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| WCST Nethack Newsletter                              Volume 3, April 1993 |
| Copyright (C) 1993 by Paul Waterman                   All rights reserved |
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  Contents:
     1. Revision 8.00 - Please?
     2. Revision 8.00 Table of Contents
     3. WCST Address
     4. WCST Nethack Spoiler License Agreement

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1. Revision 8.00 - Please?
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Once again, greetings to all you Nethack fans out there.  I've been getting a 
number of pieces of e-mail and several phone calls lately with people wanting 
to know when (if?) WCST will be coming out with a new revision of the 
Spoilers that is pertinent to Nethack v3.1.  Well, the good news is that I am 
in the process of writing revision 8.00 of the WCST Nethack Spoilers.  The 
better news is that revision 8.00 will be an almost complete re-write for 
version 3.1 of Nethack, with tons more detail than any previous revision of 
the Spoilers.  The best news of all is that I'm going to begin releasing 
parts of revision 8.00 within the next few days.  On top of all that, there 
really isn't any bad news!  (Unless you count the fact that revision 8.00 
isn't totally done to be bad news.)

Here's what's basically going to be happening:  I've finished a number of 
sections of revision 8.00.  I've decided that rather than waiting until 
they're totally finished, I'm going to start releasing the sections that are 
done, and then continue releasing sections as I complete them.  Once all of 
the sections have been finished, I will do a release of the complete text of 
revision 8.00, and the commercial version will also be released.

Each section, as it is released, will be mailed to each person on the WCST e-
mailing list, and will simultaneously be posted to rec.games.hack.  All 
sections are part of revision 8.00 of the WCST Nethack Spoilers, and are 
Copyright 1993 by me, all rights reserved, blah, blah, blah.  Distribution 
will be governed by the WCST Nethack Spoiler License Agreement, which is in 
one of the sections below.  The main gist of it is "copy all you like, don't 
make money from it, and don't distribute modified versions."

Anyways...  Keep checking your mailboxes, because the parts will be coming 
straight to those of you who are on the e-mailing list.

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2. Revision 8.00 Table of Contents
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This is what the Table of Contents of revision 8.00 will look like (as 
currently planned - it will probably change).  This is included so that as  
you get the various sections you will know what order to assemble them in. 
You'll probably note right off the bat that no monster information sections 
are listed.  This is because all of the monster information will be published 
in a second volume, the WCST Nethack Bestiary.  The reason for this is simple 
- space.  As it stands, the Spoilers alone will be well over 100 pages, and 
it's looking like the Bestiary (to be released after the Spoilers) will be at 
least another 100 pages. 

Section 1:  The Beginning

   1.1 Introduction                     1.4 Credits           
   1.2 The Spoilers                     1.5 Using The Spoilers
   1.3 Revision Numbers

Section 2:  Commonalities and Generalities

   2.1 Common Questions
   2.2 General Hints

Section 3:  The Character

   3.1 Alignment                        3.4 Character Stats
   3.2 Carrying Capacity                3.5 Score          
   3.3 Character Classes                3.6 Status Line    

Section 4:  The Dungeon

   4.1 Castle Level                     4.4 The End Game 
   4.2 Special Levels                   4.5 Special Rooms
   4.3 Quest Levels

Section 5:  The Game

   5.1 Damage                           5.9  Praying        
   5.2 Fountain Effects                 5.10 Removing Curses
   5.3 Game Messages                    5.11 Robbing Shops  
   5.4 Hit Probability                  5.12 Sink Effects   
   5.5 Kicking                          5.13 Survival       
   5.6 Luck                             5.14 Throne Effects 
   5.7 Magic                            5.15 Wishes         
   5.8 Pets

Section 6:  The Items
   6.1  Amulets                         6.16 Ring Effects           
   6.2  Identifying Amulets             6.17 Identifying Rings      
   6.3  Amulet Effects                  6.18 Scrolls                
   6.4  Armor                           6.19 Scroll Effects         
   6.5  Armor Effects                   6.20 Confused Scroll Effects
   6.6  Identifying Armor               6.21 Identifying Scrolls    
   6.7  Food                            6.22 Spellbooks             
   6.8  Food - Corpses                  6.23 Tools                  
   6.9  Gems                            6.24 Tool Effects           
   6.10 Potions                         6.25 Identifying Tools      
   6.11 Potion Quaffing Effects         6.26 Wands                  
   6.12 Potion Throwing Effects         6.27 Wand Effects           
   6.13 Potion Vapor Effects            6.28 Identifying Wands      
   6.14 Identifying Potions             6.29 Weapons                
   6.15 Rings                           6.30 Artifacts              

Appendices
   A. Nethack Abuse

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3. WCST Address
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WCST's address and e-mail address are as follows:

E-mail:   water@wheaton.wheaton.edu  (listed in order of preference)
          water@wheaton.uucp
          paul@gemusa.uucp

US Mail:  Paul Waterman
          WCST Nethack Spoilers
          1361 Westchester Drive
          Glendale Heights, IL 60139

Our phone number is still the same:  (708) 682-5085

If you would like to be placed on the WCST e-mailing list, send e-mail to one 
of the above addresses. 

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4. WCST Nethack Spoiler License Agreement
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This is the text of the WCST Nethack Spoiler License Agreement, which governs 
the distribution of the WCST Nethack Spoilers or any parts thereof:

The WCST Nethack Spoilers (hereafter referred to as the public version of the 
WCST Nethack Spoilers, or just "the Spoilers") and all portions thereof are 
copyrighted material and are *not* in the public domain.  Permission is 
hereby granted to you (the user) to distribute copies of the Spoilers, 
subject to the following conditions: 

1) The Spoilers may be electronically distributed only in unmodified form.
Any such distribution must contain the complete document, including the title
page, copyright notices, and this section.

When individual portions of the Spoilers are distributed by WCST, they may be 
electronically re-distributed only in unmodified form.  Any such distribution 
must contain the complete document, including any copyright notices and 
references to the WCST Nethack Spoiler License Agreement. 

2) The Spoilers may be distributed in other than electronic form,
(specifically, in the form of a printout) only as a direct, unmodified dump
of the complete document.  For instance, if you were to print out a copy of
the spoilers for distribution, that printout must be an unmodified dump of
the complete document.  Reformatting this document to include multiple
fonts, graphics, or line drawing, for instance, for distribution (i.e. other 
than person use) is specifically prohibited.

3) No fee may be charged for the copying or distribution of the Spoilers
other than compensation which shall match the cost of materials for that
distribution (i.e., you cannot charge for time/labor), not to exceed $5 US.
(Examples:  If you were to print the Spoilers out for a friend and the paper 
cost you $0.25, you could ask your friend for $0.25 - not a penny more.) 

4) The Spoilers may not be distributed free in conjunction with any other
product without the written consent of the author.

The Spoilers have been compiled from various sources (including play, usenet 
e-mail and news groups, long term experience, source code, and general 
hearsay).  Information in the Spoilers has been verified as well as possible. 
However, information in the Spoilers is not guaranteed to be correct, is 
subject to change without notice, and does not represent a commitment on the 
part of the author. 

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