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FROM THE DESK OF MARJ ON III DUNGEON MASTER EMERITUS
TO WHOM IT WILL CONCERN
GREETINGS, TRUE BELIEVERS 1 THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXACT REPLICA OF AN ANCIENT AND CRUMBLING PARCHMENT FOUND BY YOURS TRULY LYING ON THE TOP OF A HEAP OF GOLD AND JEWELS CVER IN A FCRGOTTEN CORNER OF THE ** TREASUR Y OF ZORK ** · IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHE N I REALIZED WHAT I T WAS : THE 'NOVI CE DUNGEON MASTER'S TUTORIAL FOR THE HOPLESSLY STUCK'' WHAT A FIND ' ! IF I HAD HAD ONE OF THOSE WHILE I WAS LEARNING THE TRADE~ I COULD HAVE GRADUATED WITH THE REST CF MY CLASS. APPARENTLY, THE PRACTICE OF SUPPLYING NOVICES WI TH THE TUTORIAL WAS DISCONTINUED A FEW THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE MY T IME FOR SOME OBSCURE AND LONG-FORGOTTEN REASON.
WELL. BEING A FUNDAMENTALL Y GOOD-NATURED FELLOW THAT BELIEVES IN GIVING HIS FELLOW MAN A HELPING HAND, I DECIDED~ UPON GRADUATION~ TO RE-INSTITUTE THE PRACTICE OF OFFERING THE TUTORIAL TO SELECTED NOVICES WHO , FOR ONE REASON DR ANOTHER, JUST NEED A LITTLE FRIEN DLY ADVICE TO SET THEM BACK ON THE RIGHT PATH.
ALTHOUGH THE TUTORIAL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF TUITION, I AM SURE THAT THE INSIGNIFICANT COST CWHICH JUST BARELY COVERS THE COST OF 'AGICAL REPLICATION, THE HIGH COST OF GRUE LABOR, <THEY'VE UNIONIZED~ YOU . NOW~> AND THE PERRENNIAL RISE IN SHIPPING COSTS CTHE SAILOR ONLY PICKS UP
MAIL-SCROLLS ONCE A WEEK, NOW> WILL BE MORE THAN CFSET BY THE UNAVOIDABLE RISE IN YOUR GRADES AT THE D.M.T.C. <DUNGEON MASTER'S TRAINING CAVES>.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE QUESTIONS WERE WRITTEN IN G.U.E. BASIC, BUT THE ANSWERS WERE WRITTEN IN EBCDIC. THIS, I SUPPOSE, WAS TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENT TD BETTER HIM <OR HER) SELF IN A CLASSICAL DEAD LANGUAGE. AS EBCDIC HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM THE CURRICULUM, I SAW NO REASON TO SEND YOU SCRAMBLING TO THE DEAD LANGUAGE REFERENCE LIBRARY EVERY TIME YOU NEEDED TO USE YOUR TUTORIAL. INSTEAD. I HAVE SUPPLIED A COMPLETE TRANSLATION OF ALL THE INDIVIDUAL EBCDICIAN WORDS IN THE GLOSSARY AT THE END OF THE MANUSCRIPT.
I HAVE ALSO PROVIDED A STANDARD UNIVERSITY ORIENTATION MAP TO HELP YOU GET TO CLASS ON TIME, AS I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DEAL HARSHLY WITH TARDINESS AT CERTAIN TIMES.
LEARN .WELL, PERSEVERE, AND ENJOY YOUR STAY HERE . REMEMBER~ THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE IS A LIFE OF FRUSTRATION AND MISERY IN THE MUNDANE WORLD ABOVE OURS. REST ASSURED THAT I WILL BE WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE.
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