Host Address: rock.darktech.org
Port: 4000

If you've arrived here without knowledge of what Monolith is, please click here for an introduction and explaination as to what Monolith is.

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Thank you for playing Monolith: The Ressurection.

Monolith is ran by Kelley Price (Ahbeyra) as a hobby. This game generates no income for him and therefor his time available to work on it is limitted by his paying-job. Monolith is based on the game Rock][: Crashed Plane, all content used in Monolith that originated from Rock][ has been granted by Delta Engineering for the use of Monolith.

If you need any more information for Monolith please feel free to either check the help section or log-into Monolith and ask around for it.

• Completely original Maps, items and npcs
• Original Round-Based Combat system
• 5 Original Character-Races to choose from
• Full Ansi-Color support (for tel-net clients that support it)
• Original Combat/Level system
• Skill-less/Level-less Item system
• Extremely Newbie friendly
• Very helpful and understanding admins

Rule	Punishment for breaking rule
1)  No Harassment	1st offense - Temporary ban  2nd offense - Character deletion
2)  No Discrimination	1st offense - Temporary ban 2nd offense - Character deletion
3)  No Being Bastardly	Temporary ban
4)  No Advertising other MUDs	Temporary ban
5)  Profanity is tolerated to a degree	1st offense -Temporary ban 2nd offense - Longer temporary ban each offense
6)  No Annoying Admins - For any reason!	Put it this way, you don't want to know...
7)  Be Helpful to Newbies	none really, it is just encouraged
8)  No Spamming on Public Channels	Temporary ban
9)  No Multi-playing	Temporary ban

Thank you for you cooperation
-Ahbeyra and staff

-Kelley Cousin

Be sure to read the rules before you play for the first time.

The online client - The best way to play, WITH color!

Your computers default telnet client - Not recommended

Enjoy!

Nights of Chaos - The unlimited turns, anything goes, all hell breaks loose version of Monolith.

Ahbeyra / KhellendrosThis is the 'big-cheese' the 'head-hancho' the.. o darn. He's the guy in charge. He's taken the original SMAUG code-base and altered it so much it's not ANYTHING like smaug anymore. He's the one you should thank for Monolith's existance.

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SlayerdlThe man of many talents. He contributes to Monolith by adding new items, areas, NPCs and generally makes stuff for Monolith's expansion. If you see a typo in a room-description, it's all his fault!

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KelemorMuch like Slayerdl Kelemor does various things. He's the most social of the immortals when it comes to the players and is generally helpful with questions regarding game-play.

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GinaGina just kinda keeps an eye on things, makes sure that no one is being to rude over public-channels and makes sure that no one is found herrassing other players or just generally being against the general Nature of Monolith players.

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IshanLike Gina Ishan is a Moderator, he watches over Monolith to make sure that everyone is playing nicely and that no one is breaking any rules.

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• Creating a Character
• Game Screens
• Common Terms
• Commands
• Maps
• General Advice

The first step in creating a character is all in your mind, we recommend that you first decide on the type of character you wish to have in the game.. An adventurous strong character, agile but weak, smart but weak... these are all questions that you'll need to ask yourself if you want to create the most effective character for your playing style.

If you have previous RolePlay experience then your Character Creation should be rather simple as you know what you want..

Another thinking-step is your name and password. Creating a name isn't the hardest thing in the world but Monolith does have some rules when it comes to choosing a name...

• No Referencing in-game objects (NPCs, Items, Area...)
• No Profanity or Obscene names, not even that imply profanity
• Keep it related, don't just choose a random name, make sure it's atleast pronouncable.

Beyond that you'll need to choose a race for your character. The race of your character will judge how it gains experience, and what stats are easier to raise than others..

It is possible to make a Strong Wrak, and a Smart Arnovore, but it's alot easier to know ahead of time your desires from your character so your race fits it.

Here is a list of the races and some important information.

• Arnovore - Good warriors/strength, have the highest Physical to Mental exp-ratio of all the races. They gain mental-exp slower than physical exp and thier physical stats are easier to raise than thier mental stats.
• Dasosky - Good Paladin/some magic, have a slight edge on Physical exp over mental, they raise physical stats slightly faster, but also have the needed stats for spell-casting and magical powers.
• Ethalid - Good Rogue/Healer, have a slight edge on Mental exp over physical, they raise mental stats slightly faster than mental, but also have the physical stats needed to fight well with conventional weaponry.
• Volaem - Well-Rounded/General, Have an even Mental to Physical exp-ratio. They are the race to choose if your uncertain or worried you may change your mind. In the long-game they race faster than most races, but in lower-levels they are more challenging.
• Wrak - Good Mages/Spellcasters, have the highest Mental to Physical exp-ratio of all the races. They gain mental exp faster than physical exp and thier mental stats are faster to raise than thier physical stats.

