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KHELBEN'S LETTER TO THE PARTY OLTEC'S REPORT

WENTLY KELSO'S JOURNAL INTRODUCTION

CREATING A NEW PARTY

HOW TO PLAY EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 11

YOUR CHARACTERS AND YOUR PARTY

SPELLS

ADVENTURING STRATEGY

BESTIARY TABLES

Armor

INDEX OF SPELLS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Eye of the Beholder 11 World

What Comes With this Game? Copy Protection

~ Getting Started Quickly Clicking with Your Mouse Using the Keyboard

~ A Crash Course in Combat A Crash Course in Spellcasting

~ Generating Characters Modifying and Keeping Characters Deleting Characters

~ When the Party is Complete Characters that Join the Party

Adventuring Equipment

~ Character Information Camp

Character Basics

~ Creating Strong Characters Creating a Strong Party

Mage Spells Cleric Spells

Strategies for Using Spells

Attacking Opponents Hints

~ ~

Experience Levels Ability Scores Weapons

~ ~

2 4

7 7 7 7 7 8

8 10 11

12 12 14 14 14 14

15 15 19

20 21

23 23 29 30

32 32 38 43

45 45 46

48 52

52 54

56 56

-n KHELBEN'S LETTER TO THE PARTY

N--

-X

OLTEC'S REPORT

t -

Khelben Blackstaff, mystic advisor to the Lords of Waterdeep, sends you

the following letter

Deae f-l eeoes 3 am glad to see that yon are all fully

o f yore ordeal were more

Gongeatnlations on being named the guests harvest festival in the city the

revel

Also, one

historic artifacts that you

the scrolls, keys, and stone items should give

new understanding

lAnfortnnately, another situation has arisen that

the city.For some disappearing

Now, we have written confirmation o

remains in shallow graves

artifact may be involved Thank

and west of the city where these events have

7ncl nded

aroused our your journey.Good luck

yon for

o f Waterdeep,

the rigors

. Clue healers

at the

reports

the

city

. The study

an important

threaten

could

ofhuman

in the sewers beneath Waterdeep

than happy to help You

Waterdeep.From the

ey,

3 surmise that a

scholars very much

good

appreciated

recovered

one

city's history

time there have been

villages to the north and west of the city

from

. Evil

forces and a

recovered from

return

to gone fighting trim

honor

time was had by all

your donation

beneath

one

rumorsofpeople

discovery

the

powerful ancient

volunteering to investigate the area to the north

occnreed

with this letter are copies o f the documents that

suspicions . Provisions have been

provided for

your trusted friend,

KkeI

bevy

With the previous letter, Khelben encloses the following report from Oltec, Captain of the City Guard of Waterdeep

Master Blacl<sfa We may again have trouble near the city After

the annual harvest festival, the City Guard made its routine sweeps searching

for lost and drunken revelers

On the second path o

o f Waterdeep

the old north

road, we came

upon the remains of an overturned carriage,

The driver had been killed by an amount o f

blood

inside the carriage nearby and the dead driver robbery, for the missing from the

Oar tracker the side of the were

carrying a heavy load, The attacker mast have been

away after the battle

attackers did not take the coins

carriage

followed a faint trail o f blood

road, There,

arrow

through his heart

However,

the carriage horses were grazing

still had his purse full o f coins

or the

seemed to

be the passenger

from the carriage

There

was a small

. This was not a simple

horses, The only thing

o- into the soft sand at

she pointed oat a deeply set boot print, as i f someone

carrying the

passenger

We searched the area, bat lost the trail in the harder ground to the north, The only f

rait o f oar

attacker's trail

was a small wooden box that had fallen beneath a bash along the

. The box contained a boaad joaraal, the writings

that

eccentric

scholar Weatly Kelso,

am aware that scholar Kelso's journals veri-y the existence of that aefarioas threat in the sewers beneath Waterdeep However, been the bane o f my men on

