Death

Ok, you just walked into a room full of aggies and before you could flee they killed you. Maybe you just got distracted during a fight and forgot to quaff a healing potion. What ever the case, you're DEAD!! And it sucks. A lot!

But don't worry, you will recover. Just stay calm. After dying you'll wake up in the hospital naked, all your equipment will be in your corpse. You now have three hours in real time to retrieve it before it disintegrates and drops your stuff on the ground (your corpse will save if you quit so don't worry if you don't have time to retrieve it right then and there). Here are some steps you should take to retrieve your corpse.

  1. Wake up, go one east, and you'll be at recall.
  2. Heal up. If you're a spellcaster class like Mage, regenerate your mana.
  3. Get a torch from the general store, or if a Mage or Paladin use your light spell.
  4. Think about how you died. If you were killed because you got distracted you can probably run right back to your corpse and loot it <get all corpse>.
  5. If you died from aggies attacking you, you have to decide if you could survive long enough to enter the room, type get all corpse and flee.

If the answer to step 4 is no you can't, or if you're not sure, don't go back. If you are level 25 or below, you can ask on the newbie channel for a Helper to help get your corpse back. If you are above level 25, then there is a whole clan, called the Watchmen waiting to help you out. Also, if you are a single class spellcaster (mage, psi, cleric, ranger or paladin), a white robed CHAoS member will help you - type who chaos and send one with {WR} in their title a tell.

To get a CR (corpse retrieval) from a Watchmen, type "who Watchmen" to find out who is online, then send one them a tell let them know you need help. You'll usually be asked to meet them at recall, and then they'll take you to your corpse and clear any nearby aggies to make it safe for you to retrieve your items. If you listen to whoever helps you, you'll quickly get your items back and be able to return to leveling or exploring.