Topic: quick start
Explanation:
The MUD's webpage is at: http://www.ibiblio.org/TH/ and there is a map of the starting town available at http://www.ibiblio.org/TH/wivernhoe_map.txt. Also, there is a 'map' command that provides an on-the-fly map when you become lost.
To talk to people in the same room, type 'say' (example: say hello). To talk to everyone on the mud, type 'gossip' (example: gossip hello). Free and cheap equipment can be found from where you enter the MUD s-d-s. It is a shop, so type 'list' and 'buy #' (example: buy 13). You do start out wearing some gear, type 'eq', 'inv', and 'attr' to see.
New characters should know where the guilds are. From where you enter the MUD, the newbie mage guild is s-d-w-2s-4e and the warrior guild is s-d-10w-n-2e-n. The thief guild is hidden and the other guilds are easy enough to find once you get started or by asking around.
Coins are scarce to new characters, but you can junk corpses for a penny a pop, sell any found equipment to the shops, and hunt rats and mice to offer them to pest control for a few coins.
Good luck and don't be afraid to ask questions.
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