
                            L. O. R. D. 
                     Legend of the Red Dragon
                       a role playing game
                   created by Seth Able Robinson

                            by Kiteria

 One of the more pleasurable aspects of playing the Door Game LEGEND OF 
 the RED DRAGON, is the "ROMANTIC MAIL" option.  It's nice to have
 someone to share your adventure with, to know that someone is ready to
 fund you gold if you need it, hit an enemy for you, and share your
 Heart Shaped Bed.  Please remember this is a "role playing game".  You
 have the opportunity to leave yourself and the real world behind for
 awhile and become a sword wielding warrior.  If you happen to exchange
 "real life" information with a person it should have no bearing on how
 you play your character. This is a feature of the game that helps to
 give it variety and continue to keep it exciting from realm to realm. 

 FIRST THE COURTING:  A wise warrior will never ask the object of their
 desires to hop into the Heart Shaped Bed without making some kind of
 introduction first. Even if you know them from another game, you are in
 a new realm and that means this it is a new beginning.  Some couples like
 to stay together from board to board, some don't.  For the pleasure of
 the game, and the relationship, do not take it for granted that you will
 be a couple everywhere.  After all, this is a game that throws different 
 people together, under different circumstances.  Courting is one of the 
 pleasurable parts of the game, getting to know each other as your 
 character and playing the part, as yourself, or both. 
  
 When you look at your Stats, you see that your charm is listed.  If you 
 are just starting out, it is at 0, you will need to build it up before
 you are ready to do any flirting with Violet, Seth or another player.  
 When you flirt with Violet or Seth, you get immediate results, not so 
 with your human counter part.  If you have low charm and you go for the 
 big one on Violet or Seth, they are going to slam you hard.  Violet will 
 kick the guys, and Seth will insult the ladies.  Neither are pleasant 
 experiences, your encounter with Violet is announced in the Daily News, 
 and everyone will know that you moved too fast.   Fortunately Seth is a
 little more soft hearted, your bad experience with him won't physically
 attacked, but you'll certainly be insulted!
 
 
               CHARM, WHERE TO GET IT AND HOW TO USE IT

 As you are busily fighting for your life in the forest, an Old Man will 
 come upon you.  He is lost and confused and requests that you take him 
 to the Dark Cloak Tavern, if you say yes, you will give up a forest
 fight.  The Old Man will reward you with 1 to 5 charm points and a bit
 of gold for your kindness.  Occasionally the Old Man will have his
 "Ugly Stick" and will smack you on the head and take away a charm point
 without even asking you to take him to the Inn.  Since it seems like it 
 takes forever to get 100 charm points this will be frustrating.  Just 
 take it in stride, after you have a high amount of charm, you can get 
 your revenge by refusing to take him to the Inn.  
 
 In the game of L.O.R.D. your charm is also a gage of how much influence 
 you have with the Innkeeper, and the Weapon and Armor sellers.  The 
 bartender will offer you a free room if your charm is over 100, and the 
 higher your charm the more the shopkeepers are willing to negotiate a 
 higher price for the purchase of your used equipment.  
 
                         WRITING ROMANTIC MAIL

 You have in mind another warrior that you would like to get to know and 
 you are ready to drop them a line.  You will select 'W' at the Town 
 Square (Main Menu) for Write Mail.  At this section you can write 
 romantic mail or regular mail, if you choose to write romantic mail then 
 type a "Y" at the query of "Do you want to write romantic mail?"   Here 
 is a brief explanation of what you are going to see and the decisions 
 you will need to consider.

  1.  His/Her Charm Rating is 71.
      This is their standing with the "SETH CHARM-O-METER" as I like to 
      call it.  If a warrior's charm is high, it doesn't necessarily
      mean that you are going to be turned down if you make advances. 

  2.  A one line descriptive statement. 
      EXAMPLE:
      (Males) "He makes Stallone look like he needs to workout".
      (Female) "She is a sweet package of trusting beauty".
      This information can also be found by pushing "1" at the Town
      Square (Main Menu).  It will say this is what the people around 
      town are saying about you.  In this role playing game, it is just
      a way of getting information to you, please don't get paranoid, 
      no one is really talking about you.

