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LORD IGM: THE PAWN SHOP   **FREEWARE**
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VERSION 1.1 (November 17th, 1996) DOCUMENTATION

AUTHOR: Chris MacPherson
EMAIL:  camroc@geocities.com
WEB:    http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2692/


TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0  DISCLAIMER
2.0  INTRODUCTION
3.0  FILES
4.0  INSTALLATION
5.0  DISTRIBUTION/UPDATES/REVIEWS
6.0  BUGS/TROUBLESHOOTING
7.0  FEATURES
8.0  SPECIAL THANKS
9.0  DEDICATIONS
10.0 RECOMMENDED BBSES TO CALL


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1.0  DISCLAIMER:
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THE ONLY THING I PROMISE WITH THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IT WILL OCCUPY
SPACE ON YOUR HARD DRIVE.  NO WARRANTY IS HEREBY EXPRESSED, IMPLIED,
OR SUGGESTED.  USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

THE PAWN SHOP IS A *FREEWARE* 'IN GAME MODULE' (IGM) FOR
LEGEND OF THE RED DRAGON (LORD).  THE PAWN SHOP WILL BE DISPLAYED
AS BEING UNREGISTERED IF LORD IS NOT REGISTERED.  MORE INCENTIVE FOR
SYSOPS TO REGISTER.

TAKE NOTE:

  LORD (Legend of the Red Dragon) is a multi-player battle game
            created for Bulletin Board Systems (BBS).

         (c) Copyright 1992-1995: Robinson Technologies
                      All rights reserved.


There, that out of the way, enjoy! :)


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2.0  INTRODUCTION:
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    Congratulations on grabbing a copy of THE PAWN SHOP!  I've made this
  IGM in hopes that it will complement LORD and add to its fun, not give
  players unfair advantages, or extreme rewards (like so many other IGMs
  unfortunately do).

    THE PAWN SHOP has many features common to several IGMs currently out
  there but offers many new choices and options in addition.  First of all,
  THE PAWN SHOP is an IGM in which a LORD player may actually own and run.
  In fact, all monetary transactions are kept track of and stored in a vault.
  From this, THE PAWN SHOP decides on whether it can afford to buy weapons,
  armour, gems, etc... from players.  The vault, itself, can be robbed by
  players and should THE PAWN SHOP go bankrupt, the current owner is dropped
  and another may step forward to take his/her place.  However, each day
  that THE PAWN SHOP's daily maintenace is run the owner will receive a
  percentage of the gold and gems in the vault. :)

    Other features of THE PAWN SHOP are that you can buy all the weapons
  and armour offered in LORD but at 95% of their regular price.  You may
  also trade gems for elixirs but only 1 gem per elixir is required.
  There are a few other items offered for sale and you can (if you have
  the gold) buy 'services' from the resident low life Blackey. :)

    One an important note, prices of the various items change depending
  on a player's experience, not level.  

    That's about all I'll say, I don't want to spoil the surprise.  All
  this information is available to the players as well should they ask
  the right questions. :)


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3.0  FILES:
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The following files are included within THE PAWN SHOP archive:

*PAWNSHOP.EXE - Main IGM executable
*PSETUP.EXE   - Setup/Configuration/Maintenance program
*PAWNSHOP.SCR - Screens and dialog text required for IGM
 CAMROC.ASC   - Author's Public PGP Key
 CAMROC.INF   - Archive origin info file
 README.TXT   - This file!
 UPGRADE.TXT  - For pre-release Pawn Shop testers.
 FILE_ID.DIZ  - Description file
 DESC.SDI     - Description file

NOTE: THE PAWN SHOP will create several *.DAT files during its daily
      execution (ie. WENDY.DAT, BLACKEY.DAT, HATE.DAT, BANISH.DAT
      ROB.DAT, CLAIM.DAT).


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4.0  INSTALLATION:
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I've tried to make THE PAWN SHOP as simple and easy as possible to
setup and install.  Very little has to be done by the sysop to maintain
it as well.

STEP 1: Create a directory for THE PAWN SHOP (preferably from within
        your LORD directory). e.g., C:\LORD\PAWNSHOP

STEP 2: Unzip THE PAWN SHOP archive into the directory and type PSETUP /C.

STEP 3: Press "I" for INSTALL to install THE PAWN SHOP within LORD.
        You will be prompted for your BBS name but that is all.

        The following is a list of what the installation will do:
        1. Create PAWNSHOP.CFG which will contain all the vital information
           THE PAWN SHOP requires to run.  It's a simple sequential file
           so you can use your favorite DOS EDITOR to view/edit it.
        2. Add two lines to your LORD's 3RDPARTY.DAT file:
           C:\LORD\PAWNSHOP\pawnshop.exe * C:\LORD\
           `!THE PAWN SHOP
        3. Add a line to your LORD's MAINT.BAT file:
           C:\LORD\PAWNSHOP\PSETUP.EXE /M
           NOTE: The maintenance program is REQUIRED in order for
                 THE PAWN SHOP to function properly.
        4. Announce itself in LORD's daily log.

REQUIREMENTS:
  1. LORD V3.55


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5.0  DISTRIBUTION/UPDATES/REVIEWS:
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Updates/bug fixes and the like for THE PAWN SHOP can be found at 
the following:

1. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2692/download.html
2. http://www.trentsoft.com/igmpage/free.htm

Joseph Masters (trent@circle.net) review:
Realistic Pawn Shop IGM. One of the first IGMs I've ever seen that has
taken an idea and completely followed through with it! Claim the 
Pawnshop, and you can effortlessly run an affordable buy / sell business.
Prices aren't restrictive enough; not recommended for LordNet games. 


