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MOONRISE OVER MYTH DRANNOR

INTRODUCTION

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER I I I

World

What Comes with This

Game?

~ Copy Protection Getting Started Quickly Clicking with Your Mouse

CREATING A NEW PARTY

Generating Characters

Modifying and Keeping

Characters Deleting Characters When the Party is Complete

Characters that Join the Party

MORE ABOUT YOUR PARTY

Character Basics Creating Strong Characters Creating a Strong Party

11 O W TO PLAY

Crash Course in Combat Crash Course in Spellcasting

Adventuring

Equipment Character Information Camp

SPELLS

Mage Spells Cleric Spells Strategies for Using Spells

ADVENTURING STRATEGY

Attacking Opponents Hints

BESTIARY

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Creatures in and around

Myth Drannor

Detailed Descriptions of

New Monsters

TABLES

Experience Levels Ability Scores Weapons Armor

INDEX OF SPELLS

QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS?

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MOONRISE OVER MYTH DRANNOR

by Ed CQreenwood

. The Day of the Drawn Sword

t was hot enough to fry a knight in armor . Delmair began to despair of ever

reaching the dale, as he trudged along in the sun-dappled roadside shade, and

the day grew old around him through the woods, hoping at each bend to see thinning trees ahead, and some

sign of his goal

Delmair's feet ached, even in the good boots he wore

The deep woods on either side of the road began to seem somehow sinister, as

if they were awaiting the night, when he'd have to sleep among them and take his chances

Hurry? He could barely walk the road

A thudding, a low, broken drumming sound barely audible above his own weary breathing towards him on the unseen road ahead the road, staring all the while at the next bend, as the hooves came nearer

The din grew suddenly louder low branches at the bend suddenly danced and shed leaves he called, his voice high and loud in his ears way to Shadowdale? I seek the sage Elminster!"

In the next moment, the first riders of a proud company of knights in full, gleaming plate armor thundered into view words away into nothingness in the fury and hubbub of a hard gallop, Delmair saw in the huge, grim-faced warrior's ready-gauntleted hands a china teacup and saucer

. The warrior held the one daintily above the other as he charged by,

raising clouds of dust

Delmair turned to stare after him, astonished

and a third

another group of knights came into view . "Excuse me!" he bellowed again as loudly as he could, amid the tumult of snorting mounts and crashing hooves

"Pray pardon, but could you possibly spare me

Then they were past and gone, leaving him amid the rolling dust, the drumming

of hooves dying away amid the trees

. At each bend, the road disappointed him

. He walked more slowly, even as he told himself he must hurry on

. And then he heard it

. He leaned his head to one side

. They, too, held teacups."Excuse me!"

. He walked and walked along the winding road

. His pace fell to a crawl

. Delmair sighed, and came to a halt by the side of

. Yes

. Hoofbeats, many of them, coming

. He stepped up onto a high bank beside

. Delmair threw up a hand, clearing his throat, as

. "Pray excuse me!"

. "Excuse me-can you tell me the

. As the first whipped past, whirling his

. The second rider thundered past,

he shouted desperately as

- ?"

. Delmair sighed, standing in the road and

looking after them

r n

fresh thundering announced the arrival of yet another rider

Delmair had time for one glimpse of a beautiful, frowning, sharp-eyed maid in full armor galloping towards him as though the Realms themselves hung in the balance, long hair flowing free about her shoulders

speak

and she bent in a flashing of curved armor

Then she was gone, and Delmair found himself holding an empty teacup,

delicately balanced on its saucer

here have they gone? Off to save the Realms again, of course

nothing ye're one of them, lad!" The old man fixed Moumgrym with a clear, blue-grey stare, wagged his head in mock despair, and vanished up the chimney in a puff of smoke

. Moumgrym groaned

not

going to be a good day

he sun sank low as Delmair trudged along . A thought came to him

still holding this teacup for? In sudden irritation, he dashed it to the ground

The teacup started earthward, and then bobbed in midair like a cork upon water, and came up by itself to float silently beside and just ahead of him, in

midair

. Delmair stared at it, dumbfounded

Then he looked wildly at the trees all around down the road-and, by the gods, there hung a line of teacups in empty air, floating slowly towards him

He was gasping for breath and stumbling in weariness by the time he noticed a sort of glow from beside him, a pale white light

fell

. The teacup he'd thrown was keeping pace with him, floating serenely along as

he ran

. Panting, Delmair came to a despairing stop and looked back . Sure enough,

the line of teacups was there, all of them glowing faintly as twilight stole up in the trees around him

darkness, towards Shadowdale source their magic came from

ignored the wilder stories about the dale, close by the haunted ruins of Myth Drannor

and scaled, spiked things that were rumored to lurk in Myth Drannor of riches no one dared to take-because the price was one's life

Still, the men of Shadowdale were good warriors, he'd heard, and kept the dale safe

. Late at night in taverns, people had whispered about the skeletal dragons

. They always needed soldiers, he'd heard more than once

and then hastily turned and leaped out of the way as a

. He opened his mouth to

. . .

. Know ye

about the Knights of Myth Drannor? Recall from time to time that

. The disaster was complete

. Nothing unusual

. Delmair turned and ran, cursing

. He spared a glance - and nearly

. Shaking his head, Delmair walked on into the gathering

. The cups would give him light to see by, whatever

. Not for the first time, he wondered why he'd ever

. Tomorrow was definitely

: what am I

. Behind him,

. It was a city

. As night came

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upon him, and he walked on with the glowing lights trailing behind him, Delmair suddenly thought for the first time about soldiers, and fear joined him on the long walk through the night

he day dawned bright and clear, gentle breezes rustling the trees around him as Mourngrym, Lord of Shadowdale, walked alone in the woods of

Shadowdale faint lowing of cattle

would have lifted his heart into song, and brought a smile onto his face

But the Lord of Shadowdale walked along with his face dark and closed, and his

thoughts plunged into grey despondency Sword, with all the gaiety, hubbub and crowding that inevitably accompanied its festive event-and he faced it all alone, without his lady to both gladden his eyes and set all the folk, proud and low, at ease together

Shaerl was gone to Suzail, to bury an uncle taken by the gods, and she'd taken with her Aseel Tarnriver, Chatelaine of the Tower and all the folk of the Tower had suffered under the hard hand and sharp-edged tongue of Orlindea, the Underchatelaine, and the Lord Mourngrym had more than once felt moved to draw steel and end common misery

wagging of her biting, shrewish tongue

of Waterdeep and Lords even of small dales don't cut down lone women in their blood, just for being themselves morning, his sword still in his sheath, and anger burning in his heart

Even the Knights of Myth Drannor had left him, riding off in haste yesternoon at a word from Elminster, who had come down the chimney as a grey swift and left again by the same way an instant later, as a plume of grey smoke spoiling Mourngrym's highsun tea of The Day of the Drawn Sword

Once a year the festival came, in highsummer, a day of feasts and spectacles and contests-of-arms, when the Lord of Shadowdale thanked and feted his militia, and took on new men-at-arms to defend the dale, from those who'd shown well in the contests rising deadly in the dark heart of the woods to the east gone, it was the haunt of creatures that should have been dead Whenever a patrol or a curious boy strayed too close, death came for them,

bloodily treasure-seekers from swift and certain death in the ruins the time about the monsters of Myth Drannor deciding someday that Shadowdale was close enough, and full of easily caught folk, to eat, and

. Birds sang in the warm morning, and from afar he could hear the

. It was a morning that, had it befallen on any other day,

. And so Mourngrym walked alone in the early

. They'd all left him alone to face all the tumult

. Tales were told of the dangers of lost and ruined Myth Drannor,

. The Knights of Myth Drannor spent much of their time heading off

why a

dale would constantly need new

. For this day was The Day of the Drawn

. For a tenday now Mourngrym

and the busy

together

. But scions of noble houses

quite

. Now that the elves were

and worse

. Mourngrym worried all

. .

During the Festival, by tradition, some brave soul had to go and spend the night in Myth Drannor

There was always Elminster, of course could only do that once, and Mourngrym didn't want to use up the Old Mage's turn yet

That problem was only part of what weighed down Mourngrym's spirits was beginning to ache already invaded every nook and cranny of the Tower, laughing and shouting and breaking things, eating his larders bare and drinking his cellars dry small, easily-concealed objects always seemed to go missing in their wake, too, and the Lord of the Dale was expected to play the genial host through it all, toasting and greeting old dodderers by name, giving squalling and noisome brats

kisses for good luck, and suffering the supercilious giggles of small girls and the mischievous peltings of small boys armed with ready missiles shelled eggs from the feast-tables, usually -

Mourngrym heartily hated the whole festival have some quiet moments to himself before all the shouting started

But it was not, gods willing, to be way to the small mill-yard, he heard young voices raised sighed and looked about, but the trees stood thick all about, and the path led

nowhere else

"I-I am Florin the Tall! Taste my steel, foul Zhent!" The joyful, high-pitched

bellow was followed by a very real shriek of pain and fright

hastened around the last bend of the path, and nearly charged into the midst of

a small pack of boys They turned startled faces to him, gasped, and in a few moments erupted into

full, crashing flight

"Hold!" Mourngrym's stern command fell upon empty air

stout cudgels bounced and rolled on the turf in their wake, and the Lord was

alone once more

Well, not quite

form in torn leather

apprehension

He took hold of a shoulder gently, and rolled the boy over, evoking another

short scream of fear

. Better to have him still in reserve

. Usually they were never seen again

; his spells would keep him safe

. The common folk for several days' travel around

. Ahead of him, where the trees thinned to give

. He went on, hand going to sword-hilt out of habit

. In the mud on the pond-side of a grassy hillock lay a huddled

. It sobbed quietly, and Mourngrym hastened to it in sudden

. Who would go this time?

. But you

. . .

so,

who?

. His head

. A sizeable number of

nuts and spiced,

with good-natured smiles

. He'd gone out this early purely to

. Already

. Mourngrym

. Curved branches and

. Mourngrym

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"No! No!" came a terrified voice, through the mud and what seemed like a lot of hair

. Mourngrym shifted some of it aside with a finger, and discovered that he

was staring into the tear-filled, astonished eyes of a young girl

They stared at each other for a moment, the girl's quick, ragged breathing the

only sound between them rather beautiful, without the tears, errant hair, and all the mud seen eleven summers-certainly no more

"Are you all right?," he asked gravely, offering her his hand slowly, wincing ago, fell from the folds of the too-large leather jerkin she wore plucked it away sliced leather of the cut it had made, probed beneath, and came back to him

with their tips red with blood

him with another, involuntary sob

"I'm-I'm all right, sir

Mourngrym held up his bloody fingers for her to see reached for the lacings of her jerkin rather grimly here? Who swung this sword?"

"I-we were playing at defending the dale, sir stain on the tunic beneath, and felt some relief fingers probed again, gently tail of her tunic into a ball, and guided her hand to press it firmly against the cut

She sniffed

"With a real sword?"

The girl sniffed again the one the Lord Mourngrym broke, fighting off the Zhentilar

Mourngrym's eyes went to it, lying old and worn in the grass beside them he said shortly

The girl stiffened in mid-sob, and shrank away from him . Her eyes were very round

. She gasped

Mourngrym rolled his eyes, sighed, and nodded . "Aye, I'm Mourngrym you called?"

"A-Alyth, Lord

Mourngrym nodded bottom of the Tower

to seek him out

. The hilt and rusty blade of an old sword, broken off short long

; she shivered, and bit her lip

. "That was never mine

. He looked down again at the terrified girl, bleeding in the mud

. Mourngrym's practiced eye saw that she might be

. His fingers found the torn and

. Mourngrym growled, and the girl shrank back from

. "I fear not," he replied, and

. "How did you come to be

." Mourngrym saw only a small

. Only a small cut, then

. Yes

. She'd be fine

. "It's Nern's, sir

. "You

you-Lord Mourngrym?"

. By now, he knew, they'd be looking for him from top to

. Soon enough his soldiers would be sent all over the dale

. He found it, by the bridge

. He took her hand, wadded the

. She might have

. She rolled over

. Mourngrym

. His

. He thinks it's

"No,"

. How are

"Up, then, Alyth," he said firmly, and hauled her to her feet with an arm about her shoulders

"Please, Lord They play the Knights

Mourngrym shook his head, and picked up what was left of the old blade go, Alyth," he said with a sigh

"I lay this command upon thee," he said then, formally, his eyes seeking out hers and holding their wondering gaze steadily

aside to any other task, to the white and green pavilion closest to the Tower walls, in the Meadow, and say that I sent you

Alyth nodded, in silence

try to look at it!"

Alyth nodded, sniffing again way he had come wrong! The glimmerings of an idea made him smile despite all, as he sprinted through the trees back towards the road girl to follow

The old man fixed the young boy with a clear, blue-grey stare

. "Tell me, now : how came this Nern to strike at you?"

Pheena and me, we're always the Zhents

. "You know what this day brings

. "Go, without tarrying or turning

. Understood?"

. Mourngrym patted her shoulder awkwardly

Don't delay, now

. She was coming after him

here have they gone? Off to save the Realms again, of course

nothing

uncomfortably under the level gaze and allowed as how he'd heard time enough about the Knights and all they did for the dale, to keep its folk safe

"But we need them not," he blurted, "my pa says, while Shadowdale still has old Elminster

The beard hid most of the slow smile that answered him is it?" came the familiar and crotchety, yet grand old voice grow feeble with age, and weak of mind and Art?"

"Uhh I've heard," he added carefully

"Good, good," he said approvingly can read in the voice and the looks of folk, and take care not to fill in the gaps with whatyefancy they might be thinking years pass deliverance there will also stand ye in good stead, as the years pass

. ..no, sir," Orthin said uncertainly

. Now help me carry this bundle up to the Tower, for its safe

and keep that hand pressing against where you're cut

. Mourngrym gave her a smile and then ran back the

. Gods, not morningfeast yet and

. He looked back once, to wave at the

. Good

about the Knights of Myth Drannor, lad?"

. "Leastways, he's not said so

. The old sage nodded

. "Stick ye always to what ye've heard, and

. 'Twill stand ye in good stead, as the

. The boys make us

." The girl nodded

already

things were going

. Orthin shifted

. "'Old' Elminster,

. "Thinks thy sire I

. "I must

. "Good

; don't

. Know ye

. . .

now,

that

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Orthin sighed and rolled his eyes, behind Elminster's back

time he'd heard such grand and fateful statements from The Old Mage

Elminster turned suddenly on his heel to fix Orthin with a hard stare solemnly rolled his eyes just as Orthin had done

gasp

. So it was true! The old man

quaked, awaiting dire magical punishment

Elminster chuckled softly what ye would not have hurled back at ye This, too, will stand ye in

found himself mimicking the end of the sage's oft-repeated phrase by himself, in sudden silence

Fearfully, he looked up, but the sage's eyes were grinning, even if his mouth was not Sighing, Orthin took it up sword and then decided he'd really rather not know

The Old Mage grinned at him, as if reading his mind

- and had to laugh when he saw that Elminster was doing it too, in unison

rocky height rose on the left-the Old Skull he'd been told about, no doubt and the road came to a bridge over the River Ashaba Shadowdale, and before highfeast, too!

