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             The Mad King's Dungeon Version 1.00 Copyright 1994
                       programed by Charles Marchant
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 INTRODUCTION

   Seems one dark night a band of the kings men wondered drunk upon your
 sleeping family. They then raped, pillaged, and burnt them, their lands
 and livestock to the ground. As fate would have it you were at the fair that
 night, getting drunk of your pathetic wages you get as a dung shoveler at a
 nearby stable and came upon the gruesome spectacle that morning.
 Crying in the ash and blood you swear to kill the king in order to gain
 revenge for your family.

   Grabbing what you can you set out to the castle to extract revenge from
 the hide of the king when your met by a ghost. The ghost tells you his
 sad story of death at the kings hands and offers some advice to you.

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 Player Classes

 There are 5 classes to choose from in MKD and each class has it's own
 special skills and bonuses. They are as follows.

 1) Warrior   This is the generic class, strong and healthy. They start
              with more body points and greater power then the other
              classes, can bash down doors easier and wield the best
              armor in the game. It takes less exp to gain a new level
              then the other 4 classes.

 2) Thief     Thieves start with greater speed, luck and agility then
              the other classes. They have a greater chance to pick
              locks and steal gold then the other. They can sneak about
              unseen and attempt to murder other pc/npc.

 3) Monk      Monks are the hand to hand fighters of the game. They have
              both kicking and punching skills that none of the other
              classes have. They also have a high luck which helps
              in defense against magic.

 4) Mage      Mages are one of the two spell weavers of the game. They
              have greater knowledge then the others and can develop
              some very destructive spells that can even burn it's
              victims armor and weapons.

 5) Cleric    Clerics are the "healers" of the game although they also
              have some very strong combat spells. But the use of them
              slowly turns them to evil. Clerics once they reach level
              15 can be the most deadly of pc's in the game with the
              ability to 'steal soul' from their victim. Clerics have
              a greater wisdom of the other classes.

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 Player Attributes

 Power
 Knowledge
 Wisdom
 Speed
 Agility
 Luck
 Looks

 Power    : Power help determine the amount of weight you can carry,
            your base damage, and place a roll in setting your base
            armor rating.

 Knowledge: Is important manly to mages, it help determine their spell
            success rate and duration a spell will last. It also place
            a part in ego conflicts with items that have a ego. If a
            person fails a ego conflict the item will vanish. It also
            plays into your ability to buy and sale at better rates.

 Wisdom   : Wisdom is very important to clerics. It sets there base spell
            success rates and duration a spell last. It also helps you
            to defend against curses and energy/soul stealing spells.

 Speed    : Is important to thieves and monks. It sets their hit rate and
            plays a part in setting special attack rates also. Speed also
            plays into all pc's hit rates and base armor rates.

 Agility  : Is important to thieves. It sets their base rates for pick
            locks and murder skills. Speed also plays into all pc's hit
            rates and base armor rates.

 Luck     : Is very important to all players, it sets your base defense
            rate against magic attacks. Luck also modifies thief and monk
            skills some.

 Look     : Looks plays into all players ability to buy or sale at better
            rates.

 Player attributes are raised and lowered by spells, items, affects and
 the gaining of levels. Each class gains in is certain areas only, to
 raise the others use potions, scrolls, wands, rods and other items.

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  TOWN

  The town is the hub of the game, here you go to the different shops and
  town hall to conduct your business of buying and selling items both wanted
  and unused.

  You can:

  Go to the Blacksmiths.
  Go to the Inn of the Lonesome Winch.
  Go to the Magic Shop.
  Go to the Guild Hall.
  Go to the Town Square.
  Confront the king.
  Go to the Dungeon.
  Exit to the Mundane World.
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 Blacksmith Shop

  Here in the blacksmith shop you can buy items of armor, cloths and weapons
 along with selling them. All items you buy will be of the base type and
 in excellent condition. When you sale items they will be priced on their
 magic abilities and condition. The price will change depending on your
 looks and knowledge. You may also repair items here which is very important,
 once a item is junk it loses all its abilities and magic affects and is
 worth zero gold.
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 Magic Shop

  The magic shop most likely will be your second most visited place while
 in the game. It is here were you can buy potions and scrolls of all sorts
 to augment your abilities and heal you when your hurt. There is even a
 scroll of recall to teleport you safely from the dungeon at no lose of
 experience to you. You can identify and enchant items here, along
 with removing the curse from items you can't seem to ditch. Of course
 all prices very depending on condition and abilities of the item you
 wish to enchant, sale, buy, identify or remove curse from.
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 Inn of the Lonesome Winch

 Here is where you will buy the food and drink you need to remain health
 in the dungeon. If you are starving or parched you will gain neither
 health or mana back. Each food or drink has its own different fill
 value and some can even cause drunkenness which can lower your attack
 and defend value while raising your luck. You will never be poisoned from
 items bought here, unlike food and drink in the dungeon which you can
 never be sure of.
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 Guild Hall

