7.13 Combat initiation commands.
Combat is one of the most important areas of Avalon and although the likes of the pacifist and duellist can opt out part or completely from interplayer conflict, most elect to risk themselves in the challenging battlefield of Avalon life. Those who are noteworthy as fighters are given, as a purely honourary status, the 'true fighter' accolade. See HELP FIGHTERS for a list of those. There is a constantly updated, real combat ranking league table you can view by typing RANKS. This is based on successful kills versus times slain: combat ratio being the raw number of kills vs number of deaths, attack rating being the number of skills vs number of deaths judged by relative skillworth. Attaining a top ten position in both combat ratio and attack rating ranks automatically bestows the 'true fighter' accolade.
Here are some of the useful commands for use in a combat situation:
KILL <thing> - Attacks somebody with your fists. See HELP FISTICUFFS.
JAB <thing> - Attacks somebody with SLASH weapons. See HELP SWORDPLAY.
CUT <thing> - Attacks somebody with CRUSH weapons. See HELP SWORDPLAY.
SHOOT <thing> - Attacks somebody with a BOW and ARROWS.
THROW <item> AT <thing> - Attacks somebody using a THROWN item. See the
Information held in HELP THROWING.
CONCENTRATE - Concentrates only on fights which involve you.
RELAX - Relaxes so that you will see all local combat.
FIGHTBRIEF - Brief fight messages for the large fight.
FIGHTVERBOSE - Fleshy fight messages for the duel.
FVB - Very brief, terse fight messages for heavy fighting.
ENTOURAGE OFF - To disable entourage following messages.
ENTOURAGE ON - To enable entourage following messages.
Remember that both SHOOT and THROW can be done from long distance, providing you are near enough to see your opponent using either LOOK or SQUINT. To use distances you place the direction to shoot or throw at the end. So "SHOOT PANAIDEOS NORTH" would be typ ed by somebody attempting to shoot you from the south.
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