Kills (Combat Help)

Killing NPCs is a large part of this game, but there are sometimes consequences for killing certain NPCs:

• Towns and cities take offense to you killing their citizens and will brand you a 'murderer,' which will make all the service NPCs in the town raise prices for you. Furthermore, in some high level towns, murderers may even be attacked on sight by the guards, or disallowed to enter the town at all.
• Guilds have strict requirements about what you may not kill; if you plan on joining a guild, you may want to find out what they are.
• Free Race servants of Sauron should avoid killing the Dark Lord's minions in Mordor or they may find themselves greatly penalized.

When you kill an NPC that you shouldn't, that kill is put on your record for about fifteen days. After that much time has passed, give or take 8 hours, the record is expunged. Note that the definition of 'kill' is to give the NPC a certain amount of injury. This means that if you help someone else kill an NPC, your assistance will be counted.

To view NPC's race and alignment (needed to check against guild kill restrictions) and community allegiance (needed to check what town will potentially brand you as a 'murderer'), you should use the 'align' command. Be aware, though, that if your awareness skill is low, the NPC alignment you see may be inaccurate.

The 'align' command may also be used to view your current standing with towns of Arda. Typing 'align me' will show you your current reputation in major cities. Typing 'align me here', will show you your current standing in the area you are currently in; this is useful for smaller towns and villages that are not listed in 'align me'.