INSTRUCTIONS FOR MONSTER COMBAT In the game of MONSTER COMBAT, you attempt to win treasure from various loathsome creatures and leave the forest with as much treasure as possible - without getting killed in the process! At the beginning, you are placed at a randomly chosen location in a forest with a certain number of combat strength points. As you move through the forest, you will encounter monsters guarding various tempting treasures. At each meeting you are given a choice of fighting the monster, running from it, or bribing it. If you wish to fight you will be asked to enter the number of combat points you wish to use. Enter any number smaller than your present strength. Each monster has its own combat strength. These are as follows: MINOTAUR 10 CYCLOPS 20 ZOMBIE 30 GIANT 40 HARPY 50 GRIFFIN 60 CHIMERA 70 DRAGON 80 WYVERN 90 BASLISK 100 If you enter a number equal to the monsters strength, you have a 50-50 chance of defeating it. Entering a higher number increases your chances of winning, while entering a smaller number lowers that chance. No matter how much strength you use, there is a 1 in 1000 chance that the monster will kill you anyway ! Also, the more treasure you have, the more strength you need to use to achieve the same odds against the monster in combat. If you choose to run, your chances of getting away from a monster successively decrease as each new monster's strength increases. Thus you are more likely to get away from a minotaur than from a baslisk. If you succeed in running away, you are placed in a new randomly selected square. Not getting away usually results in a battle. Occasionally, while you are running, the monster will catch you - one of the risks of chickening out. Of course trying to bribe your foe is an age old alternative to running or fighting. For this, you must use the treasure you have won. Whether or not you succeed depends on the value of the treasure the monster is guarding. The more its value, the more you must pay to successfully bribe your adversary. If the bribe fails, prepare to fight. Treasure values are: TEN SILVER SPOONS 10 JEWELED SWORD 30 JAR OF RUBIES 50 FIFTY SILVER COINS 50 BOX OF JEWELS 75 100 GOLD PEICES 100 TREASURE CHEST 200 Movement through the forest is easy: just enter the direction you wish to go - N for North, SE for South East, etc. The option to reset the display is included ( press 1 ) in case the previous play of the game caused too many lines of text to be printed below the map. The map will be reprinted and the display cleared. Your position will be displayed on the map, as well as the location of trees in the forest. You must go around the trees. To leave, simply move to any blank area adjacent to the edge of the map. Scores of 500 to 700 are average. Anything above 1000 is excellent. As is common to games of this type, I have left out a number of things that you will have to find out for yourself (I've got to have some fun, after all). Good luck and good hunting ! things that you will have to find out for yourself (I've got to have some fun, after all). Good luck and g
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