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instead of any shield the player may have thrown up.
This is a very easy way to die.
.TP 1.5i
.B Cerberus
loves metal and will steal all the metal treasures from
a player if able.
.TP 1.5i
.B Ungoliant
can bite and poison.  This inflicts five
.B poisons
, and also takes one from the player's
.B quickness.
.TP 1.5i
.B Jabberwock
may tire of battle, and leave after calling one of his friends
(
.B Jubjub Bird
or
.B Bandersnatch
).
.TP 1.5i
.B Morgoth
actually
.B Modnar
, but reserved for
.B council of the wise, valar,
and
.B ex-valar.
Fights with
.B Morgoth
end when either he or the player dies.	His characteristics
are calculated based upon the player's.  The player is given
the chance to ally with him.  No magic, except
.B force field
works when battling
.B Morgoth.
.TP 1.5i
.B Troll
may regenerate its
.B energy
and
.B strength
while in battle.
.TP 1.5i
.B Wraith
may make a player blind.
.sh "Treasures"
The various treasure types are as follows:
.TP 1.5i
.B Type zero
.I none
.TP 1.5i
.B Type one
.I power booster
\- adds mana.
.br
.I druid
\- adds experience.
.br
.I holy orb
\- subtracts 0.25 sin.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type two
.I amulet
\- protects from cursed treasure.
.br
.I holy water
\- kills
.B assorted faeries.
.br
.I hermit
\- reduces sin by 25% and adds some mana.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type three
.I shield
\- adds to maximum
.B energy level
.br
.I virgin
\- used to subdue a
.B unicorn
, or to give much
.B experience
(and some
.B sin
).
.br
.I athelas
\- subtracts one
.B poison.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type four (scrolls)
.I shield
\- throws a bigger than normal
.B force field.
.br
.I invisible
\- temporarily puts the finder's
.B quickness
to one million.
.br
.I ten fold strength
\- multiplies finder's strength by ten.
.br
.I pick monster
\- allows finder to pick next monster to battle.
.br
.I general knowledge
\- adds to finder's
.B brains
and
.B magic level.
.PP
All the scrolls except
.B general knowledge
automatically call a monster.  These preserve any
spells that were already in effect, but are only in
effect while in battle.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type five
.I dagger
\- adds to
.B strength.
.br
.I armour
\- same as a
.B shield,
but bigger.
.br
.I tablet
\- adds brains.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type six
.I priest
\- rests to maximum; adds 
.B mana, brains;
and halves
.B sin.
.br
.I Robin Hood
\- increases
.B shield
and adds permanently to
.B strength.
.br
.I axe
\- like
.B dagger,
but bigger.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type seven
.I charm
\- protects from cursed treasure (used before
.B amulet
); used in conjunction with
.B blessing
to battle
.B Dark Lord.
.br
.I Merlyn
\- adds
.B brains, magic,
and
.B mana.
.br
.I war hammer
\- like an
.B axe,
but bigger.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type eight
.I healing potion
\- sets
.B poison
to -2, or subtracts two from
.B poison,
whichever is better.
.br
.I transporter
\- allows finder to move anywhere.
.br
.I sword
\- like a
.B war hammer
, but bigger.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type nine
.I golden crown
\- allows the player to become
.B king,
by going to (0,0).
.br
.I blessing
\- cuts
.B sin
to 1/3, adds
.B mana,
rests to max., kills
.B Dark Lord
with a
.B charm,
and gives bearer first hit on all monsters.
.br
.I quicksilver
\- adds to 
.B quickness.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type ten
.I elven boots
\- adds permanently to
.B quickness.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type eleven
.I palantir
\- allows one to see all the other players; used by
.B council of the wise
to seek the
.B grail.
.TP 1.5i
.B Type twelve/thirteen
.I ring
\- allows one to hit much harder in battle, etc.
.PP
Any treasure type 10-13 monsters may instead carry a type nine treasure.
.PP
A monster may also be carrying
.B gold
or
.B gems.
These are used at
.B trading posts
to buy things.	A
.B gem
is worth 1000 gold pieces.  Too much
.B gold
will slow a player down.  One may carry 1000 plus 200 per
.B level
of
.B gold.
A
.B gem
weighs one half a gold piece.