He grinned at the bright morning all around - and noticed with a start that the line of floating teacups had vanished shivered-and then shrugged wearily and went on

Ahead, on the bridge, stood guards in gleaming chainmail arms of Shadowdale shone proudly on the breasts of their surcoats as they lowered their spears in warning

her hand welcome in Shadowdale, and expected at the Tower by the Lord Mourngrym

"I am?" Delmair asked, blinking face and said gently, "Elminster told us you'd be coming the power to astonish all of us still

Beyond her, Delmair saw nods and grins of agreement as the spears rose upright again in smooth unison

. Wordlessly Elminster pointed to the other end of the long, hard bundle

. Orthin wondered briefly what famous magical blade he was carrying

elmair smiled wearily, and rubbed red-rimmed eyes trees rolled back and the sun shone on a fair green valley

. "Well met, Delmair Rallyhorn," she said calmly, bowing

. "Take care also, young Orthin, not to show in thy face

. .

. Under the rolls of cloth, it felt like a scabbarded

did

have eyes in the back of his head! He

. "

His voice trailed away, ever so softly, and Orthin

. He had only the one in his hand left

. One came forward to meet him, an iron rod in

. The guardcaptain grinned at his dumbfounded

. . .

and we live here

. The lad shrank back with a

. Keep it hidden, for thine own safety

. It was not the first

and then

. Orthin rolled his eyes again

. At last! Ahead, the

. A weathered,

. He had reached

. He

. The silver and blue

. "You are

. Worry not-he has

"Ah, my thanks," he managed to say Twisted Tower, visible now behind the last trees on this side of the river, rising

in front of the Old Skull it

; market day?

The guardcaptain smiled

"Good fortune, Delmair

Delmair nodded in a sort of daze, and found himself on the path to the Tower

Then he remembered the teacup and saucer in his hand, wrapped in his

handrag against the road-dust turning back to Elassa and unwrapping his burden group of warriors, riding west as if to war

Elassa looked down at what he held, and smiled when you see him-he'll be happy to get it back Myth Drannor on the road, riding west to speak with your king

"Oh,"

was all Delmair could find to make answer . He shook his head, and turned

towards the Tower

At its doors, he found his way barred by two men figure in an old, patched cloak, its hood thrown forward to cover his face . The other was a tall, broad-shouldered, grimly dangerous warrior in magnificent an

an even more magnificent mustache bristling gray in the bright sun as his cold eyes drilled into Delmair

The cowled figure pointed

Delmair hadn't even time to draw breath before the warrior's hand shot out, and gripped his arm with fingers that felt like immovable stone

"How do you know we can trust him?" Thurbal, Captain-of-Arms for Shadowdale, managed the feat of squinting suspiciously at Delmair and glaring his question at the cowled man at the same time seemed incapable of

The cowled man shrugged thought him

Thurbal sighed

Delmair had swallowed noisily, and now managed to find his voice me.. .

The hood nodded

„How

the

- ?"

. .

. unsuitable

. "All right

teacups?"

. There seemed to be a lot of folk wandering about, near

. "It's the best way to reach it," she said, chuckling

. I am Elassa-Elassa Thintrel

. "That's him

. "My magic, of course

. What, boy?"

. "Aye

. "D-do I go straight there?" He waved at the

. Enjoy your visit

. "Ah, I was handed this on the road," he said,

. "By a lady

. "Give it to Lord Mourngrym

. You met with the Knights of

. One was a stooped, nondescript

. But then, there was little the old veteran

. I'd not have led him here if I

the last of a

nor, with

. "You led

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"Boy," Thurbal began,

A wave of the old man's hand brought instant silence

the hood, a bearded mouth smiled at Delmair

an apprentice

Delmair stared at him, round-eyed

but promptly fainted, teacup clattering as he toppled

Thurbal looked down at him, and then again at the Old Mage one's suitable for the Guard?"

parade without you! And until the parade is done, the archery contest cannot begin, nor the quarterstaff bouts or javelin-throws highsun quaff, and we simply

"Mistress Orlindea," Moumgrym began, raising his hand in entreaty

But she had plunged on unabated, in the

dark!

people needed you most! I've never known such irresponsibility in you before, my Lord, nor in any lord I've seen or heard of, for that matter, and

"Orlindea," Mourngrym said, louder

A fine

of the dales think, when they hear of it? nam

- "

"Orlindea,"

placatingly

some business to attend to, and I see you've managed very capably to muster them in the meadow

He moved to the stairs, but the rest of his soothing words were lost in Orlindea's spirited response

someone

and accomplishment! muster the men, I trust! And this day of all days?"

"Orlindea," Mourngrym muttered to the door, as he closed it firmly between them, "you'd never understand

. It's known as Elminster's Travelling Teacups, of course

herever Therever

horns sounded at sunrise!" Orlindea's voice was shrill

have you been

The Day will be

example you set the young men, I must say! What will the other lords

Mourngrym said sternly, "I think we've all heard

. "As you say, the day draws on, and all are waiting for me

must manage in the face of your neglect! It is, after all, the prerogative

"never

ask

- "

. Out of the shadows under

. "A simple spell from my days as

. "You?

,,Lord? The people have been asking since the

Elminster?"

He didn't wait for a reply,

. "Are you

. "The militia

. They, in turn, hold up the

cannot-"

" -

have the tracking and stalking contests

ruined,

and all because you wandered off when your

What will

they say? Shadowdale's proud

enough

. Let me just dress, and I'll

. Her double chins quivered in indignation

of my position

how

did you manage to get

- "

. "The gods know

. You'd hardly expect me

mud

all over you, on

sure

cannot

. "I - "

- "

He smiled,

. I've had

not

this

When, a moment later, she hammered on the door to tell him to hurry, he found that the broken blade he'd taken from Alyth's side was still in his hand Thoughtfully and heartily he hurled it at the closed door

he'd set prevented Orlindea from opening the door in time to make a direct acquaintance with the whirling hilt

armor plates bolted to the inside of the panels, and crashed to the floor

The Lord of Shadowdale heard her outraged gasp outside, and chuckled manservant, old Marthim, kept his face carefully expressionless as he held out a

fresh tunic

blinked to clear his eyes

"When do you expect the Knights back among us?" Thurbal asked, as Delmair choked on the fiery red wine he'd just been given

between the shoulders without sparing him a glance

The cowled man shrugged time for swords is past, and the affair needs my attention now, it seems without another word he vanished

Delmair choked again teleport before? Have you any backbone to you at all, man?"

The grand chamber seemed suddenly very empty

pipesmoke hung around them to mark that Elminster had been there Elminster the Sage, greatest archmage of the Dragonreach! Delmair stared around in wonder, until Thurbal hauled him to his feet, took hold of his chin, and shook that? Good my men are already spoken for

Delmair clutched at Thurbal's arm as they went

Thurbal spun cold gray eyes bored into Delmair's

"M-my lord," Delmair said, gathering his dignity

come from Cormyr to speak with Elminster the Sage on-on an important

private matter ; family business . I am of noble birth, and would speak with the Lord Mourngrym

He stopped Elminster told me

. Mourngrym chuckled again

e was somewhere large and indoors overhead

. A cup was steered into his hands

. Thurbal looked at him disgustedly

. When Delmair's eyes refocused, Thurbal growled at him

. Come

. Armor and arms await you

. "If you live longer, lad, never grab me by my sword-arm ." Those

. He is expecting me

; Thurbal was already nodding and turning away

. Well met, lad

. It crashed heavily and harmlessly against the

; a vaulted ceiling stretched high

. "They're on their way back already," he replied

. I've a task I need done, and all

." They went out together, in haste

. "What d'you want?"

. "I'm Delmair Rallyhorn

; I've fought beside Rallyhorns

. Unfortunately, the catch

; Delmair took it thankfully and

. Thurbal thumped him

. "Never seen a wizard

. Only a faint odor of

. "Excuse me, lord, but

. "Aye, I know

. His

. "The

." And

. "Over all

- "

. I've

;

. If your business

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was so urgent, you had your chance to speak to him-now it can wait until tonight, after the foolery's done

"But

Thurbal cast an iron look back over his shoulder

away

. "The Old Mage also told me it'd do you good to wait for your audiences and do some honest work for a change end ofachamber pot from the other?" He strode on

. "Come," he said, and strode

. Noble birth

; hmmph

. "Or a sword?"

. D'you know one

of Randal Morn's folk of Daggerdale-safe in the hands of King Azoun of Cormyr, and a Purple Dragon patrol from Tilver's Gap them, but Elminster would have to deal with that

be with Moumgrym, guarding him this day among the festival crowds

Florin guided his charger, Firefoam, through a maze of tents towards the paddock at the back of the Tower used by the Knights with surprise that Shaerl's pavilion was up, erected near at hand behind him, the other Knights nodded

. Spells had been laid upon

. The Old Mage would no doubt

. On the way he noticed

. lie pointed

;

lyth eyed the pavilion warily Tower, and

the forest of tents, fly-poles, and pavilions, it was the only white one with green trim

. It was small, but a young man in chainmail stood guard outside it, leaning

on a large, drawn sword that gleamed point-down on the turf before him

The girl approached hesitantly man shifted his grip to hold the sword properly, and Alyth saw that he was sweating

"Yes?" It was a challenge

the Lord Mourngrym sent me," Alyth replied

subsided to a dull, incessant ache, but her feet were less steady, somehow, and the laughter and chatter of the crowd seemed to rise and fall like waves on the shores of the Moonsea

Abruptly, he nodded

Alyth nodded, and stumbled past him, to an entry of interleaved hangings was a light within, and three robed women reached out a hand in polite greeting voice, but Alyth could not seem to reach that hand

She reached, and reached, stretching out shaking fingers into the sudden, roiling mists

seemed impossibly far away

as far as she could tell, in the press of the crowds and amid

. She eyed the guard through fresh tears of pain

. "Pass within, lady

. The world roared and bubbled in her ears, and that hand still

. It stood closest to the frowning grey walls of the

. The eyes of the guard regarded her warily . The

. "Why come you here?"

. The pain in her side had

. You are expected

. They looked to her, and one

. "Well met," she began in a low, pleasant

. ...

. There

Among them, Jhessail stiffened in her saddle hissed, as they entered the paddock in a welter of hooves and flying mud

"Shaerl's?" Florin asked, leaping from his saddle of the way as Jhessail's mount slithered to a less-graceful stop

The sorceress nodded, grimly

"Hoy! I haven't even found a tankard yet!" Rathan protested rolled out of his saddle to splash heavily into the mud, feetfirst

The nearest of the Knights, Torm, had already stepped well back in wise

expectation

Rathan gave him what is sometimes called a coarse look, and said, "Well, I haven't yet -

"Let's be quick, then," Florin replied briskly, over his shoulder, as he strode towards the white and green pavilion

A young man in chainmail stood before the tent, lifting his drawn sword warily at their approach

and war-dog in the dale

The battle-leader of the Knights did not slow What's this? Identify yourself, man, and who is within!"

The sword came up to meet his fast enough

must pass!"

. He rolled his eyes, and said, "You will, you will, I fear not

and it's been a long ride

. He wore no livery, and Florin-who knew every guard, horse,

. "We'd best go see

had never seen him before

. "Magic-in that tent!" she

. Firefoam politely stepped out

. The stout cleric

; his blade flashed out

. "You shall not pass -

. "How now?

none

','Intime, thank Tymoral" Rathan said eagerly, as they thundered over the

bridge at full gallop, the guards hastily leaping out of the way and trying to

salute at the same time

"Thank rather your swift steed," Florin replied dryly into the meadow, blades, or we'll plow right into the back of the parade!"

The Knights of Myth Drannor had ridden hard since the grey foredawn, their mission done

. A Zhentarim wizard lay dead, and his captives

. "And we'd best turn aside

among the last

"By whose order?" Florin inquired coolly, striking the blade from the man's hand with a twist of his wrist was already plunging past him, towards the pavilion descending wrist as the hand it was attached to reached the dagger, and pulled sharply downwards

The man fell helplessly, and Rathan's foot came down on the dagger a scant second before the weight of Rathan's formidable behind came down on the guard's chest

. Desperately the man reached for his dagger, but Torm

. He grasped the guard's

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"Suppose ye tell me some things," the priest began, "while my fellow Knights barge rudely into the Lady Shaerl's pavilion and discover for themselves what's

going on the probity of thy tongue

The guard's muffled reply was lost to the other Knights, as they ducked swiftly through the hangings, keeping low and with weapons out astonished robing-mistresses, the usual wardrobes, stands, and racks

front of them, a frightened girl, half in and half out of one of Shaerl's fine gowns, white to the lips and holding a sword that was too heavy for her, its point wavering menacingly in their direction

"Back, Zhent villains!" she said, in a voice that trembled only a little darted back and forth from one intruder to another, as her forearms trembled

with the weight of Mourngrym's ornate ceremonial sword "Back, I said!" she snarled, "Or I'll Florin stared at her for a moment, and then smiled

sword and spread his gloved hands

the Knights of Myth Drannor

r/`ongues were still a-flutter all over the great Feast Hall in the Tower of Ashaba,

wine, and rolled out fresh kegs of beer, to the accompaniment of general

cheers

smoke-filled hall

place of honor beside the Lord of Shadowdale Shaerl's older, smaller gowns, but looked tired, pale, and a little scared

when spoken to, she sat looking down at her lap, and eating little The Lady of the Feast is a position traditionally filled by the Lady of the Dale

Shaerl's absence, and in the lack of a dowager Lady of the Dale, it should have gone to the Chatelaine of the Tower to the Underchatelaine, who was not popular with the folk of the dale

Yet when the ceremonial Drawn Sword had been carried into the hall, naked and aloft, by the Knights of Myth Drannor, in their finery and bearing torches,

this young, unknown girl had walked at their head, the single candle of a maiden glimmering in her hands

take her to wife? What did this mean? Orlindea glowered at the newcomer from a low table

her red face and dagger-like glances daughter to one of the roving, seasonal workers who came to live at the mill each spring

. Answer carefully, mind

as the third remove of the feast came

. The usual high spirits and boastful stories of feats-of-arms reigned in the

. But again and again eyes darted to the young girl seated in the

. Alyth was her name

: thy continued well-being may depend upon

. Inside were two

and in

. Her eyes

call

out the Knights of Myth Drannor upon you!"

. Very slowly he sheathed his

. "Good lady," he said, bowing low, "we are

. How may we serve thee?"

. Servants brought out decanters of

. She wore one of the Lady

. Save

. In

. But Aseel was with her lady, and that left it

. Who was she? Was Mourngrym planning to

; there was much mirth at

. Some said they knew the girl

; she was a

Others said she must be Moumgrym's daughter, kept secret until now, and brought out in Shaerl's absence, to spite her and her new baby

whispered that she was

among the nobles of Cormyr, and sent here by Shaerl from wherever in the Forest Kingdom she'd had the child hidden away all these years

years old, although solemn and reserved of bearing, and The contests had gone well, with much color and skill to awe the ladies and make

the old men shake their heads in admiration but worth seeing, all the same

winters orso. . ..)The Lord Mourngrym had promoted six warriors to be officers of

various ranks, and recruited over forty new guards from the lads and maids who'd competed in the contests season free from Zhentish attack : much good, roasted game and stock, rivers of beer, and copious fine wines from all across the North

The din in the Hall was terrific trying to impress the bard Storm Silverhand, resplendent in warrior's leathers and gleaming new boots, who sat in a seat at one end of the Hall on the tables and overhead danced reflections from a thousand goblets and decanters, and sparkled on a score of bright-polished gorgets, pectorals, and wristbracelets The folk of the dale and all who could find the time and excuse to stop in Shadowdale for the night had worn their most proud and unrestrained finery Soon the dancing would begin

Florin's trained eyes found a worried-looking woman bending over Orlindea, talking earnestly, and looking up from time to time at the high table shot another glance down the table at Alyth

She was still hurting, despite the healing spells she'd received before the Knights had come upon her guard who'd been set to protect the pavilion, this Delmair

His eyes were on no one but the girl, and he had the tender, yearning look of a youngling in the full thrall of his first love

Florin shook his head slightly, and looked back to Alyth wrong table, and they exchanged looks something was amiss booted feet under him to rise from his place

And the girl rose like a white flame flickering suddenly up from a dry log, curtsied to Mourngrym with a warrior's speed, and was gone, out one of the side doors of the Hall

. Precious stones, furs, and shimmering silks fought for attention

. His eyes encountered those of Thurbal, at the other end of the high

. Florin rose to follow, without delay

. Still others

Shaerl's

. Florin cleared his throat to say something, and drew his

secret daughter, born out of wedlock in an affair

. She was perhaps ten

. . .

who was she, really?

