📖 how to play

You "play" IdleRPG by being present and quiet in the channel — every tick you idle, you advance toward the next level. Talking sets you back; leaving sets you back more. Everything below is typed in the channel as !rpg ….

Playing

!rpg	Enroll, or show your character — then just idle: be present and quiet to level up.
!rpg status [name]	A character sheet — yours, or a named player's.
!rpg sheet [name]	The D&D ability block (STR/DEX/…), HP, gold, kills, draughts.
!rpg items (gear)	Your equipped gear and total power.
!rpg stash [slot] / equip <#>	Bank an equipped item, list your stash, or equip a stashed one.
!rpg info	Realm summary: idlers online, the top player, the active quest.
!rpg who (online)	Who's idling right now, highest level first.
!rpg weather (sky)	The current weather over every biome — fog, storms, snow.
!rpg top [kills\|gold\|duels]	Leaderboards — by level (default), or kills/gold/duels.
!rpg feats [name]	One-time achievements you've earned.
!rpg bestiary [name]	Species you've slain (x/y), your favourite prey, and your finds by rarity.
!rpg rebirth	At level 50+, reset to level 0 for permanent prestige (★) and faster leveling — you keep gold, gear & glory.

Your character

!rpg race <dwarf\|elf\|gnome\|half-orc\|halfling\|human\|tiefling>	Choose your heritage once — bakes ability bonuses into your scores.
!rpg class <bard\|cleric\|fighter\|ranger\|rogue\|wizard>	Pick a class — sharpens your attacks and feeds your HP.
!rpg align <good\|neutral\|evil> [+ lawful\|neutral\|chaotic]	Set your alignment on the D&D 9-point grid (affects combat).
!rpg pet (companion)	Your companion (a wolf, boar, hawk, imp, or owlbear — earned by slaying a boss).
!rpg guild [create\|join <name>\|leave\|deposit <gold>]	Band together: found or join a guild, pool gold in its vault, and level faster when guildmates idle with you.
!rpg guilds	The guild leaderboard, by summed member levels.
!rpg guild raid	Spend the vault to summon a champion only your guild can fight — damage is tracked, spoils are split.
!rpg guild perk [name]	List the vault perks, or buy the next level of one (swiftness, fortune, might).

World & combat

!rpg travel <town>	Set off for a town; you walk there over the next ticks.
!rpg town	Where you are on the map (at a town, travelling, or roaming).
!rpg dungeon (delve)	Your delve — found by roaming; each tick clears a room, the last holds the dungeon's lord.
!rpg quest	The active quest's party, objective, and time left.
!rpg duel <name>	A friendly best-of-three spar with a present player.
!rpg give <name> <amount\|item #>	Give gold, or hand a stashed item, to another player.
!rpg rest / shop / buy <slot> / revive / bless	Town services — heal, buy gear, revive, buy a combat blessing.
!rpg buy potion / quaff	Buy a healing draught at a market; quaff one anywhere to heal full.
!rpg buy mount / mount	Buy a steed at a market (double travel speed); show your mount.
!rpg enchant <slot>	At a market, spend gold to push an item up one rarity tier.

Character options

Set once with !rpg class, !rpg race, and !rpg align. Companions can't be chosen — they're earned by slaying a boss.

Classes

bard	CHA · Cutting Words — a chance to spoil the enemy's attack — a silver-tongued meddler running on CHA
cleric	WIS · Healing Word — heal yourself a little each round — a battle-priest channeling WIS
fighter	STR · Extra Attack — a second swing each combat round — a frontline bruiser — STR drives the blade
ranger	DEX · Hunter's Mark — extra damage on every hit — a deadeye skirmisher — DEX guides the shot
rogue	DEX · Sneak Attack — big bonus damage when you land a hit — a sneak who strikes where it hurts (DEX)
wizard	INT · Arcane Bolt — guaranteed magic damage each round — a glass cannon slinging INT

Races

dwarf	+2 CON, +1 WIS — stout and steady
elf	+2 DEX, +1 INT — keen-eyed and quick
gnome	+1 DEX, +2 INT — clever and twitchy
half-orc	+2 STR, +1 CON — brawny and relentless
halfling	+2 DEX, +1 CHA — nimble and lucky
human	+1 CON, +1 CHA — adaptable and ambitious
tiefling	+1 INT, +2 CHA — charming and infernal

Companions (earned, not chosen)

wolf	+1 atk, +1 dmg — a loyal grey hunter
dire boar	+0 atk, +2 dmg — a tusked bruiser
hawk	+2 atk, +0 dmg — a keen-eyed raptor
imp	+1 atk, +1 dmg — a cackling familiar
owlbear	+1 atk, +2 dmg — a savage curiosity

Alignments

lawful good · neutral good · chaotic good · lawful neutral · true neutral · chaotic neutral · lawful evil · neutral evil · chaotic evil ·

Item affixes

Magical properties rolled on a drop. Rarer gear rolls more of them, and each one is stronger on a rarer item.

vampiric	heals you for part of the damage you deal
thorned	turns damage back on whatever strikes you
keen	strikes critically far more often
vital	grants bonus maximum hit points
warded	blunts every blow you take
swift	sharpens your aim

Admin — op flag

In-channel too, but only honored from a bot admin (same identity authorization as the admin console).

!rpg pause / resume	Freeze or resume the whole game.
!rpg push <name> <secs>	Move a player's clock (negative = toward the next level).
!rpg hog [name]	Invoke the Hand of God on a named or random player.
!rpg raid	Summon a world boss for the realm to fight (an event, or to test).
!rpg setlevel <name> <n>	Set a character's level.
!rpg gold <name> <amt>	Grant or remove gold (negative removes).
!rpg reset <name> \| reset all yes	Erase one character, or wipe the entire realm.