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                 ---=== The Underground Hunt ===---

                      A DM Module by Dan Shore


Laline was sitting at home one night, enjoying a homebrewed ESG Ale,
suddenly she heard a noise outside her front door.  Not wanting her
beer to go flat, she rushed to the door to see what the noise was.

Upon opening the door, a rush of wind passed by her, yet the sun was
shining and the birds were singing.  "Strange", she thought, and
shut the door.

Upon returned to here chair, her wonderful homebrewed beer was gone
and the chair had been moved slightly.  "Now, this is getting
stranger and stranger...", thought Laline.  Being more distraught
with the loss of her beer, then the wind or the chair, Laline
proceeded down to the cellar and her beer storage room for another
fine homebrew.  She also thought about stopping by the book room to
get a book to read.

Laline headed off to her cellar, never to be heard from again.
Nobody knows where she went, or who might have taken her.  Rumors
abound about her whereabouts, but no real facts have surfaced.  The
only way to find where Laline has gone, is to begin another
adventure, and use your sleuth skills, courage, and fighting
ability.  You are confident in your abilities, and proceed on your
quest!!!!

Adventurer Note:

-  Search every room/area you arrive at.  There are many rooms with
   Temple, Magic, Equipment, Vault, and Review areas to help you
   progress your character within the game.

-  Maps are provided in the game, but areas on the map only show up
   if you have explored them.  The character advancement areas will
   remain on the maps, once you find them, unlike random monster
   encounters.  We recommend that you keep a map on paper so you
   will know you way back to a room if needed.

-  You start the game with a Lantern, Small Shield, and all level 1
   Spells.  Search all the rooms that are attached to the house and
   you will find important items to assist you on your journey.
   Missing any of these items within the attached rooms, will cause
   you problems later on in the game.

-  Save you money in the Vault.  Vaults are placed in many rooms
   thoughout the game.  The Vaults are the only way to protect your
   money from being stolen by other adventurers.  Note:  You can
   only withdraw/deposit gold when at the Vault (not to be confused
   with the Vault room in this adventure).

-  Run from monster opponents unless your absolutely sure you can
   defeat it/them.  If you get killed, you cannot play until the
   next day.  Put away your ego, and run like the wind!!!!

-  Remember where your Vault and Temple areas are located.  If you
   are attacked (you will be attacked) and need to get healed
   quickly (and you are out of spells) you should know where your
   closest areas are.

-  There are 5 items in the game that are needed in order to
   progress to the next area.  If you cannot get to a next area
   becuase you do not have an item, look around in the current area
   of the area prior to the one you are in.

-  Read the online player documentation, or have your sysop make it
   available for downloading.

   Thanks and Happy Adventuring!!

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Welcome To the game module enviornment of John Dailey's Dungeon
Master, the incredible, one of a kind, online game adventure package.

This player guide will give you an overview of basic game play and
tips that you may applyto your character while in the world of a
Dungeon Master game module.

John Dailey's Dungeon Master is a unique online RPG (Roll-Playing
Game) that allows a sysop to "plug" in an almost unlimited number of
adventurers, or games known as game modules.  In order to understand
this completly, think of the Dungeon Master game itself as a home game
entertainment system, with each game module being like a game
cartridge that you'd plug into the system to play.  There is no limit
the the number of different adventures, graphic displays, or sounds
available to the system itself.

The Dungeon Master game environment is simple enough for new RPG game
players to understand, while at the same time, being challenging
enough for the more seasoned player.


In the world of Dungeon Master, you will become someone else, played
through a character active in the game.  You will control this
characters actions entirely throughout the game, deciding where he or
she will walk, decisions that they make and determining how and when
they advance.  As in other roll-playing environments, your character
has five basic attributes that signify his or her strengths and
weekneses:

   Strength (ST)
   Your character's brute strength

   Intelligence (IQ)
   Your character's mental prowess

   Constitution (CN)
   Your character's physical health

   Dexterity (DX)
   Your character's agility

   Luck (LK)
   Your character's luck

These values range from 1 to 99, 99 being the best, and will change
during game play, either for better or for worse.  You will "randomly"
assign these values to your new character when first entering a game
module.

As well as those five attributes, your character has many other
elements about him or her:

   Level (LVL)
   The level of a character is a basic measurement of how advanced he
   or she is.  The higher the level, the more learned a player
   (more often than not).  As with any character attribute, this
   values can change either in a positive or negative way.

   Spell Level (SPLVL)
   The spell level of a character is the basic measurement of their
   spell casting abilities.  Usually, the higher a spell level a
   player is, the more spells the know and can cast.  There are seven
   spell levels in the Dungeon Master world.

   Armor Class (AC)
   The Armor Class, or AC, of a player is a numeric value that
   summarizes their ability to avoid damage.  The lower this value,
   the better protection from an opponent hitting them.  AC values
   range from 10 being the worst armor class, and -10 (or "LO") is the
   best armor class.

   This values is affected by what armor your are wearing, if any
   armor class bonus spells have been cast on you, or other special
   events.  It will fluctuate often during game play.

   Experience (EXP)
   Experience is what speifies how well a player is learned.
   Experience is granted to a player each time they defeat monsters,
   find special items, or some other special event takes place.
   Experience points are used to determine when and how far a player
   can advance in level.

   Gold
   Gold is the basic unit of monetary value in the worlds of Dungeon
   Master.  Player's may store their gold on hand, or in a vault, if
   one is available within the world the player is exploring.

