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An FAQ/Walkthrough by CyricZ
Version 1.1
E-mail: cyricz42 at yahoo.com
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Story So Far
3. Getting Started
3A. The Classes
3B. Importing a Hero
3C. Character Statistics
3D. Magic Spells and Paladin Abilities
3E. Surviving in this Crazy World
4. Kingdom of Silmaria
4A. Points of Interest
4B. Characters
4C. Monsters
4D. Items
5. Fighter Walkthrough
6. Wizard Walkthrough
7. Thief Walkthrough
8. Paladin Walkthrough
9. The Whole Story and Epilogue
10. Miscellany
10A. FAQ
10B. Guide to Courting the Ladies
10C. Point List
10D. Frequently Missed Points
10E. Ways to Die
10F. Conversation Trees
11. Standard Guide Stuff
11A. Legal
11B. E-mail Guidelines
11C. Credits
11D. Version Updates
11E. The Final Word
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1. INTRODUCTION
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Okay, I'll admit it.  I love Quest for Glory.  I'm absolutely crazy about the
series.  The greatest thing about the series is the well-done connection
between RPG and the classic Sierra graphic adventure.  Unlike most other of
Sierra's adventures, the Quest for Glory series has more non-linear elements.
The combat, the spells, the loot, and the silly puns and jokes all make for a
great adventure.
This is the fifth and final game in the series.  The Hero must enter the Rites
of Rulership in the Kingdom of Marete and find out what's behind the murder of
the King of Silmaria.  In the process, he may become King himself, and may
even decide to settle down.
This game has a special place in my heart.  I know it's not the best as far
as game structure and compared to other titles of its day, but it puts
together the entire series, and is great for its fans.
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2. THE STORY SO FAR
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In the beginning of his adventure, our hero (you) left his hometown to make a
name for himself as a true hero.  He went to Spielburg, a valley that had
been cursed for many years.  The Baron tried to drive away the Ogress, Baba
Yaga, but she cursed him instead, and he lost his son and daughter.  The
realm was overrun with brigands and monsters, and the Baron locked himself
away in his castle.
Although a dangerous land, the Hero made many friends.  He made acquaintanes
of the Katta innkeepers, Shameen and Shema, and their merchant friend,
Abdulla Doo.  He also met such people as Zara, the owner of the Magic Shop,
the Wizard Erasmus and his rat-like familiar Fenrus, not to mention the Dryad
who protected the woods, and the particularly nasty seller of information,
Bruno.  He also went to many interesting places, including cliffs with strange
plant-life, to the majestic Flying Falls, to the meadow known as Erana's
Peace.  He first learned of the great Archmage Erana there, and, even though
he was told the meadow was her final resting place, he found no evidence to
prove that.
But being a hero's more than making friends and influencing people, the Hero
set to work.  He explored a cave and found a Kobold Magic User.  Taking the
Kobold's key, he freed an enchanted bear, who turned out to be the Baron of
Spielburg's lost son, Barnard.  This was the first stepping stone.  By spying
on Bruno and another brigand's plot to overthrow their leader, the Hero found
a way into the fortress of the brigands.  Passing by a great Minotaur, Toro,
the Hero invaded the fortress, snuck his way to the leader's room, and
dispelled the enchantment on her.  The leader was, in reality, the Baron's
daughter, Elsa.  After leaving the fortress, the Hero made a final visit to
the Ogress, Baba Yaga.  Using a Magic Mirror against her, he reflected back
her own evil magic and forced her to flee the land.
After freeing Spielburg from the curse, our Hero traveled to the desert realm
of Shapeir, with the Kattas and Abdulla Doo.  The Emir of Raseir had
disappeared a year ago, and a portent of evil hung over the entire realm.
The Hero met many new friends here, as well, including the Liontaur Paladin,
Rakeesh, the warrior woman, Uhura, and the Enchantress Aziza.  Performing as
only a Hero can, he saved the city from the ravages of the Elementals, and
freed the spirit of the tree healer, Julanar.
After saving the city of Shapeir, he traveled to Raseir, where he made the
acquaintances of Senor Ferrari and Ugarte, who ran the illegal activities in
town.  He eventually was captured and hypnotized by the evil Wizard, Ad Avis,
and taken to the Forbidden City, to obtain the Statue of Iblis, which Ad Avis
intended to use to take over the world.  After escaping the tomb with the
help of a Djinni, the Hero assaulted the Palace and knocked Ad Avis off the
balcony of the Ritual Chamber.  For his actions, the Hero was adopted by the
Sultan Harun al-Rashid, and became the Prince of Shapeir.
A few months after his victory in Raseir, Rakeesh's wife, Kreesha, called him
back to his homeland of Tarna.  There was talk off war between two native
tribes.  Rakeesh brought the Prince of Shapeir and Uhura to Tarna.  The Hero
found more friends in Tarna, including Salim the Apothecary, Yesufu the
Simbani Warrior, and Johari the Leopardwoman.The Hero brought peace between
the two tribes by returning their sacred artifacts, and traveled to the Lost
City of Eastern Fricana to put an end to the Demons that caused the war.
After defeating them, the Hero was summoned away by dark magic.
