6.1 The importance of roleplay for your character.

Your standing among your contemporaries is, for most people, very important. Since it is you who decides what your character says and does, all relationships which you strike up with other players will be real and continuous. Hence deciding upon a role is one of your most important decisions. It would not be possible, for instance, to form lasting relationships with folk dedicated to protecting life if your immediate aim was to rape and pillage. Try, as often as possible, to stick to your chosen role. Ensure that decisions your character makes are consistent with its role.

One of the most beautiful things about Avalon is that all start equal, and anything is possible. There is no reason why you should not rise to be the greatest Knight in the land, or the mightiest Enchanter. The following sections describe in detail the aids Avalon provides for fulfilling whatever role you have chosen for your character. Avalon charts your physical progression through skills, experience levels, status and feelings of other civilisations towards you.

While role-playing your character, two commands of use to you will be FRIENDLY and HOSTILE. Typing HOSTILE will put your character in hostile mode. It was make your actions as secret and 'distanced' as possible, for instance, when you are following, Avalon will assume you are stalking them and will not show your name when they type GROUPSTATUS. Likewise if you are followed into the skies, being in hostile mode will avoid leading/keeping safe non-flyers and thus if you take them up high - going HOSTILE will effectively let them fall to the ground. Typing FRIENDLY will revert to being open with everybody.