2.9 A list of basic commands
Information about your Character
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SHOW : Combines pretty much everything below. See HELP SHOW.
SCORE/STAT : Gives you the most basic information about your character.
STATUS STATS : Shows some information about your kills and deaths.
I,INVENTORY,EQ : Lists the equipment you possess.
INFO INV,II : Lists the unique, identifying numbers of your equipment.
DEF,DEFENCES : This will list various defences that you may have.
DEFENCES BRIEF : Show a less verbose list of defences that you may have.
SKILLS : List what skills you have.
AB <skillname> : See what abilities you have in a skill.
WIELDED : See what you are wielding.
FEELINGS : See how the Gods, or Villages, feel about you currently.
CREDITS : See various syntax related to credits, such as converting.
Communication commands
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SAY or ' or " : Say something to everyone in your location. Note that there
are some other verbs that work similarly to say. For
instance: sing, whine, mutter, snarl, and scream.
EMOTE : Send text to everyone in the room.
TELL : Remote communication with another adventurer. This can also
be done just by typing an adventurer's name followed by the
text you wish to send.
TELLS : Lists the last fifty tells received.
SHOWTELL <#> : Shows a tell from your history.
TELLSOFF : Stop listening to tells.
TELLSON : Start listening to tells.
YELL : Yell something to everyone in your immediate area.
YELLSOFF : Stop listening to yells.
YELLSON : Resume listening to yells.
SHOUT : Shout something out for everyone in the land to hear.
SHOUTSOFF : Stop listening to shouts.
SHOUTSON : Resume listening to shouts.
NEWBIE : Speak on the newbie channel.
NEWBIEOFF : Turn the newbie channel off.
NEWBIEON : Turn the newbie channel on.
MSG : Send a message to someone.
MESSAGES : See a summary of your messages.
SHOWMSG : See a message in full detail.
DELMSG : Delete a message.
DELMSG ALL : Delete all your messages.
CMSG : Clear your message.
NEWS : Type HELP NEWS to get information about the news.
IGNORE <person> : Begin to ignore, or, if you're already ignoring, stop
ignoring, a person. Stops messages, tells, directed
says, and targetted emotes.
Movement commands
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WALK TO <landmark> : Walk to a landmark. See HELP LANDMARKS
See HELP MOVEMENT for more on movement.
Item-related commands
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GET : Gets something from the ground or a container. Experiment
with GET 50 MYRRH vs. GET MYRRH.
DROP : Drops an item. DROP 50 ASH vs. DROP ASH.
GIVE : Give an item to another being, like GIVE 50 ASH TO DAVID.
For gold, always use the amount: GIVE 1000 GOLD TO JACK.
PUT : Put an item in something. PUT 33 GOLD IN PACK.
EX, EXAMINE : See what a creature looks like, or how tough it is.
P, PROBE : Information about something and what's inside it.
BREAK : Destroys certain fragile items.
KNOCK : Indicates your presence on one side of a door.
LIGHT : Firecrackers, Pipes, and LOTS of other things!
PULL, PUSH : Could be useful almost anywhere.
RING, SHAKE : Could be useful almost anywhere.
SMELL, TASTE : Food, drinks, elixirs, and sometimes other things.
TURN : Could be useful almost anywhere.
TOUCH : Could be useful almost anywhere.
READ : Books, signs, plaques, inscriptions, etc.
WEAR : Wear an item that you hold.
REMOVE : Remove an item that you are wearing.
OPEN : To open a door. OPEN DOOR NORTH (etc). Only unlocked doors!
CLOSE : CLOSE DOOR DOWN (etc). Doors MAY be locked open.
LOCK : Have the proper key, then LOCK DOOR <direction>.
UNLOCK : Have the proper key, then UNLOCK DOOR <direction>.
WIELD : Wield an item. WIELD LEFT or WIELD RIGHT for handedness.
UNWIELD : Cease wielding an item.
THROW : see HELP THROWING.
POINT : POINT <thing> AT <whoorwhat>. Must be holding the thing.
SHEATHE : Sheathe a sword in a worn scabbard. Note that you may also
SHEATHE <scabbard> to sheathe a sword in a specific scabbard.
DRAW : Draw a sword from a worn scabbard. You may also
DRAW <scabbard> to draw from a specific scabbard.
DRAW STRONG : Draw a sword from a worn scabbard with a flashy slash.
You may also DRAW <scabbard> STRONG.
DRAW SALUTE : Draw a sword from a scabbard in a salute. You may also
DRAW <scabbard> SALUTE.
