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+# Bank of Skyfall, D&D Edition
+## Intro
+This is currently a glorified shell script that functions like an interactive CLI application and uses a PostgreSQL database.
+
+Let's get a couple things, that I know I am going to hear, out of the way first:
+#### Will you make a MySQL version?
+No.
+#### You should use SQLite. Postgres is way overkill for something like this.
+Yes. It is. A SQLite version is planned, but I *like* Postgres, so that's what I chose to write for first.
+#### Can you set up multiple banks?
+Not very easily with this early version, but that will be a thing later on.
+
+## Setup
+First, set up your Postgres DB that you intend to use. I recommend using UNICODE in case a player character insists on using diacritics, or of course, if your native language requires it. I use these options:
+
+```sh
+# Yes, I know some of these options are redundant, but I never remember which ones, it doesn't hurt, and DERPA is easy to remember.
+# Please note that your DB password, like is often required, will be stored as plain text in the configuration file. DO NOT RE-USE YOUR PASSWORDS, especially here.
+createuser -DERPA [your_user]
+createdb -E UNICODE -O [your_user] dnd_bank
+```
+
+Next, import the table structure included in this repo for a blank bank:
+```sh
+psql -h [db_host] -p [db_port] -U [your_user] -d [db_name] < dnd_bank.psql
+```
+
+Finally, set up your configuration file. (This step will be unnecessary via a guided configuration that will be included in a future update)
+```sh
+cp .dndbank.conf ~/
+vim ~/.dndbank.conf
+# Fill out the information
+```
+
+Now just run the `bank` script and create some accounts. You are good to go!
+