Mutter

What is Mutter? Basically, it's an IC 'whisper' command.

Usage:

or just

Mutter works in the same way as whisper, but is "noisy", meaning some of the words you say may be overheard by other players in the room. Also, anyone with eavesdropping abilities (Enhanced_Senses, Enhanced_Hearing, Telepathy) will be able to see the entire message.

You can send a mutter as a pose (either : or ;) also, just as with whisper. This will only be overheard by those who can eavesdrop as noted above.

You can also combine a pose with a, which will show the pose to the entire room, while masking the part in quotes as with a regular mutter.

Example: mutter fred=:shakes his head. "That's not a good idea." The room will see: Frank shakes his head. He mutters to Fred, "... not..."

Also, if you wish to specifically allow certain words to be overheard, you can place the word or words inside angle-brackets,.

If you omit the target player, as in the second usage, it will automatically assume you want to send your message to the last person you muttered to. You may also use 'me' as a target player to mutter something to yourself.

Credits
Copyright 2003 Justin Pope (aka Hobbes)

Special thanks to Carrie for finding enough bugs in the old system to motivate me to do this rewrite! And, naturally, thanks to all of the TFU team for ideas and feedback.

Based on Global Places And Mutter Code by Deirdre@AmberMUSH, with modifications to fit TFU's theme by unknown previous TFU Staff.