Kelso's infernal investigations

Because of Kelso's history, J personally examined the journal, 0 am glad

its writings foretell omiaoas events, The joaraal contains notes of evil

were

valuable in the past

of obscure occurrences

than one occasion

in the city have also

. They

helped

did, for

occurrences

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WENTLY KELSO'S JOURNAL

E-

and a powerful artifact

shallow graves

disappearances to the north that my men have

sources have confirmed that scholar Kelso was seen riding in a carriage late

on the last night o f the harvest festival mentioned that Kelso spoke of investigating a new mystery

should treat both this journal and the threat

this matter does not yet directly threaten Waterdeep, it is outside the jurisdiction

o f the

City

Guard

relevant entries

nothing mentioned therein becomes a threat to the

. 3t speaks of an evil vision and of human remains found in

. CowId these graves

be connected

reported?

with the mysterious

. People who he met during the festival

. 3 believe that we

infers as genuine

. Rather than forward the entire journal, 3 had a scribe

for you

3 trust you will take the necessary actions to enswe that

city

or its citizens

copy the

ours,

CSI tec

Captain

Waterdeep City Guard

Khelben also forwards a transcribed selection of journal entries written Kelso, the eccentric scholar and self-described "Famous Archaeologist

Journal Entry 356

As I carefully pulled myself out of the sewers

of Waterdeep, my hand slipped on a particularly slick stone . Only as I fell did I realize that the stone was slick with blood from my wounded hand embankment large boulder and my vision faded

How many hours I lay there bleeding I do not know

. Suddenly a warm sensation flowed throughout my body Before me stood a large robed figure, back lit by an unearthly glow see only the outline of fine features and a dark complexion beneath the hooded robe

"You are healed without aid you would have surely died

I put my hand to my head throbbed, but neither my head nor my hand were bleeding

"Saving me was a very civilized thing for you to do

He seemed to grow larger and his eyes glowed red from under his hood

"I ask nothing from you but your undivided attention!"

He opened his hand and placed his gloved palm on my throbbing head whelmed by an intense vision

. I fell headlong into an

. My skull bounced against a

. I slowly opened my eyes

. In the brightness, I could

. I have saved you, for

. My head

. It took me a moment to speak

. What do you want from me?"

. I was over-

In the woods, there was a quiet village on a dark overcast day moved through the village, selling goods, talking, and just walking along the narrow dirt streets

. A woman in a blue gown adorned with silver stars stood at one edge of the town square, talking to some of the peasants

In the woods outside the village, dark figures moved into position wood, a robed figure moved slowly toward the village square

the low structure that enclosed the drinking well

. In its gloved hand, the figure held a

gleaming scepter

"Citizens of Torzac," he declared, "Hear me now!"

The peasants turned toward the speaker and mumbled to themselves

A few backed away

"From this time forward I am your new

ruler! I will allow no resistance!"

Some citizens openly laughed at him

. Many just turned to walk away

One of the locals stepped forward

"And who might you be! Show yourself so we might know our future ruler!"

With his empty hand, the figure pulled back his hood only by the blue-black complexion of a drow The dark elf warrior scowled down with disdain at the crowd of peasants

. Peasants in ragged clothes

. From the edge of the

. At the square, it mounted

. The slender elven face was marred

by Wently

. A few moved closer

. Others swore

The village went completely silent

peasants froze where they stood up stones, but dared not to throw them

The woman in the star-decked gown strode

forward, weaving her hands in a complex pattern

. "Dark warrior, you will never rule a

living soul in my home village!" She thrust

her hands forward and missiles of magical

energy darted at the arrogant drow

The drow flashed an evil toothy smile and

laughed from atop his perch

wave of the gleaming scepter, the magical

missiles dissipated into nothingness

Some villagers, emboldened by the attack, hurled their stones at the drow

wide

. But a single stone cut him on the

cheek

. The drow slowly passed a gloved finger across the cut hand and saw a single drop of his own blood

. His mad eyes blazed with hatred

"I said, no resistance!"

