From Elendor
The following commands will help you move around the game:
Command Description
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go walk through an exit
look repeat the room description, contents list, and exit list
+ooc jump to the OOC Complex
+ic return to Middle-earth from the OOC Complex
home jump to your home in Middle-earth
quit disconnect from the game
Whenever you enter a room, you will see the room's name followed by the room
description. If there is anything in the room (besides you), then below the
room description you will usually see the word "Contents:" followed by a
list of what is there. Finally, you should see the words "Obvious exits:"
followed by a list of the directions you can go. You can repeat all this
information at any time by typing "look". You can also get a more detailed
description of any object or exit by typing "look <objectname>" or "look
<exitname>". (E.g. "look north").
When you decide that you want to move to another room, you can go through
any of the exits by typing "go <exitname>". (E.g. "go north"). There are a
number of ways to abbreviate that command. First of all, the word "go" is
unnecessary. You can just type the exit name to go through the exit. (E.g.
"north" instead of "go north"). Secondly, you usually don't have to type
out the entire name of the exit. Exit names will have certain letters cap-
italized. Any exit's name can be abbreviated by typing only those letters.
For example, you might see:
Obvious exits:
Hall of the Guard
Winding Staircase
Main Gate
In this case you could go to the "Hall of the Guard" by typing "go hg" or
just "hg". Similarly, you could go through the other exits by typing "ws"
or "mg" respectively.
When you first leave the character creation sequence, you will be deposited
in a room called the "Recruiting Room" which is part of a place called the
"OOC Complex". OOC stands for Out-Of-Character. That means that nobody is
roleplaying when they are in the OOC Complex. It is a collection of rooms
for other activities like getting information and adjusting your character.
You can move around the rooms of the OOC Complex using the commands desc-
ribed earlier. When you decide that you'd like to leave the OOC Complex and
enter Middle-earth (the game-playing world), then you type "+ic". (IC stands
for In-Character.) You can return to the OOC Complex at any time by typing
"+ooc". You can also return to the spot at which you entered Middle-earth by
typing "home".
The last command in the list, "quit" is for disconnecting from the game
entirely.
Type "help <command>" for more extensive help on any command in the list.
Type "help intro" to return to the main list of quick-start topics.