89May18 6:40 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Connell:

The hit points representing the army of men that a character has with him
would be much the same thing. Keep in mind that the hexes represent 15 square
miles. At present it is not realistic for one character to control even 1/7th
of that area, as the sections of hex represent. A new character, having 40 men
under him (and moving with him at all times) would explain this much better.
With the new Hit Point allotments more powerful (in level) characters would
have more of an army with them. Henchmen could also still be hired, yet they
too would have underlings. Thus to control three hexes in a campaign, the
Baron would need a minimum of two henchmen, with thier respective regiment,
plus his own.
In this scenario each player's character would be at minimum a small Lord,
although perhaps a nomadic one with no realm of his own.

89May18 7:41 pm from Shane Leahy @The Mall [NS,CA]
Or to get armies you have to pay them, so not everyone has to have an army.

89May19 12:53 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
To try to put an immediate, yet temporary, fix on the freeeze ups I have
changed the "Press Any Key To Continue..." prompt to "Press Return to
Continue...". This is ASCII Code 26 or ^Z for any not using regular IBM ASCII.
I hope this will be a cure for the moment, without restricting certain users
to the game.

89May19 2:25 am from Mandorallen @The Mall [NS,CA]
These plans of yours sound as if they would add a great deal of realism,
with little actual change to the game structure. Go for it.


I have just finished talking to the warlock Death Bringer. He has discovered
a way to travel back in time. The limit is the mistic number imposed by the
great God MaxInt.

Warning: The penalty could be great. (Dan I'll keep it secret till I get a
chance to Chat you.)

I finaly have a great bug of my own.

Lord Mandorallen

89May19 3:55 am from Mandorallen @The Mall [NS,CA]
Dan, I was doing battle, and it was taking a long time to crunch. The doorway
closed on me.

There was also something about "abortcode 4" with a 13,and 81.

89May19 9:33 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Mandorallen: Playing with MaxInt could cause all kinds of error. The Abort
Codes could be DOS, I'm not sure... when playing with magic your on your own.
:-)

89May19 1:02 pm from Robbie Parker @The Mall [NS,CA]
For the army idea maybe instead of making each person in the army diffferent
to have them all together under one character. i mean, say one army went to
attack another army. It would take days just to finsih off one of the armies,
so instead of hit points have men, so when it would usually say so and so does
so much damage it would now read the defending, attacking army lost so
many men. this way you could install it in with hire henchmen routine and run
it basically like that. You could but armies, higher armies, ythat type of
thing but the armies could only attack armies. then the two leaders of both
armies could fight it out at the end as usual. Until one side is victorious.

89May19 1:03 pm from Robbie Parker @The Mall [NS,CA]
that should be "buy armies' instead of "but armies."

89May19 1:18 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Robbie:

You half understand what I have in mind. I'll try to clarify it. The hit
points used at present will represent the army of that character. A regiment
would be a better term, as that same character could hire a henchman that
would come with his regiment (which would be his hit point value). The battle
sequence would work just as you explained. Instead of so much damage, it would
be so many men. We could expound on this theme and instead of just having
turns at hit, introduce other choices in the battle sequence such as catapult
fire etc.. This would be at a later stage however. Instead of being lone
warriors the characters (and thus player) would be seen to be as a general
type figure.


This would tie in nicely with what I have in mind for the sea combat. Sea
encounters will have a 1:8 chance of probability. If there is an encounter I
thought that I would pull up a small grid map. This way catapults can be used
within a 150 ft - 300 ft range etc. Then when the two ships grapple a melee
ensues on one or the other ships. Evation could be seen on the grid map as
well.

I shall probably go ahead with the sea combat, but will be sure of consencious
before introducing it to the land. Try to look at the change as an entirely
new player would see it, unprejudgest from past play.

89May19 2:26 pm from Mandorallen @The Mall [NS,CA]
Dan I'm not a fool. I would n't touch anything close to MaxInt.

Mandorallen, did not use this magic before the battle.

89May19 4:35 pm from Mark Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
Harken yee!let it be known hither thart 5 days agothe honerable Duke Samwise
was slain by assasins,May he rest in peace.I Sarjan hereby claim his kingdom
gpor the Great Prince Bardia.This kiingdom is under the defense of Kael-Tarjan
and the leigon of Blood warriors(his mighty army)All who dispute thisds may
answer to the kingdom of Bardia.
-Sarjan of the liegon of Blood warriors (second in command to
Kael-Tarjan)-

89May19 4:55 pm from Gilbert Richard @The Mall [NS,CA]
I think it rather interesting being born in the middle of the water..
My mother could at least teach me how to swim!
I think I don7t like about this game is: my past 2 characters have been born
in the middle of the ocean! And they always drown before I can get to shore..

89May19 5:45 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
I am going to put in the check for water hex during character creation next
time in that area of code.

89May19 9:56 pm from Prince Bardia @The Mall [NS,CA]
Sarjan:

If your facts be straight by all means hold Stonefist to keep order, yet if
you hear from Samwise stand aside at once and be gone from that place. I would
like to know what you were doing in his Kingdom without permission anyway?

89May19 10:08 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
I think I may have newly created characters fixed, in terms of them not being
booted out of the game each time they go to a chained file. There are a few
other things to fix in that regard as well. Let me know how it works on remote
ok?

89May19 10:38 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Newly created characters can also be killed and drowned. It seems as though
they function just like a regular character. Again let me know how they act in
remote.

89May19 4:05 pm from Darren Boucher @STonefiST

One thing I'd like to be able to do is VIEW a character sheet WITHOUT costing
a day. Maybe some choice before entering the game..

