Friday, May 6, 2011

Beginners Guide : Weight and You

Every item in Dartmud has a weight. Every character has a strength that dictates how much you can pick up. Depending on that relationship a few different things can happen. You pick it up, you can't pick it up, or you can but it costs you some concentration.

The first and simplest is you pick up an item or items. You type :

get steak  or  get 20 steaks from bin  or  get (floor) steak 


If you have sufficient strength you will pick it up and hold it.You can also type :

heft steak

This will give you an idea of the weight, in relationship to your strength.

If you try to pick up a very heavy item (compared to your strength) you just won't able to do it without some magical help. But you can :

drag item direction


Which will drag an item, if not too heavy, where you want to. This can be useful for moving furniture or corpses.

The last instance is when you move your maximum amount of weight. It will cost you some concentration to do so. Picture a cooking session after you have culled your herd of goats. In front of you is a stack of 200 goat steaks. You can only pick up 50 at a time, so you type :

get (floor) 50 steaks
put steaks in wagon


Ahh, you see your conc drop down to "distracted and off balance". Do this a few more times and your concentration will drop even lower. Keep doing it and you'll pass out! Passing out is bad. (In case you didn't guess) People can molest you in all sorts of nasty ways, thieving, or killing you and you'd have no clue.

As I mentioned above there are some magical ways to increase your strength. Or just find a braman!

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