COMMUNICATION

CHANNELS

AUCTION, CHAT, MUSIC, QUESTION, ANSWER, SHOUT & YELL

Answer, Shout & Yell

Syntax: auction message
Syntax: chat message
Syntax: music message
Syntax: question message
Syntax: answer message
Syntax: shout message
Syntax: yell message

These commands send messages through communication channels to other players.

SHOUT sends a message to all awake players in the world. To curb excessive shouting, SHOUT imposes a three-second delay on the shouter.

AUCTION, CHAT, MUSIC, and QUESTION and ANSWER also send messages to all interested players. '.' is a synonym for CHAT. The QUESTION and ANSWER commands both use the same 'question' channel.

YELL sends a message to all awake players within your area.

You can use the CHANNELS command to hear, or not hear, any of these channels.

GTELL, REPLY, SAY & TELL

Syntax: gtell message
Syntax: say message
Syntax: tell character message
Syntax: reply message

All of these commands send messages to other players.

GTELL sends a message to all of the characters in your group, wherever they are, even if they are sleeping or stunned or dying. ';' is a synonym for GTELL.

SAY sends a message to all awake players in your room. The single quote ' is a synonym for SAY.

TELL sends a message to one awake player anywhere in the world.

REPLY sends a message to the last player who sent you a TELL. REPLY will work even if you can't see the player, and without revealing their identity. This is handy for talking to invisible or switched immortal players.

CLASS CHANNEL

Syntax: buildtalk message
Syntax: ftalk message
Syntax: immtalk message
Syntax: pray message
Syntax: howl message
Syntax: mage message
Syntax: vtalk message

BUILDTALK is the channel for zone builders and immortals. '=' is a synonym for BUILDTALK. IMMTALK is for immortals. Its synonym is ':'.

FTALK is the founder talk channel for imms, clan founders and various other characters. It is invite only by the immortals.

PRAY, HOWL, MAGE, VTALK are the class channels belonging to demons, werewolves, mages and vampires respectively.

CHANNELS

Syntax: channels
Syntax: channels +channel
Syntax: channels -channel

With no options, CHANNELS shows you your current channels. With a plus or minus sign and an option, CHANNELS turns that channel on or off.

OTHER COMMUNICATION

NOTE

Syntax: note
Syntax: note list
Syntax: note read number
Syntax: note read all
Syntax: note + message
Syntax: note subject string
Syntax: note to to-list
Syntax: note clear
Syntax: note show
Syntax: note post
Syntax: note remove number

NOTE LIST lists notes which you can read. NOTE READ reads one or all notes. NOTE on its own will show you the next unread message.

NOTE SUBJECT sets the subject line of a new note. NOTE TO sets the list of recipients. The recipient ALL means all players, and the recipient IMMORTAL means all immortals. Use NOTE + to write message lines onto the note, one line at a time.

NOTE SHOW shows your note in progress; NOTE CLEAR starts over.

NOTE POST posts your note for reading. Posting is not automatic.

NOTE REMOVE removes the entire note if you are the sender, or just removes you from the to-list if you are a recipient.

BUG, IDEA & TYPO

Syntax: bug
Syntax: idea
Syntax: typo

These commands will take your message and record it into a file as feedback to the mud implementors.

EMOTE, POSE & SOCIAL

Syntax: emote action
Syntax: pose action

EMOTE is used to express emotions or actions. Besides EMOTE, there are several dozen built-in social commands, such as CACKLE, HUG, and THANK. For a full list of the built-in socials, just type 'socials'.

POSE is a variant of EMOTE.

N_SOCIALS & X_SOCIALS

Syntax: n_socials
Syntax: x_socials

N_socials are a small list of name socials.

X_socials are the xrated socials and can only be performed on the person you are mud married too. To use these socials both parties must 'consent' each other.