89May19 11:50 pm from Dan Johnson @STonefiST
I was thinking of making a secondary door for such things Darren. Eventually
this door could be used to set up auto-moves etc.. BTW is Samwise just away
from the Castle or has he been snuffed?

89May20 9:56 am from Connell Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
Prince Bardia:I can answer your question toSarjan.One of his henchmen,was
born on hex 254.Only a fool would not take this chance to enterthe castle,to
purchase various supplies.As it is,Samwise was last therere,and is not there
now.Therefore,he is cponsidered dead,until return,iin which case,Sarjan's
henchman takes a quick hike.

89May20 11:14 am from bruce appleby @The Mall [NS,CA]
helllllp i'm drowning...everytime i get on...how do i get to shore?....

89May20 11:20 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Swim... if your strong enough you'll make it.

89May20 1:54 pm from Darren Boucher @STonefiST
I was on The Mall for a second time today and I discovered that in between
calls Samwise was put to rest. I think it was the Blood warrior Kael himself.
That stupid troll served his master well. Not to dwell on the event Samwise
has finally gotten what he faught so hard to achieve, peace.

May he rest in this peace.

89May20 2:33 pm from Troy Sponagle in Mail> to sysop

I changed my password to "quarterstaff" and then went to create a new
character but when I did a screen full of garbage came across and then I give
me the option menu, I went to movement menu, and it kicked me out.

Moca, my henchmen, still does not respond to his password...

You system is screwed... :)

89May20 3:56 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
The create a new character picked up a little bug when I tried to put in a
trap against being bron in water. I shall remedy that shortly.

89May20 6:13 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
Reest in peace Samwise.At long last,the Tarjan-Samwise feud ends.The battle
between the two was incredible,witnesses say,as Kael-Tarjan rained blows upon
Samwise like a mad man,and as Samwise fought back like a man possesed.For a
while,it appeared as if the duke wwas about to triumpth,but the general was
not finished.With a desparate effort,and his suppreme at that,he plunged his
sword through Samwises' heart.Samwise died like a man,not the coward tarjan
thought of him.The duel was held honorably,and I am again at full power.I take
this moment for a warning:several people have attempted to kill me on my way
back to the castle,but have failed,and now ly as does the Duke.I willl not
tolerate this,and once within my mountain home,the Prince's patrols,and the
leigon of Blood Warriors shall protect the kingdom from such foolishness.Be
fore-warned.Long Live the Troll Empire! -General Kael-Tarjan "The
Blood warrior"

89May20 6:19 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
I also take this time to notify all concerned:the samwise duchy now belongs
to the Troll Empire.If any man questions his death at my hand,it was the Troll
Kings last command to my family.All within the Samwise duchy had best change
loyalty to"Prince Bardia,as of now.

-Long live the Troll Empire!- -* General Kael-Tarjan "The blood
warrior" *-

89May20 8:33 pm from Ian Smith @The Mall [NS,CA]
Ah. Long have I awaited another united Kingdom. I hope that Mandorallen odf
the North decides to join Prince Bardia. However, I also must urge that it is
often more difficult to run a large empire, than a small fiefdom. I send my
regards and congratulations to Kael-Tarjan and Prince Bardia, but also mourn
over the death of Samwise who was no more foul that any of the rest of us,
despite what the tavern tales may say...

Abernathy the Old

(and still living! What a miricle!)

89May20 9:29 pm from Shane Leahy @The Mall [NS,CA]
I think that the Empire if joined should be ruled as seperate baronnies but in
times of trouble they join together to destory the enemy.

89May20 9:48 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
Abernathy:I loath to say this,for you are,or were,an enemy of the Troll
King.You are correct,Samwise WAS a good baron:devoted to peace.Let not evil
words be spoken now that he is gone,but may he be remembered as a hunted
man,trying to make peace as best as he could.He was of noble stature,and will
be remembered till the end of time..... * Kael-Tarjan "The Blood
Warrior" *

89May20 10:04 pm from Mark Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
Whoever has the character who(s henchmen 's name is Moca i think I know the
answer to your problem.My friens character 's name is or was moca and i found
it didnt work when he and I tried it,his character was probably kickrd onto
the henchmen list by some bug and was fixed because i told Dan about it for
him.

89May20 10:29 pm from Shane Leahy @The Mall [NS,CA]
Something happened when I bought a shield, before I had it I was carrying
leather and wearing ring and when I bought the shield I was wearing the shield
and dlost me ring mail. What happened?

89May20 11:36 pm from Jason Ingraham @The Mall [NS,CA]
Heres something interesting.. when I went to create my new character tonight,
all sorts of garbage came across the top of the screen After the character was
created. It then said press return and after doing so went to the first menu.
when i went to do a character sketch more crud went across the top of the
screen and the bottom half of the sketch. after pressing return afterthe
sketch I was kicked back to the BBS.. A bit different..

89May20 11:54 pm from Chris Forgeron @The Mall [NS,CA]
Heh, long time, no Kingdom. Something has to be done about how busy the
system is..

89May20 11:56 pm from Fire Elf @The Mall [NS,CA]
I have heard various rumours drifting upon the sea tide's winds. What is the
status of my dear friend, the Troll King?

89May21 12:02 am from Fire Elf @The Mall [NS,CA]
Dan, some really messed up movement stuff.. It only gives me one choice of
directions to move, then says "End of search for encounters" or something like
that.. Also My Passowrd for Fire Elf is not working.. I know I didn't scroll,
so what's wrong?

