When you start a new character and want to get a rough impression, you
may examine it with the following commands:
 A - shows any pecularities like unusual speed or eating behaviours
 m - shows your skills and lets you switch off some if wanted
 i - the equipment
 ^ - the text for your god, should you have started with a religion
 

'shop', 'altar', 'portal', 'artefact'.

'shop', 'altar', 'portal', 'artefact', 'dart trap' etc.

they begin with the "confusing touch" spell and some enchanted darts, 
which should help them out until they can use the higher level 
enchantment spells.

they begin with the "Corona" spell and some enchanted darts, which 
should help them out until they can use the higher level enchantment 
spells.

are equal. Similar types of weapons include:

are equal; this is called crosstraining. Similar types of weapons are:

Ranged Combat is the basic skill used when throwing or shooting things.
It affects in particular how effective poisoned missiles are. There 
are a number of individual weapon skills for missile weapons as well:

There are a number of individual weapon skills for missile weapons:

     o  Darts (and hand crossbows as optional laucnhers)

     o  Throwing
     o  Darts (and hand crossbows as optional launchers)

Throwing is the skill for all things hurled without a launcher: axes,
spears, stones, nets etc. The other skills refer to various types of
missiles shot with a launcher. Since darts and stones can be thrown
without launchers to good effect, their skills crosstrain:
     o Throwing and Darts
     o Throwing and Slings

Like Invocations, Evocations easier to learn than other skills.

Like Invocations, Evocations is easier to learn than other skills.

        ]               Shows a restricted inventory, only containing 
                        worn and wielded items.

        v               View item description.

        v               View item description. When doing this, you can
                        inscribe the item.

                        An empty inscription or inscribing only space 
                        will remove prior inscriptions.