Posing Conventions

Posing, or the process of writing out what your login or your character is saying/doing, follows certain conventions here on Dark Forces.

## Basic Commands

Speech is entered with either `say` or a quotation mark `"` which places the following text in quotations.

* `say My name is Fenris.`

```
You say "My name is Fenris."

```

* `"My name is Fenris.`

```
You say "My name is Fenris."

```

Emoting can be done with either the colon `:`, which places text after your character object's name, or with `@emit` or a backslash `\`, which enters whatever text appears after the command.

* `:wags his tail.`

```
Fenris wags his tail.

```

* A variant of this uses the semicolon `;` to pose as above, but without a space. This is useful for using apostrophes and suchlike.
	+ `;' ears prick up.`

```
Fenris' ears prick up.

```

* `@emit While drooling, Fenris wags his tail.`

```
While drooling, Fenris wags his tail.

```

* `\While drooling, Fenris wags his tail.`

```
While drooling, Fenris wags his tail.

```

## Courtesy

Always make it clear to others that you are the author of your poses.

* In the lounge or in other OOC situations, emote a pipe '|' after your name instead of using @emit or a backslash to pose web addresses or quotations.

```
Fenris | "I'm quoting someone this way instead of using @emit so people know who's posing."

```

* If you use @emit or a backslash, make sure your character's name is somewhere in your pose.
* Conventions for pose order come and go, but the default convention in larger scenes is the 3-pose rule: *Wait 3 poses before posing again.* In smaller scenes, the default convention is to pose in some kind of order.

## Privacy

If you would like to send a private message to someone, you may do the following.

* `p Fenris=Hey there.`

```
You paged Fenris with 'Hey there'.

```

Pages are usually OOC.

* `whisper Fenris=Hey there.`

```
You whisper "Hey there." to Fenris.

```

Note that whispers only work if your target is in the same room as you, and are usually considered IC unless stated otherwise.

## OOC

There are a variety of OOC channels outside of the lounge.

* `ooc Hi!`

```
(OOC) Fenris: Hi!

```

Everyone in the current room will see this, and it's a good way of quickly getting information across that otherwise might not be communicated through poses (like checking someone's aura colors or whatnot).

* `@clist` lists all available channels.
* `addcom alias=channel name` is the command to join a channel, where **alias** is whatever you want to type when accessing that channel. For example, `addcom pub=Public` will join the channel "Public". You would then type `pub <text>` to talk in that channel. Note that when adding channels, the full channel name is case-sensitive (in the above example, 'public' would not work).
* `@force me=comtitle <channel alias>=<title>` will set a "title" for you on the given channel. The '@force me=' is only needed if one intends on using ANSI codes.

List of Current Chat Channels

## Navigation

Typing "ic" will take you to the IC grid. Typing "+ooc" will take you to the gateway room to the OOC lounge. Type whatever is in the <> when navigating the grid to move around between rooms.

* NOTE: When making a room, please make it clear with <> what the exits are.