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Chaos Unleashed I
Startins your Adventure 1
Choosins your Champions 2
Choosins the Party Leader 5
Operatins the Game 6
Controllins your Champions 8
Castins Spells 10
Inventory 12
Game Hints 16
The Orisins of MaSick. 19
Spell Symbols 22
Reference 26
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"Wen. than ," the wt;ard said , rousios himself from whatever
thoushts had led his mind away, "you must be off to collect
my henna rope . Put on your cloak."
With a wave of the Grey Lord 's hand . a wooden closet
covered with ironwork and emeralds swunS open and
Theron's masie cloak of fluid silver slittered within . It
floated across the room and draped itself around Theron.
shinins in the dim li3ht. The wi,ard adjusted it on Theron's
shoutders--his mere touch sent crackles of Mana throush
Theron's body--and he carefully covered Theron's head with
the hood .
"A harmonious journey . my youos friend. " The Grey Lord
raised his luminous hand in benediction.
Theron dropped to one kn<ze. "I seek. balance in aU I do , my
lord."
The GrC!!y Lord fro wned stishtt y. "I am your master. Theron.
but not your lord . How many times must I teU you this? I
would we had nevar taken that name on. HiSh Lord." His
voice was tinsed with irony.
"We are no hishar than you. thouSh some of us would have
you believe otherwise. We slumbered in the ica beside the
other races , placed there by the same creator:'
'Yes, sir," Theron responded dutifully, thouSh he, like all of
Vibors. knew the Grey Lord was not at aU lika them. It was
common knowladse that the HiSh Lords were sods. and the
Grey Lord was the most powerful of them. More than onca.
he personaUy had saved the people from war and division:
from the wilaed 's o w n kinsman , Whisdain. And now. rathar
than retire to the Upper Plane with the other HiSh Lords. or
to rule over the world . as he had been had asked . he chose to
seclude himself in a dunseon of his own makins; there to
discover the answer s to his many questions of orisin and
purpose. in hopes of creatins a world of harmony and
balance for those who dweUed upon it.
Tosether. master and apprentice walked to the sphere of
crystals which they used for short journeys from the!'
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dunS4Z0n. such as the one to Vibors. Theron stood inside it
and crossed his wrists beneath the cloall.
"Go in harmony. Theron,"
"I seek balance. Grey Lord ,"
The stone watts of Tharon's home besan to disappear .
Shadows Srew beyond the sleam of the crystals . descendins
on the chests and shczlves of boo'R.s: the table where the Gr ey
Lord and Theron supped , and played chess , and debated
ancient philosophies. On the Grey Lord himself. whose eyes
slittered as he watched Theron 80.
--Oh . Theron thousht , was his mastar cryins!
And then the wiJard opened his arms and blurted . "Tharon.
I've found it!"
Theron sasped. ',he Power Gem?"
'yes! As I always suspected . it lies within the mountain
flames ,"
The crystals blinded Theron; he knew he must close his eyes
but he strained to see.
··Master. this is areat news!"
The Grey Lord's face swam befor!,!, him. "yes . When next we
meet. I shalt show you a dawn fairer than you can imasine."
While Theron squinted inside the sphere . the case that
contained the Firestaff slowly opened . The wilard reached
out his hand and drew forth the instrument with a mighty
crack..
Theron pounded asainst the crystals.
"No. master! you mean to extract the Power Gem while I'm
sone! you 're sendins me away so you can do it alone! My
lord . attend me! Oon't do it! No!"
Theron cried out as the crystals blaled around him . He saw
moons and suns and rushins stars: and a pulsins he thousht
would blind him; solden . no silver. no white. as white-hot
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as the soul of mortal; as the heart of a H1Sh Lord; as the ice
that had borne and sheltered their ancestors.
He fen to his Itnees and covertld his eyes. Somethios
surrounded him . a form of Mana morc powerful than
any thins he had ever experienced; it hit him Hk.e a blow and
he sprawled within the sphere . prostrate.
Safe within the center of the masie oaR that was his
destination. Theron awolte with a start and sat up.
Slowly he 30t to his feet . frownins as he did so, A
stranseness tUBsed at his mind. Somethins atarmins had
happened in the laboratory just before his journey.
