Communication

DarkWind is a social game. Most help, trading, parties, guild support, and rescue work begins by talking to someone.

Basic Speech

Command	Use
`say <message>`	Speak to people in the same room
`' <message>`	Short form of `say`
`tell <player> <message>`	Send a private message
`reply <message>`	Reply to the last tell
`replyto <player>`	Set who `reply` targets
`whisper <player> <message>`	Whisper in the same room
`shout <message>`	Speak over a public line
`converse`	Enter a conversation mode

Newbie Channel

New players can use the newbie channel to ask questions.

Command	Use
`newbie <message>`	Speak on the newbie channel
`enewbie <message>`	Emote on the newbie channel
`tune newbie off`	Stop listening to newbie
`tune newbie on`	Listen to newbie again

The newbie channel is for new-player help. Levels 6 through 20 appear with a (Newer) tag; more experienced players appear as (Helper). Broader gameplay discussion belongs on game; off-topic social chat belongs on gossip.

Channels

Channels connect players across the world. Guilds, clans, parties, and special groups have their own lines.

Command	Use
`game <message>`	Discuss Darkwind gameplay, builds, areas, mechanics, and events
`egame <message>`	Emote on the game channel
`game :<emote>`	Use a channel soul emote on game
`gamehist [lines]`	Read recent game-channel history
`gossip <message>`	Off-topic social chat
`egossip <message>`	Emote on gossip
`gossiphist [lines]`	Read recent gossip history

Common channel patterns:

<channel> <message> to speak
e<channel> <message> to emote
<channel>hist to read recent history where available
tune <channel> off to stop hearing a channel
tune <channel> on to hear it again

Conversation Mode

converse keeps you in conversation mode until you type **.

This is useful for longer room conversations where repeatedly typing say gets annoying.

Mail

Mudmail is useful when the other player is offline.

Command	Use
`mail`	Open your mail reader
`checkmail`	Check for new mail
`readmail`	Enter the mail system
`closemail`	Close your mail reader
`mail <player>`	Send mail when your reader is loaded

Inside the mail prompt, ? shows available mail commands.

Language

Some characters speak languages other than yours. If your speech is not understood, use:

set language common

Useful language and social commands:

Command	Use
`set language <language>`	Change spoken language
`say in <language> <message>`	Speak in a known language
`rsay <message>`	Speak in your racial language
`csay <message>`	Speak in common
`ignore <player>`	Ignore a player
`ignore list`	Show ignored players
`unignore <player>`	Stop ignoring a player
`virginears`	Toggle profanity filtering
`away <message>`	Mark yourself away where available

Emotes And Feelings

Emotes are nonspoken social actions.

Command	Use
`feelings`	List standard feelings
`feelings <prefix>`	List feelings beginning with a prefix
`feelings guild [<guild>] [<prefix>]`	List accessible guild feelings
`semote <feeling>`	Preview an emote
`emotelist`	List emotes where available
`emoteapropos <text>`	Search emotes where available
`emoteapropos guild [<guild>] <text>`	Search accessible guild emotes
`random [<player>]`	Invoke a random available global or guild emote

Guild emotes use the normal targeting and perspective system but can only be invoked by active members of their guild. Guild channel commands that support colon emotes can use them directly, such as samchat :<emote>. Leaving a guild or deactivating its abilities immediately removes access to its emotes.

Ask questions early
Use tells for direct help
Keep quest spoilers off public channels
Use party, clan, and guild channels for group coordination
Report bugs instead of arguing about them on public lines
Respect ignore; do not work around it with another channel or character

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