. (Not as good as in

and the best, to be sure, of these last thirty

. Now he was sharing out the bounty of a Shadowdale

. It had been a good Day

; half a dozen lesser minstrels were desperately

; her brow was furrowed

. He looked around, and his eyes fell on the young

. The captain-of-arms, too, had seen that

their

day, mind,

. The candles

. The ranger

. . .

in pain

. Yes, something was

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A hand took his elbow from behind while he was still whirling his chair back into place

. Florin saw Orlindea leaving the Hall in haste with the woman she'd been

talking with, as he turned to look back

"Thanks, Lord Florin," the Lord of Shadowdale said softly, "but this is my mess

to attend to, I fear

toasts and suchlike

Florin nodded and clapped Mourngrym on the back all he said motioning the captain back to his seat

the Feast Hall, into the candle-lit quiet of the rest of the Tower

. He took the Lord's seat, shaking his head at Thurbal in silence and

. I'd like to see to it alone

- ?"

. Mourngrym stood behind him

. If you could take my place in the

. "Of course

. The Lord of Shadowdale hurried out of

. Go, then," was

Mourngrym's eyes burned into hers as he sheathed his sword with savage

strength

A red flush rose slowly across the Underchatelaine's face, and her hot gaze wavered and fell to the floor

I'm sorry, my Lord," she muttered

"Yes," Mourngrym agreed simply

There was silence for several breaths and fall of the Underchatelaine's bosom looked up at him proudly, and met his gaze

"Which will

it be?"

. A moment later, she followed it, to her knees

. "I -

I have overstepped myself

. "Look at me, Orlindea

; Mourngrym counted them in the rapid rise

. Then her lashes flickered, and she

. Tears glimmered in her eyes, unshed, but she held her head

"I-

'Hth e

lthe

overreaching little chit?" Orlindea drew breath only briefly get your grubby little hands on one of the Lady Shaerl's gowns?"

"Please, miss, I

"I did not give you leave to answer, wench

bid you speak

Orlindea fairly snorted her indignation then running feet

weeping, and then turned back, hands on hips, to confront the little upstart

again

. Alyth stared at her wild-eyed, tears coursing down her cheeks

"See what you've done to your mother? Oh, it'll be a fair day years hence before she dares to show her face in the dale again! She may well starve somewhere, unable to find work-and with it buy coin to eat

little tramp! Aspiring to bewitch the Lord of the Dale with your smiles and your little ways

to get it! Indeed, my little lady-"

"Hold!"

blazing . "Stand away from the lady, Underchatelaine Orlindea gone from my lands this night, and forevermore!"

Orlindea whirled about to face him, face white lord! If your lady knew

"That I had healed one under my care, who was hurt by one acting in my name? That I will not see her hurt by one whose tongue is so sharp she risks cutting her

own backside with it? I'll hear no more from you, Orlindea, except the words, 'Yes, Lord'-and if I will not hear them of your will, I'll enjoy your silence by means of your enforced removal

you run off without telling your mother! Do you have any idea of

dare

sorrow you've caused her? Do you care, you ungrateful, overdressed,

. "And

where

did you

- "

. Kindly keep yourself in silence until I

. And get that gown off, right now

; behind her, she heard a choked sob, and

. She turned to watch Alyth's mother flee through the door,

- oh, yes, I've no doubt about what you're after, and what you'll do

In the doorway stood the Lord Moumgrym himself, sword in hand, eyes

- "

- and carefully, mind!"

. And all because of you, you

or you'll be

. Her eyes glittered in fury

"My

"We'll speak no more of this, Orlindea, and consider it forgotten," Mourngrym

said very quietly, "so long as you work no ill against me, Alyth, or Alyth's mother

We all choose ill, betimes - work me some good, now, by apologizing to Alyth

Orlindea cast one glance at the sniffing girl, and burst into tears hands out to her, and broke into sobs herself

Mourngrym stood in the center of the room and stared at the ceiling answer me, he thought, why does it all have to be so thought of something he'd seen Elminster do, long ago, and stepped forward to grasp both women by the shoulders and guide them firmly into each other's arms

. They embraced, weeping uncontrollably

Then he went to the open door and looked out who stood uncertainly in the corridor, sword half-drawn, looked back at him

Mourngrym stared at him incredulously for a moment, and then suddenly

grinned

. "The gods have answered," he said She who came out this door weeping a few breaths back? Go and fetch her, as nicely as you can, and bring her back here! And run!"

elmair stumbled along through the trees carefully, a sputtering torch in one hand, and a bundle of Alyth's own clothes, still mud-spattered, held

protectively in the other gown, and her mother, on the arm of the Lord Mourngrym, walked down the path to the mill

"I'm sorry," Mourngrym said gently and the smoke in the Hall either

"Yes, Lord," Alyth and her mother answered, as one way on around a muddy bend in the path

what befalls?" he breathed, hand going to sword rather wearily

. Ahead of him in the night, Alyth, a pale wisp in her

. "1 don't like all the noise and the prying eyes

. .

. It's cooler and quieter here

noisy?

. The frightened eyes of Delmair,

. "Lad-know you Alyth's mother?

. Moumgrym sighed, led the

- and stopped, astonished."Now

. Alyth half-rose,

. Gods

Then he sighed,

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A pale amber radiance was growing from nothingness before his eyes, clinging to a large flat rock beside the trail, and growing brighter

cautious halt in the darkness, and watched

A wine decanter suddenly appeared out of the empty air above the rock, and settled gently down to rest

a steaming platter of roast fuwflander, several knives and forks bearded, plain-robed figure of Elminster the Sage, smoking pipe in hand

"There you are," Elminster said calmly, waving them towards him the lot of ye tongues-but I thought ye'd grow tired of good food a mite more slowly

"You thought rightly," Mourngrym agreed, with a sudden, delighted laugh

The Old Mage steered a decanter into his hand

Shadowdale laughed helplessly-breaking off only for an instant, as glass goblets began to appear in midair, one after another, and seek his hand insistently

"Well met, Jhaleera," Elminster added gravely

"It has indeed, Old Mage," Alyth's mother agreed calmly her

. Jhaleera only winked

Alyth looked at Elminster what's left of the lost blade of Lord Aumry," he said to her, drawing the old

sword-hilt from some hidden place among his robes

He puffed at his pipe to keep it from going out, and added, "Eat up, lass

ye're done eating, a few spells can give ye armies of attacking Zhents to defeat

if ye'd like to play at being one of the Knights, for a change

Alyth looked at him, face suddenly red

"Why not?," Elminster asked, his eyebrows rising Mourngrym here, or any of the Knights

"So that's how you do it," said Delmair, remembering teacups

"Of course," said the Old Mage innocently

. I heard ye'd had enough of festival crowds and their wagging

. An instant later, it was followed by another, and then

. He smiled, and winked too

. "Of course

. "It's been a fair while, hasn't it?"

. "Oh, but I couldn't~she murmured

. They play at being the Knights every day

. "Didn't ye know?"

. They all came to a

and the

. "Come on,

." The Lord of

. Alyth turned to stare at

. "My thanks for finding

. "I'd been looking for that

. "'Tis ease itself -just ask

. When

"Lord Mourngrym?" Delmair asked, holding the teacup carefully out in front of him

. The Lord of Shadowdale nodded

"1 meant to speak to you earlier understand I am expected

Lord Mourngrym smiled

. Sit, if you would, and tell me why you've come

visit the china you hold!"

Delmair sat handed me this return it to you

"My thanks," Mourngrym replied, waving a hand in a signal with a tray of cheese, bread, and chilled wine, the guards began to silently file out

. In a breath or two, they were alone

"Eat," Mourngrym said, taking up a slice of cheese, "and tell me of your

purpose

Delmair set the teacup and saucer down carefully on the nearest empty chair,

and said, "I am heir to the House Rallyhorn

Azoun to administer my lands have now agreed to allow me to avenge my

father's death

"Regents?" the Lord asked

"I-I never knew her long before my father's death I know not why

"You are now of age?" Mourngrym asked

"Yes, Lord," he said wryly . "I have not been allowed to travel before, but Lord Huntsilver that journeying would be good for me of the things about the world that cannot be taught by mere words and lessons

. "Ah, I met the Knights of Myth Drannor on the road

. Elassa-ah, your guardcaptain, at the bridge

. Speak freely, please

." He cleared his throat nervously, as Moumgrym frowned

- chief among my regents -

. "Aye, though I confess I know not the reason for your

. "What of your mother?"

. My mother, the Lady Shalrin, sickened and went away,

. They do not speak of her much in Rallyhom Hall

; I am Delmair Rallyhorn, of Cormyr

and where came you by

. As a servant came in

. I-the regents appointed by King

. Delmair nodded

has evidently come to hold the opinion

. He said it was high time I learned some

. I

. One of them

- suggested I

. Night On The Cold Hillside

he room was quiet and dim, its ceiling lost amid banners high overhead

Rows of benches faced a dais where impassive guards stood, behind highbacked chairs man with a mustache crockery in midair, by the mill

. Rising from one of them to greet him was an elegant, dark-haired

. He looked sterner than when he'd been juggling floating

Moumgrym smiled mers ago

death

Delmair spread his hands where

gave it, the Lord Regents told me, to someone he loved and trusted above all others, ere he died greatest sage of the Realms and who it is that wears this ring

." He handed Delmair a goblet

. I know of no Cormyrean noble who fell here, of any name or lineage

. I know only that I can trust whoever it is that wears my father's ring

. "This all sounds familiar

. "My father fell somewhere near at hand

. . .

. Everyone says that Elminster of Shadowdale is the

. I came in hopes that he knows of my father's fall,

; I was in your boots only a few sum-

. "But you spoke of avenging your father's

; I know not

. He

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;

"Everyone, it seems, comes to Shadowdale in hopes that I know something," said a familiar voice, dryly happy if I gave easy and ready answers-and made it all up

Delmair turned sufficient light let him see the Sage of Shadowdale clearly

A thin, snow-bearded, distinguished-looking old man in nondescript robes stood amid the tapestries behind the dais like a watchful shadow gathered Delmair's gaze irresistibly, seeming to stare right into his mind

Delmair shuddered, hand automatically reaching for sword-hilt . The old man's gaze stopped that hand cold with Delmair's trapped gaze

"Well met, Delmair Rallyhorn," Elminster of Shadowdale said wryly House Rallyhorn, of Cormyr own

. We have anticipated thee

long years

The Old Mage nodded at a long bundle of cloth on a chair nearby followed his gaze down only reluctantly, but once he looked at the bulky roll of gray cloth, he could not tear his eyes away

His father's magical blade, whose merest touch could destroy undead Regents had thought it lost forever

"There it is," Elminster said simply

Delmair did not move a long breath, and then swallowed, raising his eyes again to meet Elminster's bright gaze Malithra Undra," he said, quietly but formally father's death, and I ask you, great sage, to tell me where I might find this lich

Elminster nodded

"Tonight?" The boy paled

"Aye

. Why waste time over such things? The blade's touch will destroy undeath

this power is true and undiminished

Delmair hesitated sage had given that word

Elminster shrugged

. For the first time, the lack of a cowl and the presence of

: Dhauzimmer, the Bright Blade

. "They said my father died of fright, when he went to slay the lich

. "I can even take you to where it lairs, tonight

. "'Should'?," he echoed, hearing the slight emphasis the old

. "I've oft wondered, know ye, if they'd all be just as

. Hawk-like eyes

. Then he nodded, sardonically, eyes still locked

. "Head of the

. Son and heir of Roaril Rallyhorn, come to claim thy

. Look

; thy father's sword, kept safe for ye these

. Delmair

. The Lord

. It was real

. "Take it

. He stared at the wrapped, hidden sword for the space of

. The deed should prove simple

. "We shall see," was all he said

. The tale, then, was all real

. "I have sworn to avenge my

;

he Old Mage stepped unsteadily up onto the table unnoticed amongst the tumult in the Feast Hall

following scarcely to be heard through all the chatter and drunken laughter looked all around at the scene, smiled once or twice, and then raised a hand

"Be still," he said mildly, in a quiet voice calm tones to every comer of the room the Hall

"Well met," Elminster said

any replies or comments, and he went on, "But I have one man here with me who is probably unfamiliar to ye all

He turned and beckoned to Delmair, who stood, face flushed, his father's sword

bear it forward to where Elminster stood

the stares on him much heavier than he'd ever felt in the courts of Cormyr

"This is Delmair Rallyhorn, of Cormyr us all

Elminster gestured imperiously, and Delmair obediently stepped on a chair and clambered up onto the table to stand beside the Old Mage

and he followed Elminster's gesturing hand to stare out at the Hall from his new vantage point

All of the folk there at their head

The Old Mage met his eyes and said firmly, "Later

. Someone coughed, once, and all was still

his sword, now

. Slowly

Delmair stared at them, over a sudden lump in his throat

He saw tears glittering in the eyes of some of the old men, and saw nods of respect and silent prayers being mouthed

mean so much to these people?

He turned to Elminster, a question in his eyes, and opened his mouth to ask

Delmair did as he was bid-and the world whirled lights, Delmair saw Alyth come into the hall, her mother behind her eyes were wild across it."Noooo!"

Her despairing scream echoed through Delmair's head as he fell, tumbling endlessly through blue mists

as Moumgrym had ordered him to walk-Delmair strode

were silently raising their hands to him in the warriors' salute

. As the lights whirled up and hid her face, he saw terror flash

. Dancers whirled about the room, the music they were

. Some trick of magic carried those

and an instant later, a hush fell upon

. "I think ye all know me

naked and glittering in his hand, as Thurbal had told him to

. It seemed a very long way, and the weight of

. His is the Drawn Sword this night, to save

even the Tower guards and the bards, Storm Silverhand

. What was going on? Why did this

. . . .

." His steady gaze forestalled

. It creaked, once

. Now, take my hand

. Amid sudden flashing blue

. Her

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lue mist swirled and was gone . There was hard rock under his boots

Delmair blinked

Pale moonlight touched the trees around them, where a moment before he'd been looking at the warm torchlit walls within the Tower hefting the splendid sword that was now his own, and tried to see into the deep

gloom of the night-cloaked woods all around

He stood with the Old Mage on a rocky hilltop, somewhere in the wilderlands, far from roads and lights . A dark forest stood all about them seemed thinner, broken by piles of tumbled stone saw turrets, spires, and broken walls

Elminster let go of the boy's arm as Moondown Hill," he said quietly

Delmair gulped and stared wildly all around

Something moved in the night darkness of the trees, flapping heavily towards them . The young warrior gulped, found his mouth suddenly very dry, and raised an unsteady hand to point Elminster did not move

Delmair tasted cold fear, and turned frantically

"the large, dark thing approaching on its leathery wings . His face was calm,

bored

. Delmair tried to speak, but managed only a rough croak

hung in the air above them, close now -

Delmair saw red, hungry eyes and a flash of bared fangs down behind it as it came, cutting the air in lazy swings like a swimming snake, thick and strong, and

Elminster raised an eyebrow

Light pulsed and winked along the front of the black wings was gone, the night air suddenly empty

There was a shrill scream to the east something dark and flapping crash into a leaning stone spire

heavy sound as the monster that had menaced them impaled itself helplessly on

the stone, a choking, groaning noise - and then silence

Black wings hung limp flapped up from behind the spire and glided in to land on the black corpse,

claws out

. Delmair looked away as it began to feed

. Delmair blinked again,

; off to the east, it

a ruin? He peered, and

. . .

