following levels:

 Level 20 : Minor #1
 Level 30 : Specialization #1
 Level 40 : Major #1
 Level 50 : Minor #2
 Level 60 : Specialization #2

In addition, all previously selected professions must be advanced up to level 35 or higher. Seek out the Office of Professional Registration south, west, south, south, south, west, west from the Center of Town (west of the Bewitching Clearing) in Pinnacle!

See also: milestones, profession, profs.

From Center of Town: <s, w, 3s, 2w>
Return to Center of Town: <2e, 3n, e, n>

Once inside the Office, you can <read sign> -The small sign provides instructions for people who wish to interact with the people behind the counter. It reads:

list [minor|spec|major] - list available professions
list <profession> - get more information about a profession
join <profession> - join a profession (if you have an open slot)
fixprofs - recover your professional registration
leaveprof <profession> - quit a profession

**NOTE**: Do not forget the <profs> command at your disposal, which can be used anywhere.

<help profs>
SYNTAX: profs [new]

The 'profs' command allows you to see your current professions, the levels, and the progress to the next level. It is split up into major and minor professions. If you are not yet able to select a profession, this command will give you the criteria you must meet before you can select a new profession.

You can also see what has changed with professions using the command 'profs new'

Seek out more information about professions at the Office of Professional Registration in Pinnacle

See also: professions.

<help profwho>
SYNTAX: profwho [profession]

The 'profwho' command allows a player to see the professions of all players online, or only those players who are members of the profession specified by the argument.

See also: professions, profs.

Why, or how, could this command be utilized to benefit you? If your weapon or armour needs repairing, you can <profwho fieldsmith> to find another player to fix them (this can also be done in Pinnacle's Smithy shop, however that also may cost a good amount of coins).

Or, if you need an item transmuted to something else, you can <profwho transmuter>. Are you in need of more SMD (or any other type of extra resistance)? You can <profwho reforger>.

Purge

The player purge is based on the following guidelines:

Syntax: questlist <name|number|required|short|full|solved|unsolved|-c|cha|fan|sci|new|pin|all|lev|lev:num|wiz:name>

'questlist' with no arguments will list all the quests in the game.

You can also combine args, eg:

'questlist chaos fantasy unsolved short' would list all quests that you haven't solved in either pinnacle or chaos, in abbreviated format.

'questlist full -c' would make a list of all quests on the mud, including their full descriptions, and download it to your client.

'questlist lev:10 chaos' would list all quests recommended for levels ten or below, in Chaos only.

'questlist creator:bob' would list all quests created by the wizard, Bob.

Ansi colouring is available for quest list output. Refer to the instructions in your guild's advancement room for configuration details.

See also: method, quest, rules.

<help redo>
SYNTAX: redo <wrongcmd> <newcmd>

Occasionally, a player will mistype the verb when typing out a nice long chat. Needless to say, it's a pain in the neck to go ahead and retype the whole thing. This command exists for just such situations. If you mistype a command or chatline you can use this command to redo the command without retyping the entire thing. To do so just type 'redo <oldcmd> <rightcmd>' and it will reissue the last command that matches 'oldcmd' but as the new right command.
e.g. shouut What guild should I join?
redo shouut shout
That will change your typoed 'shouut' to 'shout'.

See also: history.

<help remindme>
SYNTAX:
 remindme (Summon a reminder tool)
 remind on (Activate TMC Reminder tool)
 remind off (Deactivate TMC Reminder tool)
 remind tmc (Acknowledge TMC reminder, you will not be reminded for 24 hours.)
 remind destroy (Destroy your reminder tool)

Once you have triggered a reminder, you will be reminded every 30 minutes until you ackowledge that reminder. Turning your reminder off and back on will immediately start reminding you.

<remindme>
A voting reminder tool suddenly appears in your inventory. Marvelous!!

3K Vote Reminder
A device to help remind you to vote for 3K on the various mud voting sites. There is a placard with instructions that you can 'read'.

<read placard>
Welcome to the Three Kingdoms Voting Reminder System:

'remind destroy' - Destroys your reminder system.
'remind TMC' - Acknowledges TMC Reminder.
'remind on' - Activate the TMC Reminder.
'remind off' - De-Activate your TMC Reminder.

