Games - Xaos MUD

	Games - Xaos MUD

Xaos is a heavily altered Roleplaying Intensive Multi-User Dungeon that started from the Merc (MUD) codebase in 1997. The base Merc code was changed by its coder and creator "Ragnar" for the next 9 years, during which time the text-based game has also been online and open to the public.

=Setting and Genre= As of 2006 it features a combination of both roleplaying and hack and slash gameplay, and the unique world of Xaos is very detailed and expansive, with over 100,000 rooms and around 5000 each of objects and npc mobs, as a result of the efforts made by its players and world builders, called "immortals", over the nine year lifetime of the game. Nevertheless, its genre still can be described as a sword and sorcery fantasy setting.

In particular, the game setting features magic (~500 spells) and medieval combat (involving ~250 skills) as well as 26 playable fantasy races and 400 NPC races. Some of the races are unique to Xaos, but more frequently they are drawn from contemporary fantasy sources.

=Races= A contextual description of the races of xaos, categorized by location:

The Human Lands

Humans: The most widespread race upon the continent of Terra.
Half-Elves: A mix of the human and elven bloodlines.
Half-Orc
s: An irregular outcome of the orcish raids.
Half-Giants: A well-melded combination of human and hill giant.

The Outlands

Elves: The forestkeepers of the north.
Dwarves: The now-united Thane halls of Moria.
Kender
: The childlike tricksters and wandering pacifists.
Centaurs: Proud, resembling both human and horse.
Minotaurs: The shaggy, bestial ox-men of the frozen north.
Gnomes: Once desert dwellers, now wanderers.
Gremlins: Monsters born of a dark god and darker rituals.

The Orcish Tribes

Orcs: Most often hold the highest caste in the Tribes.
Goblins: The smallest and craftiest members within the Seven.
Ogres: Hulking beasts, the brute strength of the Tribes.
Trolls: The most resilient among the seven If unintelligent.
Kobolds: The lowest canine race of the Tribes.

Fae

Pixies: A cheerful and honorable race of the Fae.
Sprites: Cruel and capricious Fae with a dark sense of humor.
Brownies: Self-proclaimed protectors of the forest.
Maca: Insect-like helpers of the pixies and sprites.

The Antipodes

Avariel
: The Winged Elves of the floating city.
Drow
: The elves of the subterranean realm and shadows.
Yeti: The snowbeasts, with strength born of the mountain.
Vondoni: The canine-like tribes of the jungles.

Giants

Fire Giants: The desert dwellers, worshipers of the Fire god.
Hill Giants: A neutral race of pacifist giants.

=Classes= PCs on xaos choose from among 5 base classes:

Warrior
Thief
Mage
Cleric
Shaman

Subclasses

and 27 subclasses: Warrior: Thief: Geomancer Rake Knight Burglar Gladiator Bard Paladin(evil/good alignment only) Assassin Battlerager (dwarf race only) Bladesinger (elf race only) Berserker (troll race only) Ranger Scion(avariel race only) Shadow dancer(drow race only)

Mage: Cleric: Illusionist Druid (neutral alignment only) Invoker Bishop Enchanter Monk Elementalist Seeress(drow female characters only) Transmuter Mentalist Necromancer (evil alignment only)

Shaman: Rift Binder Chaos Champion (troll race only)

=External links=

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Xaos MUD ]

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