Old School DnD

# OldSchoolMud — Classic MUD Gaming, Built From Scratch

**OldSchoolMud** is a Diku-inspired multiplayer text RPG, written from scratch in modern, C23-compliant C. Inspired by DikuMUD, Merc, ROM and CircleMUD, it combines traditional MUD gameplay with a new engine, an enormous persistent world and modern development tools.

### World and Exploration

- 1,000 × 1,000 wilderness map — **1 million tiles**.

- 130 leveling areas covering levels 1–100.

- Forests, deserts, mountains, swamps, roads, rivers and settlements.

- Hundreds of enemies, including common, rare, elite and boss encounters.

- Multiple story campaigns, including the 25-chapter Black Standard campaign.

- Quests, autoquests, lore and area-specific equipment.

- Overland exploration, transport services and automatic mount pathfinding.

### Characters and Combat

- **6 races:** Human, Elf, Dwarf, Halfling, Half-Elf and Half-Orc.

- **6 classes:** Warrior, Rogue, Ranger, Druid, Cleric and Wizard.

- 100 character levels with a remort system for continued progression.

- Approximately 180 active abilities, spells and combat skills.

- Multi-attack combat, dual wielding, two-handed and ranged weapons.

- Weapon proficiencies, buffs, healing and class-specific defences.

- Equipment quality, attribute bonuses and progressive loot.

- Combat pets with XP leveling, training upgrades and custom names.

### Mounts and Economy

- Purchasable mounts with 10 gold-funded upgrade levels.

- Automatic travel to named areas or suitable leveling ranges.

- Banks, vaults, merchants and inventory upgrades.

- Player auction house for rare-or-better equipment.

- Auctions feature bidding, automatic buyouts and 10% commission.

- Gold-based equipment trading and progression.

### Events and Multiplayer

- Dynamic monster invasions and administrator-controlled events.

- Double experience, quest-point and damage bonuses.

- Group travel and multiplayer adventuring.

- Automated testing with hundreds of simulated players.

### Modern Game Client

Dedicated **C++/Qt6 desktop client** featuring:

- Integrated wilderness map and interactive MXP commands.

- Health, mana and enemy combat displays.

- Customisable dockable windows and separate chat panels.

- Keyboard movement, quick commands and saved characters.

- Aliases, triggers and timers.

### Development

- Independently written C23-compliant game server for Linux.

- Native C++/Qt6 world editor for terrain, rooms, NPCs and objects.

- Mod