  3.  (N)ever mind.
      Believe it or not, this is a great option!!  You can check the 
      charm of as many people as you would like (opposite sex of
      course).  It does not cost any of your gold to obtain this
      information.  If you don't like what you see, just type "N" to
      bail out.  
 
  4.  (F)latter Him/Her
      This is a great ice breaker!  It is always nice to know that
      someone has noticed you, and this is a grand way to say hello
      and that you have seen something admirable about this person.

  5.  (A)sk for a Kiss
      Another excellent ice breaker, it won't hurt if you get shot
      down, and it will allow the gleam in your eye to see that you
      are romantically inclined.

  6.  (B)uy Him/Her Dinner
      There is nothing like a candlelit supper with the one who has
      stolen your heart.  At this point, this is where you can loose
      experience if you are turned down.  There is no loss if you are
      ignored for the first two, but for this one and the next, you
      are gambling more than just your pride.

  7.  (I)nvite Him/Her to Your Room at the Inn
      This is the big one, this is the one that can make you crazy if
      you are rejected, as well as lose some of your experience.  Try
      not to take it too personal, after all it's just a game, and not
      everyone sees you as the great warrior that you are.  If you have
      followed the advice of this author and tested the waters first,
      you will know who is, and who is not interested in sharing the
      Heart Shaped Bed with you. 

  8.  (P)ropose to Him/Her
      (You will not have the benefit of this option until you have 100 
      charm points.)  This option should not be taken lightly, you are 
      asking someone to include you into their game, just as you are 
      telling them you would like to make them a part of yours. The 
      penalty for a failed marriage in the L.O.R.D. game is a drop in 
      charm for both, down to 50.  

                            WHO'S AVAILABLE?

 Along with the option to Propose, OUR CREATOR saw the need for warriors 
 to know who was "taken" and who was available.  You will find it at the 
 Town Square (Main Menu), and it is a record of who is married to whom.  
 It is called the CONJUGALITY LIST, which means: to join together.  In
 other words, those warriors who are married and are not available.
 Before you start your adventure of finding that Mr. or Ms. Right, check
 the CONJUGALITY LIST first and save yourself the trouble of being turned
 down.  This doesn't necessarily mean that the married person can't be
 approached, they can, but remember the odds are not in your favor.
 Many single warriors have stolen the love of a married  warrior.  Your
 charming personality will help you as well as a lot of discretion, if 
 you intend to sweet talk a married player out of their present 
 relationship! 

                      ACCEPTATION AND REJECTION

 After you have written your romantic mail and shipped it off on the 
 wings of love, you wait.  Your hearts desire receives the mail the
 next time they enter the realm, reads it and returns the answer for
 you to read upon your next arrival to the realm.  There are two choices
 for the recipient of your romantic mail to select from.  "Yes" or "No"
 if your love interest has said "yes", you meet in the room at the Inn,
 the time you share is brief and special, and you both will receive a
 nice sum of experience points.  The event is recorded for the Daily
 News, and all the realm knows that the two of you shared the Heart
 Shaped Bed.   If the answer is "no", you are snubbed, the recipient
 has laughed in your face.  Your snubbing is recorded for the Daily News
 and you have lost a small amount of experience.  If this is the case
 just remember what the original Bard said, "Tis better to have loved
 and loss, than never to have loved at all".  
 
            THE HANDSOME BARD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL BARMAID

 So far we have discussed human interaction, now we shall discuss what
 you can expect from the two computer generated characters, Seth, and
 Violet.  Both of these characters are similar to their human counterparts
 in that they also do not appreciate being jumped upon. They don't object
 to flirting, and will accept the flirts of all warriors, but they
 appreciate it when you start out slow with them just as you would another
 player.  Here are the lists of options that you will see, and the
 experience points needed for each.