. Where were they?

. "Of old, this part of Myth Drannor was known

. "That which ye seek awaits here

. "M-myth Drannor?" He clutched at the blade he held, shivered,

something dark, rising menacingly out of the

. The Old Mage stood watching

. The creature

and then swooped

- and they were going to

. Delmair peered, trembling, and saw

. A moment later, something else dark and leathery

die!

. A long, forked tail hung

and abruptly it

. There was a wet,

even

A night breeze sighed around them, sending chilly fingers along their spines, and rustled away northwards among the trees

glance at Elminster wearing a bored expression as he looked east

He lifted a finger from his nose, suddenly, and silvery light pulsed out and lashed down into the rocks below them

snakelike that Delmair hadn't even seen thrashed and writhed in the radiance As the light faded and died, they sagged weakly, and fell back among the rocks

Elminster sighed his hands wide, and then raised one arm to point over his head

shimmered, and then night slowly returned

Elminster watched the barrier he'd raised fade into invisibility, nodded in satisfaction, and then said briskly, "Ah! Moonrise, lad!"

They stood together as the moon sailed out from behind spidery clouds and lit up the rock-strewn hilltop around them

heavy as Delmair held it naked length as his hands trembled

The Old Mage turned his head ye've seen bold warriors do, preening in taprooms and inns -

She'll come, fear ye not

Delmair looked at him, face white in the moonlight

Delmair heard rather than saw Elminster raise his eyebrows Malithra Undra was a noble lady, in life accordingly deep night abruptly returned

Delmair stood in terrified silence, staring into the darkness

Elminster sighed

the doing

Delmair looked at him, and then cleared his throat, raised his blade, and called, "Malithra Undra! Malithra Undra! Come forth! In my father's name, by the

memory of Roaril Rallyhorn, I call thee! Malithra! Come

Silence answered him

The young warrior looked uncertainly at Elminster, who nodded slowly and

silently, and pointed into the darkness in front of Delmair

Amid the moonlit rocks there, something moved approaching half-hidden in the nightgloom

skeletal face and cold, gleaming lights of eyes

." Moonlight came stealing back again, faintly

. The old wizard was scratching at the end of his nose,

. "Still a forest of fangs, I see

. Silver moonlight flashed and glimmered down its

. "Got thy sword? Good, then

. She'll come

." As he spoke, clouds shrouded the moon again, and the gloom of

. "Just call her name, will ye? 'Tis the waiting that terrifies,

. The breeze died, and the night grew dark and still

. Delmair shivered, and snatched a

. The dark coils of something large and

." He murmured something, spread

. The air

. Dhauzimmer was cold, hard, and very

. Lean on it, like

and call her out

. "She?"

. "Didn't ye know?

." He snorted . "Conduct thyself

. "W-where is her tomb?"

forth!"

. Something tall and thin,

. . .

. Something in grey skirts with a

not

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Delmair, raising his sword grimly, met those flickering eyes, and trembled in sudden, cold terror

. He opened his mouth to scream, but no sound came out

Whimpering inside, he urged himself into wild flight away from those old, coldly

knowing eyes - but his knees seemed turned to stone

them tremble

He tried to tear his gaze away, and look to Elminster for help

terror sank into utter despair

. A low, soft voice, grating from disuse, came out of

the darkness from the figure advancing on him, and he heard the words it spoke

"Well met, old friend

. It has been too long since last you came, but glad I am to

; he could only make

but his growing

see thee! And who is this that you have brought? Who would summon me in Roaril's name? Do please introduce us

Delmair managed a whimper, then

. He would have fallen if Elminster's steadying

hand had not fallen on his shoulder, holding his sword arm immobile as the undead woman seated herself gracefully on a rock not three paces away, and smiled at them

. Her face was little more than bone, but long, flowing, grey-white hair swirled around her shoulders, and her thin-waisted, full-skirted gown of rotting, faded grey had once been very fine tiara, and on her hand was a ring that seemed somehow familiar

. She wore a gleaming but worn silver

"Delmair," Elminster said formally, "put up thy sword and make thy bow to

Malithra Undra, still a Lady of Cormyr

Somehow the skeletal face looked sad

before I died, and I have heard some of what was said about me

they would welcome me home, even were I alive and

. "Nay, old friend

- whole

. I left all that behind me

. I do not think

." She raised a

hand that was more bone than flesh to brush an errant lock of hair from her face as she spoke

. Most of it fell out at her touch

Delmair gulped speechlessly, but somehow found himself going to one knee, Elminster's firm hand on his shoulder forcing him down his sword, though

; even if the mage had betrayed him, Delmair Rallyhorn wasn't

. He kept a tight grip on

going to die without a fight!

"Not so, lady," Elminster said gently

. "I have spoken with Azoun this month past

. He assured me that though he could not ensure thy safety if ye came to Court, with all the headstrong and heavily-armed young nobles, War Wizards, and the superstitious Elite Guard (known as the Purple Dragons) who are always hanging about, he would make ye most welcome as befits thy family, thy title, and thy good character and loyalty to the Crown, as made known to him by his late father, and by Vangerdahast, his Court Wizard

heir, that ye might know who carries on thy lineage now

. He even bade me to bring ye thy

There was a little silence, and then the undead creature replied huskily, "Gods

thank thee, Elminster Trueheart, as I thank thee!"

From the sobbing tone, Delmair realized she was weeping on his shoulder, steered him to a seat upon a large and cold rock

. Elminster's hand, still

. Delmair gripped Dhauzimmer tightly, and wondered just who in the name of all the gods this creature of undeath was

"Delmair," Elminster asked gently, "does destroying a lich still seem so simple a thing as it did when ye set out from Rallyhorn Hall?"

Delmair stared at the grey, half-seen thing facing them and licked his lips

what

is she? How does she know you?"

"We are old friends," Elminster replied, "and the Lady Malithra is an archlich put it very simply, a good lich

. But where are thy manners, lad? Ye speak of her

"Who

; to

as if she were a hound or a horse, or not here! Speak to her thyself, and civilly! Hast a tongue still, lad, surely?"

Delmair stared at him for a moment, and took a deep breath

. Then he turned back to face the grey-gowned archlich, met those cold lights of eyes as steadily as he could, and asked, "Pray forgive me, lady

. I did not mean to offend

. I this is my first journey alone in the world, and I am unsure of what is properly said and done father's sword

. I will tell thee truth

: I came here to destroy thee, with this

. What can you tell me of his death, to stay me in avenging his

honor...and winning my own?"

There was silence lad

. Pray forgive me, Malithra

. After a very long stillness, Elminster said, "That was well said,

; I did not mean to hurt thee by this visit

"No forgiveness is due either of ye," came a very quiet reply, and her voice told Delmair that the lady archlich had been weeping again late enough as it is father's bane evil of lawless men, that brought about his fall

She stood up darkness

alone

. "Fourteen attacked him, down there

. I heard him cry out, but was too weak to aid him, because of had become stand among these rocks

." Her voice grew stronger

. "Know, Delmair, that I was not thy

. He came here because of me, but it was pure mischance, and the

- Delmair's heart leaped in sudden fear ; outlaws, brigands

. He struggled all the way up to where we sit, here, and made his

. They fled at last when he defied them with two blades

. "This meeting comes

and pointed into the

. He was one,

what I

through his body, fighting on until they screamed that he must be undead or worse, and fled

Moondown, by his hand that day

She sat down again hero or no, he still died, and I could not save him

. At least, six of them fled

. Thy father died a hero, Delmair

. The rest died here, all over

. Her voice, when it came again, was much smaller

. "And yet,

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He was sorely hurt, Malithra," Elminster said gently

thy magic could never have been enough with the wounds he bore

"I know that," said the archlich fiercely, her hair billowing around her halfskeletal face in a sudden shaft of moonlight, "and yet it makes the memories no

. I know now what it means to have a great shadow upon one's heart,

easier lying over all one's days and deeds

done makes it no easier!" She fell silent in the darkness went again, and the wind sighed amid the rocks

"Delmair," Elminster said suddenly, "what else would ye speak of, besides thy father's fall? Thy regents sent ye to learn of the world, beyond lessons an opportunity few will have, who walk the Realms this night

"Me?" Delmair asked

"Tell me of yourself, Delmair," said the archlich with sudden fierceness

was your youth like, in Cormyr? What is the kingdom like now? What are the

women wearing? What jests do the men trade when they think the women cannot hear? Who feuds with whom? Who is rich, and what do they waste their

coins on? I am so

Delmair stammered and stumbled and then found himself talking, answering endless questions about life in Rallyhorn hall, and the doings and rumors of

. Later, Delmair thought of things to ask, and did . Elminster sat nearby,

Cormyr smoked a noisome pipe that sent green smoke curling up around them, and

said little

The other two talked long, the archlich telling Delmair of kings now dust and deeds of long ago, until at last pale grey dawn lightened the easting sky, and

morning chill awakened the mists

. "What would I want to know, that

Delmair!

lonely,

. To know that there was nothing I could have

Tell me!"

. "The failure was not thine

. Moonlight came and

; here is

. Speak!"

. .

.?"

. "What

Elminster smiled

when ye can, and I'll bring ye here again

The Old Mage ran his fingers through his long beard and added, "Come not alone, though

; Lady Malithra is not the only lich in Myth Drannor

than liches, too-and far worse than the thing that wanted ye for evenfeast

They walked for a while, westwards through the trees, leaving the haunted ruin behind

. From its depths, something shrieked, unearthly and high . Delmair

shivered, but did not look back

"So,"

the Old Mage asked gently," do ye still feel a need to avenge thy

father's death?"

Delmair nodded." grimly

. Cold light flashed far behind them, in the ruins . lie looked back this

time, but saw only shattered spires reaching towards the stars like blackened fingers protruding vainly out of a grave

Elminster shook his head one-for she and thy father were very close

"They were?" Delmair asked, remembering the familiar ring on the archlich's bony finger

Elminster sighed thy mother was? The Lady Malithra Undra Shalrin Rallyhorn, once a sorceress of

pride and power in Cormyr, who fell very ill and went away to die Art to achieve lichdom, but could not save her lord's life

Delmair gasped

Elminster smiled."Ah," and use the spell that would take them back to Shadowdale and Alyth, "there's that

fools' word

. "Ah, then ye have learned something

I must hunt down the bandits who escaped him," he said

. "None still live

. It was the Rallyhorn Ring!

. "Lad," he said despairingly, "Did they not even tell thee who

. "Malithra my

: 'cannot

.' Ye haven't learned all that much about the world yet, after all

mother?

he said simply, reaching out a hand to grasp Delmair's arm,

. Malithra found and slew them, one by

It cannot be!"

. Come back to visit

. It hides worse things

. She used her

nd in the end Delmair sheathed his father's sword, and bid the half-skeletal

L 11ich both him and Elminster good-bye and gods-speed

Delmair's cheek, that faded very slowly

"Come and visit me, when you can," she said the stars to talk to

leaving them alone in the brightening morning

Delmair stared after her for a long time without speaking

beside him in companionable silence, until Delmair stirred and sighed

scares me very much, and yet I like her, and am proud that she calls me friend The world is stranger than I thought

glad parting

. She rose in a silent shifting of grey skirts, bent, and kissed

. tier lips left a chill tingling on

. "It can be lonely here, with only

." She turned silently then, and went away underground,

. Elminster stood

. "She

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INTRODUCTION

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 111

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER III

DRANNOR

computer role-playing adventure based on the popular ADVANCED

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS• 2nd

Edition rules and on an original

story created for this game . The

action takes place in and around Myth Drannor, located in TSR's FORGOTTEN REALMS@ game world

Everything in from your point of view trees pass by as you move through

the forest around Myth Drannor up items and take them with you Open doors with keys, by pressing buttons, or by pulling release levers See monsters draw nearer to you

and close in for battle . Attack with the weapons your characters have in their hands

clerics' or paladins' holy symbols

and your mages' spell books

in the front of the party may attack

with weapons such as swords and

maces, while characters in the rear

ranks may attack with spells, ranged

weapons (such as bows and slings),

and polearms

is an all 3-D, Legend Series

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER III

. Cast spells with your

World

: ASSAULT ON MYTH

. Watch the

. Pick

. Those

What Comes

with This Game?

In addition to this rule book, your

game box should contain the game

disks and a data card book explains how to play, and gives you valuable reference information on characters, monsters, and spells

. This rule

. The disks

contain the game by following the instructions listed on the data card explains how to get right into the game with the pre-built party

. Install the disks

. The data card also

Copy Protection

There is no physical copy protection on your so please make copies and put the originals away for safekeeping

To assure that you have a legitimate

copy of the game there are verification questions during the game a question appears you must find the appropriate word in the rule book, and then give the correct answer

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

III disks,

. When

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

THE BEHOLDER

See the data card for detailed

instructions

II party to this game

. To get

EYE OF

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

-m Character Generation Screen r,

CREATING A NEW PARTY

You must generate four characters to

have a complete party

of races and classes is essential to completing the adventure

classes such as fighters, paladins, and rangers are needed to deal with the many horrors that block your

path . Clerics and mages support the quest with their magical abilitiesclerics 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

. For detailed information

about selecting characters for a

party, see "More About Your Party" on page 31

. A good mix

. Warrior

. Thieves are handy

Generating Characters

To create a character, click on one of the four character boxes you have chosen a box, choose the new character's race and gender, class, alignment, and portrait can click on the Back button to change your last choice

. After

. You

Race

There are six races of characters to

choose from

„

d„Gnome

Human

Half-Elf

„

Elf

„

Dwarf

„A Halfling

Each race has unique advantages and characteristics

. Different races

are eligible for different classes and

each has unique modifiers to ability

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to-

scores such as strength or wisdom

For detailed information see the "Races" section on page 31

Class

Classes are occupations

. Some

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

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

: „

Fighter :„Paladin4, :„Cleric

Ranger

„

Mage

Thief

„:

„

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

join parties with evil characters

. (Paladins will not

. If

you already have an evil character you cannot generate a paladin

.) For

detailed information see the "Classes" section on page 33

Alignment 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 Paladins, for example, can only be Lawful Good

. The choices are

Lawful Good

~ :

„

Lawful Neutral

4- Lawful Evil

~ :

„

Neutral Good

: „

True Neutral

~:„

Neutral Evil

Ability Scores After you choose a character

portrait, the computer generates "ability scores" for the character These numbers are a summary of natural abilities and faculties character has the following scores

:„Strength (S I R)

~:„

Intelligence (INT) i„Wisdom (WIS) 4- Dexterity (DEX)

~:„

Constitution (CON)

For more information, see the "Ability Scores" section on page 36

. You may modify and keep these scores with the Modify and Keep controls

Other Characteristics

Characters also have numeric values for the following

characteristics

:„Armor Class (AC)

: „

Hit Points (HP)

:„Level (LVL)

For detailed information on these

4- Chaotic Good

~:„

Chaotic Neutral

~ :

„

Chaotic Evil

characteristics, see "Other Characteristics" on page 37

Modifying and Keeping Characters

Deleting Characters You can delete a character before

you select PLAY

. To delete, click on the portrait and then click on the delete button

When the Party is Complete When you have generated four

characters, a PLAY button appears

. Each

-H

Modify/Keep Character Screen

underneath the portraits the PLAY button to begin the game

. If you are a novice user, be sure to read "A Crash Course in Combat" and "A Crash Course in

. Click on

Spellcasting," beginning on page 41

REROLL generates a new set of ability scores for the character

. Experienced users should skip to the "Adventuring" section on page 44

MODIFY allows you to change characters' ability scores and hit points For example, use this to match a favorite AD&D• game character After selecting 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

Characters that

Join the Party In addition to the four regular

characters, up to two more nonplayer characters (NPCs) may join

the party

characters may ask to join you you accept, they join and act as any other characters under your control

. As you adventure, these

. If

. Occasionally, NPCs offer advice or give you information

. NPCs may leave your party, or you may drop them, at any time

new character joins the party!

