ORDERS

This command should be used by new users that wish to establish a user at the Firetop Mountain. Passwords _are_ case sensitive.

Note that having more than one user is considered cheating.

This command must be the first command in all orders that you send to the Firetop Mountain, so that the server knows which user is sending the orders.

If you do not like your username, you may change it with this command. This command should not be used often.

Include the complete list of wizards, their scores and their status in your report.

The game keeps two scores for each wizard: a 'duel' score and a 'melee' score. This is because the skills used in duels (2 player games) are rather different to those used in melees (games with more than 2 players).

The options for the SCORES command are 'duel', 'melee' and 'all'. If you don't give any options the server will try to guess which you meant based on your other orders.

If no game numbers are specified, include a complete list of the games in progress, and their current status, and a list of past games for which there are records, in your report. Otherwise gives you the same info for the list of games that you have specified.

Returns info about the mages and/or users mentioned in the list. If no list is given, it returns info about all the users.

Order a copy of these rules: the rules will be emailed to you separately. If you give a numeric option, the server will break the rules up into emails with at most that many lines in them.

e.g.

MESSAGE Gandalf  Froodal Harry

That was a great game!   Let's do it again!

END MESSAGE

This command returns a summary of the specified game - a round-by-round list of all the gestures and spells cast in the game. This terse summary is ideal for analysing a game, once you get used to the format.

If the game has not started, this command returns a summary of the challenge status - all the details of who has accepted and what changes are proposed.

This command asks the server to resend the last 'HowMany' emails that it sent you.

If you don't specify HowMany, it sends you the last email that it sent you.

This command will only resend emails that were originally sent to the address that the server knows about for your user. If you submit orders from a different account, replies to those orders will not be resent.

This command returns a complete list of all the events that occurred in the specified game. This verbose, human readable, format is ideal for reading about what happened in a game without too much effort.

or

STATS Info WizActive

This command returns the requested statistics/information about the Firetop Mountain server. There are a number of groups of statistics: you can list the names of the groups you want to see. If you don't specify which ones you will get them all (this is how to find out what statistics groups are available).

Use this command to register a new Wizard with the server.

The first character of a Name must be a capital letter (if you don't capitalize it, the server will). Names can be made of alpha-numeric characters only.

Use this command to change the address that the server uses to mail you reports.

Use this command to change the password for your user.

This command will put all your mages on the vacation list for so many days as you specify. The autonagger will not terminate your mages for being late in any games while you are on vacation. The next time you send orders to the server will assume that you are back from vacation.

If you decide that your mage no longer wants to participate in battles, you can retire.

If you have a positive score, it will remain in the Honour Roll, but people will no longer be able to challenge you. If at any time you want your mage to come out of retirement, you can simply issue a challenge to someone else or accept a challenge. It is preferable to retire rather than continually decline challenges.

If you retire with zero or negative score, your wizard is deemed to have left Firetop Mountain to go and seek further instruction before returning to try again.

Your mage will be automatically retired after a period of inactivity. Retired mages will be automatically quitted after a longer period of inactivity.

If you decide that your mage no longer wants to participate in battles, you can quit.

Quitting is more permanent than retire, and in effect will kill off your mage. This is normally only for use if you no longer wish to play Firetop Mountain (but why?? :-) ).

or

NEWGAME Merlyn OPEN, LIMIT 4, COMMENT Looking for a fast battle!

Use this command to challenge your opponent(s) to a battle. You give your mage name first, then details of the challenge. The first example challenges the wizards Froodal and Gandalf to a melee. The second example announces a battle that anyone can join (OPEN), that will commence when 3 other mages have joined in (LIMIT 4).

You will be notified when your opponent is ready for battle.

Here is a complete list of the options. Each must be separated by a comma when you submit your orders.

challenge <Name list>
add <Name list>
open {<number>}
closed
exclude <Name list>
all
limit <number>
nolimit
spellbook <name of spellbook>
authoritarian
democratic
comment

Explanation of the options:

challenge <Name list>:
add <Name list>:

Use this option to list the mages you want to challenge.
('add' is a shorthand for 'challenge')

open {<number>}:

This option is to specify that you want the challenge to be open to any mages that want to join. The optional number is a maximum limit of how many mages controlled by a single player that may accept the challenge.
What most players want is usually "open 1", so this is the default if you omit the number. Use "open 0" if you want the number of mages per user to be unlimited.

closed:

The opposite of an open game. Only those that are challenged may join the game. This is the default behavior, so you do not have to specify this option if you do not want to.

exclude <Name list>:

This option is to specify mages you do not want to include in the challenge
(this is useful only with an 'open' challenge).

all:

If you want to challenge all mages that are currently available.
This implies the option "open". If you want it different, you may put a "closed" option after it. If opposite options are specified, the last one always takes effect.

limit <number>:

Set a limit to how many mages are accepted. Must be more than 1. When <number> mages have accepted the challenge (including the challenger), the rest will be excluded and the game begins.

nolimit:

or

DECLINE 12 Merlyn CHANGE 2

You use this command to decline a challenge. If you have already accepted a challenge, but want to get out of it now because of some change to the game, you can specify the change that made you want to decline. If you don't specify a change, you will not be allowed to decline.