89May20 11:39 pm from Darren Boucher @STonefiST
Dan Johnson: Can we discourage creating characters with the same name, time
and time again. Sometimes it works but Abernathy the 3rd or 4th is getting on
my nerves... I kind of liked Fire Elf's rising as he was an original character
and much of the world is his to control by all rights as it is for Tobor but
for these newer wimps it gets boring.. Let's see some creativity with names
people...

89May21 2:26 am from Mandorallen @The Mall [NS,CA]
It can be a pain as you never know who is really who.

Darren - Are you an up and coming knight now?

We could try to make a business agrement if your interested. If your
intersted all you have to do is ask.

89May21 2:36 am from James Hilchie @The Mall [NS,CA]
Dan - I was wondering, It might be nice to have access to a list of all the
characters with maybe there age. In a text file that is read like help, and
updated bye the system with that utility program of yours. After all you
should get it to something usefull.

89May21 8:50 am from Chris Gray @The Mall [NS,CA]
I was in and two things happened, I was about to leave a town and I checked my
character sketch, my long sword I had bought wasn't there, I didn't get it,
then I chose to go to market to buy another one and I/O error F3, PG=5151 came
on the screen. Can you give me another 30 sp. for the long sword I lost, Dan??

89May21 11:37 am from Michael J. Boucher @The Mall [NS,CA]

Who owns the Castle/town at 698.....I may be travelling through the area
and I may stop in....I need to set my loyalty to the owner so let me know in
advance.....

Enduval the traveller

89May21 12:03 pm from Darren Boucher @The Mall [NS,CA]


I don't think you should have a list with names and ages. There is no way for
a character to know who is alive realistically so it shouldn't be done here.
Some people may not want people to know. ;-)

89May21 5:31 pm from Ian Smith @The Mall [NS,CA]
Enduval: I may be mistaken, but I beleive I passed through 698 several weeks
ago and found nothing. I may be wrong, and of course it may be recently
made....

Abernathy the Old

89May21 6:02 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
Enduval:that town is one the Tarjan family owns.I prefer all people to stay
away froom it,and those who don't without my permission will be destroyed my
senteries from my army(leigon of blood warriors).I also have the area 3 hexes
away patroled,and anyone in this area without alignment to "Kael-Tarjan"are
destroyed.Be forewarned.
-General Kael-Tarjan-

89May21 7:17 pm from Jason Ingraham @The Mall [NS,CA]
Dan:
I created a new character and he is on hex -4096. Is this possible?? I also
cannot move anywhere, and the garbage at the top of the screen is still there
too.
TRANDOR IV

89May21 7:30 pm from BRYAN ESBAUGH @The Mall [NS,CA]
Looks like your charcter was born without a soul.

In the dwarven proficies a man born without a soul fortells of great wars
ahead. Please let this not be true.

-Elkhorn

89May21 8:12 pm from Ian Smith @The Mall [NS,CA]
Ah my dear Elkhorn, you _have_ been asleep for a long time. Have you not
noticed that there have been great wars since the beginning of time? Your
quest for peace will be in vain, for their is nothing for any of the Barons to
gain from peace, only to allow assasins to slit their throat as they sleep
restfully. To put it bluntly, war is good business, and besides, if you're
paying all that money for henchmen, why not use them?? :-)

Abernathy the Old

89May21 12:05 pm from Darren Boucher @STonefiST
Mandorallen: No I'm not an up and coming knight. I was entering my input on
how to improve the game from a former player's point of view.

89May21 8:52 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Darren:

Now the The Mall is gearing up to be primarily TKC dedicated we could begin
using Aliases. Then the name of the character could be read directly from the
file created by CLOG, putting the Account Name into the Character Name Field.
If a character is killed that Alias name could be written to an Illegal
Password File. Then another check in the character creation process would be
to see if that name had been used and died. The player would be forced to
create a new account with a different name, for the system does not except
duplicates. As soon as I straighten up the bugs in the present create
character routine and armour listsings I'll get back to the Utility. Any
simpler suggestions to do this would be appreciated. I have been wanting to
install such a feature for some time.

89May21 8:54 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Shane:

The Council of Barons will, I hope, fill that scenario of joint, yet common
rule of which you speak. Time will tell...

89May21 8:56 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Chris F:

Suggest you read the newest help file (.H KINGDOM). Many changes have been
implimented since your last visit. Particularily with movement, as there is
now Inter-Hex Movement and encounters installed.

89May21 8:59 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Chris Gray:

I/O Error F# is too many files open. I think in the market, if too much
shopping is done I must be leaving a file open and re-opening it again. I'll
check on that when next in the Market Chain Code. Thanks for report.

89May21 9:04 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Darren :

I agree no list of age and names.

89May21 11:23 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
The New Character Creation Routines have been fixed and seem to be functioning
well for me in Testing. Try them out again, particularily you Jason Ingraham,
and let me know of any problems.

89May21 11:06 pm from Michael J. Boucher @STonefiST
Tarjan:

I wouldn't get ahead of yourself bud, I have access to alot of power....if
you decide to knock heads with me you'll get your butt kicked!! I don't like
threats and if you don't watch your steps you won't own that town for long!!
As things stand I will mearly visit but keep up the threats and I will take it
from you and place my own guards....

Enduval the pissed traveller!!

89May22 6:18 am from Connell Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
Enduval:I made no threat,merely a warning.I said I want all who wish to enter
to ask my permission,is that so difficult?It is,for some,and for that reason,I
keep guards there.I doo believe that most barons have a policy similar to that
with castles,with territioires patroled in a much larger distance.If you have
a problem with that,you can killl my senturies andclaim it for your
own,2)....come south and kill me(Idon'T advise trying that,but suit
yourself),3)....just ask my permission.If you want to visit,do so,if you want
a fight,so be it.Don't start changing MY words around,or I guess maybe I asked
tom much?.....(*snicker*).....(*snicker*)....(*snicker*)...

