Getting Started

by Zhokril on July 27th, 2010 Welcome to Aabahran: the Forsaken Lands

Welcome again to the Forsaken Lands. First, let's just go over some basic commands to cover our bases.

look - See the room you are in and its mobs, characters, and objects
newbie - Send a message over the newbie channel to ask questions (this is the only OOC channel)
help - Search the helpfiles for a term/skill/spell
say - Speak something out loud to the room you are in
tell - Use telepathy to send a message to another character (they don't need to be in the same room)
wear - This command lets you put on a piece of equipment
kill - The basic command to attack
flee - This is how you get out of combat - use liberally!
practice - See the skills/spell that you have and your proficiency. You can also use the practice command at your guild to increase your proficiency (you'll want to practice at your guild until you are at 75%)
train - You can use this command to increase your stats (str/wis/int/dex/con) at a trainer
skills - See your list of skills and when they will become available to you
spells - See your list of spells and when they will become available to you
cast/commune - Let's you cast one of your spells
quaff - Let's you consume a potion
eat - Let's consume a food item
get - Let's you pick up an item on the ground (or from an object: get )
put - Let's you pick up an item in a bag
sleep - When sleeping you, will regain health, mana, and move points. You can't see things going on around you when sleeping.
wake - Wakes you up from sleeping

When you create your character, you will be placed into the MUD school. This is where you can practice skills, use trains, and hunt in the arena until you are level 6. For the first couple levels, you will want to target the 'plasm beasts'. After that, you can be a bit more adventurous and try out some of the other creatures.

You cannot be player killed (PK-ed) until you reach level 10, so at the beginning you just need to worry about getting a handle on your surroundings. Characters at low level do not lose experience from dying, so don't get discouraged when you slip up.

Other characters in the game will likely be more than willing to help and give advice if you ask (but please stay in-character!). The newbie channel and forums are where you can ask out-of-character questions to your heart's content, and we encourage you to do so.

For more detailed information, you may want to look at some of these other resources:
Forsaken Lands Forum
Forsaken Lands Wiki
The "Essays" section of the forum