GROUPS GROUPING 'FINDING A GROUP' (2791)

Once you have decided to form or join a group you will need to find players
who are both willing to group with you and capable of doing so.  Some points
to consider when choosing a group are:

1) Are they within your experience range to group with?  Type 'WHO GROUP' to
see a list of all characters that are.  This command only shows who is within
8 levels of you.  (Exception: Orcs can group each other within a 12 level
range.)  It offers no insight towards whether or not they are appropriate to
travel with, given your role.  

2) Who seems compatible with your character's alignment?  You might or might
not be able to tell something about their morals and ethos from their race
and class.  Some characters will have abilities like Detect Evil or Know
Alignment if you can get close enough to check someone directly.  Good-aligned
characters will generally shun evil ones, and you don't want to waste time
with people who aren't going to make viable groupmates.

3) What is your character's outlook on people?  Planning what you want your
character to be will affect who you will want to group with.  If you are
Orderly and wish to uphold the law, you may not want to travel with someone
who is a frequent criminal.  If you want to be a BattleRager, you will not
want to travel with a mage.  A nature-loving druid would likely decide to
steer clear of a vile necromancer.  Only you can answer this question well.

4) Are you staying In Character when you ask?  Flashing a little roleplay is 
more effective than just asking someone "Group?".  Try something simple like
"I'm planning to attack the goblin village.  Would you care to join me?"  (Be
careful about telling this to someone who might want to kill you... you've just 
revealed where to ambush you later.  But if you have reason to trust someone,
this usually makes a better introduction.)  

5) It's usually good to approach people directly.  Yelling in public places
may annoy others, and will only reach people who happen to be nearby.  Use
tells, or approach them to converse, possibly after letting them know why
you're approaching so they don't think you're hostile.

How grouping works:
Typically three people join together. One is chosen as the leader. The two
others FOLLOW the leader, then the leader GROUPs each of the followers.

If the followers FOLLOW anyone other than their group leader, they will leave
their group.

Group leaders, though, can FOLLOW others. Including one of their group
members, allowing another group member to lead as they walk.