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-===== Communicating ======
+====== Communicating ======
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+Communicating in Nilgiri is very important in finding out information from other people. It is the way for organizing campaigns and making new friends.
+This page covers in-game speech and messaging. For the public corkboard, see [[bulletinboard|Bulletin Board]]. For staying in touch with allies, see [[friends|Friends]].
+===== Room speech =====
+Talk to everyone in the same room with ''say'', or address one person in the room with ''sayto''. Silent asides use ''mutter''. Close-range privacy uses ''whisper''.
+<code mud>
+> say Hello, travelers.
+You say, "Hello, travelers."
+> sayto silk Ready for the next hunt?
+You say to Silk, "Ready for the next hunt?"
+> whisper silk Meet me by the bank.
+You whisper to Silk, "Meet me by the bank."
+> mutter hmm
+You mutter, "hmm"
+>
+</code>
+===== Emotes and socials =====
+Describe an action with ''emote''. Many canned socials are available as their own verbs (for example ''smile'', ''wave'') via the social system.
+<code mud>
+> emote looks around the square carefully.
+(You) looks around the square carefully.
+>
+</code>
+===== Languages =====
+Characters speak a language. Switch with ''speak <language>'' to languages your character understands. Listeners who do not know the language may not understand you.
+<code mud>
+> speak common
+You are now speaking common.
+>
+</code>
+===== Tell, beep, and pray =====
+''tell'' reaches another player who is currently playing (subject to their ''notell'' preference). ''beep'' pings a playing character. ''pray'' can send a message toward immortals or be used at certain special locations.
+<code mud>
+> tell silk Where are you?
+You tell Silk, "Where are you?"
+> beep silk
+Okay.
+>
+</code>
+===== Zone and world channels =====
+  * ''yell'' — loud call heard nearby in the zone (blocked in silence / underwater rooms).
+  * ''shout'' — carries farther across the zone.
+  * ''gossip'' — world gossip channel (can be toggled off with environment flags such as ''nogossip'').
+<code mud>
+> yell Help at the south gate!
+You yell, "Help at the south gate!"
+> shout Looking for a group to Midgaard!
+You shout, "Looking for a group to Midgaard!"
+> gossip Anyone know a good armorer?
+You gossip, "Anyone know a good armorer?"
+>
+</code>
+===== Party communicate =====
+''communicate'' (often abbreviated) speaks to your current following / follower group rather than the whole room.
+<code mud>
+> communicate Stick together and search north.
+Okay.
+>
+</code>
+===== Related =====
+  * [[bulletinboard|Bulletin Board]] — persistent public posts
+  * [[friends|Friends]] — ''befriend'' / ''unfriend'' / login tracking
+  * [[gamelaw|Game Law]] — overview