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+<!-- Advanced Rogue                                                         -->
+<!-- Copyright (C) 1984, 1985, 1986 Michael Morgan, Ken Dalka and AT&T      -->
+<!-- All rights reserved.                                                   -->
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+<!-- Based on "Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom"                       -->
+<!-- Copyright (C) 1980, 1981 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman     -->
+<!-- All rights reserved.                                                   -->
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+<!-- See the file LICENSE.TXT for full copyright and licensing information. -->
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+
+<h1 align="center"><a href="http://roguelike.sourceforge.net/arogue77">The Dungeons of Doom</a></h1>
+<br>
+<h2 align="center">Toolchest</h2>
+<h3 align="center">http://roguelike.sourceforge.net/arogue77</h3>
+<br>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="table1" align=center>
+<tr>
+	<td nowrap>
+		Advanced Rogue<br>
+		Copyright (C) 1984, 1985, 1986 Michael Morgan, Ken Dalka and AT&amp;T<br>
+		All rights reserved.
+	</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+	<td nowrap>
+		Based on &quot;Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom&quot;<br>
+		Copyright (C) 1980, 1981 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman<br>
+		All rights reserved.
+	</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<p align="center">See the file LICENSE.TXT for full copyright and licensing information.</p>
+
+<h2 align="justify">1. Introduction</h2>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       Rogue  is  a  screen-oriented  fantasy  game set in the
+       ever-changing Dungeons of Doom.   The  game  comes  complete
+       with  monsters,  spells,  weapons, armor, potions, and other
+       magical items.  The dungeon's geography changes  with  every
+       game,   and   although   many  magical  items  have  certain
+       identifiable  properties,  such  as   turning   the   player
+       invisible,  the  physical manifestation of the magic changes
+       each game.  A red potion, for example, will cause  the  same
+       reaction throughout a given game, but it may be a completely
+       different potion in a new game.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+       Entering the dungeon with only a  little  food,  armor,
+       and  a  weapon,  the  player must develop a good strategy of
+       when to fight, when to run, and how to best use any  magical
+       items found in the dungeon.  To make things interesting, the
+       player  has  a  quest  to  return  one  of  several   unique
+       artifacts,  rumored  to  lie  deep  in the dungeon's bowels.
+       Returning with this artifact  brings  great  glory  and  the
+       title  of  Complete  Winner.   But  even  after  finding the
+       artifact, the player may wish to continue further  to  match
+       wits with an arch-devil, demon prince, or even a deity found
+       far down in the dungeon.  Defeating  such  a  creature  will
+       gain  the  player  many  experience  points,  the  basis for
+       scoring in Rogue.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+       It is very difficult to return  from  the  Dungeons  of
+       Doom.   Few  people  ever  make  it  out alive.  Should this
+       unlikely event occur,  the  player  would  be  proclaimed  a
+       complete  winner  and  handsomely  rewarded  for  any  booty
+       removed from the dungeon.
+</p>
+
+<h3 align="justify">2. Character Classes</h3>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       Before placing the player  in  the  dungeon,  the  game
+       requests  the  player  to select what type of character they
+       would like to be:  a fighter, a  magic  user,  a  cleric,  a
+       druid, a thief, a paladin, a ranger, a monk, or an assassin.
+</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><span style="font-variant: small-caps"><strong>2.1 The Fighter</strong></span></p>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       A fighter is very strong and will have a high  strength
+       rating.   This  great strength gives a fighter the best odds
+       of winning a battle with  a  monster.   At  high  experience
+       levels  the  fighter also gets to attack multiple times in a
+       single turn.  This obviously further increases  his  chances
+       at  winning  battles.   Intrinsic  to the fighter class is a
+       robustness which results in 1 to 12  extra  hit  points  for
+       every new experience level.
+</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><span style="font-variant: small-caps"><strong>2.2 The Magician</strong></span></p>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       A  Magician  is  able to "cast" spells.  The number and
+       variety of spells increases as the magician gains experience
+       and   intelligence.   Magic  users  are  not  as  hearty  as
+       fighters; they receive 1 to 6 extra hit points for every new
+       experience level.</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">2.3 The Cleric</span></strong></p>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       A  cleric  is  able to "pray" to his god for help.  The
+       number and variety of prayers which the gods are willing  to
+       grant  to  a  cleric increase as the cleric gains experience
+       and wisdom.