He was summoned to the land of Mordavia.  He turned up in a very odd cave.
Upon escaping it, he met a peasant girl named Katrina who seemed interested
in him.  That was the only friendly person, however.  He quickly learned that
Mordavia wasn't all that taken to Heroes.  He had to establish himself from
the ground up.  He learned of the darkness upon Mordavia, how the Dark Master
supposedly ruled the land from Castle Borgov, how Baba Yaga had made this
valley her summer home, how a swamp had cut off the valley from the outside
world, and how the Dark One had an influence on this land, which tied into the
history of the Archmage Erana.
He established his reputation through acts great and small.  He saved a
gravedigger from his own clumsiness, a gypsy from being burned at the stake,
and a young daughter from life as a Nosferatu.  Soon, he became a puppet in a
much greater game.  He learned that Ad Avis existed in unlife as a Vampire,
serving the Dark Master who turned out be Katrina.  He was forced to perform
the foul rituals that would summon the Dark One and bring the Shadow of
Darkness on the land.  At the pinnacle of the summoning, Ad Avis attacked the
Hero.  Katrina, who had grown fond of the Hero, sacrificed herself for him.
The Hero used Erana's own Staff to destroy Ad Avis once and for all and free
the imprisoned spirit of Erana from the clutches of the Dark One, who drove
it back to its own dimension, allowing her to pass into her rest.
And now, Erasmus and Fenris are summoning you to the city of Silmaria to
solve the mystery of who murdered their King.
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3. GETTING STARTED
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3A. The Classes =
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Once you start a new game, you'll have the choice of picking one of the
game's three classes.  Any class can easily complete the game, of course, but
some have harder times at survival than others.
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The Fighter
Your strength and skill in combat are legendary.  You are skilled with many
types of weapons, and can take a lickin' and keep on tickin'.  Your strategic
abilities are great, and you are well-renknowed as one of the world's most
foremost combatants.
The Fighter is the most straight-forward class.  He speaks mostly through his
blade, and his diplomacy is through his muscles.  Choose the Fighter if you
have a thirst for the blood of the enemy.
Starting Stats:
Strength: 350
Intelligence: 300
Agility: 320
Vitality: 320
Luck: 300
Offense: 350
Defense: 350
Climbing: 300
Throwing: 300
Honor: 300
You start the quest with a Sword, a Shield, Chainmail Armor, five rations of
Fruit, a Tinderbox, and 200 drachmas.
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The Wizard
You are one of the greats, almost qualifying for full Wizard status.  You
could have been a great scholar at the Wizards' Institute of Technocery, but
you turned that down.  After all, what good is magic if you don't use it?
And with the gift, you're no slouch at all.  You've mastered a great number
of spells dealing both with and without combat.  Your adversaries know to
stay away from you for fear of being turned into a smoking crater.
Choose the Wizard in order to master the skills of the great ones.  The
Wizard often uses his magic to solve problems and open new opportunities.
Starting Stats:
Strength: 250
Intelligence: 350
Agility: 300
Vitality: 300
Luck: 300
Offense: 300
Defense: 300
Magic: 350
Honor: 300
Spell Skills:
Open: 250
Detect Magic: 300
Trigger: 200
Dazzle: 200
Zap: 300
Calm: 200
Flame Dart: 300
Fetch: 200
Force Bolt: 250
Levitate: 200
Reversal: 200
Juggling Lights: 200
Lightning Ball: 250
Frost Bite: 200
Protection: 200
Aura: 200
Resistance: 200
You start the quest with a Dagger, five rations of Fruit, a Tinderbox, and
200 drachmas.
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The Thief
A world-renowned Master Thief, very few don't know of your exploits and learn
to hide their valuables better.  Your friends of the underworld count
themselves lucky to find your favor, and your adversaries know to stay out of
your way.
The Thief is a man of accomplishing tasks in an indirect fashion.  Silmaria's
got a nice active Thieves' Guild.  Most of the thieving opportunities are
sealed up tightly, though.  This isn't to say your skills will go to waste,
of course.
Starting Stats:
Strength: 250
Intelligence: 300
Agility: 350
Vitality: 250
Luck: 300
Offense: 300
Defense: 320
Climbing: 350
Throwing: 300
Acrobatics: 300
Lockpicking: 300
Stealth: 300
Honor: 250
You start the quest with a Dagger, Leather Armor, a Thieves' Tool Kit, five
rations of Fruit, a Tinderbox, and 200 drachmas.
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Once you select your class, you'll have the opportunity to name him, and
adjust his base statistics.  You have a pool of 150 points, which you can
distribute to your skills in any amount you wish.
If you want to add points to a skill that your class doesn't normally have,
you can do so, but you'll have to spend a hundred points for that one skill
to get it up to 100.  In this manner, you can give yourself a skill you could
not normally have.
Speaking of creating hybrids, I personally don't like it, for every class can
reach 1000 Puzzle Points, and if you want to do particular acts, just use
that class.  Of course, if you like being able to cast spells while sneaking
around in houses you've broken into, go right ahead.
