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Game Systems

Quickstart Legends

Not everyone returning after twenty-five years wants to fight rabbits in Mud School again. Quickstart Legends are the restoration's answer: a fixed, clearly marked hero build that can walk the old world on day one.

The seven templates

TemplateRacePath
Archmageelfpure magic, including mana shield
Sainthumanthe healer, for those who kept the group alive
Assassinhalflingstealth and the single strike
Crusaderdwarfthe weapon master
Hunterelfa self-sufficient wilderness fighter
Warlockhuman, evilthe dark channeler
Necromancergoblin, evilthe army of the dead

The rules of the road

  • Each template has fixed stats, hit points, and mana. Its bound Explorer Kit includes a full set of equipment and a class weapon. The gear cannot be dropped or burned.
  • Permanently non-PK. A Quickstart can never opt into player killing and may only join non-PK clans.
  • Groups containing a Quickstart are "Recreational," so Standard players in them earn no advancement. You can carry friends through the world, but not through the ladder.
  • Focus advancement is capped at level 5 per track. The full endgame climb belongs to Standard characters.
  • Defeat costs nothing: no corpse, no loss. You wake in Wayfarer's Hall for a 60-second recovery and walk back out.
  • The quickstart command in Wayfarer's Hall restores missing kit with kit or reclaim and opens one-way exploration portals.
  • If the world hooks you, startover turns the character into a Standard level-one human while keeping the same name and password. The choice is permanent and asks for a confirmation phrase.

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