• Stat screen (typing 'stat')
• Raise screen (typing 'raise')
• Equipement screen (typing 'eq')
• Who screen (typing 'who')
• Room screen (enter/leave/ typing 'l')
• Whois screen (typing 'whois *')

Name:  Clucky
Level: 535    Armor Class: 0     Age:  924
Hit points:  8/8    Mana:   36/36   Turns:  7000/7000
 Exp: 1742939 physical / 152348 mental     Inventory: 21/10000000
Str: 1018   Kno: 303    Cha: 385    Agi: 692   Maj: 398    Def: 420

KNO                         MAJ                     DEF
   306  Mech     [KMEC]   400  Offensive [MOFF] * 451  Physical [DPHY]
   300  Social   [KSOC]   499  Defensive [MDEF] * 444  Energy   [DENE]
   306  Medical  [KMED]   347  Elemental [MELE]   365  Mental   [DMEN]
   300  Combat   [KCOM]   346  Mental    [MMEN]
CHA                           AGI                STR
 * 471  Appear   [CAPP] * 694  Upper [AUPP] * 1060 Upper [SUPP]
   300  Attitude [CATT]   691  Lower [ALOW] * 976  Lower [SLOW]

<worn about waist>  Tigers tail belt
<wielded>           shortsword

 535 Civilian   Clucky is immortal.

A Well Travelled Path, Through the Azral Village
The path leads through the Azral Village. Dozens of small white-wood huts line
the sides of the path. Not a sound can be heard, perhaps the Azral have noticed
your presense. Judging by the countless stares, you get the feeling your not
welcome here.
Exits: north east south.
Characters in room: 
Azral Soldier

'Clucky is immortal.'
 She is a female level 535 NPC Civilian, 924 years of age.
 She is a non-deadly player.
 Clucky's personal bio:
With a little cluck, anything is possible.

word	description
EXP	Experience, there is Mental EXP and Physical EXP in Monolith.
Nexus	Common meeting place for Monolith players. This is the location you appear when you die and also the room you start in when you FIRST log into Monolith.
Str	Strength of your character, type 'stat' to view it's current value. STR is made up of the 2 sub-stats SUPP and SLOW
Mag	Magic of your character, type 'stat' to view it's current value. MAG is made up of the 4 sub-stats MOFF, MDEF, MELE and MMEN
AGI	Agility of your character, type 'stat' to view it's current value. AGI is made up of the 2 sub-stats ALOW and AUPP
DEF	Defence of your character, type 'stat' to view it's current value. AGI is made up of the 3 sub-stats DPHY, DENE and DMEN
CHA	Charisma of your character, type 'stat' to view it's current value. CHA is made up of the 2 sub-stats CATT and CAPP
KNO	Knowledge of your character, type 'stat' to view it's current value. KNO is made up of the 4 sub-stats KMEC, KSOC, KMED and KCOM
spawn/respawn	Spawn is when an NPC is created and able to be attacked/interacted with, re-spawning is when it comes back.
NPC / MOB	A creature/living being in the game thats not controlled by a human. NPCs vary in thier interaction, the most common form is being able to be killed to get EXP
LC / Deadlink	A player who has logged on and got disconnected without leaving the game, they cannot interact and cannot be interacted with.
Area	A general zone in which your currently in, Nexus is an area, Cluckies isn't an area, it's a room.
LVL	Level of what ever it's referencing - "Whats the Dillfrog's lvl?"
CR	Corpse Retrieval, when you die you have 15 minutes to get back to your corpse before it, and all your items are gone for-ever. Sometimes it's impossible to make it back to your corpse and asking for a CR may get a responce from a player to help you get back to your corpse.
camp	Staying in 1 room and killing the same NPC over and over is considered camping, it's the most effective way of gaining experience, but it's the least fun. This is a game, have fun!

Place your mouse over the command you want information on and a pop-up with the information will appear.

• raise
• shout
• stat
• who
• look
• attack
• rest
• wear
• wield
• remove
• get
• drop
• exit
• tell
• say
• go
• n,e,s,w,u,d,ne,se,nw,sw

Nexus	Cluckies/Players Area
Hill	Varmoth - Lone Black Mtn.

• NEVER give out your password unless your ready to lose that character. You can trust friends, but you can't trust text.
• Understand that offline the immortals are as human as you and have limited time to spend on Monolith. Don't be grumpy at them without good reasoning.
• Letting someone 'borrow' or 'use' and item can lead to the loss of it completely, immortals WILL NOT replace items, no matter what.
• Shouting costs 15 turns, thats 2-rounds of attacks. Think of the EXP you can gain instead of shouting, try tells or saying something.
• Everyone is different, just because they like high strength and you like well-rounded isn't a reason to not be friends with them
• Help newbies when you can, they are the future of this game and in the same position as you USED to be so keep in mind they are wanting to help Monolith grow as much as you are
• If someone wishes to buy an item from you use the 'auction' command, giving them the item doesn't promise they will pay you what they owe, same in reverse.
• Experiment with items/weapons instead of trusting other people, some people will tell you 1 item is no good so you'll lower your selling price for them to snatch it
• Give everyone respect until they prove themselves not worthy, never just dislike someone just for fun, this is a game, hatred is no fun for anyone.
• If you have a personal problem with a player please use tells to discuss a solution and not shouts, this helps everyone and the games lag
• If you need help, ask players before anyone else. Immortals don't even play the game, so players should be more helpful anyway.
• Never take anyones word that they are an admin until they can either prove it or are listed in the admins section of this web-site. Asking 'admins' to voice you to prove it is a good way to see the truth.
• Be friendly, if your an anti-social character and need help, people may not know you enough to want to help you. Talking is encouraged as it builds comrodery and teamwork

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