Iberia MUD

COMBAT

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Help for combat

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Combat is one of the features of gameplay on Iberia. Depending on your character's allegiance, you may want to kill Rome's minions who threaten Iberia's inhabitants, or you may choose to slaughter innocent town inhabitants for the glory of Rome instead. Or you may want to follow a gladiatorial way of living. Or you can just kill everyone you want for their gold - it is all up to you!

For the most part, combat on Iberia is automated: once it is initiated, you will continue fighting until one of the combatants dies or flees. The automated combat is turn-based; in each turn, each combatant attempts to hit one of their opponents, and a message is given on whether they hit (and how strong) or miss. The delay between turns is roughly two seconds. No actual numbers are printed during the duration of combat; we have chosen that to allow for more immersive display of combat rather than reduce it to pure dice rolling.

While the automated combat may sound boring, do not think it is so simple. There are a lot of commands available to you that can be used during combat to give you an advantage. Furthermore, the equipment you use, be it weapons or armours, can greatly change combat experience.

To learn more about combat, you should also check:

'help fighting' - A detailed guide on how to fight for new players.

'help wimpy' - Allows you to automatically flee combat on low HP.

'help consider' - For you to check how strong your opponent is.

'help shape' - How to check the general condition of a living being.

'help kill' - How to start a combat.

'help stop' - How to stop a combat with a given character.

'help protect' - To protect a PC or NPC.

'help unprotect' - To stop protecting a PC or NPC.

'help critical_hits' - The most powerful (and rare) hits there are.

'help death' - What happens if you lose a combat.

'help aim' - How to aim your attacking blows to opponent's body areas.

'help dodge' - How to protect a given body area from opponent's blows.

'help style' - To set your style of fighting.

'help berserk' - To enter in berserk state.

'help combat_skills' - Information about skills related to combat.

'help briefcombat' - How eliminate spam during combat (misses).

'help gladiatorial_combat' - Explains how gladiatorial combats works.

'help bet' - Bet in a gladiator during a gladiatorial combat.

'help register' - Register your name to fight in a gladiatorial combat.

'help roster' - To check the list of gladiators and their combat styles (and other related info).