Congratulations, Tree!
Death to mantraps!!!
As to books - simply go to inventory screen, then right-click on the book you intend to use and choose the appropriate option ("read" for special books and "invoke" for spell-books).
Good luck!
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Tanda,
with best regards from Guild of Assassins
[This message has been edited by Tananda (edited 06-22-2001).]