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+These config files make the First Blood RPG books look and act the way they do.
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+# Usage
+
+Edit 'main.tex', and input your tex files by writing `\include{my_file.tex}.
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+You can include pseudo-randomo creatures in your adventure by summoning the names from monsters.tex.  For example, to place a random elf in your game, just write `\elf`, and an elf will be magically summoned unto your character sheet.
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+For more details on the syntax, have a look at examples in *Adventures in Fenestra*.
+
+# Texnical Details
+
+This thing's handled as a subtree in the other documments, so changing it will change all First Blood books.
+
+Personally, I keep it in a directory by the others.  This allows you to do:
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+> git subtree -P config pull ../config master
+