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                        SINBAUD vr 2.0

                    Preliminary Users Guide


     Ah valiant warrior, you are truly brave to venture on such a
dangerous mission.  There are many tricks and deceptions awaiting
you in the caverns of CHARON.  Here is but a brief introduction.
Some things are just better left unknown.

     As a virgin warrior you shall be given a miserable amount of
gold and health.  But what do you expect something for nothing?
You must earn your wealth and purchase your wares from merchants
within the caverns and mazes.  More on this later.

     Your mission in life is but a simple one.  You must save the
STAFF OF GOODNESS from the evil monsters of CHARON.  These
monsters appear in random numbers but more experienced users
shall truly be dealt there share.  So let it be written!  So let
it be done!  Do you ever get the feeling once you thought you
paid all your bills and there is always one left over???  Well
life has not changed that much in the land of CHARON.  You will
find no sooner than you save the Staff it may slip from your
hands....  Good luck and don't be discouraged.  Now for a little
information about your environment......


              ------  The Lands of Charon  ------


     There are over 100 different rooms to the land of Charon.
It is unlikely you will find them all.  No worry there are more
than one way to your goal, usually.  Strange things go on in the
underground caverns.  Sometimes walls appear to exist when
actually they are but an illusion in which you can walk right
through.  Sometimes a room may look familiar but infact is not!
These rooms are called mirrored rooms and often are used to
confuse....


HINTS:

     Sometimes rooms change upon your 2nd visit.... Dont make assumptions.
Also note once you clear a room of BEASTS dont stay too long the evil
gods shall summon ELEMENTAL forces that are very tough!  You will have
to battle well to defeat these.  So dont stick around too long in any one
room.  Also....  Buy wise, Get good armor as soon as possible.  But that
makes perfect sense huh?


KEYS AND GATEKEEPERS

     Some rooms or caverns cannot be passed unless you have a key
for the gate keeper.  A key looks like this "╒" and is white.
the gatekeeper looks like a flashing number.  When you bump this
flashing number it will ask you to insert your key into 1 of 3
keyholes.  If you choose wisely you will be allowed to pass if
not you lose that key.  You find keys scattered throughout the
lands of charon or you can steal one from other users. (See
Inflict Damage).  You can carry but a limited amount of keys.


MAGIC MUSHROOMS   ""

     Magic mushrooms are always good to eat.  You cannot die or
overdose on mushrooms.  You will always feel better after a few.
Try them when you find them!  Yum-Yum!


SCROLLS   "≈"

     Here you may find some important clues that may assist you
in your quest for the STAFF OF GOODNESS.  Always read you scrolls
whenever possible.  Note not all scroll may be true.  It is your
job to determine there relevance.  PS keep bumping you head into
the scrolls sometimes you can read them even if they say
otherwise....  I don't think you cant get hurt by reading
scrolls.
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HIDDEN GOLD "$"


     Every dog has its day and so it is true in the lands of
CHARON.  On occasion you shall stumble upon some gold pieces left
behind.  Please feel free to take these coins simply by running
over them.  I really didn't need to talk about this huh?


DOORS   "░"

     Every room shall have a door "░"  Sometimes colors mean
something other times they don't.  When you push on a door you
will enter a new room or cave.  Good luck.  Sometimes there are
trap doors which are invisible to you!  Hit them and sometimes
you will be teleported somewhere else.  Sometimes monsters may
expose trap doors for you if you are lucky.



-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SINBAUD'S COMMANDS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


     Sinbaud is but a happy soul who is not very wise.  Therefore
you must guide him on his quest.  Here are but a few points.


MOVEMENT:

     On standard IBM keyboards press NUM-LOCK and navigate
sinbaud using your 10-key pad numbers 1-9 where the following
movement applies

TEN KEY PAD:

                    7     8     9
                       \  |   /
                    4 --  5  -- 6       Where 5 = Resting
                       /  |   \
                    1     2     3


Note:  Somtimes you can recover some health by resting.


FIRE WEAPONS:

     You must purchase Range Weapons from an appropriate MERCHANT
"M" and have projectiles.  You cannot purchase projectiles you
must find them by hitting the "?" symbols.  Sometimes you will
get projectiles sometimes other things may happen this is a
surprise.  Theses ? symbols exist throughout the lands of charon.
Good luck.
     If you have a Range Weapon and projectiles and you want to
shoot at a monster.  Press "F" for fire and then the appropriate
direction using the Ten Key pad.  And off she goes to her mark!


ATTACK:

     You can attack your foes if you have a HAND Weapon.  You
must first jump on top of our victim and hit A for Attack.
Beware because as soon as you are out of turns the monster will
attack back.  Make sure you can inflict enough damage to kill
your victim.

NOTE:     You should keep in mind the variable labeled
          SPEED on your status screen.  SPEED tells you
          how many commands you may enter per melee
          round.  For example is SPEED=5 then you may
          move 3 spaces and fire 2 times.  3+2=5   You
          can increase this number by running into
          "?'s".



GAME OPTIONS:

     1) CHANGE PLAYER NAME

          This option will let you rename your player
          without changing your status or experience.

     2) EXECUTE YOUR PLAYER

          When life has been getting you down you can
          snuff yourself out by using this command.
          Bewarned there is no changing you mind.

     3) TELEPORT BACK HOME.

          If you are absolutely stuck and cant figure
          out where or how to get out of a room you can
          use this command and off you go to the
          beginning.  Remember there is always a way
          out and no room is a dead end.

     4) LOCAL MUSIC

          If you are playing SINBAUD locally you can
          turn on the sounds of CHARON for your
          enjoyment.  I think you will like the tunes.


PAGE SYSOP:

     If you sysop has enabled this command you can converse
     with the sysop if you wish.  After you are done hit ESC
     to return to sinbaud THEN HIT 'R' TO REDRAW the screen.
     Please be kind to your sysop and don't page too late.
     Note to sysops:  You can edit the PAGE.CTL file to allow
     paging during certain hours only!

REDRAW:

     This command may be used to redraw the screen should
     excessive line noise exist.  Use this command after
     paging to refresh the screen as well.



LIST PLAYER:

     You can use this command to list and observe the
     progress of other players.  Kind of neat if you want to
     pick a victim to INFLICT damage upon.  See next
     command.



INFLICT DAMAGE:

     In the land of CHARON you can call upon MERLIN to aide
     you on your quest.  You can make life very hard for
     other would be adventurers if you can pay the price.
     There are several spells you can cast but no spell can
     be cast more than once.  Here is a brief description on
     how to inflict damage.

     1st you type I for inflict damage then you enter a
     number that corresponds to the player you wish to
     inflict.  If the number is valid both your stats and
     your victims stats are displayed.  At this point you
     are given a list of spells you can cast.

          1) STEAL MONEY:  If you cast this spell you
                           may be able to steal some
                           money.

          2) STEAL KEYS:  Cast this spell if you wish
                          to steal keys.

          3) CURSE WEAPONS:  Reduce a players HAND Weapon to
                             on of lesser strength

          4) CURSE ARMOR:  Same as above but reduces protection.

          5) INFLICT ILLNESS:  This command when successful will
                               cause pain and reduce health of
                               your victim.

          6) CRIPPLE & MAIM:  This command cripples your victim
                              and reduces his or hers speed to
                              practically nil.  Very upsetting!


Remember the object of the game is to get to the STAFF of
GOODNESS.  Your mission will not be easy but hopefully will be
fun.  At the moment nothing else comes to mind but I believe this
is enough information to get you on your way.  Good luck and
happy hunting.



Rick Salinas
Dark Side of the Moon
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