 The guild hall is where you will go when you feel you have enough
 experience to gain a level in your chosen profession. If you can
 gain a level your abilities, mana and health will raise according
 to your class.  If you fail to gain a level you will be told how
 much more adventuring you need to gain it.
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 Town Hall

 This is where you can read the daily news and see who has entered the
 castle or gained a level or even died in the dungeon. You can take
 a look at the king's trophy wall and see a list off all that failed
 to kill him and what level and class they were when they died. This
 is useful in judging when you should make your attempt upon his life.
 You can also scan, read and post public or private bulletins to other
 players or to everyone. If you want to post to everyone place ALL in
 the to whom field while posting. You can view your full status, what
 items you are wearing and all the affects that are on you.
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 Confront the King

 This is the goal of the game. Once you choose this option there is
 no turning back! You will win or die!  If you happen to kill the king
 your player and all it's abilities and items will become the new king.
 You will then start over with a new character upon your next visit to
 town. In this way the king will always become stronger and harder to
 kill, making the game even more challenging each time you face the king.
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 The Dungeon!

 The dungeon contains 20 levels all branching from a central staircase.
 Each level of the dungeon is filled with any of 70 different rooms.
 Some rooms are dark some are not. Groups of rooms are connected by
 corridors which can be dark also.

 Doors

 There are over 8 different types of doors in the dungeon ranging from
 plane wood to stone. Each door can be affected by up to 8 different
 affects, from stuck to locked to hidden and others. The affects and
 type of doors changes your abilities to see them and open them.
 Some doors are even one way.

 Rooms

 There are 70 different types of rooms in the dungeon and each room can
 have it's own set of affects ranging from no monsters to no evil to death!
 Rooms can be lit or magically dark or just plain dark.

 Monsters

 Monsters are just like pc's, they can wear items and even equip items
 they may pickup while moving through the dungeon. They have alignments
 and action flags. A good number of monsters have special attacks ranging
 from spells to breath weapons. No two monster are ever the same and each
 level you go down the monsters increase in abilities.

 Items

 Items gain in power each level you go down. Some items are bad and some
 are good, more often the bad ones are also cursed and can't be removed or
 dropped while the curse is still on you. Some very powerful items have
 egos and can be stubborn to wear or wield. Wands, rods and staffs will
 not be known tell they are used and will not have a name other the
 wand, staff or rod until they are identified.

 Dungeon Movement

 To move in the dungeon have your number lock key on, use 4 to turn left
 6 to turn right and 8 to move forward one. The scroll box will display
 all visible exits around you. The 3d display will show you up to 3 squares
 ahead of you and 1 to both sides. When it's dark or your blind you will
 not see anything in the 3d display and every exit will show as to dark to
 see.

 Dungeon Time

 Dungeon time is on a 10 second pulse. Every pulse all monster, items
 and affects are updated. Monsters move, pickup items or equip them.
 Items with affect timers such as lanterns, spells, ect are handled.
 Players heal and grow more hungry, thirsty or less drunk. Players that
 are poisoned take damage.

 Combat runs on a 2 second pulse. This mean all monsters you are fighting
 go through the combat stage, use special attacks, items or cast spells.
 If your on a fast modem you can slip multiple attacks in while a monster
 is waiting its turn.

 Commands
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. Kill     The kill command takes you into armed combat with a monster or
           other player in the same spot you are in. If it's your first
           attack you will be prompted for a name, you can use part of or
           full names. After your first attack all you have to do is hit
           '.' to slip in extra attacks each pulse. You will automatically
           fight hand to hand in each pulse weather you hit the kill
           command or not. You can flee from combat by just walking out of
           the area.

! Pray     When you pray anywhere in the dungeon you will be teleported to
           town, it will be posted in the news that you whimpered out and you
           will loss half your exp points. Invest in scrolls of recall and
           save praying for special cases.

? Commands This will give you a list of all commands usable in the
           dungeon.

4 Left     Turns you left one.

6 Right    Turns you right one.

8 Move     Moves you one spot forward.

A Wear     This command will take you to a full screen display
       were you can wear,wield and remove items.

B Map      Brings up a automap of the level you are on. Hidden doors
           and dark rooms are not shown. To map a dark room you must
           carry some form of light.

D Get      This command will allow you to pick up any item in the same
           spot your in. It prompts for the name then if it is takeable
           and you can carry that much weight you will pick it up.

E Drop     This command will prompt you for the name of the item to drop
           and if you are carrying it you will drop it if it is possible.
           Cursed items can not be drop and you can't be wearing or wielding
           the item you want to drop.

F Eat      This command allows you to consume food you are carrying. It
           prompts for the name of the item to eat and if you have it and
           are not to full you will eat it.

G Drink    This command allows you to consume drink you are carrying. It
           prompts for the name of the item to drink from and if you have
           it and are not to full you will drink from it if there is any
           left in it.

H Quaff    This command allows you to quaff a potion you are carrying. It
           prompts for the name of the potion and if you have it you will
           quaff it and any affects the potion has will be added and
           last the remainder of your stay in the game or until cured or
           removed.

I Inventory  This command will display a list of all items you are
             carrying with you. If the item is visible to you that is.