   Hit Points (HITS)
   A player's hit points is the total number of condition points that
   a player may have.  Hit and condition points describe the players
   current health.  The lower the values, the weaker the character
   currently is.

   Condition (COND)
   Condition marks your player's current health.  When a character's
   condition has dropped to or below zero, the player is considered
   dead.

   Movement Points (MOV)
   Move points are what determine the length of play each day that a
   player has.  To move around a city, dungeon, tower, etc. costs move
   points.  Certain things effect expendature of movement points.
   Most of the time, one move takes one movement point.  However, if
   specific spells are cast, or a player is currently ailed with an
   old age ailment, movement points are affected.

   Spell Points (SPPT)
   To cast a spell requires a certain number of spell points.  When a
   character's spell points have been used up, they cannot cast any
   more spells.  In general, the more powerful a spell, the more spell
   points that are required.

   Attack Rate
   How many attacks a character gets per combat round.  During combat,
   this value determines how quickly your character can attack.  The
   higher the attack rate, the more attacks your character gets each
   combat round.

   Resurrections
   Death is a fact of life, and Resurrections are potions purchased
   from Magic Shoppes that may mean the difference between life and
   death.  If you are a level one character and you die, you will
   start over with a new character the next day if you are NOT
   carrying any resurrections.  Level two and up are automatically
   resurrected each day upon death.  However, with level two and up
   characters, if you do NOT have any resurrections, you may loose
   gold and experience points.

   Kills
   Simply enough, this number specifies how many opponents you have
   defeated in combat.


During game play, you may use any of the following key combinations to
perform various functions:

   Cast Spell (C)
   Allows your character to cast spell that he or she knows.  View
   your spell book to see what spells you know.

   Inventory/Stats (I)
   Brings up information about your characeter.  An image of you will
   appear in the view window (and may reflect your health status),
   followed with character attribute information, and finally a list
   of items you are carrying.  From this secondary menu, items may be
   viewed, dropped, equipped and unequipped.

   Map (M)
   While exploring the 3D worlds in John Dailey's Dungeon Master your
   character automatically sketches maps for your reference.  You may
   view maps for any area you've explored simply by pressing this key.

   Quit Game (Q)
   Obviously, this option allows you to quit the game and return to
   the BBS.

   Suicide/Start Over (S)
   If you get stuck, or don't know what to do, you may want to start
   over with a new character.  Use this key to do so.  Be warned,
   however, that you will forfeit your turns until the next day.

   Use Item (U)
   Items in your inventory that are equipped may be used at nearly any
   time.  For example, if you've got a wand that teleports you to
   safety, you would "Use" it with this option.

   CONTROL + I/Tab
   When you first start playing a Dungeon Master game module, you may
   want to use this option to bring up context sensitive help about
   the game module information.

   For example, if you are currently engaged in combat and don't know
   what to do, simply hit this key and help will be displayed
   pertaining to combat, explaining the input (if any) that Dungeon
   Master is expecting.

   CONTROL + R
   Redraws the game play display.  Useful for line-noise ridden
   connections.

   CONTROL + S
   Toggles ANSI Music/Sound on and off.  When ANSI music is turned
   off, no sound will be heard.  Toggling ANSI music back on will play
   a short little "blip."

   CONTROL + V
   Use this key command to view your spell book, which contains a
   listing of spells that you currently know.  Each spell is listed
   with vital information about it, usually including a description of
   what the spell actually does.

That's all there is to it!  Explore, have fun!  There's a lot more to
the game module enviornment that what I've listed here, but in all
actually, most is only important to the game software itself.  Refer
to the software documentation for a more-than-complete description of
all player data and more.

                           = Player Tips =

While creating the Dungeon Master game module environment, I've
compiled a brief listing of some tips related to game play that you
may be able to use for your advantage.

   Spell points regenerate at a rate of 1 point per 6 rounds in
   daylight (maps that are outside and don't require illumination)
   only.

   Old age decreases your condition at a rate of 1 hit point every 10
   rounds, decreases damage done during combat by half, and doubles
   damage done by monsters.  In addition, old age causes attack rate
   to be half that of their actual values.

   Poisoning decreases your condition at a rate of 1 hit point per
   level per round.

   Possession makes your player less controllable during combat.

   Insanity makes your player more difficult to control while
   traveling.

   You cannot run from encounters if inflicted with the monster
   attraction ailment.

   Disease decreases both hit points and condition one point per
   round.  Hit points are reduced PERMANENTLY and will not fall below
   one.

   Items cannot be found on any "outside" map levels - those levels
   not requiring light spells to see.

   When advancing levels from the review board, keep these items in mind:

        Spell points increase by 1-4.  In addition +1 per point of IQ
        over 14.

        Movement points increase by 2-10.  In addition, +1 per point
        of dexterity over 14.

        Every two advancements, attack rates increase by 1 for a
        maximum of 7.

        Every three advancements, AC decreases by 1 to a minimum of
        -10 or LO, and your save throw bonus increases by one to a
        maximum of 19.

        Hit points increase by 2-8.  In addition, +1 per point of
        constitution over 14.

        One character attribute (st, dex, iq, etc.) is increased by
        1-5 points.

Player ranking is based on the following attributes of your character:
experience points, total opponent victories, gold on hand, gold in
vault, spell level, and player level.

High dexterity, strength and luck values, as well as a LO armor class
are all vital to successfull saving throws.  Saving throws are used if
your player encounters a sudden burst of damage that has the potential
to kill them, or do large amounts of damage.