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Basics Checklist

ADVICE
This is a quickstart verb to help you learn your way around the game as fast as possible. It will teach you the basics, get you joined to a guild, equipped, and on your way to adventure.

DIRections
Useable only in Crossing and Riverhaven to find your way around. DIR location {steps} will give you more directions at once.

INFOrmation
Get information about your character. Also shows Stats (i.e. STRENGTH), favors, concentration, TDPs, encumbrance, debts, and coin carried.

EXPerience
Displays your experience and current rate of learning in the skills you know. EXP ALL shows all skills including ones not currently learning.

ASSIST
Get help from a GameHost and/or GameMaster. It is best to try your other resources first; mentors, fellow players, forums, other resources.

REPORT
Notify on-duty GameMasters of a bug or other game-wide problem that needs immediate repsonse. Should be used for emergencies only. Use ASSIST, not REPORT, if you need help of any kind.

NEWS
Lists all news items. Use NEWS NEXT to mark article as read. Important articles: Category 4 (teaching nights listed) and Category 5 (policy information).

Forums
Located on DragonRealms website after logging in. Great place to get help, read up on whats happening, and chat.

Guilds
There are ten professions to choose from. You can join a guild for a period of time (must stay 1st circle) and change guilds (except to thieves); but you will lose all learned experience. If you're undecided, stay a commoner and learn by visiting the guild (talk with its members), at the mentor-hosted teaching nights, and read up on the forums and other websites.

Favors
The Gods favor is important to have unless you wish to walk the starry road, i.e. your character will die forever. As a novice you will have a couple chances to live without favors if you die. To get favors you first choose a God; research them in the library or on the website. Then you must find the ruins (DIR FAVORS) and PRAY. You will be asked which God you pray to and told to stand. Get the orb and complete the puzzle to return. If you get stuck at any time just drop the orb. When you have completed this part you need to fill the orb with your experience (RUB ORB). The first orb is easy to fill, but each favor you get will take longer. Since it takes experience you need to go learn, either by classes or training. You may put the orb in a container and rub it from there until its full. After you receive the messaging that it is full you need to find the altar (DIR TEMPLE) to place it upon. And viola, you have a favor (INFO shows the number of favors you have).

Posted by Rajara | 10.5.08