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

Create character

Name generation

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

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Choose Handedness

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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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