Difference between revisions of "Newbie Guide"

If you do not yet have a [[class]], [[Certimene]], the Class and House Administrator, can allow you to become one. Simply visit him in [[Delos]] (or go directly to him via his exit at the Ring of Portals), READ his SIGN, and ask him to make you a particular class.

As an Achaean, your class is highly important! Each class has its own three class [[skills]], differentiating each class from the others. For example, the [[Sylvan]] class obtains the [[Elementalism]], [[Groves]], and (later on) [[Concoctions]] skills, giving them abilities far beyond those few without class. To view your skills, simply use the SKILLS command (or ''AB''). Your class skills will be the two (or three, if you have obtained it) listed  at the very end of the "Skills" section, but before the "Miniskills" section. If you wish to look at the [[abilities]] encompassed by a skill, you can use the AB <skill name> command. Further, to view details on a particular ability in a particular skill, you can use AB <skill> <ability>. While these terms may be confusing, [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=SKILLSETS HELP SKILLSETS] should clear things right up. [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=SKILLS HELP SKILLS] also has much more information on skills, and HELP CLASSES is a veritable gold mine of information on the class system.

You may have noticed that your AB <skill> list of abilities seems rather... short. To remedy this, you will need things called [[lessons]]. You gain five lessons for every [[level]] you progress through, and you can convert [[credits]] into lessons as well. To see how many lessons you have, you can check your STATUS, or just SHOW LESSONS. If you have just left the [[Trial of Rebirth]], you should have just under two hundred lessons to spend! But how do you use them? That's easy enough: find a denizen [[tutor]] - or an adventurer who knows more than you do in your target skill - and LEARN <#> <skill> FROM <teacher>. The number can be anywhere from 1 to 15 lessons at a time (or 20 if the teacher is your [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=MENTORS mentor]).

Where do you find a tutor, you ask? Every [[city]] has its own personal tutor who can teach you up to, at maximum, the skillrank of Skilled. A skillrank is a measure of knowledge in a skill: a full list can be found in [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=SKILL_RANKS HELP SKILL RANKS]. That's fine for a newbie: as long as you are under level 21, you can't learn higher than that anyways (see [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=CLASS_RANKS HELP CLASS RANKS]). If you wish to reach one of these tutors, most of them can be easily reached via the Ring of Portals. Of course, there are tutors who can teach as high as Transcendant, the highest skillrank there is. Most of these tutors live within the property of the [[:Category:Houses|Houses]], so if you are Housed, you may be able to learn from him or her. There are a few special tutors who are available to all, however. One such is [[Tyrandiel]], the Wise, who may be found in the Lucretian Athenaeum in [[New Thera]]. She also has a Ring of Portals exit devoted to her: simply go DOWN from the central portal room. There are certainly other such tutors, though it is up to you to discover them. (For more information, please see [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=TUTORS HELP TUTORS])

You may wish to ingest some [[myrrh]] before an extended learning session, as it reduces the time it takes for a set of lessons to complete. Once upon a time, this herb boosted the knowledge learned per lesson, but it is no longer so powerful. You may also wish to learn from an adventurer, as they gain a minute lesson bonus in the skill they teach; this benefits everyone involved.

Weapon proficiencies are a different animal from normal skills. These allow you to become a master of a particular kind of weapon, increasing your potential accuracy and damage when using them. Some classes are proficient with certain arms to begin with, which you can view in [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=PROFICIENCIES HELP PROFICIENCIES]. Everyone else must spend 100 lessons at a proficiency teacher, and then practice with such weapons until mastery is reached. Simply LEARN PROFICIENCY IN <weapon name> FROM <teacher> to begin. The [[:Category:Proficiency Teachers|proficiency teachers]] are scattered across the lands.