Avalon has many NPCs and they can be treated same as a regular player in terms of skills, abilities, inventory, strengths and weaknesses, restrictions and characteristics. They have to enter commands like a player. They have health and mana, unbalance and equilibrium. They die when they are damaged below zero health. They log in and out like a player. Many have guild membership and/or citizenship. All have professions. You fight against them or with them like you do with other players. NPCs can also help with certain multi-player tasks like charging artifacts with alchemy spells.
NOTE: those who do not wish to interact with NPCs can IGNORE NPC and these helper characters/quest persona will not show up on your QW or WHO lists.
How powerful an NPC is will depend on their NPC LEVEL. There are 10 NPC levels, with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the most potent. You can type READY <level#> to demand a novice, trainer, support and some combat NPCs switch to your specified NPC Level e..g. type READY 4 in front of Juno and Juno will become a LOW-MIDDLING as per list below.
Level Standing Health/Mana Level Average SKILLS Level
= 1 "LW-NOVICE" Lvl: Nascent Respected Skills
= 2 "LW-JUNIOR" Lvl: Insightful Renowned General + Master Guild
= 3 "MW-JUNIOR" Lvl: Brave Grand-Master General + Legendary Guild
= 4 "LOW-MIDDLING" Lvl: Stalward Legendary General + Ultimate Guild
= 5 "MIDDLING" Lvl: Valorous Ultimate General + Crowned-Ultimate Guild
= 6 "HI-MIDDLING" Lvl: Splendid Crowned-Ultimate
= 7 "LOW-SENIOR" Lvl: Blazing Crowned-Ultimate
= 8 "SENIOR" Lvl: Arcane Crowned-Ultimate + Early Specialist Skills
= 9 "HI-SENIOR" Lvl: Starion Crowned-Ultimate + Specialist Skills
= 10 "PARADIGM" Lvl: Avalonian Crowned-Ultimate + Specialist Skills + Arcana
Yossarian is a QUESTOR NPC. He fights at NPC Level 5 to 9 depending on the opponent. He should be avoided by anyone not of the Knight profession since he has special powers versus non-Knights. He is part of the First Crusade and holds the key to the doorway that leads to the Holy Grail area. Knights seeking CRUSADER specialisat will have to overcome Yossarian as part of their grail quest.
Ferdinand is a NOVICE NPC. He is found in the Ilmarael amphitheatre and is used mostly for novice guide experiences (so should be left alone if busy) but can also do combat training for apprentices and LW/MWs. Ferdinand is a non-killer i..e. he will not slay even if he wins fights but will knock you unconscious instead.
Juno is a TRAINER NPC. She is found in th Battlearena (see HELP ARENA) and can fight at any level you decide from 1 through 10. Juno is designated a tutor of combat.
Trablon and Esteban are SUPPORT NPCs. These are of the Loremaster profession and can help with charging artifacts and sometimes with Farming and Labours as part of a larger group. These NPCs are non-killers i..e. will not slay even if they win a fight but will knock unconscious instead.
Orr, Daedalus, Azrael and Tarakin are COMBAT NPCs. They fight at various levels, some flexible using READY and some not. All will fight to the death.
Grethmog, Gallifray, Ruthmadoc, Angarak, Amblard and Frederik are citizen NPCs. They fight at various levels depending on the opponents, some flexible using READY (at times) but typically meeting the challenge of the enemy. All will fight to the death against non-LW and non-MW opposition. These NPCs will not tend to venture outside of their homeland city or homeguild locations.
In addition to the cast of NPC characters above there are the following periodic or occasional NPCs whose presence in Avalon is spasmodic, depending on current events and godly directions: Siratta, Ophare, Thrathgar, Konann, Sudo, Nayzak, Radel, Kilam, Sumaca, Saraneth, Kinuran, Senrar, Fidnoriel, and Marcello. These NPCs cover all professions and various city loyalties.
Many of the NPCs have their own individual help/history files so you can type HELP followed by the NPC's name to get more info, e..g. HELP YOSSARIAN.
See HELP NPCLEVEL for more detailed info on the ten NPC levels and HELP TRAINER for how to use NPCs to train in combat skills.
