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Accounts & Character Select

A web account is one identity above all your characters: browser play starts from it, claimed characters log in without a password, and the account page keeps each hero's saga progress and permanent feats. Telnet needs no account and never will — the classic name-and-password login is unchanged.

Start with telnet, add a web account later

You can create a character and play over telnet without registering on the website or providing an email address. If you later want the browser client, link that same saved character to a free web account.

Create your telnet character

  1. In Mudlet, TinTin++ or another MUD client, connect to phoenixsagas.servegame.com, port 4000. For TLS, use port 4443 and enable your client's TLS/SSL option.
  2. At the name prompt, enter an unused name of 3–16 letters. An existing name goes to that character's password prompt instead.
  3. Choose a character password of at least eight characters. Keep the name and password: they are what you use to return over telnet and to claim the character later.
  4. Complete character creation: ancestry, calling, attributes, initial Training, surname and appearance. Finish creation and enter the world so the character is saved.
  5. Type QUIT when you are done. On your next telnet visit, enter the same name and character password to continue.
  1. Create a free web account using your email address and an account password. Follow the confirmation link sent by email, then sign in.
  2. Open Your account and find the Claim a character card.
  3. Enter the telnet hero's Character name and Character password, then press Claim. This form needs the password you use in your MUD client.
  4. Check that the hero appears under Your heroes.
  5. To switch clients, type QUIT in the telnet session, open Play, and choose the linked hero by number or name. Browser character select does not ask for its character password again.

Claiming adds your existing hero to the web account. Its level, skills, inventory and progress stay with the same character. You can continue using telnet with the original character name and password, or use browser character select while signed into the account.

Credential Where you use it
Character name + character password Telnet login; the Claim a character form; a classic character login inside the browser
Email address + account password Website sign-in and web account settings

Changing or resetting the web account password does not change the character password. If you have lost a telnet character's password, ask a GM or contact support for help.

Creating an account

Register at /register.html (or the Create Account button on the main site): enter an email address and a password of 8+ characters, accept the Terms, and submit the form. Check that address for a confirmation link, follow it to verify the account, then sign in to reach your account page at /play/account. If the message does not arrive, check your spam folder or use Resend it on the registration page.

The account password and a character's password are separate credentials. Changing one never changes the other.

Claiming characters

A character belongs to at most one account, ever. Ownership is proven with the character's own password — the one you already log in with, so no email needs to exist on any old record. Two ways to claim:

Explicitly, on the account page: the Claim a character card takes the character's name and password.

Automatically: while signed in on the web, log into any character the classic way (or forge a new one). The successful login is itself the proof, and the character claims to your account on the spot. New heroes forged while signed in are claimed the moment they enter the world.

One claim, forever

The claim is refused if the character already belongs to another web account, even with the correct character password. Ask a GM if the hero is yours; the claim form cannot move it between accounts.

If claiming fails

  • Character and password do not match: enter the character's name and the password from your MUD client. The web account password is a separate credential. A character whose creation was not completed cannot be claimed.
  • That character is already on this account: it is already linked; select it under Your heroes and open Play.
  • That character is already claimed: it belongs to another account. Contact a GM.
  • Too many attempts: wait before retrying; repeated claim attempts are limited.
  • Email not confirmed: follow the confirmation link before signing into your web account. Check spam or use Resend it on the registration page.

Character select

A web connection with a signed-in account skips the name prompt entirely:

Character Selection

Your heroes:
  1) Nitefallz — Level 12 Warrior
  N) Forge a new hero

Type a number or name to select:
  • A number or listed name logs that hero in with no password — the claim already proved ownership. Bans and the duplicate-session boot still apply exactly as in the classic flow.
  • N (or NEW / FORGE) begins ordinary character creation.
  • An unlisted name falls through to the classic name-and-password login, so an unclaimed character is always still reachable.

Browser play is account-first

The browser client serves only to a signed-in account; visiting /play/ signed out redirects to the account page. Telnet (phoenixsagas.servegame.com 4000, TLS 4443) requires no account at all. The server speaks MSSP (the MUD listing crawlers' protocol), so directory sites that poll it show live server info and player counts.

The account page

/play/account holds:

Card What it does
Your heroes Every claimed character — name, level, profession, last seen. Click one for its trophy shelf: saga chapters (with live kill tallies) and permanent feats with the dates earned.
Claim a character The explicit claim flow.
Account password Change the account credential (the character passwords are untouched).

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