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THE COUNTRYSIDE
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Rampart is set in a strange landscape of different terrain types. The
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land is surrounded in part by a mystic sea of chaos which it is
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probably a good idea to avoid. Screen characters have a different
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meaning in the countryside than they do elsewhere, by the way, and
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there is a different command set (accessible by '?' when out of the
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city). Time passes much more quickly in countryside movement; you will
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have to bring a lot of food with you, though you may wish to
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hunt ('H' command) to supplement your food reserves; many of the
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animals that you may encounter, for example, are edible.
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Since each countryside site is quite a large area, you may have
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to search ('s' command) to learn of interesting sites nearby.
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Countryside Map Example:
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++----.--- The @ as usual is the player; the +'s are an arm of the Sea of
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+++++O--^^ Chaos; the O is the city of Rampart; the ^'s are mountains;
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----@----^ the .'s are a road; the -'s are plains and meadows;
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---.-^^^^^ and the * is a dungeon entrance.
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...-^*^^^^
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The countryside can be rather dangerous for low level characters to
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explore at random. However, maps of the surrounding areas can be
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purchased at the villages which can be found mostly at the ends
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of the roads. Each village has a "special" magical site somewhere
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inside its borders. These sites may be beneficial or harmful
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depending how they are approached and the circumstances of their
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activation.
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There are a number of "special" locations in the countryside; these
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are basically one-level screens of various sorts, or they may be
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multi-level dungeons. If you follow the advice of the oracle
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who may be found somewhere in Rampart, you will wind up visiting most
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of these sites.
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A special site or dungeon may be entered from the Countryside
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environment by means of the '>' command. Depending whether or not it
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is a multilevel or single level site, it may be exited simply by
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moving off the edge of the screen, or by ascending or descending a
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stairway from the first level of the dungeon.
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