Everything below works on any wiki or forum page. CommonMark plus GFM extras (tables, strikethrough, autolinks, task lists) work the standard way. The custom tags after that are unique to Aabahran.

Each entry shows the source first, then how it renders.

Paragraphs and line breaks

Plain text becomes paragraphs. A blank line starts a new paragraph. A single newline becomes a hard break.

First line.
Second line is still in the same paragraph.

Third paragraph after a blank line.

First line.
Second line is still in the same paragraph.

Third paragraph after a blank line.

Emphasis

*italic*, _also italic_
**bold**, __also bold__
***bold italic***
~~strikethrough~~

italic, also italic
bold, also bold
bold italic
strikethrough

Headings

# H1 page title
## H2 section
### H3 subsection
#### H4
##### H5
###### H6

Headings get an auto-generated id so #section-name links work. Override the id with {#anchor}:

## Races {#races}

Lists

- Bullet
- Another bullet
  - Nested
  - Nested
- Last

• Bullet
• Another bullet
  • Nested
  • Nested
• Last

1. First
2. Second
3. Third

1. First
2. Second
3. Third

Task lists:

- [x] Done
- [ ] Not done
- [ ] Still pending

• Done
• Not done
• Still pending

Links

External: [Aabahran](https://theforsakenlands.com)
Autolink: <https://theforsakenlands.com>
Wiki page: [[Cabals]]
Wiki rename: [[Cabals/Tribunal\|the Tribunal]]
Same-page anchor: [jump to Embeds](#embeds)

External: Aabahran
Autolink: https://theforsakenlands.com
Wiki page: Cabals
Wiki rename: the Tribunal
Same-page anchor: jump to Embeds

Images

![alt text](/static/skull.png)

For full-width wiki banners, use the {banner:} tag in the custom section below.

Blockquotes

> This is a quote.
> Second line of the same quote.
>
> > Nested quote.

This is a quote.
Second line of the same quote.

Nested quote.

Code

Inline:

Use `get_skill(ch, sn)` to read a skill value.

Use get_skill(ch, sn) to read a skill value.

Fenced block with language:

```c
void example(int x) {
    if (x > 0) return;
}
```

void example(int x) {
    if (x > 0) return;
}

Horizontal rule

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Tables

| Race  | Vulnerable | Resistant |
| :---  | :---:      | :---:     |
| Avian | air        | -         |
| Drow  | silver     | charm     |
| Dwarf | drowning   | poison    |

Custom tags

Tags use single curly braces. Either {name}, {name:arg}, or {name}...{/name}. Anything inside a fenced code block stays as plain text, so the source blocks below render exactly as written.

Color text

{#c4a872}A muted gold phrase{/} and {#8BA4B0}highlight-color text{/}.

A muted gold phrase and highlight-color text.

Script font

{script}From the journals of Erelei{/}

From the journals of Erelei

Redact

A bar in the page background color hides the text. Click the bar to reveal it.

The traitor was {redact}Vellichor{/redact}.

The traitor was Vellichor.

Drop cap

Big initial letter on the first character of a paragraph.

{drop}A abahran is a world shaped by war, divine conflict, and the struggle between Life and Death.

A abahran is a world shaped by war, divine conflict, and the struggle between Life and Death.

Stat bar

Inline scaled bar with the number on top. Format: low:current:cap.

{statbar:14:18:25}

18

Mentions

nice fix @Erelei

nice fix @erelei

Eyebrow heading

A small lowercase label above a heading. Prefix any heading with [Label].

## [Setting] The World
## [Character] Races and Classes

The World

Aabahran has endured three great ages.

Races and Classes

Twenty-four races call Aabahran home.

Banner image

Wide banner pulled from web/static/img/wiki/. Extensions png, jpg, svg. Path can include subdirs.

{banner:before_cataclysm.png}

Table of contents

Drops a TOC card that floats on the right on desktop, full width on mobile. Only fires when the page has two or more headings.

{toc}

Stat card

A key/value table wrapped as a compact card. Title is optional.