Somethins to do with his master. He cocked his head. He
could remember nothins. He didn 't even recall enterins the
crystal sphere.
Troubled, he stepped from the oak and into a shower of
snow-white apple blossoms.
Veyla, his betrothed . giggled as she knelt above him in the
cleft of the tree. shakins a limb from her father 's apple
orchard so that the petals rained down on Theron.
"Harmony. Theronf' she trilled as she dropped the branch
and held out her small. soft hands to him. Tve been waitins
for you all dayf'
Wait ins. It was somethins about waitins. ASRins his master
to wait for him. To do what? Theron scratched his chin. His
mind was blank.
'Theron!" Veyl. chided gaily. "Aren't you going to help me
down?"
Theron roused himself. Whatever it was would come to him.
Perhaps he had dr~amed inside the crystal chamber. It
would not be the first time.
He smiled up at Veyla and said. "Give me leave to taRe off my
cloak. love. you know its touch would burn you."
"Hurry, then! I'm easer for a kiss!"
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Theron removed the cloak and hunS it on a branch . then
tOOR his beto\led in his arms. She was so beautiful: she
smelled of apples and roses and her hair was soft as the pelt
of a rabbit. Theron couldn't wait until the Grey Lord sa\le
him permission to marry her. When he was an Arch Master-
-ah, so much depended on that!
"Oh, Veyta. ,. he said. siShinS asainst hczr hair . "I want to tarry
with you , but I'm on an errand for my master."
Veyta Itnit her brows. "But you told me the Grey Lord bade
you stay the nisht at my father's inn,"
'1 did?"
'yes. On the hiSh moon. Don't you remember?"
Th<z odd faetins returned to Theron. He absently stroked
Veyla's hair. How could he forset such a thins? What else
had he forsotten?
'Truly . Theron. you can ask. Father. you are to stay with us.
Every thins has been arransed. Includins a safe ptace to
put ...that." Veyta. sestured uncertainty toward his cloaR.
Theron Rnew she was afraid of it .
"you know I'd tike nothins better than to stay with you and
your father ," Theron said , hidins his confusion , and his
reward for his words was another kiss.
"Come now, my tove." Veyta srabbed his hand in both of
hers and tussed hard. "father has prepared a feast for you.
and the wise woman waits to aive you the henna rope for
your master. Then we can dream toaether beside the river."
"How can a man refuse such a wenchT he ask.ed. and for the
first time reatiled he was no tonser a tad . He was a man of
the wortd, and the Grey Lord's trusted apprentice. He was a
mortat of worth . As his dear mother woutd have said , a
catch for any tusty Sift . And he wanted no one but Veyta.
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H~ sathe red his cloak around his body , shout ins. "No.
master! Don't do it while I'm sone! Don't do it, my lord!
Attend rna!"
He raised his arms above his head--
--and saw throush his own hands. GaspinS. he realiJed his
entire body was transparent .
Tm dreamins," he reminded himself. It was a vivid dream . to
be sure, but hadn 't the Grey Lord warned him that with
increased power. strons visions would sometimes haunt his
sleep?
No. said a voice into his ear.
Theron blin'R.ed. and the vision was sone. He was standins in
the foothills of Mt. Anaias. before the doors to his masur 's
dunscon.
Theron turned around. "Who speaks to me in my nishtmareT
No dream . No nishtmare.
"Show yoursetrr Theron commandfZd.
Cannot.
'1 demand it!" He raised his hand from his cloak in a sesture
of masicat power, then drew in his fist and recited a Spell of
Seeins·
Faintly , a slobe of liSht appeared before the doors , then
ebbed. Theron repeated the masic gesture. The light grew
brishter.
It was the sphere of crystat from the Gray lord's taboratory.
And shrouded within in it stood a figure of white. its
features obscured .
"Theron," the figure rasped.
Theron took three steps backwards. "Master?"
"Theron ," the voice said asain. The liSht srew brishter.
Theron saw the face of the Grey Lord and ran toward the
sphere with outstretched arms.
