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DNDBBS Documentation Page 1 Table Of Contents Page 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 Non Player Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3 Player Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.0 Creating The Player Character 2.1 Rolling a new Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2 Restarting and Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3 Logging on the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.0 The Campaign 3.1 Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.1.1 Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.1.2 Attacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.1.3 Dying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2 Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2.1 Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2.2 Scrolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.2.3 Magic Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.3 Treasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.3.1 Weapons, Shields, And Armor . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.3.2 Potions, Coins, And Receptacles . . . . . . . . 13 3.3.3 Special Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.0 Summary Of Commands (listed with two letter abbreviation) 4.1 Accept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.2 Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.3 Ansi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.4 Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.5 Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.6 Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.7 Backstab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.8 Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.9 Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.10 Befuddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.11 Beguile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.12 Bemuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.12 Bewilder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.12 Bewitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.13 Bless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.14 Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4.15 Bribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.16 Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.17 Buy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.18 Bye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.19 Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.20 Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.21 Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.22 Charm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.23 Chat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.24 Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.25 Climb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.26 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.27 Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.28 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.29 Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.30 Curse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.31 Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.32 Dayfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.33 Daylog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.34 Dismount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DNDBBS Documentation Page 2 Table Of Contents (cont.) Page 4.0 Summary Of Commands (cont.) 4.35 Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.36 Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.37 Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.38 Drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.39 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.40 Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.41 East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.42 Eat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.43 Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.44 End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.45 Enter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.46 Examine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.47 Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.48 Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.49 Feint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.50 Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.51 Fix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.52 Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.53 Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.53 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.54 Get . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.55 Give . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.56 Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.57 Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.58 Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.59 Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.60 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4.61 Hide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4.62 Hit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4.63 Hint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4.64 Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4.65 Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4.66 Identify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4.67 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4.68 Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4.69 Kill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.69 Lastuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.70 Launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.71 Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.72 Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.72 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.73 List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4.74 Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4.75 Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4.76 Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.77 Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.78 Lose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.79 Lunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.80 Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4.81 Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4.82 Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4.83 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4.84 Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4.85 Northwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4.86 Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.87 Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.88 Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.89 Panic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.90 Parley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4.91 Parry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4.92 Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4.93 Pawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 DNDBBS Documentation Page 3 Table Of Contents (cont.) Page 4.0 Summary Of Commands (cont.) 4.94 Picklock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4.95 Psionic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4.96 Pull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4.97 Pummel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4.98 Punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4.99 Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4.100 Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 4.101 Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 4.102 Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 4.103 Recharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 4.104 Relogin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4.105 Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4.106 Reroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4.107 Resist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4.108 Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4.109 Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4.110 Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4.111 Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4.112 Say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4.113 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4.114 Sell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4.115 Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4.116 Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4.117 Smash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4.118 Sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4.119 South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4.120 Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 4.121 Southwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 4.122 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 4.123 Steal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 4.124 Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 4.125 Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 4.126 Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 4.127 Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4.128 Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4.129 Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4.130 Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4.131 Thrust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4.132 Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.133 Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.134 Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.135 Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.136 Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.137 Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.138 Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.139 Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.140 Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.141 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.142 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.143 Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.144 Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 4.145 West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 4.146 Whisper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 4.146 Who . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 4.147 Wield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 4.148 Yell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 DNDBBS Documentation Page 4 Table Of Contents (cont.) Page 5.0 Dungeon Master Commands (listed with two letter abbreviation) 5.1 !Abort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5.2 !Broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5.3 !Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5.4 !Discard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5.5 !Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5.6 !Get . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5.7 !Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 5.8 !Invisible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 5.9 !Kill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 5.10 !Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5.11 !NoID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5.12 !Reduce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5.13 !Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5.14 !Teleport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5.15 Custom Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 DNDBBS Documentation Page 5 1.0 Introduction ================= 1.1 The Game ------------- A few brief words are necessary to insure that the reader has actually obtained a game form which he or she desires. Of the two approaches to hobby games today, one is best defined as the realism-simulation school and the other as the game school. D&D is assuredly an adherent of the latter school. It does not stress realism (in the author's opinion on absurd effort at best considering the topic!). It does little to attempt to simulate anything either. D&D is first and fore- most a game for the fun and enjoyment of those who seek to use imagination and creativity. This is not to say that where it does not interfere with the flow of the game that the highest degree of realism hasn't been attempted, but neither is a serious approach to play dis- couraged. In all cases, however, the reader should understand that D&D is designed to be an amusing and diverting pastime, something which can fill a few hours or consume endless days, as the participants desire, but in no case to be taken too seriously. For fun, excitement, and captivating fantasy, D&D is unsurpassed. As a realistic simulation of things from the realm of make-believe, or even as a reflection of medieval or ancient warfare or culture or society, it can be deemed only a dismal failure. Readers who seek the latter must search else- where. Those who desire to create and populate imaginary worlds with larger-than-life heroes and villians, who seek relaxation with a fascinating game, and who generally believe games should be fun, not work, will hopefully find this system to their taste. "Of course the ultimate reason and justification is a playable and interesting game, and how much rationalization can actually go into a fantasy game?" (quote from an unknown DM) The term "monster" is used throughout this work in two manners. Its first, and most important, meaning is to designate any creature encountered -- hostile or otherwise, human, humanoid, or beast. Until the encountering party determines what they have come upon, it is a monster. The secondary usage of the term is in the usual sense: a horrible or wicked creature of some sort. Thus, a "monster" is encountered during the course of a dungeon expedition, and it is discovered to be an evil high priest, who just might turn out to be a monster in the other sense as well. Note, however, that despite this terminology, humans (and such kin as dwarves, elves, gnomes, half- elves, and haflings) always use the matrix for humans when attacking, even if such humans were encountered as "monsters" in the course of an adventure. DNDBBS Documentation Page 6 1.0 Introduction (cont.) ================= 1.2 Non Player Characters -------------------------- The Non Player Characters are categorized into three major types, the role type, the permanent type, and the non-permanent (normal monster). The role characters are the Broker, the Alchemist, and the Blacksmith. Their activities in playing their roles are recognized as shop owners. The Broker owns the Pawn Shoppe, the Alchemist owns the Mages Guild, and the Blacksmith owns the Weapons Shoppe. Treasure is sold to the Broker, and he pays his evaluation of the price of the goods. He may decide to give nothing if the item is broken or discharged. The Broker also keeps track of the user bank accounts Bank commands are deposit, withdrawal, transfer, account balance, and rob bank. Magic items are recharged by the Alchemist. He will decide the price of recharging and if he will even recharge it at all (such as a Wand of Wishing, which should not be recharged). The Alchemist is also in charge of training Magic Users (MUs) and the production of all magic items of all sorts. Weapons and other low level items are purchased from the Blacksmith who also decides the cost of the order. The Blacksmith also repeairs treasure such as swords and shields for a price up to certain strikes. Another type of NPC is the permanent monster. This type of monster is found to inhabit the same room every time you enter. The permanent monster can follow a player and will then become permanent to that room. The capabilities of permanent monsters over normal monsters are teleportation, talk responses, and other features. Normal monsters are the type you will encounter most of the time. 1.3 Player Characters ---------------------- The Player Character (or user) is categorized into class, and level. Classes of players are Fighter, Thief, Cleric, MU, Ranger, Paladin, Druid, Lady, and Dungeon Master (DM). Each class has special abilities and statistics. The DM is a special class which can be created from the console during logon or by another DM in user edit. Suffice it to say that the Player is the driving force in the game and the DM the driver. How successful a campaign becomes is fully dependent on the Player as well as the DM, because the Player has control of the actual play of the game (DMs may notice this in their mail area if they have been using this DND system for any length of time). Much creativity is input from the Player in