Editing Living (section)

= Gaining experience & money =

This is the part which players usually are most interested in. The most effective way of gaining experience and money is killing monsters. Read 'help newbie areas' for directions to places with monsters suitable for beginners. You can attack monsters with the 'kill'-command.  However, it is a VERY good idea to first use the 'consider'-command to get a rough idea about how powerful the monster is. A hint: do NOT try to kill any of the citizens on the streets of Vaerlon.

Killing monsters is easier if you are a member of a party. A party is a group of adventurers who have teamed up so that they move and fight together. The members of the party can place themselves so that strong fighters stand in front taking the hits while mages and priests stand behind them and cast spells. Parties are formed and managed with the 'party'-command.

Some experience can be gained from exploring. The are certain rooms, some of them hidden, which give experience to an adventurer entering them for the first time. Also, Priests of Air gain small amounts of experience when healing other players with healing spells. Then there might also be quests of different kinds in some areas which will give you differing rewards. These you must find yourself, but as a hint: it can be worthwhile to talk to other persons and monsters and not just try to kill them. Use the 'ask'-command to ask about different things. To start with, try typing just 'ask <target>'. This will make you greet the person or monster. If it is at all interested in talking to anyone, it will then usually (but not always) will say something that will give you an idea what more you can ask about.

After killing a monster, try 'get all from corpse' or 'loot' to take the monsters possessions from the corpse. Depending on the monster, it might have some coins on it, and maybe some equipment you can sell in the shops in the city if you don't want to use it yourself.

If the killed monster was a animal, you can 'skin' the corpse to get skins. There is a fur trader in the city who buys skins for a fair price. Skinning is also a "talent" ('help talents'), ie a skill that you are not trained in a guild but from a teacher you will have to find yourself. Hint: try the obvious first.