Firan Survival Guide: Miscellaneous
From FiranMUX
This is a very subjective list of commands that I consider generally useful on a day to day basis, but that don't fit in the other categories.
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Calendar System
| ADVANCED TIPS: You can get email notifications about in-game events by subscribing to the Firan mailing list. See 'help firan-players mailing list' for details. |
The calendar tracks in-game events that are scheduled in advance. These events may or may not be open to the public. To get a listing of events within the current month type @cal. To find more details about a particular event use @cal #, substituting the appropriate event number. You can find out when it is (in EST), where, and what it's about. Heralds run through the public streets announcing events 30 minutes and 5 minutes prior to their start.
Examples
> @cal
> @cal 1832
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @calendar command
Advanced Help Topics: calendar index
Dice System
ADVANCED TIPS: Want to make sure people aren't faking their dice rolls? Check out help @diceword.
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You virtually roll dice on the game with the @check command. You can roll a stat, or a stat+skill combination. Rolls can be made publicly or privately. No one will ever see how many dice you have to roll. They just see the results. Standard difficulty is a 6, though this can be modified up and down as appropriate.
Examples
> @check strength at 6
> @check shrewdness+deception at 8
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @check, task resolution system
Advanced Help Topics: @sheet/stats, social imperatives, @diceword
Frequently Asked Questions
| ADVANCED TIPS: Whenever you get lost, type '@faq 36' to remind yourself why FiranMUX has so damned many rooms! |
Frequently asked questions are catalogued and accessible via the @faq commands. There, you can either browse the questions in general or search for help on a particular topic.
Examples
> @faq/summary
> @faq/search steni
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @faq
Advanced Help Topics: none
@finger Command
| ADVANCED TIPS: Some people have very long quotes, but you can use @finger/short to avoid all the spam. |
The @finger command shows information about a character such as their name, sex, clan, title, rank, idle time, and connection status. Technically it's an OOC command but a lot of the information (name, clan, sex, title) can be assumed knowledge as it's duplicated in the learn about command.
Examples
> @finger akinita
> @finger/short rafi
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @finger
Advanced Help Topics: @quote
@notice Command
| ADVANCED TIPS: If you see a message about noticing or failing to notice someone, that person just did an @notice. |
The @notice command is a way to semi-randomly determine if you happen to notice other characters in a potentially crowded room. You don't have to use this command. It's good form to use it if someone is trying to be less noticeable, if it's very crowded, or if you have reason to suspect the person may not wish to be seen.
Examples
> @notice
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @notice
Advanced Help Topics: none
@request Command
| ADVANCED TIPS: A staff report about the number of @requests received and processed in a day is made to board 10 at midnight EST each night. |
The @request command is used to communicate with the game's staff without demanding a response right at that moment. Your request goes into a queue to be answered by a wizard when they're able to. This might take only a few hours, or it could potentially take a few weeks. In my experience, most simple @requests are handled within a day or two, where more complex ones take a week or two.
Examples
> @request Bug in group command?=I had a problem with....
> @request/review
> @request/cancel #183344
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @request
Advanced Help Topics: @request/review, @request/cancel
Sheet Command
| ADVANCED TIPS: You can see another character's social ties by using the @sheet/social command on them. |
Use @sheet to see basic information about yourself. A number of different switches allow you to see different types of information. To see everything, use the @sheet/all commands. To see your stats, use the @sheet/stats command. To review what songs and dances you know, use the @sheet/art command. To review your background use the @sheet/background command. For a full list of switches look at help @sheet index.
You can modify your sheet in several ways. First, you can add or modify relationships with the @relationship command. You can also add to your character notes or secrets via the @sheet/add command.
Example
> @sheet/social
> @sheet/add secrets=My child Torino is actually fathered by Prince Sadin.
> @relationships Rafi/Rafi is a froody dude.
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @sheet, @sheet index
Advanced Help Topics: @relationship
Time
| ADVANCED TIPS: You can translate between IC and OOC times with the @date command. |
The @time command shows both IC (that is, in game) time, and OOC (that is, real life time). It also shows what the weather is currently like.
Example
> @time
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @time
Advanced Help Topics: @tz, time, @date
Voting Experience Points (XPs) and Community Points (CPs)
| ADVANCED TIPS: XP votes are tallied every Friday morning at 7 am EST, and a report about the results is posted to bulletin board 10. There, you can see how many votes every single character got, along with the top 10 (or so) vote earners for the week. |
Experience points (XPs) for character skill development are earned, primarily, through the @vote command. Each week you can vote up to 5 characters for experience points. If you change your mind before the votes are tallied you can @unvote someone and vote someone else.
Community points (CPs) are a way to recognize players who are helping out the Firan community, and may be given for a variety of reasons: helping out other players, hosting events, and updating character sheets are just a few. To nominate someone who was helpful for you, or held an event that you enjoyed, use the @cpoints/nom command. To learn more about the system in general, see the help community points file.
Example
> @vote Gustan
> @unvote Daphne
> @cpoints/nom Ralphus=<reason for nomination>
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @vote
Advanced Help Topics: @unvote, @altvote, @transfer
Where Command
| ADVANCED TIPS: If a character is currently hiding, you won't see them anywhere on the @where list. |
@where is a command used for finding people, in an OOC capacity. You shouldn't use this information as IC information your character would necessarily know. It's meant as a tool to facilitate roleplay, making it easier to find others to RP with. If you see people in an area you're likely to visit, you can go there to find RP. There are about a billion different switches (small exaggeration) on this command that filter the list in different ways.
Example
> @where
> @where/clan
> @where yaffros
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: @where
Advanced Help Topics: none
Here Command
| ADVANCED TIPS: Here is mostly useful in rooms with a large number of people and objects in them. Or if you forget basic information about the person you're RPing with. |
The here command lists people who are currently connected and in the room with you. It won't list sleeping people. Information about their name, sex, age, clan, vocation, social status, time connected, and idle time can be seen.
Example
> here
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: here
Advanced Help Topics: @social/report
IC and OOC
| ADVANCED TIPS: There are several OOC areas on the grid, but their names all begin with OOC. |
Use the ooc command to move from an IC to an OOC room in the game. Use the ic command to go back IC. If you're going to be away from your keyboard and unresponsive it's good manners to go somewhere OOC.
Example
> ic
> ooc
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: ic, ooc
Advanced Help Topics: none
Learning About People
| ADVANCED TIPS: You can use this command on wizards as well, for entertainment. |
You can learn about people by name with the learn about command. You must be in a public room to use this command and it will pose you talking to someone in the area. Sometimes these people will charge you a steni for their time. Typically you can find out a person job, their rank, and some variable amount of information about them. You may find out what they look like, where they're from, where they were last seen, where they live, or facets of their personality. Using this command multiple times represents pestering multiple people about a person.
Example
> learn about vahlgellan
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: learn about
Advanced Help Topics: gossip command
Look
| ADVANCED TIPS: If you look at yourself, you'll see a message that reads 'You look inward, seeking truth...' |
You can look at people, places, or things with the look command. Typing look by itself shows you what it is in the room. Any of the objects present can be examined in more detail by typing look <name>. If you look at people they sometimes see a message saying you look at them. You can also look at items that other people hold, or that are inside containers.
Examples
> look fidelia
> look long sword
> look boadacia's stola
Help Text Reference
Basic Help Topics: look
Advanced Help Topics: hang, unhang, view, appraise, scope out, peek, study, read
