Established in 1992, Worlds of Carnage (WOC) is a fantasy- based, hack-slash-cast MuD based on a significantly modified Diku system. The game is run by highly active immortals who have constantly enhanced and extended the skills & spells and capabilities of the game, and who are often open to suggestions direct from the playerbase. There are no in-game restrictions in WOC with regard to your character's race (10 available) and their primary and minor 'dedicated' class combinations. The quality of your skills and spells on your character are instead based heavily on your attributes (STR/CON/WIS/DEX/INT and CHR) which grow from your initial allocation with your levels up to their pre-defined racial maximums. As a result the number of character builds possible in- game is huge and enables you to refine a character to meet you ideal playing style and RP. The races on WOC all have their own benefits and disadvantages. From a troll that may gain large amounts of hit points and regenerate at a better rate than others, to gnome who are by far the most intelligent race, to the reptiles whose skin hardens with age providing additional well needed armour. 'Dedication' of your classes is an important term in the scheme of things. Choosing a primary dedication is the same as choosing a class. Choosing a dedication means being able to practice specific skills and spells that are not available to those who have chosen that class as a non-primary class. When choosing a class there is an option to stay with a pure dedication e.g. Shaman-Shaman. This will give a higher spell and skill quality, but it lacks the potential flexibility of a dual-class. Dual classes pay slightly for their flexibility with a penalty to the skills of their secondary class. Current options to dedicate/dual class include: - Warrior - Mage - Thief - Cleric - Black Knight - Paladin - Shaman - Druid - Ranger - Necromancer There is a limit of 75 levels for a character, at which point they become a Living Legend. However, characters do not max out as they can continue to gain in experience. hitpoints, mana and moves. The same applies for practice sessions which are used to practice skills from teachers found around the world or from tomes. Players who may get tired of a given character and class build have an option to rebirth at level 60. This will restart the character completely with a penalty of 1/4 the maximum experience. This can be beneficial or in some cases detrimental depending on how effective your new chosen race and class combination is. However, rebirth experience is recorded and may work towards 'super races' in the future. WOC is compromised of 3 continents so far, Cythera, Carnage, and the islands surrounding Crete. Some areas have multiple quests that can be complete for either tomes to practice from, or very nice equipment to better your character. There is a huge amount of flexibility to be had on in... Read More

Established in 1992, Worlds of Carnage (WOC) is a fantasy- based, hack-slash-cast MuD based on a significantly modified Diku system. The game is run by highly active immortals who have constantly enhance and extended the skills & spells and capabilities of the game, and who are often open to suggestions direct from the player base. There are no in-game restrictions in WOC with regard to your character's race (10 available) and their primary and minor "dedicated" class combinations. The quality of your skills and spells on your character are instead based heavily on your attributes (STR/CON/WIS/DEX/INT and CHR) which grow from your initial allocation with your levels up to their pre-defined racial maximums. As a result the number of character builds possible in-game is huge and enables you to refine a character to meet you ideal playing style and RP. The races on WOC all have their own benefits and disadvantages. From a troll that may gain large amounts of hit points and regenerate at a better rate than others, to gnome who are by far the most intelligent race, to the reptiles whose skin hardens with age providing additional well needed armour. "Dedication" of your classes is an important term in the scheme of things. Choosing a primary dedication is the same as choosing a class. Choosing a dedication means being able to practice specific skills and spells that are not available to those who have chosen that class as a non-primary class. When choosing a class there is an option to stay with a pure dedication e.g. Shaman-Shaman. This will give a higher spell and skill quality, but it lacks the potential flexibility of a dual-class. Dual classes pay slightly for their flexibility with a penalty to the skills of their secondary class. Current options to dedicate/dual class include: - Warrior - Mage - Thief - Cleric - Black Knight - Paladin - Shaman - Druid - Ranger - Necromancer There is a limit of 75 levels for a character, at which point they become a Living Legend. However, characters do not max out as they can continue to gain in experience. hitpoints, mana and moves. The same applies for practice sessions which are used to practice skills from teachers found around the world or from tomes. Players who may get tired of a given character and class build have an option to rebirth at level 60. This will restart the character completely with a penalty of 1/4 the maximum experience. This can be beneficial or in some cases detrimental depending on how effective your new chosen race and class combination is. However, rebirth experience is recorded and may work towards "super races" in the future. WOC is compromised of 3 continents so far, Cythera, Carnage, and the islands surrounding Crete. Some areas have multiple quests that can be complete for either tomes to practice from, or very nice equipment to better your character. There is a huge amount of flexibility to be had on in... Read More

