TomeNET

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|      TomeNET Guide      |
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| Latest update: 7. July 2010 - written by C. Blue, http://www.c-blue.de/
| for TomeNET version v4.4.5c - official websites are:
| http://www.tomenet.net/ (main site),
| http://koti.mbnet.fi/mikaelh/tomenet/ and http://www.c-blue.de/rogue.html
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| Welcome to this guide!
| Although I'm trying, I give no guarantee that this guide
| a) contains really every detail/issue about TomeNET and
| b) is all the time 100% accurate on every occasion.
| Don't blame me if something differs or is missing; it shouldn't though.
| Please send in suggestions, criticism or comments to mail@c-blue.de.
| It's recommended to read this guide using a fixed-width font (Courier on
| MS Windows machines) to see proper spacing instead of warped tables.
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| Latest changes of the guide are viewable easily by going directly to CVS:
| http://angband.oook.cz/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/tomenet/TomeNET-Guide.txt?cvsroot=tome
| and clicking on "coloured" in a line saying "Diff to previous <version>".
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Contents
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(0) Quickstart (If you don't like to read much :)
    (0.1)   Start & play
    (0.2)   Command reference & key sets
    (0.3)   Important inscriptions
    (0.3a)  The auto-inscription feature
    (0.4)   Typical slang/abbreviations
    (0.5)   Rumours, missing features, technical warnings (READ!)
(1) Introduction
    (1.1)   What is TomeNET? (Where can I get the latest sources?)
    (1.2)   What is a rogue-like game?
    (1.3)   Where do I find more information about rogue-like games?
    (1.4)   Goal and progress of TomeNET players
    (1.5)   Morgoth and his Nazgul
    (1.6)   How to encounter the final boss: Morgoth, Lord of Darkness
(2) Installation & setup
    (2.1)   Installing TomeNET
    (2.1a)  Installing sound and music packs
    (2.2)   Starting TomeNET and getting to play on an internet server
    (2.3)   Client options
(3) Creating a character & starting to play
    (3.1)   Creating a new character; character modes
    (3.2)   The display (user-interface)
    (3.2a)  The encumberment bar
    (3.3)   Behaviour, chat messages and chat modes
    (3.4)   Start-up equipment & how to use it
    (3.5)   Preparing the first time for fighting enemies
    (3.6)   Creating basic macros & inscribing items (IMPORTANT)
    (3.7)   Creating macros for ranged attacks & abilities (spells)
    (3.7a)  Ability codes [contained within (3.7)]
    (3.7b)  Quick'n'dirty macros
    (3.8)   Example macro sets
    (3.9)   Macros with special keys
    (3.9a)  Creating a chat macro for your party
    (3.9b)  Alternative macros: Calling objects by their name
    (3.10)  Experience, level-ups and skill points
    (3.11)  Death, ghosts and looting
(4) The world
    (4.1)   Running, picking up items, fighting
    (4.2)   Level and owner of items
    (4.3)   Dungeon and tower types, Ironman, Jail
    (4.4)   Terrain
    (4.5)   Towns, shops, the dungeons
    (4.6)   Pits and vaults
    (4.7)   Traps & Trap sets
    (4.8)   Level & vault feelings
    (4.9)   Navigating on maps
    (4.10)  Houses
    (4.11)  Malicious effects players can suffer
    (4.12)  Malicious effects monsters can suffer
    (4.13)  Quests and Events
(5) Item and monster details
    (5.1)   Melee weapons, brands
    (5.2)   Ranged weapons, brands
    (5.2a)  Fire-till-kill mode
    (5.3)   Slaying vs brands
    (5.4)   Martial Arts, brands
    (5.5)   Weight of weapons and armour
    (5.6)   Resistances & caps, Immunities, Susceptibilities
    (5.7)   Qualitative classification of items, identifying & selling items
    (5.8)   Special abilities of items
    (5.9)   What does item xxx do exactly?
    (5.10)  Destruction of items by elemental attacks
    (5.11)  Armour Class vs monster attacks, damage caps
    (5.12)  Monster attack types and brands
    (5.13)  Earthquakes
    (5.14)  Curses
    (5.15)  Vampirism
    (5.16)  Invisibility
    (5.17)  How abilities, resistances and boni stack
    (5.18)  Monster auras
    (5.19)  Experience-draining items
    (5.20)  Runes & Runemastery
(6) Character details
    (6.1)   Attributes
    (6.2)   Skills, opposed skills
    (6.3)   Abilities
    (6.4)   Races
    (6.5)   Classes/Professions, titles, melee blows/round
    (6.5a)  Start-up Blows/Round Table
    (6.6)   Sanity
    (6.7)   Mimic details, polymorph rings
    (6.7a)  Druid form details
    (6.8)   Magic spells and prayers
    (6.9)   Parties, Iron Teams, Guilds
    (6.10)  Magic Device skill/ability details
    (6.11)  Parrying and blocking
    (6.12)  Fighting/shooting techniques
    (6.13)  PvP mode
(7) Tactics & strategy
    (7.1)   Preparing the inventory for diving into the dungeon
    (7.2)   Preparing the equipment for diving into the dungeon
    (7.3)   Surviving critical situations
    (7.4)   Spoiler files
    (7.5)   Skill point distribution
(8) Miscellanous
    (8.1)   'The Art Not To Die'
    (8.2)   Character dumps
    (8.3)   Golem creation
    (8.4)   Artifact creation
    (8.5)   Troubleshooting
(9) End of this guide

(0.1) Start & play                                                              
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If you are using Linux, you will find additional information about how to
compile the game under '(2.1) Installing TomeNET'.

