PowerMud Biography
The unique world of PowerMud has been around since May of 1997. The world is over 10,000 rooms and is full of exotic and unique settings, monsters, and items. There are no 'stock' areas on PowerMud, they are only found here and nowhere else.
PowerMud uses a customized Skill system, where experience is gained for a certain skill by actually performing that skill! For instance, if your character can 'hide' in the shadows, practicing doing so will raise your skill level. No more dividing up your experience points between non- related skills! As for the different skill types, there is a high number of them, ranging from the normal combat skills (slash, blunt, pierce) to specialized skills such as 'Advanced Melee', 'Sailing', 'Mercantile', 'Fishing', and 'Mental Attack' (Psionics, which any Player could potentially possess).
Once your character gains some well-deserved experience, you can then choose from over Forty Professions. These Professions will augment your general Guild skills, or perhaps add new ones. You could choose the Bard Profession, and learn how to play songs that boost skills while also gaining some needed thieving skills. Or perhaps you would want to go to the 'builder' Professions, such as Chef, Blacksmith, Carpenter, Inditar (Scroll making), Alchemist, or Artificer. Maybe you want to supplement your fighting skills, so you could go with Archer, Bladesman, Sapper, Duelist, Horseman, Blind-Fighter, or many others. Since you can have more than one Profession, the unique combinations possible are only limited by your imagination.
PowerMud has a non-PK killing zone called the Killing Fields, where Players can go to and battle each other without fear of losing a life. Every now and then Grand Melees are held, with the winners obtaining prizes consisting of free experience, money, and magical equipment.
The Developers and Players on PowerMud are friendly and easy to get along with, and the Admins are almost always online to answer any questions that you may have. If you log in and experience the unique atmosphere that is PowerMud, you will surely enjoy it.