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"Master. Master . ten me what's happenins. This must be a
vision. I feU asleep a few hours a80. and--"
"No," said Theron's master. He was dressed in white . not his
customary Srey. and Theron wondered if that was why his
face seemed so tisht. his tips pursed thin as if in anSer. His
eyes were steely and flat .
''Ustcm to me. This is real."
"It 's not a dream?" Theron asked. ashast. "Oaths. what 's soinS
'"
on .
"Calm yourself!" the wi,ard snapped. "We have no time for
you to sive way to hysteria."
'yes. sir ." Theron looled down at himself. "My lord . what
MaSick has caused us to be as ShostsT
His master spoke. "J tried to retrieve the Power Gem. In my
footish enthusiasm. I blurted out my plans to you while you
were on your way to cottect henna rope from the wise
woman of Vibors."
"Now 1 remember!" Theron cried. "I couldn't before, but--"
"Hush . I made you forset . so that your loyalty wouldn't
prompt you to insist on remainins with me . I wasn't sure I
would be able to survive the capturins of the Power Gem ."
'you discovered the spellT Theron asked . 'you never told
me."
"I besan it . but I had it wrons. When I applied the spell's
enefSY to the Gem , the universe exploded. I was blinded
for a year."
"A year?" Theron shouted. "I've been asleep for a year?"
"you haven't been aslaap at all . you wara torn asundar , tha
same as I. Sut because you weren 't present at the exptosion.
you weren 't thrown off the material ptane, as 1 was. you see,
I exist in a limbo now. I occupy hatf-spaces. I can't move in
this world , as you can. And that's why you must 80 into the
dunseon and stop him."
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··Whoml " Theron blin~ed bac~ tears . Had he thousht
himself a man only this morning! He was as frishtened as a
little child.
"Chaos. Theron!" The wiJard clenched his fists and raised his
face toward the sky. "When the explosion occurred . he split
off from me. He is. I am sad to say. my evil side. That wild.
uncontrollable part of me that I can scarce acknowledse.
We all have one. but mine is now free to wreak his wilt on
mankind . And he seeks to rule over you . to destroy
civiliration. To send every living creature back to that first
ase of ice when we were born."
The wirard pointed to the dungeon . "He's taken over the
dunseon and seeks the Power Gem . He controls the
Firestaff. but he hasn 't learned the spell to free the Power
Gem. even thouSh the clues lie hidden in my laboratory. I've
reordered my thoughts in the years since the accident . and
now I alone know t he correct spell :'
··What do you need me to do. Grey LordT Theron asked
fiercely .
The fisure visibly jerked. ''First of all . you must no lonser
think of me as the Grey Lord. I have relinquished that name.
I am to be called Librasulus." Which . Theron Ilnew,
translated from t he ancient lansuase of HiSh MaSicll as
"Restorer of Order."
"yes . Lord Librasulus: ' Theron said . lowerins his head in a
sesture of fealty . "I pledse you my service."
"Excellent. I count on that service. Theron. you must be my
arms and less. My eyes and mind. Until I possess the
Firestaff J cannot enter the dunseon . Since the Great
Catastrophe. I can only appear on this plane. in this place
outside it. just as he must remain within it. We are here. he
and I. and yet we are not. you must brins the Firestaff to
this place."
Theron 1ic~ed his lips. ··aut how can I set into the dunseonl
I have no substance either. 00 1 not occupy half-spaces?"
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Lord Librasulus nodded " "That"s losical" Theron " I tauSht
you welt. But there are actions you can take that I cannot.
Actions you must taRe. if I am to stop Lord Chaos. That's
what he caUs himself. He is master of my dunSlZon now.
you must sive it back. to me,"
"The dunseon,"" Theron squinted at the wiJard as the sphere
besan to jitter.
"The Firestaff! Don't you see? With it. I have the power to
enter the dunscon and retrieve the Power Gem. Then I will
banish Chaos and the world will know a new ase of order!"
""Sut--""
"I can stay no lonser. you must hear me now. In the years
since the Catastrophe. I've sent mortal champions into the
dunSlZon. in the hopes that they could retrieve the Firestaff.
Unfortunately," lord Librasulus said. "they perished in the
attempt ."
