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|  |   ***REALM OF SHADOWS***   |
|  |        NEWBIE GUIDE        |
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|  | Page 2: Rules              |
|  | Page 3: Practice Train   |
|  | Page 4: More Basics        |
|  | Page 5: Getting help...    |
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--The Basics--
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Welcome to Realm of Shadows!
Please look over this book well!
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Basic Commands:
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SCORE:  Displays your current statistics.
  Syntax: SCORE
CHAT:   A channel you can use that all players can hear
        you, also GOSSIP.
  Syntax: GOSSIP <Message>, CHAT <Message>
TELL:   Will send a message to only one person you
        choose.
  Syntax: TELL <Player> <Message>
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST:
        Chooses the directions you can go to if there
        is and exit in that direction.
  Syntax: N, S, E, W
TAKE:   Will allow you to get an object(s) as long as
        you are strong enough to carry them and have
        enough room.
  Syntax: TAKE <Item>, GET <Item>
WEAR REMOVE:
        Will allow you to put on an item, also use
        remove to take off an item.
  Syntax: WEAR <ITEM>, REMOVE <ITEM>
EQUIPMENT, EQ:
        Displays a list of what you are wearing and
        where it is being worn.
  Syntax: EQUIPMENT, EQ
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If you wish to remain a player here you must read and abide by the rules.

Mortal Rules

You can NOT EVER threaten anyone in real life on the game.
You can NOT swear.
You can NOT be vulgar.
You can NOT give out information about yourself In Real Life.
You can NOT multiplay.
You can NOT item swap. (Give items to other characters you own)
**You can be heard! E-mail ideas to rkenward@gmail.com
**Register on the forums - http://thegamingseers.com/ros

1st time offenders_____Time in prison
2nd time offenders_____Will be slain (Losing EQ)
3rd time offenders_____Temp. site ban
4th time offenders_____Perminate site ban, and Deletion of Char.

Practice and Trains.

You will get a certain amount of practices per level depending on your wisdom.
 You can practice skills, spells and also languages with them.  Find a mob you
can practice with and type PRACTICE <skill or spell>

Training sessions are directly tied to your luck, if you happen to be
amazingly lucky for instance your chances of getting one of these gifts is
more likely. Each training session raises a selected attribute by 1.

MORE BASICS

Other commands to learn...

QUAFF <Potion>: To use potions.
DRINK <Drink>: To drink drinks.
SLEEP: To sleep to regenerate movements, hit points and mana.  You are NOT
  safe sleeping unless you are in a safe room!  You can't see things when you
  sleep.
REST: Allows you to regenerate like sleep only not as fast.  You can see what
  is going on but you are not standing.
WAKE or STAND: Wakes you from RESTING, SLEEPING and standing also gets you
  back on your feet if you have been tripped.
OOC: Out of Character channel.
BALANCE, DEPOSIT, WITHDRAW: Read HELP BANK
BOUNTY, PAYBOUNTY, BRIBE: Read the following help files HELP BRIBE, HELP
  BOUNTY and HELP PAYBOUNTY.

***IF you die then you have to retrive your corpse under your own asteem, or
you can ask an online player to aid you.

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*If you get lost there are 3 clear red potions in your burlap sack, take one
out and quaff it.
*If you are hungry or thirsty there are 3 murky vials in your burlap sack,
take one out and quaff it to make food and drink.
*If you suffer battle wounds take one of the 3 orange potions from the burlap
sack and quaff it.
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If you need more help, any player online should more than likely give you
assistance if you ask, if you need more help getting started please refer to
the help section on our website located at http://realmofshadows.us/ or e-mail
Syriac at rkenward@gmail.com.