the form of suggestions and questions. The DM must take hold of this input and redirect it in the form of new monsters, additional rooms, and positive game playing. Roles of the Player character can range anywhere from Evil Player and Guildmaster to Mayor of a city and Citizens. Become aware that the user's role in the game can be quite interactive once he is given the chance. DMs should allow the campaign to be widely varied and as flexible as possible. DNDBBS Documentation Page 7 2.0 Creating The Player Character ================================== 2.1 Rolling a new Character ---------------------------- When a new user logs on to the dndbbs he/she will provided with infor- mation contained in the PRELOG file immediately after the time/date then prompted for Codename and Password. First he will be asked to hit <enter> to roll his character, then to select his character class. The classes are Fighter, Thief, Magic User, Cleric, Paladin, Ranger, Lady, and Druid. Additionally, if the user is the Sysop logging on from the console, he will see another class: Dungeon Master. Each class has its own special statistics and abilities. The Fighter has higher Fatigue than the other classes. The Thief can pick locks. The Magic User can cast spells. The Cleric can turn undead. The Paladin, Ranger and Druid have different statistics in Fatigue similiar to the Fighter. Each class trains in a different area or room with the exception of the Paladin and Druid, they train in the Fighter's area. Second, the user will be asked to enter numbers for the statistics of his character. Each number should range from 8 to 18 and the average of all numbers must be 12 or less. If one number is not within range, or the average above 12, the user will be prompted to start from the beginning of the statistic entering routine. The statistics are Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, Dexterity, Constitution, Piety, and Charisma. Each of these stats are used in one way or another somewhere in the game to effect some command. Of course, a Fighter would pick the highest Strength and Dexterity and MUs would score high on Intelligence. Third, the user is prompted for weapon proficiency from Blunt, Sharp, Pole, or Thrusting. This is weapon type in which the player will gain 10% plus to hit. When a monster is killed using that weapon type his proficiency increases by 10% of the difference between the monster level and the user level (or 5% if he was not using a weapon in his proficiency.) Fourth, you are prompted for two alignment types from Good, Neutral, Evil and Lawful, Neutral, Chaotic. The alignment of your character determines your attack mode in the user fights. If you are aligned overall good to neutral then your player will not attack an online player when you are encountered. However if you are aligned good and you kill another good player then your alignment will change to worst. You can change your alignment back again if you accidentally kill an player. Last, the user is displayed extra statistics including room number, gold, experience, etc. You are finally prompted to begin the adventure then the welcome file is displayed. The player then appears in the resurrection room (normally the Clerical Sanctuary), and the game begins. 2.2 Restarting and Suicide --------------------------- The user may decide to quit the game and return to the BBS from the door, or to his computer by logging off. Use the QUIT command. Some- times you may want to also continue with another character in the same session. Then use RELOGIN. Alternatively, maybe your character has suffered greatly and his piety is sub-normal, then you can have it deleted. Type SUICIDE then your player is erased from the users file. DNDBBS Documentation Page 8 2.0 Creating The Player Character (cont.) ================================== 2.3 Logging on the System -------------------------- In order to get a modem connection you must be familiar with modem communications in general. This will not tutor you on this subject. Connections can be made from 300 baud to 38,400 baud. If the Sysop has set configure for MNP Class 5 you can get better than 9600 baud. Once you have gotten a carrier then login begins as normal. Your terminal should be set for No Parity, 8 Data Bits, and 1 Stop Bit. 3.0 The Campaign ================= 3.1 Combat ----------- Encounters When a player enters a room one of many things may happen. First the action file is checked for weapon breakage, shield or armor crumbling, fumble, and hits for Fatigue or Vitality. Second, once a player has entered the room successfully, he may be teleported or hit for Fatigue or Vitality when he casts a certain spell, talks to a certain monster, or encounters or attacks a certain monster number. Normally a monster is encountered every 6 rounds (Command prompts), so a player would hit <enter> until monsters appear and attack. Hitting <enter> is also used for increasing statistics Fatigue, Vitality, and Magic Points. Vitality is decreased instead if the player is poisoned. If the room has a permanent monster class then the player will encounter that particular monster immediately and will not have to wait. Monsters such as the Broker, Alchemist, Blacksmith, and Dealer are permanent in the sense that they occupy the first four records of the monster file. They cannot be attacked by normal means, although magic items will cause them damage. Attacking One of the objects to the DND adventure is the killing of monsters. (The other goals, adventuring, exploring rooms, and discovering hidden treasure, include combat itself, so that is the topic of concern). Combat is normally attained by the actions of attacking by sword, spells, and turning undead. Attacking by weapon and hand involve many commands, including: attack (kill, hit, attack, and strike), parry, feint, thrust, turn, circle, and charge. These commands are used in conjunction with one another. For example, a player might hide when entering a room, encounter various monsters, and circle each one to cause them to be confused. Then he would attack one until the monster is near death, then thrust the final damage to slay it. Or he may fight two or three monsters simultaneously (if his level and fatigue are high enough to absorb the damage to his character) using feint and parry for less return damage. During this period of attack and return attack, the monsters can inflict damage on a player character's Fatigue and Vitality, the former being decreased until it reaches zero then the Vitality decreased until zero (and player's death). DNDBBS Documentation Page 9 3.0 The Campaign (cont.) ================= 3.1 Combat (cont.) ----------- Attacking (cont.) The player may decide to leave the room if his position is not good health-wise and cast cures or use cure devices or he might cast these spells during combat because the monster's hits will remain lower for further combat. Also during combat a player will be taking treasure found on the monsters, dropping broken weapons and discharged magic items, loading and firing missile weapons, and examining weapons and and monsters for remaining charges and hits. During combat monster may drain levels from a player (very dangerous), poison or cast spells on the player character. Dying Monster are slain at your hands and your player is always resurrected when your character dies. This is understood as a sense of having more than one life. The excitement of role-playing games can replace the age of axe-murders, mass genocide, and world wars. When your player character dies, then he will always be resurrected by the high priests in the clerical sanctuary. Whether or not you remain in the game for this to happen depends on your constitution and piety statistics. Normally your player will only suffer the decrease of one level of expertise. Conversely, if your player has low piety or con- stitution, then you will be reduced in levels by half. In any case your constitution and one random statistic are lowered by one point point and your Fatigue, Vitality, and Magic Points zeroed. You also lose all gold and inventory. The high priest will mercifully give you some gold, and if you are lucky enough, your treasure will still be in the room you died in. When a monster dies, it is removed from the combat room, its treasure falls to the ground, and you gain the experience it had. Note that if the room is full of treasure then the monster's treasure rolls away, this is also true for your player's treasure when it dies. Once you have killed enough monsters to train, your experience will become zero, and you can increase one level at your designated training area. Monsters which flee at the hands of hits more than 75% of the monster's points give only half experience. 3.2 Spells ----------- Casting All magic and cleric spells are similiar in that the word sounds, when combined into whatever patterns are applicable, are charged with energy from the Positive or Negative Material Plane. When uttered, these sounds cause the release of this energy, which in turn triggers a set reaction. The release of the energy contained in these words is what causes the spell to be forgotten or the writing to dissappear from the surface upon which it is written. DNDBBS Documentation Page 10 3.0 The Campaign (cont.) ================= 3.2 Spells (cont.) ----------- Casting (cont.) The triggering action draws power from some plane of the multiverse. Whether the spell is an abjuration, conjuration, alteration, enchantment, or whatever, there is a flow of energy -- first from the spell caster, then from some plane to the area magicked or enspelled by the caster. The energy flow is not from the caster per se, it is from the utterance of the sounds, each of which is charged with energy which is loosed when the proper formula and/or ritual is completed with their utterance. This power then taps the desired plane (whether or not the caster has any idea of what or where it is) to cause the spell to function. The most powerful player in the DND game, aside from the Fighter, is the Magic User. Although all the other character classes can cast cure spells (Vigor, Heal, Enchant, and Curepoison), the MU has many more spell types at his disposal. First, the basic spells for cure are Vigor to increase Fatigue, Heal to increase Vitality, Enchant to restore Magic Points, and Curepoison for poisoning. Each of these spells restores partial points to statistics. The additional spells available to the MU are Bless, Befuddle, Teleport, Wish, Passdoor, Turn, Conjure, Poison, and Drain. The other character classes can also cast the offense spell as discharged from a magic item. When a Magic User casts a spell it must have a target. There are three types of targets -- monsters, the player, and a magic item. The player is assumed to be the target if none is specified after the cast command. The three types of commands then are: "CAST", "CAST MONSTER", and "CAST ITEM". The MU is immediately prompted for the spell chant after the cast command is issued and the spell file is searched for the matching spell chant, and if not found, the MU sees displayed the message "You mispronounced the spell chant!". The only spells which can be cast on the player itself are cures and bless (to increase piety). Any offense spell can be cast onto a monster and only enchant can be cast on a magic item. Casting onto magic items can only be accomplished by MUs, level 10 players, and DMs. This special method of spell casting is used to recharge a magic item. Maybe you have a fireball wand that is discharged so you cast an enchant spell onto it and it then becomes usable once again. DNDBBS Documentation Page 11 3.0 The Campaign (cont.) ================= 3.2 Spells (cont.) ----------- Casting (cont.) The other spells are special purpose, some being classified as combat, and the others are useful only in certain circumstances. Teleport is, of course, used to move the player to another room. Conjure can be a dangerous spell. It calls up a monster from the class of the level of the player. Passdoor is extremely handy, it unlocks any door in the room of the MU (he hears a 'click' afer it is cast). Wish is the most interesting of all, it allows the player to call upon the Ghods them- selves for a request of some treasure. If there are more than one of that particular treasure name (i.e. a sword) place the pound sign (#) and the number of the treasure after the name, for example A SWORD#3. The rest are combat spells. Turn, Befuddle, Poison and Drain all have special purposes. The Turn spell destroys undead like zombies. Undead are those monsters who can drain levels. When you cast the Befuddle spell and it works, the monster it is cast upon becomes inactive as if you had circled it. The Poison spell drains monster hits for up to five rounds according to the player's level. The Drain spell decreases the monster one level, it then attacks at that lower level, or dies if it becomes level zero. Scrolls Scrolls store energy in the form of a spell chant inscribed with magic hieroglyphics on the parchment. In order for a player to read this writing he must read the scroll with the examine command. When scrolls are examined their spell chant is dislayed and they disintegrate. The process of adventuring for scrolls to discover the spells chants encourages the game play and is suggested instead of giving out the spell chants. Once a player knows what a certain scroll does, for example a black scroll, he also knows the spell chant and can use the scroll instead of examine it. Scrolls can be used in three different forms: "USE SCROLL", "USE SCROLL MONSTER", and "USE SCROLL ITEM". Each time a scroll is used your player's magic points are decreased by the level of the spell. If the target is not specified then it is assumed the player is the target and the spell is cure, bless, or teleport. If the target is a monster then the scroll must be an offense spell. The spell level is then used as a bonus multiplier in the combat equations. In all of the above cases the scroll always disintegrates. Scrolls can be used to recharge other magic items if the scroll is an enchant scroll, for example, "USE SCROLL WAND" where the wand is a discharged fireball device. DNDBBS Documentation Page 12 3.0 The Campaign (cont.) ================= 3.2 Spells (cont.) ----------- Magic Items Storage of many spells of one type is done through the creation of magic items such as A Staff of Disintegration, A Wand of Wishing, Some Black Gems, etc. The number of times a magic item can be used is the number of charges it contains. When you examine a magic item you will see displayed its number of charges, spell level (or plus), and its spell name (also included are weight, value, and others). Your player can use magic items in three forms (like scrolls), they are: "USE ITEM", "USE ITEM MONSTER", and "USE ITEM ITEM". The player is assumed to be the target if none is specified. The spells which can be discharged onto a player are Cures, Bless, and Teleport. Using a magic item on a monster discharges that spell in combat. Each time it is used it decreases one charge until there are zero charges. Then an enchant spell must be cast on the item or the Alchemist must recharge the item. Some monsters can only be attacked with magic and if your player is not a Magic User he must then use a magic item. You can use a magic item to recharge a magic item. The first must have enchant charges and the second one must be discharged. A few notes on the examine command. In case your player has more than one of the same item and he needs to specify the second or third one he would place the pound sign # with the number of the item after it, for example "USE ITEM#2 MONSTER". He can also specify which monster (if more than one of the same name are in the room), for example "USE ITEM#3 MONSTER#4". Counting of items in this manner starts with the ground then your inventory. There could be two swords on the ground which you have dropped because they were broken and you have three more swords in your inventory you are carrying. If you type "EXAMINE SWORD" you will see displayed the statistics of the sword on the ground. So to display your first sword you are carrying you would type "EXAMINE SWORD#3" (one more than the number on the ground). If If you are holding some object which has first letters similiar to a monster name (a battle-axe and a bat, you specify "EXAMINE BAT") note that the monster array is checked first before the ground, then your inventory. So there could be two bats in the room, three broken battle-axes, and you want to examine your fifth battle-axe you are holding. You would type "EXAMINE BA#10". DNDBBS Documentation Page 13 3.0 The Campaign (cont.) ================= 3.3 Treasure ------------- Weapons, Shields, And Armor The majority of the monster's attack will be absorbed by your armor