{statcard:Stat Block}
| Name  | Erelei the Wanderer |
| ----- | ------------------- |
| Race  | Elf                 |
| Class | Rogue               |
| Cabal | Vellichor           |
{/statcard}

Mudlog

A pasted MUD log rendered in monospace with backtick color codes applied. Use a fenced block tagged mudlog.

```mudlog
Between Ice Bars [Room 10874]
  You walk into an open cage surrounded by frozen bars and icy blocks.  
Whomever was in here, must of had a very good immunity to cold or his 
skin must of been twice that of any normal man.  Icicles hang freely from 
the ceiling as footing becomes extremely slippery.

[Exits: west]
(Dark Aura) An important Baron is frozen here.

>  kill baron
Your punch LACERATES The Baron Helgardium!
The Baron Helgardium dodges your attack.
You feign and strike at The Baron Helgardium's nerve point.
Your shadow strike wounds The Baron Helgardium.
The Baron Helgardium has a few scratches. 

>  
The Baron Helgardium dodges your attack.
Your punch LACERATES The Baron Helgardium!
You feign and strike at The Baron Helgardium's nerve point.
Your shadow strike misses The Baron Helgardium.
Your punch maims The Baron Helgardium!
You dodge The Baron Helgardium's attack.
The Baron Helgardium's freezing bite DISMEMBERS you!
You dodge The Baron Helgardium's attack and redirect the momentum!
Your counterblow MASSACRES The Baron Helgardium!
Your deathly chill hits The Baron Helgardium.
Your deathly chill decimates The Baron Helgardium!
The Baron Helgardium has a few scratches. 
```

Between Ice Bars [Room 10874]
  You walk into an open cage surrounded by frozen bars and icy blocks.  
Whomever was in here, must of had a very good immunity to cold or his 
skin must of been twice that of any normal man.  Icicles hang freely from 
the ceiling as footing becomes extremely slippery.

[Exits: west]
(Dark Aura) An important Baron is frozen here.

>  kill baron
Your punch LACERATES The Baron Helgardium!
The Baron Helgardium dodges your attack.
You feign and strike at The Baron Helgardium's nerve point.
Your shadow strike wounds The Baron Helgardium.
The Baron Helgardium has a few scratches. 

>  
The Baron Helgardium dodges your attack.
Your punch LACERATES The Baron Helgardium!
You feign and strike at The Baron Helgardium's nerve point.
Your shadow strike misses The Baron Helgardium.
Your punch maims The Baron Helgardium!
You dodge The Baron Helgardium's attack.
The Baron Helgardium's freezing bite DISMEMBERS you!
You dodge The Baron Helgardium's attack and redirect the momentum!
Your counterblow MASSACRES The Baron Helgardium!
Your deathly chill hits The Baron Helgardium.
Your deathly chill decimates The Baron Helgardium!
The Baron Helgardium has a few scratches. 

Table modifiers

These sit on their own line right before a markdown table. Stack them on consecutive lines to compose.

Column widths

{cols:} takes one width per column. Percentages, pixels, em, or auto. Percentages summing to 100 or less get normalized so the table fills the container while keeping their relative proportions. Sums above 100 convert to pixels and the table scrolls horizontally.

{cols: 30% 20% 20% 30%}
| Race   | Vulnerable | Resistant | Bonus Skills |
| :---   | :---       | :---      | :---         |
| Avian  | air        | -         | fly          |
| Drow   | silver     | charm     | sneak, infravision |
| Dwarf  | drowning   | poison    | berserk, infravision |

Vertical headers

Rotates <th> cells 90 degrees. Optional alignment: top, center, bottom. Default is bottom.

{vhead}
| Race  | Strength | Dexterity | Constitution | Intelligence | Wisdom |
| :---  | :-:      | :-:       | :-:          | :-:          | :-:    |
| Avian | 19       | 23        | 19           | 21           | 21     |
| Dwarf | 23       | 17        | 23           | 17           | 19     |
| Elf   | 16       | 23        | 16           | 23           | 21     |

Sleek

Minimal borders, mono uppercase headers, hover effect on rows. Good for dense data tables.

{sleek}
| Patron    | Domain  | Cabal    |
| :---      | :---    | :---     |
| Rathe     | Death   | Nexus    |
| Maesil    | Light   | Knight   |
| Athaketha | Justice | Tribunal |

Sticky header

Pins the header row to the top of the viewport while you scroll past long lists. Combines fine with {cols:} as long as the percentages sum to 100 or less.

{stickyhead}
{cols: 22% 22% 19% 19% 18%}
| Race  | Bonus Skills | Vulnerable | Resistant | Immune |
| :---  | :---         | :---:      | :---:     | :---:  |
| Avian | fly          | air        | -         | -      |
| Drow  | sneak, infravision, faerie fire | silver, mithril | charm | - |
| Dwarf | berserk, infravision | drowning | poison, magic | - |

Merged cells (colspan, rowspan)

{cspan:N} at the start of a cell makes that cell span N columns. Leave the next N-1 cells in the row blank.

{rspan:N} at the start of a cell makes that cell span N rows. Leave the same column position blank in the next N-1 rows.

Both can appear in one brace group, in either order: {cspan:2 rspan:3} or {rspan:3 cspan:2}.