Monsters of treasure type 7 or higher may carry
.B gems.
.PP
The chance of a cursed treasure is based upon treasure type.
The more valuable treasures have a greater chance of being cursed.
A cursed treasure knocks
.B energy level
very low, and adds 0.25
.B poison.
.sh "Rings"
.B Rings
are only carried by
.B nazguls
and
.B Dark Lord.
They come in four different flavors.
All
.B rings
rest the player to maximum and cause him/her to hit much harder
in battle with monsters (assuming one has chosen to use the
.B ring
for battle.)
.PP
Two types of
.B rings
are cursed and come either from
.B nazguls
or
.B Dark Lord.
After a few times of using these types, the player falls
under the control of the
.B ring,
and strange, random things will occur.
Eventually, the player dies, and gives his/her name to a monster
on the file.
Dying before the
.B ring
is used up also renames the monster.
.PP
The two remaining types of
.B rings
are much more benign.
The one from a
.B nazgul
is good for a limited number of battle rounds, and will save
the player from death if it was being used when he/she died.
The one from
.B Dark Lord
is the same, except that it never is used up.
.B rings
disappear after saving someone from death.
In general, cursed
.B rings
occur much more often than normal ones.
It is usually not a good idea to pick one up.
The only way to get rid of a
.B ring
is to have a monster steal it.
.sh "King"
A player may become
.B king by finding a
.I crown
and going to (0,0).  Players must have a
.B level
in the range of 10 to 1000 to be able to find a
.I crown.
When a player with one or more
.I crowns
reaches
.B level
1000, the
.I crowns
are converted to
.I gold.
.PP
Once a player is king, he/she may do certain things while in 
the Lord's Chamber (0,0).  These are exercised with the
.B decree
('0') option.
.TP 1.5i
.I transport
This is done to another player.  It randomly moves the affected
player about.  A
.B charm
protects from transports.
.TP 1.5i
.I curse
This is done to another player.  It is analogous to cursed treasure,
but worse.  It inflicts two
.B poison,
knocks
.B energy level
very low, and degrades the maximum energy.  It also
removes a
.B cloak.
A
.B blessing
protects from king's curses.
.TP 1.5i
.I energy void
The king may put a number of these scattered about
his/her kingdom as he/she pleases.
If a player hits one, he/she loses
.B mana, energy,
and
.B gold.
The energy void disappears after being hit.
.TP 1.5i
.I bestow
This is also done to another player.  The king may
wish to reward one or more loyal subjects by sharing his/her
riches (
.B gold
).  Or it is a convenient way to dispose of some unwanted
deadweight.
.TP 1.5i
.I collect taxes
Everyone pays 7% tax on all
.B gold
and
.B gems
acquired, regardless of the existence of a
.B king.
The king collects the accrued taxes with this option.
.PP
The
.B king
may also 
.B teleport
anywhere for free by using the origin as a starting place.
.sh "Council of the Wise, Valar"
A player automatically becomes a member of the
.B council of the wise
upon reaching level 3000.  Members of the council cannot have
.B rings.
Members of the council have a few extra options which they can exercise.
These are exercised
.B intervene
('8') option.
All
.B intervene
options cost 1000 mana.
One
.B intervene
option is to
.I heal
another player.  This is just a quick way for that player to be rested
to maximum and lose a little
.B poison.
The main purpose in life for members of the council is to seek the
.B Holy Grail.
This is done with a
.B palantir
under the
.I seek grail
option.  The distance cited by the seek is accurate within 10%, in order
not to make it too easy to find the grail.
A player must have infinitesimally small
.B sin,
or else it's all over upon finding the grail.
In order to help members of the council on their quest, they
may
.I teleport
with greater ease.
.PP
Upon finding the grail, the player advances to position of
.B valar.
He/she may then exercise more and niftier options under
.I intervention.
These include all of the council members' options plus the
ability to move other players about, bless them, and throw monsters at
them.
A
.BR valar 's
blessing has the same effect as the treasure
.I blessing,
except that the affected player does not get his/her
.I blessing
flag set.
All
.I intervention
options which affect other players age the player
who uses them.
.B Valars
are essentially immortal, but are actually given five lives.
