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- THE COUNTRYSIDE
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- Rampart is set in a strange landscape of different terrain types. The
- land is surrounded in part by a mystic sea of chaos which it is
- probably a good idea to avoid. Screen characters have a different
- meaning in the countryside than they do elsewhere, by the way, and
- there is a different command set (accessible by '?' when out of the
- city). Time passes much more quickly in countryside movement; you will
- have to bring a lot of food with you, though you may wish to
- hunt ('H' command) to supplement your food reserves; many of the
- animals that you may encounter, for example, are edible.
-
- Since each countryside site is quite a large area, you may have
- to search ('s' command) to learn of interesting sites nearby.
-
- Countryside Map Example:
-
- ++----.--- The @ as usual is the player; the +'s are an arm of the Sea of
- +++++O--^^ Chaos; the O is the city of Rampart; the ^'s are mountains;
- ----@----^ the .'s are a road; the -'s are plains and meadows;
- ---.-^^^^^ and the * is a dungeon entrance.
- ...-^*^^^^
-
- The countryside can be rather dangerous for low level characters to
- explore at random. However, maps of the surrounding areas can be
- purchased at the villages which can be found mostly at the ends
- of the roads. Each village has a "special" magical site somewhere
- inside its borders. These sites may be beneficial or harmful
- depending how they are approached and the circumstances of their
- activation.
-
- There are a number of "special" locations in the countryside; these
- are basically one-level screens of various sorts, or they may be
- multi-level dungeons. If you follow the advice of the oracle
- who may be found somewhere in Rampart, you will wind up visiting most
- of these sites.
-
- A special site or dungeon may be entered from the Countryside
- environment by means of the '>' command. Depending whether or not it
- is a multilevel or single level site, it may be exited simply by
- moving off the edge of the screen, or by ascending or descending a
- stairway from the first level of the dungeon.
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