and shield. Your weapon will do the most damage on the monster with the exception of using magic. Beginning players can buy starting weapons and armor at the Weapons Shoppe. The Blacksmith forges and sells these and other starting items such as vigor potions and cure- poison scrolls. Most treasure is found on dead monsters and increase in power and level as the monster's level increase. Your weapon must have positive strikes (you can find out the number of strikes remaining in a weapon with the identify command) and be in your inventory for you to use it. The command for using a weapon is HOLD or WIELD. Each time your weapon successfully hits a monster it will decrease its strikes by one until they are zero, then the weapon breaks in half and falls to the ground. Weapon plus is directly added to your Strength (seen as a "(+xx)" in the information and health commands) and figures into the combat equation. Armor and shields are used with the WEAR and HOLD commands. They also have strikes which are decreased with each monster attack on your character. If your player's dexterity is low the more chance you will fumble your weapon and shield leading to lost game play momentum and extra monster hits. When a weapon, armor, or shield breaks or crumbles, they can be restored to full power with the FIX command if they are +10 or below, otherwise the Blacksmith must repair them. Potions, Coins, And Receptacles More treasure worth noting, and more frequently found, are coins and potions. Potions being by far the more important of the two. The Drink command enables your player character to quaff a potion. This normally results in vigor, heal, enchant, or curepoison. The potion is then discharged and may be recharged or discarded. Dropping treasure in the room which is used up allows you to pick up more (because the inventory limit is 20 objects) and changes your weight (your player can only carry 10 times your Strength in pounds). When your player leaves the room by any means (teleportation, death, or moving in a direction) all treasure is erased! The only exceptions are receptacles and riding devices. Most monsters carry some booty of coins for their own expenses. They are usually plundered from the Dungeon or Castle other wasteland and not worth much. Your player can carry any amount of gold but taking coins checks your weight and encumbrance first before adding to your gold. Coins successfully picked up then become part of your gold not your inventory. DNDBBS Documentation Page 14 3.0 The Campaign (cont.) ================= 3.3 Treasure(cont.) ------------- Potions, Coins, And Receptacles(cont.) If your player is lucky enough to find receptacles such as A Magic Bag of Holding or A Treasure Chest you will be able to carry more. Receptacles themselves weigh something in pounds but the treasure they contain does not increase your weight or number of inventory. The only limit to the number of objects you can carry when you have receptacles is the receptacle limit itself (usually about 10-50). Receptacles have the additional features of being able to be locked with or without a key. If a receptacle is locked with a key you must have the matching key number. Then when you unlock it the system will search your inventory for you to find the matching key. You can find the key number of a receptacle by examining it. Receptacles cannot be smashed open. You cannot sell the actual receptacle to the Broker but you can sell the contents. The Broker will add up the value of the entire contents and offer you a price. If the receptacle is locked then the Broker will fumble and swear a bit before informing you that he can't open the thing. The command form for taking objects from receptacles and dropping them in are the same form as the GET and TAKE command with the additional parameter of the receptacle name. For example, GET SWORD#5 BARREL, or DROP GEM BARREL. Dropping a receptacle into itself results with the receptacle completely disappearing! (DROP BAG BAG) Not recommended. Receptacles can contain other receptacles, for example, DROP BAG BOX, then DROP BOX BARREL, etc. Special Objects Among the many features of dndbbs are included the following special purpose treasure items: Loadable Devices, Vehicles, and Rings. Devices which can be loaded and fired come under the category of missile or projectiles. For example, a cross bow and bolts, a sling and stones, a shotgun and shells, or anything practical to the adventure. Once you have a device (take shotguns for example) you can examine it and find that the description includes "It is loaded." or not loaded as the case may be. You must locate the correct ammunition (described in the examine command as being such) and load the device with the LOAD command. Once the device is loaded it can be discharged with the FIRE command. For example, LOAD SHOTGUN, then FIRE SHOTGUN ELF. Devices can be loaded any number of times with no upper limit. The device can do three things: hit the monster, discharge harmlessly, or blow up in your face and you take damage. Your inventory is checked by the system for the proper ammunition. DNDBBS Documentation Page 15 3.0 The Campaign (cont.) ================= 3.3 Treasure (cont.) ------------- Special Objects(cont.) Vehicles could encompass any thing used for travel: Horses, Wagons, Carts, Bulls, etc. Vehicles (take a Horse for example) have hits like any NPC and can absorb that number of hits until they reach zero. Then the Horse is 'damaged' and cannot be mounted. Casting a vigor spell on the Horse cures it and restores the hits. The Mount command causes your player character to be able to ride the Horse. Then he can Ride in any direction with the Ride command. For example, MOUNT HORSE, then RIDE WEST. Your Horse also enter portals with you such as stairs and ladders. Dismounting happens when you go in a direction without the Ride command. Horses become permanent to the room they rode into. There are three ring types to protect you from certain monster attack: antipoison, antidrain, and antispell. The ring will absorb the number of hits equal to the monster level. The antidrain ring being the most useful for attacks by the undead who can drain your character by a complete level each random round. The antispell ring only protects against generic offense spells such as fireball or lightning and the antipoison ring only protects against the poison spell. There are treasure which can be loaded with ammunition and launch in a room direction. These are permanent treasure which normal users cannot pick up. The LOAD and LAUNCH commands are used with this type of treasure. Since a normal user cannot pick up this type of treasure the MOVE command is used to move the launchable device from one room to another. Catapults and other forms of missiles and projectiles are in the realm of launchable devices. The ammunition used for these types of treasure can load the devices any number of times. Once launched, the ammunition, or projectiles, enter ajoining room directions on a percentage basis. DNDBBS Documentation Page 16 4.0 Commands ============= 4.1 Accept (AC) ----------- This command is used for when an online player in the same room offers you gold or an item of treasure for one of your items of treasure with the Offer command. When you see a message displaying the offer then type Accept to make the exchange. This command will also store the item of treasure for trade if you use the item or sell the item before the trade happens when the other user accepts the offer. So either way after the accept command is entered the user gets the treasure. (See also TRADE) 4.2 Alignment (AL) -------------- Your character's alignment is made up of two types combining into the overall classfication of your player. Alignment is currently used in determine your reaction in the online user fights (when your player is encountered by another user). The first type is Good, Neutral, and Evil and the second type Lawful, Neutral, and Chaotic. When you first logon and roll your character you can choose these types of alignment. In the user fights, when you encounter another user, he may or may not attack you depending on similiarity of both your alignments. You can find out his alignment by looking at him with the identify command. It will display if he is helpful or dangerous. If you kill a player who had similiar alignment then your own alignment will change to worst. With the Alignment command you can re-enter your alignment preferences again! You will be prompted for the two alignment types. 4.3 Ansi (AN) --------- This command turns on or off the sending of color code changes for displaying prompts and text in color. To use ansi color you must have installed the ANSI.SYS device driver in your CONFIG.SYS boot file. The program can also detect remote ANSI if the config options are selected for remote ANSI detection and prompt for ANSI. Additionally, if Avatar is selected in config for remote detection and prompting for Avatar then the local system will automatically use Avatar codes. Avatar codes are enhanced ANSI codes used by the Avatar screen device driver. The device drivers for Avatar are packaged with the dndbbs program. See the added documentation in the DRIVERS.ZIP file. (See also GRAPHICS) 4.4 Appeal (AP) ----------- One instance in which the Ghods will intervene is a near death state of your player, i.e. your statistics while fighting in combat have fallen to 15% or less of full power. In this case the Ghods may step in and teleport you to the Clerical Sanctuary resurrection room where you can start adventuring more. Note however that the Ghods will not increase your statistics, they will only transport you. The only other instance when the Ghods will intervene is when the room description allows no exits (directions or portals). DNDBBS Documentation Page 17 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.5 Attack (AT) ----------- The Attack command causes your player character to begin combat. If he was previously hiding in the shadows he will no longer be hidden and all monsters with first strike capabilities will attack him. Monsters normally attack on sight, however, some do not have first strike set. If your player's piety is subnormal all monsters will attack on sight. When first entering a room it is good practice to hide then circle all monsters as you encounter them. This way you won't have a mass attack when you begin your first strike. (See also HIT, STRIKE, KILL) 4.6 Auto (AU) --------- This command puts your player into auto mode. During auto mode the game pauses for a second then checks for health and stat updating, node messages, and monster encounters. Auto mode also attacks the first monster in the room. Auto mode is exited when your player dies, or when you press the Control-K interrupt key. When Auto mode is used then the computer automates several functions including picking up and determining higher class weapons and armor. Then the auto mode causes the user to wear, hold, and wield higher class weapons, shields and armor. The auto mode also automatically trains for the user if he has zero experience and enough gold. The auto mode also casts vigor, heal, and enchant spells to increase the user statistics. (See also WAIT) 4.7 Backstab (BS) ------------- One way of causing double damage every time on a monster is during the time you are hidden after entering a room. The Backstab command allows you to catch a monster unawares and Attack from your hiding place. This does more damage than Attack or Thrust but about the same as Charge. It is the equivalent of CIRCLE MONSTER, CHARGE MONSTER. The backstab command is the most useful attack to use if your player is hidden for increased hits and less hits back. DNDBBS Documentation Page 18 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.8 Bank (BK) --------- In his spare time The Broker is responsible for the keeping of the town's ledgers and the Banking facilities. Access to the Bank command is done through the Broker. You must be in the Pawn Shoppe to use the Bank. The Bank commands are: Deposit, Withdraw, Balance, Transfer, and Quit. When you first enter the Bank, the Broker prompts you: "Now what do ya want?". Type "?" for help or "Q" to quit. Type "A" to show your account balance. The Broker will fumble with his ledgers and display the amount you have on hand and the amount in the Bank. Deposits gain 6% interest compunded daily. Type "D" to deposit gold into your account. The Broker will prompt you for the amount: "How much(0-xxx)?". You can then enter the amount to deposit. If you have no gold to deposit the Broker will respond with "You have no Gold to deposit!". If you enter an amount that is more than you are carrying the Broker will respond with "You don't have that much Gold!". After a successful transaction the message "You hand him the Gold.." is displayed. Type "W" to withdraw Gold from your account. The Broker will state: "You have nothing to withdraw!" if your account is zero. Otherwise the Broker will prompt you for the amount "How much(0-xxx)?". Attempting to withdraw more Gold than you have in the account causes the Broker to say "You don't have that much Gold!". A successful withdrawal dis- plays the message "The Broker hands you the Gold.." Type "T" to transfer Gold to another user. If you try to transfer from a zero account the Broker will say "You have nothing in your account to transfer!". If you have Gold in your account the Broker will prompt "Transfer to what person?" and you would enter the user's codename. The codename must be on file or else the Broker will tell you "There's none in my ledgers with that name!". A successful transfer is indicated when the Broker fumbles with his ledgers and says "xxx transfered to his acount.." Type "B" to borrow gold from the bank in case you need extra gold to train or the Weapons Shop. Your borrowed balance is saved in the user file and is compounded daily by the interest rate set by the sysop. The Broker will ask you for the amount. You cannot borrow more 32,767 gold total. And you cannot rob the bank or withdraw from your account until the balance is paid back. Type "P" to pay back your borrowed balance. If you have gold in your account then the balance will be used to pay the borrowed account. The Broker will ask for the amount to pay back. Type "R" to rob the bank. Be forewarned that the Broker can catch you! If he does, you may be hit for fatigue, vitality, or worse you may be killed! If you do sneak by the Broker then you can rob a few Gold.. DNDBBS Documentation Page 19 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.9 Beat (BT) --------- This attack command uses double damage and return your weapon. Return damage is increased. This command should be used together with other types of attack commands. For example: Use the Attack command several times, then use Parry or Thrust for different hits. Finally, use the beat or punch command for small hits to finish off a monster. This command should also be used in conjunction with parry and thrust for maximum damage. 4.10 Befuddle (BF) -------------- This command is used in combat. When the player befuddles a monster and the attack works the monster becomes inactive for six rounds. The befuddle action is similar to casting a befuddle spell. The monster which is attacked with this command has a percent chance of repelling the befuddlement. This chance is by equation involving the player's wisdom and dexterity. Befuddle is especially useful when there are many monsters in the room. 4.11 Beguile (BG) ------------- This command is designed for the Lady character class. When the user types beguille the monster last attacked will be diverted from its path of destruction causing it to flee from the room. The Lady then gets half the experience from the monster. The Lady must first have already attacked the monster by other means in order to beguile it. The lady should also use bewilder and bewitch at appropriate times to kill a monster. If the monster has decreased hits then a simple attack or charge will work. However for higher level monsters bewilder and bewitch will cause more damage. (See also BEMUSE, CHARM) 4.12 Bemuse (BE) ------------ This command is used in combat similar to the befuddle command. Only ladies can bemuse a monster. The command form is BEMUSE MONSTER, for exammple: BEMUSE FIRETOAD. When a lady uses this command in combat the percent chance of the command to drain a level from the monster is used with piety. Once a monster is drained of all levels the monster dies and the treasure and experience are gained by the lady. The other Lady commands like bewilder and bewitch should be used with this command and with befuddle. Bewilder and bewitch doing the most damage. (See also BEGUILE, CHARM) 4.12 Bewilder (BW) -------------- This command can only be used by the Lady character class. When a Lady uses this command against an online user, their level is decreased. Used against monsters, their hit points are halfed. An example of this command: BEWILDER CAT. The other benefits to this command are that Ladies have reduced return hits during and after the attack using this command. 