Resistance

Resistance refers to an object's (living or inanimate) ability to withstand damage. Objects with little resistance will suffer the brunt of the damage, while those with high resistance may potentially escape unscathed. Objects designed for protection (armour, spells) confer their resistance, both positive and negative, upon their user.

Each form of resistance is only effective against its associated form of damage. As attacks may deal multiple types of damage, it's possible for an object with high resistance to a specific form of damage to ward off one aspect of the attack yet suffer other forms of damage.

See also: damage, defense.

Retrace

SYNTAX: retrace [fix/v]

This command lets you see which direction would most expeditiously return you to the Center of Town. This is based on the travels of other players and is thus subject to the insanity of some players' movements. If you find yourself in a room you believe to be closer to town than is suggested, just type 'retrace fix' and it should update. This is not a guarantee and sometimes players will bollox things up with teleportation style items and such, especially house portals. Use your best judgement. Management is not responsible for burtations. Use with caution. Etc...
The option 'v' will show you all exits and whether they are closer or further.

See also: look.

Example

Topic: Score

Syntax: sc | score | score2 | mudscore <arg>

The 'sc' command, short for the 'score' command will show you a colorful report detailing your character's attributes and accomplishments. This includes your level, quest points, and statistics, among other things.
The 'Quests :' display breaks down as follows: Quests A(B/C/D)
Where:
 'A' = Total Quest Points
 'B' = Total in-game quests
  'C' = Marbles, OMP, or bonus quest points
  'D' = QP from quests no longer active

When you pass any <arg> to 'sc' or 'score', it will show just your statistics on a single line.
If you use 'score stats' you will see a small, detailed display of your stats.

Many guilds add guild-specific character information to the score sheet, or have alternate score sheets listing other information. Contact a specific guild's members for more information about the workings of that particular guild. If you want to overrule your guild's score command, type 'mudscore'.

Your resistances show a very general idea of how resistant you are to the various damage types in the game. The order of the types is as follows: Edged (such as swords, daggers, stabby things), Blunt (such as clubs, maces, thumpy things), Fire, Ice, Acid, Electricity, Mental, Magical Energy, Poison, Radiation.

You can customize the colors with 'setcolor <var> <colour>', where <color> is one of:

sc_text : The text, like 'Wimpy:' and 'Exp :'
sc_value : All values in the score list, like '13'.
sc_title : Your title.
sc_warning : Medium hps/sps, or when you're very drunk.
sc_danger : Low hps/sps, stat penalties, or when you're blind drunk.
sc_bonus : Extra hps/sps, stat bonus.

For example, 'setcolor sc_bonus yellow' will show any stat or hp/sp bonuses in a yellow color. Provided you have 'ansi on', of course. :) When you haven't specified a color, score will use its own default colors.

To view your ability stat modifications, use the stats command

Type 'help vaf' to learn how to clear your permanent stats.

See also: mudscore, sc, score2, stats.

Topic: Setmod

Syntax:
setmod <property> <value>
setmod ROWS 35
setmod COLS 75
setmod TIMEZONE 4
setmod TERMCAP CLEAR
setmod TELLSELF CLEAR
setmod SCREENREAD 1

The setmod command allows you to configure the options found in the Modifications Office from anywhere on the mud.

Note: You can clear (turn off) an option by typing: setmod <property> CLEAR

OPTIONS:
ROWS - This property sets the number of vertical rows your terminal supports. For example, if you can fit 35 lines of text on your screen without it scrolling off the top you would have 35 vertical rows. This property is most useful in setting the page breaks when you are in a 'MORE' prompt.

COLS - Set the number of columns your terminal should wrap text to. The mud default is 72. (not widely used)

TERMCAP - This will set your terminal emulation property. This can help ansi emulation and some extra features used in some code, such as screen clearing and cursor movement. Currently, only 2 termcaps are supported: vt100 and vt52.

TIMEZONE - This property will set the time zone you live in. Setting your time zone will show your current local time in the 'time' command, as well as the standard 3K time. You can figure your time zone by calculating the number of hours difference between your time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Normally, 3K's time zone is GMT-5 (i.e. 5 hours earlier than GMT), but it switches to GMT-4 during daylight savings in North America. If your time zone isn't a whole- number of hours different to GMT (e.g. say you're GMT + 9.5 hours), then you can set the minutes as well by placing a colon between the hours and minutes, for example: setmod TIMEZONE 9:30

TELLSELF - When the TELLSELF property is set, all of your outgoing tells will be logged to your tellhist along with the normal incoming tells. This is extremely handy when keeping up with multiple conversations. Example tellhist: To: Leila : What's up? Tulip : Got a sec? Leila : Nothing much, just catching up on boards. To: Tulip : Sure, shoot. To: Leila : Fun fun fun.

