UC MUD World Planning

This page is for things that are in-game, mostly code independent. It is also for how players would expect to interact with the game.

Player

Player can log in and have access to multiple characters
No player information available in game automatically, only available to wizards
Log in will require an email address, generate a userid, and a password.
Characters will not require a further password
One character logged in at a time.
Player's characters cannot interact: items and xp cannot be moved from one character to another
One character can unlock things for the player to use when creating new characters
Retiring characters can give a bonus to creating a new one

Map: define continents, oceans, countries, etc.
Large areas or roads: handle differently from small rooms. Take time to move across them with automatic halting for encounters or points of interest.
Have transportation between towns in civilized countries, like carriages
Cities and towns, at least one hometown for each sapient race
World history: Kill All Humans
Quests by region
Each city having all the major guilds

Item class	Description	Possible sub-classes/cross classes
Wieldable	Things that can be wielded	one-handed, two-handed, piercing, cutting, bashing, ranged
Wearable	Things that can be worn	worn on limbs (hand, foot, arm, leg, torso, head), worn in jewelry locations (fingers, neck, head, ears)
Protection	Things that protect or have "armor class"	worn on limbs (see wearable), armor type, material
Ingestible	Things that can be eaten or drunk	food, drinks, alcoholic drinks, poisons, potions
Tool	Things that can be used and reused	keys, lockpicks, ladders, rope, magical wings, money
Consumable	Things that can be used once	ammunition, balms, bandages, scrolls, ingestible
Container	Things that can hold other things	bags, quivers, boxes, carriages
Transportation	Things that transport you (weight/strength based)	carriages, mounts
Portable	Things that can be carried (weight/strength based)	light, bulky
Active	Things that can take actions (magic things? food? poison?)	magic items, consumable, tools
Intelligent	Things that know their owner	magic items
Enchantable	Things that can be enchanted	magic items
Cursed	Things that can get stuck/can't be taken off	magic items

Item Type	Description	Usual Classes	Optional classes
Weapons
Armor
Money
Jewelry
Musical instruments
Poop
Treasure
Magic items: enchantable vs not
Books, scrolls, notes
Food and drink
Potions
Raw materials for inventing
Clothing
Barding and pet items
Ammunition
Backpacks and quivers
Plants
Non-distinct items: furniture, room decorations, etc.
Locks and keys
Traps
Lockpicks and other rogue things
Adventuring gear: rope, tent, bedroll, tindertwigs (tools)
Spellbooks and holy symbols
Ownable items? Specific to their owner, unusable by others, possibly even damaging to others.
Poisons
Alcohol and other drugs

stats, race, etc.
point buy for stats and anything else useful.
gender, features, appearance
alignment
hometown
living or dead parents?
backstory?
Ability to hit "random" and roll up a character with same number of points as hand-picked (good for testing)
Merits and flaws