This guide is © Shaun Hately 1997, except where copyright is already 
owned by someone else. Portions of this guide are © Druann Pagliasotti
1996 and © Maya Deva Kniese 1996, and are used with permission. These 
sections are indicated and no challenge is made to their copyright 
status. All Rights are reserved on this guide. However permission is 
granted to distribute this guide in any way or form (on paper, on disk, 
via the internet etc) provided the following conditions are met.
1) no profit is made from the guide. A charge for materials, such as 
paper is permitted, but no profit is to be made.
2) the guide is distributed in its entirety. In particular this legal
notice is attached, and the list of contributors is left intact. The 
guide should also be unedited, except for formatting which can be 
changed if necessary for purposes of presentation etc.

This guide may be copied freely subject to the conditions above. It 
may be altered freely for use in peoples own games. However such 
altered copies should not be distributed (except within your own game 
group) without the permission of the creator, Shaun Hately.

Obviously, I have no way of enforcing these conditions, but I have put 
a lot of work into this guide and I believe it is only fair that other 
contributors and myself get the credit (or the abuse!) we deserve.

This guide has been inspired by games systems owned and copyrighted by 
others, most notably ‘Dungeons & Dragons’, and ‘Advanced Dungeons and 
Dragons’ owned by TSR Inc, ‘Middle-Earth Role-Playing’ owned by ICE, 
‘Maelstrom’ written by Alexander Scott and published by Penguin, ‘Dragon
Warriors’ written by Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson, and published by 
Corgi, and ‘Tunnels and Trolls’ by Ken St Andre. The author of this 
guide acknowledges this inspiration but does not believe that this guide
infringes on their copyright. No challenge is made to the copyright 
status or ownership of any work.

The author of this guide affirms his support of copyright laws, and the 
efforts of game companies and others to protect their rights and 
intellectual property. This is the opinion of the author of this guide, 
(Shaun Hately) only, and is not necessarily the opinion of other 
contributors to this guide, or of those people who are kind enough to 
host it on their websites.

The author asserts his moral right to be known as the creator and 
compiler of this guide, and the moral rights of all contributors to this 
guide to have their contributions recognised.

‘Dungeons & Dragons’, ‘Advanced Dungeons & Dragons’, ‘D&D’, and ‘AD&D’ 
are trademarks of TSR Inc. ‘Middle-Earth Role Playing’, and ‘MERP’ are 
trademarks of Tolkien Enterprises, a division of Elan Merchandising Inc. 
The use of these and other trademarks is, in no way, intended as a 
challenge to their trademark status. The lack of symbols denoting their 
trademark status is, in no way, intended as a challenge to their 
trademark status.

The author and contributors to this guide are in no way responsible for 
misuse of any of the substances contained in this guide.

Certain portions of this guide contain material of a mildly adult 
nature. In the case of younger players, parental discretion is advised.