Death

When a character runs out of hit points, they become a spirit. There is no apparent loss of items or experience points from dying.

Spirits

"Unfortunately you have died and are now floating around the jungle as a spirit. It seems you don't need to worry about how thick the jungle is any more as you simply pass straight through it, however you can no longer carry anything. You should probably find a Shaman to assist you in returning to life."

Spirits are capable of floating over any terrain (except mountains and sea) for 1 AP. They do not benefit from Exploration or Trekking skills. They also cannot use or drop any items that they were carrying at the time of their death.

Spirits by default cannot interact with the realm of the living at all.

Spirit Skill Tree

(This section is currently incomplete.)

Screams, shrieks, and wails do not work in the village clearing (the village shaman's chanting neutralizes the effect). However, the spirits can attack characters who are inside the huts -- sleeping inside a hut in a village is not recommended.

Ghostly whisper

With Ghostly whisper, spirits can communicate with living players that have the Sixth Sense skill.

It has not been determined if spirits can communicate with other spirits.

Haunting scream

By using Haunting scream, spirits have a chance of causing 1 HP damage to players in the area. All players hear the haunting scream message, and some percentage of the players take damage. It is believed that a spirit receives 1 XP per scream in a location containing at least one listener.

Spirit sees:

• "You let out a haunting scream."

Shocking shriek

By using Shocking shriek, spirits attempt to cause a small amount of damage to players in the area.

Victims see:

• "You hear a shocking shriek coming from all around you."
• "You hear a shocking shriek coming from all around you, and lose 2 HP from fear."

Banshee wail

Emitting a Banshee wail costs 3 AP. All characters in the area of effect hear a banshee wail. (The range of banshee wail is not known.) A small percentage of the players in the area also take 4 hit points of damage. (The percentage chance of causing damage is unknown, although I've seen about 1 in 4 or so succeed.) From what I've heard, sixth sense does not seem to alter the effect of the banshee wail. It is possible for victims to die from the wails. The experience point reward from causing damage by wailing is not known, but is believed to be 1-5 XP per wail.

Victims see:

• "You hear a banshee wail coming from all around you."
• "You hear a banshee wail coming from all around you, and lose 4 HP from fear."

Returning to Life

Visit a Shaman

In order to return to life, simply float your spirit onto the location occupied by a shaman. You can visit wandering shamans or shamans of any village, even villages of the opposite side. After moving onto the shaman, wait for one AP tick (less than twenty minutes of real time). You will be reborn with full HP.

• "Here is one of the few "springs of life" on the island. A native shaman has been captured and is held here to reunite the spirits of dead outsiders with their bodies and return them to the land of the living."
• "The shaman appears to be chanting quietly and although very slight, you can feel it having a gradual effect on you."
• "(shaman name) works his magic with the spring of life and joins you with your body."

Contact a Shaman

You can contact your hometown shaman, at a cost of 25 AP. Or you can contact the shaman nearest to your current location, at a cost of 50 AP. In this case, you are reborn immediately -- you do not have to wait for an AP tick. You will be reborn with full HP.

• "Using all your concentration you telepathically contact (shaman name), the nearest shaman, who summons your spirit to him."
• "As your spirit is whisked across the island, everything goes dark."
• "Your surroundings come back into view and you find that magically you have been brought back to life by (shaman name). You lie still for a while as your strength returns."

You cannot go into AP debt when contacting a shaman.

• "Sorry, you don't have enough action points yet. You'll need to wait until you have at least 25 before you can contact the shaman."

Standing Up

After being reborn, you are lying on the ground. You cannot perform any actions (other than spending 1 AP to stand up). It appears as though no actions may be peformed on you as well.

• "A shaman has returned your spirit to your body and you are currently recovering from the ordeal of being dead. Thanks to something the shaman has done, you appear as a lifeless body to anyone glancing your way. You may continue with life as soon as you feel strong enough to stand."
• "You stand up feeling much better now you're actually alive."