New player guide

Character creation
There are three classes in Blackfire: You will complete all three on your journey to becoming a hero, and the class you play last is what you will remain.
 * Monk, a holy class that is able to heal and cause magical damage.
 * Rogue, a stealthy class that is able to sneak around and backstab enemies for significant damage.
 * And Sorcerer, a magical class that has high sustained damage output and with advacned play is also able to cause significant damage

As a new player the easiest path is Monk first, Sorcerer second and Rogue third.

Your character has some special treatment until level 30:
 * You will automatically be enrolled in to the 'Newbie' camarilla.
 * You can't be attacked or attack others in 'player kill' areas.
 * Your attributes aren't taken in to account when determining your level up bonuses.

Attributes

 * Strength
 * Intellect
 * Wisdom
 * Dexterity

First things

 * 1) You're automatically enrolled in to the "New Players' Cabal". You can speak to other players in the same cabal using "csay".
 * 2) You start with 10 practice points, which you can use at your guild master in the city. See "help practices", "help skills", "help spells". You can also use the "practice" command to see what's available.
 * 3) To find your guild master, use "citymap talorien", find your class location and head to it.
 * 4) Once you're there simply "practice ".

Basic Combat
Initially combat is very simple, especially as you have access to so few spells and skills. Before attacking a target, you should "consider" them to see if they're likely to be easy for you to beat.
 * 1) You can initiate combat with any offensive skill or spell, or simply "kill ".
 * 2) You can perform skills and spells using abbreviations, such as "c cause s ", or "ba <target".
 * 3) Once the target is dead, it will leave a corpse which you can "examine", and loot (help loot, help get).
 * 4) Some corpses can also be skinned and searched to find  useful items, though you're not likely to find much on the low level regular mobs in Talorien.

Useful tips

 * 1) You'll have far more skills and spells to train than you have practice points at the satrt, choose wisely.
 * 2) You can drink from the fountain east of recall.
 * 3) Adolphus in the Cathedral will give you sanctuary, armor, blessing and a few other spells for a low price.

Leveling

 * 1
 * Talorien
 * Beggars 80
 * Dogs 80
 * Streetsweepers 80


 * 2
 * Talorien
 * Minstrels 700


 * 3-6
 * Talorien
 * Minstrels 790
 * Traders 1270
 * Cathedral
 * Bats 1100
 * Women 2,700
 * Petitioners 2,000
 * Travelers 3,200
 * Imps 3,100 - 6,500
 * 7
 * Sewers
 * Alligators 7,700
 * Rodents 6,000
 * Skaven 7,100
 * an uncut obsidian ring         - Lv: 1 Lc:Tak Fin Ef:!R Man:+18 AC:-13
 * a short handled mace           - Lv: 4 Lc:Tak Wld Ef:!S !R HR:+2 Man:+16 4D4
 * a tunic bearing the sigil of the Horned Rat - Lv: 4 Lc:Tak Abt Ef:!G !N !Sell AC:-13 HP:+12