Materia Magica is a free, feature-rich text-based multiplayer fantasy where action, adventure, and immersive role play occur in real time, twenty-four hours a day.

Explore over eight million locations within the vast world of Alyria, select from a vast variety of fascinating weapons, armor, and artifacts, meet and interact with thousands of unique creatures, all while experiencing the adventure simultaneously with hundreds of other players!

Materia Magica is multiplayer interactive fantasy, which means you are  taking an active part in a living story. The choices you make can shape and mold the world around you. Since the game is text-based, you aren't limited by someone else's vision - your own imagination is all that is required to vividly illustrate the life and experiences of your character.

Online for over ten years, Materia Magica is one of the longest-running, constantly-developed games out there. And it's free! No monthly dues, no hidden fees - this game is entirely supported by contributions from its players.

Join us for a short while, or stay for years, it's up to you. Our commitment is to provide an ever-expanding, persistent game universe, all you have to do is experience it!

View Materia Magica's website at http://www.materiamagica.com.

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New to Materia Magica?  The included .mud file for zMUD provides quick access to some of the more commonly used commands in the game.  Here is what is included:

* Gauges for Hit Points, Spell Points, and Stamina

* Function Key macros as defined below:
F1	Score
F2	Affects
F3	Equipment
F4	Inventory
F5	Gold
F6	Auction Info
F7	Auction List
F8	Quest Info
F9	Formation
F10	Formation Report
F11	Time
F12	Where

* Clickable buttons on the bottom of the main window correspond to these function keys for those who prefer to click on their commands.

* The keypad has been expanded from the normal compass style directon commands.  When holding Control and using the keypad, you can LOOK in the direction pressed on the keypad, and with Alt you will OPEN in that direction. Also, the 0 Key can be used to SCAN once that ability becomes available, and the DEC key (. on the keypad) will send a SEARCH command.

* The warnings for PK rooms have been colored so that LAWFUL player killing rooms have a green warning, NEUTRAL player killing rooms are in yellow, and CHAOTIC player killing rooms are in red.

* Lastly, a trigger that activates upon entry into the world of Alyria will set a player's REFUSE-SUMMON option to ON, to help prevent unwanted summons by other players near dangerous areas.

Happy adventuring!