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A Moment in Tyme is a RolePlaying MUD, in the setting of the Wheel of Time books written by Robert Jordan. This is some help on how this roleplaying is organized, based on some frequently asked questions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Question: What is a Moment in Tyme? Answer: A Moment in Tyme (or Tyme, or MiT) is a multiplayer roleplaying game set in the world created by Robert Jordan in the Wheel of Time series. Players in the game control 'characters' who go about acting as they would in this universe, trying to achieve their own goals or those of their guilds. See 'help wheel of time'. Question: How do I kill things? Answer: Combat is turn based. Pick a blow and a target, for example "slash bandit", and the fight begins. You can fight NPCs as well as other players, and they will fight back. Fighting another player is covered by "policy PK". See 'help combat' for the commands and settings. Question: What is a guild? Answer: A guild is a group that people of similar backgrounds belong to, more or less loosely, ICly: some guilds (like the Aes Sedai) are very strict about their members' behavior and membership, while others (like Daes Dae'mar, the nobles' guild) are more loosely defined to include guards, Lords, Magistrates, etc. See 'help guild'. Question: How do I join a guild? Answer: First, you need to decide on which guild(s) you are interested in. Then, with examination of the Guilds Recruitment Board (which is not In Character, by the way) you can find out what the guild you wish to join requires from its applicants. That board can be found by typing 'template list'. ('help template' for more information on using the command.) Once you follow the instructions, simply type "seek <guild tag>" and start roleplaying. Usually, the more popular and influential a guild is, the harder it is to get in, demanding more sponsors, time, etc - but that is just a rule of thumb. Many "small" guilds are quite demanding and seek the highest quality of roleplayers. See 'help guild'. Question: Where do I find roleplaying? I don't know anyone! Answer: To solve this problem, a Moment in Tyme offers several "tools" that can be used to locate others who wish to roleplay: "rpseek" and "where". In addition, certain rooms in Caemlyn are usually frequented: although you'll find more, two of them are the Oval Plaza and the Lion Banner Inn. See 'help rpseek'. Question: Where do I find various places? Answer: Type "help newbie" for some starting hints. Also, feel free to ask on the newbie channel by typing "newbie <your question>". A good resource to find specific places is found in "help caemlyn". See 'help caemlyn'. Question: Where do I learn skills from? Answer: You can pick skills up in two ways: a) By another player's character. If you are in roleplay with someone, you can ask them to teach you something. Note that you are ONLY allowed to teach/be taught skills during roleplay, but you do not -need- to be roleplaying about being taught something specifically in that time, unless the lesson is about Weapon Mastery or Channeling Mastery skills. b) Your skills can increase while using them, albeit slowly. See 'help learn'. Question: What are forms? Where do I find them? What do they do? Answer: Forms are 'moves' that your character may learn to defend himself or herself in combat and attack his opponents. New characters begin with some basic forms, and you can learn more from a teacher or by practicing. See 'help forms'. Question: Are there levels? How do I advance? What are RP levels? Answer: You advance by gaining experience, mostly by roleplaying your character. Feel free to ask any Visitor Guide or Immortal for specifics. See 'help rplevels'. Question: Who is everyone? Where are they? Answer: Type "who". If you see a 'tag' before people's names, it usually means they are either Immortals - part of the game's staff and not In Character entities - , Visitor Guides - who are mortal players wishing to help newbies to the game - and of course, Guild Leaders, who are in charge of a guild each and handle its matters. As to where everyone is.. it depends. There are many thousands of rooms on a Moment in Tyme, and various cities: when you begin your life you appear in the Recall Room, and from there you can go anywhere your roleplaying leads you. Caemlyn, the capital of Andor, is a major roleplay center. See 'help who'. Question: But what -is- everyone else? Answer: We aren't telling. :) Certain people wish to disclose the truth about their characters, especially if they play 'hunted' types like darkfriends, or male channelers. Usually unless someone tells you in an Out Of Character manner, you only find out through roleplaying - if at all. However, there are people whose reputations are widely known, and your character would have heard of. To learn about such, see 'help reputation'. Question: Wow, there are a lot of people with a lot of history.. a LOT. Answer: Since the game has been in progress for years, catching up with what has been going on might be a challenge. To assist with that, IC rumors and news are kept for each region, and the timeline command gives an overview of the history. See 'help update'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This Frequently Asked Questions list is a work in progress: more topics will be covered as time passes, hopefully answering new players' first questions about the vast world they are visiting. If you see things missing from this list, please consult an Immortal for it to be updated. See also: FAQ |
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