4.12 Bewitch (BH) ------------- This command can only be used by the Lady character class. When a Lady uses this command on an online user their Piety is decreased similar to a Clerical Curse command. If the target user's Piety drops down to zero, then he or she dies. When the Lady uses this command on monsters, their level and hit points decrease. Example: BEWITCH CAT. This command supplements the bewilder command for reduced return hits and maximum damage on the monster. DNDBBS Documentation Page 20 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.13 Bless (BL) ----------- The bless command can only be used by Clerics. This command allows players to increase piety points of other players online. Clerics can also bless magic items which are discharged. The command form is BLESS TARGET, for example, Bless Staff, or Bless Player. This command can also be used for other online players in the same room. Then their Piety is increased by each cast of the blass command. 4.14 Break (BR) ----------- There is more than one way to open up a door, gate, portal, or what- ever. The Break command uses brute force to get through a portal. (Portal is a generic term for an object to enter). You will find that in order to enter some portals they must be unlocked first. Some may even have to be broken into. Break through a locked portal with the command BREAK PORTAL. Following is a chart of what of commands can be used to open, unlock, and break what portals. 'Y' in the chart stands for Yes and 'N' for No. Note: if a portal is already unlocked it can be opened and closed so the chart would indicate Y for all open/close. Notice also that a portal with a key is indicated N for lock/unlock unless the user has the matching key. (See also SMASH) C O M M A N D | Open/ | Lock/ | Break/ | Picklock/ | | Close | Unlock | Smash | Passdoor | ------------------------------------------------- P Normal | Y | Y | Y | Y | ------------------------------------------------- O Locked | Y | Y | Y | Y | ------------------------------------------------- R Invisible | Y | Y | N | Y | ------------------------------------------------- T Hidden | Y | Y | N | Y | ------------------------------------------------- A Invisible+| | | | | Locked | Y | Y | Y | Y | L ------------------------------------------------- Hidden+ | | | | | Locked | Y | Y | N | N | T ------------------------------------------------- Normal+ | | | | | Y Key# | Y | N | N | Y | ------------------------------------------------- P Invisible+| | | | | Key# | Y | N | N | Y | E ------------------------------------------------- Hidden+ | | | | | Key# | Y | N | N | N | ------------------------------------------------- DNDBBS Documentation Page 21 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.15 Bribe (BB) ----------- Often you may encounter so many monsters at one time that you would like some to leave. Mass monster attacks can be hazardous to your player's health. Or maybe you have encountered some monsters which has been configured to jail attacker. In either case the Bribe command will do just fine. Offer the monster some gold or some armor. If the offer is good enough for the level of the monster he will take it and leave. For example, you encounter a maiden and you know if you attack her you will be thrown in jail so instead you type BRIBE MAIDEN 1000 and she takes your offer and leaves the room! (See also OFFER) 4.16 Brief (BI) ----------- The dndbbs is verbose in most prompts and displays. Advanced users may want to shorten the output. Typing BRIEF will display one line room description and change the Command prompt to Next. With the brief mode toggled ON your player will spend more time typing than watching the screen. Be warned however that the long room description may sometimes contain information about a room which is not in the short description which means you may pass through a room with hidden objects. 4.17 Buy (BU) --------- Beginning players will need to purchase basic equipment such as swords and shields. Other players might need a quick curepoison potion for their character. The Blacksmith stocks these items in his Shoppe. You must be in the Weapons Shoppe to use the Buy command. The form of the Buy command is BUY # (the word BUY followed with the number of the item in the list). If you have enough Gold to afford the item then your inventory will automatically be adjusted with the new item, your Gold decreased, and the message "Ok" will be displayed. Type LIST while in the Weapons Shoppe to get a list of items for sale. 4.18 Bye (BY) --------- When you are finished with your Adventure session it is best to use the logoff commands instead of hanging up suddenly. Strange things can happen to characters who hang up without warning. For example, your player is in combat and you are about to die, you see the message "You have just died!" and you quickly hang up thinking you can escape the death sentence and the system won't be quick enough to update the file. Instead the file is updated and your inventory isn't in the room you died in! You lost all your treasure. (See also QUIT, STOP, END) DNDBBS Documentation Page 22 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.19 Cast (CS) ---------- Only Magic Users can use this command. The general forms are CAST, CAST MONSTER, and CAST ITEM. Each spell has its own level, chant, and type. There are offense spells, special purpose spells, and cure spells. When you type Cast you are prompted "Chant?" for the spell chant. It may be entered in upper or lower case and should match the actual chant exactly or it will not work. See section 3.2.1 for more details about the Cast command. 4.20 Catalog (CT) ------------- This command displays the entire list of over 100 comands available to the user. This list is displayed in column format, alphabetized from the actual data statements used by the system. This way the user will always see the most recent commands added. Other online commands to display some help files are Commands, Hint, and Help. 4.21 Charge (CH) ------------ This is a combat command. Charging your opponent consists of a bodily lunge forward with your weapon thrusting ahead of you. This action does maximum damage to the monster. Charging leaves your character prone to more hits from the return attack of the monster because you become vulnerable from moving ahead instead of just standing while thrusting and blocking. This form of combat is normally used to apply the finishing touchs to the death of a monster. Sometimes high level users can do this to first level monsters in their way (kills them in one blow). 4.22 Charm (CM) ----------- This command is for Ladies. It allows them to use their powers of charisma to charm the current monster being attacked into inactivity. You must first attack a monster to charm it. If your charisma is low or the charm formula fails you then the monster will continue to attack. Charmed monsters become inactive until attacked again. Ladies can also use other commands specific to their class like befuddle, bewilder, and bewitch. (See also BEGUILE, BEMUSE) 4.23 Chat (CA) ---------- The Sysop can initiate Chat Mode at any time during the game. The user can also request to chat. Typing Chat beeps the console once a second until either the user hits Control-K to quit or the Sysop hits Escape to chat. The Chat Mode is used for speaking to the Sysop should some emergency arise or if you just want to say HI. Always think of what you plan to say in Chat Mode before starting. Don't just type Chat and say "I dunno" or something foolish. DNDBBS Documentation Page 23 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.24 Circle (CI) ------------ This is a passive combat command. The most common use of this command is while your character is in hiding and encountering monsters. You should circle a few nastier monsters so they won't attack all at once. On the other hand circling is also used while in combat with one or more monsters. For example, you are fighting a bat and an ankhheg. You then encounter a bandit but you dont want to have to handle all three so you take the time to Circle the bandit. The chances are high that circling will be successful, however the message 'Didn't work!' can appear on occasion. 4.25 Climb (CB) ----------- Climb is the equivalent of the Up command. Climbing is more like a direction than it is entering a portal since there is no parameter to the Climb command. The Climb command was installed to preserve compatibility wih users who insist on using Zork-like sentences. For example, some users will type MOVE ROCK when they see the word rock in a room description. Remember that the objects in the room do not always coincide with the words in the room description. 4.26 Clock (CC) ----------- Date and time is displayed when you first log on to the system before the prelog file and codename/password enter routine. This command will display the current date/time and your time remaining. Your time remaining is constantly monitored by the system. When you reach your time limit the system saves your character to disk, displays the logoff file, and disconnects the modem carrier. Then it recycles for the next user. (See also DATE, TIME) 4.27 Close (CL) ----------- Both objects and treasure can be closed. There are certain conditions to an object or treasure before it has the capability to be closed (or opened). First it must be lockable and unlocked. For example a dungeon door which, when you examine it, shows the word '[locked]' after its description. It has the ability to be open or closed, but it is locked at the time. Once it has been unlocked it can be closed like any other object or treasure. Normally only portals can be opened or closed. Receptacles can also be closed if they were created with a key. Beware of locking a receptacle if you do not have the key -- you will not be able to unlock it! Some portals lock behind you after you have entered them. This means other users will have to picklock it or smash it open all over again. DNDBBS Documentation Page 24 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.28 Commands (CM) -------------- This displays a list and brief explanation of all commands in dndbbs. All short explanations give insight to what the command could be used for and some examples of parameters are shown. The Hint command also displays ways of using commands and extra examples. Other commands for help include Catalog, and Help. 4.29 Counter (CR) ------------- Counter is short for Counterattack. To counterattack your opponent is to sweep your weapon in a wide semi-circle in a thrusting action. This increases your bonus to hit by one and additional hits according to your dexterity. To use the counter command, type the monster name with it. For example: COUNTER PEDIPALP 4.30 Curse (CU) ----------- The curse command can only be used by Clerics. When a CLeric uses this command piety points are reduced. The command can be used against other online players or monsters. The command has the target form CURSE TARGET, for example, Curse Vreeb, or Curse Player. 4.31 Date (DA) ---------- Date/time can be displayed with this command. You will also see your time remaining on the system displayed. When you first logon to the BBS your time limit in minutes is calculated. DMs have 60 minutes time limit. First level users are granted 15 minutes and all others 30 minutes. There is also a daily call limit of 3 calls to allow more users on the system. (See also CLOCK, TIME) 4.32 Dayfile (DY) ------------- The Dayfile command reads and displays the file dndbbs.day. This file contains the daily activity of users logging on and off of the system. Lines of text recorded are "logged on", "logged off", "time limit exceeded", and "dropped carrier". The date of the dayfile is checked when the next user logs on, and deleted if older than on day. 4.33 Daylog (DL) ------------ This command displays the dndbbs commands and kills usage. Like the dayfile, this shows latest user kills, experience gained, statistic points won and lost. The daylog and dayfile commands are also included with the Users command, and the Top command which displays the high score users list. The DM can also use the dndutil program to generate the scoring bulletins. DNDBBS Documentation Page 25 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.34 Dismount (DM) -------------- Once you are riding a vehicle there are two ways to dismount. The standard way is to go in a direction without using the Ride command. If you don't want to leave the room to dismount then type DISMOUNT and you will no longer be riding the vehicle. Since your vehicle can take hit points of damage you would automatically be dismounted if the vehicle took enouch hits to disable it. Then the vehicle is 'damaged' (displayed by the examine command) and cannot be mounted until it is repaired with vigor. 4.35 Down (DO) ---------- One of the seven directions is Down. The directions from a room are displayed with the room description. You will see the phrase "The exits are down up" unless you are in brief mode then only the directions are displayed. Rooms are usually linked from one direction to each other. For example, you go north then south and you would return to the first room. If you type a direction which does not exist in the room you will see the message "You can't go in that direction!" 4.36 Dodge (DG) ----------- This attack command is a passive maneuver. The multiplier is double and return damage is reduced. This command returns your shield. This command and other attack commands like Dodge and Beat and Punch should be used together. For example, you could use the Charge and Thrust attack commands, then alternate with Dodge and Pummel or attack the next round with Beat and Pummel. 4.37 Draw (DR) ---------- In order to attack monsters with a weapon you must be holding it first. Type DRAW WEAPON with the proper name of your weapon. The weapon plus is added directly to your Strength. Taking an Information will display '(+xx)' after your Strength indicating the plus to your ability. Your weapon plus is then added in to the attack formula and increases hits on monsters. (See also WIELD, HOLD) 4.38 Drink (DK) ----------- The only way to quaff a potion is with the Drink command. Potions can contain cures like Vigor, Heal, Enchant, and Curepoison. Once you drink a potion it becomes discharged (empty) and should either be thrown away or recharged by the Alchemist. MUs can also recharge items such as potions with an enchant device or spell. 4.39 Drive (DV) ----------- This command lets the user move a vehicle in a direction. The player must first have entered the vehicle to be able to drive. The command form is DRIVE DIRECTION, for example: DRIVE EAST. The player can also drive a vehicle through objects such as castle gates or shoppe doors. The command form would be the same, DRIVE INTO THE GATES. (See also FLY, RIDE) DNDBBS Documentation Page 26 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.40 Drop (DP) ---------- The Drop command removes some item or treasure from your player's inventory to the ground. You would type DROP ITEM, for example, DROP SWORD. This is usually done either to get rid of broken/discharged treasure, or to make room for greater treaure to be picked up. If the ground is full of objects then the item rolls away and disappears. You can optionally drop an item into a receptacle with the command form DROP ITEM RECEPTACLE, for example, DROP RING BAG. The receptacle may either be in your inventory or on the ground. (See also PUT) 4.41 East (EA) ---------- Travel commands allow your player character to enter new rooms (beside the Go, Enter, and Exit commands). Typing EAST causes your player to move to the room linked by the direction east. Sometimes monsters will follow you into the new room. This is a fifty percent chance. They will follow with their old hits remaining and complete statistics unchanged. If the monster which is following is categorized permanent then it will become permanent to the new room. 4.42 Eat (ET) --------- This allows players to consume an edible treasure. Eating is similar to drinking. An edible object could cure for fatigue, or vitality. Food can also curepoison. The command form is: EAT FOOD, i.e. EAT EGG. 4.43 Echo (EC) ---------- This command turns off multinode messages from being repeated on the users screen. For example, the user types 'say hi' then this message is sent back to him. Echo off will display no message, but may inform the user that 'Nobody else hears you.' if no one else is online. 