**READ ME FILE FOR "EL PRESIDENT" - a scenario by Nikki Jeffery and Thralni**

-----BEWARE!! SPOILERS!!-----

Contents 	- Premise/Background Information/History
			- Party needed/what EP does to your party
			- Important Stuff
			- Acknowledgements
			- Beta Testers
			- Graphics and scripts
			- Hints
			- Contact info

--Premise/Background Information/History--

This scenario (or rather, snippet of scenario) is (I think) the smallest functional thing made for BoA. So why did I 
do it? Well, ages ago now, I thought it'd be cool to write something using a song as a basis for plot. It turns out
that songs do not make good scenarios, and so I had to had loads of extra stuff. 

EP was always just going to be a short scenario. I had a bunch of ideas I wanted to test, and I loved the disposability
of 15-minute scenarios at the time I started making it. It was always going to be like a coin - there are two sides 
to it, but only one story, and I love that idea even now. Still, the amount of work that went into it was crazy and
I'd have to consider seriously whether I'd do it again. Especially for something bigger.

SO. I talked to a few people about this, and Thralni expressed an interest and we got talking about possible plots, and
thus the dual-developer thing. I designed the town, and suggested we use the lyric as the basis for the scenario. 
Thralni added an ending to my ideas, and gave advice throughout. Up until this point, EP was mostly my work. 

Then, my computer died, and I zipped up what I had done (about a 60-70% complete alpha) and sent it off to Thralni. He,
despite being uber-busy, finished it, and sent it back when I was back computing (about two months later). We now had a
finished article. I sent it off to beta, got reports and fixed some things. But by now I was sick of this thing. I let
it languish, despite some of the best ideas I'd had being part of it (I still like the doors, btw). Then, this morning
(I'm writing this at 12:40ish, PM, on the 3rd September 2007, journal-esque), I figured this would be a neat way 
of celebrating my 4th year at Spidweb, and so spent a few hours tidying it up. I have to thank Dikiyoba for prodding me
to get this finished, too, because it was she who kept this in my mind.

Anyway, thats it, I think. 

--Party needed/What EP does to your party--

EP requires a preset party. But rather than hope that the player uses this, I decided to force them. Using a bit of
code pilfered from "Frostbite", I forced the party down to one PC, stripped them of skills and equipment and gave
them te stats I wanted them to have. This works from a role-playing point of view as well as a balance point-of-view.

If you want to see EXACTLY what I did, go to president.txt and look at the mage's coding. It's all been commented.

--Important Stuff--

DO NOT DELETE ANY FILES IN THE SCENARIO FOLDER!! They are all required for the scenario to run.

--Acknowledgments--

Thanks to Dikiyoba for pressing me into releasing this, to Lazarus for looking at my rough alphas, and for Thralni, 
without whom this thing'd be even worse. :p

--Beta Testers--

Nioca
TM
Dikiyoba
Lazarus

--Graphics and Scripts--

All scripts are individually credited.

G500 	- Obtained from the Louvre
G501 	- By Aran
G502 	- A colour swap by me
G503 	- Obtained from the Louvre/Luz
G505	- A mash-up by me.

--HINTS--

Empire-side - Use Arrows wisely! These can potentially kill a mage in one shot, so be careful about wasting them.

Rogue-side 	- bolt of fire is your staple spell, use it!!
			- in order to block the doors, you must step back, then fire a bolt of fire at it. Neat, no? Just don't 
			  attack them if they are friendly...
			- Try and save some firepower for the last battle. It's tough.
			- Townspeople are a good source of hp/mana... it's random what you get, though. There's also an extra incentive to kill innocents, too...
			
Both 		- The bit where you have to get to time hall is timed. Run! If you take too long it's game over.
			- Pick up whatever you can - there are some nice goodies that'll make things much easier for you (especially  
			  if you are a rogue).
			- There is a place you can get healed completely. Look out for it.
			- Take a look at your skills - they are set to a certain level depending on who you are fighting for. Mages 
			  aren't totally inept at fighting in melee, for instance.
				
--Contact Info--

Finally, if you want to get in touch, email me at nikkisjeffery@hotmail.co.uk, or find me and Thralni at:

		http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php
		
Thank you for playing!!
		