89May22 8:22 am from Ian Smith @The Mall [NS,CA]
Ahhhh... it's good to see the mighty Tarjan wimpering at Enduval feet.... :-)

89May22 9:01 am from Michael J. Boucher @STonefiST
tarjan:

You must be more simple than I assumed, I did ask who the place belonged to
and there name so I could change my loyalty, I wouldn't have asked if I
planned to walk in and kill people. Then they would know who did it! How did
you ever get to your present level without thinking?

Enduval the traveller

89May22 9:33 am from Shane Leahy @The Mall [NS,CA]
A different wayto do armies fighting could be doing it as it is done in
Microsoft's Pirates, the leaders fight and if one start losing the morale of
his forces goes down and he loses men faster and as soon as he is dead his
forces surrender.

89May22 3:00 pm from Shaun Dares @The Mall [NS,CA]
Help! Dan! I can't move. I try to move my character, but it's alot of the
same menu's, getting me nowwhere!

89May22 3:58 pm from Chris Forgeron @The Mall [NS,CA]
Hmm, many changes made, but it still doesn't explain why I can't find Fire
Elf, he should be on some desert isle with a pretty elfmaiden right now.. :-)


89May22 4:00 pm from Fire Elf @The Mall [NS,CA]
100 Gold for anyone who cna give my positive location of the Troll king, and
his status.

89May22 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [NS,CA]
The Troll King is dead. I shall except the 100 GOLD (that's 200 silver) when
you are rescued.

89May22 4:59 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
I think I really got the newly created character routines working at last. Let
me know if I missed something.

89May22 8:04 pm from BRYAN ESBAUGH @The Mall [NS,CA]
Shane has resorted again to the evils of his kind. For this purpose I have
made myself hiden to all eyes except to the council of the Barons. Let them
THINK they have killed me but I have more than one life my dear Shane.

89May22 8:27 pm from James Hilchie @The Mall [NS,CA]
Only Prince Bardia is truly immortal.

89May22 10:46 pm from Robbie Parker @The Mall [NS,CA]
Bardia you forgot something: The Troll King has died and gone to heaven. I
see that I fully answered you question Frie Elf so I hope I recieve the money.
The last thing I heard about Fire Elf was that he was taken over by an evil
wizard which I have killed and he used you to attack the Troll King and I
think you were killed in the battle. Then the Troll King's body was later
found by fisher- men on a beach. I think that is all.

89May22 11:18 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [NS,CA]
Strange,I thought my long-dead master was immortal,yet he lies dead.How can
this be,if Prince Bardia walks?Perhaps thewizards spell prevented the Troll
King's arise....

89May22 8:55 pm from Connell Monette @STonefiST
Abernathy:come south and say that. General Kael-Tarjan

89May23 1:23 am from James Hilchie @The Mall [NS,CA]
Kael-Tarjan, Your almost as good at making people want your head as Samwise
and Abernathy. I think you know thier histories.

Oh This isn't a challenge. Just some views I think you might like.

89May23 1:52 am from Mandorallen @The Mall [NS,CA]
I wish all to know that the castle at 819 is now the property of Abernathy.

He make a claim on no other lands. This will be open to any who wish the
services of his house. But you will be required to set you loyalty to him.

I Lord Mandorallen, do back this land claim.

PS. Any who are set to modes 1 or 3, in this place of commerce are asking for
war, an occurance which I would perfer to avoid.

89May23 9:08 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
Troll King's body was burned by the fishermen. Without this act a Troll does
regenerate in 12-24 hours I think. Yet once the body is consumed by fire...
bye bye.

89May23 1:42 pm from JASON FOSTER @The Mall [NS,CA]
ANYONE WISHING ANY OTHERS LIKE KAEL-TARJAN DEAD leave me some mail. I will do
bounties and hirings. The stronger the character the more money I ask. Base
rate of 100 sp.

89May23 7:14 pm from Son of Swiftwind @The Mall [NS,CA]
Who is Jetsam? The person who runs him leave me a message or face the
consequences for he is in my town and I don't like unanounced visitors!!!!!!!!

89May23 7:14 pm from Son of Swiftwind @The Mall [NS,CA]
Furthermore, if you are going to come visit please tell me first or at
least when you arrive.

89May23 9:44 pm from Gilbert Richard @The Mall [NS,CA]
For all ye who care...

The C= ASCII Table!!
As told by the 128 Personal
Computer System Guide.....
0-4 Not Listed 5 CRSR COLOR-White 6-7 Not
Listed 8 Disables Case Switch 9 Enables "
" 10-12 Not Listed 13 return 14 Switch to Lower
case 15-16 Not Listed 17 CRSR up 18 Reverse Print
ON 19 Home 20 DELETE 21-27 Not Listed 28 CRSr
Color-Red 29 CRSR Right 30 CRSR Color-Green 31 CRSR
Color-Blue 32 Space 33 ! 34 " 35
# 36 $ 37 % 38 & 39 . 40
( 41 ) 42 * 43 + 44 , 45
- 46 . 47 / 48 0 49 1 50
2 51 3 52 4 53 5 54 6 55
7 56 8 57 9 58 : 59 ; 60
< 61 = 62 > 63 ? 64 @ 65
A 66 B 67 C 68 D 69 E 70
F 71 G 72 H 73 I 74 J 75
K 76 L 77 M 78 N 79 O 80
P 81 Q

