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It started as a mud then grew to mud with graphics interface, then evolved into a full 3d environment.

It has a pretty decent extensive crafting system; I will outline the one for smithing;

you mine for ore

• you need a pick axe
• mining is based on a mining skill and fatigue is similar to our stamina
• certain rocks you mine contain different ores
• the better ores require higher skills to mine
• the better ores respawn slower than lower ones

You take the ore to a furnace and smelt it into bars

• smelting is based on a smithing skill
• the betters ores require higher skills to smelt
• some ores can be combined to make different metals
• having different molds can smelt bars into the shape of the mold

You take the bars to an anvil and work them into different things

• you need a hammer
• smithing is based on a smithing skill
• the higher smithing skill is needed for different bar types
• higher smithing skill is needed for different types of items
• you can smith armour, weapons, or other metal goods used in other areas of crafting (nails for carpentry etc)

Thats a brief outline ... it goes deeper than that ... but gives a good overall basic system.

-- ElffyB - 12 Apr 2003