I can't kill anythingFollow

Hello. I'm a new magician and I hae just downloaded the game. Everything works great. But I can't kill anything. Maybe there is something I'm suppose to do that I'm not doing. Someone I should talk to maybe. An NPC or something. All I know is that I can't kill those monsters that are right outside of the city. The little snakes. The tiny spiders. The rats. They all seem to do more damage than me. And when I try and move out of the way, I can't cast anything. I suppose this means I have to be still in order to cast. But I'll die that way. What do I do? What am I doing wrong? Why can't I kill anything? I have a knife in my hand. I have my robe on. And I put my new spells in the shortcut area. I don't see any people (real players) so I can't ask anyone in the game. What do I do?

Make sure you have the mob targeted, and click on your Melee Attack button. It it says you are too far away get closer. Also, to make other hotkeys, Click on the EQ button, go to actions, and click on Actions Window. An Actions Window will appear on your screen. From the Actions Window you can click on the Combat Tab, then right click on an empty box. There will be combat skills in there that you can use. Click on a skill and it goes into the window. Now left click on the Skill Button you just made, HOLD the left click down until the little block is on your cursor. Then drop the block onto an empty spot on your hotkeys bar. Do the same with the Abilities Page, checking to see what abilities are available to you. Then you can do the same with the Social tab. There are some social keys already made. You can switch to the next tab to make some of your own.

To make your own, right click on an empty block on the social tab, type in a name of it. Then make a macro with the info that you need. For example, a basic button is an Assist key. Right click on an empty social box. Type Assist in the Social Name. On the first line type /assist. Click the Accept box at the bottom right, and then click and hold the left mouse button on hotkey you just made. Move it to your hotkey bar. Now if you are targeted on someone and want to help them, you just click the Assist key you just made, and you will retarget the mob they are targeted on and you can nuke away.

The Tutorial is great for learning. Follow it along and you will get some gear, some spells, and some experience. You can also buy spells there for cheap.

Hope this helps a little.

The tutorial (Mines of Gloomingdeep) is a fantastic way to learn EQ; I wish it would have been around when I started. Make sure you do every quest in it, as you'll not only learn game mechanics but you'll get good experience.

One of the biggest benefits you can utilize in the tutorial is the cleric spell buff from the Erudite (dark skinned guy in a robe with an enormous forehead) in the main cavern. Don't go anywhere without it.

First summon is actually a water pet at level 2.

You didn't talk to the Priest Of Dischord and turn into player vs player did you? If so that is the problem. Is the name above your character in red? If so you probably will just have to start that character over.

Aside from that I cant think of any reason you cant attack. You have a weapon equipped right? And yeah, as a mage you always want to have a pet up. Are you doing any damage to the mobs at all? Even at level 2 the snakes shouldnt be much of a challenge.

Enyin
68 High Elf Magician
The Seventh Hammer

OK op time to post again and let all of us advice giving experts find out how you are doing. Unless of course you made the wise choice and started a paladin.