89May23 9:46 pm from Gilbert Richard @The Mall [NS,CA]
Damn. Hit 'S' when the thing was printing my formatted message, which was
GARBAVGE, and it took it as a "S"ave Message..
Ignore the last one

89May23 10:21 pm from Gilbert Richard @The Mall [NS,CA]

The C=ASCII Table
0-4, 6-7, 10-12, 16-17, 21-27->Not Listed
5 CRSR White
8 Disables Case Shift
9 Enables " " " " "
13 return
14 Switch to Lower Case
17 CRSR Up
18 Reverse Print On
19 Home
20 Delete
28 CRSR Red
29 CRSR Right
30 CRSr Green
31 CRSR Blue
32 Space
33 !
34 "
35 #
36 $
37 %
38 &
39 .
40 (
41 )
42 *
43 +
44 ,
45 -
46 .
47 /
48-57 Numbers 0-9
58 :
59 ;
60 <
61 =
62 >
63 ?
64 @
65-90 Letters A-Z
91 [
92 \
93 ]
94 ^
95 _
96 Shift *
97-122 Shift A-Z
123 Shift +
124 C= -
125 Shift -
126 Pi
127 C= *
128, 130-132 Not Listed
129 CRSR Orange
133-140 Function Keys 1-8
141 Shift return
142 Switch to Upper Case
143 Not Listed
144 CRSR Black
145 CRSr Down
146 Reverse Print OFF
147 Clear Screen
148 Insert
149 CRSR Brown
150 CRSR Light red
151 CRSR Dark grey
152 CRSR Gray
153 CRSr Light Green
154 CRSR Light Blue
155 CRSR Light Gray
156 CRSR Purplr
157 CRSR Left
158 CRSR Yellow
159 CRSR Cyan
160 Space
161 C= K
162 C= I
163 C= T
164 C= @
165 C= G
166 C= +
167 C= M
168 C= \
169 Shift \
170 C= N
171 C= Q
172 C= D
173 C= Z
174 C= S
175 C= P
176 C= A
177 C= E
178 C= R
179 C= W
180 C= H
181 C= J
182 C= N
183 C= Y
184 C= U
185 C= O
186 Shift @
187 C= F
188 C= C
189 C= X
190 C= V
191 C= B

Dat's it
Now. CRSR refers to a change in the status of the Cursor: CRSR White means
the Cursor changes color to White.. CRSr Up means the cursor goes up one.
C= is the Commodore key on the Commodore Keyboard, which is similar to a
shift key, but displays another character set

There may be errors due
to misread tables, typos,
line noise, or divine intervention..


89May23 10:59 pm from Mandorallen @The Mall [NS,CA]
Baron Swiftwind,

Jetsam is a henchman of mine. I was going to be moving him to Kell, when
all the hirelings accounts became frozen. He was originaly in the area
visiting West Pole for me. Consider him a doorman for your town until I get
control of him again.

Thanks
Lord Mandorallen

89May23 11:32 pm from James Hilchie @The Mall [NS,CA]
Baron Swiftwind, Jetsams been there fore about 2 weeks. I hope I get him back
soon.

89May24 3:43 pm from BRYAN ESBAUGH @The Mall [NS,CA]
Is there anybody out there who uses the Name Elkhorn for one of there
charcters? If there is then we got a problem.

89May24 5:50 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [NS,CA]
You'll notice Multi-Encounters are now possible. I had one other idea that I
didn't install yet and that is if a character is in Mode 1 (Attack), do you
all think that a call to battle should be automatic?

89May24 6:29 pm from Fire Elf @The Mall [NS,CA]
I wouldn't count 100% on seeing the Troll King dead. If even the smallest bit
of him escaped the fire, he will be back. A finger, or chunk of skin will do
the job. Some carnivorus fish shall find quite the surpise in it's gullet when
he begins to form. Of course, this could take ages, as this body part may bee
deep within the ocean, and he would continue to drown, and be eaten by
carnivors. It is of no matter. I shall be around to witness his return, though
no mortal shall.

My silly Prince, any passing fool could tell me he is dead. I would require
more information fior the 100 GP, although I will give thou 50 GP when we next
meet. Perhaps you could finance a ship to pick me up later, I paying for full
cost.

(Robbie) : You shall recieve your 100 GP, and an extra 200 GP for destroying
the Wizard who hath taken both our minds, although I would of perfered to kill
the slime myself. Who was the foul wizard, so I may squash his foul relations
so another like this wizard may not arise?

(Jason Foster): I just may have a job for you. What are your conditions for
bounty hunting?

89May25 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [455-8615]
Let it be known that Grog is now Captain of the Royal Gaurd. All in my Kingdom
have loyalty set to me and Mode set to 2 or suffer the attack from my patrols.

89May25 from Duke Samwise @The Mall [455-8615]
So I see somebody fumbled onto my secret. Who owned an assassin called Shadow
Lord? Seems he attacked me on Day 71, since my mode was/is set at 1 he would
have discovered that I was way too powerful only too late. He is dead and the
funny thing is he never even hit me once. What a wimp he must have been. So
I'm alive, I want peace and it seems only a dead man can have peace around
here. As if Kael-Tarjan could have killed me. Give me some credit. I am one of
the most powerful men in the world right now. My Duchy stands as before and
anybody found in it will be destroyed. I found out who my allies were in my
time of death as it is that time that the two-faced men showed their true
colors. A certain Grog's life isnt going to last long if I have anything to
say about it. A spy from the Troll Kingdom I gather. Sorry Bardia, I have the
upmost respect for you but I do not like Grog. He was part of a conspiracy of
your overthrowing. Isn't that funny how a little troll can become enemies with
such powerful men. You better find yourself some big bucks little boy because
if I ever find you you're going to be dead. Well Duke Samwise lives and I now
know who actually were true to me. Not only that but it gave me the time I
needed to do certain things... Anybody that would have had the brains enough
to check Castle Stonefist would have seen I was still alive, as we speak
Samwise has created an army bigger than ever before. One difference. We want
our peace, give it to us our perish in battle!