For detailed information, see the "Alignments" section on page 36

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MORE ABOUT YOUR PARTY

Character Basics

Your adventuring party contains four characters, each with their own

unique strengths and weaknesses Every character has a race, class,

and set of ability scores

Race is the character's species and

there are six races to choose from

dwarf, elf, gnome, half-elf, halfiing, and human

Class is the character's occupation The basic choices of class are cleric, fighter, ranger, mage, paladin, thief or multi-class races are allowed to have more than one class simultaneously these are called multi-class characters

Ability scores define the character's

physical and mental prowess, and they are wisdom, dexterity, constitution, and

charisma

: strength, intelligence,

. Some

;

Races

Dwarves demi-human race

between 4 and 4 1 /2 feet tall, but

generally weigh more than 150

pounds due to their heavily muscled build 350 to 450 years for their skill in all crafts, from metalworking to stone masonry

Dwarven weapons command high prices in markets around the world, and pieces of their fine jewelry are part of every king's ransom

Dwarves are also known for tremendous courage and tenacity that borders on the fanatic

Dwarves are by nature non-magical, and have innate resistances to

spells as well as many poisons

„

Elves shorter than the average human

and are easily distinguished by their fine features and pointed ears often live more than 1,200 years

Dwarven

Encounter

are a short, heavily built

. They stand

. Dwarves live from

. They are famous

Ability Score Modifiers Maximum Dexterity of 17, Constitution + 1,

Allowable Classes

Cleric,

Fighter,

Fighter/Cleric, Fighter/Thief

Level Restrictions

Cleric, 13th level

level

;

Thief, 15th level

are slimmer and somewhat

Elves do not like the confines of civilization beauty, singing, and carefree playing

. To outsiders, elves often

Thief,

. They delight in natural

Charisma -1

;

Fighter,

18th

. They

appear to be haughty and cold, although they are known to be fiercely loyal to friends

Elves of all classes are taught archery from a ry young age, and

they receive a + I bonus with any type of bow, and long or short

swords

. Elves are highly resistant to

any type of

Raise

„

Ability Score Modifiers

Dexterity + 1, Constitution -1

„

Allowable Classes Cleric, Thief,

sleep

dead

spells do not affect elves

Fighter,

Fighter/Mage, Fighter/Thief,

charm

Mage,

spell

Ranger,

Mage/Thief, Fighter/Mage/Thief

„

Level Restrictions Cleric, 15th level 15th

level

;

Ranger, 18th level

Gnomes dwarves, although the latter are loathe to admit the relation typically live to be around 600 years old hard working, the gnomes are more carefree and lively back on a gnome because they are enthusiastic practical jokers

Gnomes are fairly magic-resistant

„

Ability Score Modifiers

Intelligence + 1, Wisdom -1

„

Allowable Classes Cleric,

Fighter/Cleric,

„

Level Restrictions Cleric, 12th level

level ; Thief, 16th level

are distant kin of the

. Where dwarves are taciturn and

Fighter, Thief,

;

Fighter,

Mage, 18th

level

; Thief, 15th level

. Never turn your

Cleric/Thief,

Fighter/Thief

;

Fighter,

;

. Gnomes

14th

Half-elves advantages from their mixed

parentage

elven parents in facial appearance,

but half-elves are taller and heavier than most elves, approaching human norms lived as true elves, they live, on average, about 250 years most part, half-elves can travel and mingle in both elven and human company, although rarely are they truly accepted in either

Half-elves have the greatest selection of class combinations of any of the races innate resistance to

charm than full-blooded elves

„

Ability Score Modifiers

None

„

Allowable Classes Cleric, Thief,

Fighter/Mage,

Cleric/Mage,

inherit several

. They resemble their

. While not as long-

. For the

. They inherit an

sleep

and

spells, but to a lesser extent

Fighter,

Mage, Ranger,

Fighter/Cleric, Fighter/Thief,

Cleric/Ranger,

Thief/Mage, Fighter/Mage/Cleric, fighter/Mage/Thief

„

Level Restrictions

Cleric,

17th

level

;

Mage, 15th level

19th level

Halflings famous for their congeniality and love of comfort features are round and broad and they typically have curly hair Halflings are very short, a little shorter than dwarves, and quite

plump

; Thief, 15th level

are a diminutive people

. They are sturdy, industrious,

level

;

Fighter,

; Ranger,

. Their facial

17th

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and generally quiet and peaceful Their burrow homes are well furnished, and their larders are always well stocked well liked by nearly all other races

Gnomes especially like the halflings,

whom they feel are kindred spirits

halflings have innate magic resistance and have a + 1 bonus with slings

„

Ability Score Modifiers

Dexterity + 1, Strength

„

Allowable Classes

Cleric,

„

Level Restriction Cleric, 11th level level

Humans and, hence, most prevalent race

Humans vary more than any other race in size, skin color, and hair

color years

diversified than any of the other races, and also more aggressive and materialistic lived races wait patiently and take a long-range view of the world, humans tend to muster their efforts for immediate gain

„

Ability Score Modifiers

None

„

Allowable Classes

Cleric,

Ranger, Thief

„

Level Restrictions

In maximum

Fighter,

; Thief, 18th level

are the most adaptable

. Typically they live around 70

. Human societies are more

Fighter,

this

game, 20th level is the

. halflings are

' 1

Thief, Fighter/Thief

;

Fighter,

. Where the longer-

Mage, Paladin,

for all human classes

12th

Classes

Each class has its own unique strengths, and each offers valuable

talents and skills to a party types (fighters, rangers, and

paladins) are needed to battle past

the creatures that stand in the way

of victory and glory

very handy when the party runs

across traps and locked doors Mages offer powerful spells, and clerics can both fight opponents and heal wounded party members

Each class has one or more requisites, important to the class with prime requisite scores of 16 or greater advances somewhat faster

in levels

Clerics women who carry their faith in their

weapon-arms as well as their hearts Cleric training includes the use of divine magic and a limited selection

of weapons armor, but their selection of arms is

limited to blunt, impact-type weapons such as maces, flails, and hammers

Clerical magic differs from mage spells in that clerical magic is of divine origin . Clerics do not carry tomes of spells and rituals receive power directly from the gods and cast spells through their holy symbols and pour over their spells to imprint the rituals in their minds, clerics enter a meditative trance where

they are receptive to the divine

or ability scores that are

are warrior priests, men and

. They can use any type of

. Thieves are

. While mages study

. Fighter-

prime

. A character

. They

. Clerics also have powers

magic

against undead monsters such as skeletons

undead

of 1st-level spells and is used like a spell

ability, it does not go away when used

they gain more spells and greater power against undead

wisdom of 13 or higher gain extra spells (See the "Cleric Wisdom Spell Bonus" table on page 88)

„

Prime Requisite:Wisdom

„

Races Allowed:All

„

Weapons Allowed Mace,

Hammer

Fighters using weapons and in-battle tactics Fighter training includes use and maintenance of all manner of weapons and armor use any type of armor or weapon without restriction or profit, fighters can be found in the thickest parts of battles, where only skill and bravery triumph

Fighters cannot cast any type of magical spells strong sword-arm type of magical weapon or armor They can also use magical items such as rings and gauntlets gain speed as well as skill when they

go up in levels (including paladins and rangers), are

. The ability to turn

is listed on the cleric's list

. However, because it is an

. As clerics advance in levels

. Clerics with

Flail, Staff, Sling,

are warriors, experts in

. Fighters can

. Whether for glory

; they rely on their

. They can use any

. Fighters

. High level fighters

able to attack more often with melee weapons such as swords than other types of characters

„ „ „

Mages arcane and mysterious secrets of magic and spellcasting gestures Mages tend to be poor fighters, preferring to rely on their intellect and magical abilities clerics may charge to the fore of a battle, mages tend to hang back and pummel foes with mystical attacks

Mages cannot wear any type of armor because armor is restrictive and it interferes with spellcasting Also, because of their lack of

martial inclination, mages are severely limited in the weapons they can use powerful as they increase in level

„

Intelligence

„

Human, Elf, Half Elf

„

Dagger, Staff, Dart

Paladins battle in the name of truth and

justice

are their meat and drink, and they lead lives of such chaste piety that even clerics stand respectful Paladins will not join a party that includes evil characters

high level fighters, paladins are able

Prime Requisite:Strength

Races Allowed:All

Weapons Allowed:All

are individuals trained in the

. While warriors and

. Mages become very

Prime Requisite

Races Allowed

Weapons Allowed

are elite warriors who

. Lawfulness and good deeds

. Like other

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to attack more often with melee weapons, such as swords, than other types of characters

In addition to skill in all types of arms and armor, paladins have

several divine magical abilities Paladins have extra resistance to

magical attacks and poison, and they are immune to all disease

Paladins can heal once per day with their

lay on hands

points per level of advancement) The

the

cure light wounds

Paladins are always surrounded by an aura of protection

this aura, all evil attackers suffer a

penalty to their attacks

At 3rd level, paladins can

undead

their own the ability to cast certain cleric spells, although they can never use cleric scrolls and cast them exactly as clerics

When paladins attain the appropriate level, they can use the following cleric spells:bless, cure

light wounds, detect magic, protection from evil, slow poison

„

Prime Requisites

Strength, Charisma

„

Races Allowed:Only Human

„

Weapons Allowed

Rangers trackers, and woodsmen

taught to live as much by their wits and skills as by their swords and

bows

hands

lay on

as a cleric two levels below

. At 9th level, paladins gain

. Paladins pray for their spells

are trained hunters,

. Like fighters, rangers can use

ability (two hit

ability is similar to

clerical spell

. Because of

turn

All

. They are

any type of weapon or armor, although heavy armor interferes with their special abilities

When wearing studded leather or lighter armor, rangers can fight with weapons in both hands without any penalties fighter-types, rangers are able to

attack more often with melee weapons, such as swords, than

other types of characters

„

Prime Requisites

Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom

„

Races Allowed:Human,

Elf, Half-Elf

„

Weapons Allowed:All

Thieves group

prey on the unsuspecting are basically good, but are a little wanting in strength of character

Adventurers long ago learned that a skilled thief in the party increases overall party survival-especially when dealing with trapped locks thieves gain levels they become

more proficient at picking locks, and avoiding any attached traps

Because they need to move freely and quietly, thieves' abilities are

restricted when they wear anything except leather-type armor have a greater choice of weapons than clerics or mages

„

Prime Requisites:Dexterity

„

Races Allowed:All

„

Weapons Allowed

Dagger, Short Bow, Sling, Long Sword, Short Sword, Staff

. Like other high-level

are hard to classify as a

. Some are malcontents, who

. Others

. As

. Thieves

Alignments

Alignment describes a character's outlook and how he deals with life The possibilities encompass a range of views from believing strongly in society and altruism (Lawful Good) to completely selfish and without any regard for others (Chaotic Evil) Alignment is presented in two parts the character's world view and personal ethics

World View

Lawful indicates that the character

works within the framework and rules of a society

„

Neutral indicates that the

character moves between valuing society and valuing the individual

:„

Chaotic indicates that the

character values the individual

above society and others

Ethics

+ Good

to act in a moral and upstanding

manner

+ Neutral indicates the character leans towards "situational ethics," evaluating each set of circumstances

+ Evil indicates the character acts either with no regard for others, or in an overtly malignant manner

indicates the character tries

Ability The base for each ability score is a

number between 3 and 18 modifiers are automatically factored

into the base number by the computer when any value is shown

The maximum value for scores is

19, unless modified by magical means a percentile value added to indicate exceptional ability always offer greater advantages

Strength muscle, and stamina characters (fighters, rangers, and paladins) can have exceptional strengths greater than 18 Exceptional strength is indicated by

a percent value (01, 02, 03 99, 00) following the base strength

(for example allows characters to fight better With hand weapons such as swords or maces they hit more often and receive damage bonuses even halfling-fighters, cannot have exceptional strengths

Dexterity

eye coordination, and reflex speed

Characters with high dexterities

have bonuses to armor class, which

indicates how difficult they are to

hit

bonuses when using missile weapons such as bows or slings

Dexterity of 16 or higher counters

some of the minuses fighters suffer

when using weapons in both hands

Constitution

health, and physical toughness

constitution increases the number

Scores

. Racial

. Fighters' strength may have

. Higher values

measures physical power,

. Fighter-type

. .

