>So after all the babbling the question is:
>How do the immortals and players feel about this kind of
>thing?

I see it every once in a while, and under level 5 I'm really not
going to step in. Under level 10, I might, but that depends more
on if one person is just gearing another person or is showing
that person what to do and they're doing it (subjective).

Beyond that...

My advice to you is to have your friends read through the
Beginner Guide (click on Help in the left column of the
forum and choose which format to read it in) first. It needs
to be updated, but all the most basic stuff is there. Talk
about how to move around, get stuff out of sacks, put stuff
in sacks, what autoloot is, how to eat and drink, etc.
Heck, we might need to make an ultra-basic crib sheet.

Explain to them what happens when they die *before* they die.
I've always wanted to have a quest that has you hike across
the world only to (simulated) die and have to hike back to
your corpse as a "ghost" (for prizes I'm sure). The first
death is always so discombobulating.

When going through the Academy together, read the signs, get
the explorer notebook, get the maps, do the whole Academy
thing together like real people would. Teach them how to fish.

There's a good early exploration quest, you know which one,
that you can do. Another thing is to retrace the steps within
the explorer notebook and "discover" the various shops and
guilds together and use the maps to help them remember where
things are. Show them where they can almost always find a
thing they can just plain barter for a piece food!

As you're wandering around, you're going to have to rest. Tell
them IC stories about the places you're coming from, passing
through, going to. You may not see Centurions, and gates may
always be open as you pass through, etc.

Anyway, stuff like that.

Qaledus

ps: Don't roll up all orcs, or perfectly complementary PK classes.