Gentleman butler

House Object

Gentleman butler is a house object which can be purchased for a player house at a cost of either 30000 coins or 54 ThreshCredits.

A Gentleman butler may only be purchased in a house's foyer. It serves to greet a home owner as they pass through and its appearance may be customized.

History

The Gentleman butler was a special prize for the winners of the 2011 Homestead house decorating contest. This house object was available exclusively to those winners for one year before it was generally available for everybody to use.

Commands

You can get help for your butler by typing butler help while in the same room. Presently, the only commands available are those to customize its appearance.

Default Appearance

Jeeves, the butler 

   This gentleman stands before you at the ready. His only duty in life
is to make your home more bearable and pleasant and to ensure its proper
maintenance in your absence.

        To see more information, type: butler help

He is a male human.
He is in Perfect Condition.

Customizing

You can customize the butler's name, race, and long description by issuing the butler command.

Name

> butler name

Please enter the new name for your butler (q to quit): Kinko

You call your butler: Kinko.

Race

> butler race

Your personal butler may be one of the following races:

         human     elf     dwarf    gnome    catfolk
         scorpien  canis   kestrel  salamae  takzul

Please select the race of your butler (q to quit):  dwarf

Your butler is now a dwarf.

Description

> butler description

You may now enter the long description for your butler.

When finished, type a period on a blank line. To cancel, type ~q

***ALWAYS*** hit return at the end of each line. The length of a line is:
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This dwarf is about four feet high and sports a frilly pink jacket over
a starchy white blouse. He wears shiny black pants and no shoes at all.

.

You finish dressing up your butler.

Result

Kinko, the butler 

This dwarf is about four feet high and sports a frilly pink jacket over
a starchy white blouse. He wears shiny black pants and no shoes at all.

He is a male dwarf.
He is in Perfect Condition.