If you give a Fighter or Thief Magic, you'll start with Zap, Detect, Calm,
Flame Dart, Force Bolt, Lightning Ball, Protection, Aura, and Frost Bite, all
at a skill of 200.
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3B. Importing a Hero =
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Another one of Quest for Glory's charms is the ability to carry your hero
over from previous adventures.  Click on Import Character when you start the
game and you'll be allowed to pull a character from a disk from any of the
four previous Quest for Glory games.  First, make sure you put your saved
game file in the QfG5 Imports folder.
You'll be installed in the new quest much the same as you left yourself from
your previous adventure.  All your stats will be the same as you left them,
rounded to the nearest ten, except for the fact that 100 points will be added
to all skills that you have for every game you go back.  So, if you import a
character from QfG3, you'll have 100 points added to every skill, 200 for
QfG2, and 300 for QfG1.  If, even after that, your stats are below the
starting amount for a new character, it will be increased to that amount.
Happily, you'll still be given the 150 point pool to use as you like.
If you're missing spells when you import, you'll be given all of the old
spells.
There's no inventory carried into Silmaria.  All characters start with the
same stuff regardless of whether or not you imported.
When you import, you'll also have the option of changing your class before
you start, but it's not worth it, since all you'll really keep is the name,
and your skills are automatically changed to the base amounts of the new
class, with no points for any classes you did have but wouldn't in the new
class.
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The Paladin
This class is not accessible for creating a character.  You must have earned
it during Quest for Glory 2 or 3, (check my respective guides for how to earn
the right), and imported your Paladin.
As the most honorable Paladin, you'll be much like a Fighter, but you'll also
have some special abilities.  These will be described in the Spells section.
Also, in this game, there are certain tasks that ONLY the Paladin can
perform, so it's worth your time to explore this "hidden" character.
Paladins start with a Paladin Sword, a Magic Shield, Chainmail Armor, five
rations of Fruit, a Tinderbox, and 200 drachmas.
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3C. Character Statistics =
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On your Character Screen, you can observe how your stats change.  Here are
all the stats and how to increase them.  Almost every stat maxes out at 500.
The developers decide to modify the stat maxes for this game.  Whereas, in
previous games, the Fighter, could be as smart or as strong as a Wizard, now
certain classes can push stats to 550.
The Fighter has boosted stats of Strength and Offense.
The Wizard has boosted stats of Intelligence and Magic.
The Thief has boosted stats of Agility and Stealth.
The Paladin has boosted stats of Vitality and Honor.
Also, be aware that some weapons, armor, and charms adjust your stats when
you equip them.
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Attributes (Basic Stuff) -
Strength: Your physical prowess, Strength determines how hard you can hit, how
well you can muscle your way through things, and how much you can carry.
Strength is the most useful for the Fighter, since he spends most of his time
using his muscles.  Strength also determines how many Health Points you have.
- You can increase Strength through physical exercise and through combat
(particularly by striking).
Intelligence: Your mental prowess.  Intelligence is most useful for Wizards.
Not only does it determine how effective spells are, but also factors
directly to Mana Points.
- You can increase Intelligence by casting spells, learning things, solving
puzzles, or making good moves in combat (i.e. successfully blocking an attack
and counterstriking).
Agility: This is a measure of how well you can move.  A good Agility means
you can duck, dodge, and hide better.  Thieves need top-notch Agility to
perform their myriad skills.  Agility also factors towards Stamina Points.
- You can increase Agility by performing some of the Thief skills (Climbing,
Lockpicking, Stealth), or through combat.
Vitality: Although most useful for Fighters, Vitality is good for everyone to
have.  This measures your ability to take damage well.  Vitality factors
directly to your Health Points and Stamina Points as well.
- You can increase Vitality through most any physical action,
particularly by taking damage in combat.
Luck: A very mysterious skill, Luck factors into a lot of things, and is most
useful to the Thief.  I'd imagine Luck is drawn against when performing a
skill that has a chance of failing, as well as random stuff like monster
encounters.
- Increasing Luck is not very well understood.  In this game, Luck seems to go
up with most any action you perform.  It's pretty slow in this game, though.
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Skills (Specific Stuff) -
Offense: Everyone has this skill, since everyone has a weapon.  This is the
skill of sticking your pointy object into the other guy.  A high Offense
factors towards damage caused and successful strikes.  This skill used to be
Weapon Use in the other games.
- Increase Offense by attacking.  You don't even have to be aiming at anyone.
Defense: Everyone has this skill, and it used to be split into Parry and
Dodge.  Now, since dodging is really tough in this game, this skill is
mostly derived from your blocking ability, which everyone can do if they
have a weapon.
- Increase Defense by successfully blocking enemy attacks.
Stealth: An essential Thief Skill.  No people want their houses robbed by
someone who bangs around like a drunk Moose.  Having Stealth activates the
"Sneak" ability, which makes you much less noticable to baddies or the
occasional law officer.
- Increase Stealth by having Sneak active.  Just Sneak everywhere and you'll
max it out eventually.  It'll all go faster if you equip an item that
decreases Stealth, like Chainmail Armor.
Lockpicking: To get into realms of fabulous cash and prizes, you'll need to
open door number 1, and your Thief's Tool Kit helps, but you need the skill
to use it.
