Useful Commands

This is a list of basic commands on the game. It is intended only as an overview, and very far from comprehensive. For any command on the list, see help <command> and/or <command> #help for more information on its use (e.g. help @po, page #help).

Communication

Command	Aliases	Function	Example
say <text>	"<text>	Say something for the room to hear.	say Hi. —> Ashe says, "Hi."
pose <text>	:<text>	Send an action to the room.	pose waves. —> Ashe waves.
spoof <text>	@emit <text>	Send plain text to the room.	spoof The sky is blue. —> The sky is blue.
@po	poseorder @poseorder	Displays the current poseorder for a scene.
+ooc <text>	osay <text> > <text>	OOC equivalent of say.	+ooc Hi. —> <OOC> Ashe says, "Hi."
+ooc :<text>	opose <text> > :<text>	OOC equivalent of pose.	+ooc :waves. —> <OOC> Ashe waves.
+ooc &<text>	ospoof <text> > &<text>	OOC equivalent of spoof.	+ooc &The sky is blue. —> <OOC> The sky is blue.
whisper <name>=<text>		Private message to someone in the same room.
page <name>=<text>		Private message to someone anywhere on the game.
mail <name>=<subject>		Enter the list-editor to send a multiline message to another player.
qmail <name>=<text>		Send a single-line mail message to another player.
pub <text>	chat <text> +pub <text>	Speak on the public channel.	pub Hi. —> Public> Ashe says, "Hi."
pub :<text>	chat :<text> +pub :<text>	Pose on the public channel.	pub :waves. —> Public> Ashe waves.
read #new	+read #new +bbread #new	Lists new bulletin board posts.
read <board>/<post>	+read <b>/<p> +bbread <b>/<p>	Read the given post on a board.	read 1/1
write <b>/<subject>	+post <b>/<s> +bbpost <b>/<s>	Enter the editor for a new post <subject> on board <b>.

Information

Command	Aliases	Function
news		Displays a list of game newsfiles.
news <topic>		Displays a specified newsfile.
help	+help	Returns the table of contents for the game's helpfiles.
help <command>	+help	Prints the server helpfile for a given command. Additional information may be available through <command> #help.
WHO		Lists everyone online (case-sensitive).
look	l	Look at the room you're in.
look <name>	l <name>	Look at something (or someone) else at your location.
ws	whospecies	Gives a summary of all the players in the room.
find	+who	Lists all online players, their locations, and basic info for each.
where	+where	Lists all online players and their location.
@alts	alts altlist	Lists your alternate characters.
admin		Displays the game's administrators and their specialties.

Movement of Players and Things

Command	Aliases	Function
home		Sends you home from anywhere on the game.
oocc	nexus	Shortcut to the OOC Nexus.
jump <name>	j <name> teleport <name> tel <name>	Moves you to <name>'s location.
jump #global	j #global teleport #global tel #global	Prints a list of places you can jump to and their aliases.
meet <name>	mjoin <name> +join <name>	Ask to join a player at their location.
msummon <name>	summon <name> +summon <name>	Offer to bring a player to your location.
QUIT		Log off the game (case-sensitive).

Character and Object Configuration

Command	Aliases	Function
@password <old>=<new>	@pass <old>=<new>	Change your password from <old> to <new>.
@describe me=<text>	@desc me=<text>	Set your description to <text>.
pinfo <name>	+finger <name>	View <name>'s character information.
oinfo <name>	+oinfo <name> +ofinger <name>	View <name>'s OOC information, if set.
+hist <name>	+bg <name>	View <name>'s history, if set and public. See +hist #help for editing instructions.
+pers <name>	pers <name>	View <name>'s personality, if set and public. See +pers #help for editing instructions.
pinfo #set	+finger #set oinfo #set pe	Enter the editor for your information.
+daemon <name>		Create a daemon for your character, with the given name.
+daemon #edit		Edit your daemon's characteristics (e.g. name, species, controlling action, follow messages, etc.)