Groups

Look up a command or topic below. The help text keeps the game's wording, including its examples and warnings.

CLAN CLANS

Verbatim in-game help.

On Dark Pawns, CLANS are associations of players that have banded together
for a specific purpose.  Most CLANS are made up of adventurers who have decided
to work together for mutual gain.

If you would like to form your own clan, you need to be over level 10 and enlist
the aid of two other players (not multis) who are currently not in any other clans.
After these requirements have been met, ask to speak to a God.  Additionally, there
is usually a minor quest or task involved in order to finalize the creation of your
new clan.

CLAN WHO Displays the names and ranks of fellow clan-members that are currently
   online.

CLAN MEMBERS Displays all the members in your clan.

CLAN STATUS Displays your current rank in your CLAN.

CLAN INFO Displays all available information on a named CLAN (type CLAN INFO
    without any arguments to get a list of current CLANS).

CLAN QUIT Allows you to leave your clan behind.

CLAN APPLY Apply to join a named clan, but only if you meet their requirements.

CLAN ENROLL Allows you to enroll players into your clan. Typing CLAN ENROLL
            without any arguments shows a list of players who have applied to
            join your clan.

CLAN EXPEL Allows you to kick someone out of your clan.

CLAN PROMOTE Promote a player in your clan to a higher rank

CLAN DEMOTE Demote a player in your clan to a lower rank

CLAN WITHDRAW Make a withdrawal from the clan bank account

CLAN DEPOSIT Deposit into the clan bank account

CLAN SET RANKS Set the number of ranks in your clan

CLAN SET APPFEE Set the application fee for people to apply for your clan

CLAN SET DUES Set the required monthly dues for your clan members

CLAN SET APPLEV Set the minimum level a player must be to apply to your clan

CLAN SET PLAN Create a description of your clan for all to see

CLAN PRIVATE Toggle whether or not your clan is private or public

CLAN SET PRIVILEGE Set the privileges of the clan commands for clan members

CLAN SET TITLE Set the title for each rank in your clan

See also: CTELL

GROUP

Verbatim in-game help.

Usage: group [player]
       group all

GROUP with no arguments shows the status of your group.  GROUP <player>
adds or removes <player> from your group.  GROUP ALL adds everyone who is
following you to your group.

If you are a group member, then you will share experience points for killing
monsters equally among the group.  Experience points will only be shared among
group members that are in the same location, at the time of the killing
blow.  Sharing is regardless of whether the group members have been
participating in the fight.

Group with no argument shows a list of people with whom you are grouped.
"group all" groups all people who are following you.

To make a group, a "leader" must be selected.  All members of the group
must then "follow" the leader using the follow command.  The leader should
NOT follow anyone at all!  The leader can now toggle group membership for
each player in the group, by using "group <player_name>".  The leader
should remember to include himself in the group.

Example:

  Quifael and Redferne wishes to group with Dragon.

  Quifael : "follow dragon"
  Redferne: "follow dragon"
  (Dragon should be following no one but himself)
  Dragon  : "group dragon"
  Dragon  : "group redferne"
  Dragon  : "group quifael"

Later when Dragon get upset at Quifael (because he is sleeping all the time)
he types : "Group Quifael" to kick Quifael out of the group.

See also: EXPERIENCE, UNGROUP, XP

MULTI MULTIPLAY MULTI-PLAY

Verbatim in-game help.

Dark Pawns has been designed to be a challenging mud.  Because of this,
Playing only one char who doesn't group with other players will prove to
be tough. At first, a solo player should be able to do fine by themselves.
However, it will take some time to level and earn decent equipment. Once
you get into the mid levels though, going solo might prove to be extremely
difficult. A level 1 player fighting a level 1 mob is about even.  A level
15 player fighting a level 15 mob doesn't probably stand a chance.

Because some players prefer to adventure alone, we have instituted a policy
Of multi-playing in order to offset this somewhat. Each player may have a
Total of 3 characters at any given time. More than three players is not
tolerated and will be severely punished when caught (I think this policy is
More than generous, why push it?) Please note, linkdead characters that are
still in game count towards your three multis. Log 'em out if you aren't
using them.

Finally, if you don't know about mud-clients:
you should look into them. In a nutshell, mud-clients are front-end
programs that allow you to manage aspects of mudding much easier, including
multi characters. Ask a high level player about them or search them out on
the web. Three popular ones are Tintin, Tinyfugue(both for UNIX shell accounts)
and Zmud (Windows based). Please do not bother the Imms and Gods about mud
clients!

ORDER

Verbatim in-game help.

Usage: order <character> <command>
       order followers <command>

Used for ordering pets and charmed people to do your evil bidding.  You
can order everyone under your command with "order followers".

Examples:

  > order puppy eat bread
  > order cityguard sleep
  > order followers kill Link

See also: CHARM

UNGROUP

Verbatim in-game help.

Usage: ungroup [group member]

UNGROUP can be used by group leaders to disband the entire group, or
to kick a specific group member out of the group (and stop him/her from
following the leader).

Examples:

  > ungroup
  > ungroup homer

See also: GROUP