Semotes (General Help)

Soul emotes, or semotes are a set of built in actions for you to do. You can use them to interact with your fellow Ardans. They don't cost any endurance points and will not start any battles (unless perhaps, you taunt someone who you shouldn't...).

There are two types of semotes: targeted and untargeted. Some are only targeted, for instance "admire"; you have to admire something. Some are only non-targeted, for instance "flex". And some are both, for instance "wave"; you can wave or wave at someone. The targeted and non-targeted versions of the same semote may be quite different.

Most semotes have a place to add your own modifier. You might want to grin wickedly or grin cheerfully. To use a modifier simply type it at the end (ie: "grin wickedly" or "grin amon wickedly"). If you decide upon a modifier that you want to use all the time for a particular semote you can "set" it in your environment variables (ie: "set grin wickedly") and the MUD will handle appending it for you. You can just "grin amon" and you'll be grinning wickedly! Many semotes come with built in modifiers. These can be over-ridden by you; more on that next.

Internally there are two types of modifiers: override & invisible.

The override modifier always appears unless the player types their own modifier OR specifies they don't want to see it by typing a period after the semote, eg.: "grin ." This is called an override modifier because it requires the player to override it to get rid of it.

The invisible modifier never appears unless the player specifies they want to see it by typing a period after the semote, eg: "smile ."

In both cases, if the player types their own modifier, that is what will appear. Remember, the player using "set" is the same as typing their own modifier.