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Advice for the Evil Overlord:

My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.

Advice for the Hero:

When I and my companions sneak into the Evil Overlord's stronghold through some unorthodox route such as the main drain, and it appears to be completely unguarded, we will stop and discuss possible explanations for that observation, rather than simply praising our good luck and pressing blithely on.

Advice for the Bad Auxiliary Character (Evil Henchman):

Find out where the Evil Overlord has installed the self-destruct switch for his secret base (the real switch, not the decoy), and disable it at the first opportunity. The base will get blown up anyway, but this way your chances of escaping are better.

Advice for the Good Auxiliary Character (Good Guy's One True Love):

I will never buy an apple from peddlers plying their trade in remote places where the customer base could not possibly support them.

Further Evil (Advice on Fortress Construction):

It's wise to assume that deathtrap manufacturers' brochures base their Estimated Time to Kill (ETK) on tests using non-heroes, and test only the minimum ETK. Therefore, Heroes trapped in a non-instantaneous deathtrap should remain there a minimum of several times longer than its ETK, and even then should be treated as potentially dangerous until any remains are incinerated.

Murphy's Laws of Combat:

• Tolerances accumulate unidirectionally toward maximum difficulty.
• If your ambush is properly set, the enemy won't walk into it.
• Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can sleep.
• The Cavalry doesn't always come to the rescue.

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