Pick your name, pick your race,
Select a gender, imagine a face.
Into this unknown land, with unknown rules,
Guides to help you, everything so new.

Walking, exploring, searching, reading...
Asking, talking, what is it you're needing?
HELP will help you!
HELP is confusing!
If I read any more,
my mind will be bruising!

Hey, I just attacked for the first time!!
... And I died!
What should I do, HELP? Show me a sign!

Someone took my gold? What's that all about?
Where to find the answer? Oh, just found out!
Let others ask the questions, to not sound too new...
Still, only one question answered and still have a few.

Off on the road again, walking aimlessly around.
Getting lost all over; so often I lost count!
Thank heavens for PORTALS, a good place to start again.
It's not so much about how to use, just when!

Attacked myself a butterfly, punching with all my might!
Takes me two hits! Now this IS a fight!!
Go searching for more, get back to level five.
(Hope that I'm not going to wind up, taking another dive)

YAY! I did it, recovered from my dip!
Wasn't too hard, but it's time for me to quit!

Another day, and I feel strength renewed!
Going to venture forth, and blunder much more!
Run wild and aimless and...
Hmm... never were here before.

Oh, I forgot, with my level all new...
I chose to be a bard, isn't that cool!?
With experience restored, it's starting to be fun,
But I can't deny that I've only just begun.
With all this running and exploring galore,
There still remains what I haven't dared ask before!
How to make money? I lost what gold I had.
And what's with these quests and these lessons in my stat?

HELP NEWPLAYER, HELP QUEST
It's a regular helping fest!
All it takes, is patience and time,
Remember you're not the first new one and you'll be just fine.
I've been there also, and see what I did?
Made a new verse to add to this writ.

Closing off now, got lots to do...
Do more exploring and some reading too!
I got some neat new skills, taught by another playing also a bard!!
Was looking for a rapier, and it's really hard to find...

From the bundle of Arinyes' Scrawls

Penned by my hand on the 22nd of Scarlatan, in the year 402 AF.