- Increase Lockpicking by doing so.  One place you can do this is on the
other doors in the Inn (you don't even have to worry about Ann watching
you).  Just keep picking them and you'll boost the skill.
Throwing: Useful for both Fighters and Thieves, a good Throwing skill can peg
a monster with a few extra rocks, daggers, or spears before they get close
enough to hit you.  Throwing can also be used to hit or knock off things
that are far off.
- Increasing Throwing can come from throwing rocks, daggers, or spears.  A
good place to do this is on the target just outside the West Gate.
Climbing: Originally a Thief Skill, the Fighter/Paladin also learned it last
adventure.  This is your ability to shimmy up ropes, walls, and trees.
- Increase Climbing by, naturally, climbing.  Best place to do this is on a
palm tree in the city.
Acrobatics: This skill denotes your ability to twist, flip, and contort your
body with a natural flair that can impress the ladies and fool your enemies.
- Increase Acrobatics by kicking (the G key) repeatedly.  Soon, you'll start
doing fancy spinning kicks.  It'll go faster if you equip armor that drops
your Acrobatics, like a Shield.
Magic: The Wizard's skill at manipulating reality.  Not much else to say
about this, generally.  More will be said in the Spells section about each
individual spell's effectiveness.
- Increase Magic by casting, casting, and casting some more.  It'll go faster
if you equip armor that drops your Magic skill.
Swimming: A useful skill when on an island.  You didn't know your Hero
couldn't swim, eh?  Dropping points into this is pretty useless at the
beginning, since you can get 100 from reading a Swim Manual.
- Increase Swimming by swimming around underwater.  It's much easier after
you get the Waterbreathing Amulet.
Pickpocketing: You won't be able to assign points to this skill at the
beginning.  You'll have to learn it in game.  This is the skill of relieving
people of their hard-earned cash.  You need to buy the Pickpocket Knife to
be able to use the skill, of course.
- Increase Pickpocketing by practicing on the dummy or doing some actual
fieldwork.  You can even increase the skill by "restealing" peoples' purses,
even if they don't have any.  Just don't get caught.
Honor: This is the measure of the good deeds one does throughout his quest.
This is a skill which started in Quest for Glory II. A high Honor is a
measure of a true hero, and helps towards Paladins and their skill.  Also,
the old Communication skill was removed and applied to this skill.  A higher
Honor means you can bargain better.  By the way, Honor can never have points
assigned to it in the opening.
- Increase Honor by doing honorable actions.  Many specific quest actions
will increase honor, and more simple actions such as giving coins to Salla,
or Flowers to many ladies.  Honor is decreased by performing Thief-like
actions (stealing and the like).
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General Health Points -
Health Points: If you hit 0, you die.  Pretty simple.  The maximum amount of
Health you have is determined by adding two-thirds of your Vitality to
one-third of your Strength.  So, if you have a Strength of 30 and a Vitality
of 60, your Health Point max is 50.
Stamina Points: This is your measure of stamina for performing strenuous
acts, such as fighting, casting spells, running, throwing, climbing, etc.
Your max Stamina is determined by adding one-half of your Agility to
one-half of your Vitality.
Mana Points: Mana is your measure of magical energy.  Each spell uses a
certain amount of mana.  Your max Mana is determined by adding two-thirds of
your Magic Skill to one-third of your Intelligence.  Naturally, if your
Magic Skill is zero, your Mana Points will also be zero, no matter how high
your Intelligence.
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Scores -
Puzzle Points: Much like most other Sierra games, you get points for doing
special acts.  The max is 1000, and every class has its own special way of
reaching that high.  In the Miscellany section, there's a Point List, and
you can always observe your progress in the Score section.
Experience: The old experience is back.  Basically, any kind of act will
boost the old exp.  Doesn't mean a thing.  It's just another measure of
scoring.
Total Score: This is just the sum of the Experience and Puzzle Points.
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3D. Magic Spells and Paladin Abilities =
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While so many games give you a billion offensive spells to eviscerate your
enemies, Quest for Glory take a different approach.  Sure, the magic users of
other games can lay waste to any bad guy, but what happens if they misplace
their keys, or if they need to reach the book at the top of the shelf?  This
is why Quest for Glory makes the Wizard skilled in a bunch of all-around
magic.
Each spell can be built up to 500 in skill by casting it repeatedly.
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Older Spells (Spells in previous games):
"Open"
MP: 6
Found: Wizards begins with it.
Icon: Lock
Description: Open is useful for unlocking simple locks and opening doors.
Use it when you want to hang back from the thing you open, such as a trapped
treasure chest.
"Detect Magic"
MP: 5
Found: Any class with Magic begins with it.
Icon: Roving eye in a triangle
Description: This is a very general spell, and is used to detect any existing
magical auras in the immediate area.  This is the only spell that'll work in
an area protected from magic.
"Trigger"
MP: 10
Found: Wizards begin with it.
Icon: Crosshatch with a small explosion in the middle
Description: This lovely little spell can be used to set off any magical
spells in the immediate area.  It can make invisible things visible,
activate teleport spells, or set off magical traps while the caster is still
at a safe distance.  Pretty handy.
