Getting started

First connect there: telnet://wolf.mudservices.com:4000.Then you will have to make a new character.Enter new name and password.I guess than nearly all of you can answer yes to ANSI-VT100 support question.then you will have to choose a race,a sex,class and alignment.Done with the Help of Matthias, which told me my mistakes about thieves.

My advises are:

• Color:Choose normal if your background color is near white and bright if your background color is near black.

• To choose a right race, type help race, It will show you stats, abilities,resistances and weaknesses.If possible don't choose a race with more than one weakness.But I really advise you:DONT CHOOSE ELDAR UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE KILLED VERY OFTEN...Humans,Half-Griffons,Elves,Halflings,Dwarves,Tritons are nice races...

• Sex is how you like...plus you will be more able to change it during the game...Anyway I really do think faking/being a female will really help you getting married quicker(marriage has a lot of advantages),Although Homosexual marriages are admitted...(quite unrealistic for a medieval mud though...).

• To choose a right class, keep it in mind:If you play somemore, you will be able to remort and Multiclass:Dont choose a too weak first class, preferately a weapon wielding class.The three weaponsmaster classes are WARRIOR,RANGERS and PALADINS.
  Warriors are the strongest, and they can do up to 8 attacks a round without any boost(high level though).Warrior is a very good beginning class.
  
  Rangers are at half-way between warriors and mages:they attack up to 6 times a round, and they can cast quite powerful attack spells.They can heal a few too.Ranger is a quite good beginning class.
  
  Paladins are at half-way between warriors and clerics:they attack up to 6 times a round and they have healing spells.Paladin is a very good beginning class.Paladins dont have hunt, however, which could be harmful if you want to quest a lot(you will be obliged to take race wolfen, which is vulnerable to fire).
  
  Mages can use very little weapons, have bad damage roll in melee, are weakly armored and can only have up to three attack at level 201(level at which you remort to multi class):You will have to fight always with one single strike a round if you are a mage as a beggining class.Mages have the most powerful attack spells,but they cannot heal until quite high(Higher than Xav is)and I dont know if they can heal at all...However Mages have the haste(and lightspeed)spell which can give you one additional attack when launched(haste does a minimum of 3 attacks per round if you only have one attack per round without the haste spell).They also have Invuln at level 187 which make them very tough in high levels.Mage is a challenging beggining class,but it is a good second class and a very good third class.
  
  Psionicists are like mages...they are a bit between mages and clerics.Psionicists are more defensive, as they have a lot of resistance spells(only thingy that decrease damage you get).Psionicist can heal themselves very early.Their attack spells are weaker than mages ones, however.As spellcasters, they only have one attack per round,but they have haste(and Lightspeed)so they can have 3 attacks per round...They are weak and dont expect much damage from your strikes...Psionicist cannot share their spells, and so are rarely wanted in parties...This is a challenging first class,and a very good second class.
  
  Clerics:Cleric is the only class that I would "allow" you to take if you dont wish to be a warriorlike for your first class.Cleric is near Psionicist, but they have nearly no attack spells...However they have tremendous healing and protection spells(such as Sanctuary--white aura--Which halves damage you get from mobs...).I dont really know if clerics can have multi attacks, but I still think they are a bit stronger than Psis and Mages.Clerics can shares their spells that makes them wanted a lot in parties of Warriorlikes.Cleric is a fair first class, and an increadibly good second class(especially for warriors).
  
  Thieves:Thieves can be a good alternate choice for warriors.You get hunt and backstab very early, and can have up to 6 attacks(raw).thieves have a bit of healing skills, and have tremendous combat skills:Enhanced Backstab(Doubles damage 5 first attacks),Balor(wounds ennemy for 25% Life), Burnt marbu(same as blind, but no dispel), and hydra's blood(I think it is similar to poison).However Thieves can only use dagger and maces.Thief is a good beggining class.

• Dont customize your character.It gets more points to level, and you will have possibility to add skills back later, without changing your leveling points.(takes trains to add some groups or skills)

• Alignment:I have nearly no advise about this, but simply know that good aligned ppl gain more xps killing evil mobs and evil ppl gain more xps killing good mobs...Some items are alignment restricted, so you will be warned...The game will be easier if you choose neutral or good align.Don't worry, you will still be able to change your align during the game.Well, actually Neutral is best align, but it is harder to stay neutral than evil or good, and it gives less xps...

• After all that choices, you will have rolls for your stats and hps...I advise you to start near 25-30 hps so reroll until you get a good roll with hps about there.

The school.

You start at the entrance of the school.down is temple of mota and north is further in the school.Dont go to the temple of mota right now...That name will sound familiar to you later.
To move around, just have a look to the exits.you see exits [north down].to go north just type the first letter of where you want to go:n.If you wanted to go down you would have typed d.Direction first letters are:
n(north),s(south),e(east),w(west),u(upstairs/fly up),d(downstairs/land down).
Go north so we are in the same room.
You arrive at a crossing.You can still read the signs,they are helpful.going north will lead you to monsters.West and east are train and practice rooms.First go west.train will increase your stats.Just type Train to see what you can train.and then you can type train (attribute) to increase it, if you have train sessions left...Exemple:train wis will increase your wisdom.most interesting train will depends on your class.Here is the list:

Warriors:str,wis,con,(hp)
Rangers,paladins:int,wis,con,(hp)
Cleric:int,wis,(hp)
Psi,Mages:int,wis,(mana)
Thieves:dex,con.

Once you have done it,go back east.you are back at the crossing.well go one further east to practice your skills.First type prac, it will show what you can practice and your practice sessions left.Then practice your primary weapon(e.g for paladin type practice flail, for warrior type practice sword)until your skill is more than 70%.Then practice your parry skill(parry,time shift or blink).Once you have practiced it,practice your first spell, if you have one(paladins have lay hands, mages have magic missile,psi have ballistic attack).Once you have finished practicing go back to the crossing:west.
Lets kill some monsters.well ignore all other exits and go(from where you are) north then west then north then north then west then down.If you get lost type the following to get directly into the combat cages:
recall
run u2nw2nwd.
Once there, type scan.scan will show you if there are monsters in the surroundings.Well you should see some monsters, wimpy monsters and aggressive monsters on your scan.well go near one and type kill monsters.You will certainly kill it and get the items it was carrying.Well wear them all.To wear an item, first type inv to see all items you carry then type wear (item name).You can also type wear all to wear all items you carry.Go kill some monsters and get their items.Normally if you dont do anything more it is possible that you will have 15 velvet cloak in your inventory that you will not be able to wear.Well just drop them.Type drop (item name) to drop an item, and drop all to drop all items you carry(not worn items).You just got started, But you havent even discovered even 1% of the game.As you can see I am level 113 and I still discover things in the game.If you want any other help simply ask questions on the newbie channel.the keyword is newbie (message/question).
Hope you will enjoy!

Rumu