. He looked down at his

. Many

. Some picked

. With a scornful

. Most flew

This is where the vision ended with my head resting upon the boulder head throbs even more than before, but I am still alive

Journal Entry 378

The discovery of the history and location of the scepter in my vision is my latest investigation

. It seems to be an artifact of the drow, and should be of great scholarly value

. My first task is to track down the

village of Torzac

Journal Entry 381

After reviewing my vision, I believe the village I saw could be somewhere near Waterdeep

is of a type that was common years ago in poor villages to the north of the city color of the clay in the bricks of the well is common in streams to the north and east

The city records may shed some light on the

location of the village

Journal Entry 399

Dozens of dark warriors charged from the woods all around the village began to gesture frantically, but was hit by an arrow before she could cast another spell Some villagers tried to flee, others to fight made no difference destroyed one survived

The victorious drow gathered around the remains of the village square . The leader

replaced his hood and raised his scepter in triumph bloody swords in salute

. All inside were cut down

. The dark warriors raised their

. The village was

. The woman

. Not

I began my search in the records office of the Waterdeep Treasury . Nowhere in the records of the new reign of the Lords of

Waterdeep have I found a mention of a

. It

village of Torzac

Journal Entry 408

I was about to give up my search and call the whole thing a hallucination when I came upon an ancient taxation record part it reads

Lord Torzac According to our records, three of your

citizens owe us a percentage of their fall harvest

. Could you please look into this

. I awoke

. My

. The thatching on the hut roofs

. The

. In

matter! I will meet with you to discuss further trading agreements before the first new moon

Then I found this letter to the taxation office

. . . explicitly, but there was nothing to be found Torzac community moved and destroyed the village before they left

The letter includes instructions on how to reach the village site, This is a major breakthrough, and I feel that it is just a matter of time before I find the village and the scepter!

. ...

We followed the directions to the village

. There was no village nor a Lord

. Our only guess is that the whole

. . . .

Journal Entry 420

After bidding goodbye to my sweet Miltinda, I begin my expedition supplies and high hopes

. I have full

Journal Entry 427

1 have found what seems to be the remains of the village

remain, but the layout of the remains of the stone buildings corresponds exactly to the vil-

lage in my vision the site of the former village square size of these trees, the destruction of the village must have taken place a very long time ago

. The wooden buildings do not

. Large trees now grow on

. Given the

Journal Entry 429

I hired a local guide to support me in my investigations

Insal minimal intelligence seems overrun with wolves much of our time on the move to avoid

attracting the interest of the wolves

. The guide is a halfling named

. Like my last guide, Insal is of very

. The forest in this area

. We spend

Journal Entry 431

We have come across several shallow grave sites, but their occupants were recently buried humans and therefore couldn't have

been the people of Torzac no human settlements in the area

good, people are always getting in the way and making true archaeology much more

difficult

. I have begun searching the area for signs of underground drow construction as that is the place most likely to still hold the scepter after all this time

Journal Entry 451

Two female warriors came through our

camp this night them about underground sites in the local

area, or any sightings of the scepter were either uncooperative or uninformed

In the end, Insal leered at both women, so they left in a huff

. I attempted to question

Journal Entry 456

I have searched the area for above-ground

signs of drow sites and found nothing After I return to Waterdeep for additional supplies, I will have to search this area for structures that may hide drow underground constructions

I have discharged Insal so that I can travel

more quickly but I paid him off with a few shiny baubles, rusted weapons, and dented copper coins With luck, I should return to Waterdeep in time to spend the harvest festival with my sweet Miltinda

. He seemed unhappy to go,

. There seem to be

. This is

. They

-N

INTRODUCTION

Eye of the Beholder II World

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER II DARJMOON

computer role-playing adventure based on the popular AD&D" 2nd Edition

game rules and on an original story

created for this game place in and around the dreaded

Temple Darkmoon located in TSR's

FORGOTTEN REALMS' game world

Everything in from your point of view pass by as you move through the forest around the temple take them with you keys, by pressing buttons or by pulling release levers er to you and close in for battle with the weapons your characters have in their hands clerics' or paladins' holy symbols and

your mages' spell books

front of the party may attack with weapons such as swords and maces, while characters in the rear ranks may attack with spells or ranged weapons such as bows and slings

is an all 3-D, Legend Series

: THE LEGEND OF

. The action takes

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER II

. Watch the trees

. Pick up items and

. Open doors with

. See monsters draw near-

. Cast spells with your

. Those in the

. Attack

What Comes With this Game?