4.44 End (EN) --------- Finishing the game play with the end command (standard is command Quit) ends the session and logs you off the system. Before you log off the logoff file is displayed with whatever may have been placed in it. Normally it is practical to put in advertisements about other BBSes and a message 'Thanks for calling...' Your call limit is updated also. The user has a limit of three calls per day per character. (See also BYE, QUIT, STOP) DNDBBS Documentation Page 27 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.45 Enter (ER) ----------- Some objects created by the DM serve as portals to other rooms as an alternative to directions. For example, a door, a hidden door, a hut, a black portal, etc. Portals can be locked, keyed, hidden, invisible, or any number of attributes specified for a portal. Portals can lead to a room right next to the beginning one, or a room across the land or continent, however you have your adventure set up. (See also GO) 4.46 Examine (EM) ------------- Examining things in the BBS is one of the most important actions besides adventuring and attacking monsters. The examine command will display information about monsters, treasure, and objects. Monsters should always be examined after encountering them in a new room so you will not be killed by a mega-monster. Brief information is displayed for monsters, objects, receptacles, or treasure. Complete information is available with the identify command. (See also LOOK) 4.47 Exit (EX) ---------- Exit is a direction equivalent to Out. If the room description has the direction Out linked to another room you could type EXIT instead. If the room you exit to has not been edited you will see the message 'Non-descrip room#xxx' and no directions. In this case you must pray to the Ghods with the Appeal command to be teleported to the Clerical Sanctuary resurrection room. You will then see the message 'Your right there doesn't seem to be any way out!'. (See also LEAVE, OUT) 4.48 Experience (EP) ---------------- Listing your experience is an information command (See also Health, and Information). When you type this command your amount of Gold is shown and the experience remaining to train for the next level. This is an important figure because it indicates the amount of points needed to subtract to zero before you can become the next level of expertise (and a more powerful player!) Once it is zero you must find your training area and type TRAIN. DNDBBS Documentation Page 28 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.49 Feint (FE) ----------- The Feint command is a combat command. To feint is to thrust and then deflect at the last moment putting the monster off guard. If the feint is successful then the monster becomes inactive for a few rounds buying you time to attack other monsters or cast a spell, or drink a potion, etc. Of course, feinting allows the other monsters more hits during the next round because you are not as well defended by the weapon. Type FEINT MONSTER, for example, FEINT RAT. 4.50 Fire (FI) ---------- Devices like shotguns and crossbows must be loaded before they can be fired. The level of the ammunition determines the bonus multiplier for for hits on the monster. The command form is FIRE DEVICE MONSTER, for example FIRE SHOTGUN GHOUL. First level monsters are usually no match for these devices. Ammunition is sometimes scarce and can only be found on other monsters, although the Blacksmith does sell these items if your DM has him set up this way. 4.51 Fix FX) --------- If your weapon has been broken from heavy combat you can fix it with this command. The form is FIX WEAPON. Only weapons plus 10 or less can be fixed otherwise they must be repaired by the Blacksmith. There is a chance that the weapon won't be fixed the first try. You may see the message 'You didn't fix it!' if your statistics are too low. Then try fixing it several times until it works. During this time you may want to move to another room to avoid unnecessary attacks. 4.52 Fly (FL) --------- This command lets the player move a vehicle in a direction. The player must first have entered or gone to the vehicle. The command form for flying a vehicle (such as a helicopter) is FLY DIRECTION, for example: FLY NORTHEAST. Users can also fly into objects such as portals and trapdoors, for example: FLY THROUGH THE EXIT. (See also DRIVE, RIDE) 4.53 Follow (FO) ------------ This command can only be used by Rangers. Type follow with another online user in the same room and your character automatically moves to the new rooms entered by the followed player. Form: Follow Name. The other player can run without begin followed by using the Lose command. 4.53 Fuel (FU) ---------- This command allows the player to fuel any treasure which has the ability to be lit with the light command. You must have the item to be fueled and the fuel itself. The item is then charged with all charges from the fuel, and the fuel no longer can be used. Example: FUEL LAMP and then use the light command. 4.54 Get (GT) --------- All treasure can be picked up from the ground with the following restrictions and conditions: You have enough room in your inventory, you are strong enough to carry the treasure, and nothing prevents you from getting the treasure (like a monster). Objects, on the other hand, are normally 'permanent' meaning only the DM can get them. Of course, any object could be made non-permanent (imagine taking a dungeon door then entering it while you held it!) Most non-permanent objects are trivial things like books, or altar candles, etc. The command form and specifications are: GET OBJECT, GET OBJECT#X, and GET OBJECT RECEPTACLE. Where X is the number of the object or treasure if there are more than one of the same in a room. (See also TAKE) DNDBBS Documentation Page 29 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.55 Give (GV) ---------- The Give command lets you offer an item or gold to another player in your same room for free. This command is similar to the Offer command without an item to trade back for. The item or gold is added to the users inventory. For example: Give Shield To Arcany. If the item is already used before the other user receives the item, then your inventory is decremented and the user gains the item anyway. 4.56 Go (GO) -------- Entering objects and portals are another way of moving from room to room besides directions and teleportation. You actually have no real way to know if an object can be a portal or not. Examining it will show its description and attributes. For example, a ladder could be just an object or it could be a portal. Some portals are trapped, some are invisible and can be found with the Search command, some are hidden and cannot be displayed with the Search command, some are locked, some require keys, and on and on. The Out command normally leads back to the original room the portal went to, for example, a hut with one room inside, or a dungeon cell, etc. (See also ENTER) 4.57 Graphics (GR) -------------- This command turns on or off the 25th status line display at your terminal. To use this command you must have an ansi device driver installed and disable your terminal package 25th status line. The standard driver ANSI.SYS will work for receiving color code changes and cursor control for storing and restoring the cursor during the status line update. (See also ANSI) 4.58 Guard (GU) ----------- The guard command is a defensive attack command. To guard yourself is to place your weapon in front of your body with your shield in the other hand. You must be holding a shield for this to work. The guard command has no monster name to it because guarding works for the currently attacked monster -- you must have attacked a monster first. Your guard will remain effective against all attack until you activate another attack command. 4.59 Health (HL) ------------ The Health command is an information command (See also Experience and Information). This is intended to be a short display of info that is used while in combat to determine statistics. For example, you are in combat and you type Health to find your remaining Fatigue and Vitality in case they are low. The display shows the following: You are a level two Human Fighter You are aligned Neutral CHaotic Vitals: Fat 15/15 Vit 5/7 Mag 6/6 Psi 4/4 Stats: Str 17 Int 14 Wis 10 Dex 10 Con 8 Pie 9 Cha 10 Weapons: Blunt 0% Pole 0% Sharp 10% Thrusting 0% Fat is abreviated for Fatigue, Vit is Vitality, Mag is Magic, and Psi is Psionics. Then weapons proficiencies (percent plus to hit with that weapon. Then Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, Dexterity, Constitution, Piety, and Charisma. DNDBBS Documentation Page 30 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.60 Help (HP) ---------- Information can be obtained for every command in the dndbbs. The files containing the help instructions are *.HLP. If a user types some incorrect command or a command not in the system or forgets the para- meter on a command, he will see the following message displayed: I don't understand! Type Help or Hint, else type Commands or Catalog. Typing help displays the menu from dndbbs.dat, and help can be listed for each command. Help on a single command can be listed with the command HELP <COMMAND> replaced by the command needed. 4.61 Hide (HD) ---------- Monsters you encounter can and do attack on sight. The Hide command should be used after first entering a room. You cannot hide once there are monsters in the room. If you do try to hide then you will get the message "You can't hide in front of something!" and the monsters will attack you for that round. You can also hide an object in a room which will become visible after searching. Use the form HIDE OBJECT or hide an object in a receptacle HIDE OBJECT RECEPTACLE. 4.62 Hit (HT) --------- This is the equivalent of Attack. The attack formula used for hits on monsters when you attack involves many factors including, your level, your strength, your dexterity, your weapon plus, etc. Every attack command, and spell casting also includes a bonus multiplier into which some of the above are incremented by. If you are not holding a weapon you will see the message "Punch!" before the hits are shown. Otherwise three message could appear, "Double damage", "Triple damage", or "Deathly damage". These are multipliers of 2, 3 or 4, respectively. (See also ATTACK, STRIKE, KILL) 4.63 Hint (HN) ---------- This command displays a sort file which gives instructions about some parameter usage and other techniques for using commands. AN additional help file can be listed with the command 'COMMANDS'. DNDBBS Documentation Page 31 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.64 Hold (HO) ---------- This is the equivalent to the Draw command. Many things can happen to the weapon you are holding. First, and most of all, you can and will fumble it occasionally. The chance of fumbling your weapon is directly proportional to your Dexterity. During the round that you fumble your weapon (and/or shield) the monsters will attack. Second, your weapon could break in half. Your weapon has a certain number of strikes which are decremented for each successful hit. When they reach zero the weapon is broken. In both cases above the weapon falls to the ground. (See also DRAW, WIELD) 4.65 Hunt (HU) ---------- This command can only be used by Paladins. Type hunt then your player moves into nearby rooms until encountering another online player then goes into follow mode. The player can run from you without being followed with the Lose command. 4.66 Identify (ID) -------------- The command form for identify is IDENTIFY <OBJECT> where object is treasure, monster, receptacle, or object. This command can be used by level 10 players or above only. It gives detailed information on most items like monster hits and experience, weight and value of treasure and full status of any item. Other information list commands include experience, health, and user list commands like users and top. 4.67 Information (IN) ----------------- Like the Health and Experience commands, this command displays info on your character. This command displays your level, gold, inventory, health, class and classname, and experience needed. One such output might look like this: Information: KING INORIC You are a level ten Fighter. You are aligned Neutral Chaotic. Vitals: Str 18(+4) Int 17 Wis 18 Dex 15 Con 12 Pie 11 Cha 8 Stats: Fat 72/72(+6) Vit 32/32 Mag 48/48 Psi 18/18 Weapons: Blunt 15% Pole 0% Sharp 30% Thrusting 25% You have 32700 Gold. You are carrying 4 items weighing 35 pounds: A shortsword, some plate armor, a banded shield, and a power globe. You have 2000 gold. You need 120 experience points to reach the next level. You need 1024 gold to train for the next level. The information command lists the complete player statistics online. Other commands similar to the information command list less data, like the health command or the experience command. 4.68 Inventory (IV) --------------- Everything your player is carrying can be listed with the Inventory command. The total weight of the treasure is displayed along with the name of each treasure. Inventory is changed by taking and getting objects, disintegrating scrolls, fumbling, and weapon breakage. You can examine any object in your inventory. When there are more than one of the same named object the second one can be examined by adding #2 to the name. Add the number of the item to be examined. Remember the monsters are matched for the name, then the ground, then lastly your inventory. DNDBBS Documentation Page 32 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.69 Kill (KI) ---------- The main attack command is Kill because the single letter 'K' can be typed without causing a 'unique command' error. For example, 'K B' is the most abbreviated form for KILL BAT. When a monster attacks your player then its own attack formula is calculated for each monster that is active. Some monsters are configured to cast offense spells, some drain levels, poison, and regenerate hits. Monsters can be permanent, normal groups (or in a class), or role-type (Broker, Alchemist). More options include hit for fat or vit upon encounter, weapon breakage, jail attacker, and immune to attacks unless magic. (See also ATTACK, HIT, STRIKE) 4.69 Lastuser (LT) -------------- The lastuser command displays the last five users online the DNDBBS. Their total scores gained during their adventure, number of minutes online, and room number their character was left at are displayed. This command is similar to other online multinode commands like the who command and the status command. 4.70 Launch (LA) ------------ Treasure such as catapults or other weapons may have the ability to be launched. The weapon must be loaded first with the LOAD command. The command form for launching is LAUNCH DEVICE DIRECTION, for example: LAUNCH CATAPULT NORTH. There will be a sixty-six percent chance the projectile will launch into ajoining rooms. There is also a sixty-six percent chance of smashing open any locked doors within its path. Normal users cannot pick up launchable devices and the weapon will launch any number of ammunition by the number of times the weapon is loaded. Since a normal user cannot pick up this types of treasure the MOVE command lets the user move them to another room. 4.71 Learn (LR) ----------- When users cast a spell by typing in the spell chant then each word uttered to cast the spell must be typed. With the learn command a user can memorize a spell chant and only has to cast the spell name. The command form for learning a spell is LEARN SPELLNAME, for example: LEARN VIGOR. The user is then prompted for the spell chant, and if the chant is typed correctly without mispronouncing it then the spell is memorized. Then the user can cast the spell by typing the spell name in response to the Chant? prompt. 4.72 Leave (LV) ----------- Leave is the equivalent to the direction Out. It was implemented to preserve compatibility with conditions arising from entering an object like, for example, a straw hut. The commands Exit, Leave, and Out are all linked to the same room direction but some are more appropriate in certain circumstances. (See also EXIT, OUT) 4.72 Light (LI) ----------- This command lets the player illuminate any dark rooms with an object whch can be fueled and lit. The item must first be fueled with the fuel command before it can be lit. After the item is fueled and lit, the item will illuminate any dark room for the number room rate of prompts. After the item loses the fuel then the item will not light. Example: LIGHT LAMP DNDBBS Documentation Page 33 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.73 List (LS) ---------- The Blacksmith sells items (weapons, shield, potions, etc.) in his Shoppe. You are able to get a full listing of these items with the List command. At the header of the list the message "Type BUY # to buy for example 'BUY 12'" or somthing similiar. This means each item for sale has its own accompanying number which you must type to buy. You must also have sufficient Gold to afford it. The item will be auto- matically added to your inventory if there is room. The List displays output similiar to the following: ## Item wgt. gold + -- ------------ ---- ---- - #1 a sword 2 20 2 . . 