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Basic Commands

There are hundreds of verbs you can use to express yourself, move, and interact with other players in Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes! Following is a list of some of the basic commands to get you started:

ACT

Example: act glances around with a glint in her eyes

Others in the room will see the message "Norstar glances around with a glint in her eye. A powerful roleplaying verb that allows you to display your characters name, followed by a message. Use it to creatively express your character's actions.

GET

Examples: get sword, get the sword from my sheath

Moves object to your hand, either from the ground or from your inventory.

PUT IN

Example: put sword in my sheath, put jewel in my backpack

Gets the object out of your hand to the specified location.

DROP

Example: drop sword

Puts the item on the ground in the room.

LOOK

Examples: look, look at Norstar, look at rat, look in my backpack, look behind the tree

Gives you a description of a room, person, creature, what's in a container, or what's behind an object

READ

Example: read sign

If you look at an object and get the message "it appears to have something written on it," then you can READ the object.

I or INV or INVENTORY

Example: inv

Gives you a list of items in your possession

EXP or EXPERIENCE

Example: exp

Shows your experience level

WEALTH

Example: wealth

Shows how much money you have

INFO

Example: info

Shows information about your character's statistics

HOLD HANDS

Example: hold hand of articlea

Articlea will now go wherever you go, this is a way to lead someone around.

JOIN

Example: join articlea

This is how you join someone's group, now you will go wherever they lead.

ATTACK

Example: attack rat

This is a combat command. It will initiate the auto-attack sequence, which will determine what weapon you are using and swing it at intervals.

WEAR

Example: wear cloak

Puts on an item that can be worn, including armor, shield, clothing, etc. To remove an object, you must have a hand free and use the REMOVE command, i.e. remove cloak

EAT and DRINK

Example: eat herb, drink beer

Take a bite or a sip. Food and drink has a limited number of times you can eat or drink before they are used up. Herbs have healing powers, and strong drink can make you drunk.

To move around:

N or North

S or South

E or East

W or West

GO

Example: go arch, go mist

You will go through the portal into the connecting room. Sometimes portals are not obvious.

Misc. verbs to express yourself:

Giggle

Pout

Smile

Jump

Kiss

Wave

You can aim some of these at specific people, i.e. kiss articlea

To communicate:

Example: 'Greeting fellow Athenians.

Everyone else in the room will see you say "Greeting fellow Athenians."

WH or WHISPER

Example: whisper articlea help me!

Articlea will hear you but no one else will

YELL

Example: yell Help me!

Everyone in your room and all adjoining rooms will hear you.

REPORT

Example: report This is Bob, I need help! Someone come quick!

Sends a message to ALL GameMasters who are online.

ADVICE

Example: advice

In the character manager, this gives some basic tips on what to do next. Outside the character manager, ADVICE covers the same topics that the intro tour gave, in case you skipped it or simply forgot.

DIR

Example: dir apollo temple

Gives directions to a place, like the temples, merchants, blacksmiths, etc. Gives one direction at a time, i.e. if you want to get someplace that's 10 rooms away you'll need to use it 10 times.


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