Hi, i'm an old player of Worlds of Carnage. I started mudding probably around 13 years ago. I have migrated from small muds to big muds over many years. Anyway, I just want to say that WOC, it's a great mud and I tend to go back to it through the years. I have achieved the max level there on many versions. Right now it's a mid sized mud with many areas and interesting quests made by creative players and immortals that have worked there through the years. We have a small playerbase but its nice because we all kind of know each other and sometimes if our rl time allows, group and do big quests, help newbies, turn on each other in pk, play games made by the immortals, etc. It's a nice place. It's not hard to level once you get to know the system. It's also very different from other muds. Here even if you get to the max level you can keep growing and becoming stronger, thanks to Blobbie?s creation of micro gains. Also we run a micro tick system, you don't need to sleep 1 whole minute to regen, you regen in slices of 6 seconds aprox. It's nice. The variety of races and combination of classes is also another good feature. We have many skills and spells to choose from and have fun with. You can be either be a dedicated player (just one class) or dual class and explore a wider selection of skills-spells. Of course both ways have their ups and downs to balance it. The admin are friendly (mostly hehe) and hard working. They keep things running, fix bugs, make new areas, make new skills, changes to races, eq updating, social commands, etc. a lot of stuff that needs to be improved. Nothing here stays eternal, we are a mud with constant changes. My chars sure know it. I have had my share of differences with the admin, but also a bigger agreeing points. And in the end it's a better mud even if it doesn't benefit my uber char, haha. It's open pk, but it's roleplayed enforced. Not all people like to pk, but some do, such as the vampire lords and some gnome magicians with great power. Anyway i'm sure you will like it, try it out sometime, look for Armand for tips, help, etc... not me... i'm evil, haha. See ya

Established in 1992, Worlds of Carnage is a fantasy based, hack-and-slash MuD with heavily modified Diku. Roleplay and PK go hand in hand on Worlds of Carnage as it is full PK and roleplay encouraged. Most players choose not to actively PK, but there are those that do and can offer up a very good challenge for any interested. The roles of characters can range anywhere from the basic premise of good vs. evil to the more complex, but they all seem to have their own foibles. Alignment restritcions are null for classes which can allow a Paladin to be so consumed by what he feels is his righteous acts that he is infact evil, or a necromancer to study death without being inherently evil in doing so. As stated in the help file for a necromancer: Necromancer Dedication The subject of death has always raised a degree of fear in the common people. For this reason Necromancers are often considered to have dark and evil machinations. While it is true that many who study this area are in pursuit of less than honourable goals, this is not always the case. Necromancers spend much of their time observing the effects of death and how it can be controlled. To this end they can control some aspects of death itself, in small and large part, to ply its effects on the living or to temporarily reverse its effects on those who have already succumbed. PK is something that is enforced mainly by the players. If a higher level kills someone much lower within the limits of their roleplay it is within the rules of the MuD, however random pk is frowned upon by the immortals. There is a limit of 75 levels for a character, at which they become a Living Legend. However, characters do not max out as they can continue to gain in experience. Since gains in hit, mana, movement points are not based on level it is possible for a character to grow in size. The same applies for practice sessions which are used to practice skills from teachers found around the world or from tomes (many of the best skills, if not all are found in tomes.) For anyone worried that they may never catch up to the size of older characters, the gains do slow down as the max experience accumulated increases, which creates a nice curve allowing for there to still be some level of competition between some of the older and newer players. Players who may get tired of the character they have spent hours playing have an option to rebirth. This will restart the character completely with a penalty of 1/4 the maximum experience. An example would be, Gluck a 100 million experience troll warrior/warrior wishes to rebirth. Upon doing so Gluck is penalised 25 million experience, and remakes his character as a 75 million experience centaur shaman/thief known as Elwyd. This can be beneficial or in some cases detrimental. rebirth... Read More

Great mud for gamers of all levels. Builers are encouraged so lots of new areas popping up all the time. Helpful admin and players are willing to lend a hand.

I've been playing this mud for about 9 months now. Competitive play, cool pk system, loads of cool items, friendly immorts, and a close player base. Definetly something to check out.

I hope admin reviews are allowed :) Anyways I've played on the Worlds of Carnage for the past 6 years and have loved it all along. The players are friendly, the admins are helpful, and if you have a good idea, you just might find it implemented. For those who like a relaxed atmosphere with encouraged roleplaying, but not highly moderated, I recommend the Worlds of Carnage.

This is the best MUD that I have ever played and I hope it will keep being entertaining for a long time to come. Very newbie friendly. Lots of great mudders willing to help you get on your feet. I recomend this MUD for anyone who likes fantasy settings or just wants to experience a really great MUD.