2.9 A LIST OF BASIC COMMANDS
Information about your Character:
SCORE : Gives you the most basic information about your character.
STATUS : Shows you some information about your current status.
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.
SKILLS : List what skills you have.
AB <skillname> : See what abilities you have in a skill.
WIELDED : See what you are wielding.
GODFEELINGS : See how the Gods feel about you currently.
CREDITS : See how many credits you have.
MAP : See a map of your current location.
Communication commands:
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.
SHOUT : Shout something out for everyone in the land to hear.
YELL : Yell something to everyone in your immediate area.
TELL : Remote communication with another player. This can also
be done just by typing a player's name followed by the
text you wish to send.
TELLSOFF : Stop listening to tells.
TELLSON : Start listening to tells.
NEWBIE : Speak on the newbie channel.
NEWBIEOFF : Turn the newbie channel off.
NEWBIEON : Turn the newbie channel on.
EMOTE : Send text to everyone in the room.
MSG : Send a message to someone's message file.
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 file.
SHOUTSOFF : Stop listening to shouts.
SHOUTSON : Resume listening to shouts.
YELLSOFF : Stop listening to yells.
YELLSON : Resume listening to yells.
NEWS : Type HELP NEWS to get information about the news.
SNUB <person> : Begin to ignore, or, if you're already ignoring, stop
ignoring, a person. Stops messages, tells, and targetted
emotes.
Item-related commands:
GET : Gets an item from the ground or from a container. GET 50
FLAX would get 50 flax, while GET FLAX would just get
one flax.
DROP : Drops an item. DROP 50 SAGE would drop 50 sage, while
DROP SAGE would just drop one.
GIVE : Give an item to another being. The syntax to give gold to
someone is: GIVE <amount> GOLD to <whomever>. You may give
multiple items at once by doing GIVE 50 ARNICA TO
CHADE, for example.
PUT : Puts an item in another item. For instance, PUT 33 FLAX
IN BACKPACK. If you just wish to put one flax, you may
omit specifying how many you wish to put.
EX, EXAMINE : Examine an item to see what it looks like, or to see how
hard a creature is.
P, PROBE : Gain extended information about an item, including what, if
anything, is held inside it.
WEAR : Wear an item that you hold.
REMOVE : Remove an item that you are wearing.
WIELD : Wield an item. WIELD LEFT or WIELD RIGHT to wield something
in a specific hand.
UNWIELD : Cease wielding an item.
OPEN : To open a door, do OPEN DOOR <direction>. It must be
unlocked, of course.
CLOSE : To close a door, do CLOSE DOOR <direction>. It is possible
to lock a door open, so it must be unlocked for this command
too.
LOCK : In order to lock a door, you must have a key for that door.
LOCK DOOR <direction> will lock it.
UNLOCK : To unlock a door, you also must have a key for it.
UNLOCK DOOR <direction> will unlock it.
THROW : see HELP THROWING.
POINT : POINT <whatever> AT <whomever/whatever>. You must have the
item that you are going to point in your inventory.
SHEATHE : Sheathe a sword in a worn scabbard. Note that you may also
SHEATHE <scabbard|LEFT|RIGHT> [<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 SALUTE : Draw a sword from a scabbard in a salute. You may also
DRAW <scabbard> SALUTE.
Commands to gain information about the world:
LOOK, L : See a full description of the location you are in.
QL : Stands for: QuickLook. See an abbreviated description of
your location.
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 : See a listing of who is in the game, providing they are
visible to you.
BW,QW : BriefWho, QuickWho. See a shorter listing of who is
visible to you.
RACEWHO, RWHO : A who list for people of your race.
WARES : See what is for sale in a shop.
Some combat-related commands:
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 HEALINGYOURSELF for extended
information on healing.
MEDITATE/MED : Regain mana.
SLEEP : Regain health.
SET WARCRY : Set your warcry.
WARCRY : Scream out your warcry.
STAND : Stand up if you have fallen down.
Some guild-related commands (You may see the others with GUILD PRIVS):
GMEMBERS,GMEM : See the active members in your guild.
GMEMBERS DORMANT: See the inactive members in your guild.
GUILDFAVOUR : Formally honour a fellow guildmember.
GUILDDISFAVOUR : Place a black mark against a fellow guildmember.
QUIT <guildname>: Quits your guild. Currently you will lose your guild-related
skills if you quit your guild.
GWHO : See who from your guild is online.
GUILDTELL,GT : Tell something to everyone who is online and in your guild.
Some city-related commands:
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.
Some miscellaneous commands:
VERBOSE : Get long descriptions of rooms when moving around.
BRIEF : Get only short descriptions of a room when moving around.
QUIT,QQ : I'm sure you'll have no use for this command!
DATE : See the Lusternian 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 files.
! : Repeat your last command.
PROMPT STATS : (This is also the default prompt.) Make your prompt show
your health and mana and other information.
PROMPT OFF : Give yourself a simple, uninformative prompt.
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 the Fates know.
TIMEOUT : Set the number of minutes of idle time before the game
kicks you off.
BIRTHDAYS : Shows you who has a birthday today.
HONOURS : Gives you some information about another player.
PASSWORD : Change your password.
CONVERT : Convert credits to lessons (HELP LESSONGAIN)
RANKINGS : See a list of the top-ranked players.
LEARN : Commence a lesson in a skill from a mobile or player.
(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 player, if he or she is of a lower
level than you.
RATS : Toggle whether you see or don't see rats.
PLANTS ON/OFF : Toggle whether you see or don't see growing plants in
roomdescriptions.
WEATHER ON/OFF : Toggle whether you see or don't see general weather
conditions in room descriptions.
SUICIDE : Permanently destroy your character, if you're not a
customer.
REINCARNATE : You may reincarnate your character once during its
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 30 hours, and have not changed it before.
TOPGUILDS : Gives an idea of the most active guilds last month.
NAME <npc> : Name your loyal NPCs! Costs 1000 gold.