4.74 Load (LD) ---------- Ammunition is needed for Devices such as shotguns, crossbows, etc. The Load command increases the number of charges on the weapon and the ammunition dissappears (supposedly into the weapon). The ammunition you are trying to load must have been made for the weapon. If it is not you will see the message "That's not ammunition". The command form is LOAD WEAPON, for example, LOAD SHOTGUN. Of course, the weapon you are trying to load must itself be a loadable weapon. These weapons do approximately the same damage as a spell, i.e. they have a bonus multiplier which is constant. Unlike a sword which could hit for double damage at one time or triple damage at another. 4.75 Lock (LK) ---------- All portals have the attribute for locking. For each combination of lock, invisible, keys, etc. there is some action which will work with the combined attributes (See the table in command Break). DMs and the Sysop can actually lock a portal which had no lock to begin with. This can be done without entering !Edit. Otherwise normal users can lock a portal or receptacle and it will then show "It is locked." when examined or "[locked]" in the room description. DNDBBS Documentation Page 34 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.76 Login (LG) ----------- The logon command brings the player through the logon procedure which allows him to start the game over with a new codename. The player's time limit stays in effect for each character he may use. When users relogin, other values are checked, like ANSI, and hours the player is allowed to be online. (See also RELOGIN) 4.77 Look (LO) ---------- Room descriptions are always output when your character first enters a room. You can also output the room description by typing LOOK. Placing a parameter to Look causes it to act as if you had used the examine command, for example, LOOK MONSTER is the same as EXAMINE MONSTER. The room description includes all directions, monsters, treasure, and objects. The DM or Sysop will see the additional information in brief mode after the one line description in the form RM|xxx MC|xxx where RM is the room number and MC the monster class. (See also EXAMINE) 4.78 Lose (LE) ---------- This command loses another player following you from room to room. There is a percent chance losing a palyer will work. You can only use the Lose command if another player is following you with the Follow, Hunt, Trace, or Track command. When you move from room to room with another player following you then the message 'You are being followed by King Inoric!' or whatever name the other player has. The other commands in the same class as the lose command for multinodes include follow, trace, and track. 4.79 Lunge (LU) ----------- This attack command is a passive maneuver. The multiplier is double and returned damage is reduced. Your shield will be returned to use this command. Using various attack command increases the probability of killing monsters with little or no return hits. For example, you could use the Beat and Attack commands, then switch to Thrust and Punch commands, then finally using the Lunge and Dodge commands to finish off the monster. DNDBBS Documentation Page 35 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.80 Mail (ML) ---------- Sending and receiving messages about the campaign, posting questions and suggestions, and private mail is one important feature of dndbbs. Typing MAIL will bring the user to the Mail area where he or she can read and post mail. The user is then presented with a short menu which can be re-displayed by typing ? at any time. The Sysop will see the status line change to the user's name, and status of mailbox. Type "R" to read the public or private messages. You will be prompted for the message number with a More(y/n) prompt. You can then enter the message number, type "Y" to continue, "N" to discontinue, or "R" to post a reply. Each message is displayed with the date and time entered, the user who posted the message, and the subject of the message. During the display you can enter Control-K to stop the message listing. Type "E" to enter public or private mail. Your message will be added to the message base when you are finished. You will be prompted for the subject and then displayed the message "Press enter to edit". You can then start to enter your message of up to 19 lines. Press enter on a blank line to edit the message. The message editing utility can delete lines, edit lines, insert lines, list lines, store your message, or continuing entering the message. Type "N" to scan for new messages posted since the last number of the message you have read since your previous logon. Your user file is stored with the last message number used by the "N" command. There is one number stored per message base. Type "K" to delete an old message. You can only delete messages posted by you. The mailroom operator can restore old messages. Deleting old messages allows the message area to be kept up to date or to allow you to delete messages with mistakes in them. Type "U" or "L" to unlock and lock your mailbox. When your mailbox is locked several things happen. First, no one can send you mail or transfer Gold to your account (the system will act as if the username is not found in the files). Second, you are not displayed in the Users or Top command. The purpose of this is to allow users to be anonymous. DNDBBS Documentation Page 36 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.81 Mount (MN) ----------- This special purpose command allows your player to ride a vehicle. You are then 'mounted' or you are riding it. The vehicle can take hits from monsters. Once they reach zero the vehicle becomes damaged. (See the section on special objects for more details). Your DM may opt to create a stable and horses, or wagons in the town square. 4.82 Move (MV) ---------- This command allows a player to move load and launch device such as catapults or missiles to another room. The command also moves the player into that new room direction. The command form for moving is MOVE <DEVICE> <DIRECTION>, for example: MOVE CATAPULT EAST. Devices like catapults, or slingshots include devices which can be loaded and fired, like shotguns, and darts. (See also PULL, PUSH) 4.83 North (NO) ----------- Traveling in the adventure is done with directions and very few other methods. North is one of the seven directions along with South, East, West, Up, Down, and Out (or Exit and Leave). Unless there are many teleportation scrolls and devices, and you know which room each one sends you to, you are stuck with moving one room at a time. One loop- hole is in the Appeal command. For example, you purposefully get hit by monsters while constantly monitoring your Fat and Vit, then once they are low enough you type Appeal and get teleported to the Clerical Sanctuary. 4.84 Northeast (NE) --------------- Type "NE" or Northeast and you move northeast. When you move to a new room the status line on the sysop's display screen is updated with the current statistics. The console DM can constantly monitor your health. 4.85 Northwest (NW) --------------- Type "NW" or Northwest to move northwest. The room directions are also searched for when you use the Panic command. Panicing moves you to the first available direction that is not blocked by a level restrition. DNDBBS Documentation Page 37 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.86 Offer (OF) ----------- Monsters can be offered small amount of Gold or low level treasure to get them to leave the room. It would be foolish to try to offer a level 10 monster (you probably couldn't afford them anyhow!) because what would be the use of level 10 monsters if you won't fight them? The purpose of the Offer command is to allow the player the option of getting rid of unwanted monsters such as maidens who jail attacker so the users won't accidentally attack the wrong monster. For example: OFFER 1000 TO SHRIEKER, or OFFER SHIELD TO BANDIT. This command can also be used to trade gold or treasure with another online player in the same room. You must first know the name of the treasure item you need to trade for. You can identify the other player's inventory with the Identify command. The offer command has this form: OFFER GOLD PLAYER ITEM or OFFER ITEM PLAYER ITEM, for example, if another player has an Ivy Wand you could offer 200 gold to him with the command: OFFER 200 HARRY WAND. The trade takes place only after the player types Accept at the message sent to him for the exchange. During the trade, the gold values and items for trade are recorded until the offer is accepted. So, if, after the offer is sent, you use your gold, or sell the item originally offered for trade, the user the trade is sent to gets the items or gold anyways, and your inventory is not updated with what you offered for barter. Needless to say, you lose the deal and the other user gets the original items you offered. Trades for gold and inventory time out after 30 seconds. Also you can only have one trade at a time. 4.87 Open (OP) ---------- Many portals you adventure across will be either locked or closed. The Open command simply opens the door once it is unlocked. This command always works in this case. Of course if the portal is still locked then you will unable to open it. And if it is already open or cannot be locked then you will not be able to open it. Receptacles and other treasure can also be opened and closed. Normally portals are real- world things like windows, gates, doors, etc. 4.88 Out (OT) --------- The basic exit from most rooms is linked with the Out direction. For example, you enter the Weapons Shoppe, buy some item, and go Out. You are then back to the first room before entering. Every time you exit a room or enter a new one, the treasure on the ground is removed. This does not include receptacles, vehicles (the only permanent treasure) or objects (treasure and objects are two different things). (See also EXIT, LEAVE) 4.89 Panic (PC) ----------- Pushing the panic button is halfway between combat and non-combat activity. The last resort is, of course, to Appeal before you die. The next to last is Panicing. You're caught up in an onslaught of monsters and can just visualize your Fat and Vit going, at the last minute you type Panic and the message appears "You run away like a madman!". Your direction is picked at random, your weapon and shield falls to the ground, and you run screaming into the night. (See also RUN) DNDBBS Documentation Page 38 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.90 Parley (PL) ------------ Parley with monsters usually gets no response. However some monsters are equipped with text messages. Mostly though, you will either get attacked or teleported elsewhere if there is any response at all. Remember these monsters are dangerous, hostile beings whose only purpose in dndbbs is to attack and ultimately kill you! Any monster that would not do so would not be part of the game. (See also TALK) 4.91 Parry (PR) ----------- Variety of combat commands make up a good adventure. To Parry is placing your weapon across your chest in a defensive maneuver. Even though it is a combat command, no damage is accomplished by Parrying. This command causes less hits on your player's character for the next round of monster attacks. Monsters themselves use combinations of the combat commands but they don't display the actual equations going through the program. 4.92 Password (PW) -------------- Each user has his own unique password to identify his account. Under most circumstances you will not need to change this password if it is complex enough. Someone could, however, obtain your password and post unrespectful messages on the board or suicide your character. Take steps to insure your password is long enough so it can't be cracked. You will be prompted "Change password(y/n)?" then "New password?" and either "Password changed" if you type in something or "Password not changed" if you hit <enter>. 4.93 Pawn (PN) ---------- The Broker (a medieval term for the owner of a Shoppe for the sale and re-sale of belongings) is a role-player. He always exists in his permanent Shoppe and takes care of the Bank and Pawn Shoppe (See also the BANK command). Type PAWN ITEM, for example, PAWN SWORD. The Broker will then make his evaluation of the goods and offer you some amount of Gold. Other nonplayers include the Blacksmith and the Alchemist. (See also SELL) 4.94 Picklock (PK) -------------- One of the major features of being a Thief is the ability to picklock doors. Thieves can picklock almost any portal invisible or keyed. (See the table in the Break command). The adventure would not be complete without Thieves. They complete their part by being the only class able to use this special ability. The DM should work their class into the adventure by placing locked and/or keyed doors in certain areas of the room file in such a way that Thieves will be required to operate the campaign. The command form is PICKLOCK DOOR with the portal name. DNDBBS Documentation Page 39 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.95 Psionic (PS) ------------- The psionic command has dual purpose. With the Attack parameter it allows the user to cast a psi spell on the current monster being attacked (i.e. you must attack a monster befoer using psionics on it). The Defense parameter allows the user to select a psi defense from monsters using psionics. For example: PSIONIC ATTACK or PSIONIC DEFENSE You will then be prompted for the psi spell. The attack spells are spell chants specified as psionic spells. Your psi points will be decremented by the level of the psi spell. Psi points increase by one point during health rate updates. 4.96 Pull (PU) ---------- This command allows the player to move a launch device into another room. The command form is PULL <DEVICE> <DIRECTION>, for example: PULL CATAPULT NORTHEAST Then the catapult or other launch device will move to the new room along with the player. The pull command also causes the player to move to the next room with the launch device in the direction noted. (See also MOVE, PUSH) 4.97 Pummel (PM) ------------ This combat command is a fist fighting action. Pummeling the opponent is a violent outburst of attacking the monster with your fists. The weapons used by the user are not included in this combat command. Pummeling uses the double damage bonus multiplier and has no attack decrements by the monster in the next round. 4.98 Punch (PG) ----------- This attack command uses double damage and returns your weapon. Return damage is increased. You should several types of attack commands while fighting. For example you could use the charge command with the parry command for different hits back, then use the punch or beat command, and finally finish off the monster with a pummel or kill command. 