""All of them?""
"But a few hundred. A small sacrifice. when one counts the
fate of millions asainst it . They weren't disciplined enoush.
They couldn't focus themselves. They fouSht with each
other. stopped to sather treasures. So they died ."
Theron's heart chilled , How bloodlessly his master spoke of
these thinss. Sut how tired he seemed . how tormented he
must be. Perhaps he had cut off his emotion in order to
survive an unendurable weiSht of suilt .
Theron nodded and said . "So they died . sir:'
'lord Chaos hunS twenty-four of them in a place he calls the
Hall of Champions"" The sreat HiSh Lord scowled" "It"s his
trophy room . He has imprisoned them there. in masie
mirrors. They are fr01en . suspended. dead and yet not dead,
He placed them there as warninss for those who would
undertake my cause,"
Lord Librasulus paced back and forth within the sphere.
·you. with your advanced knowledse of the arts, can enter
the Hall and awaken them, I have sufficient power to aid
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you in this . but only for four souls. you may select as many
as four , but no more. They wilt not sec you , but your
influence and ltno wtedscz shall suida them throush the
dunseon and to the Firestaff."
"And I must decide which of them is to possess a new
lifetime?" Theron asRed softly. '"A heavy burden."
"you ca.n also use their tife cznersies to create champions
more to your likinS." Lord Ubrasulus said offhandczdly.
'What?" Theron's eyes widened.
'yes . I can empower you to do that . Perhaps you shall find
that another lad with your own abilities better suits the
task at hand. Or perhaps you need clever helpers more than
strons ones. you can fashion what you will."
"That sounds aLmost ...btasphemous. my lord,"
The wi;ard isnored him. 'you shall lead your champions as I
am now Lead ins you , as a spir it without form or substance.
It is they who must move and act in the world . They . who
still belons to it. Go quicRly, Theron, into the dunseon and
rouse the world 's saviours. Choose wisely. for upon them
hangs destiny ,"
"But how shall I choose?" Theron ask.ed , bewildered . 'W hat
dangers do they face?"
'lord Chaos has perverted my experiments. He has created
deadly pUJJtes they must solve--twistins my love of togic ,
spitting in my face . He 's created hideous monsters. I've been
told by those who 've escaped that some of those monsters
once were mor tals . whom he captured and transformed . It is
hell that I send you to. Theron. But it is necessar y."
The sphere shattered into thousands of pieces. Theron
covered his face and shouted . "How am I to choose? What
am I to do?"
As the crystalS of the sphere plummeted to the earth . the
wiJard 's voice echoed against the wind. Go into the dunoeon
and look at the Champions in their vaults.
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Look. into their souls and see what they were made of.
Look.
Theron looked .
He sent his mind past the dunseon doors . searchins and
seekins down the tunneLs and shafts to the Hall of
Champions. It was dark.: and an aura of sloom rotted
throush it. of violence and despair .
Of death .
On the walts of the wretched catacomb he saw mirrors. and
in them the froJan champions. Men. worntZn, dwarves. (!'tV(!s .
and creatures he had never seen before--a tiJard-man . a doS-
thins. Their SLaJtZd eyes stared at him as if in entreaty--
Help us" free us.
Theron stopped before the fact<! of an eLvcn woman. She was
as lovely as Veyla, with lisht brown hair and a warrior's
strons features . a sown of white faUios off her shoulders.
M oved . he reached out his hand to touch her throush the
mirror .
And then a scream of ansuish pierced his temples.
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at his stomach when he rcali1cd he was watchins a scene
from the past and that these four were now imprisoned in
the mirror-crypts . He had a premonition that he was to
witness their deaths and wished with aU his heart that
someone else had been cursed with this terrible mission.
The bearded man was dressed in the robes of a prophet. The
muscular youth was obviously a Barbarian. The other man
was, perhaps . a thief--some of the pouches on his leather
belt had burst . and a handful of serns and trinkets spitted
across the dirt and stone.
And tho b .. utiful olf ho racosni,.d from tho Hall of
Champions, what of her? An oak staff lay near outstretched
arm . bearins the crest of those who tended the oall Srave
where his masie tree srew--or once had Srown . before the
ravasins of the earth.
