Terrain

Terrains indicate what the environment in the room is like, whether it's a flat plain or rugged mountains, heavy forest or deep underwater. There are a number of possible terrain types, and there can be many in a particular room (an underground pool, for instance, or a road in the middle of a jungle).

Most races have combat modifiers based on the local terrain. This represents the race's comfort level in a particular terrain, and its ability to use the terrain to its benefit. A positive modifier means you will deal more damage in normal combat, while a negative modifier means you will deal less.

You can check the local terrains with the 'terrain' or 'realm' commands.

Using Terrain

Command: terrain

This command will tell you the terrain and the 'outdoors-ness' of the room you're in.

Naturally-occuring terrains

• Plains - on a flat, open plain
• Hills - in the hills
• Mountains - in the high mountains
• Forest - in a wooded area
• Swamp - in a swamp
• Desert - in a dry, desert-like region
• Jungle - in a deep jungle
• Arctic - in a cold, frozen territory
• Underground - beneath the earth
• Shore - next to a large body of water
• Water - on the *surface* of the water
• Underwater - beneath the waves
• Tundra - arctic plains with permafrost subsoil

Constructed terrains

• Town - in an urban area like a town or village
• Building - in or on a building
• Road - on a larger 'civilized' road, not a small footpath
• Bridge - on a bridge
• Cultivated - in an agricultural area, such as a farm or garden
• Cemetery - in a graveyard or burial ground
• Ship - in a ship or boat

Unusual terrains

• Air - flying through the air, in the clouds, or otherwise "above the ground"
• Dimension - in another dimension, such as the abyss or the rift

See also

Praise

Bug

Typo

War