Every command the game ships with, grouped the way the in-game help index groups them. Most commands abbreviate: type as much of the
word as it takes to be unambiguous.
Movement
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| board | Boards a transport by naming the vehicle - board ferry rather than travel eastport. |
| disembark | Steps off a transport before it arrives, where the crossing allows it. The fare is not returned. |
| follow | ‘follow’ starts you following another character. To stop following anyone else, just follow yourself. |
| north | To move around, type one of the direction commands: north, east, south, west, up, down, northeast, southeast… |
| rest | Your character sprawls out to rest. Vitality, mana and stamina all come back about ten times faster than they… |
| sit | Your character sits down, or sits upon something. |
| stand | You character stands up. |
| travel | Rides a transport service - a ferry, a coach, a portal - to a named destination the ordinary exits do not… |
Information
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| abilities | Lists the abilities you can perform - the things you type, like charge or rend. |
| accept | Takes on the quest an NPC has just offered you. |
| decline | Turns down the quest an NPC has just offered you. |
| help | Shows the command index, or everything about one command: what it is called, how to use it, and what it does. |
| inventory | Lists players inventory |
| look | Shows you the current room title, description and what items, mobs, and players are there. |
| questlog | Displays your current quests. |
| score | Displays everything your character currently is: level, attributes, pools, how tired you are, what armor is… |
| skills | Lists the skills you have learned - your weapon classes, defences and competences, the things the game rolls… |
| spells | Lists the spells you have learned. Each row carries the rank you have reached in it - that is the number the… |
Items and objects
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| bank | Leave coin and belongings with a banker, or take them back. Depositing costs a small fee. |
| close | Closes a container or a door. For a door, use the direction it stands in (close north); containers are closed… |
| consign | Ask the merchants to make you an item, during a consignment window. |
| drink | Drinks from something you are carrying - a waterskin, a tankard, a potion. |
| drop | Drops the specified item, or coin, from your inventory to the ground, or into a container or corpse. |
| eat | Eats something you are carrying. Food is a pleasure rather than a need: nobody goes hungry, and a meal gives… |
| examine | You examine an object, showing you a more detailed description if you want it. |
| get | ‘get’ is used to get the specified item or gold from the ground, container, or a corpse. |
| give | Gives the specified item, or coin, to a player or mob in the room. |
| loot | ‘loot’ takes everything off a corpse at once and finishes what is left of it. |
| open | Opens a container or a door. For a door, use the direction it stands in (open north); containers are opened… |
| unlock | Unlocks a door or a container, if you are carrying its key. |
Combat
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| advance | Advance walks you toward an enemy standing off from you, one step at a time until you are on top of them. |
| aimed | A low-effort attack with bow, crossbow, thrown. Speed: slow. Accuracy: high. Footing: neutral. |
| attack | Attacks your opponent with the weapon you are wielding. |
| bash | A medium-effort attack with medium blunt, heavy blunt, pole arms. Speed: neutral. Accuracy: neutral. |
| bite | A low-effort attack with unarmed. Speed: fast. Accuracy: high. Footing: neutral. |
| block | Readies a block against the next blow aimed at you: you take it on your shield. |
| cast | Casts a spell you have learned from your class. |
| chop | A medium-effort attack with light edged, medium edged, heavy edged, two handed edged. Speed: slow. |
| claw | A low-effort attack with unarmed. Speed: fast. Accuracy: neutral. Footing: neutral. |
| consider | Consider tells you what your chances are of killing a character. Of course, it’s only a rough estimate. |
| cut | A low-effort attack with light edged, medium edged, heavy edged, two handed edged. Speed: neutral. |
| dodge | Readies a dodge against the next blow aimed at you: you get out of the way rather than meeting it. |
| draw | A very low-effort attack with light edged, medium edged, heavy edged, two handed edged. Speed: fast. |
| elbow | A low-effort attack with unarmed. Speed: fast. Accuracy: high. Footing: neutral. |
| feint | A very low-effort attack with any weapon. Speed: very fast. Accuracy: high. Footing: increase. |
| focus | Chooses which of your opponents your attacks land on. |
| kick | A medium-effort attack with unarmed. Speed: slow. Accuracy: low. Footing: worse. |
| knee | A medium-effort attack with unarmed. Speed: neutral. Accuracy: neutral. Footing: neutral. |
| lash | A medium-effort attack with unarmed. Speed: slow. Accuracy: low. Footing: worse. |
| lunge | A medium-effort attack with light edged, medium edged, heavy edged, two handed edged, pole arms. |