J Equipment  This command will display a list of all items visible to you
             that you are wearing or have wielded.

K Steal    If you are a thief this command will allow you to attempt to
           steal gold from monsters/npc in the dungeon. It will prompt
           you for a name and if you fail you will most likely go into
           combat depending on the monster action flags.

L Pick     If you area thief this command will allow you to attempt to
           pick a locked door.

M Sneak    If you are a thief this command will give you a shot at sneaking
           through the dungeon unheard or seen by most monsters. There is
           a chance for failure and if your hungry or thirsty you can't
           sneak.

N Murder  If you are a thief you can attempt to sneak up on a monster and
          murder it. The damage done by this command is based on several
          factors including your level.

O Open    This command allows you to open closed doors.

P Bash    This command will allow you to try to bash open stuck doors.
          Warriors have the best chance to bash but all classes can use
          this function.

Q Close   This command allows you to close doors. Very useful to keep
          monsters from walking in a room while you are healing.

R Unlock  This command allows you to unlock normal key locked doors.
          You need the right key for the job though.

S Status  This command brings you into a full screen display of your
          status including all items used and all affects on you at the
          time.

U Kick    If you are a monk and in combat you can use this command
          to slip in extra attacks in the form of 8 different styles
          of kicks. Each kicks damage is different and increase as you
          gain levels and power.

V Punch   If you are a monk and in combat you can use this command
          to slip in extra attacks in the form of 8 different styles
          of punches. Each punches damage is different and increase as you
          gain levels and power.

W Zap     If you are holding a wand, staff or rod you can zap it at the
          persons name you supply at the prompt. If it is a combat based
          spell it has a hit chance along with the normal save. Beware you
          can zap yourself and it just might kill you.

X Cast    This command is for mages and clerics, it will prompt you for
  Spell   a spell number or ? to list the spells that you know. If you list
          your spells you must then hit x again to cast. It pays to know
          your spells so you don't loss valuable time in combat. The
          command will prompt you for a name of the victim after you enter
          the spell number to cast.

Y Read    This command will prompt you for the name of the scroll to read
  Scroll  once read the affect will be applied and the scroll will vanish.
          Scrolls of recall are very important to staying alive without
          using the pray command which can slowly suck all your exp from you.

Z Back    This command is usable only in the stairway of the first level of
  to      the dungeon. It is the normal means of exiting the dungeon back
  Castle  to the town.

> Down    Takes you down the staircase to the next level.

< Up      Takes you up the staircase to the next level.

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Hints for New Players

As a new player some aspects of the game might strike you as overwhelming
but in time you will come to understand and even be glad the game is
structured the way it is. One of the most common points is the large amount
of armor available. Let me explain this, you can wear up to 19 items at
once. The areas are as follows.

   HEAD   NECK_1   NECK_2   CHEST   BODY   ARMS   HANDS   WRIST_1
   WRIST_2   FINGER_1   FINGER_2   LEGS   FEET   WAIST   WIELD_1
   WIELD_2   HOLD   BACK   SHIELD

 All items can have up to 30 different affects on them at one time. As you
 play and run into monsters that breath fire, curse, or do massive damage
 you will be glade that your opal ring gives you protection against fire
 and your white cloak is protection from evil. You goal is to slowly find
 the best items and combination of items to wear. You don't have to
 deck yourself out at level one, take your time buy a peace now and then
 and improve them as you have extra gold. The first level is hard but
 a good potion of armor and chain vest can see you through it to level
 two. Here's just a sample of the affects available.

   Power   Knowledge   Wisdom   Agility   Speed   Luck   Looks   Body
   Mana    Move   Armor   To Hit   To Damage   Age   Sex   Gold   Level
   Exp

 There is also a large range of item types:

   Wand   Staff   Rod   Scroll   1 Handed Weapon   Armor   Drink
   Container   Food   Key   Potion   Cloths   Treasure   Trash
   Light   Gold   Boat   Bow   Missile   Crossbow   Bolt   2 Handed Weapon
   Arrow

 All this was done not to confuse you but to bring a larger realm of
 playability to the game and give you the chance to actually customize
 your pc.

 Now some good advice for your first trip in the game. Buy a good weapon
 such as a carving knife, it's base damage is 3 to 4 points and if
 you have two of them and say at 50+ power your minimum damage when you hit
 is 5+3+3 or 11 and your max is 13, not bad for first level. Also
 purchase one good peace of armor such as chain mail vest. Hope on into
 the magic shop and buy a few healing potions and a recall scroll or
 two. Then buy a wand, any wand bought from the magic shop is of
 magic missiles and can be used in combat very effectively. As you find
 items in the dungeon try them out, if their good use them if not
 ditch them. If you encounter a dark room leave it the way you came
 in and go buy a lantern, it's good for 400 seconds of exploration.
 If you get lost read the scroll of recall and if you don't that then
 pray as a last resort! It takes half your exp to use and will get you
 out of any fight or condition your in.

 The rest is up to you to find and discover.  Enjoy and I hope you
 are one day able to become The Mad King himself!!

 Thanks, Charles
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