MUSH Guide Part Four

Welcome to the MUSH Survival Guide! This guide is tailored around Dream Chasers MUSH, but much of this advice can be applied for any MU* centered around roleplay, though many parts will be entirely subjective.

This guide also contains text and advice from many people, as this is something anyone can add advice or update. If you run across something that confused you that you wish to put in this guide to help others, or something you know more about and want to clarify, put it in here!

Here's the chapters so you can skip ahead as necessary:

Chapter 1: Into the Wilderness - How to connect and log on to Dream Chasers MUSH.

Chapter 2: Crowded Street Corner - Wherein basic mechanics of communication are described.

Chapter 3: You'll Never Be Alone No Matter Where You Go - How to be a good guest, what to expect for the application process, and how to construct a well-rounded character.

Chapter 4: Wings - Where we discuss the ins and outs of roleplay, obtaining roleplay, and the tricks behind scene-planning. You are here!

Chapter 5: Stage of Death - Navigating the Gunslinger system, combat RP advice, and other goodies.

Wings

So you got your character approved, and they are all fitted with all the bells and whistles needed. You're ready to go. You want to jump in.

There's a few venues for that, the easiest being the RP channel (@chan/join rp), listening in for scenes that are just beginning, or asking if anyone's interested in a social scene. If you're new, there's likely a chance players will be interested!

Just be aware that sometimes, the RP juice is not flowing. It's not really your fault, or the fault of your character. Sometimes it's finals/exam/crunch time of the year, jobs, or you chose a time when everyone in one time zone or another is going to bed.

Have an idea for a scene that involves someone else, or do you just want to roleplay with someone because they seem interesting, are somehow related to your character, etc? Page them! You may have to correlate schedules, but you may have a lot of luck this way, especially since you'll have a hook, no matter how small or large, to get the scene going.

Can I set up a scene at a specific time?

Yes! If you want to run a story or plot scene and want a crowd, your chances of people attending a scene that's set up ahead of time versus spontaneously is much, much higher.

We also have a great program to note times, as well. Type +help +scene for more info.

Pose Orders

The Pose Order Tracker (+pot) is an excellent resource: it sorts by pose order, with the most recent posers at the top. It displays their names, how long they've been idle, how long it has been since they posed, whether or not they have any status effects, and their condition. These are only indicators; how one poses one's condition (especially one's feelings) is ultimately up to the player.

For example:

~~PLACEHOLDER~~

Keep in mind, +pot will not register your pose unless you are using the command @emit to display your pose.

Useful Commands:

+pot/last - Displays the most recent round of poses. +pot/last <name> only displays Name's most recent pose.

+pot/scene <pose> - Sets the Scene Pose, accessible by anyone in the same room with +pot/scene.

+observe - Sets your state so that your name will be underlined- this means you're just watching OOCly and are not participating.

+pot/bars - Displays a version of +pot so that everyone's HP and SP are displayed as bars.

Methods To Make It Easier On Yourself

Pot Spoof

&pot_spoof me=1 This makes every pose from someone begun with their name, like so:

<Pose Tracker> Bob [B] has posed.

Since poses don't always make it obvious who is posing, this is useful for OOC purposes.

BeipMU* Triggers

If you use the client BeipMU*, you can set triggers. These are preset words that, if Beip sees them, triggers Beip to colors them the way you set, making them stand out. To set a trigger, go to the Options menu on the top bar and select 'Triggers'.

~~PLACEHOLDER~~

I've made one for Bob. Now, since I want to have every instance of 'Bob' pop out at me, I have it set as a global trigger, rather than one that only triggers when I'm on a specific site, like DCMU*. I want it to really stand out, so not only will the text be colored, the background around the text will be colored too.

~~PLACEHOLDER~~

There's also a setting for 'page' and 'distance' set, so things like that page also jump out at me. In a large scene with lots of text, this is extremely useful, as it can make your character's name or any nicknames you choose pop out.

For Gunslinger information, move onwards to Chapter 5!