(And no this isn't me creating a new character with the same name, it is the
actual character, attackig me shoudl prove that. :-) And Dan can back it up as
he saw me logging in as the "dead" Samwise. I haven't been below 84 HP in over
3 months. Nobody is a match for me so far, except Edward Cain of course but we
all know how that ended.)

Loyal followers of Samwise, I am going to set up a conference room for us at
STonefiST so I can give you my updates privately. We will have our peace.

Duke Samwise

89May25 4:07 pm from Anthony Bane @The Mall [455-8615]
Bardia, you're starting to get a bit boastful, aren't you? BTW people, if you
didn't allready figure it out, Bardia is the (late) T.K. Well, anyway Bardia,
I suggest you watch your back for a couple of days... I just dispatched your
prescous Kail Tarjun, and I'm coming for you next. Yes, I know where the
Castle is, and so (I belive) all others should. Bardia's Castle is at hex 96
in the middle of the mountain range. The secret is no longer a secret.

89May25 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [455-8615]
I see no boasting on my part, simply stating what is true. If you have not the
courage to sign your character's name so be it. If it was an oversight and you
are a man of honor I challenge you to meet me in a fight to the death. I shall
await you in the Core of my Castle Hex, which for anyone who read the archived
notes in the Book Store or Scribe Shop, would have know to be 96. I shall warn
you of one thing, oh mighty mouthed warrior, you shall not see the lowlands
again.

89May25 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [455-8615]
Anthony was Freedonia your man? Well just to give you an indication of what
type of man is challeging you... I was set on Mode 1 and still have my Maximum
amount of hit points. We can only assume that your man broke his wimpish
dagger on my Plate Mail... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Come to me you scum!!!!!!!!! I'm
sharpening my double-handed sword as we speak... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

89May25 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [455-8615]
To All Others:

I wish no quarrel, yet shall not back down to any challenge. I am Prince of
the Royal Line. The only true Royalty left in the Kingdom. I walked this earth
when King Fredrick I sat on the throne of the Old Capital. I am no imposter,
nor troll re-incarnate. I am Prince Bardia who fought the Fredrick Wars, who
harboured the Bastard Fredrick III in my stolen Castle Bardia (now known by
some as Haven). I have had countless battles and am no ordinary foe. Treated
with the respect I deserve... and no more than that... I could be a welcome
allie. All are welcome to my Mountain Kingdom, providing they have thier Mode
set to 2 and thier Loyalty set to myself.

89May25 5:39 pm from JASON FOSTER @The Mall [455-8615]
Well the Troll King is dead and will never surface again. At least not for
countles moons.
== Former Troll King

( Let the truth be known I guess )

89May25 6:00 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [455-8615]
Bardia, be careful. I have died, and I was carrying a two-handed sword,
wearing Full Plate, and had 100 hit points. It also appears he killed a few of
my Bloodwarriors before, and apparently did not have time to heal himself
then(no city close enough). He is not a wimp, and has no people under
him(thank god), and fights all his battles himself. The person you killed must
just have been a whimp. Beware of a man named Maelstrom, for he is probably
your worst enemy, and greatest opponent. As for as I can tell, he too has more
than 100 hit points, or is VERY lucky.

89May25 6:08 pm from Anthony Bane @The Mall [455-8615]
You are a fool Bardia. You insult me by saying that I am a wimp like
Freedonia. Well, I will soon be coming for you, as I have no need to worry
about hit points. Beware Bardia, or you may wake up one morning to find a
dagger stuck in your back... but then I guess that's a paradox, isn't it
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

89May25 6:09 pm from Anthony Bane @The Mall [455-8615]
(To all innocent passer-bys
Stay away from the castle in which bardia resides, for I will not tollerate
anyone getting in my way, and I they do interfere, I will stick ThorN though
them.

89May25 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [455-8615]
I await you scum. You have no idea of the illusionist that you face. I am
presently in my Castle's Core shining my Plate Mail... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

If you would prefer another nuetral hex, send me word and me and my second
will meet you there.

89May25 7:55 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [455-8615]
Hearken ye,mortals!I,the Shadow Lord,hacve arisen.What?!You know not of my
people?Listen!Before the 1races of dwarves,humans,elves,and even before the
mighty Trolls,there existed another:the Shadow Imps.We ruled the earth,with
an iron fist,and I was supreme among all!But there arose a new race,a race
equal to ours:the Trolls.They had,for a ruler,the Troll King.Great were the
wars betwwen our peoples,and lo,it finally came down to a battle with myslef &
the Troll King himself.ht was a battle as never was fought,and the air around
us crackled with the battle of physical & magical power fought to overwhelm
each other.But the Troll King cast a mighty spell,and Ia and my people were
imprisoned deep within the earth.And so we have remained,for countless
thousands of years.But,we grew in power,and multilplyed.Now,as did the Troll
King pass away,so did the spell which has bound my people!!We are free,once
again,upon the earth!We shall reclaim for ourselves what is rightfully
ours!Flee from my rath,for only power equivilant to that of the Troll King
shall defeeat me,and I too,am immortal"!Watch,mortals,as the dark clouds
gather over my people,and the plague of Shadow Imps moves forward to crush all
who resiist!
HAHAHAHAHAhAhAhahahahahhhh..........!
the Shadow Lord

89May25 8:41 pm from Anthony Bane @The Mall [455-8615]
This is really dorky. Meet me at 210, Buddia, and I'll smoosh you.

