Rings of Honor

- A FreeForm Roleplaying Community  

Joining the Server

1. Click this link to join the server, create a discord account if necessary
2. You will get a Direct Message (DM) from the Nexus Guide bot. Reply to that with: ?verify to continue. This is in place for protection from spam bots and you're just verifying that you're a real person.
3. This will place you in the Lobby! Huzzah and welcome!
   Now that you are a server member, you can change your Discord display name in 2 easy steps.
   See Register and Connect, below.

Registering Your Character(s)

You can register your character on Rhydin.org here.

Registration Tips:

1. Your "Username" will eventually be what appears as your character name on Discord.
   
2. The answer to the Confirmation of Registration question for joining our forums is: MadMadMax
3. Once you hit "submit" you will receive a registration confirmation email. Don't forget to activate your registration!
4. Have another character you want to register? You will need a separate Rhydin.org account for each of your characters, but you can use the same email address for each registration.

If you have any questions about registration, feel free to message a staff member (listed in the #guidelines-and-info channel) in the Discord server!

Connecting to Your Discord Account

Once you have your first character registered, you can connect it to your Discord account as follows:

1. Login as your character here.
   
2. Click on the Discord link in the top menu bar, and follow the provided instructions.
   
   
3. Send the appropriate activation command on our server. The Nexus Guide will provide you a command list as you type, starting with the slash.
   • * Use /register if you are connecting your first character.
   • * Use /addnick for each additional character.
   
4. Check your DMs. The Nexus Guide will send you a message about the process you've initiated with a Continue button at the bottom. Click on Continue.
   
5. Submit your character ID in the form that appears next. This is the ID mentioned up in step 2 that your retrieved from out Discord Page. Put that in the entry box and click Submit.
   
6. Click on the link provided by the Nexus Guide to verify.
   
7. Click the Verify button.
   
8. Success! You're done!
   You may repeat this process to add as many characters as you like to your Discord account.
   Please note that other members will be able to see all of the alternate characters that you connect to your main Discord account.
   If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to a staff member in Discord---their names appear in the #guidelines-and-info channel!

Roleplaying

To indicate that your character is currently in play, send the command /rp on in the channel within which you would like to roleplay. Your character will now be listed in that channel on the user list.

Your character's entrance will be announced in the channel.

To remove your character from play, send the command /rp off in the channel. Your exit will be announced in the channel.

Switching Between Characters

To switch to your other identities after you’ve added them, use /be characterName

If you can't quite remember which of your characters you've registered to be able to switch to, use /whoami and the bot will tell you who we have on file. Use /addnick, as detailed above, to add others.

Other RP and Informational Commands You May Find Useful

?help	Send this as a DM to the bot to get a full listing of commands
/profile	Also available in the Apps command menu, this will show you information about the selected character from their RhyDin.org forum profile.
/roll	Allows you to roll dice. Select the number of dice (up to 10) and how many sides those dice should have (1-200), and optionally add a modifier.
/setting	This will show you the setting description for a given play channel. These are also available as pinned messages in each room.
/weather	Will tell you the current weather in the Dragon's Gate district. Optionally, you can supply a 5 digit US zip code and get the current weather from that location.
/welcome	This just shows you the Welcome message that all players receive when they first join the server. It's here in the event you ever want to refer back to it.

Pro Tip: Become friends with the tab key. This is the easiest / fastest way to navigate command options. It also forces Discord to recognize you are using commands, which every now and then it can fail to do if you are a fast typer and you end up sending it as room text instead.

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Dueling

The first step in dueling is issuing an invite to duel to another player (please note that both parties to the duel must be registered. Registered player hold the Patrons role). There are actually a couple different ways to issue the invite.

App Menu Invites: are the most convenient way to challenge and as available by right clicking the other person's name, selecting Apps from the menu that comes up and then clicking one of the challenge types. The 3 Quick Duel: options will trigger a duel invite for a fight in whichever of the three styles you clicked on, to take place in the nightly venue under standard rules.

If you want to fight in a different venue, need the duel to go beyond 15 rounds (used for challenges and tournaments), or you want to use DoF's slugfest rules, then you need to click Create Challenge instead. This will give you a form to fill out where you note the options you want for the duel.

And, lastly, you have the option using the /chal command to send a duel invite instead. This gives you the same flexibility as the Create Challenge app command, though you will need to select your opponent from the list it supplies you.

Accepting, Declining and Revoking a Duel Invite

Once the duel invite is issued, both parties will receive a message from the bot with buttons you can click to move things forward. The person you've just invited to duel may click Accept to get the duel started, or Decline if they're actually not interested in dueling just then.

You'll get a similar message that contains a Revoke button, which if clicked before the duel has been accepted will cancel the duel invitation.

Sending Moves

You will use /m to send your moves. You may do this as either a DM to the bot or right there in the channel you're dueling in. (For convenience, the old style ?m MV DM command to the bot will also continue working.).

Moves are indicated by using the 2 letter move code abbreviation. If you need a refresher on what those abbreviations are, use the /movelist dox command (where dox is actually the sport you need info on, such as dof). /movelist will also give you a link to a matrix of the duel move interactions which new players will find helpful.

You can add move modifiers (fancies, foci, feints) in one of two ways:

1. Write them into the move code: F for fancy or foci, FE for feint. For example, a DoS fancy sidestep would be sent as
   
Important Note When typing commands quickly, Discord may not recognize it is a command and can simply treat it as a room send. Nobody want to send their moves as lines to the room! If you do not see the entry box for move and +1 more (see above image) then don't hit enter to send. Back up over the move you were about to send and hit the tab key to force Discord to recognize this as a command.
2. Use the modifier code in the entry box. Use 1 for fancy/foci or 2 for feint. This option is not immediately visible because it is optional. When a command show "+1 more" in the window, that indicates optional things you can add on. Tab ove to that or click it and you'll get the entry box. (Note that doing this is necessary when addng the 3 code to confirm use of advanced DoM spells).
   

Other Dueling Commands You May Find Useful

/dox	Where "dox" is actually one of the sports (dof, dom, dos). Give this command 2 of the move codes and it will tell you the result of that combination.
/forfeit	Will end the duel you're in, essentially declaring you give up. Please use sparingly
/lfd	Looking for Duel. Will add the Seeking a Duel role and display this on the member list so others know you're interested in a fight.
/movelist	Mentioned earlier, supply the sport you want to know about and this will respond with a list of that sports valid moves, their abbreviation codes and a link to the sport matrix.
/revoke	Allows you to revoke an issued duel invite before it is accepted. You get a bot response with a button that does the same thing, but this is available in case that message scrolled off screen already and you don't want to scroll to find in.
/seeduel	Issued with "list", a ring name, a date or an duel ID. Using the duel ID will show you the round by round results of a duel. The other options will show you duels and their IDs that match the search type.
/status	Displays the round by round progress of the duel you are currently in.
/standings	Give this the sport your interested in and it will display the weekly standings, complete with news and events put together by our Standings Keepers.
/timer	If your duel is moving super slow, you can put a timer on your opponent. Issued the first time it is a warning that puts both of you on notice. Issued a second time, whichever duelist has caused a 15 minute delay will be ruled in forfeit.