On Mar 27, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Parham wrote:

Hi,

I've visited this game and seemed to like it. It's the kind of
roleplaying game, based on the DIKU codebase, and I look at it as kind
of a break from the goal-oriented games, since it is not level-based,
and is rather skill-based, and you don't need to have cash if you
don't
care. As far as I've seen, cash is used for buying
drinks/food/equipment, like rings and stuff. There are no kind of
stat-giving equipment, not as far as I've seen, at least. The mud
has a
background, story, it has a new fictional world made up with it's own
tales and stories and traditions. Some of the guilds are, warrior,
ranger, thief, fire elementalist, water elementalist, shadow
elementalist, sourcerer, etc. Subguilds consist of, bards,
stonecrafters, jewelers, and around 23 other things that I happily
don't
remember! There is no long-range tell, instead, you should stabblish a
mental, telepathic connection.

Perhaps the most amazing thing about this mud is it's magic system.
Here
is the URL that gives a brief help on that:

http://www.armageddon.org/cgi-bin/help_index/show_help?FAQ_10

Basically, unlike other DIKU based muds, (and 99% of the other fantasy
fictional muds), you don't type "cast fireball <target>", but instead,
each spell is made up of five sections:

The power level is how much magick you wish to invest in the spell.
There are seven power levels: wek, yuqa, kral, een, pav, sul, and
mon. A
spell cast
at 'wek' power will be very weak, while one cast at 'mon' will be very
strong.

Reach determines what the effect of the spell will be. There are two
possible reaches: un and nil. Casting a spell with 'un' reach means
that
the spell
will take a 'real' effect. Casting with the 'nil' reach causes no
effect
at all, but the spell will still be cast. This is useful for
practising
potentially
dangerous spells that could anger or hurt those nearby. However, the
learning curve for 'nil' spells is much slower than 'real' spells.
Note
that it is
illegal to cast spells in most civilised areas, and that magickers are
generally feared, and disassociated from, by the rest of society.

The element, sphere, and mood determine the nature of the spell. The
element is which elemental power will drive the magick, such as Ruk
(earth) or Vivadu
(water). Sphere indicates whether it will give information, protect
someone, cause harm, and so on. Mood is the 'attitude' of the magick,
whether it is
aggressive, helpful, neutral, and so on.

Also, the general magic help URL is:

http://www.armageddon.org/cgi-bin/help_index/show_help?help_Magick

Tell me how you think about it?

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