REINCARNATION ------------- Reincarnation is a way of starting over but keeping (most of) your achieved experience points. During reincarnation you get to choose a new background, race, alignment and all the things you chose when you created your character - your name will, however, remain the same. You also get to keep your task points, quests, explore, age and settings. After reincarnation, your character will be very young again. There are several ways to reincarnate in BatMUD. For newbies the first and foremost option is the 'recreate' command. This is a money- and exp-tax free equivalent of reincarnation, only available to players under certain in-game age and level. Read 'help recreate' for more information. If 'recreate' is no longer an option, there are two paths you can take, as described below. However, you need to be at least level 20 to be able to reincarnate or become reanimated normally. (This limitation does NOT apply to newbies who are able to use the 'recreate' command.) A) First and most common option, applicable to most target races, is to find a member of the druids guild ('who guild druids') to cast the reincarnation spell. Typically the Druid will expect a payment for the service rendered, common fee is 10k gold. When you have found a druid who is willing to cast the spell, you need to die, because the spell must be cast on a dead person. While dead you 'accept reinc from ', they cast the spell, you are moved into the reincarnation room and from there on you just follow the instructions in re-creating yourself. B) If you wish to choose an undead race, such as a zombie or skeleton, you must be reanimated by a Triadist instead ('who guild seminary'). Otherwise the same process applies as with reincarnation, you just 'accept reanimation from '. See 'help spell reanimation' for more information. When the character (re-)creation is finished, you will find yourself in the Arelium church with some (or all) of your experience points on you as "safe experience". You cannot lose safe experience by dying, so take your time and spend them with care and deliberation. The amount of safe experience you initially receive depends on the chosen reincarnation method. "Reincarnation tax" will eat away some of your experience. The amount of tax depends chosen reincarnation method and the time since your previous reincarnation. More time passed will lower the tax. Read 'help reincarnation process' for the specifics. FORCED REINCARNATION -------------------- As time passes, your character will grow old, especially if you die a lot. You can see your character's age with 'score' command, for example: You feel thirsty, very young and brave. ^^^^^^^^^^ After very young you will become 'young', then 'middle-aged', etc ... until you reach 'ancient', after which the next step will be a forced reincarnation with a VERY HIGH reincarnation tax. This is generally considered undesirable. It is better to reincarnate willingly before hitting point of forced reincarnation age, though there are also methods for regaining youth and extending one's lifespan. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION --------------------------- - All objects you carry will stay in your inventory upon completing the reincarnation. Cash is deposited to bank. - HOWEVER: AVOID being in the reincarnation rooms (e.g. the dialogs where you choose your background, race, reincarnation method, etc.) during the game reboot ('help reboot', 'tell damogran reboot')! This is known to be problematic and can cause you to lose your carried objects and/or other problems. - You should also try to avoid going linkdead, if possible, but obviously losing connection can happen for a number of reasons. - If you make a bad mistake in choosing your reincarnation, or selecting your guilds etc, you might want to reincarnate again quickly; if _less than four hours_ have passed, your reinc tax will be very low. (Remember: if you can use 'recreate', you will not be affected by the tax.) by Shardik Carthaigh (with Stranger's help). ++ Updated 13 Dec 2018, Tarken ++ Updated by Ggr, Oct 2024 SEE ALSO help reincarnation process, help recreate, help who, help death

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