4.10 The Fellowship of Explorers
What It Is
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The Fellowship of Explorers is an organization formed to honor true explorers.
Who Are Members
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All mortal Midkemians are members in the Fellowship of Explorers.
How to Gain Rank
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Though all mortals (as noted above) are members, not all have a ranking in the Fellowship of Explorers. To gain rank, explore! The exact amount of exploration needed to gain your first rank in the Fellowship changes over time, and is currently between three and four hundred new places.
If you are unranked as of yet (See RANKINGS EXPLORERS), then keep at it! You will be soon enough.
What Benefits Are There?
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As your rank in the Fellowship of Explorers increases, you will gain experience. The amount of experience you gain only accumulates for every few new locations you explore, and is small, but adds up to a pretty decent amount if you are a dedicated explorer.
How to Lose Rank
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As new lands are discovered, your rank in the Fellowship may actually decrease. This is because your rank in the Fellowship depends on how much of the known world you have explored. If you do not keep the boots dusty, as the Eledhel saying goes, your prowess as an explorer will diminish. Your rank may be seen in RANKINGS EXPLORERS ME, or just RANKINGS EXPLORERS, or SCORE. Others may see it in HONORS or RANKINGS EXPLORERS.
What doesn't count
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Certain kinds of exploration will not affect your rank:
- Exploring while following someone else
- Exploring in a newbie area (Frontier and Eggerson)
- Exploring in any private home
- Exploring in the Soul Plane, Limbo, or the Plane of Creation
- Exploring in the stockroom of a denizen's shop (which you
should not be able to do anyway)
- Exploring by use of the DIR or PATH FIND system (see HELP DIRECTIONS)
Commands
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RANKINGS EXPLORERS
will show you a ranked list of the greatest explorers in the land.
Ranks
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Vagrant
Pedestrian
Sightseer
Landloper
Nomad
Itinerant Traveler
Pilgrim Errant
Valleyrunner
Riverstrider
Forestwalker
Desert Roamer
Visionary of Distance
Seeker of Horizons
Continental Wanderer
Pioneer of the Unknown
Worldwalker
Penetrator of the Depths
Explorer of Uncharted Lands
Questor of the Beyond
Messenger of the Outer Reaches
Aspiring Midkemian Riftwalker
Midkemian Riftwalker