89May26 12:27 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
Feedback Please!!!!

I was thinking of rolling a three sided dice (1:3) when a character in Mode 1
is encountered to see if he automatically attacks and engages the logged in
player's character. What you think?

89May26 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [455-8615]
I shall be at our meeting spot tommorrow scum.

89May26 2:46 am from Mandorallen @The Mall [455-8615]
I'm all for it. Just give us some warning.

89May26 3:16 am from Mandorallen @The Mall [455-8615]
Dan I beat the timeout. I got the Please hit Return prompt just before the
Keyboard logout. I'm glad I had those extra HP's for levels. He took me down
129points.

The henchman moca is dead.

Lord Mandorallen

89May26 7:48 am from Lawrence vanderMeer @The Mall [455-8615]
Well, Dan, I just discovered an error when I went to swotch my weapons around,
the error was something like this: I/O Error F3 PC=4E12

Was that already reported??

89May26 8:18 am from Troy Sponagle @The Mall [455-8615]
Who was the Northern wizard anyhow ?

89May26 2:41 am from Darren Boucher @STonefiST
Bardia only wears PLate Mail? What's his problem? Get some money man....

Dan: Don't add that feature, what happens if you are looking for a friend to
exchange weapons, or funds or just to leave a message and he had his mode on
1. Now you could leave him the message still bu if you add that you might get
killed by your friend or in my case, might kill your friend. :-) Leave it the
way it is now, works good. I do see your point though, it would be great if
you could do it for enemies only but Loyalty setting isn't enough to decide
enemies on.

89May26 8:34 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
Lawrence:

Did you leave something in your right hand, or did you leave it empty? If
empty that is an old bug, that I have been too busy to get at as most are
aware of it. Strange thing is the error message F3 (Too Many Files Open)

89May26 8:40 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
Darren:

I was thinking of having Mode 3 act as Mode 1 does now. That way one could be
highly offensive, as would be wanted in a warring scenario. Right now the
logged in player seems to have the edge, in being able to pick and choose the
fight. If Mode 2 remained the same and Mode 3 became like Mode 1, then I think
the non-logged in player and the logged in player would be more balanced in
terms of surprises. Think on that angle and give me your thoughts. Remember
even in my Mode 1 idea, there would be a roll for probability of encounter.
I don't know if you have noticed yet but until you meet a character in Mode 1,
in a multi-character populated section of hex, you can now go through the
entire list of who is there and choose your encounter. A Mode 1 setting will
stop the process as you go to the Encounter Chian File Menu.

89May26 1:18 pm from Darren Boucher @The Mall [455-8615]
Dan: that sounds okay, so if a person was in hiding in the far ends of the
world he could put it in mode 1 and have the surprise on everybody. That's
okay.

89May26 2:46 pm from James Hilchie @The Mall [455-8615]
White Knight has no weapon with which to hit a person.

89May26 4:02 pm from Gilbert Richard @The Mall [455-8615]
Your system is on drugs, Dan..
I was in movement, and all of a sudden, it started spacing and printing
characters every 160 spaces.. It spelled out..
"Run-time error 02,"and somethin really fast, then it spelled out "Program
aborted" and gave me the boot...

Either that or it's possessed...

89May26 1:54 pm from Darren Boucher @STonefiST
Council of Barons:

People on your council ask us to join and when we request it we are rejected.
WE are Duke Samwise and Prince Bardia. Two of the more influential people in
the world. You aren't pleasing us. Let's see how good the bounty you put on my
head is. Personally I don't think you'd ever pay it to anybody who got lucky
enough to kill me. I'm off to cause a large commotion in the north.

Duke Samwise

89May27 5:34 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [455-8615]
I just found an error going to market:it said I/O error F3, PC=516B.

89May27 6:45 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
That F3 Error is "Too Many Files Open" Thanks.

89May27 10:21 pm from Gilbert Richard @The Mall [455-8615]
Is there supposed to be a Market in a Town?
'Cuz I'm on Hex 723(Mandorallen's town), and it won't let me into the
market..
It sez "Not on Castle or Town" or something to that effect...


89May27 10:41 pm from Connell Monette @The Mall [455-8615]
Another problem,I just bought some banded mail,and itisn't there.The
swindling merchants again,no doubt....:-)

89May28 1:53 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
Yes swindle merchants and other erratic behavior seem to be taking place after
changing loyalty. This is a funny bug to appear at this time, for I was
thinking of making loyalty a much more difficult thing to change, like only
when you were releaved from your past liege or in the event of his death.
Could lend to some interesting intrigue. :-)
As that section of code shall have to be looked at anyway, this may be a good
time for any feedback in that regard.

89May28 2:22 am from James Hilchie @The Mall [455-8615]
It isn't a bad idea but if a traveler uses a Lords castle or town for healing,
how would the lord get the money then? Remember this is one of the big ways
Lords make money.

89May28 2:37 am from Mandorallen @The Mall [455-8615]
Until Dan changes the rules, I want those people in my towns to have loyalty
set to Mandorallen.

Harold the Smelly is dead for this offence.

