[Cirion5667]

You guys want a MUD with alot of features. I'd suggest trying Realms of Discordia.
Its a unique themed MUD thats just recently changed codebases to make it better, as of now there a few oldbies but mostly its newbies who have seen the advertisements on TMC. Theres a buncha races offered at RoD and each has a different inherent ability that defines it. Take the gnomes, they have a tinker ability with is like an enchant spell but its not a spell its a skill. Items also have a chance of exploding. There is a form of permadeath in the game, though its not the traditional permadeath. You get lives, or standing, as its called in the game and you lose a point with each death, when your standing reaches 0, you character is gone for good. Your standing does however, go up each time you level up your character.

There are 100 levels in total, though when you reach hero level you may continue to progress, your actual level wont go up, as in, on the score sheet it will still say level 100, but you can continue to increase your hp/mana/move aswell as your stats. Hero points are the things that you gain from levelling and these may be exchanged for special skills. One skill that a shapeshifter can buy is advanced shapeshifting, this allows them to shapeshift into the form of another player.

There is a newbie School that will be useful to newbies and oldbies alike. You will also get your first couple of levels inside. At the end there is a stone that you wear and it ups your stats slightly, you can then go to the newbie garden and level until level 5, then your on your own, unless you group with with someone. In that case you will walk around, splitting exp and gold between yourselves.

There are over 6000 rooms to explore, each with a unique description and a different placement. There are also thousands of MOBs to kill aswell as interact with. Ensuring that people have enjoyment out of it.

There are two main monarchies, Discordia and Utopia, though the two both interract with each other, their affairs never seem to go the same way. There is also the Jinn town of Taj'Al'Jahiz which is yet to be taken over. The ruler of the city of Discordia is chosen by the ring of order, which will only sit on a good aligned chars finger. Though in the past, there have been imposers who made a fake ring of order and wore it.

There are alot of plots and such that go on, and they are highly developed for the enjoyment of the player. The game is HEAVILY ROLEPLAY BASED so a description is required aswell as the fact that you are IN-CHARACTER ALL THE TIME unless you use the OOC channel or tells. There is also an IC tell channel called the voice, which is like telepathy.

Players are good at roleplaying and add a new dimension to the game, especially since each race is treated differently in the world. SSilvaerans and Nagas are hated because of their past and because they are snake like creatures. Shapeshifters are feared because of the potiential of them being your best friend yet your worst enemy in disguise.

My own character is a Demon Templar, which makes an interesting combination because a Templar is a holy warrior. Very powerful class in the later levels. My own character was level 91 before the first wipe, level 66 before the second and is now level 21. Wipes of characters aren't common and we were surprised by this one being announced, but we switched to a whole other code and therefore had to start again.

Here is a breakdown of the basic race select screen:

OOC: You may choose from one of the following races.
Your race will heavily affect how your character acts
and interacts with others, and how adept they are at their
chosen path, so choose wisely.

Please choose from one of the following groups.
You may then specify which race you would like to play.

Racial Group Races Included
------ ----- ----- --------
Beastkin Haitorin, Ssilvaeran, Vermin, Ficques, and Wolfen
Demi-Human Wemic, Centaur, Naga, and Drider
Dwarven Mountain Dwarf, Hill Dwarf, Duregar, and Gnome
Elven High Elf, Drow, Sea Elf, and Wild Elf
Humanoid Human, Spiritfolk, Shapeshifter, Jinn, and Efreet
Nymph Dryad, Sylph, Nymph, and Siren
Sylvan Faerie, Satyr, Faerie Dragon, and Aeril
Dark Vampires, Demons, Werewolves and Wraiths
(Please type the name of the group you with to choose a race from.)

Class screen is as follows:

You have spent the first 10 years of your life growing up and starting to
learn a little about life. At the age of ten and a half, those who look
after you decide you must choose a path to follow. They arrange for you to
meet and speak with masters of many different classes and ask you to choose
which you would most like to apprentice in. Even from this early stage, you
discard all notions of being a simple farmer or something similar. You are
certain that your life will be more exciting than that and you decide to
follow the path of an adventurer. You need to pick a class, what do you
choose?

