The ivtes bot commands
Getting help
help- Get a list of all commands.
Deck management
upload deck DECKNAME (up DECKNAME)- Prepare
ivtes to receive a deck. The next message you sent to ivtes must be the deck itself, formatted as described in Deck format. list decks (l d)- List all the decks you have uploaded so far.
download deck DECKNAME (do DECKNAME)- Display the content of one of your deck, in the uploadable deck format.
delete deck DECKNAME (del DECKNAME)- Delete one of your deck.
Game management
new game (n g)- Open a new game, and assign it a new identifier.
join game GAMEID DECKNAME (j GAMEID DECKNAME)- Join a game that has been opened but not started yet.
leave game (leave)- Leave your current game. This can be a started or just an open game.
list games (l g)- List all games, either open or started, with the players that have joined.
start game GAMEID (start GAMEID)- Start a game that has been opened but not started yet. Players won't be able to join this game anymore. Only the player that opened the game can start it.
close game GAMEID (close GAMEID)- Definitively close (delete) a game. A game is closed when all players have left the game or when this command is issued. Only the moderator of a game can close it.
state GAMEID (s GAMEID)- Show the state of a game you are not in.
select GAMEID (se GAMEID)- Change your current game. A player may join and play multiple game concurently, but only one is his current game. The current game is the game affected by all commands listed in below.
During the game
play perm CARD (p p CARD) or put CARD (pu CARD)- Play a permanent card (Information Highway, allies...).
play perm CARD on CARD (p CARD CARD) or put CARD on CARD- Play a permanent card on another card (Blood Doll, equipments...).
play CARD (p CARD)- Play a transient card (Minion Tap, Lucky blow, ...).
draw [N] (d)- Draw one card or N card from your library to your hand.
draw vampire (d v)- Draw a vampire from your crypt to your uncontrolled region.
discard CARD (di CARD)- Burn a card.
discard edge (di e) or burn edge (bu e)- Discard the edge.
edge (ed)- Take the edge.
torpor CARD (torp CARD)- Move a card to your torpor region.
rescue CARD (resc CARD)- Move a card out of your torpor region.
hand (h)- Look at your hand.
hand PLAYER (h PLAYER)- Look at another player's hand (only the back of the cards!).
ash (ash)- Look at your ash heap.
ash PLAYER (ash PLAYER)- Look at another player's ash heap.
uncontrolled (unc)- Look at your uncontrolled region.
tap CARD (t CARD)- Tap a card.
untap CARD (un CARD)- Untap a card.
untap all (un a)- Untap all your card (used at the start of your turn).
state (s)- Show the current game state.
mystate (m)- Show only your state.
turn CARD face up|down (tu CARD u|d)- Turn a card face up or down.
look CARD|library|crypt|ash [N] (lo ...)- Look at one card, the content of your library, crypt or ash. If you specify a number, look only at this amount of cards.
show CARD|library|crypt|hand|ash [PLAYER|all] [N] (sho ...)- Show one card, the content of your library, crypt, hand or ash to another player, or to all players. Synonym to look if you don't specify a player or all. If you specify a number, show only this amount of cards.
shuffle library|crypt (shu l|c)- Shuffle your library or your crypt.
add X to CARD (a X CARD)- Add counters from the bank to a card.
remove X from CARD (re X CARD)- Burns counters from a card.
remove CARD from game (re CARD game)- Removed a card from the game.
lose [X] (l [X]) or pay [X] (pa [X])- Burn 1 pool or X pools.
gain [X] (g [X])- Gain 1 pool or X pools.
transfer X to CARD (t X CARD)- Transfers X from your pool to a card (typically a vampire in your uncontrolled region).
blooddoll CARD (bd CARD)- Remove a counter from a card and gain one pool.
order PLAYER1 PLAYER2 ... (ord ...)- Change the seating order.
move CARD [PLAYER] [A|L|C|U|T|H|O] [up|down] [top|bottom]- Generic command to move a card to another place. The new place is determined by a player name, a region (A:ash, L:library, C:crypt, U:uncontrolled, T:table top, H:hand, O:torpor), a face (up or down) and a position in the region (top or bottom). When an argument is not specified, the card position does not change relatively to this argument. This command is useful to put back a card after a mistake (
move CARD L down, shuffle lib), or to give control of a card (move CARD PLAYER). move CARD on CARD [up|down] [top|bottom]- Move a card on another card.
make note TEXT (m n TEXT)- Create a new card, face down, with some text on it. Useful for Malkavian Prank.
annotate CARD [TEXT] (an CARD [TEXT]) or add note CARD [TEXT] (a n CARD [TEXT])- Write a note on a card (replacing any previous note). If TEXT is not supplied, erase any previous note. Useful for special counters (Path of Lilith, Temptation), sect/clan change, etc.
votes CARD VOTES (vo CARD VOTES)- Assign a new number of votes to a card (after a Praxis Seizure, for instance).
capacity CARD VOTES (ca CARD VOTES)- Assign a new capacity to a card (after a Master:Discipline card have been played, for instance).
roll X (ro X)- Roll a dice (pick a random number between 1 and X).
alias [ALIAS VALUE] (al [ALIAS VALUE])- Create an alias and give it a value.
ivtes will replace $ALIAS by the value of the alias in future commands you send him. This is useful to give mnemonic name to card numbers (alias bob 172, tap $bob). If no argument supplied, list the current aliases. unalias [ALIAS] (unal [ALIAS])- Delete an alias.
Card information
info CARDNAME- Show information about a card, given its name, part of its name, or approximative name.
info CARD- Show information about a card in play, given its card identifier.
Commands can be combined by separating them with ;.