SCREENREAD - When the SCREENREAD property is set, the MUD will alter some output to be easier for a screen reader to process. This is not automatic and each individual location where it occurs must be coded manually so it is an ongoing process. If you come across something that would display better for a screen reader and isn't, please mail SCREENREADER with as much detail as you can (which command, if its a guild command then which guild, suggestions for how it could output, etc.)

Command: Shout

Syntax: shout <message>
When you logged on, most probably it wouldn't have been two minutes before you see 'thisplayer shouts: thisguild babes rocks the mud!!!'. Yes, you have guessed correctly, thisplayer has used the 'shout' command. The shout command allows you to broadcast your views, opinions and mindless babble to every single person on the mud.
Naturally on a command as powerful as this there are a few limitations:
1. It isn't heard by anyone who is earmuffed or shoutblocks you.
2. There is a limit on how much spam you can send and you know you reached your limit when you see the words 'yadda yadda yadda' appear.
3. You can shout only once a minute.
4. This is not the auction line. Do not use it as such.

Please note: We consider shouting a privilege here on 3k; it is a privilege that can be taken away from you in one of several ways if it is abused. It is the sole discretion of the higher 3k administration as your access to this privilege.

Type 'help vaf' to learn more about how to...
* Double your shout length before 'yadda yadda' kicks in ('vaf yadda')
* Remove your personal shout delay time ('vaf stimer')
* Increase your earmuffs to block other people shouting ('vaf muffs1')

See also: earmuffs, gossip, say, shoutblock, shouthist, talk, tell, whisper.

<help skillquests>

SYNTAX: skillquests [name|number]
'skillquests' with no arguments will list all the skill quests in the game.
Options are: <number/name> : list a quest of that number, name or alias.
See also: method, qinfo, quest, rules, skills.

<help mskills>
Skills on 3Kingdoms add a unique dynamic to your character. Choosing to advance yourself in one or more skills will have a positively profound and somewhat permanent impact on your character. The different skills available for advancement provide you with a myriad of special abilities and tangible effects, the combination of which will be unique to your character.

To see the available skills use the 'skills' or 'mskills' commands.

You get one skill point every even level, and one skill point for every year you've been on 3K. You also get 1 skill point for the first quest you complete. There are also skill specific quests you can get points for.

To advance skills use the 'advance' or 'adv' commands. It is recommended you read the help file on 'advance' as well.
example: advance health.regeneration
example: advance combat.armor.light.medium

You can see a brief description on most skills in one of two ways: First, try 'help <skill name/skill pre-req>' such as:
- help weapons
- help armor
- help metabolism
- etc.

You can always get information by using the full skill path as well:
- help health.metabolism
- help combat.armor.light
- help combat.weapons.axe.two-handed.elemental
- etc.

There are many skill QUESTS throughout the mud that will grant you additional skill points to spend. These quests follow the same quest rules as normal quests (read 'help quests') and you will be severely punished for sharing qinfo about them.

However, unlike regular quests, the 'skillquests' list is not a complete list of all available skill quests. It is mostly complete, but there are several where even applying a name would give too much information. Some skillquests are merely rewards for paying attention or doing good deeds, so keep an eye out.

Again, in all cases, skill quests are qinfo and any discussion about them will result in punishments involving loss of skill points, loss of levels or stats, quest points, or any number of other severely painful actions.

On the other hand, Skill trainers are to be considered public knowledge. The locations and abilities of these trainers can be shared, however, you should consider your audience when discussing them as many people enjoy the seeking aspect of finding skill trainers. If you feel the need to share the locations then it's advised that you use tells.

You may reset all your spent skill points in order to reallocate them as you wish by issuing the command:

advance skill reset

The cost of performing such a reset begins at 1000 coins for the first time, and increases by orders of magnitude for every subsequent reset.

The following ansi variables apply to skills:
skill_dodge, skill_crit, shield_block, skill_freecast

See also: advance.

