"In The Beginning..." The FTA Help System.

Welcome to the "In The Beginning..." (ITB) help series for new players.

My intent with these texts is to offer the brand-spanking-new player a bit of assistance in understanding the game and, hopefully, encourage their playing and interest in the game and its related communities.

If you find this page as a new player, a 'fledgling pire', I hope it serves its purpose as an easy and useful introduction to the game. Also, I hope you'll understand that the views and tips I express here are strictly based on my opinion and experience. The information itself I do my best to ensure as accurate and up to date, but take no offense to being corrected for issues of technical detail or being offered suggestions regarding game playing perspectives.

Also, I must give thanks and credit to the FTA for it's help in making this and many other texts possible. Special thanks go to FTA Owner Mod Lady Ravven, as well as my fellow Mods Retro Johnny, Boo Wolfe and Sasquatch. Each of them has been absolutely essential in making these files as inclusive and thorough as they are. A thanking nod to Ursula who emailed me with information regarding some technical issues and formatting problems these texts initially had, and for providing some feedback when I felt like none would come. Cheers to all of you.

Regardless of whether you find these documents useful or not, I hope you enjoy the game as much as I have and that I can do something to assist you in enjoying it further. Happy hunting and may your fangs sink deep.

Yours,
~ Brent "Andronicus" Elskän (jmoc714).
Proud FTA Member and Moderator.

Just click on the title of the text you want to read and you will be whisked away through the magic of HTML to the corresponding document. There are also little navigational links at the top and bottom of each document which will let you just read through them in order or hop back to the main Andron's Crypt page.

Don't forget to hover your mouse for a couple seconds over text highlighted like this to get extra tips and info regarding the word, phrase or acronym. Especially when over an abbreviation, they clarify something which you may not know about or be familiar with, so they are important to help you familiarize yourself with the common acronyms used in the game texts I write. Many links also have such content-related mouse hover text.

1. The Point?
2. Your Vampire
3. Action Points
4. The City
5. The Banks
6. The Transits
7. The Pubs
8. The Shops
9. The Items
10. The Guilds
11. The Powers
12. The Other Stuff

These texts were written for and with the help of the Freedom Trade Alliance (The FTA for short). You may go to the group's home page HERE to sign up.

If you feel any of this information is incorrect in some fashion, or simply needs other reconsideration, please feel free to contact me for suggestions. However, I hope you will read the full documents before doing so, to avoid unnecessary emails and wasting your own time, as well as mine.