Character Generation

Generating a new character is the first experience new players have with Nodeka, and a familiar process with anyone who wants to try out something new! This guide walks through the process! If you want a higher-level overview, check out the New Player Guide.

Connecting

Like other MUDS, you can connect to Nodeka in a variety of ways and with a variety of clients: a Linux terminal, telnet, or client, like the one packaged with the NNP. Nodeka is hosted on nodeka.com, ports 23, 6000, 7000, 8000, and 9000–you can use any of those.

Launching the client corresponding to your operating system, UMC will automatically connect to Nodeka on startup. Common connecting commands are: zap and connect. They do what you think they do!

1. zap - this kills the active connection
2. connect - this is used to connect to the MUD. Syntax is "#connect domain.com <port>"

Create

Upon connecting to Nodeka, you'll see some neat artwork and a prompt like this:

[ First time here? Type 'create' below to create a new character ]

[ Type 'create' or enter name ]: 

Since this guide is on creating a new character, you'll type: create to start the process. The first thing is to specify what you want your character to be known by:

[ Name Generation ]:

  You are about to choose a name. Names are how others identify you. The name 
  you choose should be fantasy-based and original. If you pick a name that is 
  not suitable, you will be requested to change it or your character will be 
  deleted.

[ Enter the name you wish others to know you by ]:
[ Hit ENTER or type RANDOM for a random name    ]: 

You can choose your own, or type "random" for a randomly generated one. It won't let you choose a name that already exists, so there's no worry about that. There are also disallowed characters... the error [ Illegal name ]: Names must not contain spaces or non-alphabetic characters. Please choose another name without spaces and all alphabetic characters. In that case, the name "Kar Lott" is invalid, but you can use hyphens and apostrophes, so "Kar-Lott" or "Ka'rlott" are acceptable. Have fun choosing a name, and then move to the next step.

Set Password

Next, you'll set a password. The warning before setting your password is actually good advice:

   Your password must be between 8 to 50 characters. Your password must contain
   a lowercase letter or an uppercase letter, a number and a symbol. Also, you 
   cannot have spaces in your password (space bar char). Please write down your
   password and never give it out to anyone. It's vital that you don't lose
   your password as the Nodeka staff cannot give out lost passwords.

   To prevent character trading/selling passwords can never be changed once 
   set. Please consider this when choosing a password.

⛔️ Disallowed Passwords:

• Password1 - No special character
• password - No uppercase letter(s) or
• password!!!!! - No uppercase letter(s)
• password password1! - No spaces allowed, and no uppercase letter(s)
• pass - Too short, no uppercase letter(s), no special character
• PasswordWordPasswordPWASSWORD!passwordPasswordddddd - Too long, 51 characters

✅ Allowed Passwords:

• Password1!
• Pa$$WORD
• PaSsWo4D!

After you set your password, you'll re-enter it for verification, and then move to the next step.

Choose Gender

Next, you choose your character's gender. You'll see a prompt like this:

[ Gender Selection ]:

   Gender simply denotes the sex of your character. You can be one of three
   gender types:

   [ Male       ]:  referred to as he, him and his
   [ Female     ]:  referred to as she, her, and hers
   [ It/Neutral ]:  referred to as it, its, its, neutral

   Although gender never holds characters back from ascertaining power,
   certain classes and races may be not-male or not-female. An important
   note is that it (neutral) genders suffer no class gender restrictions.
   Thus, an it (neutral) gender can be any class, regardless of if it is
   not-male and/or not-female.

   Gender also reflects how your character is seen.

[ Select Gender (Male, Female or Neutral) ]: 

Restrictions of Note (neutral characters don't suffer the same restrictions):

• Witches must be female
• Ateoli must be male
• Ruanbaeres must be male
• Aylakias must be female

You can be male, female, or neutral–there are certain class-gender restrictions, but it's important to note that neutral players suffer no class restrictions. As for differences in player gender, there are none as it pertains to power level or character growth.

Choose Handedness

It may seem like a minor character detail, but there are actual mechanical implications that are calculated if your player is right-hand dominant, left-hand dominant, or ambidextrous–there are minor benefits and drawbacks for each.

[ Handedness Selection ]:

   Handedness is simply the hand which you are more comfortable using. There
   are three types of handedness from which you can choose:

   [ Left         ]:      the left hand is dominant
   [ Right        ]:      the right hand is dominant
   [ Ambidextrous ]:      no noticable dominant hand

   Handedness has various uses throughout the world of Nodeka. First,
   handedness is used for combat; how well you hit and how hard you hit. Left-
   and right-handed characters naturally hit harder and more accurately with
   their left or right hand, correspondingly. However single-handed folk
   (right and left handers) receive small penalties for using their secondary
   hand. Ambi-dextrous folk receive small bonuses to both hands, but they are
   not nearly as accurate or powerful with either individual hand. While
   ambidextrous characters have the advantage of bonuses to both hands, there
   are certain circumstances which make ambidexterity a strong negative (such
   as critical attack or radical defiance), as the primary hand is used to
   determine the power of the skill. All three choices have advantages and
   disadvantages throughout the Nodekian realm.

[ Select Handedness (Left, Right or Ambi) ]:

Take a look and make a choice: it's yours alone! After choosing, type and enter your choice, and then move to the next step.

Roll Starting Statistics

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Choose Race

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Choose Class

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Review

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Confirm

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Write Description

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Start Playing

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