<help stats>
Syntax: stats

The stats command displays any eternal forces that may be affecting your abilitiy stats: strength, dexterity, intelligence, constitution, wisdom and charisma. It also lists the remaining duration of the effect as well as the origin

Type 'help vaf' to learn how to clear your permanent stats.

See also: advance, score, stats2.

<help stats2>
Every character has six stats: strength, dexterity, wisdom, intelligence, constitution, and charisma. With every experience level, characters gain the ability to raise their stats, at the cost of additional experience points. The basic effects of the various stats are as follows:

Strength: Affects carrying capacity and offensive combat ability.
Dexterity: Affects both offensive and defensive combat ability.
Wisdom: Affects offensive combat ability.
Constitution: Affects hitpoint (hp) total.
Intelligence: Affects spellpoint (sp) total.
Charisma: Affects buying/selling and NPC reactions.

Note: It's important to remember that guilds place their own emphasis on which stats are important. You should confer with guild members and/or guild help files to find out the importance and advantages of each stat.

See also: advance, levels, score, stats.

<help swho>
Syntax: swho

You want to know who are the people who are logged on right now. You want to know the levels of the people who are logged on right now. You want to know all that and you would like it to be as spamless as possible.

Well, no luck here, because there will be always spam. But, on the brighter side, you have 'swho' that stacks all the players into four neat columns.

See also: finger, players, who.

<help talk>
Syntax: talk <message>

The talk command will allow you to send a message to all of the people that have been added to your linktell list.

See also: addlink, checklink, dislink, ignorelink, linktell.

<help townportal>
Topic: Townportal
Syntax: townportal [check|newb|pinc|stop]

By typing 'townportal', you will begin the process of creating a portal back to town, or, if less than level 5, back to newbieland entrance. You can also specify which location you would prefer, and you can also stop the process using 'townportal stop'. The process takes several rounds to complete, and this duration increases as you level up. Any movement cancels the process. You can see the time remaining until you can cast townportal using 'townportal check'. This command is only available to players level 30 or lower.

See also: citymap, dmap, hail, newbie, newbieland.

<help uno>
SYNTAX: uno

3K UNO! <<<
Type 'uno' to get yourself a hand in the fun then
type 'look at hand' for more help on how to play.

Check out the UNO room west from the Pinnacle Prize!

<uhelp>
3K UNO! Type 'uhelp <topic> for more

<help uptime>
Topic: Uptime
Syntax: uptime [#]

The 'uptime' command will provide you some information on the status of the mud as far as player statistics are concerned.

The uptime command tells you:

1) How long the mud has been up this current reboot
2) When the next reboot is (modified for your timezone)
3) The length of the next reboot
4) Other crap

Feel free to use 'uptime2' for a quick, condensed version of the data

Please note that emergency situations that occur might change the time and/or length of the next reboot. These situations are rare, but can occur.

See also: mudlag, reboot, time.

EXAMPLES OF UPTIME COMMANDS:

<uptime>


<uptime2>


<uptime3>

<help visited>
Visited Areas

Shows you all the areas that your character has ever visited. It sorts by wizard name and then by area name. It shows the last time you've visited as well as the first time you've visited that area.

Syntax: visited [args]
Arguments:
-l - Sort by last visited instead of creator, area.
-f - Sort by first visited instead of creator, area.
-t - Only show areas visited 'today' (the last 24 hours)
-nt - Only show areas newly visited 'today' (the last 24 hours)
-c [wiz] - Only show areas from wizard 'wiz'.

See also: explorers.

<help watch>
Topic: Watch

SYNTAX: watch
OR watch <person 1> <person 2> <person 3> <etc>
OR watch - <person>
OR watch mywho
OR watch friends
OR watch stalking
OR watch all
OR watch clear

This command sets you up to be notified of all login/connection events for a person or list of persons. This list is not permanent so it will not be saved when you quit.

You can 'watch -person' to stop watching that person.

'watch' without arguments lists who you are watching.

Example: 'watch person1 person2 person3'
Will notify you whenever person1, person2 or person3 logs in/out or connects/disconnects.

'watch clear' - will clear your current watch list.

Note: Names you are watching for are not compared against your 'notify' level.

If you use mywho functionality, you may add everyone to your watch list with: 'watch mywho'.

If you use friends functionality, you may use these switches:
'watch friends' - watch your friends list
'watch stalking' - watch people who you stalk on friends
'watch all' - watch both friends and stalking.