After a time, the old man stirred beneath the wooden beam .
"Syra," ho said , saspins"
Theron swallowed hard when she didn't reply. Then she
moaned and opened her eyes.
"Nabi!" She scrambled o ver to him and tried to pull the
beam off his back. Her hands were torn and bleedins. "Halk!
Aloxi H<lp mol'"
Tho man called Nabi inhalod sharply" "Tho map" I dropped it
when we felt. I'm sorry, child. I fear it is lost."
"Great . Just sreat :' the 8arbarian youth muttered . pick ins
rocks off himsetf as he sat up . "No map . Wasn't it enoush
that you opened the pit?"
"Can you sit up, Nabi?" Syra asked , She besan to cry when the
old man shook his head.
The Barbarian rolled his eyes, "It srows even better. We
have a wounded leader. a hysterical wench. and Alex Ander
is out cold." He nudsed the unconscious man. "Still alive ,
thouSh : "
"Oh: ' Syra said softly. 'ls he badly hurt?" She seemed torn
between tendins Nabi and soinS to Alex Ander.
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"How should I knowT Halko snapped. "I'm no priC!'st ." He
sestured toward the prophet, draped over Syra's lap. 'His
done for . eh?"
"Halk.. be quiet ," Syra said throush clenched teeth. 'you have
the sensitivity of a troll!"
Hatk srunted and slapped Alex 's cheeks . "Wake up. No
801dbrkkins aHewed! We 've 80t to set out of here,"
Ttl have to make up some more healios potions ," Syra told
Nabi. Tm sorry; I should have had some ready." She reached
into his pouch and pulled out an empty flasR.
"That's risht, " Hatk catted out as he raised Alex's lids and
studied his eyas. "If you 'd been practicins your heatins
spells, maybe you could've improved the old mao 's vision."
"A pity we need you." Syra closed her hand around a dasser
at her waist . "I've had aLmost all I can take of you ,
8arbariao ."
"The 8arbariao drew himself up. "Listen. 'child of nature.'
I've done my part. fve practiced my slliUs. l"m the only
journeyman any thins in this band '"
Nabi flashed Syra a mournful smile. Tm sorry I was so
cartZless. HaUl is risht: it was I who opentZd up the pit."
'you didn 't see the trisstZr. It was dark." she replied.
brushins his hair away from his forehead. "I'm soinS to chtZck
on Alex. Lie still."
She rose unsteadily and made her way to Alex 's side. ShtZ
lost htZr foot ins in the rocks and slid partway down thtZ piltZ.
catchios herself by Srabbins onto an oaken planll.
"Strons work," Halk srowltZd.
Syra slared at him. "We wouldn 't btZ in this prtZdicament if
you hadn't insisted on 30i03 after that chest! We wasted our
time set tins to that thins,"
"I ntZed armour." Halk said defensively. "There could have
been food inside it, too ."
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'1 suess: everyone's all fisht, " Alex Andcr drawled as he raised
himself on his elbows and srinned at Syra, 'you two are
biclterins as usual."
Wordlessly Syra shook. har head . A stance passed between
her and the handsome man and Theron reatircd they were in
love. and his heart moved for them .
"Nabi." she whispered.
"Oh . no." Alex closed his eyes tiShtly and sroped for her
hand . They sat silently for a rnoment . comfortins each
other.
"Start a new map," Nabi said with areat effort. 'U 's vi tal to
your survival. And Halk 's risht . you must be careful to
(l!xplore the dunseon. even the dead ends. you never know
what you misht find ."
"yes ," Alex opened his eyes and nodded . "We 've found some
sood thinss,"
"Sah! Lilta crowns and necklacesT HaUl threw morc stones
down the side of the hill of debris, '1f you didn 't carryall
that junk. around , thief, you wouldn 't be too tired to fisht!
you were no hdp at all with the trolin. "
'you shouldn't have leaned asainst the wall ," Alex re torted.