Grouped headers (colspan):

| Rank | {cspan:2} Combat |   | {cspan:3} Disarm |   |   |
| ---  | :---:            | :---: | :---:        | :---: | :---: |
|      | Offense          | Defense | To Disarm | Shield | Be Disarmed |
| Best | Whip             | Staff   | Whip      | Flail  | Whip        |

Repeated leftmost value (rowspan):

| Path     | Skill     | Cost | Notes             |
| -------- | --------- | ---- | ----------------- |
| {rspan:4} Adept | Meditate  | 30 | heal mind |
|          | Destroy Undead  | 25   | ?  |
|          | Recover   | 20   | regen      |
|          | Aura | 35   | Defensive      |
| {rspan:2} Crusader | Bless | 25 | crusade     |
|          | Behead    | 30   | bypass parry      |

Rules:

• Marker must be at the start of cell content, before any text.
• Consumed cells must be blank. A cell in a span's shadow with text in it stays put, so forgetting the marker degrades to side-by-side rather than data loss.
• GFM grid rule still applies: every row needs the same number of pipe-separated cells.
• Spans inside {row}...{/row} work fine.

Side-by-side row

Lay out two or more tables (or any block content) on the same horizontal plane. Wrap blocks with {row} / {/row}. Children share the row equally and wrap below ~300px on narrow screens.

{row}


| Skill | Cost |
| :---  | :---: |
| Shoulder Smash  | 30   |
| Fasting  | 25   |

| Stat | Value |
| :--- | :---: |
| STR  | 19    |
| DEX  | 17    |


{/row}

Each table needs the usual blank line above and below it so markdown renders them as separate blocks. Other tags inside the row still work: a {cols:} or {stickyhead} on a child table behaves normally.

When a column needs more than one element (a heading, intro paragraph, and a table), use {col} on its own line as a divider. Each {col} starts a new column. Content from {row} to the first {col} is the first column.

{row}


{col}

## What to Use

Pick a weapon.

| Goal       | Best  |
| :---       | :---  |
| Hit harder | Whip  |
| Stay alive | Staff |


{col}

## Weapon Values

Bars run -5 to +5.

| Weapon | Attack |
| :---   | :---:  |
| Whip   | +5     |
| Staff  | -4     |


{/row}

Embeds

These pull live data from the game DB into the page.

Help

Multi-word keywords go in single quotes.

{help:berserk}

Item

Reference an item by vnum or by name.

{item:vorpal sword}

Object 'vorpal sword' is type weapon, material steel.
Extra flags: antigood noremove.
Weight is 33, value is 2, level is 54.
Weapon type is sword.
Damage is 8d6 (average 28).
Affects sword by 5.
Affects damroll by 6.
Affects hitroll by 3.
Unique item.

Item stat block

A compact box with just the stats, no description.

{stato:10801}

Name(s): vorpal sword
Area: Faction of Steel
Vnum: 10801  Format: new  Type: weapon  Material: steel
Resets: 1  Factor: 2  Allowed: 2  Count: 0
Short description: 'Khyer-Dirohm', the Vorpal Sword of Atonement
Long description: A bleak looking sword lies dully on the ground.
Wear bits: take wield unique
Extra bits: antigood noremove
Number: 1/1  Weight: 330/330/330 (10th pounds)
Level: 54  Cost: 2  Condition: 100%
Values: 1 8 6 21 16
Weapon type is sword.
Damage is 8d6 (average 28).
Damage noun is cleave.
Weapon flags: vorpal
Affects sword by 5 (skill).
Affects damroll by 6.
Affects hitroll by 3.

Pseudocode

Renders the pseudocode for a game function.

{pseudo:do_berserk}

fFerocity = skill_percent(ferocity) > 1
if (chance = skill_percent(berserk)) == 0:
chance = 3 * chance / 4
if caster.has_flag(CALM) or caster.has_affect(prayer):
paf = caster.find_affect(berserk)
mana = 50
if fFerocity and paf: mana += 20 * ((paf.level + 1) - caster.level)
if not caster.is_npc and caster.mana < mana:
if caster.position == POS_FIGHTING and chance > 1: chance += 35
hp_percent = percent_of(caster.hp, caster.max_hp)
if random(1..100) < chance:
  caster.moves = max(caster.moves - 50, 1)
  if not caster.is_npc: caster.mana = max(caster.mana - mana, 1)
  caster.hp += 2 * caster.level
  if not caster.has_affect(berserk):
  else if paf and fFerocity: paf.level += 1
else:
  caster.mana -= mana / 2

Escapes

A literal { without firing tag detection:

\{toc} renders as plain text instead of a TOC.

{toc} renders as plain text instead of a TOC.

A literal < or > inside prose works as-is. HTML tags get stripped by the sanitizer except for the small allow-list (b, i, em, strong, br, p, code, blockquote, hr, etc.).