You should have the following items in

your game box

Rule Book®Disks®Data Card

This Rule Book explains how to play the game and gives you reference information about things like characters, monsters, and spells

The Disks contain the game

The Data Card contains information on

how to load the game and play it on your specific computer how to get right into the game with the pre-built party

. It also explains

Copy Protection

There is no physical copy protection on your

EYEofTHE BEHOLDER

please make copies and put the originals away for safekeeping

To assure that you have a legitimate copy of the game there will be a verification question somewhere during the game

. A picture will appear with the verification question matching illustration in the upper right hand corner of the Rule Book, and then give the correct answer

. You must find the

disks, so

Getting Started Quickly

A saved game containing a pre-built party comes with your game right into the game, load this saved game following the instructions on your Data Card

You may also transfer your

BEHOLDER I

Data Card for detailed instructions

party to this game

. To get

EYE

. See the

THE

Clicking with Your Mouse

Throughout this book, the term "click"

means move the cursor to the desired area and then press either the left or right mouse button

"Right-click" means move the cursor to the desired area and press the right mouse button

"Left-click" means move the cursor to the desired area and press the left

mouse button

Using the Keyboard

The majority of the rules in this book

assume that you have a mouse However, anything that you can do with

the mouse, you can also do with the

keyboard may not be available on all systems

Refer to your Data Card for details

To generate a character, use the cursor keys to move the highlight box over the

desired option and press the Enter key when ready

In the game, one item in a character's hand or inventory is surrounded by an

item highlight box Z keys like a cursor key pad to move the highlight box from item to item

As a short cut to access the character's "in-hand" items, press the function key that corresponds to the character's posi-

tion on the adventure screen items are items that rest in the charac-

. (The keyboard commands

. Use the W, A, S, and

W Move item highlight box up A Move item highlight box left S Move item highlight box right Z Move item highlight box down

to your character's portrait) and press the (U) key

. ("In-hand"

ter's hands the character portrait . You can also see

the items from the equipment screen in the grey box beside the hands

To swap the position of two characters,

hold down the Shift key and press the

function key that corresponds to the first character's position then hold down the Shift key and press the function key that corresponds to the second charac-

ter's position

The Get, Drop, Throw, and Manipulate command keys (G, D, T, & M) mimic the functions of the left-click of the mouse To use these commands, place the highlight box over the item, or the location you want the item to be, and press the command key for the action you want

On the adventure screen, the Use command key (U) mimics the function of the

right-click of the mouse attacking with weapons, opening a spell

book, triggering a magical item, or drinking a potion

highlight box over an in-hand item (next

. They are the items beside

. This includes

. To use an item, place the

I -

To cast spells using the keyboard, first

press (U) to use a character's in-hand

spell book or holy symbol

level of the spell to cast by pressing the

1-6 number keys on the main typing area

of your keyboard (not from the keypad)

Choose the spell by pressing the (<) and (>) keys to highlight the spell with the spell cursor Space ing ABORT SPELL and pressing Space

Press the inventory (I) key to view a character's equipment screen

Press the page (P) key to switch between the character's equipment screen and character screen

Press the camp (C) key to bring up the Camp Menu Camp, use the cursor keys to move the highlight to the desired option and press the Enter key camp options by pressing the first letter of the command

Move your party by pressing the keys on the keypad that correspond to the lay-

out of the movement buttons use these keypad commands even when you are using a mouse!