'you let it out. Nabi told us there are switches and trissers
everYWhere,"
Halll crossed his arms . "There was nothins on that cursed
wall! A fountain-- "
"Just because you didn't see it--"
'Well, I saw the pit," Halk. wiped his muddy hands on his
loincloth and tOOR a drink from the sourd on his belt. 'The
outline was plain as day , And spea~in8 of day, we have
somebody's sod to thank for that torch over there, This
place would be dark as a moonless nisht without it , Ours
are all out:'
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Syra left Alex and returned to Nabi. With sreat love and
aentleness she touched his forehead . ·W ell aet out Nabi.
Ooo 't-- "
"AU this tal'Rins bores me. We should start searchins for a
way out." Halk sot to his feet and started diSSinS throush
the rubble . 'loki's botts. wherc's my sword?"
The atmosphere in the corridor chansed . Theron feU it as
surely as someone pressed a block of ice to the back of his
neck. Oread flooded throush him like a friSid river. He
wanted to warn them . ten them to flee . but he was
powerless. He could ant y watch the past unfold .
"Here it ist'" Hatk announced. tift ins the same broadsword
over his head that had 'Rnoclted out Alex Ander . "Now , if
only I had some chain mail or a helmet . I'd be invincible!"
"Just a little morc difficult to kilt ," Syra said.
Suddenly a violent tremor assaulted the walts of the
chamber . More stones felt from the ceilina and Syra
hunched over Nabi to protect him as they thundered down.
Two larae doors appeared at the end of the passaae. They
cracked open and the space between them blared with
searina white liaht.
"Sy my troth ," Nabi whispered. "I see him! It is the dark lord
we were warned about! you must run!"
The rumblina became a roar. Rhythmic thunder sent tremors
th r ouah the stones--the footsteps of doom. head ina for
them .
"'Escaper Nabi croaked.
··Nabi"s risht"· Alex said . ·Well need the torch "· He
scrambled throush the wreckase to the wall and tried to
pull the torch out of the sconce.
"It's stuck!"
Tm not runnina! III stay and fiaht!·· HaIR bellowed . racina
down the corridor toward the doors. He leaped over a.
srate and pOSitioned himself in front of the doors . '1've
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fousht Oitu's and tivioS skeletons and a thousand thinss I've
never seen before and by the bones of Whisdain . I'm not
throush fishtins yet!"
"Get away! Flee!" Nabi's chest heaved. "1 see him comins.
with his black cape and his horns! Go!"
Syra licked her tips. Theron sassed as ha saw her face harden
with resot ve. He knew she would stay to protect the old
man .
"Perhaps 1 can ddlect him." she said. "I am . aftor all . an
apprentice wiJarct."' Squarins her shoulders. she picked up
her staff and joined the others near the door. She held the
staff in the direction of the door . Them her dress causht on
the end of a candelabra buried amana the rocks .
"Mother Mentra. be my lisht:' Syra said . Quickly she lit the
candles in the flames of the torch. which Alex still fousht to
putt out of its holder.
Behind her. Nabi screamed . She whirled around .
Hit and the huse pile of stone were gone. In his place
gleamed a pile of skulls. the remains of his intricate map
wedsed amons them.
"'He mocks us!"" Syra said. She whirled back around and faced
the door . "Come. then. monster! Wilt'll destroy you!"
"No. no! you can't t' Theron ylltUed, though no one could hear
him. 'Even if they could have. it was too late . Light filled his
eyes--
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"f Startins your Adventure
2
Choosins your Champions
The champion's possessions arc shown as pictures inside! lisht
a r ey boxes . The boxes represent space in the champion's
bacltpac'R or sheath or other places to keep an object. you
may pick up an object when the mouse pointer shows as an
empty hand by mavins the hand pointer over it and pressins
the left mausC' button . Notice that the hand pointer chanses
to resemble the object pic1ted up. Now you can move this
object to another location and place it there by pressins the
left mouse button 3saio. If the new location is already filled
by another object . pressins the left button witt swap the
object you arc ho\dinS with the object there. Some boxes
rczpresent places wherlZ onty certain objects will fit . for
example. onl y shoes witt fit on your champion's feet .
There are two special locations shown as an eye and a mouth.
Objects may be examined by mavins them over the eye and
holdins down the left mouse button. Objects are eaten by
movins them to the mouth and pressins the left mouse
button ; however. only certain ob}ects are edible.