                              Violet                                           
               Wink - you need 5 experience points        
               Kiss her hand - 10 experience points        
               Peck Her on the Lips - 20 experience points 
               Sit Her On Your Lap - 30 experience points       
               Grab Her Backside - 40 experience points         
               Carry Her Upstairs - 50 experience points        
               Marry Her - 1000 experience points                  

                               Seth
               Wink - 5 experience points
               Flutter Eyelashes - 10 experience points
               Drop Hankie - 20 experience points
               Ask The Bard to Buy You a Drink - 30 experience
               Kiss the Bard Soundly - 40 experience
               Completely Seduce The Bard - 50 experience
               Marry Him (NONE) *

 *Why do you not need any experience to marry Seth?  Seth is more charm 
 related than experience.  If you have enough charm to marry Seth, then
 he will marry you.  Neither Violet or Seth will visit the Heart Shaped
 Bed with a person married to another.  Violet will tell them they are
 a "Dirty Old Man", and Seth, well Seth is just plain blunt, you will NOT
 like what he calls a married warrior who inadvertently or otherwise asks
 him to the Heart Shaped Bed!  As usual, both of these encounters are
 recorded for the Daily News.

                          MARRIAGE TO VIOLET

 A marriage to Violet, Turgon's fair daughter, is an excellent source of 
 having children, which is of course another forest fight for each child 
 born.  There are rules that are best followed when married to Violet to 
 keep her happy and making babies for you.  Do not flirt in any way with 
 another female, nor can you accept a flirt.  She doesn't appreciate it 
 when you have a little meeting even with another NPC from an IGM.  If it 
 moves your score on the Old Man's Table, and she was not the one to do 
 it, she will either divorce you, or not give you a baby for that day.  
 You must increase your charm daily, you will lose up to 5 charm points 
 each day you are married to Violet.  Unfortunately your marriage to 
 Violet will be over in a week or so, I've heard of the marriage lasting
 longer than that, but I assume it is rare.  Upon your divorce from
 Violet your charm will drop to 50.
 
                            MARRIAGE TO SETH

 The singing Bard, who is so wonderful that at times he has even been 
 known to double your gold in the bank by singing to you, is THE catch of 
 a lifetime. As Seth's wife you are also under the same rules that apply 
 to Violet's husband.  Seth does allow his wife to visit him at work and 
 he will allow you to flirt with him, but he will only tell you something 
 innocuous and brush you off.  The joy of being married to Seth is the 
 forest fights you get for each baby born.  If you stay out of the
 clutches of other males, IGM's included, Seth will bless you with a
 bundle of joy every day.  If Seth is not happy, he will not tell you why,
 and neither will he give you a baby.  

 If you have enough charm, and have not been with any one else, your
 wedding will be classified as a "White Wedding", and it will be
 rewarding.  You will receive 5000 experience points, the envy and respect
 of the other warriors, and the announcement in the Daily News of the rare
 event. 

 Another fun way of flirting with Seth is if he is married to another
 and you choose to flirt with him anyway.  If your charm is high
 enough you can make him "Falter".  I cannot give you a specific number
 needed because it varies, but if you succeed in making Seth falter, 
 you will receive a nice chunk of experience points and the incident 
 will be written into the Daily News.  A warrior that can make Seth 
 falter is a stunning beauty indeed!  Before attempting this, I suggest
 finding out what his present wives' charm is and then get 250 more.
 If he tells you that you are X number of charm points away from even
 being considered a woman, that is a hint as to how much more charm you
 need.  If he tells you that you are silly, you are being told that you
 are so far away from having enough charm that it is funny.  If you are
 playing a game with IGM's where you can purchase charm you can have a
 good time playing around with some of these little known features.

 One thing you should know before you take the big step with Seth, he
 does not take to divorce lightly.  When you and Seth divorce your charm
 will drop to 30 and it won't bother him one bit.  He'll be back to
 flirting with, and marrying other warrior maiden's in a heartbeat.

 Now I ask you, did you ever think there was so much involved in 
 "Writing Romantic Mail"?  It just goes to show that there is much more
 to the game LEGEND of the RED DRAGON, than what you see on the surface.

 Do you have a question, comment, suggestion, or complaint?  Contact me 
 at my e-mail address: kiteria@juno.com or Kiteria@rland.wfbbs.com.
 Please stop by and visit the web page http://web2.airmail.net/bat/kiteria.
 Have phun(tm) and remember....it's just a game!

 Suzanne Franklin
 Co-SysOps
 RabbitLand II
 Dallas, TX



