beyond the gate or door, forget about getting it open. If you haven't, keep
trying. Something will turn up later in the game.

TREASURE CHESTS:
Sometimes what a chest contains is predetermined but often the
treasure is random in nature. If you didn't like what you found in a chest,
or were unable to use any of it given your characters' professions, restore
and try again.

INVENTORY:
There are a lot of undroppable items in this game. Some of them will
disappear from your inventory when they have been used in the correct
place. Others will stay with you for the whole of the game. The game will
not let you drop an important item. This can cause problems later in the
game when encumbrance capacity or number of items carried is reaching max.
As much as is possible, try to keep the inventory load and number
distributed between all your characters. Pay attention that no one
character is carrying too much. This will slow them down and make them
easier targets. Fortunately the encumbrance number <CC> will change color
making it easy to spot when a character is over loaded.

BEGIN GAME STRATEGY:
Save your game often! Save before trying to OPEN anything! Save when
all your characters have survived a battle. SAVE SAVE SAVE! This game is
very very tough at the beginning and you will probably have to RESTORE
often. Though it is possible to resurrect characters, decide now that you
will never ever take that option, restore your game instead! This decision
will prove useful in the beginning of the game for reasons that will be
clarified below.

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