A champion may have developed skills as a Fishter, Wilard,
Ninja . or Priest. you can review these skills by touchins the
eye with an empty hand and holdins down the left mouse
button. Fishters are skilled users of heavy weapons and
senerally have sreater physical strensth than other
champions. Ninjas are skilled users of precision weapons and
are also noted for their thiefly abilities. WiJards can
marshall the forces of the masical realm for combat . And
Priests are masters of the healins arts. beins able to use their
masical enersy to create restorins potions and other
remedies.
Champions also have the additional attributes of stren8th ,
dexterity, wisdom , vitality, anti-masie, and anti-fire, you
may review these by touchins the eye with an empty hand
and holdins down the left mouse button.
Strensth increases the strikins power of a weapon and also
allows the champion to carr y sreater loads (such as armour.)
Dexterity is the precision with which a champion can wield a
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Controttins your Champions
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Controltins your Champions
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This menu shows the actions your champion can curren tty do
with his or her action object. As champions set better at
usinS an object they may be able to do more actions with it .
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The upper ldt corner of the action menu shows
the name of the champion who can perform the
action .
These buttons show what actions the champion
can do. Press one to perform the action . Note
that some actions have other requirements. For
example. a bow cannot shoot unless the champion
also has arrow in his Of her ready hand .
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Press the pass button to cancel an action menu
and restore the action buttons.
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Castins Spells
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To cast a spell. you must first select which
champion witt cast it . The top of this menu is a
series of sldector buttons for each champion .
Select a new spellcaster with the mouse pointer
and press the left mouse button. The name of
the new spettcaster witt then show.
These symbols rapr<zsent the basic masie syllables
of a spell. To prepare a spell . the masie user
recites the syllables that make up the spell by
movins the mouse pointer . in turn, o\ler each
symbol and pressins the laft mouse button. As
the syllables are recited they appear inside the
cast button . which is the button directly below
the symbol buttons. Each symbol recited drains
the Mana level of the speltcaster. Note that
some symbols require more Mana to recite than
others. If the champion's Mana drops too low.
he or she may not be able to recite all symbols .
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Each champion has an inv<zntory of items that he or she
carries. To sdect the inventory of a particular champion,
move the mouse point<Zf to the name of the champion shown
at the top of the screen and press the right mouse button,
Press the r;sht button asain to return to the dunseon view.
you can also So from one Champion's inventory to another
by mO\lins the mouse pointer to a new name and pressing the
fiSht button asaio. This is an easy way to transfer objects
between champions.
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Objects can be examined by mavins them to the (!,y"-
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and pressins the left mouse button. This witt show
the object 's weiSht and can sometimes reveal other
thinss about it. What is revealed depends upon the
sltiUs of the champion examinins it. Touchins the
eye with an empty hand shows the champion 's
current attributes and skiU levels. The eye works
for as lons as the left button is hetd down. A red
box around the eye indicates that one of the
champion's attributes has recently chansed.
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The champion can eat food or drink water or
potions by movinS them to the mouth and pressins
....tii Sji1... the left mouse button. Only edible objects may be
consumed.
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Game Hints
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Game Hints
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The Orisins of MaSie
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The Orisins of MaSick
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The Orisins of Masick
besinnins speltcaster learns to pronounce the nama as the
symbol is seen in the mind . Each symbol must be recited in
the proper order to produce the intended effect. HowevlZf.
MasieR is not commanded easily. "Even with sufficient Mana
and proper recitation. a spetl may fiJrlc if the spellcaster
lacks the experience to cast it . To sain experience . the
speltcaster should first master the simpler spells before
attemptins those morc difficult.
The symbols of M aSiclt are divided into the four known
influences of power, element , form . and alignment. It is said
that other influences were once known . but onty these four
are remember<zd today . Each inftwznce is controlled by six
symbols which repr<zscmt the six basic orders of all thin3s.
The six orders can also be visualiJed as combinin3 the four
orders of the material plane with the two orders of the
ethereal realm. "Each order of each influence is represented
by a specific spell-sound and symbol.