Lord Mandorallen

89May28 8:38 am from Ian Smith @The Mall [455-8615]
Harold the Smelly?????????

89May28 9:55 am from Lawrence vanderMeer @The Mall [455-8615]
DAN! The Door just Crashed on me in the middle of battle! It said something
like :ABORT code 3, sending a (varing number here) and abort.

89May28 11:12 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
Yeah Larry, seems to be a problem for long battles. Could you give abit more
detail in terms of battle scenario? Mode etc.

89May28 12:11 pm from Lawrence vanderMeer @The Mall [455-8615]
Well, I do believe I was in Mode 3, and Mandorellin (SP?) was in Mode 1.
Other than that, what do you want to know??

89May28 1:04 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
Could be something to do with Mandorallen, for he is the other one to have
reported it.

89May28 2:21 pm from Mandorallen @The Mall [455-8615]
White Knight do you still live? Talk to me if you do.

89May28 2:46 pm from Mandorallen @The Mall [455-8615]
Dan I tried to hire Black Night II, and the program said that I was not
wizzard enough. This fellow was on the for hire list.

89May28 2:56 pm from Gilbert Richard @The Mall [455-8615]
You killed Harold?!??!
He wasn't doing anything!! Sheesh! Touchy, aren't we Mandorallen!

89May28 3:00 pm from Gilbert Richard @The Mall [455-8615]
Another Loyalty change bug, Dan..
After changing my loyalty, I chose "Character Sketch" in the Menu and it went
hairy and gave me an Error message too fast for me to read..

89May28 12:17 pm from Darren Boucher @STonefiST
any and all people in Castle Stonefist must have loyalty set to "Samwise" or
they will be killed when I return home from my crusades. Or better yet, I'll
have a henceman kill you for me.

Duke Samwise

89May28 5:12 pm from Shane Leahy @The Mall [455-8615]
Just had a I/O error F3, PC=516B. F3 means too many files open right?? Well,
if it does its probably because I was going to the market alot. The gambling
gcasnio sounds good, gladitor fighting could also be used making money for the
lords if they put a henchman in it.

89May28 6:02 pm from Lawrence vanderMeer @The Mall [455-8615]
White Night does not live, but his direct decendant does, White Night II.
What do you want with me??
White Night II

89May28 8:04 pm from jason rouse @The Mall [455-8615]
i was just playing TKC and when i changed my loyalty,it said I/O ERROR 99
PC=4E44.

89May28 8:27 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
We can all tel who reads the notes and who doesn't eh? :-)

89May28 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [455-8615]
Because of the difficulty of loyalty changing, there is a pardon of loyalty
checks in my southern mountain Kingdom. Mode settings shall not be overlooked
however and must be set at Mode 2 or my patrols will attack. This is the
Southern mountainous areas
of the board except for a few in the STonefiST realm wo the West of my
Kingdom.


Anthony:

Come scum... I await thee at your choosen spot and waste my time in checking
for your arrival, thus announce it or revoke your challenge.

89May28 9:55 pm from Darren Boucher @STonefiST
That's a good one! The idiot attacks Mandorallen. That's almost as stupid as
attacking Samwise. Remember Samwise isn't a man, he's an army.

Duke Samwise

89May29 2:42 am from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
I think I have cured the Loyalty Routine Bug. This could have the effect of
potentially moving the strange behavior along to another area, yet I hope not.
Let me know if anything simular happens again.

89May28 7:18 am from Troy Sponagle @The Mall [455-8615]
I, General Kraken ly claim to these two hexes... 739,740 And there
surrounding water hexes... 791,792,793,738,741,686,687,688 The castle on this
ISLE shall be known from this day forth as KRAKEN CASTLE.

89May28 1:39 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
I have created a room "TKC Bug Report" in which to report or read any notices
of bugs in the TKC program. This may help to ease the flow of reading for such
occurances. This room will be only for game play chatter.

89May28 2:20 pm from Jetsam @The Mall [455-8615]
Baron Swiftwind, you giving away the rest of your Barony as well?

89May28 from Prince Bardia @The Mall [455-8615]
Due to the loyalty routines being fixed, my amnesty concerning Loyalties is
over. All in my southern Mountain Kingdom are to have thier Loyalty set to
"Prince Bardia" and Mode set to 2 or suffer the rath of my patrols.

Anthony:
I have become tired of waiting for you and wasting sessions checking on 210.
Therfore I have taken a temporary visit to the Castle STonefiST. When/if you
get to 210 let me know, for I am anxious to finish you off. If you don't
arrive soon however I shall consider you to be the coward that I have thought
you to be; hiding behind hired assasins; and return to my Castle to finish off
whomever you may send at me.

Duke Samwise:

If there should be any problem with my visit to your Barony, please let me
know. I have my Mode set to 1 so that the coward Anthony will not find me
unprepared for battle. If this concerns you I could set camp outside of your
walls.

89May28 from Duke Samwise @The Mall [455-8615]
One of my many men stumbled upon the ancient Fire Elf. He is still alive and
since when you leave him a message it says "Fire Elf has nothing to say to
you" you know it is the original Fire Elf. He's a great man well deserving of
his greatness. I'd just like to add, my men wont visit him there too often.
:-)

All followers of Samwise: Please kill Kael, or any mixture of Kael-Trajan on
sight, he is a trader. No excuses this time Kael, you're dead.

89May28 6:09 pm from Dan Johnson @The Mall [455-8615]
I have entered the changes that I had mentioned to the Mode Settings
reactions. Try them out and LET"S HEAR SOME FEEDBACK! I shall undate the help
file for those that missed the discussion between Darren and I.