Bard's Tale 1 - a useful strategy

                          Sent in by MerC

One  of the  Rogues "found"  the following documents in a  filing
cabinet he was researching for his Godfather.  The top letter  is
@+clearly a typist's draft,  as the words in ~contrast +were  covered
in a thick layer of Tippex.    

     They are included here without further comment.
                                                                         
To: Grand Archmage Kylearan  From: Prefect of Policing 
    c/o Adventurers' Guild         Office of the 49th Precinct
    Main Street                    Stonework Place
    Skara Brae                     Skara Brae



My Dear Archie,                                  37th Daem 1988

@~         My  spies tell me  +I hear that certain   ~right  villains
members  of your  Guild have been indulging in what can  only  be
@+described as   ~bloody murder   +culpable homicide.  The  ~character
@~disc   +Inner  Circle,  of  course,  ~I turn a blind  eye  to    +is
@+properly  authorised as a  ~doss-house    +members'  hostelry,  but
@+from  what I understand,   your group has ~nicked  from  somewhere
@+also   set up a  ~very iffy   +somewhat  dubious   "Outer  Circle".
@+         It   is  to  this  other  place  that   ~right    wallies
@+gullible  dupes    are  removed after ~rave ups   +meetings in  the
@+Guild held  especially  to ~rob them blind   +relieve them of their
possessions.
@+         At the risk of  finding a  balrog in my bed,   I  ~really
@~must  insist   +respectfully suggest that you ensure the  practice
@+be   ~restricted to alternate  Thordays    +discontinued,   unless,
@+that  is,    you'd  prefer   ~to  cut me  in   +to  apply  for  the
appropriate licence ?

Yours,   Phuzzy 

Dear Porky,                                       2nd Irkm 1988

              It pains me to think that you'd imagine I'd  use  a
balrog on a novice  -  you of all beings should know  that  these
days I never need more than the odd basilisk. Magi may be cunning
to the point of deviousness, but malevolent to non-Mangar minions
we  are  not.  Which brings me to your complaint :  I  have  read
between  all the lines of the Tomes of Ancient Lore,  and of  the
Volume  of  Modern Law and can descry no  reference  to  Circles,
Outer, Adventurers for the use of.
              Further,  the  revels to which you  make  reference
cause  harm  to no living being.  It is merely  shades  that  are
consigned to potential oblivion :  the characters maintain  their
places  in  the  Inner Circle and can be recalled  at  any  time.
Indeed,  I gather that members submit to the process with relish,
since  they can return to the party in their  original  condition
and   persuade  the  Guildlings  to  relinquish  their   borrowed
property.

               Would   you  not  agree  that  this   provides   a
satisfactory  (not  to say essential) method of  saving  valuable
time  and  effort for all but the purest of  pure  adventurers  ?
Perhaps  members  of my Guild may be left to make  up  their  own
minds ?

Yours, Archie