This is a guide to starting a new character, right from the start!

Firstly, to understand the game:
The aim of Legendz is to kill the Dragon. As many times as possible. Thats not quite it, theres a lot more to it, but thats the essence of the it all.

Choose the create a character option on the main page. Fill in your character name (making it something witty and inventive, and without any titles like Lord, or Duchess), and fill in your password. Then fill in the email address bit (I would advise this, I have never received any junk mail from them!!). Finally, choose your gender. This has very little effect, as the LoGD world is one free of prejudices!!

You are now allowed to log in, so click the link. A pop-up window will give you the latest news. You are advised to read every update, as many of these are very important. Once you have read this, close it down, and go back to character creation. If you have not yet read something which is important, it will be highlighted in orange on the left hand side of the screen!

Next, choose your race. If you read the descriptions of each race, you may be able to work out what sort of advantages each one gives. Ask in this board if you're really desperate to know!

Next, you get the chance to describe your history:
Here, you effectively get to choose what type of in-game special ability you will have. There are ways of changing your special ability, so this is not so important. To give a little taster, I will describe one of each type of skill:
Dark Arts: Skeleton Crew: A skeleton minion aids you in your attack.
Mystical Powers: Regeneration: Powers of healing
Thieving: Insult: Lowers your opponents attacking ability.

Finally, you are born. You will become very familiar with this screen, as you will see it every day of your LoGD life! It tells you which day this is at the top, how many turns you get today, how much interest accumulated on your gold overnight, and your mood. Your mood affects how many forest fights you get.

When you continue, you will be taken to the news page. Here, you can see how other Dragon Slayers have been getting on this calendar day. Feel free to laugh at any misfortune your enemies have suffered.

Now, you are in the Village. You may want to chat to other people, or to look around the village. However, if you want to get on with it, you'll need to buy a weapon or some armour. You start with 50 gold, so go to Mightye's Weaponry, or Pegasus' Armoury, and buy their lowest item.
Now, head for the Forest. Kill some enemies, and then return to the village when your turns run out: Dont worry, you'll get some more next game day!! If you were lucky enough to get a lot of money, go and buy a better weapon or armour. If you were lucky enough to get 100 exp, you can challenge your first master. Its best to check by asking him first, to avoid embarrasment. If you beat him, you will advance to level 2!

When you log out, remember that you can be killed in your absence. Although this is not true in the first 3 days (unless you attack someone else) it is worth bearing in mind. When you are killed, you lose a very small amount of experience, and all the gold you are carrying. To reduce your loss it is a good idea to store all your gold in the Bank. They will be quite happy to keep it for you, and may even give you some interest on it!
To make it harder to be attacked, you can pay Cedrik the Barkeep in the inn for a room, and this will automatically hire you a bodyguard.

From here-on-in, its pretty self-explanitory. Read the FAQ, check out areas like The Inn, and learn all about Player versus Player (PvP) fighting for some quick experience.

In no time, the Dragons will be falling like DragonFlies!!

Notes :

"When you log out, remember that you can be killed in your absence. Although this is not true in the first 3 days (unless you attack someone else) it is worth bearing in mind. When you are killed, you lose a very small amount of experience, and all the gold you are carrying. To reduce your loss it is a good idea to store all your gold in the Bank. They will be quite happy to keep it for you, and may even give you some interest on it!
To make it harder to be attacked, you can pay Cedrik the Barkeep in the inn for a room, and this will automatically hire you a bodyguard."

What happens when you die?

Well, what happens entirely depends on how you die.

In the simplest case, after you log out, either in the inn or fields, you may be attacked. If you are attacked and win, you can be attacked again. If you are attacked and die, you will be "dead" and can no longer be attacked.

Until you log in again, when you will automatically resurrect and start the cycle over. So logging out, getting killed, logging back in and out, getting killed, is a good way to lose lots of experience very quickly.

Now, if you attack someone (another player or a creature) and are killed in the attempt, you end up in the Land of Shades.

In the Land of Shades, you have the option of either waiting for the next new day, when you will automatically resurrect, or trying to earn a resurrection from Ramius, the um... "guy" in charge of the Shades. To do so you must venture into the graveyard and fight um... things. Keep checking in with Ramius as you go to see how you're doing.

Mungo-licious's strategy tips :
It seems to me that there is no one strategy that will guarantee you success in the long run. The only way to advance fast in this game is to be constantly evaluating your situation. What is it that you need at a given time the most? money, or xp? (money equals net worth, i.e. it includes your weapon/armor) This is the basic question that governs most of my decisions. If I am losing too many hitpoints in the forest, and have trouble saving up money in the bank, then I am probably money poor. If I constantly get flawless fights in the forest, then I am probably xp poor. The key is to keep your money and xp in the appropriate balance so that you have the appropriate weapons/armor for your level.

The following lists are just options, and individual strategies will modify which of these you want to use,

For those who are money poor, the following things can help,

slumming (you gain less money per turn, but with less required healing, you might net more gold per turn)
don't attack your master (you'll just have to fight harder monsters, making it all the much harder)
don't pvp, unless there is a bounty (you'll probably just gain xp, making your money poorness worse
Staying at the inn might be a bad idea, as it costs money, and you will only be saving yourself xp that might actually be hindering you at the monent.


If you are xp poor, then you are in a great position to advance quickly

thrillseeking can get you fast xp, but if thrillseeking doesn't get you flawless fights, but normal fights do, you'll probably get more xp doing normal fights.
attacking your master (assuming you have the appropriate # of xp) to advance a level can be good because it gives you access to tougher monsters that give more xp, but again, if it will knock you out of the flawless fights regime, you will probably get more xp at a lower level.
pvp'ing is a great way to get alot of xp fast. The only thing is that it is very risky unless you have a distinct advantage. Anyone who doesn't have a few dk's under their belt will be hard pressed to find a pvp opportunity that won't make your blood pressure rise.
If you've got money to burn, feed your mount, especially if you already have the max weapon/armor. Mounts can really help you advance.
Staying at the inn is generally good, as it decreases your chance of getting killed at night, losing xp.

If your character is stuck, no navs (navigation options) appear or function, please file a petition immediately.

There is always a chance that a newday will fix it, but please do not rely on that.

The user editor contains a special function to reset your navs and fix the problem.

Too often people wait for days before asking for help.

Don't wait: file a petition so we can fix you as soon as we can.

Colors in names and chat:

To do colors, First, you use a ` mark (found right above the tab key) followed by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, ), q or Q. Each of those corresponds with a color to look like this: