The World of Althanas FAQ

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Welcome, Guest, to the World of Althanas, the premier play-by-post roleplaying forum! Registration is free and takes only moments to do. Once complete, you may start creating your first character and interacting with our living, breathing online world immediately! The only requirement placed upon you is that you enter Althanas ready to have a good time. Learn about our world by reading the Getting Started FAQ and then join our world by clicking on that link to get started. We welcome you to Althanas.

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Althanas Rules

Welcome to Althanas, one of the internet's premier fantasy play-by-post role-playing games. Below you will find the rules of the forum, information on the different geographical regions that make up Althanas, and a "Getting Started" guide that will help you register your character and begin role-playing. If you find that you have a questions about the rules or on a topic that we didn't cover, feel free to post a message in our Your Word forum - most days you will receive an answer within an hour or two, and sometimes even within a few minutes. Updates: -10/27/2007: Rules regarding the out-of-character forums have been updated.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1) Getting Started on Althanas Chapter 2) Battles Chapter 3) Quests Chapter 4) EXP, Levels, and the Rubric Chapter 5) Gold Pieces and Purchasing Items Chapter 6) Tournaments Chapter 7) Power Groups Chapter 8) Althanas History Chapter 9) Althanas Almanac Chapter 10) Out-of-Character Forums Chapter 11) Joining Staff Epilogue) Frequently Asked Questions

Chapter 1: Getting Started on Althanas

Welcome to Althanas What is Althanas? Forum Registration Creating Your Character Profile Your Character Sheet and the Realm of Greeting The Peaceful Promenade/Scara Brae/The Bazaar/Introduction Forum Character Creation FAQs

Chapter 2: Battles

Introduction to Battles Starting Battles Fighting and Finishing a Battle Battle Tips

Chapter 3: Quests

Introduction to Quests Starting Quests Finishing Quests

Chapter 4: Experience Points, Character Levels, and the Rubric

Introduction to Experience Points on Althanas Earning EXP and Leveling Up Althanas Level Chart The Althanas Rubric

Chapter 5: Gold Pieces and Purchasing Items

Gold Pieces Purchasing Items Selling Items Back

Chapter 6: Tournaments

Introduction to Tournaments Tournament Rules Althanas Tournament: The Serenti Invitational Althanas Tournaments: The Cell Althanas Tournaments: The Lornius Corporate Challenge Althanas Tournaments: The Gisela Open Althanas Tournaments: The Oxfordshire Open Althanas Tournaments: New Summer Tournament Althanas Tournaments: Althanaversery

Chapter 7: Power Groups

Why join a Power Group? Registering a Power Group Joining and Leaving a Power Group

Chapter 8: The History of Northern Althanas

Introduction to Althanas History Time Immemorial (between 14,108 and 15,473 years ago) Coronari Estella (between 10,048 and 14,107 years ago) Coronari a Winyar Dacilea (between 5,047 and 10,048 years ago) Coronari a Lindale (between 2,000 and 5,046 years ago) Demon War (between 1,800 and 2,000 years ago) Coronari Poldora (between 1,000 and 1,800 years ago) Coronari Poldora (between 200 and 1000 years ago) Coronari Poldora (between present and 200 years ago)

Chapter 9: The Althanas Almanac - Northern Regions

Althanas World Map Alerar (Al-uh-rar) Coronè (Core-oh-nay) Fallien (Fay-lee-in) Haidia Raiaera Salvar (SAL-var) Scara Brae (Scare-ruh Bray)

Chapter 10: Out-of-Character Forums

What are the Althanas Out-of-Character Forums? What is your policy for deleting threads/posts? What is your policy on profanity? What is your policy on flaming? How do you handle disciplinary issues? Who should I contact if I have questions?

Chapter 11: Joining the Staff

Althanas Staff Application

Frequently Asked Questions

What is "bunnying"? What is "powergaming"? What does "((open))" and "((closed))" mean? What does "OOC" and "IC" mean? What is a "Judge's Choice"? What if I have a question not answered here?

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