For reference, here is a list of all the keyboard (and keypad) commands

. Cast the spell by pressing

. Close the spell menu by highlight-

. To select an option in

. You can also select most

. Choose the

. You may

Keyboard

S Z Fl-F6 Shift F1-F6 G

T M

1-6

® ®

Space I

Keypad Command List

7 Turn Left~8 Move Forward~9 Turn Right 4 Move Left~5 Move Backward

2 Move Backward

6 Move Right

Command

Move item highlight box up Move item highlight box left Move item highlight box right Move item highlight box down Select character shortcut Swap character positions Get an item from the floor in

the 3-D view

Drop an item to the floor in

the 3-D view Throw an item into the 3-D view

Manipulate an object in the 3-D view (push a button, pull a lever, etc acts as "Get" for items that are in the

3-D view but are not on the ground Use an in-hand item from the

adventure screen (attack, trigger an item, bring up spells, drink a potion, etc

Choose Spell Level on spell menu Move Spell Cursor down Move Spell Cursor up Cast Spell Open and close the character's

equipment screen (inventory)

Page between equipment screen and character screen

Camp

List

. Also

A Crash Course in Combat

To attack, you must have weapons "inhand" and "ready item is in a hand item is ready for use greyed out, it is unusable

To attack, right-click on a ready weapon on the adventure screen sure to will find yourself picking the item up instead of attacking!

Note that you can have an item "inhand" but not "readied

you hold a two-handed weapon, you

cannot "ready" items in your other hand

you want, you could place an item in the greyed out hand, but you would not gain

any benefit from having it there

Characters fight with three basic types of weapons

Characters with melee weapons (swords, axes, etc

in the front rank portraits on the top row are in the front rank being in the rear rank

Characters with thrown and ranged weapons (daggers, darts, etc anywhere in the party thrown weapon, right-click on the ready weapon on the adventure screen the fight, you will have to go pick up the thrown weapon and ready it again

." "In-hand" means the

. "Ready" means the

. (If the weapon is

. Be

right-click.If you left-click you

." For example, if

. The other hand is greyed out

; melee, thrown, and ranged

.) may only attack if they stand

. The two characters with

. Consider the other characters as

. To attack with a

. If

.) can be

. After

Guardians of

Temple Darkmoon

Ranged weapons require ammunition

Arrows for bows must be placed in the

character's quiver . Rocks for slings may

be placed anywhere on the character's

equipment screen

ranged weapon, right-click on the ready

weapon on the adventure screen the fight, you will have to go pick up the ammunition and replace it on the equip-

ment screen

For more information on readying a weapon, attacking with a weapon, or

picking up a weapon, see the

"Adventuring" section on page 15

more information on where to keep equipment and ammunition, see the

"Equipment" section on page 19

more information on the mechanics of combat, see the "Adventuring Strategy" section on page 45

. To attack with a

. After

. For

MCP-

A Crash Course in

Spellcasting

Characters such as mages and clerics are spellcasters who use magic to fight and to heal order to gain their spells are memorized or prayed for, they are ready to use that each time spellcasters use a spell, they forget how to cast it

rest again to regain it

Before you go into any serious combat, have your spellcasters memorize spells, pray for spells, and rest

Mages spend their lives seeking out new spells to add to their spell book must memorize these spells before using them

Clerics and high-level paladins pray for their spells are insights with mages

To ready the spells, go into camp, and select Memorize Spells or Pray for Spells ter that fits the category, choose the character that you want to work with