. 98,

18/23)

measures agility, hand-

. Good dexterity also gives

measures fitness,

High strength

. Halflings,

. High

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of hit points a character receives points measure how difficult a character is to incapacitate or kill

Intelligence reasoning, and learning ability Intelligence is the prime requisite for mages survival hinges on learning and using their knowledge of magic

Wisdom

judgment, enlightenment, will

power, and intuition with wisdom of 7 or less are more susceptible to magical spells, while those with wisdom of 15 or greater have some resistance wisdom of 13 or greater receive extra spells (see the Cleric Wisdom Spell Bonus table on page 88)

Charisma magnetism, persuasiveness, and ability to assume command

Other Characteristics In addition to race, class, and ability

scores, characters have several other characteristics that may change during the game class, hit points, experience points, level, and alignment

Armor Class (AC) difficult someone is to hit and damage value, the harder they are to hit Low armor class values can indicate different things be difficult to hit because he is

outfitted with magical armor, while a monster might have the same armor class because it is small and fast

. Armor class changes only

measures memory,

; their skill and very

measures a composite of

. Characters

. Clerics with

measures personal

: armor

measures how

; the lower the armor class

. A character might

. Hit

when characters find and use new armor or shields improves a character's armor class

Hit points (HP) a character or opponent is to incapac-

itate or kill Every time an attack gets past armor

and defenses, it does damage that is subtracted from the target's hit points If hit points reach zero, the character is unconscious or less, the character is dead

Experience Points (EXP or XP) measure how much a character has accomplished points for killing monsters, finding treasure, and completing parts of the adventure

requisite scores of 16 or greater increases experience earned by

10%

when they earn enough experience

points some experience points character is multi-class, these initial points are distributed evenly throughout all of his or her classes

Level ter has advanced in his or her class Whenever a character has earned enough experience points to advance in level, he gains hit points, combat ability, and resistance to the effects of poisons and magical attacks Mages, clerics, and high-level paladins gain the ability to memorize a greater number of spells and cast

new spell levels happens automatically whenever a

character has enough experience points all of the classes begin on page 88

. High dexterity

measure how difficult

; higher values are better

. If hit points reach -10

. You earn experience

. Having prime

. Characters increase in level

. All characters start with

. If a

measures how much a charac-

. Level advancement

. Level advancement tables for

Creating Strong Characters

There are many strategies for putting together an effective party

of characters of character classes and race are

more effective than others

Single-Class vs Non-human characters have the

ability to be multi-classed

characters, but that does not mean

they must be multi-class characters

Single-class characters have a number of advantages over multiclassed characters with the same amount of experience points

Single-class fighters have several advantages of experience points, they will average many more hit points and have a better chance to hit than

multi-class fighter combinations

Single-class clerics and mages will gain higher level spells much sooner than multi-class cleric or mage combinations total amount of experience points, they will have more spells than multi-class spell casters

With careful play, rear rank characters will seldom get into melee combat class mage a viable character despite his limited abilities in melee the game means that a character can only do one thing at a time character's ability to do many different things is often not as

important as the ability to do one

thing very well

. Certain combinations

. Multi-Class

. With the same amount

. With the same

. This makes a single-

. Also, the real time nature of

; a

The advantages of multi-class

characters are obvious, they combine the abilities of several different classes of character in

. Thus, a fighter/mage can both

one melee effectively and cast spells,

though he can do neither as well as a single-class fighter or mage with the same amount of experience points

. Multi-classed characters are often useful to add an additional capability to a party, such as thieving skills or additional clerical

healing spells class characters go up levels extremely slowly because their

experience points are distributed evenly between their classes

Racial Advantages

Because of the monsters and situations in the game, certain race/class combinations are very effective specific types of characters and their advantages

Dwarven Fighter:A dwarven fighter with a high constitution has a high resistance to poison, which makes it much easier to fight giant spiders dwarf fighter can have a Constitution of 19, which can further increase hit points

. A dwarf also allows the party

to read dwarven writing

Human Paladin:Only humans can

be paladins well as any fighter, plus they have the ability to heal by hands

cast some low level clerical healing spells when they reach ninth level

. Remember, multi-

. The following are some

. A

. Paladins can fight as

laying on

They also gain the ability to

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Elven Mage:A single-class mage gains levels swiftly

. An elven mage with a high dexterity has a high armor class, which makes it easier to survive stray thrown weapons

. As a mage, an elf's maximum constitution of 17 does not limit hit points and a maximum dexterity of 19 can improve armor class

. Because mages cannot wear armor to improve their armor class, high dexterity is essential

. An elf also allows the party to

read elven writing.` Human or Half-Elven Cleric

: A

single-class cleric swiftly gains levels

Humans and Half Elves can have a maximum wisdom of 18 (thus

gaining the maximum bonus spells)

and they can attain the maximum level allowed in this game

Creating a Strong Party A party should include a good mix

of classes and races to handle all of the challenges they encounter will need to decide upon your

overall party strategy before making

characters

In general, a party should have at

least two characters who can fight

well, a character who can cast mage

spells, and at least one character

who can cast clerical healing spells

Fighters

The party has many choices for the

two front rank characters who can

fight well

. Most races make reasonable fighters paladin, and ranger class characters fight better than other classes

Half-Elven Fighter/Mage/Cleric This is the character with the most

diverse talents

. This character can use almost every item (excluding lock picks), has a limited ability to fight, can cast offensive spells, and can heal

. Unfortunately, a half-elven

single-class cleric and dual-class fighter/cleric characters can be effective front rank characters in

the beginning levels of the game

Also, some of the NPCs that you meet in the game can fight well and may be useful in the front rank

fighter/mage/cleric will go up levels extremely slowly, and will have very few hit points for most of the game

Elven Fighter/Mage/Thief

The thievish counterpart to the half elven jack of all trades listed before This character can use literally every item in the game and can pick locks as well

. Unfortunately, an elven

fighter/mage/thief will also go up levels extremely slowly, and will have very few hit points for most of the game

Spellcasters

The choice of the various spellcasters is also important to the strategy of the party who can cast mage spells is

normally sufficient for most parties Mages must find their higher level spells on scrolls scrolls is limited, so it is not

efficient to divide those spells among several mages in a party

. You

. Fighter,

. Even

. One character

; the supply of

The Warrior's Tomb

It is often useful to have two characters who can cast clerical healing spells

. It is important not to

get caught after a battle without a

conscious cleric cleric with a few

. A conscious

cure

light wounds

spells can heal as many hit points in hours, as a party without a conscious cleric could heal in many days of rest

Party Makeup One strategy is to create a party of

specialists who go up in levels with the fewest number of experience points

. This party works so long as the warriors in the front rank never let the spellcasters in the rear rank get into melee

Specialist Party

Dwarven Fighter, Human Paladin, Elven Mage, and Half-Elven Cleric

Another strategy is to create a party of generalists who are multi-classed

characters

. This party should always

have some character with the appropriate skill for a situation such a diverse party needs a much larger number of experience points to get to higher levels

Generalist Party

Fighter/Thief, Half-Elven

Fighter/Cleric, Elven Fighter/Mage, Half-Elven

Cleric/Mage

A further strategy is to have a mixed

party with specialist warriors in the front rank and generalist spellcasters in the rear rank strategy makes sure that the fighters gain levels (and hit points) as quickly as possible, but that the spellcasters will have a wide variety of spells available

Mixed Party

Human Paladin, Half-Elven Cleric/Mage, Human Cleric

. But,

Dwarven

. This

Dwarven Fighter,

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HOW TO PLAY

Crash Course in Combat

Basic Training

To attack, you must have weapons "in-hand" and "ready

means the item is in a hand "Ready" means the item is in-hand and ready for use grayed out, it is unusable

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

Note that you can have an item "inhand" but not "readied example, if you hold a two-handed weapon, you cannot "ready" items in your other hand is grayed out . If you want, you could place an item in the grayed out hand, but you would not gain any

benefit from having it there

Characters fight with three basic types of weapons

and ranged

Characters with melee weapons (swords, axes, etc

if they stand in the front rank . The two characters with portraits on the top row are in the front rank

Consider the other characters as

being in the rear rank

Characters with thrown and ranged weapons (daggers, darts, etc

be anywhere in the party with thrown weapons, right-click on

." "In-hand"

. (If the weapon is

. If you left-

." For

. The other hand

; melee, thrown,

.) may only attack

.) can

. To attack

the ready weapon on the adventure screen

. After the fight, you will have to go pick up the thrown weapon and ready it again

Ranged weapons require ammunition

. Arrows for bows will automatically be placed in the character's quiver (when you pick them up) 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

. After the fight, you will have to go pick up the ammunition and replace it on the equipment screen

All Attack Button To make combat even easier, use

the All Attack button button to have characters (that you pre-selected) attack once with their in-hand weapons

One click on the All Attack button is equivalent to rightclicking once on each readied

weapon of each selected

character

Select characters to participate in the All Attack by left-clicking on the

character's name

the color of the character's name

changes from white to yellow character or characters remain

selected until you left-click on their name again ranged/thrown weapons apply button's functions do not apply to magic items such as wands, scrolls,

spell books, and holy symbols

. To attack with a

. Click this

. Once selected,

. The

. Only melee and

; the

Folearms

Polearms have been modified for

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their longer reach, a character using a polearm can attack when he or she is in the first, or even the second rank polearm is just the same as attacking with any other weapon right-click on the polearm while it is in-hand

For more information on readying a

weapon, attacking with a weapon,

or picking up a weapon, see the "Adventuring" section on page 44 For more information on where to keep equipment and ammunition, see the "Equipment" section on

page 48 the mechanics of combat, see the

"Adventuring Strategy" section on page 71

. For more information on

Crash Course in Spellcasting

Characters such as mages and clerics are spellcasters who use magic to fight and to heal Spelicasters must gain their spells memorized or prayed for, they are

ready to use mind that each time spellcasters use a spell, they forget how to cast it

. They must rest again to regain it

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

Ill

. Because of

. Attacking with a

rest

in order to

. Once spells are

. However, keep in

Mages spend their lives seeking out new spells to add to their spell book

. They must memorize these

spells before using them

Clerics and high-level paladins pray for their spells these spells are insights not memorized as with mages

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

PREVIOUS LEVEL

through the various spell levels

Click on the + (plus sign) next to the spell names to choose the ones you want to memorize all the different levels of spells your magic user knows, and then choose DONE to return to the Camp menu

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 whenever the party rests, the spellcasters will rememorize the same spells

If you adventure for a while and realize that you want your

spellcasters to memorize a different

breakdown of spells, then do the following

just go into Memorize Spells or Pray

. This is because

. (If there is more than one

.) Click on

. The next time you camp

; they are

NEXT LEVEL

to move

. Repeat this for

. From here on,

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for Spells, click on the

- (minus sign) next to the spells you want to remove from the caster's spell list, and then click on the + (plus sign) next to the spells you want to add

All spells are cast from the adventure screen

. To cast a

spell, right-click on the spellcaster's spell book or holy symbol

. (Be

sure

right-click

Friend or Foe?

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

. Click on the

level of the spell to cast and

then click on the spell itself

. If

the spell affects a specific

For more information on memorizing, see the "Camp" section on page 50

. For more information on casting spells, see the "Adventuring" section starting on page 44 detailed information on the specific effects of spells, see the "Spells" section starting on page 53

character in the party, click on the portrait of the recipient

. For

3-D View

Compass

Adventuring

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adventure screen combat, spellcasting, and exploration happens from this screen When other screens are 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 For best results, place your fighters in the front rank, and your magic

users in the rear rank

Gate

Movem

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All Attack Bu ton

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is played from the

. All movement,

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Move Backward

Things You Can Do from

the Adventure Screen

Attack Opponent

character's in-hand weapons

the front 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 grayed out until it is ready again

rangers can carry and fight with a second weapon, but they may suffer a penalty to their combat ability

Attack with the All Attack Button

Click this button to have each character attack once with their

To set up which characters to

Bar

Front Rank Characters

Move Right

readied melee or ranged weapons

include in the All Attack, left-click

Primary Hand

Dead

Cha acter

rmbol

I I Book

Weapon

Spell F''~ It Box

Camp Button

Right-click on a

. Only

. Fighters, paladins, and

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on the appropriate characters' names

. Characters remain selected

for All Attack until you left-click on their name again . A yellow name means they are selected for All Attack, and a white name means they are not selected

Bash Obstacle

rank character's in-hand weapon to destroy an object that's in the way

Camp

the bottom-right side of the screen Camp gives you options to save the

game, turn sounds on and off, have

spellcasters memorize spells, and more

page 50 for more information

Click on the Camp button at

. See the "Camp" section on

Cast Cleric Spell

character's in-hand holy symbol Click on the spell level button from the spell menu and then click on

the spell to cast characters for any spell that affects

members of the party

Spell Level Buttons

FEEi'

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Right-click on a front

Right-click on the

. Click on target

Turn Undead Ability

lerics and Paladins)

the spell menu and then the spell to

any spell that affects members of the party

Cast Spell from Cleric Scroll

Right-click on an in-hand scroll

scroll is consumed when the spell is cast

Cast Spell from Mage Scroll

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

Change Order of Characters

Right-click on the name bar of one character on the adventure screen, and then right-click on the name bar of a second

trade places

Check Character Status

character portrait is normal, the character is conscious shadowed or dark, the character is unconscious character is poisoned the character is paralyzed replaced by a statue, the character is petrified . If it is replaced by a skull, the character is dead

Cast Mage Spell

character's in-hand spell book Click on the spell level button from

cast

. Click on target characters for

Right-click on the

. The

. The two characters

If the

. If it is

. If it is green, the

. If it is gray,

. If it is

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

The hit point bar displays the character's current condition the character may be damaged, but is in good shape character is gravely wounded is red, the character is unconscious To display hit points as a numeric value choose

Camp options

Show Numbers

Drink a Potion

in-hand potion

. A yellow spell

. A

. If it is green,

. If it is yellow, the

. If it

from

Right-click on an

Examine Part of the 3-D View

Click on dungeon features, such as

writing on walls

the selected item appears in the text window

Fire a Ranged Weapon (Bow or Sling)

bow or sling weapon, place the weapon in the character's primary hand the weapon, ammunition will be automatically used from either the quiver (bows), or belt pouch and backpack (sling stones) if it is available

Force Open a Gate

bottom of a partially open gate to try to force it open character automatically makes the attempt

Move in Dungeon Click on the

Drop an Item

item, carry it to the 3-D view and click on it again below the center line of the window to drop the

. (To throw an item click

object

the 3-D view center line

Examine Character's Equipment

Click on the character portrait from the adventure screen

Left-click on an

over

movement arrows to move forward,

backward, turn to the side, etc

Navigate in the Dungeon

the compass to maintain your

orientation and to map the various levels

the spell menu when characters

cast spells

Open a Gate

Examine Character Information

Click on a character portrait from the adventure screen, then click on the other page button (which looks like an upturned page corner)

lever or button near the gate gates are locked or trapped and can only be opened with keys or special actions Unlock a Gate

. Information about

Right-click on any in-hand

. To prepare a ranged

. As you fire

Click on the

. The strongest

Watch

. The compass is hidden by

Click on the release

. Some

. See Force Open a Gate and

Spells

Leave Spell

Menu Button

-H

Spell Menu

Scroll Up/Down

Buttons

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Paladin Heal

hand holy symbol, click on the 1 stlevel spell button, click on

hands

ability, then click on the

target character

Pick a Lock

lock pick, place it over the lock, and click attempt to disarm any traps they find in locks

Pause the Game

Camp button at the bottom right side of the screen the camp menu, and pauses time in the game

Right-click on an in-

lay on

Left-click on the thief's

. Thieves will automatically

Click on the

. This brings up

and other items can be found throughout the dungeon remember that in the 3-D view, you need to be adjacent to an item in order to pick it up item will be in sight, but out of reach!

