3) S-Desc: the unfinished mob The description of the mobile used by the MUD when the mobile takes some action. For example, a short description of "the building assistant" would result in messages such as "The building assistant leaves south." and "The building assistant hits you hard." The Short Description should never end with a punctuation mark or be capitalized because it will be inserted into the middle of sentences such as those above. For short descriptions, always use "the" or "a" unless the mobile has a proper name. Give your mobs interesting names and occupations. Be inventive with mobs. Most mobs have a boring short description. For example, "a dragon" or "a goblin". While "a fierce fire breathing dragon" or "an obese yellow goblin" are far more impressive. Name your mobs, or at least give them an occupation. Seeing the generic 'a citizen' gets boring. As a player, which would you like to say that you killed: 'a citizen' or 'The Great Speaker of the Land'? Both could easily be the same mob, but one sounds more impressive than the other.