Willowdale
WillowdaleMUD

Help Topics :: map

Help for awareness (common skill group)

The awareness skills cover observation, perception, and information
gathering. Each skill is learned independently.

Skills:

  Search               Search the current room for hidden items and exits.
  Identify             Examine an item to reveal all its properties.
  Scout                Scan adjacent rooms for creatures and players.
  Improved Scout       Scout scans further and shows hostile indicators.
  Study Foe            Enhances consider to reveal creature details.
  Improved Study       Consider reveals combat stats and loot chances.
  Detect Traps         Passive: automatically sense traps in the room.
  Vigilance            Passive: harder to be ambushed or surprised.
  Eidetic Memory       Passive: doubles your map memory capacity.
  Premonition          Passive: occasional warning before dangerous encounters.

Map Memory:

  Map memory determines how many rooms you can recall on the map display.
  Base capacity is 5 + Mind / 4 rooms.
  Learning Eidetic Memory raises the base to 10 + Mind / 4.

  Map sprawl range is Mind / 4, plus bonuses from
  Scout (+1) and Improved Scout (+2).

See also: help search, help identify, help consider, help map, help scout

Credits

Welcome to WillowdaleMUD!


v. 1.7.0 (2026-04-01)


Custom built based on GoMud Engine

(original GoMud by Dylan Squires aka Volte6).


Credits:

Development, design, mechanics and world building by Morquin

Additional mechanics and world building by Fylnor


Acknowledgements:

Players and staff of AsteriaMUD for unending fun and inspiration.


A special thanks to:

Astrum, Eryn, Durd, Briklen, Zorian, Wren, Xelphiem, Greg and Arcades


Based on GoMud Engine