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ASSASSIN Docs  PART 3 ( Cities )

    The following section describes the various locations in the cities.
They include the rugged alleys, mystic labs, pricey shoppes, fine inns
as well as many other known and unknown.

ALLEYS

     Here is where you can find the toughest, possibly most dangerous
assassins around, or perhaps ones that don't have a place to shelter
overnight.  It is an Arena where only the strongest survive and even then
sometimes they don't live to see the next day.  The city will also pay
anyone who sticks here overnight.

     C) Challenge an assassin
          This option will allow you to face someone in the alley.  You will
     engage yourself in combat very much like assassinating a computer
     opponent.  No frills, no henchmen to get in the way, etc.

     B) Back Door
          This is where you will have the opportunity to do some Street
     Gambling.  Be careful which game you choose to play.  Some are FATAL!

     L) List other assassins in the alley
          This will give you a list of assassins in the alley just waiting
     for a fight or stuck out here for the night.

     R) Remain here overnight
         Basically is another way to quit out of the game.  It will
     leave you in the alley 'til you return much like the Main Menu's
     Exit command.

     X) Exit to the main street
          This will return you to the main menu.


BANKS

     Banks provide financial services for all sorts, including the larcenous
assassin.  You may wish to start an account with them, get a loan, or go
straight in and try to rob it of all it's assets.

     C) Check thy credit rating
          This will notify you of all the money you currently have including
     amount being carried, the amount on deposit, the amount on a loan, and
     the maximum amount that is available to you for a loan.

     D) Deposit into an account
          If you have some extra cash and would prefer not getting it
     stolen by someone else, then you may wish to open an account with one
     of the banks.  Each bank will give varying rates of interest as long
     as you have the minimum deposit needed.
          Currently this version offers two to four percent daily, when
     you have one thousand copper in your account.

     L) Take out a Loan
         If you are in need of some money, whether for arms, armour,
     potions, equipment, guild fee's etc.,  you may want to get a loan
     from the bank.  They will be happy to assist you.  Each bank will
     have it's own interest rate, and be sure to pay them back.
         Currently, the bank charges two percent to the loan immediately.
    Thereafter the amount due will increase at a rate of eight percent daily.

     P) Pay back a Loan
          Eventually you will wish to payback a loan (won't you?),
     but payments do require some time to process.

     R) Rob the bank
         This option will do a straight out bank robbery, so have your
     henchmen ready because you are going need them.  Banks don't take
     kindly to someone attempting a robbery.  A successful robbery means
     you will take a large sum of money from the bank, a failure surely
     means you will be arrested and fined, if not imprisoned.

     W) Withdraw from account
          This process will allow you to take out money that you have
     previously deposited.  Just enter the amount and you are off, with
     almost instant service.  There are no penalties for early withdrawals,
     unless they are at knife-point.

     X) Exit the bank
          This will return you to the main menu (the city options).


INN

     The best place to rest and recover from a hard day of battling
everything.  The inn offers a place to nap and kill a few hours or stay
the night and really do some recuperating.  No one can attack you in the Inn.
It is a safe place to stay.  Also at the Inn you can take a look through
the daily news scroll provided by Blephin Inc.  There is a messenger service
for those that want to contact other assassins in the city.

     C) Check the Registry
         This will give a list of all assassins that are currently resting
     at the inn.

     L) Look at the News
         For those of you that missed the newspaper or just want to view it
     again here is where you can do it.  The news usually covers any new
     arrivals in the city, new guild members, new masters, court cases and
     many other things.

     N) Take a Nap
         Want some recovery for a fairly low price, prefer nature to
     trusting the alchemist's lab.  If so it will cost you fifty coppers
     but you are free to rest as long as you want.

     O) Rest Overnight
         This is a bit on the costly side but it allows for a lot of
     recovery.  However, any remaining turns will be gone and you will
     not be able to return until the next day, but you are safe within
     the inn.

     R) Read thy messages
         Here is where you can read all of the messages that you have
     received.  This is a free service.

     S) Send a private message
         Each message cost you a mere 10 copper pieces, which basically
     covers the cost for delivery.  All messages can only be five lines long
     and eighty characters wide.  Hopefully that will be enough.


