History VideoGame / DiscworldMUD

* StandardStatusEffects: Fear, poison, paralysis, blindness, and rarely, turned into a frog.

* OlympicSwimmer: Unless you’re too heavy and sink -- otherwise, you can swim and stay afloat forever. Assuming you know your directions, you can swim across an ocean.
* OneHitPolykill: A certain wizard spell, although it’s dangerous because if it backfires, it’ll hit the caster and is usually lethal.
* OneSizeFitsAll: All clothes fit everybody. The game doesn't distinguish sizes.

''[[http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/index.html Discworld MUD]]'' is a free-to-play MultiUserDungeon launched in the early 1990’s, based on Terry Pratchett’s ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series. It’s possible to meet many characters and travel to the areas seen in the books. So far, the MUD seems to take place during the events of Discworld/NightWatch or Discworld/TheTruth, but it’s hard to tell. New features are constantly added to the game.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: A few quests.
* AnEntrepreneurIsYou: Player-run shops.

* BareFistedMonk: Those who decide to fight unarmed.

* CanCrushingCranium: The player can do this to Roo Beer cans.

* ChurchMilitant: Many priests.
* CloudCuckoolander: The NPC Sokkard.

* {{Cooldown}}: The “berserk” command for warriors.

* DiminishingReturnsForBalance

* DualWielding: [[CaptainObvious You have two hands.]] Each can hold a weapon, if the weapon is light enough.
** Those willing to use AwesomeButImpractical magic can gain an extra arm and triple wield.

* EasingIntoTheAdventure: Pumpkin Town.
* EasyExp: Some achievements and quests.

* ExperiencePoints
* FanVerse

* HitPoints
* HPToOne: Getting heavied in Ankh-Morpork.

* InGameNovel

* ItemCrafting
* LastLousyPoint

Languages are an even harder grind; after initial lessons from NPC teachers, they can only be raised a level at a time through the task master system. This generally involves spending months constanting reading and lounging around [=NPCs=] that speak the language you're trying to learn.

* LoveableSexManiac: (Thieves), sometimes.

* ManaBurn
* ManaMeter: Guild points.

* OlympicSwimmer: Unless you’re too heavy and sink.

* OneSizeFitsAll
* OrganDrops: Well, they have to be cut out, but there are many available body parts that every corpse offers.

* {{Plunder}}

* PowerUp

* PunnyName: Several [=NPCs=] and players; Tique is fond of making different puns with his last name. There's a category in the [[http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/secure/osrics/index.html Osrics]] for best name, where the top names are mostly puns.

* SchmuckBait: There are signs that warn players not to do certain things, and the game teaches you early on that it’s a good idea to heed them. Some players don’t.

* StanceSystem: Combat tactics.

* StatusBuff: Berserking.

* TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX: A quest in Genua involves a parody of this.

* WalletOfHolding: Dangerous to have, though; there are a few ways to lose your money.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://disc-wiki.confusedherring.com/wiki/Main_Page Here.]]

* LevelGrinding: The MUD has a complex skill system involving hundreds of skills divided into eight skill trees - fighting, covert, magic, faith, crafts, people, adventuring, and languages. Most actions are checked against one or more skills from the appropriate trees. There's also a [[http://disc-wiki.confusedherring.com/wiki/Taskmaster task master system]] that occasionally rewards players with a free level in a skill being checked against. However, these are fairly rare occurrences and for actions with multiple skill checks you can't choose which skill gets increased, so the best way to advance a skill is to throw millions and millions of experience points at it. \\

* DangerouslyCloseShave: There is an NPC in Ohulan-Cutash who is a ShoutOut to SweeneyTodd who even warns you beforehand that he'll slit your throat when you get a shave from him. But hey, dying this way gets you an achievement and a percentage of another achievement ''and'' [[ImAHumanitarian creates pies that]] [[IAteWhat taste like you]].

* PlayerVersusPlayer: Players can choose to apply to be playerkillers. Assassins, after passing their specialisation-relevant test, automatically become [=PKs=].

* {{Badass}}: High-leveled players.

* ImpossibleThief: The command "filch" allows thieves to steal clothing off another character, even hidden/unseen objects like underwear.

