Avoid command

Avoid
Sets the flags controlling which interactions other characters may attempt on you, such as joining, holding, dragging, teaching and whispering.
AVOID <option> You see: You're now allowing attempts to <join/hold/drag/teach you/dance with you/whisper to you/touch you/hand you coins/lead you into crime>. AVOID !<option> You see: You're now avoiding attempts to <join/hold/drag/teach you/dance with you/whisper to you/touch you/hand you coins/lead you into crime>. AVOID ALL You see: All AVOID options cleared. AVOID !ALL You see: All AVOID options turned on. AVOID <unrecognized option> You see: AVOID option not recognized. AVOID <fewer than three characters> You see: Not enough option characters. Please type three or more characters.

Syntax

• AVOID

Displays your current flag settings.

• AVOID <OPTION>

Allows others to attempt that interaction.

• AVOID !<OPTION>

Prevents others from attempting that interaction. The ! means no.

• AVOID ALL

Clears every flag, allowing all of the interactions.

• AVOID !ALL

Sets every flag, preventing all of the interactions.

Option names may be abbreviated, but at least three characters must be given.

Options

• Dancing: Allows/disallows attempts to DANCE with you.
• Dragging: Allows/disallows attempts to DRAG you. CAUTION: Your corpse can not be dragged by another character (to aid) when the flag is set to avoid dragging.
• Holding: Allows/disallows attempts to HOLD. (For grouping.)
• Joining: Allows/disallows attempts to JOIN. (For grouping.)
• Teaching: Allows/disallows attempts to TEACH you. (For gaining Scholarship experience as well as the skill being taught - or not.)
• Touching: Allows/disallows attempts to TOUCH you. Mostly used by Empaths during Empathic healing of your wounds.
• Whispering: Allows/disallows attempts to WHISPER to you.
• Coins: Allows/disallows attempts to hand <GIVE/SHARE> coins to/with you.

Note that BARTER and TIP are not blocked by AVOID !COINS

• Crime: Allows/disallows attempts to lead you into crime via the Breaking and Entering system as a member of the group.

[Thief Only]

• Singing: Highly recommended Thieves opt into this flag setting to avoid singing by typo when using sign language.

Current Settings

AVOID by itself lists every flag. A name with ! in front of it is being avoided; a name without one is allowed.

AVOID flag settings: (! means no.)  Example AVOID JOIN allows joining, AVOID !JOIN
disables the ability of others to join you.  AVOID !ALL sets them all to NO, AVOID
ALL clears them all.

For other setting options, see FLAG, SET, and TOGGLE.

     JOINING         DRAGGING
     HOLDING         TEACHING
     WHISPERING      DANCING
    !TOUCHING       !COINS
    !CRIME

Thieves see an additional SINGING flag listed under a [Thief Only] heading.

Interaction With Flag

Seven of these settings are also carried by the FLAG command, which lists them as AvoidJoiners, AvoidHolders, AvoidDancers, AvoidWhispers, AvoidDraggers, AvoidTeachers and AvoidSinging. They are the same settings under another name, so changing one verb's copy changes the other's.

The sense is reversed between the two verbs. Switching a flag ON avoids the interaction, which is what ! does in AVOID:

FLAG AVOIDJOINERS ON is the same as AVOID !JOIN

FLAG AVOIDJOINERS OFF is the same as AVOID JOIN

Touching, coins and crime have no FLAG equivalent and can only be set through AVOID.

Interaction With Demeanor

Sometimes, DEMEANOR and avoid flags can affect the same systems. In general, if you have an avoid turned on, you're going to avoid that interaction regardless of your demeanor setting. On the other hand, if you have an avoid turned off, your demeanor may prevent an interaction even though you aren't specifically trying to avoid it.

The following options were once part of AVOID and are now handled by DEMEANOR instead. Using any of them returns The DEMEANOR verb is now used instead of AVOID <option>.

KISSING, RUBBING, TICKLING, SMOOCHING, HUGGING, LICKING, SNUGGLING, BITING, ANNOYANCES, AGGRESSION

Special Notes

• AVOID !TEACH will hide your relative skill level while teaching a class to potential students who use the ASSESS TEACH command.
• AVOID !TEACH will make it impossible to learn VT (ventriloquism) from another player character.

See Also

• FLAG
• SET
• TOGGLE
• DEMEANOR

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