See also: notify.

<help who> <help mwho>
Syntax: who [-l | -p <3s|3k>] [-o] [minimum level]
OR who [-l | -p <3s|3k>] [-o] <[minimum level] [maximum level]
OR who [-l | -p <3s|3k>] [-o] [w | wiz | wizards | p | play | players]
OR who [-l | -p <3s|3k>] [-o] [-s [^]<part of playername>]

List of people that are currently on 3Kingdoms and 3Scapes, or just one if -l for local port or -p <3s|3k> for named port is used, or just 'who 3k' or 'who 3s' or 'who wiz 3k' or 'who wiz 3s'
You can specify a level range, or wizards only.

If the -o option is used, this will find online people only (not LD ones).

If the -s option is used you need to specify part of the players name, if you put ^ first it will only display players whose names begin with what you specify.

who -s pr [this would list all players whose names contain pr]
who -s ^pr [this would list all players whose names start with pr]

Type 'help vaf' to learn how to have your character appear in COLOR!

All players and wizards alike are reported, though some have the ability to hide themselves from visibility on the who list. Linkdead players are visible on the list until 2 hours or more linkdead, at which point they are considered 'Ethereal' and are not listed individually. Linkdead players (ethereal or not) are still able to receive tells, in which case they will be notified upon their return.

Also, wanna be Awesome!? Type 'help vote' and support 3K!
Topmudsites no longer accepts voting.

See also: finger, mwho, nwho, players, swho, who2.

<help who2>
Syntax: who2
OR: who2 xp
OR: who2 age

A tabulated who list. With no argument, it will list the players in level order. With the 'xp' argument, it will list the players in order of greatest to least accumulated experience points. With the 'age' argument, it will list the players in order of greatest to least mud age!

See also: who.

<help wimpydir>
SYNTAX: wimpydir [exit/CLEAR]

Sets the exit to attempt when you wimpy from a fight. You should make sure this is set properly for each fight, or not set at all so that a random direction will be chosen. The effectiveness of this setting is directly linked to your sharpness skill. You should read up on that. If the direction you choose does not exist, or your skill level fails its chance to fire, a random exit will be chosen if one exists.

See also: kill, wimpy.

<help wizard>

The 3Kingdoms Wizard Hierarchy
Wizard Ranks
------------
Applicant
Neophyte
Wizard
High Wizard
Arch Wizard

Titled Wizards
------------
Solar : General authority within a specific Order
Ascendant : All the authority of an Archon, but slightly less cool
Archon : Prime authority within a specific Order

Retired
------------
Retired indicates a formerly titled wizard who has either retired indefinitely or is on an extended leave of abscence.

As a player with a problem, if your problem concerns something within your guild you should contact your guild wizards first. Otherwise, you should target the preceding wizard tiers with your issue. Start out with Arch Wizards and work your way up.

Titled Wizards
------------
Archons : Rastafan, Kikipopo, Adalius
Ascendants : Takamori, Flaxen
Solars : Frank, Turnhold, Revelation
See also: wizzing.

<help wizardling>

Topic: Creating a Wizardling
SYNTAX: wizardling [charname] - links up [charname] to your main character no argument will toggle your location between town/your area

This command allows you to link a new (non-second) character to you so that you can create infinity areas without being restricted or penalized for having two characters on at once. If you should choose to wiz then at that time the normal wizard rules about multiplaying would apply. This new character, your wizardling, exists separately from your character list and is only identified by its title to be related to you. This character will only have access to rooms in town, rooms in infinity, and rooms that may have made it in game under your name.

In short: This is designed to create a character for you that's sole purpose is to create new content and/or pursue being a wizard. To use this, create a new character and type 'wizardling <newchar>' to link it to your name.

Just typing 'wizardling' with no argument will teleport your wizardling character to town from your area, or to your area from town.

When you want your area linked into the infinity realm, be it immediately or after you've built it, just ask a titled wizard to create the entrance for you from The Beginning of Infinity in whatever direction you choose.

See also: build, characters, infinity, wizard.

Type <help archon> on the mud to see a list of titled wizards.