"Dazzle"
MP: 15
Found: Wizards begin with it.
Available from the Magic Shop for 200d
Icon: A set of pearly-white teeth flashing their smile
Description: Dazzle creates a brilliant flash of light that will stun
anything for a small time while it pauses to rub its eyes.  This only works,
naturally, if the creature HAS eyes.  Having more skill in this spell will
cause monsters to be delayed for longer.  It doesn't last as long as Calm.
"Zap"
MP: 10
Found: Any class with Magic begins with it.
Available from the Magic Shop for 200d
Icon: A steel lightning bolt
Description: Casting Zap will charge your weapon with magical energy.  The
next strike will release the energy.  It can only be cast once at a time.
Increasing your skill will increase the damage done with the charged weapon.
"Calm"
MP: 25
Found: Any class with Magic begins with it.
Icon: An open hand with mellow colors around it
Description: Since most Magic Users like to avoid direct combat, you can use
this spell to immediately cause any threatening monster to cease its hostile
intent and contemplate the universe and its bellybutton.  This works on most
enemies with a pulse.  Having more skill in this spell will cause monsters
to be delayed for longer.  Attacking Calmed monsters isn't good for your
Honor.
"Flame Dart"
MP: 10
Found: Any class with Magic begins with it.
Icon: A small ball of flame
Description: The Flame Dart produces a small ball of magical flame which you
can direct at an opponent.  It can also be used, get this, to burn things.
As you increase in skill, your Flame Darts will do more damage.
"Fetch"
MP: 8
Found: Wizards begin with it.
Icon: A lasso
Description: Fetch is useful for grabbing objects that are distant.  It can
mostly be used on small, non-living objects, like items lying on the ground.
"Force Bolt"
MP: 12
Found: Any class with Magic begins with it.
Icon: A blue globe of energy
Description: Force Bolt creates a globe of forceful energy.  This can be used
to attack enemies or to give things that little extra push from far off.
This spell bounces off any barriers in the area as well, such as walls or
floors.
"Levitate"
MP: 10 (Initial cast, drains 10 MP every second)
Found: Wizards begin with it.
Icon: A person levitating
Description: Levitate allows you to move up and down in your plane of
existence.  You cannot, however, move to side to side, but you can, in
theory, grab ledges or whatever while floating to pull yourself up onto
solid ground.  Use the A and Z buttons to float up and down.
"Reversal"
MP: 8
Found: Wizards begin with it.
Icon: A yellow and blue yin-yang
Description: Reversal will allow any direct spell cast at you to be
reflected.  This may not always be back at the caster.  When two Wizards
duel and have Reversal, the results can be quite dangerous for spectators.
Spells in the game that can be reflected include Flame Dart, Force Bolt, and
Lightning Ball.  Area-effect spells like Frost Bite will not be deterred by
Reversal.
"Juggling Lights"
MP: 8
Found: Wizards begin with it.
Available from the Magic Shop for 100d
Icon: Bouncing balls of light
Description: While not a particularly useful spell, you can use it to light
up a dark area.
"Summon Staff"
MP: 50
Found: Wizards gain the knowledge as they make a Staff.
Icon: A Wizard's Staff
Description: Although you techincally know how to summon a Staff, you don't
currently have one.  If you come across a way to make another, you can use
this spell again.  NOTE: No other class besides a Wizard can make a Staff.
"Lightning Ball"
MP: 15
Found: Wizards begin with it.
Icon: A lightning ball
Description: This is another combat attack spell.  It causes a serious amount
of damage, but it costs a bit more MP.  Shocking.  If you use this spell
while holding your staff, you'll cast a Lightning Bolt instead, which is a
snazzy area-effect spell, as opposed to standard LB which is just a direct
spell.
"Frost Bite"
MP: 40
Found: Any class with Magic starts with it.
Icon: A snowflake with a skull in the middle
Description: Definitely good for giving bad guys the cold shoulder, this
spell casts a cone of frigid air in their direction.  The nice thing about
this spell is that it's an area effect spell, and if an opposing spellcaster
uses Reversal, it'll have no effect.  Some enemies, like the Undead, are
immune to ice attacks.  This spell is great for wearing someone down
gradually.
"Hide"
MP: 15
Found: Only available to imported Wizards (for some reason)
Icon: A person becoming invisible
Description: This is a cute little spell.  Not terribly useful in a lot of
situations, but it's good for getting a bad guy off your tail.  Casting Hide
will make you invisible, but you cannot move while the spell is in effect,
or you'll break it.  You CAN however, cast other spells while it's active.
"Aura"
MP: 10
Found: Any class with Magic starts with it.
Icon: An ankh
Description: The Undead have a nasty habit.  Some of the more powerful ones
(like Manes) have the power to suck the life out of a person just from being
near them.  Using this spell will partially negate those effects.  Of
course, if the Undead has other abilities, like magic spells, those will
still hurt.
"Protection"
MP: 8
Found: Any class with Magic starts with it.