LAB

     The Alchemist's Laboratory is for those looking for a quick way to
recover endurance.  Most potions will allow you to recover, some can totally
restore you while others can be useless or even harmful.  You will just have
to take your chances.
     The lab is also experimenting with new potions that will probably be
seen later, but right now the experimental healing potions cost seventy
five copper pieces and takes a turn to create.

*** Special Note **

     Yes, there are other potions and believe it or not even the UNREGISTERED
version has them.  The alchemists will gladly explain them to you when you
ask about them.


PUBS

     Pubs are notorious for the action they have, whether for the gambling
sensation of a drink off to the rumours and gossip that fill them.  Plus
they also provide a pleasant place to dine at or drink your woes aways.

     C) Challenge
         This option will allow you to drink with someone who feels like
     spending a night at the pub whether to wake up with a hangover or find
     themself a few gold coins richer.

     D) Buy a Drink
         Here you can get something to drink.  There are many varieties to
     choose from, some having alcohol some not.  Though when you are thirsty
     you best drink up as it is quite easy to get dehydrated in a days
     action.

     F) Buy some Food
         Just as thirst is to drink, food is to hunger.  Even though you
     probably won't starve in a day, hunger can weaken to you.  The cost of
     foods vary as well as how they will satiate one's hunger.

     K) Kill an Assassin
         No one said pubs are a safe place to stay.  Some mean assassins
     love to start a barroom brawl.  Of course the pubs has bouncers to deal
     with such, but they do not always stop it in time.

     L) Listen to Rumors
         This is how you can hear all of the rumors that were spread here.
     Rumors will last about three days.

     S) Start a Rumor
         Have a message you want to tell to everybody?  Well here is the
     place to do it.  Anyone who wants to listen will hear it.

     W) Wait the Night
         Here is your chance to spend the night drinking and carousing.
     If you want to join the All-Night Drinkoff, this is how you do it.

SHOPPES

     Here in the city there are many types of shoppes, though each one is
as convenient as another.  You just have to figure out which one to go to
for what you want.

     B) Buy
          You will be shown a list of goods for each shop, and the price of
     each of these goods.  If you wish to purchase, enter the number of your
     choice, and if you have enouigh copper, its yours.

     S) Sell
          Will give a list of any items you possess in which the shop keeper
    may be interested.  If you do wish to sell, enter its number.  You will
    then be offered a price.  If you don't like it then don't sell it.

    Special Note on Weapons:
    If you are carrying three weapons you may wish to sell one since you can
    only hold three at any one time. (We may expand it to more but for now...
    Three)

     X) Exit the shoppe
          This returns you to the city's main options.

TRAINING GROUNDS

    This place should be visited often by the assassin that wishes to
succeed.

    Here you can turn your skill points into actual skills.  A training
sessions is given for every ten skill points.

    Most of the time, training sessions will require you to use some of your
turns to increase skills, however at the beginning of the day you will not
be charged turns to increase skills.

     The skills you are permitted to increase are as follows:

E) Endurance
    This is a way to increase your hardiness, so you will be able to take
more damage in combat and still keep on fighting.

L) Light Weapons
     This is a skill that measures your ability to use light weapons.  They
are the dagger, stiletto, short sword, broad sword and long sword.  This
skills helps in determining your offensive agility.

H) Heavy Weapons
     This is a skill that measures your ability with heavy weapons.  They
are the club, the mace, the flail, the morning star, and the battle axe.
This skill helps in determining your offensive strength.

T) Two-Handed Weapons
     These are very special but quite costly this skill measures your
ability with two handed weapons.  They are the staff, the war hammer,
the halberd, the great axe and the great sword.
     What makes these weapons special is they do twice as much damage as
there predecessors light and heavy and they provide a defense since all
efforts are concentrate upon them.  This skill helps in determining your
balance.

B) Blocking
     This is your ability to block light weapons and also defend partially
against two handed weapons.  This skill relates to your defensive strength.

S) Slipping
     This is your ability to slip away from heavy weapon it also provide the
other half of defense against two handed weapons.  This skill relates
to your defensive agility.

U) Stealth
     This is the ability to hide in shadows, to escape when being
pursued and generally disappear when the tough needs to get going.

Z) Show Stats
     Once more this will display your current status.

X) Exit the Training Grounds
     This will return you to the Main Menu of Commands.