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If you wish to roleplay a Monk character instead of Ranger,
please feel free to read through to the Monk info below.
NB: These pages
are written to aid a true level 1, 0 hour old newbie who has just entered
ZombieMUD for the first time in learning the initial steps to a successful
Zombie experience.
Before choosing Ranger as your guild, you must first select a race. Suitable
races for a newbie Ranger include, but are not limited to: Minotaur, Dwarf,
Cromagnon (Cannot see in the dark), Troll. Be sure to type 'help race <racename>' when choosing to see all the plusses and minuses of each race.
As a newbie ranger guild member, you gain some bonuses
to skill: kick. (20%) |
When you log in, you will begin at the
Church of All Gods. The first thing should do as a new player is get
acquainted with ZombieMud's resident protector of newbies, Buju. He
spends his days waiting patiently one east of the Church, and has much
to offer you during your travels. Type 'e' and go visit him now, and
he will give you a gift. Good commands to try in his presence are:
look at stone, say help, say transport, say portal
The next thing you need to do is gain a few levels with the
free experience you have been given.
You must advance in two places for each level you gain. You must go to
the Adventurers Guild and type advance to raise your 'character level'
and then on to the Ranger Guild to advance your 'guild level' or 'glevel'.
To
do this and quickly get to level 6 from Buju, type
the following:
e, s, 5 advance, n, w, transport ranger, 5 advance
As you can see, you have just utilized Buju's power to transport you
directly to your guildhall. He will gladly provide you with this service until
you have reached level 45. He will give you the black teleport stone
up to a maximum worth of 15m exp total, so be sure to visit him
each login for a new stone.
Now that you have a few levels, it's time to advance your knowledge in
skills and spells. If you've followed the information so far, you should
be standing in the Ranger Guild,
if
not then go there
now. To see what abilities are available to you, try your hand at the
following commands: score, info, sinfo 7 (or whatever your level
is), list spells, list spells all, list skills, list skills all
Now lets get a some more of that Kick skill. Of course, everyone must
start out small. The more experience you gain, the better your abilities
will become. As
you can see, you have begun the game with 20% Kick. Try typing these
commands to see what they do:
2 train kick, skills, help skill kick
2 train attack, skills, help skill attack
2 train beast speech, skills, help skill beast speech
4 study summon wild cat, spells, help spell summon wild cat
You may not be
able to get all you try for due to lack of exp, cash or racial maximums. No worries, that
will soon be remedied, as we go now to kill your first monster. To get
to the newbie killing fields from the Ranger Guild you can either use the stone
that Buju has given to you by typing: summon, y, (wait), portal, read plate, hero_candidate, equip, enter
Or you can explore the world a bit, leaving the Ranger guild through the area, and heading back towards the city.
Buju's location is east of che church and
from there you can request that he give you a 'portal', read the plate, equip, and enter the area.
Before fighting, try to summon your Ranger Pet. This tiny beast will
help you fight and gain exp, and unlike Necromancer's servants, it
does not leech exp. As a Ranger, it's understandable if your skill in
spellcraft is limited, so do not despair if your spell fails, you
can always go back and try again later. Type this to summon your
beast: cast summon wild cat at mewl try very slow
You may change 'mewl' to any name you desire, as this will become
the name of your pet cat.
Be patient, this spell is slow. You may wish to grab a cup of coffee.
:)
The 'try very slow' bit will boost your chances at the spell's
success on the first cast. As you probably assumed, this slows
down the speed
of the spell drastically.
If you've managed to summon your pet, type this:
use beast speech at help me
Keep trying the skill untill you have success. This will show
all available commands you have to guide your pet. A most important
one is:
use beast speech at follow me
It will now follow you and aid you in killing mobs. Be sure to
keep it happy by petting and well fed by typing: use beast speech
at eat corpse
Now it's time to attack. To kill your first mob, type: use kick
at frog (or any other hapless beast in that area)
A battle will now begin. To continue using your skill, simply
type 'use kick' without a target. This ensures that you will
not begin battle with the next monster in the room.
Hopefully all goes well and your poor frog is now living in mud
heaven. You will now want to loot the corpse and give it a proper
burial.
To do this, type: loot, dg (or use beast speech at eat corpse)
Type 'score' or 'exp' to see how much you have gained. Also, feel free
to type 'pc newbie' to create a party for yourself, and then 'ps',
and 'pk' to see your status.
Scamper around in this area killing critters untill you have gathered
a nice sum of experience and cash, then head back to the Ranger
guild to up your skill percents and level.
Don't forget to turn on the ranger channel by typing 'on ranger'. The command 'last ranger' will replay the last 20 messages sent to this channel.
Also in Rangers, you have the opportunity to begin working on true
Masteries, an aspect of the guild which is permanant to your character.
Each time you reinc to Rangers, your mastery will still be there
to make your character stronger. Go to the guild hall and type 'path help' and choose your own
path wisely.
If you are ever lost at this point, simply use Buju's stone to return to familiar ground. Use
this time wisely to explore the world around you so that you can easily
walk it on your own when the time comes.
Good spells to study when you can are...
- Darkness/Light: Should your race be in need of them.
Good skills to train when you can are...
- Camping: Allows you to sleep in the wilderness, and regain hp/sp.
- Beast Speech: Higher percentage lets you communicate more easily with your pet.
- Foraging: Need a hp boost? Forage in the wilds for magical berries with this skill.
- Attack: Boosts the damage and success rate of each hit you make.
- Weapon skill 1h sword(or any other): Choose your weapon skill to match your weaponry.
- Bladed Fury: The next attack skill to learn after kick.
Should you wish for a fighter based alternative to Rangers, look no further than
the Monks of Shao Lin. Although this guild may be more difficult to begin in, they
have the advantage over Rangers that you do not need to find weapons later in play.
New Monks enter the game with 25% fast blow and instead of training 'kick' as a Ranger would,
you should up your ability in 'fast blow', as well as begin your training of 'attack' and most
importantly, 'martial arts'. Also be sure to go to the correct guild via Buju.
To kill your first monster, simply type 'use fast blow at <monstername>'.
Don't forget to turn on the monk channel by typing 'on monk'. The command 'last monk' will replay the last 20 messages sent to this channel.
Like Rangers, Monks also may gain masteries which are a permanant addition to
your character. Explore the guild area for more information.
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