Icon: A person surrounded by a force field
Description: As we all know, Wizards aren't too big on the up close and
personal aspects of combat, but sometimes it cannot be avoided, so for the
Wizard who's too close to snapping jaws, consider this spell, which will
reduce the amount of physical damage taken.  Magic attacks are unaffected.
"Resistance"
MP: 10
Found: Wizards begin with it.
Available from the Magic Shop for 200d
Icon: An open hand with a flash emanating from it
Description: This spell is useful for warding off the effects of elemental
magic attacks, such as heat, cold, or lightning.  It also protects you
somewhat from the natural occurences of these elements, such as fire breath.
This is a good counter for area spells and breath attacks.
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New Spells to this game:
"Fascination"
MP: 20
Found: Available from the Magic Shop for 200d
Icon: A swirl of light
Description: This spell creates a bunch of lights that will attract and
distract particularly stupid enemies.  Once the spell wanes, the lights
detonate, lightly damaging the enemy.
"RIP"
MP: Doesn't matter, since you'll recover MP from casting it.
Found: Available from the Magic Shop for 200d
Icon: A moonlit scene
Description: Casting this out in the wilderness will ensure you eight hours
of blissful uninterrupted slumber.
"Boom"
MP: 30
Found: Available from the Magic Shop for 200d
Icon: An exploding skull
Description: This a spell that should be used carefully.  When you cast it,
you'll toss a magical skull onto the ground.  When anyone gets near it,
it'll explode, causing some pretty nasty amount of damage to anyone in
range, including you.  Also, if you set skulls in certain areas (like the
city), they'll remain there forever.
"Whirlwind"
MP: 50
Found: Erasmus' will teach it to you.
Icon: A tornado
Description: Use this for some irony if someone calls you a windbag.  This
spell doesn't cause a heck of a lot of damage, but it incapacitates any
enemy caught in it, momentarily.
"Augment"
MP: 20
Found: On the dead body of any Centaur Wizard
Icon: Several concentric circles
Description: Cast this spell and your next spell will be amplified in power.
You can use it to add a little extra punch to just about any spell.
"Shrink"
MP: 50
Found: Chest in Hydra Cave
Icon: Shrinking person
Description: Cast this on any normal enemy and it'll be smaller and less
threatening.  You may even be able to chase it off.
"First Aid"
MP: 10
Found: Taught by Erana after freeing her
Icon: A red cross
Description: Cast this spell to restore 100 Health Points.  It's nice and
refreshing after a hard battle.
"Dragon Fire"
MP: 100
Found: Taught by Katrina after freeing her
Icon: A silhouette of a dragon against fiery red
Description: The most powerful offensive spell, this conjures up the head of
a dragon, which blasts a small area with blazing fire breath.  Just stay out
of its way.  Don't use the belt icon shortcut for this spell, because the
dragon head will appear right on top of you.
"Thermonuclear Blast"
MP: Doesn't really matter
Found: Given to you by the Famous Adventurer
Icon: A spinning atom
Description: Casting this spell will cause a nuclear explosion destroying
everything in a ten mile radius and makes the area uninhabitable for several
decades thereafter.  The caster is also turned into hamburger.
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Paladin Abilities:
Most Paladin abilites will take a toll on your Stamina, instead of MP.
"Flaming Sword" (automatic)
Description: The first ability gained is the ability to encase the Paladin
Sword with a blue flame, which will do more damage.  Of course, you'll need
a Paladin Sword before you can invoke the flame.  You'll start with Piotyr's
Sword, which you wrested from the barrow of a Wraith back in Mordavia.
"Sense Danger" (automatic)
Description: With this skill, you'll automatically be able to sense whenever
you're in any kind of danger.  You'll be given a message in the "incidental"
text window on the bottom of the screen.
"Healing"
Honor Required: 300
Icon: A white shield with a red cross
Description: Cast this upon yourself or others to increase Health Points.  It
drains your Stamina when you use it, and the higher your Stamina, the more
Health you'll replenish.
"Honor Shield"
Honor Required: 325
Icon: A yellow shield with a fleur-de-lis
Description: This skill creates an aura around your shield when activated.
You'll take less damage from enemy attacks.
"Magic Ward"
Honor Required: 350
Icon: A red shield with a multi-colored swirl
Description: Casting this on yourself around a magical trap or an enemy
spellcaster and you won't take damage from the magic or the exploding trap.
Your stamina will take a hit for it.
"Destroy Undead"
Honor Required: 375
Icon: A shield with a skull on fire
Description: This spell creates a ball of light.  Hit Undead with it and
you'll damage them.
"Peace"
Honor Required: 400
Icon: A shield with a peace sign and a hippie daisy
Description: This spell has the same effect of the Calm spell.  Your enemies
will cease to fight, but you'll lose Honor if you attack them in that state.
"Sense Aura"
Honor Required: 425
Icon: A purple shield with a person's aura
Description: Not a terribly useful ability, but interesting.  You can use
this on any living creature to sense its general aura and karma.
"Holy Strength"
Honor Required: 450
Icon: A gold shield with a cross
Description: This spell will steadily increase your Strength while active.  I
don't know exactly how high it can get, or when it stops, but I've seen a
Strength as high as 700 come out of this.  Once the effect fades, your
Strength returns to its original value.
