Abandoned Realms is a highly modified diku mud.  The objective of
the mud is to focus on gameplay.  We want a MUD where people can
enjoy themselves and other aspects of the mud, without compromising
gameplay.  Gameplay to us is having rich themes to our areas, various
creatures that talk to players instead of just sitting around, and
well balanced race/classes. 

  We have an extended help file system, a newbie chat for those
unfamiliar with this kind of MUD, and plenty of friendly imms willing
to answer your questions.  There are 16 races and 16 classes each
unique with their advantages and disadvantages.  New races and
classes are consistently being added and the old ones refined to
preserve gameplay. There are also seven cabals, with plans to add
more in the future. 

  We enforce roleplaying here, we like to see players who have unique
backgrounds, enjoy being memorable characters, and in turn,  meeting
other memorable characters.  We also have mob runned quests that will
improve certain aspects of your character.  

  Although we do encourage player killing, we also discourage
senseless slaughter.  We have refined the gameplay so that brains
will win over brawn because nobody likes boring hack and slash.  We
test our pk ranges thoroughly for fairness. If you enjoy roleplaying
in a complex and vast world mixed with the thrills of playerkilling
then Abandoned Realms is for you.