4.99 Push (PH) ---------- This command allows the player to move launchable devices to other rooms. Some devices are not movable. The devices that are can be moved to directions exitable from a room. For example: MOVE CATAPULT NORTH. Other devices can be used like launch devices, for example, loadable devices like a shotgun, and fueld devices like lamps. (See also MOVE, PULL) DNDBBS Documentation Page 40 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.100 Put (PT) ---------- The PUT command removes an item of the player's inventory to the ground. You may have some object like a broken sword which is no longer useful. Type PUT SWORD and the offending item will be placed on the ground. Or a discharged magic item. You can also put objects into receptacles with the put command. To put some armor into a box you would type PUT ARMOR BOX. If you have two armor you can put the second one with the # (pound sign) and the next item number. For example: PUT ARMOR#2 BOX. (See also DROP) 4.101 Quit (QU) ----------- Typing "Q" is the standard method of exiting the dndbbs system and returning to your terminal package. The modem carrier is disconnected. This also happens when your player dies and is not resurrected. Then you will see the following messages output: "You have just died!", "You were just killed by a monster-name", "You were not resurrected.." There is no way out of this predicament once it has begun. Your file is updated before the messages appear. (See also BYE, END, STOP) 4.102 Read (RE) ----------- The following items can be read (examined): treasure, objects, room description, receptacle contents, and monsters. Each have particular statistics and attributes. Type READ ITEM, for example, READ SCROLL. Typing READ with no parameters displays the current room description. Any item can be examined including hidden objects which do not show up in the room description. There may be a hidden door that will not even be displayed with the Search command but when you type READ DOOR you see the door description. (See also EXAMINE) 4.103 Recharge (RC) --------------- The Alchemist resides in the Mages Guild. He trains MUs to higher levels of expertise. He also recharges magic items for a fee. Take your discharged item to the Mages Guild and type RECHARGE ITEM with the name of the item. The Alchemist will estimate the price and prompt you "Well, it'll cost you xxx Gold." and "Ok(y/n)?", you then reply "Y" for yes or "N" for no. If you decide if it is worth recharging the item and select YES then the Alchemist will cast an enchant spell and the item will have full charges. These are certain magic items which you cannot recharge. One is a magic item with wish charges. Others include items not made by the Alchemist and weapons that are not magical. DNDBBS Documentation Page 41 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.104 Relogin (RL) -------------- This command allows the player to restart a new character. It brings him back to the login sequence. He may then decide to roll another character or continue with another. The player's old character is stored to disk, and his time limit remains intact. (See also LOGIN) 4.105 Repair (RP) ------------- The Blacksmith is responsible for the sale of weapons and other items. He also repairs broken weapons. Enter the Weapons Shoppe and type REPAIR WEAPON, for example, REPAIR BATTLEAXE. He will estimate the cost for repair and prompt you Yes/No to fix the item. If you decide to pay the charge your Gold will be automatically deducted and your weapon fixed to full strikes. Remember the only weapons that can be repaired are those forged in the Weapons Shoppe. Other strange and exotic items can only be fixed by the original creator. 4.106 Reroll (RR) ------------- This command can only used by a player once per character. The command allows the player to go through the actual original logon character generation. Then the player can reroll all his statistics, classtype, and race, etc. This command should be used after a player's character gets too low stats or needs altering. 4.107 Resist (RS) ------------- This combat command is a defense command. When a player uses the resist command the monster's attack multiplier is decremented by one. Resisting is similar to the GUARD and SHIELD commands. Resisting has no requirement to holding a shield. The command form for resist is RESIST MONSTER, for example: RESIST FIREBOG. 4.108 Return (RT) ------------- The Return command causes your character to place his weapon back into its sheath or holding recepticle. If you are not holding any weapon you will see the message "You are not holding that!". Returning your weapon should be done when entering the NPC Shoppes or to avoid confrontation or during combat. 4.109 Ride (RD) ----------- This special purpose commmand is for vehicle control. Once you have mounted a vehicle you must have some way to direct it. The Ride command allows you to enter portals and travel directions on your vehicle. Type RIDE DIRECTION, for example, RIDE NORTH. Traveling in a direction without the Ride command automatically dismounts your vehicle, moves you in that direction, and leaves the vehicle in the previous room. (See also DRIVE, FLY) DNDBBS Documentation Page 42 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.110 Run (RN) ---------- Most times during a monster onslaught your character can travel north or some direction to avoid death. However you may see the message "The monster blocks your way!" and you take more hits. Then you might consider the Run command. Type RUN and your player drops his weapon and shield, runs to a random direction, and escapes certain death. (See also PANIC) 4.111 Save (SV) ----------- "Store your player's statistics to disk frequently!" is the most important thing a DM could say to users with call-waiting. You should also use this command immediately after training. All attributes, statistics, and conditions of your player character are written to disk and the message "Player File Updated" displayed (or something similiar according to your dndbbs version). If you have call-waiting and your carrier is lost from another call then your player character will reflect the last time your file was updated. (See also STORE) 4.112 Say (SA) ---------- The say command allows you to talk to another user online a multi- partition or networking system in the same room as your player. The command form is: SAY MESSAGE, for example: SAY HELLO! the user must be in the same room in order for him to hear you. There are several more online commands to talk to online players, for example, send, yell, and whisper. 4.113 Search (SH) ------------- There will occasionally be hidden or invisible objects in the rooms. Typing SEARCH will display the invisible objects. This will not show any hidden objects. That is the difference between the two types. One can be Searched for, the other cannot. Normally hidden objects are hinted at by the room description or some clue is given to its where- abouts in Mail or in another room description. Type SEARCH and if there are any invisible objects then the message "You find object- name [invisible]" or else your will see "You find nothing.." or search a receptacle by typing SEARCH RECEPTACLE (with the receptacle name). 4.114 Sell (SL) ----------- The Pawn Shoppe is where you can sell your treasure for Gold. The Broker is a level 10 monster with 32,767 hits and 20,000 experience. This may seem too much but the role-monsters have to be powerful so the average user won't kill them. They are also protected from non- magic. Of course the DM can edit these monsters. (See also PAWN) DNDBBS Documentation Page 43 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.115 Send (SN) ----------- The Send command allows a user online another node in a multipartition or netowkring system to send a message to all other users. The command form is SEND USERNAME MESSAGE, for example: SEND MOZABY HELLO! You can send to one particular user by typing just the username, for example: SEND MOZABY you will then be prompted to Enter text: of your message. 4.116 Shield (SI) ------------- The shield command is a defensive attack mode. To shield yourself is to place your weapon in front of your shield with your shield in the other hand. The shielding effect decreases hits from the currently attacked monster -- you must have attacked a monster first. You must also be holding a shield for this to work. 4.117 Smash (SM) ------------ Your player will encounter locked portals which he cannot open. Try the Smash command, for example, SMASH DOOR. Your Strength is the major factor involved when determining if the portal breaks open. Complete information about which portals can be smashed and picklocked is listed in the Break command. When you smash a portal you will see one of two messages: "You smash it open!" or "You didn't smash it open!" (See also BREAK) 4.118 Sort (SR) ----------- This command lets the player have his inventory sorted by treasure charges remaining. This way the inventory will be sorted so that the treasure items with the highest amount of charges or strikes left will be displayed first and the least charges or strikes will be displayed last. Now a player can Hold or Wield or Wear the shields or armor with the maximum amount of protection first. 4.119 South (SO) ------------ Typing "S" moves your character south to another room. Each new room you enter contains its own encounter rate (normally 5) and its own health refresh rate (normally 3) although these values can be edited to the action file. The default rates are configurable. The rate means it updates some values every number of rounds (or command prompts). The health rate updates Fatigue, Vitality, and Magic Points. Vitality is decreased if your player is poisoned. The encounter rate checks for monsters from the room's monsters class every number of rounds. DNDBBS Documentation Page 44 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.120 Southeast (SE) ---------------- Type "SE" or Southeast and you move southeast. The direction commands can all be shortened to one or two letters. You can also use the GO command with the direction after it to move. For example: GO SE 4.121 Southwest (SW) ---------------- Type "SW" or Southwest to move southwest. The direction commands can be used while operating a vehicle with the Ride command. For example: RIDE SW. When you attempt to mvoe in a particular direction the room actions are checked for level restrictions. This way your player can be prevented from entering areas until you reach a certain level. 4.122 Status (SS) ------------- The Status command is used to display other online users. The display shows the username, last command, time on, and their classname. The other nodes in the system allows other users to call in and talk to users on other lines, and even fight other online users. 4.123 Steal (SZ) ------------ This command lets you steal an item of inventory from another online player in the same room. You can first find what items the other user has with the identify command. For example: Steal Sword from Druid. This command can also be used to steal from monsters in the same room. If the item is stolen successfully then your inventory is added with the item you stole. 4.124 Stop (SP) ----------- This is yet another Quit command. Type STOP and the game session is discontinued until your next call. Your player's file is updated. At this time the Broker checks your bank balance for accrued interest. If you stayed on past midnight then it is compounded by 6 percent. The interest is also checked during a Save command and logon. (See also BYE, END, QUIT) 4.125 Store (ST) ------------ The store command interrupts the game to save the player's character to disk. The USERS file is updated with the player status. Anybody who has call-waiting should use this command frequently so that his player character data is not lost if the connection is broken. The store command should also be used before a top ten user list is displayed so your players complete statistics are included in the report. (See also SAVE) 4.126 Strike (SK) ------------- The Strike command is another compatible command equal to Kill. Enter STRIKE followed by the monster name to attack. Parameters like monster name, treasure name, and object name, added to a command instruct the system what to act on. For example, Take and Drop use parameters. So do Kill and Examine. Most of the names used for parameters are known to the system as 'identifiers' meaning they are one word names to describe the actual displayable name. There may be A Shortsword, and A Two-Handed Sword. Do not type in "GET TWO-HANDED SWORD" because the identifier in both cases is "SWORD". (See also ATTACK, HIT, KILL) DNDBBS Documentation Page 45 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.127 Suicide (SU) -------------- Player death is something each character tries to avoid. So why would we want to suicide your character? One good reason is low statistics. Maybe your Piety or Constitution is below 8 and every time you die you never get resurrected. Maybe your Charisma is so low that every monster you encounter attacks you on sight. Whatever the reason, bad statistics or you are tired of your player, the Suicide command will delete your user record and log you off the system. When you suicide your player the following messages will be displayed: Your character falls into a deep sleep.. The Ghods take your player to another world.. Then, after your player's statistics are erased from the user file, the program recycles to allow the next user online. 4.128 Take (TA) ----------- Most objects you find in the adventure will be either permanent or be some treasure you find from killing a monster. There may, at times, according to how your DM has the system set up, be miscellaneous treasure placed in some rooms to be discovered. These items might or might not be found on monsters. Or they may be unique items such as A Staff of Disintegration or A Wand of Seven Wishes. Whatever the case may be you will have a need to take treasure so you can sell it later to the Broker or use it in combat. (See also GET) 4.129 Talk (TK) ----------- This command allows you to talk to monsters. Type TALK MONSTER, for example, TALK FIREBAT. If the monster number matchs the action file monster number, and it is activated, there could be several responses. Besides attacking or text messages the monster could teleport you or worse! You might meet some permanent monster like a Monster Zombie and you try to talk to the monster. Suddenly you see the message "You have been teleported elsewhere!" you are now in a new room. (See also PARLEY) 4.130 Throw (TW) ------------ This allows a Thief throw a weapon at a monster or online player. The Thief must be holding the weapon. The weapon becomes part of the floor inventory after thrown at the target. The weapon plus is used for the attack multiplier. For example: Throw dagger at Zombie. 4.131 Thrust (TH) ------------- This is a combat command. To thrust is to lunge forward with your weapon in front of you. Doing this is similiar to Charge but without stepping forward. Type THRUST MONSTER with the monster name after the command. Thrusting does more damage than Kill (the bonus multiplier is set to triple damage). Beware that the monster's return attack will hit you for more damage after a Thrust. DNDBBS Documentation Page 46 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.132 Time (TI) ----------- The time is displayed in the format; first line is the year, month, and day; second line is amount of time online since carrier connect; then third the amount of time before your call is terminated: It is now Sep 14 1994, 7:15 pm. You have been on for 20 minutes and 15 seconds. You have 20 minutes and 45 seconds remaining. (See also CLOCK, DATE) 4.133 Top (TP) ---------- The top ten users according to Level are displayed with this command. First the user file is scanned for users above level 1 and written to a sort work file. The file is sorted and the top ten output. Then the sort file deleted. Each name is shown with Level and Classname. Users who have their mailboxes locked are not output in the Top command. The top ten also includes a point ranking based on his total kills, level, gold and experience, and other factors. 4.134 Trace (TE) ------------ This command can only be used by Paladins. Type trace and your player moves into nearby rooms until encountering another online player then tracing stops. The player can run from you without being followed with the Lose command. Other online multinode commands like this command are the track command, and the trace command. See also Wait and Auto. 4.135 Track (TC) ------------ This command can only be used by Rangers. Type track and your player is put into an autoloop waiting for another online player to enter the room. When another player enters then the autoloop is exited and your character goes into follow mode for when the other player moves to a new room. The player can run from you without being followed by using the Lose command. 4.136 Trade (TD) ------------ This command is used to accept an offer made to you by another online player in the same room. When you see the message for an offer of gold or treasure for an item of yours then type trade to make the exchange. After the trade is sent to the other online player, he is displayed the offer, and the message to type accept if he wants to trade. Then in a certain amount of time, if the player enters accept, the trade is made. The trade will take place anyway even if you have already used the item for trade or sold the item. (See also ACCEPT) 4.137 Train (TR) ------------ Training is one important part of the dndbbs. For your player to get to the next level of expertise he must reduce his experience to zero by killing monsters and train at his assigned training area. Mostly the Fighters, Paladins, and Druids train in the Fighter's Arena. The Magic Users train in the Mages Guild. The Clerics in the Clerical Sanctuary. The Thieves in the Thieves Guild. Rangers have some hidden spot to train somewhere in a park or the woods. All these training areas should be near the start room or in the Castle. Once you have found your area, type TRAIN and the message "After many weeks of training and meditation.." and information is displayed. Your player's statistics are incremented for Fat, Vit, and Mag and the Level by one. Experience and gold required for training beyond level 15 are only incremented by one million points per level above 15. 