Magic in The Land permeates everything, and even though it will be a while before you can use it, it's something you will need to understand early on in your MUD career. It comes in two principal manifestations:

• spells
• artefacts

Spells often accomplish what artefacts can do, but cost a lot of magic to use. For either, your chances of success depend on both your level and that of your victim. The most potent artefacts only work for very high-level players.

Some spells you should know of (but there are others!) are:

• WISH - ask a question of the wizzes.
• GLOW - victim glows in the dark.
• CHANGE - changes the victim's sex.
• BLIND - victim cannot see.
• CRIPPLE - victim cannot move.
• DEAFEN - victim cannot hear.
• DUMB - victim cannot speak.
• INVISIBLE - go invisible.
• SLEEP - victim falls asleep.
• SNOOP - copy everything on the victim's screen to yours.
• SUMMON - teleport victim to your location.
• WHERE - give the location of an object.
• FOD - Finger Of Death - kills victim instantly.

Some magical artefacts (you'll have to discover their effects yourself!):

• the baton
• the bow
• the flute
• the mirror
• the oracle
• the amulet
• the horn
• the potions
• the barometer
• the stethoscope
• the cape