getting started detail (Getting Started)

The basics. Every command has its own help: help <command>.

            # subtopics

            ## Your character

            After logging in you're out of character. charcreate makes your
            character (one per account) and ic takes you into the game; ooc
            takes you back out, and quit logs off. sheet shows your character,
            skills your skills.

            ## Moving

            Walk through exits by name (north or n). Every room has a grid of
            cells: map shows it, move <cell> walks there (move b2), and
            approach <thing or person> takes you next to them. To pick something up
            you have to be next to it.

            ## Roundtime

            Actions (moving, getting things, fighting) take a few seconds of roundtime.
            What you type meanwhile waits in a queue and runs in order: queue shows
            it, stop empties it. Looking, talking and out-of-character commands run at
            once.

            ## Roleplay

            Strangers see your short description, not your name: set it with
            sdesc <description>, and recog <person> as <name> remembers someone.
            Talk and act with say, whisper, emote and pose; speak
            <language> picks the language you speak.

            ## Fighting

            draw <weapon>, then attack <person>. With a gun, aim first for a
            better shot and reload when it runs dry. Next to cover, cover makes
            you harder to shoot; overwatch fires at the first enemy who moves in your
            sight; parry readies a melee weapon to block. wear armor before the
            fight. In a fight you can only leave from the cell an exit is on.

            ## Getting hurt

            At 0 health you're down and bleeding out. Someone next to you with a trauma
            kit can stabilize you; a medkit (treat) restores health and can ease
            a wound. sheet shows your health and wounds. While down you can still talk
            and crawl a cell at a time.

            ## Money

            money shows your cash chips and, if your legal status allows one, your
            registry account. In the Test Market, approach a shopkeeper, then list,
            buy, sell, value and haggle; the kiosk takes deposit and
            withdraw. Chips can be stolen (pickpocket), and they stay on your body
            if you die.

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