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Name: MTIN [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Text Summary: Lookup table for random tokens in the extended token table (0-37) Deep dive: Extended text tokens
Context: See this variable in context in the source code References: This variable is used as follows: * DETOK2 uses MTIN

The ERND token type, which is part of the extended token system, takes an argument between 0 and 37, and returns a randomly chosen token in the range specified in this table. This is used to generate the extended description of each system. For example, the entry at position 13 in this table (counting from 0) is 66, so ERND 14 will expand into a random token in the range 66-70, i.e. one of "JUICE", "BRANDY", "WATER", "BREW" and "GARGLE BLASTERS".
.MTIN EQUB 16 \ Token 0: a random extended token between 16 and 20 EQUB 21 \ Token 1: a random extended token between 21 and 25 EQUB 26 \ Token 2: a random extended token between 26 and 30 EQUB 31 \ Token 3: a random extended token between 31 and 35 EQUB 155 \ Token 4: a random extended token between 155 and 159 EQUB 160 \ Token 5: a random extended token between 160 and 164 EQUB 46 \ Token 6: a random extended token between 46 and 50 EQUB 165 \ Token 7: a random extended token between 165 and 169 EQUB 36 \ Token 8: a random extended token between 36 and 40 EQUB 41 \ Token 9: a random extended token between 41 and 45 EQUB 61 \ Token 10: a random extended token between 61 and 65 EQUB 51 \ Token 11: a random extended token between 51 and 55 EQUB 56 \ Token 12: a random extended token between 56 and 60 EQUB 170 \ Token 13: a random extended token between 170 and 174 EQUB 66 \ Token 14: a random extended token between 66 and 70 EQUB 71 \ Token 15: a random extended token between 71 and 75 EQUB 76 \ Token 16: a random extended token between 76 and 80 EQUB 81 \ Token 17: a random extended token between 81 and 85 EQUB 86 \ Token 18: a random extended token between 86 and 90 EQUB 140 \ Token 19: a random extended token between 140 and 144 EQUB 96 \ Token 20: a random extended token between 96 and 100 EQUB 101 \ Token 21: a random extended token between 101 and 105 EQUB 135 \ Token 22: a random extended token between 135 and 139 EQUB 130 \ Token 23: a random extended token between 130 and 134 EQUB 91 \ Token 24: a random extended token between 91 and 95 EQUB 106 \ Token 25: a random extended token between 106 and 110 EQUB 180 \ Token 26: a random extended token between 180 and 184 EQUB 185 \ Token 27: a random extended token between 185 and 189 EQUB 190 \ Token 28: a random extended token between 190 and 194 EQUB 225 \ Token 29: a random extended token between 225 and 229 EQUB 230 \ Token 30: a random extended token between 230 and 234 EQUB 235 \ Token 31: a random extended token between 235 and 239 EQUB 240 \ Token 32: a random extended token between 240 and 244 EQUB 245 \ Token 33: a random extended token between 245 and 249 EQUB 250 \ Token 34: a random extended token between 250 and 254 EQUB 115 \ Token 35: a random extended token between 115 and 119 EQUB 120 \ Token 36: a random extended token between 120 and 124 EQUB 125 \ Token 37: a random extended token between 125 and 129