-Get the latest client from the project's main official site www.tomenet.net
 or from  http://koti.mbnet.fi/mikaelh/tomenet/getting-started.php (Mikael's
 site, which features a monster-search, and this nice introduction in pictures)
 and www.c-blue.de/rogue.html (my own site).
 The game client is named something like 'tomenet-???-client.zip', extract it
 to C:\TomeNET for example.
-Either run 'TomeNET-main.bat' to directly connect to official main server
 (recommended), or run TomeNET.exe and choose a server (Enter 85.118.45.235
 to connect to the official main server).
 NOTE: The official main server may appear in the server list as
 "totem.ielf.org" instead of "tomenet.servegame.com". Don't worry about this.

 -Create a character, Half-Troll warrior is good for beginners.
 The server should now allow you to manually choose your stats.
 In case you chose a (Half-Troll) warrior, try this:
  STR 18/30, CON as high as possible, INT as low as possible,
  spare points into DEX, WIS or CHR.
 If you decided to play a paladin make sure you have at least DEX 10.
  In case you can't reach STR 18/30, go for STR 18/20 instead, which should
  give you 2 attacks with a war hammer, your starting weapon. Then increase
  CON and WIS as high as possible, INT as low as possible, spare points (you
  shouldn't have any ;) into CHR. (Paladins use WIS for casting spells.)
  If for some reason you can't even reach STR 18/20, at least go for STR 18/10,
  again DEX not below 10, then right after spawning in town discard the war
  hammer you start with and instead go buy a whip from store '3' (weapon store)
  or '4' (temple). This should give you a solid 2 attacks per round.
 If you decided to create a rogue, ensure that you have at least a STR of 15,
  and a pretty high DEX (the rogue's main stat) of 18/10. This will give you
  3 attacks per round when dual-wielding your light starter weapons.
  Rest goes into CON or INT (rogue's main stat for spell-casting).
 If you made a druid, put couple of points into all, DEX, STR and CON, and keep
  your WIS relatively high since it's important for druidic spell-casting.
 Explanation:
   CON affects your hit points, more CON -> more HP.
   STR (and DEX) determine your number of attacks per round. 18/30 in STR is
   enough to get 3 attacks per round with very light weapons, regardless of
   how you modify your DEX. To get the 3 blows per round (bpr) you'll need to
   sell your heavy sword and buy a light weapon (3.0 lbs or less) like dagger
   or whip. That is more efficient than 1 or 2 bpr with your original sword!
   Later on when your character becomes more powerful you can switch back to
   heavier weaponry.
   Warriors don't really need INT so you should reduce it to spend the points
   on other attributes. WIS isn't really needed either, but it can be useful
   to endure sanity-reducing effects.
 (If you are new to the game, it is NOT recommended to choose one of these:
 Istar, Priest, Shaman, Adventurer.
 Details about how STR and DEX affect startup blows/round are given in (6.5a).)
-Make sure you DO NOT chose 'PvP' mode. It's a restricted special thing that
 has nothing to do with the normal gameplay at all! (See (6.13) for info).
-It's strongly recommended to not choose 'fruit bat' body either :).

 Now you're in the game and should see the town of Bree.

 -To chat, press the colon key ':' . Don't hesitate to ask other players
 if you have any problems with getting started.
 (For details about chat features see (3.3).)
-To run, press SHIFT + <direction key> where direction keys are on
 the number pad 7,8,9, 4,6, 1,2,3. Running often requires that
 Numlock is turned off (press the 'Num' key above your number key pad on the
 right side of your keyboard, so the green light is off).
 If SHIFT+<direction> doesn't work on your system, you can press the dot '.'
 followed by a direction key. (If you use rogue-like keys, see section (0.2)!)
-You can wear/wield your armour/weapons by pressing 'w' and choosing them
 from your inventory which is displayed in the bottom right window.
-You can pick up items if you stand on them and press 'g'.
-You can drop items with 'd' or destroy items with 'k'.
-You can enter stairs down/upwards by standing on them and pressing the
 corresponding key '<' or '>'.
-You can press '?' to get an in-game help about keys and commands.

-Nearby the town there's often a 'training tower' which is a good place
 to start because if you die there nothing will happen except a slight
 loss of experience and gold. Ask people where the dark-green '<' symbol
 (the tower entrance) is found. Usually to the lower-right of the town centre.
-If you die outside of the training tower you will usually turn into a ghost.
 This ghost cant wear any items, so it's a good idea to care about being
 revived. To get revived, either visit the temple in town (it's a green '4')
 or ask another player to read a 'Scroll of Life' while standing next to you.
 While you're a ghost you can freely float up/down by pressing '<' and '>'.
-If you have any journals like 'Guide to Middle Earth' or 'The Gazette' in
 your inventory (bottom right window) you should read those by pressing 'r' to
 read.
-If your character gains a new level it also gains skill points. To distribute
 those, invoke the skill screen with 'G'. (See 3.10, 6.2 and 7.5.)
-If you don't like your character and want to delete it, you may commit
 suicide by pressing SHIFT+q or CTRL+k and double-confirming the following
 questions with 'y' and '@'.
-To drop items, privately chat with other players, or advance beyond a certain
 level you will need an admin to 'validate' your account.
 Usually, all you have to do is to keep playing/stay online for a bit until an
 admin logs in, notices that you are new, and validates your account.
 If that doesn't seem to happen, ask an admin directly, when you see one
 chatting (Admin's names are displayed in dark blue in the chat).
 If the server's intro screen mentions to send an email to an admin, try that
 and specify your account name in it.
-Press '@' key to see a list of players who're currently online. Note that a
 yellow '(I)' before a name stands for 'invalid', and means that this player
 is still awaiting account validation by an admin.
 Also, if a grey '(O)' is in front of a player name, it means that player is
 using an outdated client. It's very important to keep your client up to date!

It is recommended that you continue reading at (3.2) now,
or glance at (7.3) first ;)