[Elgaladwen]

I have read many past threads and scoured many sites to try to find myself a new MUD, (And I will continue to do so, but I thought asking wouldn't hurt as well) but as of yet, I can't find one that I really feel like sticking with. (And yes, I might just need to give some more of a chance.)

I've been playing MUDs for a little over four years, the majority of that having been on Legends of Xenobia. (This died on New Years Eve, and has not been revived, much to my dismay.)

There are a few things I would like in a MUD, but nothing is set in concrete.

Codebase: I am most familiar with Smaug/AFKmud, so that would be a big plus, though I can figure out others.

Theme: I like medieval/fantasy/D&D and that whole sort of thing. The more generic, the better, but I can do ones based on books, as long as you don't need to know everything about the world to be able to play.

RP: RP-Enforced would be my first choice, but Encouraged would be ok, as long as most of the players actually can RP well, and do. In general, I like to RP far, far more than I do anything else, but of course [I think] you need a good balance of both to be able to RP status/wealth and such.

Classes/levels/races/alignment: I am used to all of this being fairly structured, so that's what I am most comfortable with, but I am open to anything.

Players: I like there to always be people on, so I don't have to wait for people to log on to have someone to RP with, but I also don't like when there are so many people that you lose the sense of community that [I feel] MUDs should have. So a medium size one would be good. (Picky, picky. I know)

PK: I don’t really mind if it is allowed or not. The only thing, is if it is allowed, it must be backed by RP.

Death: I’d rather not have permadeath. You never know when I might walk into a bee-hive and die, or something. That would be such a bad way for a character to wink out of existence forever.

Age: I would like 18+, not because I plan on much 'mature' RP, but just so I don't have to worry about breaking rules, or taking something too far on accident.

Little dumb details: I want the game to be able to be played on any client. I recently tried one where you could only see the damage of a mob you were fighting if you were using a certain client, and I found that a little annoying. What if I am on a school computer where I can't install anything? I would like to be able to play regardless of if I have to use telnet or zMud. I also like there to be aliases in the game for the same reason. Also, free would be a good thing. Customizable prompts are always good, too, but I am a compulsive score/eq/I typer, so I can live without, if need be.

If I didn’t mention something, I don’t care one way or the other. Or I totally forgot. (Hopefully the former.)

So, that's my very picky description of what I want. I am open to suggestions, even if they aren't exactly what I posted. I’ll still be poking around on my own and trying different MUDs out, but asking others seems like a good idea, especially if they have what I am looking for. Who knows, I might find a whole bunch that I want to play!