Click on a number from the spell level across the top of the list, and click on the spell names to choose the spells you want to memorize

all the different levels of spells your magic user knows, and then press Exit

just once to return to the Camp menu

. Spellcasters

. However, keep in mind

. This is because these spells

; they are not memorized as

. (If there is more than one charac-

must rest

. Once spells

. They must

. Repeat this for

. They

Repeat the above process for all the spellcasters in your party

Once spells have been selected for all of the spellcasters, choose Rest Party The spellcasters will learn the spells you selected . From here on, whenever the

party rests, the spellcasters will remem-

orize the same spells

If you adventure for a while and realize that you want your spellcasters to memorize a different breakdown of spells, then the next time you camp just go

into Memorize Spells or Fray for Spells,

select Clear, and reselect spells

All spells are cast from the adventure

. To cast a spell, right-click on

screen the spellcaster's spell book or holy

. (Be

symbol because if you left-click you will find

yourself picking the item up instead of casting a spell!) The spell box appears over the compass on the adventure screen of the spell to cast and then click on the spell itself specific character in the party, click on the portrait of the recipient

For more information on memorizing, see the "Camp" section on page 21

more information on casting spells, see the "Adventuring" section starting on

page 15 the specific effects of spells, see the

"Spells" section starting on page 32

suretoright-click

. If the spell affects a

. For detailed information on

. Click on the level

. For

-m CREATING A NEW PARTY

Character Generation Screen

Generating Characters

You must generate four characters to have a complete party races and classes is essential to complet-

ing the adventure as fighters, paladins, and rangers are

needed to deal with the many horrors that block your path

support the quest with their magical abilities--clerics have powerful healing and protective spells, while mages attack with mystic force when progress is barred by a locked gate for which the party has no key

This section contains basic instructions for creating a new party information about selecting characters

for a party, see the "Your Characters and Your Party" section

. A good mix of

. Warrior classes such

. Clerics and mages

. Thieves are handy

. For detailed

. .

on page 23

To create a character, click on one of the four character boxes chosen a box, choose the new character's race and gender, class, alignment, and portrait

button to change your last choice

Race

There are six races of characters to choose from

Each race has unique advantages and characteristics

ble for different classes and each has

. ®

Human

Half-Elf

:®Gnome

. After you have

. You can click on the Back

d®Elf

®S

Dwarf

®S

Halfling

. Different races are eligi-

unique modifiers to ability scores such as strength or wisdom information see "Races" on page 23

. For detailed

Class Classes are occupations

. Some races

Portrait The character portrait is a picture that

represents the character during the game

. Click on the arrows to display different portraits, and then click on a portrait to select it

have the option of having more than one class simultaneously, but there are six basic options

Fighter

Paladin

Cleric

®3

Ranger

Mage

. ®

Thief

The party needs a variety of classes to get all of the necessary skills for the adventure with evil characters

. (Paladins will not join parties

. If you already have an evil character you cannot generate a paladin see the "Classes" section on page 25

.) For detailed information

Alignment

Ability Scores After you choose a character portrait,

the computer generates "ability scores" for the character a summary of natural abilities and faculties

. Each character has the

following scores

. ®

Strength (STR)

Intelligence (INT)

Wisdom (WIS)

Dexterity (DEX)

Constitution (CON)

Charisma (CHA)

Alignment is the philosophy by which a character lives and deals with the world There are nine possible alignments, although a character's class may limit the selection only be Lawful Good

Lawful Good :®Lawful Neutral

Neutral Good

Chaotic Good

. Paladins, for example, can

. The choices are

Lawful Evil

True Neutral

® .

Chaotic Neutral

Neutral Evil

Chaotic Evil

For detailed information see the "Alignments" section on page 27

For more information see the "Ability

Scores" section on page 27 modify and keep these scores with the Modify and Keep controls

Other Characteristics

Characters also have numeric values for the following characteristics

d®Armor Class (AC)

~ .

Hit Points (HP)

~ .

Level (LVL)

. These numbers are

. You may

Modifying and Keeping Characters

Deleting Characters

You can delete a character before you select PLAY trait and then click on the delete button

When the Party is Complete

When you have generated four characters, a FLAY button appears underneath the portraits to begin the game

Characters that Join the Party

In addition to the four regular charac-

Modify/Keep Character Screen

REROLL generates a new set of ability scores for the character

MODIFY allows you to change charac-

ters' ability scores and hit points

example, use this to match a favorite AD&D• game character MODIFY, click the ability score to be changed, and then click on the plus or minus button to alter the ability score Click on the OK button when you are finished

FACES allows you to select a different character portrait

KEEP places the character into the party line-up

Name your character after selecting KEEP

. Once you enter a name, the

new character joins the party!