"Awe"
Honor Required: 475
Icon: A purple shield with a flashy diamond
Description: A quite useful spell, this gives you power over your enemies by
sheer force of prescence.  Activate it near enemies and they'll run for the
hills at your radiant goodness.  This is, naturally, ineffective on boss
bad guys.
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3E. Surviving in this Crazy World =
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Surviving the Interface
This game uses a new interface.  You only have two mouse cursors.  Clicking
the right mouse button will switch between the two or clicking on the Action
Icon on the bottom of the screen.  The first is an eye, which will allow you
to look at anything, and the other is a hand, which will allow you to
interact with objects.  Clicking it on an item will pick it up.  Clicking it
on a switch or whatever will make you use it.  Clicking it on a person will
make you talk to them.  Clicking on an enemy will attack it.  Clicking in an
arbitrary location will walk you there.  Double clicking will run to that
spot.
There are two dialogue windows in this game, one on the top and one on the
bottom.  The one on the top is a general purpose window, where you'll see
information whenever you look at something, attempt to manipulate, speak to
someone, etc.  The dialogue window on the bottom is an incidental window,
which notifies you when you're hungry, sleepy, poisoned, being attacked
indirectly, or when a Paladin senses danger.
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Keyboard Controls
Movement:
Walk/Swim Forward - Up Arrow / Numpad 8
Turn Left - Left Arrow / Numpad 4
Turn Right - Right Arrow / Numpad 6
Step Backward - Down Arrow / Numpad 5
Run Forward - Numpad Slash
Strafe Left - Numpad 7
Strafe Right - Numpad 9
Swim/Levitate Up - A / Page Up
Swim/Levitate Down - Z / Page Down
Sneak - K
Attack 1 - F / Numpad 1
Attack 2 - G / Numpad 3
Defend - D / Numpad 2
Pick Up Item - P
Run Modifier - Shift
Strafe Modifier - Ctrl
Game Commands:
Inventory Screen - I / Numpad 0
Spell Screen - S
Equipment Screen - E
Character Screen - C / Numpad .
Options Screen - Esc
Toggle Compass - T
Change Screen Size - \
Advance Dialogue - Space
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Options Screen
Save Game - Allows you to save your game
Load Game - Allows you to restore a previously saved game
Controls - Allows you to adjust the game
Difficulty - Adjust the difficulty of combat and certain other skill-
related points of the game.
Dialogue Volume - Adjusts the volume of voice
Sound Effects Volume - Adjust effects volume
Music Volume - Do I really need to explain ALL of them?
Detail - Adjusts how detailed the landscape is
Screen Size - Full Screen puts all the menu stuff at the bottom of the
screen, while Bordered Window spreads it out around the screen.
Default Movement - Sets the default movement to Walk or Run
Compass - Turns the compass (as well as the time of day) on or off
Keyboard - Allows you to remap the keyboard commands
Manual - Gives you basic overviews of the game
Silly Clowns - Don't push this unless you really mean it
Play - Return to the game
Quit - Allows you to return to the main menu, or just quit the game
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Status Screens
Click on your portrait to access the Character Screen.  You'll be able to see
your current stats.  A green number means the stat increased since you last
looked at it, and a red number means it decreased.  Don't forget that some
equipped items can affect your stats.
Click on the latch in the bottom right to open your Inventory/Spells/
Equipment screens.
The Inventory Screen shows all items you're carrying at the current time.
Hover the cursor over the item to see its weight, number your carrying, and
other pertinent info (Armor Class, Damage).  Click on the item to see a
larger portrayal of it and some descriptive text in the window on the left.
The colored bar on the left side of the screen determines how much you're
carrying out of your maximum weight capacity.
The Equipment Screen only shows items you can equip on yourself.  It also
shows a portrait of how you look and several stats that can be changed by
what you equip.  You can equip or unequip items and observe how your stats
change.  Keep in mind that you can only equip one weapon, shield, helm, body
armor, and accessory at a time.
The Spell Screen shows what spells you know.  Hover over the spell to see
what skill you have in it (unless it's a Paladin ability).  Click on the
spell to see it in the bigger window and some descriptive text.
Double clicking on any inventory/spell icon will open up a separate window
asking if you want to use the item (equip, cast, eat, etc.).  As far as
spells are concerned, casting them in this manner will generally cast the
spell on yourself, unless the spell is offensive, in which case it'll be cast
straight ahead of you.
NOTE: Be careful when doing this with Dragon Fire, since doing that will put
the dragon on top of you and you'll be IN RANGE of the spell.
Also, there is a strip down at the bottom of the screen.  This is the Belt
area.  You can move any nine items or spells down there, and you can activate
them (more or less the same as double-clicking) by pressing the number (on
the top-row number keys) corresponding to it.  Also, if you click once on an
item in the Belt area, your cursor will change so that that item will follow
it, and you can use the item on a specific area.  This is useful for giving
items to someone, and also targeting spells at specific enemies.
Lastly is combining items, such as combining a rope and a grapnel.  To do
this, you must be in the Inventory window (can't combine on the Belt) and
click on the first item so that it's in the window on the left side.  Next,
click and hold on the second item, so that you drag it onto the big window.
