It's pretty easy to get started. If you can get hold of the old kunark disks to create a separate install there is a good tutorial with that for how to play the game.
When you create a character you have everything you need to get started; a basic weapon and some food and drink. You'll also have a couple of quest items: a tome of discord to flag yourself as a pvp player (not recommended) and a note inviting you to your classes NPC guild.
Once you're in game it's just like real life; you walk about talking to people, going on adventures whilst trying to avoid new and interesting ways to die.
If your character does die, don't worry! You'll reappear at your starting point with no equipment and can keep playing from there. You'll be able to find your corpse to get your old stuff back. There are also banks in game which will let you store items and currency you don't need on your adventures (perhaps a spare weapon banked will be useful to help you on a 'corpse run').
Going on an adventure to retrieve a corpse is one of the most fun parts of EQ.
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