<help wizzing>

Candidate players for wizardhood must be at least level 30, with the required number of quest points (type 'required' in the level advancement room of your guild). Players of level 50 and above do NOT need to meet quest point requirements, however, the number of quest points you have accumulated will have a significant impact on our consideration and generally the only way you're advancing from non-HM to wizard-ship is if you've demonstrated significant worth to the community or past experience as a wizard. Additionally, levels gained via the big red button will reflect negatively towards this consideration.

Candidates should also have a clean record. A history of rule breaking and poor behaviour will not stand you in good stead.

Candidates may withdraw their application at any time by simply notifying a Solar+ however if this is done, any future 'wizmenow' attempts will be starting all over.

The process for wizzing varies based on a few factors but starts the same:

1) Qualify for wizzing as outlined in the requirements above.

At this point the procedure diverges:

2) If you have wizzed on 3Kingdoms before:

A) Type 'wizmenow' in your guild advancement room, then proceed to the room north of the Chamber of the Players' Council (w,w,n from CoT) and speak with Marsden to conduct an interview.

B) When done, speak to a Solar+. Your new interview and your request will be posted for the wizard community to approve. Your acceptance will be weighed on how long it has been since you left, how long you've been active immediately prior to your request (i.e. did you not play for 5 years, come back, and request to wiz the next day, or have you been playing actively prior to requesting), and the terms you departed the wizard ranks on. In addition to accepting or rejecting your application, the wizard ranks may return to you with a conditional approval, such as playing actively for a bit longer if you have just returned, or similar constraints (including going the traditional route as described in section 4 below), at which point you may elect to pursue such requests, or withdraw your application.

3) If you have never wizzed here but are familiar with LPC coding and will not need to learn from the ground up, you may be eligible to skip the Infinity area requirements in section below:

A) Type 'wizmenow', then proceed to the room north of the Chamber of the Players' Council (w,w,n from CoT) and speak with Marsden to conduct an interview.

B) When done, send a tell to a Solar+ indicating that you have done 'wizmenow' and your interview, and that you have not coded on 3K previously but have experience with LPC.

C) The Solar+ will then ask you to provide a single file of code created to their specifications. It will not be terribly indepth, it may be a room, an item, or a monster. It may have custom code required but nothing terribly difficult. As your prior codebase may not be identical to 3Ks (and likely will not be) it does not need to compile here, it just needs to demonstrate that you understand the basic methodologies and have a firm grasp of coding.

D) If such evidence is sufficient, your interview and request will be posted by the Solar+ for approval by the wizard community.

E) Your application may be approved, denied, or you may be required to complete the traditional path outlined in section 4 below.

4) If you have never wizzed here before and are not adequately familiar with LPC coding, you will need to perform the following actions:

A) Speak with a Solar+ to ensure there is nothing in your record that may prevent you from becoming a wizard so you don't waste your time or that of the wizarding community.

B) Create a new character for the express purpose of being a wizardling ('help wizardling'). At the completion of this entire section and approval for wizarding, you may either use this character OR one of your player characters to transfer into a wizard character. If you utilize one of your existing players, the wizardling will be deleted upon successfully wizzing. It is imperitive that on your main player character you type 'wizardling <new character name>' after creating the wizardling character to properly link it to your player character.

C) Create an infinity area. First, from CoT, travel 's,w,s,s,d' and read the board there. Then, once you've formulated an idea for an area that conforms to the guidelines on the board, you may reach out to a Solar+ to create an entrance for you to begin working. Your first area will need to be a minimum of 10 rooms (it is highly recommended you keep it under 20 rooms to ensure the process that ensues is timely). This is your chance to show the wizards your ability with descriptions, theme, concepts, so on. However, be mindful that the area should be designed for lower levels (under level 30) and requests for crazy items, marbles, quests, or similar will be denied.

D) When you have finished your work on the area, contact a Solar+ to have the area reviewed and have a wizard assigned to finish fleshing the area out into a live area.

E) Once that is completed, on your main (as wizardlings cannot go to guild rooms), go to your guild advancement room and type 'wizmenow' and proceed to the room north of the Chamber of the Players' Coucil (w,w,n from CoT). Speak with Marsden to be interviewed, and notify a Solar+ on completion. Your application will be posted for conditional approval to the wizarding community. Note: Despite 'wizmenow'ing on your main character, you may still use your wizardling as the character that is made a wizard.