The two items will be combined.
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Silmarian Survival
Let's start with SAVE OFTEN!!!
You are a human, and as such, you'll need to eat, sleep, and keep from
getting hurt too much.
As you get hungry, your "incidental" dialogue window at the bottom will let
you know.  If you have Fruit, Gyros, or Pizza, you can eat them and your
hunger will be satisfied.  Note that you'll be told you're hungry, but
nothing will actually happen to your stamina.  It's only on the second notice
that you start losing stamina (generally more than a day).  You can also eat
one full meal at Gnome Ann's Land Inn per day.  This covers much of the day.
Sleeping is another concern.  If you do not sleep for a couple of days, your
stamina will drop much quicker.  You'll be notified by the incidental window
when you feel like sleeping, and again, you'll start losing stamina after the
second notice.  It's generally advisable to sleep every night, and to get a
full night's rest, you need to sleep about eight hours or more.  You can
sleep for eight hours in the wilderness if you have the RIP spell, and you
can sleep in the Gnome Ann's Land Inn.  You'll have the option of sleeping
until morning, evening, or eight hours.  Also, you can rest for one hour
anywhere to build up stamina.
Staying alive in a combat sense is pivotal, of course.  Potions and Pills to
restore Health, Stamina or cure poison can be bought from Salim the
Apothecary.  Mana Pills and Potions can be bought from Shakra in the Magic
Shop.  As a general rule, Potions restore more than Pills, but are less
cost-effective.
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Surviving Combat
When you encounter monsters, you'll be on a normal screen.  There are no
special screens for combat in this game.  You can find enemies out in random
encounters on the main island, and there are some places that will have a
bunch of monsters everyday, such as the "normal" Dragon Pillars and the
Dragon Blood Pool.
When fighting enemies, first be sure you have your weapons and armor
equipped.  Simply walk up and attack them with "F" and "G", and defend from
their attacks with "D".
When attacking, you'll do different things with the two attacks depending on
what kind of weapon you have.
Fists - F: Punch, G: Kick (spinning kick if you have Acrobatics)
Dagger - F: Stab, G: Side Slash
Sword - F: Thrust, G: Overhead Slash
Spear - F: Thrust, G: Lunge
Axe - F: Side Chop, G: Overhead Chop
Staff - F: Overhead Hit, G: Side Hit
Generally, the "F" attack is faster and more useful.
The major thing that separates combat in this game is the fact that you can
face multiple enemies.  Only two will attack you at once, but you can have a
lot of enemies in an area, depending on the area.  Most random encounters
won't have too many more than five.
Note that you'll have full access to your inventory during battles, so at any
time you can whip out other weapons to throw (daggers, spears, rocks) or cast
some spells.  Also, you'll be taking damage in these encounters, so you'll
have full access to your potions and pills.
Underwater combat is tougher, since you have reduced mobility.  First of all,
don't even try fighting underwater until you can breathe under there.  You'll
have reduced choices in weaponry, as well.  As armor goes, you can't use
anything but Leather Armor.  In weapons, you're limited to daggers and
spears.  Also, certain spells won't work underwater.  Flame Dart will just
fizzle out, and Lightning Ball will shock everything in the area, including
you.
Also, there are some enemies, the Undead, the Hydra, and the Dragon, that can
only be harmed by a magic weapon, so it'll be worth your while to invest in
them as soon as possible.
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Surviving Financially
The currency of Silmaria is the drachma.  You'll have plenty of opportunities
to get more cash, which is good, 'cause the best things in life are pretty
pricey.
A good skill to learn early on is the fine art of bargaining.  Whenever you
buy or sell something, you'll be able to offer a counterprice to the opening
price the merchant gives you.  In both buying and selling, there is an actual
limit you can go down or up to, and it's determined by your Honor.  No matter
how low your buying price or how high your selling price offer, you can only
go so low or high.
Renewable Resources:
Fighting Enemies - Not a whole lot of enemies carry cold cash, but most of
the humanoids carry something, which you can either use yourself or sell for
cash.
Dead Parrot Gambling - Betting on the Wheel of Fortune is a quick way to make
some money with your Throwing skill.  Also, there's the Arena Betting.  Bet
on some fights, or back up your own fight with a bet, or you can even bet on
the other guy and throw the fight.
Non-Renewable Resources:
Treasure - Completing quests may result in some treasure.  There may be
money/merchandise on important enemies or chests lying around.
Thieving - There aren't too many marks in the game, but you can get some big
scores.
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4. THE KINGDOM OF SILMARIA *CONTAINS SPOILERS*
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4A. Points of Interest =
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City of Silmaria
The city is built on various levels.  It was originally constructed in time
of war to hold off invasion, but it's expanded in recent years.  There is no
army, just a garrison of guards.
The city is separated into four major areas.  Each of these areas is its own
panoramic screen:
- West Gate: This area of Silmaria has the scenic waterfall which flows from
the Town Center.  This is also the area of the barracks for the guards and
the small prison for criminals.  Other points of interest include:
-- Gnome Ann's Land Inn: This Gnome away from home is where you lie your head