====== Communicating ======
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 [[player:gamelaw:bulletinboard|Bulletin Board]]. For staying in touch with allies, see [[player:gamelaw: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 =====
  * [[player:gamelaw:bulletinboard|Bulletin Board]] — persistent public posts
  * [[player:gamelaw:friends|Friends]] — ''befriend'' / ''unfriend'' / login tracking
  * [[player:gamelaw|Game Law]] — overview