The following masters offer to train you as an apprentice:

Sorcerers Users of magic. Strive for knowledge and power.
Mystic Earthly healers. Relatively peaceful. Psychic powers.
Thief Masters of deception and stealth. Able to steal. Crafty yet deadly.
Warrior A master of arms and tactics. Strong and efficient killers.
Berserker Strong and efficient killers. Fierce warriors who utilize the art of frenzy.
Templar Holy warriors. Knights with a knowledge of magics.
Psion A specialist in the workings of the mind.
Monk A quiet and honorable group of warriors. They are masters of unarmed combat.
Assassin Violent masters of deception and murder. They lead a solitary and often short life.
Shadow Lord A strange group of evil creatures who get their power from assorted glyphs.

(type help classname for more information. eg HELP THIEF)
Choose your occupation:

There is alot to choose from and endless possibilities for both roleplay and hunting. With a large supply of classes and races, aswell as individual personalities, it makes the game interesting to play. My own character has a lengthy description of almost two pages long, which Is as follows:

This strange, domineering creature stands at a solid eight feet and five
inches tall which would considerably tower over most of the beings in the
realm. His size is compared only by his body which is decently defined
muscle from head to toe. His pectorals bulge out giving him a wide frame.
His arms fill with large veins near the shoulder while his hands have them
going toward each finger. His fingers are rather long, with each of them
holding a sharp pointed claw on their tip that appear well cared for. His
legs are long and though they slightly more muscled they still appear to fit
his frame.

The hair which rests upon his head is blacker than the night itself, the
color on its own gives off a sense of emptiness, of almost impending doom.
It is almost as if it is absorbing the light around itself, but it is highly
possible that this is only a trick of the eyes. It is rather short but
seems to be put up in a serious of layered spikes. It is also noticeable
that places in the spikes are laced with blood red and amethyst purple,
these two colors intertwine on certain spikes. The fact that the rest of
his hair seems to absorb the light, makes the other colors in his hair stand
out. There are two large horns on top of his head which start at the very
edge of his face, just at the hairline. They seem to be made of different
layers of bone, looking like a series of circles stacked on one another.
They start to curl round at about two inches up. The very end of them is
pointed and made up of a very tiny circular piece. The horns are tanned
slightly in between the outer edges of the circles but are otherwise white.
His eyes are indeed very strange. They are completely yellow with no
visible whites or even a pupil. There are however several thin red lines
that upon closer inspection are surrounded by thin orange bands. These red
lines seem to adjust to let light in and out, therefore making vision
possible. His nose is long with a thin bridge, it is rounded nicely at the
end though still holds a slight point. Instead of nostrils there are two
thin slits. His lips are long and thin, holding a very light icy blue color
to them. They hold no expression in them whatsoever. His ears seem to have
been modified, giving them an elongated earlobe and a pointed top. Though
they have been stretched they are no bigger than a normal elves.

Upon his back is a pair of grotesque yet twisted beautiful wings. They are
draconic in appearance. Their frame is made of thick bone that jets off
into smaller pieces of bone to support the membrane. The ends of the wings
curl round slightly and end in a sharp looking point. The wing membrane
itself is torn drastically, with holes covering most of it. They still may
allow flight, its just highly doubtful and would need to be witnessed to be
believed. They are Obsidian black, therefore giving them a slight
see-through appearance, though they are not truly. Another strange trait is
a long thin tail which protrudes almost eerily from the base of his spine,
just at his waist. It is tipped with hair that resembles the shape of a
lions tip, but it would seem that their hair is actually a serious of fine
spines, similar to needles. His skin is absolutely beautiful and flawless,
not holding a blemish, a spot or anything of that nature, though it does
hold a slight tan and looks very smooth.

Right now there are 3 players online and 2 immortals, one of whom is wizinvis right now. The playerbase is small, reaching only about 7-10 most days, since the wipe anyway. The wholist right now, looks like this:

[Visible Immortals]

(AFK) Aidan

[Visible Mortals]

Candalis .
Cirion.
Meurig the Novice

Visible Players Shown: 4
Most Players on Today: 5


So come on and give us a try, either at: realmsofdiscordia.com port: 9000
Or check the website out at:

Its a really cool MUD, it really is, and very addictive too. If you want anymore info, contact me at or over AIM as earthdagger1.

[Nikodemus]

Realms of Discordia has a certain especially fun feature; you can level by RP!