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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 qualified  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!
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