Advice

Various questions and answers for players

Check back every once in a while. New advice will be at the top.

How do I play a yithian?

Which profession teaches (insert skill here)?

skill profs skill name

Use quotes around multiple word skills skill command. i.e. 'hand to hand'

Multiplaying

While having multiple characters is allowed, playing them at the same time is not. You should always have a single character online at any given time.
If you are worried that your internet situation will appear like multiplaying, then write a note or tell an imm upon creation and we will make note of it so you won't be in trouble.

Examples of situations that normally call for this:

Two players, one computer in the house.
Two players on a LAN that prevents us from seeing two computers.

What does a spell require for its component?

spell skill-name

Do not use quotes with spell command.

How do I debate?

debate mob nameskill name

Do not use quotes with the debate command.

How to set common things

Title - titlenew title
Bio - bio (takes you to a line editor)
Description - desc (tales you to a line editor)

How to see affects on your character?

affects

How to see affects on a room you are in?

raff

What is PK like on Cthulhumud?

The bottom line of CthulhuMUD's PK policy is PK is allowed but you should have a reason for it. Also:

Always have a log running. In a disputed case it is your evidence.
Once you are past level 15 and you do not have the newbie flag as a title on who you are legal to PK. There is no limit on your level vs. the level of your PKer.
PK rate have been traditionally very low on CM. This is in part because of the atmosphere of RP that the mud encourages, and partly because the PK level limit is open. If you have a high-up friend you can easily obtain their immediate help. PK should *not* be an immediate solution to a problem. As an interesting side note it should be noted that there is many a skill that allows a low or midbie to easily punish a highbie. You will simply have to find said skills, objects or other tools.
We have a stun setting for your offensive capabilities. In other words, PK does *not* have to be lethal. (Yes, you loose experience in a PK death!)
Harassment. While this has not happened in decades it is important to clarify. We are all here to play a game. It is unfair of a player, or set of players to drive another player off the mud by repeated PKs. This includes threatening the player that they will be PKd repeatedly in order to be driven off the MUD. Players do *not* have this authority. Immortals with the site ban power do. If you ever hear of, or are subject to this - come to an immortal immediately. You don't have to like each other - but this mud is not subject to 'turf wars' of this sort. Logs are appropriate to bring with you.
Falsifying harassment. We can see who starts any given fight and a lot of other details. Do not even consider to report something falsely. For your own good.
Our PK rate is also low because if it ever reaches epidemic levels the imms are more than willing to pull the plug on the service. We would pretty much like to keep it for your RP plots and such but if we see abuse we can just flip the nopk switch and be done with it.

How to find out things about your player...

body - Shows the condition of your body and it's wounds.
exp - Shows your current experience level, your effective one, your talent level (highest level equipment you can wear), as well as your resistances to various fears.

Bugs and traps...

"If it looks too good to be true, it's either a bug or a trap."

If it is a bug - report it immediately, and at least attempt not to use it to your advantage. Doing otherwise risks immortal wrath when we do find out about the bug.

If it's a trap - well... you got yourself into the mess, don't expect an imm to get you out of it. Traps are meant to be puzzles for you to solve or avoid.

The room is dark and there's all these glowing red eyes!? What's wrong?!

The room is affected by magical darkness. Get the spell infravision.

Socials/Emotes on gossip:

gos #social

gos ,emote

Etiquette on Cthulhumud...

The best way to succeed is to make friends.

The best way to fail is to make enemies.

Repeatedly deleting trying to get better stats generally makes people not want to help you. (Aside from this - it is literally impossible in the code to obtain perfect scores. You initial stat rolls largely depend on the starting profession's "Kit" numbers. Any reroll can have minimal deviation always depending on the "Kit" values as seen in "prof list 'profession name'")

How do people see when I level?

They see it on the notify channel. Type notify