Chat Commands and Emotes

To activate the chat bar, all you need do is press "return", and the cursor should activate there. This typically means that you need to press "return" again after completing a single line of chat if you wish to keep chatting. Chat is more than just roleplay. We have activated a number of commands, enabled you to throw your voice, and enabled emotes with a variety of in game functions beyond just animations and skill checks.

FOR MORE HELP:    /help
Entering /help in the chat bar will produce a list of commands available to you.

You can generate in game documentation similar to this also by typing /item manual which creates a book that you can read in game. To get rid of the manual just chat /item manual again and it will be destroyed.

OUT OF CHARACTER SPEECH
If you must speak out of character you should use tells. When you need to announce something out of character to all, enclose your chat in parentheses like so: (Good Night!)

CHAT PUPPETS
You may speak, or emote through one of your NPC companions. Precede your chat with either a ; or a , as follows:

;your text here

; redirects in the following order of priority to MASTER or FAMILIAR or SPIRIT ANIMAL or HENCHMAN or SUMMON

,your text here

, redirects in the following order of priority to your SUMMON or HENCHMAN or SPIRIT ANIMAL or FAMILIAR or MASTER

NOTE: DM's also have a voice widget which uses the : symbol.

EMOTES
Bracketing text between two * performs an emote. This applies to simple spoken text by the PC. Example: *bows in the general direction of the newcomers*  Emotes are also capable of performing actions on some objects in range. To see objects within range, emote *looks around*. For more information about an object which shows up after a look around, you may then *examine (object)*. Substitute the name of the object for (object).

*looks around* is also available as a command on the rotary menu so that you can quick slot it rather than type it over and over.

Two additional uses:

1) skill checks or ability checks - ie *uses strength to move the rock*

2) animations - ie *bows to the leader of the town*


EMOTE COMMANDS:
examines, looks
inspects, touches, searches
reads
lights, extinguishes
pushes, pulls
climbs, swims, flies, enters, jumps
takes, gets

others may be discovered in game

DICE ROLLS:
All abilities and all skills (spell them just like the actual skill or ability - ie *use magic device*)
- spot uses *spot check* in order to avoid this happening too commonly.
- hiding in shadows uses *hide check* or *hides behind/in/under* for the same reason.

This same functionality is also available in the rotary class menu player tools.

ANIMATIONS (this is not an exhaustive list):
agree
beckon
beg, plead
bends, stoops
bored, scratch
bow
cantrip
cheer, hooray, celebrate
crosses arms
crouch
dance
demand, threaten
drink, sip
drunk, woozy
ducks, dodge
fall back
fiddle
fidget, shift
flop, prone
giggle
greet
hum
laugh, chuckle
nap
nod
points
peers, scans
pray, meditate
read
salute
search
shakes head
sing
sit
sleep
smokes
snore
spasm
spellcast
steal
swipe
talks, chats
taunt, mock
tired, fatigue, exhausted
wave
whistles
worship
yawn, stretch

REPETITION
<last
repeats the last chat text.

<memX
repeats the chat text stored in slot X. X may be a single character alpha-numeric (0-9 a-z)

>memX
stores the last chat text in slot X. X may be a single character alpha-numeric (0-9 a-z)