FROM THE DESK OF MARJ ON III
Transcript of FROM THE DESK OF MARJ ON III
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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