Player Guide

Attributes

Attributes are general abilities of player
May be raised by spending experience
To raise: click up arrow button next to attribute
Attributes affect a skill's base value, therefore raise an attribute and you will raise any skill that uses the attribute
Life: Basic hit points. When life reaches 0 you die.
Stamina: Energy for doing things, see Stamina later in Help
Mana: Energy for doing magic
Strength: Ability to hold, carry, wear, etc.
Dexterity: Hand-eye coordination, balance
Quickness: How fast one is
Intelligence: Ability to focus the mind
Wisdom: Mental capacity
Clicking on the name will give XP needed for next raise
Skills
Skills are specific abilities of player
Skills will be improved with usage
Skill's base value is a formula, for example Melee Defense Base = (Dexterity + Quickness) / 3
Clicking on a skill name will give details and XP needed until next raise
Player Status Bars
In the upper/middle part of screen are 3 bars: GREEN, YELLOW, and BLUE
GREEN is players current Life
YELLOW is players current Stamina
BLUE is players current Mana
The bar will go to the left as your values go down
Click on the bars to toggle the display mode for them
Movement
Use keypad or arrow keys to move single steps
Right click on map for player to "go-to" there
Tactical map is in upper-left
Strategic map is under "Map" in tab MFD
NumLock may need to be on
/GOTO [x], [y]
Fighting
Click on a target in the tactical display
Select "A" button in lower right of screen
Your player will move within range and start attacking
If the target moves out of your view, attacking is cancelled
Move the player or click "A" again to cancel attacking
Critical attack is when an attack is 3 times better then the defend
Clicking "G" will automatically attack anything in range
Death
When your Life reaches 0, you die
When you die, you get a 3% reduction in Vitae (see Vitae section)
You lose half the gold you carry and an item you are carrying
Normally you will auto-resurrect at the last Life Stone you attuned to
If you don't, exit world and re-enter world with the same player
Vitae
Normal vitae is 100%
A player loses 3% of their vitae upon death
Vitae is restored when you earn experience
Vitae only affects skills, not attributes for example: when vitae is 95%, then all skills reduced by 5%
Your players current Vitae is indicated by the "dot" in the upper right corner, just above the MFD tabs
The Vitae Dot will be different colors to indicate varying levels of Vitae
GREEN: 100% or Normal
YELLOW: 95% to 99%
ORANGE: 85% to 94%
RED: less than 85%
Click on Vitae Dot to see exact Vitae in the lower right Text display
Chat
Normal chat is NOT global, NOT all players get the message
Normal chat messages have about 1-2 screen range
TAB key "should" activate it
Type your message
Numeric keypad still controls player
Press ENTER send message
"Menu" tab has option to save chat to "chat.log"
Commands can be preceded by @, /, or \
The follow commands do different chat functions:
@, /, Or \ - alone gives list
/PLAYER or /WHO - Shows all players currently in the world
/KILLS - Shows all players you have killed
/DEATHS - Shows the number of times you have died
/AGE - Shows your age in V-Time
/DOB - Shows when you were born
/TELL [name], [message] or /T [name], [message] - Sends a private message to a player
/RETELL [message] or /RT [message] - Sends a private message to the last person you messaged
/REPLY [message] or /R [message] - Sends a private message back to the last person who messaged you
/IGNORE [name] - Add or remove a player from your ignore list
/IGNORE - View your ignore list
/IGNOREGLOBAL - Stop receiving global messages
/IGNORETELL - Stop receiving private messages
/GLOBAL [message] or /G [message] - Send a message to everyone online
/GUILDCHAT [message] or /Z [message] - Send a message to all your guild members online
Item Use
Left click/drag items to move them
Left double click on map item to view it
Right click on items in inventory to get popup menu
Drag item in your inventory on top another to merge
Right click on items with a quantity, gives "split" option
Double click on a person so see their stats or select them and click on look buttion
Food
Right click on a food item in inventory, select Eat
Players can eat and store up to 250 units of food
About 144 units of food used each V-day, or once per 10 V-minutes
That gives over 3 V-days of going without food
When food is zero, you start to starve losing Stamina then Life
Check the bottom of the "Player" tab for food levels
Magic System
To cast spells you need a wand readied in your hand. Just drag it to the "weapon" slot
Wands each have a power level that magnifies a spells intensity, so a wand of power 2 does 2 times the effect as a wand of power 1
Wands wear out with use and will degrade and eventually break which may cause damage to the caster (repair wands on anvils or use a Mana (for dungeon)
The appropriate skill is need and used to determine the caster ability to successfully cast a spell
The higher a magic skill is the higher level wand they can use successfully
Black Magic is for offensive spells
White Magic is for defensive and healing spells
Red Magic is for Enchantment spells
Blue Magic is for Item spells
Spells do not do critical hits
Runes are the formula for creating and casting spells. You need the right runes, in the right order, in order to cast any specific spell. Each rune has a specific purpose and they are not just random for each spell. For example: the spell Heal Self I use 4 runes (Nal, Oyo, Alq, Yag), the first rune is always the "Target" rune. For this spell, Nal means Self. The others you must figure out your self.
When researching new spells, that is the time to determine the order. During casting the order of runes is not needed. Also, a minimum of skill is needed to learn the spell, so if a combo does not work when you are at a low skill level, it might work at higher skill levels.
When researching new spells you can take a spell that you already know and just switch out the fourth rune for new spells.
/SPELLCOUNT - Shows how many spells there are and their names but not rune combinations
Land Ownership
Land parcels are 20x20 in size
Each player may own 1 land parcel
The following chat commands apply:
/LANDCLAIM - Claims the land as your own
/LANDUNCLAIM - Unclaims the land you own. You must be on the land for it to work
/LANDLIST - Shows all your land parcels that you own
/LANDOWNER - Tells you who owns the land you are on
/LANDGIVE [name] - Transfers ownership of the land to [name]. The receiving player must be online
/LANDRIGHTS [name] - Gives or revokes rights to other. If no name is specified it lists players with rights to the land.
/SURFACE [optional number] - Changes the appearance of a flat tile in your land
Mail
Mail system is designed for simple offline communication, in game
All date/times are in game world units.
Commands:
/MAIL - Lists all mail in your mail box
/MAIL [number] - Lists a single mail
/MAILSEND [name], [message] - Sends mail to a player
/MAILDEL [number] - Deletes the mail number
/MAILDEL * - Deletes all the mail
/MAILNEW - Lists all NEW mail only
Once a NEW mail is listed, it is assumed viewed and it is no longer marked as NEW
Perks
The following are the perks for a player that has them enabled
2 land claims instead of 1
Skill cap of 400 is lifted
Weapons with a rating of or over 120 usable
Armor with AL of or over 15 usable
Wands with power level of or over 2.0 usable
All spells are usable

Posting

Posting is intended for global advertisements or announcements, you are only allowed to have one post at a time, any new post you add, overwrites any older post
/post - Displays all posts
/post - add/modifies your message post
/postdel - deletes your current post
/ignoreposts - toggles ignoring posts

Other

The following are other useful things to know for Rpgwo
/elevation - gives current land height
/up - gets you out if you stuck underground
/password - changes your password
/suicide - kills yourself
/temp - displays your temperature and world temperature
/ignorenotices - ignore player entrances and exits
/rule - displays the world rules
/fixwall - fixs walls that are broken from seiges
/s - talk during a seige
/history - shows how picked locks and killed your tames
/karma - displays your karma value
/ver - displays the rpgwo version and server owner

Borrowed from http://www.projectxonline.net/rpgwo/The_Basics.php?server=0&s=0