Darkcecil13

Potion Wars is an IRC-based multiplayer role playing game written by DarkCecil13 unvealed for the first time in the year 2001. It is currently being ran in #aurous on the network irc.slacknet.org.

Getting Started

Registering Your Nickname

Connect to the IRC Network irc.enterthegame.com on port 6667
Join the channel #aurous
Type /msg Aurous register <Nickname> <DesiredPassword> to register your nickname.
Type /msg Aurous identify <YourPassword> to identify yourself with Aurous. This is done so your character remains secure, and no one else will be able to access it.
Whenever you join #aurous, you will have to identify with Aurous. This additionally guarantees you access to channel services.
Type /msg Aurous help at any time for a list of commands.

Starting A Character

Type !potion in the channel, and Aurous will initiate a DCC chat with you. Accept this. If the DCC Chat fails, try /dcc chat Aurous.
In the DCC Chat window, type !potion. This is how you progress through the game. Your character walks around, finds potions, and progresses through the gameplay.
Type !stats to find out your character's statistics.
To speed through your potion run, type !potion <Number of Potions> in the DCC chat.
As you watch your character finding potions and drinking happily, you will notice that you are acquiring gems. Gems can be traded in to buy Elixirs. Type !gems'' for a listing of elixirs you can buy. You can find out an elixir's effect by typing !gems stats <Elixir Number>. If you find something you like, you may purchase an elixer by typing !gems trade <Elixir Number>.
Now that you're done potioning, you can check the list of players and see if anyone is alive that you can kill. Type !players to see this list of players in your attackable range, or type !players a for a list of all players. Type !stats <Name of Player> to see the statistics ofanother player.
To attack a player, type !attack <Name of Player> to in #aurous. This requires one Player Fight per attack. You can aquire more Player Fights by trading gems in for an "Elixir of Hate", elixir number 3.
You can stop attacking a person by typing "!stop" in #aurous.

Terminology

The Attributes

Defense - Lowers the amount of damage done towards you.
Strength - Increases the amount of damage you do against your opponents.
Agility - Decreases chances of missing; Also improves your chances for doing high combos against your opponents.
Vigor - Further increases your damage; More potent than strength; Good to have against high-defense opponents.
Luck - Increases your chances for finding higher quality potions; 100 luck is average.
Constitution - Increases your chances for doing SLAM attacks, which multiply final damage.

Lingo

Combo - Multiple attacks are carried out against an opponent. Defense is factored into each hit.
SLAM - Doubles your damage
SUPERSLAM - Quadruples your damage
SUPERDUPERSLAM - Octuples your damage
MEGASLAM - 16x damage
STUPENDOUSSLAM - 32x damage
APOCALYPTICSLAM - 64x damage
Miss - When you miss, you deal no damage to your opponent
Potion Reset - Every character obtains more potions as defined by !reset
Killing Points - A player gains one after a kill.
Revival - A special regular event that gives every player 2000 potions and two revivals.

Commands

When reading this section, and all the sections that follow, text in <Greater than and less than signs> is required, while text in [brackets] is optional.

In Host Channel

!stats [Player] - Displays your statistics if no character is given; If a character is given, it shows that player's statistics.
!attack <Player> - Attacks another player until you !stop. The player you choose to fight will counterattack accordingly. If you kill a character, you will gain a certain proportion of their stats.
!stop - Stops attacking a character.
!reset - Displays the time of when the last potion reset took place and the time of when the next potion reset will take place.
!damage [Strength] [Vigor] [Number of Combos] [Slam Multiplier] [Defense of Op.] - Displays how much damage you would do considering all of the statistics you supply.
!miss [Your Agility] [Oppenent's Agility] - Displays your chances of missing an opponent when attacking.
!combo [Agility] - Displays your chances for doing all types of combos.
!slam [1,2,3,4,5,6] [Constitution] - Displays the probability of doing a SLAM against another player. Your own constitution is automatically filled in.
!level [Level] - Displays your attacking level range

In The DCC Chat

!stats [Character] - Displays your statistics if no character is given; If a character is given, it shows that player's statistics.
!potion [Number of Potions To Use] - Tells your character to walk around and find potions. If you do not provide anything, you will only attempt finding one potion.
!potion timer info - Displays information about your currently running potion timer.
!stop - If you are running a potion timer, this will halt it.
!gems [<Trade/Stats> <Elixir Number>] - Brings up the list of Elixirs, trades for, or displays the stats for a given elixir.
!players [[Min Level] [Max Level]] - Lists characters.
!players k - Lists characters by Killing Points
!players a - Lists all characters
!focus - Displays information regarding your potion focus.
!revive - Revives you from a negative HP state (ie dead).
!cat - Visit the cathedral and use your allocation points.
!autoluck [<Desired Minimum Luck>/off] - Automatically performs !gems trade 2 when luck goes below desired minimum luck.
!monster - Explains how to use the monster creation system
!transfer - Explains how to transfer gems
!invisibile [yes] - Become invisible (unattackable) for 15 minutes. You can only become invisible once per reset.

External Links

Original Potion Wars FAQ