Combat is one of the basic activities of mudding, though not the only one. First, some monsters will attack you, and you will want to defend yourself. Second, if you kill a monster, you can take any items or treasure it has. Third, fighting will improve your skills, and then you will be a better fighter in the future. When you first start out here, you will be weak and frail, until you start to improve your skills. Your chances of defeating an opponent (player-character or non-player-character) depend on a couple of things: your skills and your weapon/armour. Also note that if you do too much player-killing, you might soon find yourself back from level 1, there should be enough monsters for everyone to kill. You will want, before entering combat, to type 'wield <weapon>', 'wear <armors>', if you can find, buy, or beg some armors or weapons to use. This is very important, because if you do not have armor or weapons to use, you will not hit the opponent with anything but your fists (if you have skill in that) and you will not be protected from their hits on you. You can attack a monster by typing "kill <monster>". You may also find monsters attacking you. You can also start combat by casting an attack spell or using an attack skill on the monster. Monsters might also attack you if you attacked them in the past. Here is a short example of a battle with an orc as your opponent: You are wielding an axe, and it is wielding a short sword. > kill orc You attack Orc. You slash Orc with your axe in the chest. He coughs suddenly, blood spilling from his mouth. You stumble and lose your attack. Orc slices you with his sword, scraping small wounds into your back. hp: 1191 (1215) sp: 260 (260) fp: 99 (100) You cut Orc with your axe in the chest. He coughs suddenly, blood spilling from his mouth. You slash Orc with your axe, splintering bones and puncturing flesh. Orc slashes you with his sword, scraping small wounds into your back. hp: 1167 (1215) sp: 260 (260) fp: 98 (100) You tear Orc with your axe, sending him crashing to the ground in a crumpled heap. Orc removes a sturdy short sword (1h). Orc moans in pain as a rapture in his internal organs cause malfunction. > get all from corpse You take a sturdy short sword (1h) and about seventy-five gold coins from the lump of orc. After the battle has ended, examine the corpse immediately, you may find your opponent is holding something that you desire, such as gold, weapons or armour. See also the help on: kill, wield, wear, skills, spells.
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