Beginners Guide : Score

Below is a display you'll see often. Type score, or sc for short, and it will appear.


You are Player the human.  You are a youthful human.
Your soul's age is: 30 years, 11 months by the Common Reckoning
You are slightly hungry, and not thirsty.
Encumbrance: Wow, you can carry a lot!
Concentration: You're distracted and off balance.
Movement: Who needs a teleport spell?
Your aura appears to be yellow.


Wow! What's going on here?

You are Player the human.  You are a youthful human.


This is your name (Surprise!) and your race. Next is your age. This can be very important as some races are shortlived and as you age you will find your strength lacking among other unsavory events. Including dying of old age! But don't fret! There are ways to prevent such a death but you must seek them out.

Your soul's age is: 30 years, 11 months by the Common Reckoning


This line is useful for comparing with other people but that's about it. If you have certain magical items, amulets, you can potentially get a new body if you die. So your soul remains the same but the body may change.

You are slightly hungry, and not thirsty.


Very important! Food and water! Forgot to eat or drink an you will die. Food is most readily available, but beware you don't drink sea water. Just like in the real world there will be some bad consequences. If you travel out into the wilderness it is handy to take some along with you...

Encumbrance: Wow, you can carry a lot!


Depending on your race you may be able to carry a ton, or hardly a few ounces! As you pick up more items, you will see this drop. Hit a certain point and you can't pick up anything more at all. Very useful!

Concentration: You're distracted and off balance.


This is probably the most important thing you see here. Concentration covers almost every task in the game. Do something and you will lose some concentration, try to do it again and your chance of success is lower. Read that line again, it's really important! At a certain point you will fall unconscious. Wait a few seconds, or longer depending, and your concentration will return. You will hear this referred to as "conc".

Here's the listing :


You're distracted and off balance. 
You're quite distracted.
You're off balance.
You're somewhat distracted.
You're a bit off balance.
You're bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.


It can get worse than "You're distracted and off balance." but that is good enough of a list for now.


Movement: Who needs a teleport spell?


Later in life you'll move through the wilderness. Depending on the terrain you will lose movement, and eventually get stuck. Certain skills, like Hiking, will help mitigate this. But try to run through the mountains and you may find yourself stuck with a Roc, Owlbear, or other nasty, hungry, critter. The good news is you learn these skills pretty easily. 


Your aura appears to be yellow.


If you know magic you will have this line. A later post will go into more depth here.

Another useful command is stat, or show health. This will show the condition of all of your limbs and your overall health.