Use this command to change a game, or at least propose a change to a game.

This command must be the last in your orderset (any following commands will be ignored).

Here is a complete list of the options. Each must be separated by a comma when you submit your orders.

add <Name list>
challenge <Name list>
exclude <Name list>
start
all
open {<number>}
closed
limit <number>
nolimit
spellbook <name of spellbook>
authoritarian
democratic
comment

Explanation of the options:

add <Name list>:
challenge <Name list>:

To add more mages to be challenged.

Handy if many of those originally challenged declines.
('challenge' is a substitute for 'add')

exclude <Name list>:

This option is to specify which mages you do not want to include in the challenge if it is an open challenge, or to exclude mages that are challenged in a normal closed challenge that you do not want to challenge after all for some reason.

Those who have already accepted the challenge cannot be excluded.

start:

Use this option to cause the game to start immediately. All mages who have not accepted are excluded from the game, and all proposed (but not accepted) changes are abandoned: the battle commences with the currently accepted mages and conditions.

open {<number>}:

This option is to specify that you want the challenge to be open to any mages that want to join. The optional number is a maximum limit of how many mages controlled by a single player that may accept the challenge. What most players want is usually "open 1", so this is the default if you omit the number. Use "open 0" if you want the number of mages per user to be unlimited.

closed:

The opposite of an open game. Only those that are challenged may join the game.

all:

If you want to add all mages that are currently available to the list of those that are challenged. This also implies a change to "open".

limit <number>:

Set a limit to how many mages is accepted. Must be more than 1, and not less than the number of mages that have already accepted the challenge. When <number> mages have accepted the challenge (including the challenger), the rest will be excluded and the game begins.

nolimit:

Do not set any limit to the number of mages in the game.

spellbook <name of spell book>:

MOVE 1 Merlyn 

MAGE Merlyn 

The GAME command is used to begin a normal orderset for each turn of a battle that has actually started.

The TURN command is an optional command to tell the server what turn the orders are for. When the server receives a TURN command, it checks to see if in fact the game in question is up to the specified turn. If it is not, the orders are rejected. This is great insurance against email problems, and is strongly recommended.

RH P

Use these commands to indicate what you want to do with each hand. If the server is expecting you to submit any orders, it will be expecting you to submit orders for both hands. Orders which omit one hand will be rejected. "LH" is used to indicate the left hand, and "RH" to indicate the right. The gestures are as described in the first section.

Use this command to indicate where you want any actions associated with a particular hand to go. Valid hands are LH, RH, and BH. "BH" means "both hands" and is that target that is used if a spell is being activated as a result of a gesture requiring both hands.

It is vital to note that all actions have a target whether you want them to or not, and the target for a given hand will be the default target for the spell for that hand unless you explicitly say otherwise.

You can use any name that you see printed in the Status section of your report, as a valid target. You can also target a monster that you think your opponent is about to create. You do this by saying

TARGET LH RH:BadGuy

This says that you want to aim your Left Hand spell at the monster that BadGuy is about to create with his Right Hand.

This variation of the TARGET command is used to change the target of a monster. Obviously it will only succeed if you are the controller of the monster. "no_one" is a valid target for a monster.

You can attempt to set the target of a monster that you are going to gain control of via Charm Monster. If your charm succeeds, the monster will attack the target you specify.

You can attempt also to set the target of a monster that is going to be created in the coming round. You do this by saying

TARGET RH:MyName UglyMage

This says that you want the monster you are about to create with your Right Hand to attack UglyMage.

(Note that this is very different to saying "TARGET RH UglyMage". The latter command aims your Right Hand spell at UglyMage. If it is a summon spell, this would mean giving away your monster.)

This means that you can actually charm and direct a monster that your opponent is going to create this round. If you cast the Charm Monster with your Right Hand, and your opponent is casting Summon Goblin with his Left Hand. the commands might look like this:

CHOOSE RH Charm Monster

TARGET RH LH:BadGuy        ; we want to charm BadGuy's Left Hand monster

TARGET LH:BadGuy GreenOgre ; we want his monster to attack GreenOgre

Of course, he could cast Counter Spell at the monster he is about to create - this would thwart your Charm, and the monster would remain under his control!

Use this command to make your wizard say something on the next battle report. Because spellcasting involves high concentration and incantation accompanying the gestures, a wizard can only say one thing to the opponent per round!