Chat Commands

From The Domains of Dread

Chat commands in The Domains of Dread are used to perform a plurality of functions which would otherwise be handled by dialogue menus. Many of the options listed are also available graphically by summoning the NUI player menu by using !menu or !m, but not all.

Wherever trailing zeroes are listed for opcodes they are not required, eg typing 016 is the same as typing 16 in the chat window.

Command List

Character

  • !afk: Places marker on character to indicate that the player is away. Clears if character moves, player begins typing, or toggles !afk again.
  • !combatmode [shortname or opcode], !cm [shortname or opcode]: Sets combat paradigm. See article for details.
  • !customize, !c: Opens an NUI window to handle facets of character appearance, such as armor model, dyes, heads, height, complexion and so on. May be invoked only in the out of character experience.
  • !craft, !cr: Opens an NUI window to perform crafting activities. This NUI window is automatically invoked when interacting with an applicable workbench.
  • !dispel [invisibility/concealment/all/shortname or opcode] or !d [i/c/a/shortname or opcode]: Clears friendly effect associated with the type specified from character.
  • !fd: Selected with a target that is a player character to enable lethal damage, per the Character versus Character Rules.
  • !hostile, !h: Selected with a neutral target to set them as hostile.
  • !language [learn/speak] [shortname or opcode], !l [l/s] [shortname or opcode]: Learns or sets the character to speak the chosen language. See article for details.
  • !menu, !m: Opens an NUI window to access a plurality of information and invoke other menus graphically. Also invoked by pressing the rest hotkey, default R.
  • !name [name], !n [name]: Sets the targeted character's displayed name to the text provided. Their generic name will still be postappended to their examine description.
  • !persona [switch/drop] [shortname or opcode], !p [s/d] [shortname or opcode]: When used standalone, opens an NUI window for persona management, including editing the character's default portrait, voiceset and description. Specifying switch and the persona changes to that persona. Specifying drop sets persona back to last used.
  • !resist [healing/spells/all/none]: Sets the character to roll a saving throw to resist healing, the application of friendly spell effects, or the application of any friendly effect including from exceptional sources such as Artificer.
  • !rebuild: Initiates a rebuild if inside the out of character experience. See article for details.
  • !rest, !r: Opens an NUI window to start a new rest cycle. See article for details.
  • !relevel: Initiates a relevel if inside the out of character experience. See article for details.
  • !stance [default/shortname or opcode]: When used standalone, lists applicable combat animations, or sets one if specified. Cosmetic effect only.
  • !undisguise: Attempts to undisguise the targeted player character, per Disguises and Personae.
  • !walk: Forces the character to walk when out of combat. Toggle again to remove.
  • !whisper, !w: Character will now always whisper. Toggle again to speak at normal volume. Note: vanilla /w does not work in The Domains of Dread and is directly replaced by this command.
  • !yell, !y: Character will now always yell. Toggle again to speak at normal volume.

Class-specific

  • [Bard] !perform [opcode], !perf [opcode]: When used standalone, opens the NUI menu to select the currently played bardic performance. With opcode, immediately switches to that bardic performance.

Informational

  • !effects, !e: Lists any friendly spell or spell-like ability affecting the character by shortname and by opcode. Will not list negative effects.
  • !profession [shortname or opcode], !pro [shortname or opcode]: When used standalone, lists general information regarding crafting professions such as level and effective crafting level. When specifying a profession by shortname or opcode, lists more information such as present breakpoint(s) progress and soak time.
  • !roleplay [on/off], !rp [on/off]: When used standalone, lists characters seeking roleplay and a general location for said characters. Toggle to set this feature on or off for present character. Defaults to on.
  • !staff, !st : Lists available Game Masters and Helpers by number and by name.
  • !rental, !re: Lists information regarding any active rental presently owned by the character such as rental location, duration of stay, key number and the name and location of the proprietor.

Objects and Furniture

  • !clear: Clears the entire rental of any placeables or furniture objects. May be invoked only within a rental and from the rental's owner.
  • !furniture [save/load] [opcode]: Saves the current arrangement of placeables or furniture objects within a rental to the provided slot, out of 0-5, or loads that slot into the rental. May be invoked only within a rental and from the rental's owner.
  • !mark: Opens an NUI menu to place a custom-named mark which contains the supplied text upon examine.
  • !move: Opens an NUI menu to adjust the X, Y, and Z coordinates of a target selected placeable or furniture object.
  • !place [opcode]: When used standalone, opens an NUI menu to place the desired placeable or furniture object in front of the player. May require materials and/or Woodworking skill. With opcode, immediately places the selected placeable or furniture object in front of the player.
  • !unplace: Removes the target selected placeable or furniture object.
  • !unmark: Removes the target selected mark. Works on marks set by other players.

Rolling

To roll any die, use die notation prefixed by !, for example !d100 or !4d6. To roll a skill, use ![shortname or opcode], per the following:

  • acrobatics , aco or 001
  • appraise , ap or 002
  • concentration, conc or 003
  • deception, dec or 004
  • handleanimal, ha or 005
  • handledevice, hd or 006
  • handlelock, hl or 007
  • handlemagicaldevice, hmd or 008
  • handlemedicine, hm or 009
  • intimidate, inti or 010
  • intuition, intu or 011
  • knowledge, kno or 012
  • lore, lo or 013
  • perception, perc or 014
  • performance, perf or 015
  • persuasion, pers or 016
  • poise, poi or 017
  • search, se or 018
  • sleightofhand, soh or 019
  • spellcraft, sc or 020
  • stealth, st or 021
  • survival, sur or 022
  • tumble, tu or 023

To roll in a manner visible only to the player, use !proll [die, shortname or opcode]. To roll in a manner visible only to the player and any nearby Game Masters, use !gmroll [die, shortname or opcode].

Emotes

The NUI emote menu may be invoked at any time with the !emote or !e command when used standalone, otherwise perform emotes using !emote [shortname or opcode] [x] [y] [z] or !e [shortname or opcode] [x] [y] [z] per the following:

  • TBA