Commands to gain information about the world
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LOOK, L : A full description of the location you are in.
QL : (QuickLook) An abbreviated description of your location.
EXITS, X : Lists only the visible exits from your current location.
VERBOSE : Get long descriptions of rooms when moving around.
BRIEF : Get only short descriptions of a room when moving around.
INFO HERE, IH : See the unique item numbers of the things in your location.
WHO HERE : See a brief listing of the people in your location.
WHO : Shows who is in the game, if visible to you.
BW,QW : (BriefWho, QuickWho) A shorter WHO listing.
RACEWHO, RWHO : A who list for people of your race.
WARES : See what is for sale in a shop. See HELP SHOPS for more.
CRAFTERWHO : A list of online tailors, jewellers, heralds, and cooks.
CONSIDER : Learn more about your foe.
Some combat-related commands
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KILL : Use a class attack on a denizen.
SETTARGET, ST : Set a target, allowing you to just enter an attack command,
rather than specifying a target each time.
COMPOSE : Purge fear from yourself.
CONCENTRATE : Regain internal equilibrium if you have lost it.
WRITHE : Escape from hindering entanglements.
PUNCH : Punch something. A weak attack.
KICK : Kick something. Also a weak attack.
DRINK : Drink a liquid, such as a healing elixir.
APPLY : Used to apply salves to your body. For instance, APPLY
MENDING SALVE TO ARMS. See HELP HEAL for extended
information on healing.
MEDITATE/MED : Regain mana.
SLEEP : Regain health.
SET WARCRY : Set your warcry. Can warcry or motto but not both.
WARCRY : Scream out your warcry.
SET MOTTO : Set your motto. Can warcry or motto but not both.
MOTTO : Declaim your motto.
STAND : Stand up if you have fallen down.
Some house-related commands (You may see the others with HOUSE AUTHORITY)
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HOUSE MEMBERS : See the active members in your house.
HOUSEFAVOUR : Formally honour a fellow housemember.
HOUSEDISFAVOUR : Place a black mark against a fellow housemember.
QUIT <housename>: Quits your house.
HWHO : See who from your HOUSE is online.
HOUSETELL, HT : Tell something to everyone who is online and in your house.
Some city-related commands
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CWHO : See who is online from your city.
CITIZENS : See every active member of your city.
CITIZENS DORMANT: See the dormant members of your city.
CITYTELL, CT : Tell something to everyone who online and a member of your
city.
Other commands of general usefulness
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QUIT, QQ : Leave Achaea, for now.
DATE : See the Achaean date.
TIME : See the real time.
REGISTER : Register your personal details with the system.
DESCRIBE SELF : Add a personal touch to your description.
ENEMY : Declare someone your enemy.
UNENEMY : Remove someone from your enemies list.
ALLY : Declare someone your ally.
UNALLY : Remove someone from your allies list.
CONFIG PAGELENGTH : Set the max number of lines to be displayed at once
when reading long scrolls.
! : Repeat your last command.
EAT : Eat a piece of food.
PORTALS : If you are a newbie and have any Godly rescues left,
this will teleport you to a room full of portals.
(STATUS will tell you if you have any left.)
FLIPCOIN : Flip a coin. Heads or tails? Only Hermes, God of
rogues and gamblers, knows.
BIRTHDAYS : Shows you who has a birthday today.
HONOURS : Gives you some information about another adventurer.
PASSWORD : Change your password.
RANKINGS : See a list of the top-ranked adventurers.
LEARN : Commence a lesson in a skill from a denizen or adventurer.
(see HELP LEARNING)
DEPOSIT : Deposit some money in a bank. (see HELP BANKING)
WITHDRAW : Withdraw some money from your account.
SCRUB : When you are particularly smelly, scrubbing yourself in
a river or lake is quite effective.
STAREDOWN : Stare down another adventurer, if of a lower level.
RATS : Toggle whether or not you see rats.
PLANTS ON/OFF : Whether or not you see growing plants.
WEATHER ON/OFF : Whether or not you see general weather conditions.
DELETE : Permanently destroy your character, except customers.
REINCARNATE : You may reincarnate once for free during your
lifetime. Doing so allows you to choose a new race.
You must be dead to reincarnate. The syntax is
REINCARNATE INTO <race>.
NAMECHANGE : Allows you to change your name, provided you have played
under 50 hours, and have not changed it before.
SCRUB WALLS : With a full bucket of water, scrub city walls of graffiti.
NAME <denizen> : Name your loyal denizens! Costs 1000 gold.