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6.0  BUGS/TROUBLESHOOTING:
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PROBLEM:  THE PAWN SHOP WILL NOT LOAD!  WHAT DO I DO???
SOLUTION:
I've had a few comments that after installation it will announce itself
in LORD and be listed in 'Other Places' but will not load.  The way to
get THE PAWN SHOP to come up is to change the fossil/internal settings
in the Node Configuration in LORD (ie. LORDCFG.EXE).  You may need to
change to either Regular Fossil or Weird Fossil.  Hope this helps.


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7.0  FEATURES:
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Here is a list of features, services and/or options which you can do
while in THE PAWN SHOP.

 Blackey's dark services:
   SPY ON A PLAYER: View ALL stats of a player including strength, defense,
    hit points, charm, weapon/armour name and number (for those IGMs that
    all you to change the name of weapons/armour you can tell what they
    really have), if they are married, number of kids, do they have a horse,
    do they have mail waiting, where are they staying (or if they are dead).
   LEARN A PLAYER'S BBS NAME: Is someone pretending to be someone else? or
    just annoying you?  Find out who it is.
   BANISH A PLAYER: Banish a player from LORD for one full day!
    As far as I know, THE PAWN SHOP is the first IGM which allows this.
   DISFIGURE: Decrease a player's charm level.
   MAIM: Decrease a player's max hit points, strength, or defense.
   POISON: Decrease a player's forest and player fights, and more.
   STEAL: Rob a player's bank account.
   DEATH CRYSTAL: You've seen them in the forest.  Have a mercenary vaporize
    an opponent's horse.
   SUICIDE: Tired of playing?  Going away and don't want people killing you
    and getting the experience?  Have your character deleted so you can just
    vanish.
   STATS: View your current LORD stats.
   VICTIMS: List all available victims in LORD.
   ASSASSINATE: No risk way to kill a player.

 Wendy, the witch.
   ASK FOR A BLESSING: Wendy will look at you and rate you.  Depending
    on your stats she will grant you a blessing (increase hit points,
    strength, defense, charm, forest fights, player fights, or nothing).
   PROTECTION: Buy protection from Blackey's mercenaries.  No player will
    be able to send a mercenary after you for the rest of the day.

 The Office.
  Only the owner of THE PAWN SHOP may enter the office.  From here the owner
  can view the amount of gold and gems in THE PAWN SHOP, deposit and/or
  withdraw gold from the vault, erase the bulletins, and stay overnight in
  THE PAWN SHOP.

  Treachery.
    ROB THE PAWN SHOP:
     Rob the shop's vault.  Great returns if you succeed.

    CLAIM THE PAWN SHOP:
     If there is no owner or the owner is dead then you may claim
     THE PAWN SHOP with no hassle, otherwise, you will have to take
     it over from the current owner.

  Buy Menu
    Weapons/Armour: THE PAWN SHOP will sell weapons and armour for
                     95% of LORD's selling price. 
    Spartan Warrior Elixir (increase your defense)
    Eau de Shredder (increase your strength)
    Love Potion #9 (increase your charm)
    Ultra Ale (double your hit points)
    Gems

  Sell Menu
    Weapons/Armour: THE PAWN SHOP will buy back weapons and armour
                     at 55% of LORD's selling price. 
    Gems


  Trade Menu
    1 player fight for 10 forest fights
    10 forest fights for 1 player fight
    Horse for a Fairy
    Fairy for a Horse
    Gems for Elixirs: Same as bartender but trade is 1 to 1 with a chance
                       that you will get a 'bad brew' and not gain anything.


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8.0  SPECIAL THANKS TO:
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Lewzer    : Hacked my IGM for bugs!  Thanks man, I think. :)
Mysterium : Testing my IGM for bugs in the early stages.
Blackey   : For supporting me in my initial stages of development and
            being my official support BBS.  Also the main guy to talk to
            in THE PAWN SHOP! <EG>
Energy    : For putting up my IGM for testing!
Meltdown  : For putting up my IGM for testing, and giving me the idea of
            vaporizing opponents' horses!  Hahaha!
NiD       : For giving me the solution to the cashflow problem.  WaHoo!


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9.0  DEDICATIONS:
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THE PAWN SHOP is dedicated to the many LORD players of Saint John
and Fredericton, NB.

Saint John, NB:
BRAVEHEART     ANGEL         POLGARA
LEWZER         ANGELICA      SHANTAL
SHREDDER       BABY
VIKING         DREAM WEAVER
WHITE KNIGHT   EVAINE
--<RAPIER>--   FANTASIA
WARRIOR        KERRIE

Fredericton, NB:
CLONE          MAN SLAYER
DEAMON         SWEET LADY
FALKON         DEMONA
MELTDOWN
SAVAGE


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10.0  RECOMMENDED BBSES TO CALL:
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When in Saint John, NB call:
Paradigm Shift BBS:    (506)849-4658  SysOp: Howlin' Mad
Terminal Velocity BBS: (506)672-4847  SysOp: Blackey

When in Fredericton, NB call:
TheGrail BBS:          (506)472-4255  SysOp: Energy
WarHammer BBS:         (506)457-9207  SysOp: Meltdown


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11.0  FURTHER INFORMATION:
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There that's about all I can say about THE PAWN SHOP right now (besides,
I hate writing documentation), but if there's anything else you can think
of that you would like answered just email me at camroc@geocities.com or
visit my web page at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2692/ and I'll
try to answer your questions.

You comments, questions, suggestions are welcome and appreciated.  I'd like
to know that people are actually using my IGM. :)  I've put a lot of work
into it and I hope it is appreciated.

-Chris (Camroc) MacPherson