4.138 Turn (TU) ----------- Only Clerics can use the Turn command. Its purpose is to destroy undead monsters such as Zombies and Ghouls. Type TURN MONSTER with the monster name. Either the message "That's not undead!", "Didn't work!", or "You damned the monster!" will be shown (similiar messages could appear according to your version number). If the Turn was successful then the monster will die and you will gain the experience. DNDBBS Documentation Page 47 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.139 Unlock (UN) ------------- Some doors must be unlocked (and opened) before you can enter them. Sometimes you may run across a door which requires a key number. Your inventory is searched for the matching key number. If one is not found you will be unable to unlock it. You should then consider Smash or Picklock. The key you are holding will have five digits in the number. Any one of these digits being zero (0) will match ALL lock numbers for the digit. For example, the lock is keyed number 28881 and your key number is 20881 then your key would open lock numbers 21881, 22881, to to 29881. 4.140 Up (UP) --------- The Up direction should be used in conditions such as mountains, hills, or walls. Normally objects travel up such as ladders or stair- cases. The DM could also configure the room description with text indicating that you see a staircase. The direction Up could then be used instead of creating an object (staircase). 4.141 Use (US) ---------- Magic items will only discharge a spell with the Use command. The command forms are: "USE ITEM", "USE ITEM MONSTER", "USE ITEM ITEM". A magic item can contain cure, offense, teleport, wish or other spells. Every time you use a magic item its charges are decremented until zero. Then it becomes discharged and must be recharged by the Alchemist or by an MU. The first command form discharged a magic item spell on the player. The second form discharges on a monster. The third discharges on another item. In the third case the first item must be an enchant device and the second item must be an empty or discharged magic item. 4.142 Users (UR) ------------ Listing of all players in the dndbbs can be obtained with the Users command. Each user file record is output if the user has not suicided, or locked his mailbox. Type USERS and the message "Press Control-K to discontinue.." will be displayed followed by the user codenames, levels, and classname. Users is one list of the players online, there is also the top command, and the dayfile and daylog commands. 4.143 Wait (WA) ----------- The wait command puts your player into a wait mode. During wait mode your health and statistics are updated, node messages checked, and monsters encountered. Wait mode pauses for a second before each check. Exit from wait mode with the Control-K interrupt key. (See also AUTO) DNDBBS Documentation Page 48 4.0 Commands (cont.) ============= 4.144 Wear (WR) ----------- Your player character can hold a weapon, hold a shield, and wear some armor all at once. Type WEAR ARMOR and the message "Ok" will output if you have that treasure in your inventory. The armor and shield plus combine to your Fatigue (shown in the information command). They are subtracted from the monster hits during combat. Armor has strikes which are decremented for each successful hit until zero then they crumble. After that the armor must be repaired by the Blacksmith. 4.145 West (WE) ----------- Travel occurs in one of the four compass directions (N, E, S, W) and Up (or Climb), Down, and Out (or Exit, Leave). You will use these directions and the Enter command to get to any room in the game. If the room does not have any links then teleportation is required. One of the main system features is the rooms where you can adventure into and find unknown realms. 4.146 Whisper (WH) -------------- The whisper command allows a user to send a private message to another user online a multipartition or networking system in the same room. The command form is: WHISPER USERNAME MESSAGE. Other online multinode commands are say, yell, and send. 4.146 Who (WO) ---------- The who command displays the status of all users online. The display includes their node number, current room number, and cumulative score gained since logging in. The lastuser command also displays online user statistics, and so does the status command. There are two more commands for online user information, the users and the top command. 4.147 Wield (WI) ------------ In order to cause more damage to monsters in combat you must find a weapon such as A Sword, or A Battle-Axe. Use the Wield command to ready your weapon for battle. For example, WIELD SWORD. The weapon plus is directly added to your Strength (seen in the information command) and used in the attack formulas. Each time your weapon hits the monster its strikes are decreased by one. (See also DRAW, HOLD) 4.148 Yell (YE) ----------- The yell command allows a user to send a message to users on a mutli- partition or networking system in nearby rooms. The command form is: YELL MESSAGE. See also the say, send, and whisper commands. DNDBBS Documentation Page 49 5.0 Dungeon Master Commands ============================ The Dungeon Master (DM) orchestrates the entire campaign. His purpose is to insure a well-balanced game, to promote the adventure, and to guide the players through their sessions. He will find that the most useful tool is the Mail area. His other tools are the Assistant DMs. They help develope the rooms and assist in the Mail area. No DM can handle the entire system alone unless that DM is very skilled in all the forms of communication, supervision, and responsibility. Besides the Mail area DMs have their own set of commands. Each one of these commands is preceded by exclamation "!". These commands include file editing and various utilities. It is a good idea to get familiar with these commands. Experiment with them until you have complete control of the adventure. Console Function Keys +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | |!Edit|!Sta |!Dis |!Redu|!Call|!Kill|!Tele|!Inv |!Get |!Link| +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ The Sysop will see these keys listed on the 25th status line. The status line can be toggled to User Information with the <esc> key. The User Information will look similiar to the following: KING INORIC Fighter Fat:72 Vit:48 Mag:32 Psi:12 Lvl:10 Rm:29 From left to right the status is: Codename, Classname, statistics for fatigue, vitality, magic, and psionics. The character's level might not be displayed depending on the length of the other stats. And the room number. When the user status line is not displayed the sysop function keys are displayed for F1 to F10. The Home key initiates chat mode. Press the Escape key to exit chat mode when you are done. And the End key terminates the user session. It effectively saves the user record file and hangs up the phone for the next user. DNDBBS Documentation Page 50 5.0 Dungeon Master Commands (cont.) ============================ 5.1 !Abort (!A) ----------- The abort command stops all processing, closes all files, and quits the program. To restart you must type dndbbs at the dos prompt. The command was installed as an option to rebooting. When there are one or more nodes active then the abort command asks to abort all nodes. Also you can abort a single node by adding the node number after the abort command. For example: !Abort 3. 5.2 !Broadcast (!B) --------------- The !Broadcast allows a DM or Sysop to send a message to all users online a multinode system. The command will prompt you to Enter text: then the message is sent with no username descriptor like this: ### Anyone who wants some +30 armor meet in the town square. 5.3 !Call (!C) ---------- This DM command calls up any particular monster or one from the current monster class. Type !Call without parameters calls up a random monster from the current room. Typing !Call xxx with the monster number calls up that monster. If the room does not enough space for the additional monster then the arrays will be expanded into the heap and you will see the message "You encounter a ...". DNDBBS Documentation Page 51 5.0 Dungeon Master Commands (cont.) ============================ 5.4 !Discard (!D) ------------- This DM command is used to remove an unwanted object from the room of from the user's inventory. For example, you are editing an object, then you exit !Edit and see that the object has a mistake. You could pick it up and type !Discard OBJECT (with the correct object name). You will see the message "The object was discarded.." Or maybe a player has a weapon which would throw off the game balance. Something like a +99 Sword. You could press F3 and enter the treasure name. It will be discarded from his inventory without informing the user. 5.5 !Edit (!E) ---------- The Editor combines addition, change, listing, and printing of all dndbbs files. Editing includes actions, objects, monsters, treasure, spells, users, and rooms. Editing can be done in remote, console, or interactive mode (while a user is on-line the Sysop can press F1 at the console to initiate edit mode). Typing "!Edit <room number>" will allow you to edit the room description of that room number. You can edit short and long descriptions. You can enter the editor remotely if you are a DM with the !Edit command. At the console the sysop can enter from the opening screen by pressing F4, or from the game if he is a DM by pressing F1 or by typing !Edit. The entire editor is menu driven. !Edit can also prompt for short menus and hotkeys. DNDBBS Documentation Page 52 5.0 Dungeon Master Commands (cont.) ============================ 5.6 !Get (!G) --------- The !Get command causes one item from the object or treasure file to fall from the sky (as if a Ghod had thrown it down). This can be used by DMs to drop doors and such for the room file or to give users treasure. Type !GET ITEM with the correct item name. If found the following messages are displayed. A Bolt Of Lightning Strikes... An Object Falls From The Sky... This routine is also used by the Wish spell. The restrictions are that the player cannot wish for another Wish item or a receptacle. 5.7 !Help (!H) ---------- Help for each dungeon master ! command can be listed with the !Help. Enter the DM command, for example: !Help !Abort The text file from the dmhelp directory will be displayed. 5.8 !Invisible (!I) --------------- Another DM utility command which developed into a game command. Most DM commands were installed for !Edit reasons but became useful later on in the campaign. Type !Invisible or hit F8 and your player or the user on-line will become invisible (as stated in the information command) and completely invulnerable to all monster attacks. For normal players invisibility only lasts until the end of the call. Then it is set back to regular. Invisible users can go from room to room without being seen by other online users. Users can also search for invisible players in the same room with the search command. 5.9 !Kill (!K) ---------- !Kill was also installed for DMs who did not want unnecessary monsters in the room. Additionaly it was installed to allow a DM to kill any monster instantly to check for proper treasure and to generally debug the system. Typing !Kill and the monster name, for example, !Kill RAT will loose forth a thunderbolt from the sky and destroy the named monster. This can be used interactively also. You can also kill online users in the userfights or in multinodes. For example: If Harry the Druid is on node two you could type !Kill Druid. DNDBBS Documentation Page 53 5.0 Dungeon Master Commands (cont.) ============================ 5.10 !Link (!L) ----------- This DM command allows you to change or add room links. You are prompted if you want to "D" delete or "A" add a room link. Next you are asked for the room number from and to. Then if you want to link back. For example, you need to link north and south between rooms 23 and 24. You would type "A" to add a link, enter 23, enter 24, the direction (one letter) "N" for north, then enter "Y" to link back. 5.11 !NoID (!N) ----------- The !NoID command is short for No Identification message send. The DM or Sysop can send a message to all users in a multinode system without username descriptor or other message identifiers. You will be prompted to Enter text: and the message could look like this: You hear a volcano erupt in the distance.. 5.12 !Reduce (!R) ------------- This DM command reduces the number of monsters in the room. It can be used in local mode or interactive mode. Typing !Reduce 0 will remove all monsters from the room. This DM command was installed for DMs who did not want a bunch of monsters attacking them while they moved from !Edit to game and room to room. The number of monsters can only be reduced, not incremented. If you type a number greater than the number of monsters in the room it will be ignored. DNDBBS Documentation Page 54 5.0 Dungeon Master Commands (cont.) ============================ 5.13 !Status (!S) ------------- The DM Status command prints a memory usage chart. Four lines are displayed: Free Dynamic Data and Array Space(Heap in Bytes): xxxxxx Free Data Segment and String Space(Bytes): xxxxx Free Stack Space: xxxx Total Free Memory(K): xxx The dynamic space is all existing memory left by dos after the dndbbs boots up. It is used for numeric arrays reallocated by the program when playing (for monsters, inventory, and room treasure). This gives literally hundreds of kilobytes for dndbbs to use when the player encounters more monsters than the program can handle. The data segment and string space is the fixed amount of variables and strings used by dndbbs. This amount gets smaller as the program is modified and grows. The stack is primarily for storing referneces to subroutine calls and recursive routines. The equation parser is a recursive routine. 5.14 !Teleport (!T) --------------- Users can be teleported to any room with this DM command while they are on-line. It can also be used by remote DMs and local Sysops to get them to any room instantly. Type !Teleport xxx with the room number, or hit the F7 key. Any monster that was in the room you left may teleport with you. The DM or sysop can also teleport other online users in a multinode system by adding the user's name to the teleport command. For example: !Teleport Harry to 124. DNDBBS Documentation Page 55 5.0 Dungeon Master Commands (cont.) ============================ 5.15 Custom Equations ---------------------- Configuration allows you the maximum flexibility by allowing you to enter custom equations to modify and balance your game play. Page 7 of config has almost a dozen of the program's internal equations and formulas. Some of these configure options are formulas. An equation is interpreted as having a resulting value of true or false. To return this value, the equation parser must see an equality symbol in the equation (an <, >, or =). This separates formulas from equations. Formulas evaluate to a resulting positive value above zero. Both equations and formulas can contain the following additional symbols (-, +, *, /, ^). They may also contain any number value, real, integer or unary operator (for example: 350 or 1.244 or -23). The parser knows the equation equivalences <, >, =, and #, which are, respectiveley: less than, greater than, equal to, and not equal to. Further, they can also contain variables which are replaced by the program values for such things as vitality, monster's hits, etc. The variables are: STR - Strength WP1 - Blunt Proficiency INT - Intelligence WP2 - Pole Proficienecy WIS - Wisdom WP3 - Sharp Proficiency DEX - Dexterity WP4 - Thrusting Proficiency CON - Constitution MHP - Monster Hit Points PIE - Piety MLVL - Monster Level CHA - Charisma MEXP - Monster Experience FAT - Fatigue XX - Bonus Multiplier VIT - Vitality RND - Random Number from 0 to 1 MAG - Magic Points LF - User Level EXP - Experience XP - User Experience LVL - Level FT - User Fatigue WE - Weapon Plus VT - User Vitality AR - Armor Plus MG - User Magic Points SH - Shield Plus ST - User Strength RG - Ring Charges IN - User Intelligence BR - Brief Flag WI - User Wisdom WT - Weight of Inventory DX - User Dexterity GD - Gold Amount CO - User Constitution PSIA - Psionic attack level PI - User Piety PSID - Psionic defense level CH - User Charisma MPSI - Monster psi attack level The statistics in the right column labeled as "User..." are used for user fights only. Their values are active for determining the hit points for an offline user encountered in user fights. These values cannot be used with any certainty in any other case except the user fight hit points formula. ========== END OF DOCUMENTATION =========