| parry | Readies a parry against the next blow aimed at you: you turn it aside with the weapon in your hands. |
| plant | Plants a banner you have learned. Name which one - plant dawn or plant courage - and the leading “banner of… |
| prep | Readies a spell you know so that your next cast of it is instant. |
| punch | A low-effort attack with unarmed. Speed: fast. Accuracy: neutral. Footing: neutral. |
| range | Range tells you how much ground stands between you and everything else in the room, and how far the weapons… |
| retreat | Retreat gives up ground at once - two bands, out to distant - and costs you a short recovery and a bite of… |
| shoot | A very low-effort attack with bow, crossbow, thrown. Speed: neutral. Accuracy: neutral. Footing: neutral. |
| slam | A high-effort attack with medium blunt, heavy blunt. Speed: slow. Accuracy: low. Footing: much worse. |
| slice | A low-effort attack with light edged, medium edged, heavy edged, two handed edged. Speed: neutral. |
| snapshot | A low-effort attack with bow, crossbow, thrown. Speed: fast. Accuracy: low. Footing: neutral. |
| stab | A low-effort attack with light edged, medium edged, heavy edged, two handed edged. Speed: neutral. |
| stop | Stop halts an advance you are walking, or a spell you are casting. |
| tear | A medium-effort attack with unarmed. Speed: neutral. Accuracy: neutral. Footing: neutral. |
| thrust | A medium-effort attack with light edged, medium edged, heavy edged, two handed edged, pole arms. |
| volley | A high-effort attack with bow, crossbow, thrown. Speed: slow. Accuracy: high. Footing: worse. |
Character
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| equipment | Displays what you hold in each hand, what you wear and where, what is readied, and what your equipment… |
| flourish | A small mark worn beside your name, where other players can see it: in the room, and on every channel you… |
| group | Playing with others is more fun, and to earn experience together you must be in a group. |
| hold | wear puts on something with a place to be worn - armor, clothing, jewellery, a pack. |
| paths | Lists the specialization paths your class offers, the level each asks for, and where you stand with it. |
| quit | Leave the game, it auto saves and removes your character from the game. |
| recall | Transports your character to their recall room, or sets it. |
| standing | See how the people and factions of the world regard you. |
| title | See the titles you have earned and choose which one you wear. |
| train | Train takes the level your skills have already paid for. |
Communication
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| area | Speak to everybody in the area you are in - further than a yell carries, and no further than the area’s edge. |
| gsay | Sends a message to your current group |
| ooc | Speak out of character to everybody in the world - questions about how the game works, rather than anything… |
| say | Say something to the room. Everyone present will hear what you say if they’re awake. |
| social | List prebuilt social emotes that you can use |
| tell | Sends a message to player, no matter where they are. |
| tellreply | Replies to your last incoming tell |
| whisper | Say something quietly to one person in the room. |
| yell | Shout something. Everybody in your room hears it, and so does everybody one room away in any direction - no… |
People
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| ask | Ask someone about something. What they will answer to is theirs to decide - talk to them first and they will… |
| browse | Read what a shopkeeper has for sale, numbered, with what they are asking. Buy by the number or by name. |
| buy | Buy something from a shopkeeper, by name or by its number on their shelf. |
| goodbye | Take your leave of someone. |
| greet | Say hello to someone. Most people worth talking to have something to say back, and some of them will tell you… |
| sell | Sell something to a shopkeeper. A shopkeeper only buys the kinds of thing they already sell, so an empty… |
| talk | Fall into conversation with someone. They greet you, and then tell you what they are willing to be asked… |
World
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| hide | Go still in whatever cover the room offers. |
| point | Give away somebody you watched slip into cover, so the whole room can see them. |
| repair | Work to shore up something an attack is tearing down, such as a bridge under siege. |
| search | Go over the room carefully, looking for a way out that is not obvious and for anyone hiding in it. |
| skin | Takes the hide off the corpse of a skinnable creature. |
| sneak | Move carefully, so that the next room does not hear you arrive - and so that a hiding place comes with you… |
| time | Tells you the hour, the day and the date by the world’s own calendar, and what the moon is doing tonight. |
| weather | Tells you what the sky is doing right now. |
| who | Lists everyone playing right now, with their level, race and class. |
Game master
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| gm | Game master operations. Type ‘gm help’ for what this account may do. |
| merchant | Merchant operations. Type ‘merchant help’ for what this account may do. |