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What is RoA?

Realms of Aurealis is a Multi-User Dimension (MUD) based on DikuMUD and CircleMUD 2.2. It has a touch of LpMUD influence in it as well as we take ideas from every style of MUD and implement our own unique version. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what exactly a MUD is, you may want to check out the CircleMUD home page for a more in depth description of MUDs in general.

Features

Though RoA is based on a variety of MUDs, the game has evolved over the past 2+ years into its own derivative. (Yes, we still extend FULL credit to the creators of DikuMUD and CircleMUD.) Below is a general list of some of the features you will find while journeying throughout the Realms:

• A completely original Mythos written specifically for RoA by the builders of RoA.
• Some of the best builders found anywhere on the net provide well written and planned out areas using the single best Online Creation System a MUD has ever seen. (RoAOLCv2.0)
• An experienced, friendly Immortal staff. More than half the staff has been with RoA for well over 18 months.
• A world consisting of roughly 7 hometowns, 12 donation areas and over 10,000 human-written 'rooms', not your 50 million room computer generated forests.
• Multiple classes ranging from Warriors to Bard's, including a completely OLCable Warlock class.
• Multiple races ranging from Drow to Pixie, with native dialects such as Zhaunil and Allari. Each race has peculiar characteristics, such as a drow mage who fights better while cloaked in darkness and orcs who fight better in packs.
• Clans, both Role Played (RPCs) and Non-Role Played (NRPCs), which have clan specific objects and clan 'headquarters'. (Soon to have clan donation areas per clan.)
• Quests (usually at least 1 per week). For RPCs, clan specific quests with much more emphasis on Role Playing.
• Assassin option for those who wish to participate in PlayerKilling activities. In this sense, RoA is both a PK MUD as well as a Non-PK MUD. You have the choice...
• RP or Non-RP choice. Role Playing is encouraged, but not enforced by any means. However, there are certain intrinsic rewards for Role Playing in some situations.
• Enhanced environment code, such as snow that accumulates and toughens your travel or having a stone sink to the bottom of a river if you drop it. Zone specific weather includes thunderstorms and blizzards, all of which is based on builder determined climate statistics.
• Player housing. Edit your house yourself using a limited version of RoAOLC. Add on to your house all you want and edit those new rooms as well. Housing locations need only be located in the vicinity of a hometown which you can normally settle in. Objects save in your house as well and you have the option of starting the game in your house. Only certain guests which you invite will be allowed into your house.
• Arena style combat code. Battle other players or participate in special quests in any zone designated as an Arena zone. In such a contest, there is no risk of losing experience or equipment and these Arenas can be held in multiple zones... or even MUDwide.
• Nearly 5000 different objects, some of which deteriorate and need repair, some which teleport you, some of which form gateways, some of which cast spells while you fight, and many others.
• Over 3100 mobiles ranging from Spirits of Kylngoth to the infamous Kiltrin Matranians. RoA has its own completely original mob scripting language which is completely OLCable to allow mobs to get ever closer to acting intelligently (intelligence IS relative :).
• Full color support as well as VT100 status bar support. Customize a pseudo-graphical representation of your player's statistics on a menu bar at the bottom of the screen which updates every round of combat (14.4+ connections only).
• Stability. RoA has common uptimes of roughly 7 days. Reboots are normally because of code additions and enhancements.

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