* OrganDrops: Well, they have to be cut out, but there are many available body parts that [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything every]] corpse offers.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything

The player starts as an Adventurer and can choose to join one of six player-run[[note]]except for warriors[[/note]] guilds: Assassins, Priests, Thieves, Warriors, Witches, and Wizards. Each guild has a number of specialisations and different primaries. Or the player can [[SelfImposedChallenge stay an adventurer]].
And there’s much more to that.

The player starts as an Adventurer and can choose to join one of six player-run[[hottip:* :except for warriors]] guilds: Assassins, Priests, Thieves, Warriors, Witches, and Wizards. Each guild has a number of specialisations and different primaries. Or the player can [[SelfImposedChallenge stay an adventurer]].

* {{BFS}}: Heavy swords belong in an entirely seperate class of weapons from normal swords, requiring a different skill to use. The heaviest sword is 9 feet long and weighs 12 7/9 pounds.

Languages are an even harder grind; after initial lessons from NPC teachers, they can only be raised a level at a time through the task master system. This generally involves spending months constanting reading and lounging around NPCs that speak the language you're trying to learn.

''[[http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/index.html Discworld MUD]]'' is a free-to-play MultiUserDungeon launched in the early 1990’s, based on Terry Pratchett’s ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series. It’s possible to meet many characters and travel to the areas seen in the books. So far, the MUD seems to take place during the events of Discworld/NightWatch or Discworld/TheTruth, but it’s hard to tell. New features are constantly added to the game.

The player starts as an Adventurer and can choose to join one of six player-run[[hottip:* :except for warriors]] guilds: Assassins, Priests, Thieves, Warriors, Witches, and Wizards. Each guild has a number of specialisations and different primaries. Or the player can [[SelfImposedChallenge stay an adventurer]].

* AHomeownerIsYou
* AnAdventurerIsYou

* {{BFS}}
* BottomlessBladder

* CharacterLevel: The way to level up is by spending experience points on primaries.

* DefendCommand

** The game can only sentence you to a maximum of 3 hours and 20 minutes (game time--it's about an hour in real time) [[http://quotes.frimble.net/454/ even if the rap sheet is longer than your arm.]]

* LevelGrinding

* PunnyName: Several [=NPCs=] and players; Tique is fond of making different puns with his last name. There's a category in the [[http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/secure/osrics/index.html Osrics]] for best name, where the top names are mostly puns.

* WarpWhistle: Twisting a blue crystal ring teleports the player to a random area.

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* PacifistRun [[http://discworld.imaginary-realities.com/wiki/Idlechasing "Idlechasing, the art of getting as much experience as possible by using commands, usually without going on a killing rampage or moving much"]]

* TheWikiRule: [[http://discworld.imaginary-realities.com/wiki/Main_Page Here.]]

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: It’s possible to color otherwise gray text to make things recognizable (group members, for instance).

Sokkard wisps: The student opens wide... \\
Sokkard wisps: He lifts the spoon, and puts it in his mouth... \\

* CapitalCity: Ankh-Morpork, where most newbies start out.

* FootnoteFever: Often seen, especially in the creator blogs. These ''are'' Discworld fans, after all.

* ImAHumanitarian: See Dangerously Close Shave. After the player character dies, the body becomes meat pie material, and those pies can be purchased from the shop downstairs. There's an achievement for tasting enough delicious players.

* ImpossibleThief: The command “filch” allows thieves to steal clothing off another character, even hidden/unseen objects like underwear.

* GuideDangIt: Good thing there are many player sites to help.

* OddJobGods: Gufnork, the god of fluff; Sandelfon, god of corridors; Hat, vulture-headed god of unexpected guests

* PointBuildSystem: Players are allowed the command “rearrange” to… well, rearrange stats, but can only do it once. There’s a way fix them after, but it’s slow, costly and painful.

* {{Cooldown}}: The “berserk” command for warriors

* YourMoneyIsNoGoodHere: There are a number of different currencies, and most cities feature at least one money changer (which charges exorbitant fees). Some enterprising players run their own money-changing services.