Throw an Item

item, carry it to the 3-D view and click on it again of the window to throw the object (To drop an item click below

view center line

ing is not the same as throwing a dart or dagger, which is described next under Throw a Ranged Weapon

Throw a Ranged Weapon (Dagger

Place Vulnerable Characters in the Rear Rank

characters can only be hit by monsters' melee attacks if the front rank characters are down, or if creatures are attacking from the

sides or rear of the party

Ready a New Item

item, move the item over a character's hand, and left-click again to put it in place

Take an Item

To place it in a backpack or belt pouch, or to wear it, carry the item over the character portrait and click on the portrait to switch to the equipment screen destination . Treasure, food, weapons,

Rear rank

Left-click on an

Left-click on the item

. Then, click over the

or Dart)

dagger or dart automatically drawn from the

bottom of the characters' belt

pouch if they are available

Turn Undead

cleric or paladin's holy symbol, click on the 1st-level spell button, then click on the

Unlock a Gate

appropriate key, place it over a

lock, and click

View Parchment

in-hand parchment

. And

; sometimes an

Left-click on an

over

the center line

the 3-D

.) This type of throw-

Right-click on any in-hand

. Replacements are

Right-click on a

turn undead

Left-click on the

ability

Right-click on an

Character Portrait

Food Packet

Backpack

Pnmar

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Fingers

Secondary Hand

-m Equipment Screen u-

Equipment

The equipment screen displays all of a character's items character's backpack and belt pouch are not readied and do not

help the character

the character's body or in-hand are

readied and give the character any bonuses (or penalties) they confer

. Items in the

. Items worn on

Things You Can Do from the Equipment Screen

Change Character

previous/next character buttons

(which look like arrows) to view

other characters' equipment

Check Arrows in Quiver

number on the quiver indicates the number of arrows the character is

carrying goes into the quiver when it is placed anywhere on the character

. An arrow automatically

Click on the

The

Hit Point Bar

Food Bar

Previous/Next

Character Buttons

Pouch Item #3 Pouch Item #2 Pouch Item #1

Other Page Button

Check Character Screen

the other screen button (which looks like an upturned page corner) to see the character screen which displays information such as ability scores and experience levels

Check Food Bar

yellow when a character is hungry The food bar is red when a character

is close to starving blank when the character is starving When characters are starving they cannot memorize or pray for spells

Click on a food packet, bring it

Eat

over the character's plate, and click

. The food bar represents how

to eat hungry the character is

Olive an Item

click on the previous/next character buttons until you reach the

recipient, and click over the appropriate destination

The food bar is

. The food bar is

Click on the item,

Click on

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Keep Items Ready to Throw

weapons for throwing in the belt

pouch

. An item in the belt pouch is transferred to the hand when the character attacks with a thrown weapon

Ready an Item

item, move the item over to the box representing a character's hand,

and left-click again to put it in place

Left-click on an

Return to Adventure Screen

on the character portrait to return to the adventure screen

Keep

Click

Store Items

it over the backpack, and click to place it inside pack are not readied and do not help the character

Wear Equipment

over a box connected to the character's body to wear it clothing or armor on the character's

torso to wear it gauntlets on the character's wrists

to wear them character's fingers to wear them

Place a helmet on the character's head to wear it

the character's neck to wear it Place any foot gear on the feet to wear it

Click on an item, carry

. Items in the back-

Click equipment

. Place bracers or

. Place rings on the

. Place a necklace on

. Place

Character Portrait

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Character Information

The character screen displays a character's class, alignment, race, gender, ability scores, armor class,

experience points, and current level

. See the "Character Basics" section on page 32 for a detailed description of these values

Hit Poin Bar

Food Bar

Previous/Next

L-

Character Buttons

Ability Scores

Current Level

LYL

Other Page Button

Things You Can Do from the Character Screen

Change Character Click on the previous/next character buttons

(which look like arrows) to view

other characters' equipment

Check Equipment Screen Click on the other screen button (which looks like an upturned page corner) to see the equipment screen

Return to Adventure Screen Click on the character portrait to return to

the adventure screen

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Camp

Rest

`Pray for Spells

Memorize Spells

Scribe Scroll

'Drop Companion

ISreaf• Camp,

Save game

Restore game

Turn Sounds Off

Sbo(a fumbers

'Exit game

-m

Camp Screen V-

Rest

Select this option to have the party rest, heal, and memorize spells When you choose this option, you will be asked if you want to have healers cure the party . If you choose Yes, characters with cure spells

1) automatically cast them on

wounded characters, and

2) rememorize those spells, and any others chosen, while the party is resting

. The amount of time the party rests is based on the highest number and level of spells being memorized or prayed for

Characters who have a blank food bar cannot regain spells until

they eat

Level 4

[+]

[-]

[+]

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[+]

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Pray for

Select this option to choose or examine the set of spells the cleric or high-level paladin learns after resting

. The Spells Available menu appears when you choose this option . Click on NEXT LEVEL or

PREVIOUS LEVEL to move through the various spell levels of unmemorized spells and a list of available spells appears the + (plus sign) next to the spell names to choose the ones you want to memorize different levels of spells your cleric knows, and then choose DONE to return to the Camp menu

If you adventure for a while and realize that you want your spellcasters to memorize a different breakdown of spells, then do the following time you camp just go into Memorize Spells or Pray for Spells, click on the

(minus sign) next to the spells you

want to remove from the caster's spell

list, and then click on the + (plus sign) next to the spells you want to add

: 2 of 8 ,

Fear {3}

Fire Aura (2)

Ice Storm (0) Remove Curse M

NEXT LEVEL

PREVIOUS LEVEL

Spells Available Menu

DONE

.Available

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Spells

. The number

. Click on

. Repeat this for all the

. The next

Memorize Spells Select this option to choose or

examine the set of spells the mage learns after resting Available menu appears when you choose this option

LEVEL or PREVIOUS LEVEL to move through the various spell levels . The number of unmemorized spells and a list of available spells appears Click on the + (plus sign) next to the spell names to choose the ones you want to memorize

all the different levels of spells your

mage knows, and then choose

DONE to return to the Camp menu

If you adventure for a while and

realize that you want your

spellcasters to memorize a different

breakdown of spells, then do the

following just go into Memorize Spells or Pray

for Spells, click on the-(minus

sign) next to the spells you want to

remove from the caster's spell list,

and then click on the + (plus sign)

next to the spells you want to add

Scribe

Pick up a scroll (from the floor or the

character's inventory), then select this option to transfer spells from the scroll to the spell book

is more than one mage in the party,

click on the portrait of the mage

you wish to transfer the spell to

. The next time you camp

Scrolls

. The Spells

. Click on NEXT

. Repeat this for

. If there

Drop Companion Select this option to drop a

character or an IYPC (a !Yon-Player Character who has joined the party during the adventure) from the

party have less than four party members

Break Camp

Select this option to exit the camp menu and resume play

Save Game

Select this option to display a list of individually named saved game

slots saved game, and press Enter to

save the game to disk regularly is a good idea

Restore Select this option to display a list of

twelve individually named saved game slots

restore the named saved game

Turn Sounds

Select this option to turn sound effects on and off

Show

Bar Graph Select this option to change

between displaying hit points as a bar graph or as a numeric value

Exit Select this option to quit

BEHOLDER III

game before you exit if you want to resume where you left off!

. Remember that you cannot

. Click on a slot, name the

. Saving

Game

. Click on a slot to

On/Off

Numbers/

Show

Game

EYE OF THE

Be sure to save your

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SPELLS

The following sections contain descriptions of the spells that you can use to attack opponents or protect your party

LEGEND FOR MAGE AND CLERIC SPELL DESCRIPTIONS

Range

0 = party members Close = adjacent square Medium = up to 2 squares away Long = as far as visible range

Duration

Instantaneous = flash or instant effect Short = single combat round Medium = effect lasts for some time Long = effect lasts quite a while Permanent = effect lasts for entire game Variable or Special = see spell description

Mage Spells

First Level Mage Spells

~ „„

Armor

RANGE:0

With this spell the mage can surround a character with a magical field that protects as scale mail (AC 6) have AC 6 or better and it does not have a cumulative effect with the

spell

. The spell lasts until dispelled, or until the character suffers damage that is

equal to or greater than 8 hit points +1 hit point for every level of the caster

~ABurning Hands

RANGE

: CLOSE

When a mage casts this spell, a jet of searing flame shoots from the character's fingertips mage increases in level and gains power of damage plus two points per level of the caster mage would do 21-23 points of damage

Detect Magic

RANGE

: 0

This spell allows a mage to determine if any of the items carried by

members of the party are magically enchanted

glow for a short period of time

DURATION:SPECIAL

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

DURATION:SHORT

AREAOFEFFECT

ONE

CHARACTER

. The spell has no effect on characters who already

shield

AREAOFEFFECT:FRONT

. The damage inflicted by the flame increases as the

. The spell does one to three points

AREA OF

EFFECT

. All magic items in the party

RANK

. For example, a 10th level

CARRIED

ITEMS

;

~ . „

Magic Missile

LONG

RANGE

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

The mage creates a bolt of magic force that unerringly strikes one target

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

TARGET

. If there are two monsters, the missile automatically hits the one on the same side as the caster increases in level and for every two extra levels the spell does two to five more points

Magic missile

. Initially,

magic missiles

spells do greater damage as a mage

do two to five points of damage,

. So, a first or second-level mage does two to five points of damage, but a third or fourth-level mage does four to ten, and so on

„

Shield

RANGE

: 0

DURATION:SHORTTOMEDIUM

AREAOFEFFECT:CASTER

This spell produces an invisible barrier in front of the mage that totally

blocks

magic missile

(darts, spears) and AC 3 against propelled missiles (arrows, sling-stones)

The spell does not have a cumulative effect with the

duration increases with the level of the caster

Shocking Grasp

„

RANGE

: CLOSE

DURATION

attacks

: VARIABLEORUNTIL

. It also offers AC 2 against hurled weapons

MACE

TOUCHESAMONSTER

armor

spell

. The spell

AREAOFEFFECT:CASTER

This spell magically charges the caster's hand with a powerful electrical

field

. The field remains in place until the spell dissipates naturally or the character touches an adjacent monster hand is displayed any other melee weapon one point per level of the caster

18 points of damage

. A mage in the front rank may attack with this hand like

. The spell does one to eight points of damage plus

. For example, a 10th-level mage does 11-

. The amount of time it takes the spell to dissipate

ranges from medium to long with the level of the caster

. When the spell is cast an electrified

Second Level Mage Spells

~„„

Blur

RANGE

: 0

DURATION

The position of a wizard with an active distortion makes the character harder to hit with an attack spell will counter a blur spell

„

Detect Invisibility

RANGE:CLOSE

DURATION

With this spell, the party can see invisible monsters, items, or magical

effects

. It does not reveal illusions

: SHORT

: MEDIUM

AREA OF EFFECT

blur

: CASTER

spell shifts and wavers

A true

. This

seeing

AREA OF EFFECT

: ONE SQUAREINFRONTOFTHE

PARTY

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Invisibility

RANGE

: 0

DURATION:SPECIAL

This spell causes the target to vanish from sight remains unseen until he attacks a monster sense invisible characters, or even see them outright

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

TARGET

. The invisible character

. Certain powerful monsters can

V- Fireball

RANGE:LONG

A fireball

target square

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

is an explosive blast of flame that damages everything in the

. The explosion does one to six points of damage for every level of the caster to a maximum of 10th-level mage does 10-60 points of damage

:„Improved Identify

RANGE

: 0

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

ITEM IN

THE CASTER'S

HAND

When this spell is cast, one item in the wizard's hand is identified for what it really is

. The wizard learns the item's name and the attack or damage

bonuses it has . Note that some items, such as special magical tomes,

cannot be identified with this spell

Haste

RANGE

: 0

DURATION

: MEDIUM

This spell causes all recipients to move and fight at double their normal rate

. (However, the spell does not allow magic users to cast spells at a

faster rate

.) The spell's duration increases with the level of the caster

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AREAOFEFFECT:TARGET

AREA OF EFFECT

SQUARE

. For example, a 10th-level

: ONE RECIPIENT PER CASTER LEVEL

d„MelFs Acid Arrow

RANGE:LONG

DURATION:SPECIAL

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

TARGET

This spell creates a magical arrow that launches itself at a target as though it were fired by a fighter of the same level as the mage affected by distance attack

. For every three levels the mage has earned, the arrow gains an

additional attack

. The arrow does two to eight points of damage per

. For example, at third to fifth-level the arrow attacks twice,

and at sixth to eighth-level the arrow attacks three times

:„Protection from Paralysis

RANGE:0

DURATION:LONG

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

. The arrow is not

CHARACTER

The recipient of this spell becomes totally immune to paralyzing substances

(such as poison or venom) and paralyzing spells (such as

slow)

Keep in mind that although the spell protects the character from

paralysis, the spell cannot protect against physical damage from an attack

hold

person

and

Third Level Mage Spells

:„Dispel Magic

RANGE:0

This spell negates the effects of any spell affecting the party counter

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

cure

spells, but it will dispel

AREAOFEFFECT:WHOLE

hold

PARTY

person, bless,

and similar spells

AND

SURROUNDING

Dispel

SQUARES

does not

:„Hold Person

LONG

RANGE

DURATION:MEDIUM

This spell can affect humans, demi-humans, or humanoid creatures Creatures that are affected become rigid and unable to move or speak Spell duration increases with the level of the caster

:„Hold Undead

RANGE

: LONG

DURATION:MEDIUM

This spell affects undead creatures who are as powerful or weaker than the

. This spell automatically affects skeletons, zombies, or ghouls

caster other undead creatures may resist the spell

and unable to move or speak

caster

:„Invisibility, 10' Radius

RANGE

: 0

DURATION

: SPECIAL

This spell causes the entire party to vanish from sight

character remains unseen until he attacks a monster monsters can sense invisible characters or even see them outright

~ : „

Lightning Bolt

RANGE

: LONG

DURATION

: INSTANTANEOUS

This spell allows the mage to cast a powerful bolt of electrical energy spell flies to its first target and then continues into the next square

does one to six points of damage for every level of the caster to a maximum of 10th level

. For example, a 10th-level mage does 10-60 points of damage

AREAOFEFFECT:UPTOFOUR

TARGETS

AREAOFEFFECT:UPTO3

TARGETS

. All

; those who do not become rigid

. Spell duration increases with the level of the

AREA OF EFFECT

: ENTIRE PARTY

. Each invisible

. Certain powerful

AREA OF EFFECT

Two

SQUARES

. The

. The bolt

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~„„

Slow

RANGE

: LONG

This spell makes enemies move and attack at half their normal rate

DURATION:LONG

AREAOFEFFECT

Two

SQUARES

. Slowed

creatures have a penalty of 4 on their armor class and they attack with penalties

~.„

RANGE:CLOSE

When this spell is cast, a glowing hand appears may attack with this hand like any other melee weapon

. All dexterity combat bonuses are negated

Vampiric Touch

DURATION:ONE

ATTACK

AREAOFEFFECT:CASTER

. A mage in the front rank

. When the caster touches an opponent with a successful attack, the spell does 1-6 points of damage for every two levels of the mage

would do 5-30 points of damage

. These points in turn are transferred

. For example, a 10th-level mage

temporarily to the mage, so any damage he takes is subtracted from these

points first

„

Water Breathing

RANGE

. This spell does not affect undead monsters such as skeletons

: 0

DURATION

: LONG

AREA OF EFFECT

: WHOLE PARTY

When this spell is cast, the party is able to breathe water freely for the duration of the spell

characters that the spell is cast on

. The duration of this spell is divided by the number of

Fourth Level Mage Spells

~ „

„

Fear

RANGE

DURATION:MEDIUM

When this spell is cast the mage projects a cone of terror

affected by the spell will turn tail and run from the party

time the affected creatures remain terrified is based on the level of the

casting mage

.„

Ice Storm

RANGE:MEDIUM

. The spell's duration increases with the level of the caster

TOLONG

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

This spell produces a pounding torrent of huge hailstones

pummels the targets with 3-30 points of damage based on the caster's level

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

AREAOFEFFECT:A

. The range of this spell is

SQUARE

. Any creature

. The amount of

CROSS-SHAPED

AREA

. The spell

(3X3 SQUARES)

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~ . „

Improved Invisibility

RANGE

: 0

This spell causes the target to vanish from sight remains unseen, even if he attacks with a weapon or spell makes the character harder to hit with an attack counter an invisible characters, or even see them outright

~ . „

Remove Curse

RANGE:0

This spell allows a character with a cursed item to drop the item the item itself will still be cursed with its negative properties

DURATION

improved invisibility

DURATION:PERMANENT

: SHORT

spell

AREA OF EFFECT

. Certain powerful monsters can sense

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

: ONE CHARACTER

. The invisible character

. The invisibility

A true seeing

spell will

CHARACTER

. However,

Fifth Level Mage Spells

~ . „

Cone of Cold

RANGE:CLOSE

This spell causes the mage to project a chilling cone of sub-zero cold numbing cone causes two to five points of damage per level of the caster For example, a 10th-level mage would do 20-50 points of damage