Lest you be too quick to overstep your abilities. know that
each symbol recited draws from and depletes the store of
M ana carried in your body. The amount of Mana required
depends upon the syllables that make up the spell. The six
orders of each influence require differin3 amounts of M ana
to invoke. For the influence of power. the weakest order is
the syllable LO, and the most powerful is M ON. Thus, LO
requires the least Mana to cast . and MON the most .
In time. your body restores Mana expended in castin3 a spell
by drawin3 new M ana from the world around you. As you
3ain experience in your craft your body will learn to store
more and more Mana. With patience and practice. a skilled
user can command enoush Mana to attempt the most
powerful spells.
AU speUs commence with the invocation of power. The
influence of power determines the stren3th of a spell.
Choosins a hisher power symbol increases the power of the
final spell . but also increases the amount of Mana required
to invoke other symbols .
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The Orisins of MaSick
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Spell Symbols
POWER
The power symbols are the start ins point for aU spaUs.
Where the other symbols sive substance to speUs, these
symbols impart strensth. Startins from the weakest symbol.
LO. up to the most powerful . MON. the spencaster may
control the power of a speU to suit the situation . Each step
on the scale is equal . so the additional Mana needed for a
specific spett of the next level should always be the same.
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Spell Symbols
"ELEMENT AL INflUENCE
FORM
The queen of venom . the black.-widow spider
brandishes a stosle spot of color on her otherwise jet-
black. form . HourSlass-shaped. she seems to warn that
tim,,- witt soon run out for the unfortunate soul she
bites. In the symbolosy of masic . the hourslass
represents the syllable VEN. which encompasses and
conducts all thinss poisonous.
EW depicts the head and arm of a beast. This syUable
is used to fashion the etemtZntal component into the
form of a creature. ThouSh the conjuration of
elementals is stilt only a theoretical possibility. the
syllable is still useful to "sculpt" a spell to affect only
the;! monsters tarseted.
The expandins lines of the symbol KATH characteri,e
the shockwavcs emanatins from a siosle source. This
feHows . for the syltable KA TH imparts explosi\le force
to speUs which already in\lolve" enersctic elements
such as Hsht or air .
IR abstracts the arc of a wins . and . appropriately.
imparts the ability to float or fly to a cast spell. 6y
sivins motion to the completed incantation. the spell
can be sent travelins throush the air.
The reciprocal arms of the symbol BRO represent the
mutual support and honesty of true friendship .
However. recent usase of this construct has drawn
upon its power for the creation of beneficial potions.
Constructed from components of fire . lishtnins and
the spear. the jassed line of the symbol GOR combines
to invoke the attributes of an enemy . Like its
opposite. BRO. recent usase has broadened the power
of GOR to the creation of danserous potions.
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CLASS / ALIGNMENT
The sword of the fishter is clearly symboliJed by KU,
the IZvoker of all thinss martial.
• The symbol for ROS depicts a hand ftzachins for an
v object of value , and. as such. is the abstraction for a
syttable that involvets aU aspects of the thief and his
art.
OAIN depicts the spell Leavins the masielao's raised
staff. and in turn conjures the realm of the wi1ard and
draws around the sRi11s and power of their art .
The cross is unmistakable in the priestly character
NET A, aut , unli~e the syllables for the other classes,
NET A is inftuenced far tess by the natural forces .
Instead , the power of this symbol is related to the
masic-user's standins with his or her sod. aut the
favor of a deity is not easily bottled. so potions
havins this intent art<! rarely effective.
RA is the most enersetic and powerful of the spell
* syUables . The tisht and heat of the sun and stars are
the sources tapped with this syllabte. Fortunatety. it
happens to be a somewhat cooperative form of enersy
and is retativel y easy to channet once the masie-user
has tearned how to draw it forth .
SAR is the effective opposite of RA, The symbol
depicts the h¢ad of a demon . The demon stands for
darkness and evit and the suardian of niSht. the moon.
The power of darkness is sreat. but unrut y. so masic-
users must expend more of their own Mana enersy
when attemptins to control it, Evil owes no
aUesiance. and is therefore an inherentty danserous
etement to inctude in a. spett.
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Reference
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