. For

. After selecting

ters, up to two more non-player characters (NFCs) may join the party As you adventure, these characters may ask to join you and act as any other characters under your control advice or give you information may leave your party, or you may drop them, at any time

. To delete, click on the por-

. Click on the FLAY button

. If you accept, they join

. Occasionally, NPCs offer

. NPCs

For detailed information on these char acteristics, see "Other Characteristics" on page 28

Camp

Click on the Camp button at the

bottom-right side of the screen

gives you options to save the game, turn

sounds on and off, have spellcasters memorize spells, and more

"Camp" section on page 21 for more information

Cast Cleric Spell

character's in-hand holy symbol on the spell level button from the spell

menu and then click on the spell to cast

. Click on target characters for any

spell that affects members of the party

Right-click on the

. Camp

. See the

. Click

Change Order of Characters

click on the name bar of one character on the adventure screen, and then rightclick on the name bar of a second two characters trade places

Check Character Status

ter portrait is normal, the character is conscious

acter is unconscious a statue, the character is petrified replaced by a skull, the character is

dead highlighted, the character is poisoned

or paralyzed

. If it is shaded grey, the char-

. If it is replaced by

. If the character's name bar is

Right-

. The

If the charac-

. If it is

view

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C,ate

LName Bar

Front

Rank

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Characters

Primary Hand

ary Hand

Weapon

Spell Menu

The spell effect box surrounding the character shows that the character is protected by spells represents a spell that mainly defends against physical attacks represents a spell that mainly defends against magical attacks box represents multiple spells

The hit point bar displays the character's current condition acter may be damaged, but is in good shape

. If it is yellow, the character is gravely wounded ter is unconscious as a numeric value click on Bar Graphs are ON/OFF from the Preferences menu

under Camp options

Drink a Potion

hand potion

Adventuring actions continue

. A yellow spell box

. A red spell box

. A dashed spell

. If it is green, the char-

. If it is red, the charac-

. To display hit points

Right-click on an in-

...

Message Area

Adventuring

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

DARKMOON

screen casting, and exploration happens from this screen active, they may overlay parts of the adventure screen

You can only attack from the adventure screen, not from the equipment screen

During the game, the two characters in the upper row are "front rank" characters, and the two characters in the lower row(s) are "rear rank

place your fighters in the front rank, and your magic users in the rear rank

II:THE LEGEND OF

is played from the adventure

. All movement, combat, spell-

. When other screens are

." For best results,

Adventure Screen

Things You Can Do from the

Adventure Screen Attack Monster

ter's in-hand weapons rank characters can attack with melee weapons (swords, maces, etc.). Characters in the rear ranks can attack with thrown and ranged weapons (bows, darts, etc.). After you have attacked with a weapon, it is greyed out until it is ready

again can carry and fight with a second weapon, but they may suffer a penalty to

their combat ability

Bash Obstacle

character's in-hand weapon to destroy an object

Right-click on a charac-

. Only the front

. Fighters, paladins, and rangers

Right-click on a front

Spell

Level

Buttons

Turn

Vndead

Ability (clerics

and

paladins)

Cast Mage Spell

character's in-hand spell book the spell level button from the spell menu and then the spell to cast on target characters for any spell that affects members of the party

Cast Spell from Cleric Scroll

click on an in-hand scroll consumed when the spell is cast

Cast Spell from Mage Scroll

click on an in-hand scroll consumed when the spell is cast

:ORT-SPELL

Leave Spell

Menu Button

Scroll VP/Down

Buttons

Right-click on the

. Click on

. Click

Right-

. The scroll is

Right-

. The scroll is

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