Information - Romance of Five Kingdoms

Romance of Five Kingdoms gives you several commands for reading your surroundings, checking your own status, and finding places and people across a zone. This guide covers all of them.

look

Usage: look [target] Alias: l

look on its own describes your current room: the name, description, exits, people present, and objects in view. Use it whenever you arrive somewhere new or want to refresh the scene.

You can also direct it at a specific target:

Example	What it does
`look`	Full room description
`look door`	Inspect the door in the room
`look Sifen`	Read Sifen Cho’s description
`look Sifen sword`	Look at the sword Sifen is carrying
`look Sifen's sword`	Same, possessive form

If you are blindfolded you will only hear how many people are nearby. If you are aboard a vehicle in transit, look shows the interior and the names of fellow passengers.

examine

Usage: examine [target] Alias: ex

examine gives you the full prose description of a room or object, including seasonal detail that look sometimes abbreviates. Without a target (or with examine room / examine here) you get the current room’s long description.

Example	What it does
`examine`	Long-form room description
`examine here`	Same
`examine door`	Detailed look at the door
`examine Maruwa`	Close inspection of a character

Use examine when look feels sparse or you want the full atmospheric text before writing a post.

places

Usage: places Aliases: furniture, spots

Lists every named seat, table, counter, or spot in the current room. Useful before you sit or lean somewhere, and tells you how many people a place can hold.

who

Usage: who [here|all] Alias: where

who shows online players grouped by location.

Invocation	Scope
`who`	Everyone online in your current zone
`who here`	Only people in your exact room
`who all`	All online players across the whole world, grouped by zone

Characters in private mode or in secluded rooms will not appear. The output also notes any upcoming public events.

score

Usage: score [adventure|sport|art|all] Aliases: stats, status

score shows your character’s name, current HP as coloured pips, energy pool with regeneration rate, and your core approach stats.

The approach stats are always shown. Specialized skill blocks are hidden by default to save space. Pass a category name to expand one block, or all to see everything:

Example	Shows
`score`	HP, energy, approach stats
`score adventure`	Plus the Adventure skill block
`score sport`	Plus the Sport skill block
`score art`	Plus the Art skill block
`score all`	All skill blocks at once

If you are currently a hostage, the time remaining until release appears as a warning at the top.

map

Usage: map [room|area|city|mini|battle] Aliases: viewmap, maps

map opens a visual display of your surroundings. Running it with no arguments gives you a quick-pick menu, or defaults to the battle map if you are in combat.

Subcommand	Display
`map room`	Floor plan of your current room, showing exits, furniture, and other characters
`map area`	Hex terrain overview of the region around your location
`map city`	Bird’s-eye city or zone layout
`map mini`	Toggle the persistent minimap on or off
`map battle`	Tactical battle grid (only available in combat)

The minimap toggle persists between sessions, so you only need to set it once.

Example	What it shows
`directory`	Every public building in this town
`directory temple`	Buildings whose name or type matches “temple”
`directory grand`	Buildings matching “grand”
`directory help`	Valid building type keywords

landmarks

Usage: landmarks [query] Aliases: public, locations, destinations

Like directory, but scoped to the entire zone rather than just the town you are standing in. Useful when you want to find a temple, forge, or market that might be in a neighboring district.

Example	What it shows
`landmarks`	All public buildings across the zone
`landmarks forge`	Zone-wide buildings matching “forge”

Results are also clickable, and walk [name] works the same way.

businesses

Usage: businesses [category] Aliases: shops, yellowpages

Shows every shop in the current zone, grouped by the town or district they are in. Wandering market vendors with no fixed address are excluded. Once you find a shop you want to visit, go there and type list to see its inventory.

Quick reference

Command	Short form	What you get
`look`	`l`	Room description, people, exits
`examine`	`ex`	Full prose description
`places`		Seats and furniture in the room
`who`		Online players in your zone
`who here`		Online players in your room
`who all`		Everyone online, worldwide
`score`	`stats`	HP, energy, your stats
`map room`		Floor plan
`map area`		Terrain hex map
`map city`		City overview
`directory`	`dir`	Public buildings in this town
`landmarks`	`public`	Public buildings across the zone
`businesses`	`shops`	Shops and merchants in the zone