Player's guide
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First of all, welcome to Haunted Memories: Vienna by Night! This MUSH is an Internet-based role-playing game using the rules and setting from White Wolf Publishing Inc.'s World of Darkness, set in a fictional version of Vienna, Austria. We support the system as published 2004, which also often is referred to as nWoD or WoD 2.0. The game is using RhostMUSH version 3.9 with a few of our own modifications to make roleplaying a little more interesting. The purpose of this guide is to provide a sky-high view for new players. From the following sections of this guide, readers may then proceed to other pages which will provide greater detail.
Getting Connected
This section provides basic information pertaining to the game server such as how to connect, what clients work, basic info on MU*s in general. From here a reader may continue on to learn more about the operating environment of the server.
Game Systems
The Game System section deals with the mechanics/rules utilized by Haunted Memories. Further information regarding the various player spheres (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Second Sight and Mortal), unique rules created by players and staff, and other stuff that deals with the characters you'll play within the game.
Game Setting
The Game Setting section deals with Vienna, Austria, where the game is set. Further information regarding the city itself, how it appears and the people who live here, the customs and society, and other stuff that describes the place you will inhabit.
Basic FAQs
As the section's title implies, this area attempts to answer some basic questions regarding the game. Links can be found that take the reader to more specific FAQs such as those related to various spheres and rules.
Getting Connected
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Address: haunted-memories.net
Port: 3010
Telnet Connect: click here!
A MUSH is a text-based, multi-user game on the internet that allows players to connect to the same environment and interact with other players. Typically, this interaction is roleplaying. Mush is an acronym which stands for: "Multi-User Shared Hallucination" or "Multi-User Simultaneous Hallucination" (depending on who you ask), which is part of the family of multi-user text-based internet games that include: MUD, MUCK, MOO, MUSE, MURE, and MUX. This family is known as MU*'s and has a large and dedicated base of fans for over the past 20 years. MU* is also sometimes known as MUVE (Multi User Virtual Environment).
A MUSH focuses more on the writing ability and roleplaying abilities of its players. MUCK's have a programming language that most users will never see or use which is call MUF, and a MUSH is the latest generation of MU*'s out there, next to MUX. Even multiplayer graphical games such as Everquest. Mushing is still quite popular because of it's diverse and flexible nature which is limited only by the staff who run it and the players who play on it.
Unlike chat rooms though, players on a Mush can create their own character with their own descriptions, and shape their own environment. The possibilities are endless and only limited by what fits into the setting and theme of the mu*. As well, since a mush is text-based you don't need a powerful computer that can handle high-end graphics. You just need a simple client program, an internet connection, and an imagination. You can wander from room to room, where the other characters may be, and interact with them real-time. What this allows you to do then, is to roleplay and interact with people in real-time, online.
Game Systems
We can't know when humans first started telling stories, or why. But it's a safe bet that the first tale tellers used their craft to explain the mysteries going on around them. Indeed, some of the most ancient stories that are still told today grapple with the biggest mysteries of all — life, death, creation, redemption and the ongoing struggle of good versus evil. The World Of Darkness is a Storytelling game, because it's an opportunity for you to participate in the deeply human endeavor of telling stories.
The stories told in this game are set in the World of Darkness. It's a place very much like our world, sharing the same history, culture and geography. Superficially, most people in this fictional world live the same lives we do. They eat the same food, wear the same clothes, and waste time watching the same stupid TV shows. And yet, in the World of Darkness, shadows are deeper, nights are darker, fog is thicker. If, in our world, a neighborhood has a rundown house that gives people the creeps, in the World of Darkness, that house emits strange sighs on certain nights of the year, and seems to have a human face when seen from the corner of one's eye. Or so some neighbors say. In our world, there are urban legends. In the World of Darkness, there are urban legends whispered into the ears of autistic children by invisible spiders.
Haunted Memories -- Vienna by Night is set in White Wolf's Storytelling system. Specifically, the server has implemented the following RPG Systems:
- World of Darkness (New)
- Vampire: The Requiem
- Werewolf: The Forsaken
- Mage: The Awakening
- Second Sight
- Changeling: the Lost
Game Setting
Where: Vienna, Austria
When: 2001 A.D.
Grandiose Vienna was the showpiece of the all-conquering Habsburg dynasty. Monumental edifices line the city centre, world-class museums burst with treasures, white stallions strut their way down mirrored halls and renowned orchestras and angelic choirboys perform in lavish concert halls. Located in eastern Austria along the Danube, Vienna is Austria’s political, financial and administrative capital. For centuries it was the seat of the Habsburg Empire, and today’s Vienna (Wien) is a city full of tradition and rich in architectural, artistic and musical heritage; but also headquarters to numerous international organizations and with the inauguration of the UN building and the International Conference Centre a little later, Vienna established itself as not only a city of great history but also became one of the three UN headquarters, alongside New York and Geneva.
Imperial Vienna was never a wholly German city: as the capital of a cosmopolitan empire, it attracted great minds from all over central and Eastern Europe. By the end of the Habsburg era it had become a breeding ground for the ideological movements of the age: nationalism, socialism, Zionism and antisemitism, all flourished here.
Today, Vienna has become a metropolitan where east and west collide, cultures mix and where behind a carefully crafted facade, hidden below the concealed blemishes of the city lies something else: a hidden, secret soul; where western criminal organization and crime try to hold their ground against a quickly expanding eastern underworld, a gateway between east and west on many fronts and some say a gateway to something entirely else.
Basic FAQs
What is the language/behavior rating of the server?
This game will explore themes that are not suitable for children and young people. By signing in to this game you are confirming that you are at least 18 years of age. The staff of the game are not responsible for verifying this fact and reserve the right to remove characters from those of any age who seem unable to cope with the mature setting. Because this is a mature environment we expect staff and players to behave in a polite and cooperative manner with each other at all times. See +news ppolicy and +news spolicy for more information.
Are you open?
Yes! We presently support the mortal, mage, vampire, werewolf, changeling and sighted spheres. Other books may be supported in due course. Some spheres may be temporarily closed for applications; check +bbread 1 on the game to see which ones, or the general FAQ page.
When will X sphere be supported?
- Mortal & CCL - Supported
- Vampire: the Requiem - Supported
- Werewolf: the Forsaken - Supported
- Mage: the Awakening - Supported
- Second Sight - Supported
- Changeling: the Lost - Supported
What if I want to play a different type of character?
Create a character bit and +request your character concept. Someone on staff will get back to you.
How is combat handled on the MUSH?
Here's a primer: Combat
Are there House Rules?
Yes, though most are Sphere-specific, you can find rule clarifications and house rules here
What's the Character Creation process?
The game server follows the Character Creation process from the WoD Core book, taking you to the point just prior to adding a supernatural template. The actual process within the game roughly goes as follows:
- 1. Connect to the server (haunted-memories.net Port: 3010) and then create a user name/password (create <Name> <password).
- 2. Agree to the statement provided in the Welcome room (+accept).
- 3. Start character generation. On Haunted Memories this is a simple four steps process:
- (1) Concept: Choosing the key idea for your character and your sphere.
- (2) CharGen: Setting your nWoD stats: Attributes, skills and merits.
- (3) Background: Writing the key details of your history and personality.
- (4) Finishing Touches: Polishing off the last elements, such as appearance.
