Storms of Time - Newbie Manual

Player Support

Beginning Play

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The most important thing as a new player is to learn how to use the help system, which you may access on the game by typing help. The help system of Storms of Time is fairly detailed and complete. It is required that the player has a firm grasp of how the system works before they play.

Creating a Character

1. Name/Password
2. Sex
3. Race
4. Class
5. Finishing

Name/Password

For your first character, we would suggest you try a Marauder, Shaman, Druid or Sorcerer. We do not recommend a Gladiator or a Warlock for a first character. (More information can be found in classes. You may want to decide this in advance, so that an appropriate name can be chosen.

When creating a new character, the login screen will ask that you type ";New";. You may then enter your character name. You will then be asked to choose a password; it must contain at least five characters, with at least one of them being a number.

Sex

Yes please.

Or select whether you'd like your character to be Male or Female.

Race

You will next be asked to select a race. More information on races can be found here.

Class

You will then choose what class you wish (class availability is dependent upon the race you select). More information on classes can be found here.

Completing Character Creation

Now it is just a matter of accepting one of the character rolls that appear when you hit ";enter";. Note: max stats are rolled for each combination automatically.

Enjoy!

Tower of Training

All new characters start in the Tower of Training.

When you first come down, do NOT kill the Gargoyle. It is smarter to wait until you have a couple of levels and all of your equipment. Make sure you kill the Gargoyle, then, for his rings. All other equipment you will gather by killing in the force cages downstairs. When the newbie sprite appears, make sure you say yes. She has some nice gifts for you!

There are a few nice quests in the Tower as well. Explore and listen to what is told to you.

Obelisk and Roterodamum Square

The obelisk can be found in the Temple north from Roterodamum Square. It
holds ancient magics allowing young adventurers to quickly travel to some interesting low level areas. (TYPE: look obelisk - for a list).

Make sure to buy some recall scrolls w,w,n from Roterodamum Square and set your recall in Roterodamum, when you go out to explore on your own. To set your recall: TYPE: recall set, in the area you wish to set it. To set your death room: TYPE: death set, in the area you wish to set it.

Holy Grove

After you first leave the Tower of Training, and after you have bought some recall scrolls, you might want to visit Holy Grove. Start by killing weeds (and be careful of bees!) There are a few useful quests in Holy Grove. Don't be afraid to explore.

God Following

At level 10 anyone can follow one of the Gods. At level 10 and above a
mysterious voice 1 north of the obelisk will help you to begin one of the
god quests.

Once you are a follower you will be able to practice additional skills and
spells and get better level gains depending on what God you follow. But, PLEASE BE WARNED: You can also be pkilled (killed by another player) by anyone within your level restriction who follows a different God. If you are just beginning, and especially if you are new to muds in general, you might want to put off following until you are more familiar.

Followers can get a free spell up and restore until level 50 by saying boost
2 north of Roterodamum Square.

Helpful Hints

If you are a spellcaster, make sure you practice a damage spell as soon as possible.

If you are a fighter, practice a fighting skill as soon as possible (EX: backstab, parry, sword fighting, kick).

Try to remember, before levelling, to get your wis (wisdom) and con (constitution) at the maximum possible level. Wis, among other things, affects the number of practices you gain per level. Con, also among other things, affects the number of hit points you gain per level.

This can be accomplished with your base stats and the right equipment. The spirit equipment you get when you level through the Tower of Training is very good. There is also other levelling equipment in quests and shops throughout the Storms of Time. To see what your max stats are, use the stat calculator. To check the stats on a piece of equipment, use the area or level equipment list.

Most of all, explore, use your imagination, your heart and your head. Have fun. And don't be afraid to question.