Asheron's Call

Monsters' Levels Don't Correspond to Character Levels

Even a level-1 player character can easily dispatch a level-3
Gnawer Shreth. However, a level-3 Red Phyntos Wasp will be a
challenge to a level-6 player. Why is that? Monsters' levels are
determined by how strong a monster is compared to others in its
class; there's no relationship with players' levels. Beware
entering new areas and facing monsters with oddly high or low
levels. Step carefully until you figure out their capabilities. A
level-17 Tumerok Priest doesn't sound too bad (it has only 85 hit
points, after all) but because it casts spells such as Frost Bolt
IV and Shockwave IV (good for a combined total of 90+ points of
damage), it's lethal to characters over twice its level.

Patron/Vassal Chat

You can speak to anyone in Dereth by entering @tell [name],
followed by your message. But you can use shortcuts to communicate
with your current patron and/or vassals. To speak to your patron
use /p, and to speak to your vassals use /v.

Patronize Me

As soon as you can, swear allegiance to a Patron. Find out what
benefits you'll get (most Patrons will provide equipment and money
to new vassals), but signing up early provides a big boost at the
beginning. To swear allegiance to another player, click the Social
Systems (which looks like several people) button, and then click
the Allegiance tab. Highlight a player character and then click
Swear Allegiance.

Shortcut Keys for Posers

You can configure your keyboard with shortcut keys for your
favourite poses. Click the Options button (with the check marks),
and then click Configure Keyboard and Yes to leave the game world.
Scroll down and select a chat pose in the keyboard configuration
screen. Enter a key (or a new key) that you would like mapped to
that pose. When you are finished, click Save As and enter a name
for your new keyboard configuration. Click Exit to return to the
game.

Spend Your Experience Points Now

You can spend experience points as soon as you get them, you don't
have to wait until your character advances a level. So as soon as
you have enough "XP" to advance that skill or attribute a notch,
go ahead and do it.

Stay and chat

Every time you enter a chat message, you'll be kicked back out
into the "real" world and need to click the chat bar to enter a
new message. But you can set the interface to keep you in chat
mode until you click out of it by clicking the Options button
(with the check marks) and then clicking the Character tab. Check
the box in front of "Stay in Chat Mode after sending a message."
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