Chat Commands

The following commands may be run through in-game chat. Typing #help will display other information.

Ability and Skill Checks

A player may roll skill, save, ability, and initiative checks via chat. These checks only care about the first three or four letters after the # symbol. For instance, to roll initiative, you only have to type #init. However, you may type out #initiative.

There are exceptions to what might be expected:

• The Craft and Perform skills are rolled based on their subskill. For instance, #act will roll Perform: Acting and #bow will roll Craft: Bowmaking.

Some skills have multiple ways to be rolled:

• #scr is an alternative command for rolling Decipher Script.
• #dd, #tra, and #disa are all acceptable ways to roll Disable Device.
• #dis and #disg are acceptable ways to roll Disguise.
• #ea, #esc, and #art are all acceptable ways to roll Escape Artist.
• #gi, #gath, and #inf are all acceptable ways to roll Gather Information.
• #arch and #eng are acceptable ways to roll Knowledge: Engineering.
• #nob and #roy are acceptable ways to roll Knowledge: Nobility & Royalty.
• #pla and #the p are acceptable ways to roll Knowledge: The Planes.
• #mov, #sne, and #ms are all acceptable ways to roll Move Silently.
• #pick l, #loc, #ope, and #ol are all acceptable ways to roll Open Lock.

There are also some extra rolls that may be performed:

• #perception : Rolls both Listen and Spot.
• #stealth : Rolls both Hide and Move Silently.
• #track : Rolls for tracking. This is a Survival check, capped at 10 if you lack the Track feat.
• #bar : Rolls Bardic Knowledge.

DM Commands

Interaction

These commands may only be used by DMs:

#setdesc <description> 

Sets an object's examine description to the text after the command.

Example: #setdesc This mangled corpse hangs from the branches above. -- Would set the description of the currently selected object to the flavor text.

#sethp <hit points> 

Sets an object's health.

Example: #hp 1 -- Sets the target's health to 1.

Perception Checks & Notifications

DMs may roll special perception checks to nearby players. They will see a pop-up message if they beat the DC. This is useful for normal checks without having to send tells to each successful character.

#ifs<DC> <notification> 

Sends a message to all who beat a Spot check, of a specified DC.

Example: #ifs15 Smoke rises from behind the hills to the north. -- This would send a notification to every nearby player who beats a DC15 Spot check, with the provided description.

#ifl<DC> <notification> 

Sends a message to all who beat a Listen check, of a specified DC.

Example: #ifl10 A youthful scream echoes from the nearby hills. -- This would send a notification to every nearby player who beats a DC10 Listen check, with the provided description.

#not <notification> 

Sends a notification to all nearby players. There is no skill check.

Example: #not A loud scream pierces through all distractions, from the eastern woods. -- This would send a notification to every nearby player, with the provided description.

Be careful not to insert a space between #ifs/#ifl and the DC.

Anchors

Dungeon Masters may speak and listen through multiple NPCs. First, the DM must select the creature who they wish to throw their voice to/listen from. Next, they enter # followed by a single-digit number 0-9 (for example, #1, #5). The NPC is then "anchored," and the DM will receive all the conversation it hears if they are out of range to hear it. They may speak through these anchors by typing a message after the anchor code.

Example: Type #1 to anchor a merchant to RP with one player, then leave to prepare spawns in another. To respond to the player (who you will still hear conversation from), type #1 Yes, yes, I'm sure we can make a deal...

A DM may list all of their anchors by typing #alist.

Speaking Another Language

A player may inject an @ code into their chat to switch to a different Language, without bringing up the ACR Language Selector GUI. See an individual language's article, or the ACR Language Selector GUI, for a list of valid codes.

Example: @cel Why yes, I am. would convert the text to Celestial.

It is worth noting that text inside curly brackets ({}) is hidden by the engine.

Server Information

#users 

Lists all players logged in on all servers.

#servers 

Lists online servers.

#version 

Lists ACR and IPC versions, as well as HAK and Module build dates.

#ping 

Shows current latency statistics.

#uptime 

Shows server uptime statistics.

#seen <player name> 

Shows when a player last logged on.

Example: #seen AnAwesomePlayer shows the last date that AnAwesomePlayer logged in.

#irc <message> 

Sends a message to IRC.

#irc <channel> <message> 

Sends a message to a specified IRC channel.