HelpPlayer General • Newbie

When you first enter ShadowMUD, you will find yourself in a city called 
Kieron. This city caters to adventurers, and has a bank (two south), several 
information boards (two north and west), shops, restaurants (west, then south),  
and five different class halls centered around the town square. The old man in 
town square offers a lot of information, simple <ask old man about topics> 
to see what you can question him about. 
 
The newbie store is north and west of the kieron square. The newbie store will  
offer free equipment and sells newbie potions that have different 
effects. 
 
Along with the newbie school is also the entrance to the newbie school that will 
help teach you the basics of the game, in any room you can use <hint> 
if you get stuck in the school to see if there are hints to move on. At any point 
you may use the <rescue> command to leave the school and return 
later to complete it. 
 
These class halls are where you should go next, for you must choose a class 
to associate with before you can venture out of Kieron. There are five classes 
    Mage 
    Fighter 
    Cleric 
    Monk 
    Rogue 
 
Each class has a help file associated with it (type <help> to see them) and 
each file will tell you a little about that class. Choose your class, be sure 
to stop by the newbie shop (north of the square) to get yourself outfitted as  
well as newbie school to help teach you the basics, and then it is off too explore! 
 
Some help topics you might want to try: 
    consider, *player commands, smfaq 
 
Quickfaq command will at any time list common commands and useful help topics. 
 
If you get lost while exploring and adventuring as a newbie you can <rescue> 
at most locations and be returned to the Kieron town square. 
 
One final note, if you ever need help you can ask on the newbie line, all 
newbies and players level 20 and higher have access to answer questions if they 
are around.

HelpPlayer General • Newbie