Manna-points

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--- SURVIVING  ON  PYROTO  MOUNTAIN ---

By Tidings-Scrolls Scribe  Llebpmac Mit

                --*--

Survival is not difficult,  if you keep

your wits about you  and  strive to get

ahead of the other wizards!

Many potent  spells  (DEMOTE  is a good

example) have no effect on higher-level

wizards.  So, if you're  "on top",  you

have a good chance of STAYING there!

Keep your eyes open!   If you're quali-

fied to use the  PROBE  command,  watch

those other wizards!  They'll be trying

to get  far enough ahead of you so that

they can  DEMOTE you -- or even  BANISH

you!   Don't  let that happen!   If you

value your  position,  you'll make sure

that everybody is at a  lower  level!

In order to do this,  you should  learn

to  conserve  Manna-points.   Print out

the SPELLS list and  study it!   You'll

discover that  some spells can save you

that little extra bit of Manna that can

mean the difference between advancement

and destruction!

But don't forget to use your diplomatic

skills.  An enemy might be made into an

ally, if you use the right words.

May you ASCEND to your heart's content,

and never be BANISHED!

--- TIPS  ON  PYROTO  COMMAND USAGE ---

By Tidings-Scrolls Scribe  Llebpmac Mit

Here are a few pointers to help you use

the commands on Pyroto Mountain...

COMMAND COMPLETION:   You don't have to

type  the  whole  command.   Just  type

enough  to  be  recognizable.    As  an

example:  to use the READ command,  you

only  have to type "R".   Three letters

is usually sufficient.

COMMAND STRINGS:  You can  string  your

commands together.  This saves a bit of

time.   Let's say you wanted to ASCEND,

and then do a  READ.   You  could  type

this:

              ASCEND READ

              or simply...

                 ASC R

You can  also  feed  parameters  to the

commands.   For  example:   the  CHANGE

command wants  two numbers.   You could

type the command like this:

             CHAN 375 356

Finally,  there  is  a  differentiation

between numeric inputs and text inputs.

You can  "insert"  numeric  inputs,  as

shown in this command:

              CHAN DET

The CHANGE command will ask you for the

required date-and-time data.  Once that

command is finished, the DETect command

will be  remembered -- since it  wasn't

appropriate for the numeric input.

READING TEXT:   You can halt the output

of  messages  and  other text  (such as

this article) by pressing either  CTL-S

or the  P  key.  To re-start, press any

key.

You can also  cancel output  altogether

by  pressing  some other key.

When  reading  messages,  however,  the

spacebar  has a  special function:   it

will skip what you're reading, and jump

to the  next message.   For informatory

text (like this),  it will  cancel  the

print-out.

ADVANCEMENT:  TSOTL  judges you on what

you say in your messages.   He analyzes

them for many things, but above all, he

looks for  CONTENT.   So make sure that

you send interesting messages,  and you

will  be  rewarded  with  TSOTL's  high

esteem!

ONCE AGAIN:  Don't forget to  check the

Manna-points  required for  each spell.

If you don't have enough to perform the

spell, you'll "lose consciousness", and

your remaining Manna will be wasted.

Good luck!