If these are used up, the player is left to die, and becomes an
.B ex-valar.
A 
.B valar
cannot
.I move, teleport,
or call monsters.
(An exception to this is if the
.I valar
finds a
.I transporter.
This is to allow him/her to dispose of excess
.I gold.
Any monsters which a
.B valar
encounters are based upon his/her size.
Only one valar may exist at a time.
The current valar is replaced when another player finds the grail.
The valar is then bumped back to the council of the wise.
.sh "Wizard"
The
.I wizard
is usually the owner of the game, and the one who maintains
the associated files.
The
.I wizard
is granted special powers within the game, if it is invoked
with the '\-S' option.
Otherwise, the
.I wizard
plays no different from other players.
The
.I wizard
abilities are outlined below.
.TP
.I change players
When examining a player, (game invoked with '-x', or use 'X' from within game),
the
.I wizard
may also change the player.
.TP
.I intervention
The
.I wizard
may do all the
.I intervention
options.  One extra option,
.I vaporize,
is added to kill any offensive players.
.TP
.I super character type
An extra character type is added.  This character starts with the
maximum possible in all statistics, selected from the other character types.
A
.B super
character's statistics also progress at the maximum possible rate, selected
from the other character types.
.sh "Special Places"
Certain regions of the playing grid have different names.
In general, this is only to give the player some idea of
his/her present location.  Some special places do exist.
.TP 1.5i
.I Trading Posts
These are located at |x| == |y| == n*n*100 for n = 1, 2...1000.
Trading posts farther out have more things for sale.
Be careful about cheating the merchants there, as they have short
tempers.
Merchants are dishonest about 5% of the time.
.TP 1.5i
.I Lord's Chamber
This is located at (0,0).  Only players with
.B crowns
may enter.
.TP 1.5i
.I Point of No Return
This is located beyond 1.2e+6 in any direction.
The only way to return from here is a
.B transporter
or to have a
.B valar
relocate the player.
.TP 1.5i
.I Dead Marshes
This is a band located fairly distant from the origin.	The first
fourteen monsters (water monsters) can normally only be found here.
.TP 1.5i
.I Valhala
This place is where the
.B valar
resides.  It is associated with no particular coordinate on the
playing grid.
.TP 1.5i
.sh "Miscellaneous"
Once a player reaches
.B level
5, the game will start to time out waiting for input.
This is to try to keep the game a bit faster paced.
.PP
A
.I guru
will never be disgusted with your
.B sins
if they are less than one.
.PP
A
.I medic
wants half of a player's
.B gold
to be happy.  Offering more than one has, or a negative amount
will anger the
.I medic,
who will make the player worse (add one
.B poison
).
.PP
The
.B Holy Grail
does little for those who are not ready to behold it.
Whenever anyone finds it, it moves.
It is always located within 1e+6 in any compass direction of the origin.
.PP
There is a maximum amount of
.B mana
and
.B charms
a player may posses, based upon
.B level.
.I Quicksilver
is always limited to to a maximum of 99.
.PP
.I Books
bought at a
.B trading post
increase 
.B brains,
based upon the number bought.
It is unwise, however to buy more than 1/10 of one's
.B level
in books at a time.
.PP
Players over level 10000 are automatically retired.
.PP
A
.I blindness
goes away in random time.
.PP
Players with
.I crowns
are identified with a '*' before their character type.
.sh "Inter-terminal Battle"
When two player's coordinates correspond, they may engage in battle.
In general, the player with the highest
.B quickness
gets the first hit.
If the two players are severely mis-matched, the stronger player
is drastically handicapped for the battle.
In order to protect from being stuck in an infinite loop,
the player waiting for response may time out.  Options for battle are:
.TP 1.5i
.I fight
Inflicts damage upon other person.
.TP 1.5i
.I run away
Escape from battle.  Has a 75% chance of working.
.TP 1.5i
.I power blast
Battle spell.
.TP 1.5i
.I luckout
One-time chance to try to win against the foe.	Has a 10% chance of working.
.PP
Sometimes waits for the other player may be excessive, because
he/she may be battling a monster.  Upon slaying a player in battle
the winner gets the other's
.B experience
and treasures.
.B Rings
do not work for inter-terminal battle.
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