+       </p>
+       
+<p align=justify>
+       Because of their religious  nature,  clerics  can  also
+       affect  the  "undead" beings, like zombies and ghouls, which
+       became monsters after they died.  If an "undead" creature is
+       next to a cleric, the cleric may try to turn it and cause it
+       to flee.  If the cleric is sufficiently powerful relative to
+       the  monster,  the  cleric  will  destroy  it.  This ability
+       increases as the character gains experience levels.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+       Clerics can gain from  1  to  8  extra  hit  points  on
+       reaching a new experience level.</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">2.4 The Druid</span></strong></p>
+
+<p align="justify"> 
+       The  druid  is  a  cleric  of sorts but worships nature
+       rather than a god.  The druid is able to "chant" and thereby
+       recieve  certain  types  of  spells.  Most of the chants are
+       targeted more towards the elements and nature.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>            
+       Druids gain from 1 to 8 hit points when  they  gain  an
+       experience level.
+</p>
+       
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">2.5 The Thief</span></strong></p>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       A thief is exceptionally dextrous and has a good chance
+       to set a trap or rob a monster.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+       By their nature, thieves can automatically  detect  all
+       the gold on the current level of the dungeon.  They are also
+       good at  detecting  hidden  traps.   Because  thieves  slink
+       along,  they  are  not as likely as other characters to wake
+       sleeping monsters.  If a thief manages  to  sneak  up  on  a
+       creature without waking it, he will get a chance to backstab
+       the monster. When this is done, the damage done by the thief
+       greatly increases based on his experience level.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+       Thieves  gain  from  1 to 6 extra hit points from a new
+       experience level.
+</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">2.6 The Paladin</span></strong></p>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       The paladin is a type of holy warrior.  Somewhat  of  a
+       cross between a fighter and a cleric. He is able to pray and
+       turn undead as a cleric, (but to a lesser degree) but fights
+       as  a  fighter.  He  is  on the side of all that is good and
+       righteous. Therefore he would never attack a  creature  that
+       would  not  attack  him first. If he does kill a non-violent
+       creature inadvertantly he will feel "uneasy" and his god may
+       retaliate by making him a mere fighter.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+            Paladins  gain 1 to 10 hit points per experience level.
+</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">2.7 The Ranger</span></strong></p>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       The ranger is somewhat of a cross between a druid and a
+       fighter.  He  too  is on the side of righteousness and good.
+       Therefore, the same same restrictions apply to his  as  they
+       do  to a paladin. The ranger can "chant" and "cast" but to a
+       lesser degree than the druid and magician.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+       Rangers gain 1 to 8 hit points per experience level.
+</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">2.8 The Monk</span></strong></p>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       The Monk is a martial arts expert. He  wears  no  armor
+       but  has  an  effective  armor class based on his ability to
+       dodge attacks.  He does not need a weapon in combat for  his
+       hands and feet are a formidable weapon. His ability to dodge
+       and use his hands as weapons increases as he gains in level.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+       Monks gain 1 to 6 hit points per experience level.
+</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">2.9 The Assassin</span></strong></p>
+
+<p align="justify">
+       The  assassin is a person trained in the art of killing
+       people by surprise. He has most  of  the  abilities  of  the
+       thief  except  the "backstab". Instead, the assassin has the
+       chance to kill an opponent outright with one strike.  He  is
+       also  a ruthless character and trained in the use of poison.
+       He can recognize poison on sight and  can  coat  his  weapon
+       with  it  thereby  making  his  next attack an exceptionally
+       lethal one.
+</p>
+
+<p align=justify>
+       Assassins gain 1 to 6 hit points per experience  level.
+</p>
+
+<h3 align="justify">3. ATTRIBUTES</h3>
+
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">3.1 Intelligence</span></strong></p>
+
+<p align="justify">Intelligence  is  the primary attribute associated with
+       casting spells. With higher intelligence comes the knowledge
+       of  more spells, the ability to cast more spells, and faster
+       recovery of spells that have been cast.
+
+</p>
+
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">3.2 Strength</span></strong></p>
+<p align="justify">This is,  of  course,  the  measure  of  a  character's
+       physical  strength.   With  higher  strength a character can
+       carry more, cause more damage when striking, have  a  better
+       chance  to  strike  an opponent, and move about more quickly
+       when carrying a load.
+
+       </p>
+<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-variant: small-caps">3.3 Wisdom</span></strong></p>
+<p align="justify">Wisdom is the primary attribute associated with Praying