F) If your application is conditionally accepted, then you will discuss with the Solar+ your idea for a second area. This area need not directly tie into the first area or even be related to it, however it must be at least 25 rooms (it is recommended to keep this area under 50 rooms at a maximum). This area will be a new exit from your existing infinity entrance room. Again, this area should be designed for lower levels and nothing crazy will be approved.

F) Once the second area is complete, contact a Solar+ to notify them (ideally the same one you dealt with before) and they will review your area for relatively condition and to view how thorough you were in its creation.

G) If everything looks acceptable, and nothing has changed in the other facets of your existance on the MUD that would prohibit your wizzing, your conditional acceptance will be converted into a full acceptance, and you will be moved to level 510 to begin your wizarding career. Your very first 'job' will be to take this second infinity area and flesh it out into actual code, much as the assigned wizard did in step 4(D) above when you completed your first area. This will be your first foray into seeing how LPC works and what you need to do to make a functional area, as well as your entrance to more formal training and mentoring. All progress from this point forward will be explained in detail directly via wizard communication.

When the interview is posted for approval to the wizard community in the sitautions above, a response is generally provided within one (1) week, however this is not set in stone and the decision may require additional time. Some of the reasons for a player's application being denied include:

* A record of quest cheating
* A record of botting
* A record of harassment
* A record of bug abuse
* A record of any infraction deemed illegal (see help rules)
* A record of being a jackass
* Too many other people are in the queue already

The titled wizards of the 3 Kingdoms reserve the right to deny wizhood to any player requesting wizhood at any time for any reason. They may also request additional follow up questions to any applicant for information not covered in the itnerview.

Archons may also elect, at their whim, to allow prospective wizards to bypass certain steps or procedures outlined above, or add additional steps or procedures, as they see fit.

*Be warned, upon acceptance of an application and being promoted to 510: Your first task will to be to spend as much time as it takes you to read all the wizard help files available to familiarize yourself with the MUD from a wizard perspective, emphasis on the files which outline rules and expectations of wizard behavior, performance, and policies.

All your player characters are frozen. You will not have them returned to you until you reach at least level 550 thru hard work and not all characters may be returned at one time. Which characters and how many will be decided by your sponsor and the Solar+ staff based on how dedicated to your work you have been up to that point.

You will not be able to log in a wizard and player character at the same time unless you are a Solar+.

You will be expected to have no communcation with players and focus soley on your work until you reach level 520.

Once you commit, you will be responsible for completion of reasonable wizard work within 6 months. If you fail to do so within that time, you will be removed. The definition of "reasonable wizard work" can be loosely defined by at least one non-trivial wizard area along with plans for advancing yourself within the wizard ranks beyond these areas.

If, at any time before the 6 month timeframe is complete, you are determined to have abandoned your wizard duties without just cause, your character will be removed. Determination of this will be done primarily by your sponsor, with other titled wizard input.

Bottom line, wizzing is a wonderful thing that allows you to actually contribute to making 3K a permanently better place. However, you should not do it unless you are willing and able to put in the work to make it worthwhile. Above all, don't wiz because you view it as some sort of "retirement" from playing, which it most certainly is not.

Last Updated: 2023/09/02 - Adalius

See also: highmortal, method, milestones, quest, rules, wizard.

Acronym for Surreal Spirits.

The Adventurers Guild - an overview

The Adventurers Guild is the default guild on 3K. As soon as you create a new character, you automatically join the Adventurers. In fact, you are not allowed to leave it to join another guild until you have reached level 5. The guild has now been expanded to make it a little more worthwhile while you are a member. Adventurers now have access to higher level spells ("info spells"), several chat lines ("info chats"), and a new skill ("info consider"). While this in no way approaches the complexity of the full guilds, hopefully it is an improvement. Any suggestions and comments may be mailed to 'GMS.adventurer'.

Newbie Chatlines

FOR HELP FROM OTHER, HIGHER LEVEL PLAYERS USE 'NEWB'
Usage: newb <message>
Your name and the message you enter will be sent to every newbie and any players who are listed as newbie helpers.

Options: newb -b - will block/unblock the newbie help line newb -w - will show you who is on the newbie help line newb -h - will show you a history of the newbie help line

TO JUST CHAT WITH OTHER NEWBIES USE 'ACHAT'
Usage: achat <message>
Your name and the message you enter will be sent to every adventurer who can hear the newbie line and does not have it blocked.