~.„

Hold Monster

RANGE:LONG

This spell is similar to the

range of creatures The spell's duration increases with the level of the caster

~.„

Wall of Force

RANGE

: CLOSE

A wall of force

passing the party enters the square with the wall of force

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

DURATION:MEDIUM

hold

person

AREAOFEFFECT

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

THREE

SQUARES

SQUARE

spell except that it affects a wider

. However, the spell does not affect undead creatures

DURATION

: SHORT

AREA OF EFFECT:ONE

SQUARE

creates a barrier which stops monsters and spells from

. A wall cast by a character is dispelled with a

disintegrate

. The

spell, or if

Sixth Level Mage Spells

„

Death Spell

RANGE

: LONG

This spell slays many weak creatures easily, but kills fewer and fewer

creatures as the monsters get stronger and stronger monsters may not be affected by this spell from other planes are never affected by this spell

DURATION

: INSTANTANEOUS

AREA OF EFFECT

: 3 SQUARES LONG

. Some very powerful

. Undead creatures and creatures

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:„Disintegrate

RANGE:CLOSE

This spell causes any one creature it hits to vanish instantaneous and its effects are permanent

Flesh to Stone

RANGE:MEDIUM

This spell causes any one target to turn to stone reversed with the

„

Stone to flesh

RANGE:0

This spell restores the life to a character who has been turned to stone . The character may have been changed by a of a monster such as a medusa or a basilisk

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

DURATION:PERMANENT

stone to flesh

DURATION:PERMANENT

(OR

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

(OR

UNTIL

spell

UNTIL

REVERSED)

TARGET

. Disintegration is

REVERSED)

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

. The spell's effects can be

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

flesh to stone

spell or by the effect

TARGET

CHARACTER

Mordenkainen's Sword

RANGE

: CLOSE

DURATION

: MEDIUM

AREA OF EFFECT : ONE TARGET PER ATTACK

This spell creates a sword that the mage can wield in melee from the 2nd and 3rd ranks

were wielding it sword would attack as if a 7th level fighter were wielding it

no magical attack bonuses or damage bonuses sword automatically hits man-sized creatures and 5 to 30 hit points to large creatures

Power Word, Stun

RANGE:LONG

. The sword attacks as if a fighter that is half the wizard's level

. For example, if a 14th level wizard casts the spell, the

. The sword has

. About 5% of the time the

. The sword does 5 to 20 hit points of damage to

DURATION:SPECIAL

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

TARGET

When this spell is cast, the target is stunned and unable to move . The fewer the hit points a creature has, the longer it stays stunned healthy creatures may not be affected by this spell

. Very strong or

d„True Seeing

RANGE

: 0

With this spell, the party can see things as they really are

DURATION

: SHORT

AREA OF EFFECT

: SPECIAL

. Illusionary walls will not fool the party, and invisible monsters, items, or magical effects will appear

. This spell also reveals certain traps or trapped items by casting a

red glow around the item

Seventh Level Mage Spells

Acid Storm

RANGE:LONG

This spell causes a downpour of acid in the area of effect are within the area suffer approximately 1-6 points of damage per level of the caster up to 7th level, plus an additional 1-8 points of damage for every caster level above 7th

Finger of Death

RANGE

: 0

This spell snuffs out the victim's life force

neither be raised nor resurrected

spell incantation, points his or her finger at the creature to be slain, and

(with luck) slays the creature points of damage

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

DURATION

: PERMANENT

. If the creature does not die, it suffers 3-17

AREAOFEFFECT:THREE

SQUARES

. Creatures that

AREA OF EFFECT

: ONE TARGET

. If successful, the victim can

. The caster utters the

finger of death

Eighth Level Mage Spells

d„Abi-Daizim's Horrid Wilting

RANGE

: CLOSE

DURATION:INSTANT

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

SQUARE

This spell evaporates moisture from the bodies of all the targets within the

area of effect

. The creatures suffer 1-8 points of damage per level of the caster . This spell is especially devastating to water elementals and plant creatures

„

RANGE

Bigby's Clenched Fist

: CLOSE

DURATION

: MEDIUM

AREA OF EFFECT

: ONE

TARGET

PER

ATTACK

This spell creates a huge fist that the mage controls (from a distance) in

combat depending on how well you hit back ranks

. The fist always hits, but the damage ranges from light to heavy

. With this spell the mage can attack from the

Ninth Level Mage Spells

Energy Drain

RANGE

: CLOSE

If the creature is hit by the mage, the creature loses 2 levels or 2-16 hit points

DURATION

. The creature also loses attack bonuses

: PERMANENT

AREA OF EFFECT

: ONE TARGET

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Meteor Swarm

RANGE:LONG

Four fireballs travel down the corridor maximum damage from the spell diamond or square area of effect the center is affected by all four of the spheres

•

Power Word, Ifill

RANGE

: LONG

This spell kills a creature with up to 60 hit points

DURATION:INSTANT

DURATION:PERMANENT

AREAOFEFFECT:3X3

SQUARE

AREA

. Anything in its path suffers the

. The fireballs fly in a line and form a

. Anything unlucky enough to get caught in

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

SQUARE

. It also kills two or more creatures with less than 10 hit points each (up to a maximum of 120 total hit points)

. For example, the spell can kill 12 creatures with 10 hit points each

•

Time Stop

RANGE:0

DURATION:SHORT

AREAOFEFFECT:WHOLE

PARTY

This spell stops time momentarily and gives the wizard and the party time

to do things such as cast more spells or run away area of effect temporarily stops moving

; it is as if time were suspended

. Everything outside the

Only unique creatures or creatures of demigod and greater status are immune to this spell

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Cleric Spells

First Level Cleric Spells

Bless

spells

DURATION:MEDIUM

bless

DURATION:PERMANENT

. High-level paladins can cast

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

AREAOFEFFECT:ENTIRE

PARTY

spells are not cumulative

spells

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

TARGET

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

CHARACTER

cure light wounds

AREAOFEFFECT:CARRIED

ITEMS

. All magic items in the party

. High-level paladins can cast

. All

spells

detect

RANGE

Upon uttering this spell the morale of the entire party is raised characters gain a bonus to their attacks.Bless

High-level paladins can cast

Cause Light Wounds

RANGE:CLOSE

By casting this spell, the cleric can cause one to eight hit points of damage

The cleric must be in the front rank to hit a target

•

Cure Light Wounds

RANGE

By casting this spell on a wounded character, the cleric can heal one to eight hit points of damage

Detect Magic

RANGE:0

This spell allows the caster to determine if any of the items carried by members of the party are magically enchanted are indicated for a short period of time

magic

Protection from Evil

RANGE

: 0

DURATION

This spell envelops the recipient in a magical shell attacks of any evil creatures the caster

. High-level paladins can cast

: MEDIUM

AREA OF EFFECT

: ONE

CHARACTER

. The shell inhibits the

. The spell's duration increases with the level of

protection from evil

spells

Second Level Cleric Spells

I'*

Aid

RANGE

: 0

DURATION

This spell acts like a to the recipient ter's own if he is injured in combat

level of the caster

: SHORTTOMEDIUM

bless

AREA OF EFFECT

spell and it confers one to eight extra hit points

. The temporary hit points are subtracted before the charac-

. The spell's duration increases with the

: ONE CHARACTER

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d•Flame Blade

RANGE:SHORT

This spell causes a flame-like blade to leap from the caster's hand . The blade attacks like a normal sword and normally does 7-10 points of damage

caster's hand spell does slightly less damage against targets protected from fire

duration increases with the level of the caster

~ •

Hold Person

RANGE:LONG

This spell can affect human, demi-human, or humanoid creatures Creatures that are affected become rigid and unable to move or speak Spell duration increases with the level of the caster

Resist Cold

RANGE

: 0

When this spell is cast it gives the character some resistance to cold-based attacks or spells

•

Resist Fire

RANGE:0

When this spell is cast it gives the character some resistance to fire-based attacks or spells

d•Slow Poison

RANGE:0

This spell slows the effects of any type of poison for a limited amount of time

. When the spell dissipates the victims suffer the poison's full effect unless the level of the caster

Spiritual Hammer

RANGE

: LONG

This spell creates a hammer of force that the cleric can hurl at opponents The higher the level the cleric is, the more damage his or her hammer does The hammer returns to the caster each after each attack, and disappears when the spell wears off

DURATION:MEDIUM

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

TARGET

. When the spell is cast, a burning sword picture appears in the

attack with this as you would any other melee weapon

. The

. Spell

DURATION:MEDIUM

AREAOFEFFECT:UP

TO FOUR

CHARACTERS

DURATION:MEDIUM

. He or she takes reduced damage from such attacks

DURATION:MEDIUM

. He or she takes reduced damage from such attacks

DURATION:LONG

a neutralize poison

spell is cast

. High-level paladins can cast

DURATION:MEDIUM

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

CHARACTER

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

CHARACTER

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

CHARACTER

. The spell's duration increases with

AREAOFEFFECT

slow poison

ONE

TARGET

PER

ATTACK

spells

•

RANGE

This spell allows the cleric to conjure nourishment for the entire party

characters' food bars are blank, and they do not eat, they suffer 1 hit point of damage every 24 hours

•

RANGE:0

This spell negates the effects of any spell affecting the party magic and similar spells

•

RANGE

This spell enchants the cleric's own robes, providing protection at least equivalent to chain mail (AC 5)

every three levels the cleric earns above 5th level level cleric would have AC 3 protection

itself or any other spells or armor level of the caster

RANGE

This spell gives a character partial protection from undead attacks that drain levels the attack . Undead creatures that attack characters protected by this spell take 2-12 points of damage from the spell's positive energy

•

RANGE

This spell is a more powerful version of the first-level

increases the party's combat ability and decreases the enemy's no cumulative effect

•

RANGE

If the spell is cast on a character, the character takes no damage from any fire attacks for a certain amount of time

from those attacks

Third Level Cleric Spells

Create Food

Water

DURATION:PERMANENT

. Starving mages and clerics are unable to regain spells

Dispel Magic

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

does not counter

cure

spells, but it will dispel

Magical Vestment

: 0

DURATION

: MEDIUM

Negative Plane Protection

: 0

DURATION

: LONG OR

UNTIL

. However, the character still takes any physical damage done by

Prayer

: 0

DURATION

: SHORTTOMEDIUM

. The spell's duration increases with the level of the caster

Protection from Fire

: 0

DURATION

: LONG

. After the spell has absorbed all it can, it dissipates

AREAOFEFFECT:SPECIAL

. When

AREAOFEFFECT:WHOLE

AREA OF EFFECT

PARTY

hold

: CASTER

AND

SURROUNDING

Dispel

person,

SQUARES

bless,

. The vestment gains a +1 enchantment for

. For example, an 11th-

. This spell is not cumulative with

. The spell's duration increases with the

THE

CHARACTERISHIT

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

CHARACTER

AREA OF EFFECT:ENTIRE PARTY

bless.This spell

. The spell has

AREA OF EFFECT

: ONE CHARACTER

. The spell absorbs the damage

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:•Remove Paralysis

RANGE

: 0

DURATION

PERMANENT

This spell negates the effects of any type of paralyzation or related magic The spell counters

hold

slow

spells

AREAOF

EFFECT:ONE

TO FOUR

CHARACTERS

Fourth Level Cleric Spells

:•Blessed Warmth

RANGE

: 0

DURATION:MEDIUM

AREAOFEFFECT:WHOLE

PARTY

This spell makes the party immune to the natural cold and gives them extra

resistance against magical cold attacks

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Cause Serious Wounds

RANGE

: CLOSE

DURATION

PERMANENT

This spell is identical to the first-level

it inflicts 3-17 hit points of damage hit a target

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

cause

light wounds

TARGET

spell, except that

. The cleric must be in the front rank to

d•Cure Serious Wounds

RANGE

: 0

DURATION:PERMANENT

This spell is identical to the first-level heals 3-17 hit points of damage

cure

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

light wounds

CHARACTER

spell, except that it

:•Free Action

RANGE:0

With this spell, a character is unhindered and can attack normally underwater hold, underwater, it does

•

Neutralize Poison

RANGE

: 0

This spell detoxifies any sort of poison or venom characters to life if they have already died from poison

Poison

RANGE

: CLOSE

When the spellcaster uses this spell, he or she gains a poisonous touch

the caster hits a creature with this touch, the creature may die of poisoning

DURATION:LONG

AREA OF EFFECT:ONE

CHARACTER

. This spell also gives the character immunity to spells like

and

paralysis

Note that while the spell allows unhindered movement not

enable characters to

DURATION:PERMANENT

breathe

AREA OF EFFECT

underwater

: ONE CHARACTER

. The spell cannot return

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

AREA OF EFFECT

: ONE TARGET

slow,

. If

d•Protection from Evil, 10' Radius

RANGE:0

This spell is identical to the first-level spell, except that it affects the entire

party

. The spell's duration increases with the level of the caster

DURATION:MEDIUMTOLONG

AREAOFEFFECT:ENTIRE

PARTY

Fifth Level Cleric Spells

Cause Critical Wounds

•

RANGE:CLOSE

This spell is identical to the first-level cause

inflicts 6-27 hit points of damage hit a target

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Cure Critical Wounds

RANGE:0

This spell is identical to the first-level heals 6-27 hit points of damage

•

Flame Strike

RANGE

: LONG

DURATION:PERMANENT

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

light wounds,

TARGET

except that it

. The cleric must be in the front rank to

AREAOFEFFECT

cure

ONE

CHARACTER

light wounds

spell, except that it

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

SQUARE

By means of this spell, the cleric calls down from the sky a column of flame

. Creatures fully affected by the spell suffer 6-48 points of damage

d•Raise Dead

RANGE

: 0

DURATION

This spell allows the cleric to attempt to restore life to any non-elven character . Chances for success are based on the deceased character's constitution and chance

•

Slay Living

RANGE

: SHORT

DURATION

The target of a level opponents have a better chance of only taking damage

•

True Seeing

RANGE

: 0

DURATION

With this spell, the party can see things as they really are will not fool the party, and invisible monsters, items, or magical effects

appear

. This spell also reveals certain traps or trapped items by casting a

red glow around the item

slay

: PERMANENT

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

CHARACTER

: PERMANENT

living

spell either takes damage or dies instantly

: SHORT

AREAOFEFFECT

AREA OF

EFFECT

ONE TARGET

: SPECIAL

. Illusionary walls

. Higher

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Sixth Level Cleric Spells

Harm

RANGE:CLOSE

This spell will bring a target to death's door, reducing it to very few hit

points, no matter how many hit points the target had before the spell

cleric must be in the front rank to hit a target

Heal

RANGE

: 0

This spell will completely heal a character of all damage, poison, blindness, and paralysis

Heroes' Feast

RANGE:0

The spell, in addition to feeding the characters, cures diseases, heals, blesses

(as per the

hopelessness, and panic for an extended period of time after the spell is cast

Sol's

RANGE

: LONG

This spell turns a gem into a weapon

because it turns into a searing orb

are greatly increased

and the target is blinded for a short period of time double the damage effect

Fire Storm

RANGE:LONG

When roaring flame that equal area of fire receive 2-16 points of damage, plus additional damage equal to the caster's level

•

Resurrection

RANGE

: 0

Resurrection restores the character to full hit points, and that character can immediately go back into strenuous activity such as combat

DURATION:PERMANENT

bless

spell), makes the characters immune to fear, poison,

Searing Orb

DURATION:INSTANT

DURATION:INSTANTANEOUS

a firestorm

spell is cast, the whole area is shot through with sheets of

DURATION:PERMANENT

restores life to a character-including elves! The spell

AREA

OF EFFECT:ONE

TARGET

. The

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

AREAOFEFFECT:WHOLE

CHARACTER

PARTY

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

TARGET

. The gem must be thrown immediately

. The priest's chances of hitting a victim

. And if the gem hits, it does 6-36 points of fire damage

. Undead creatures suffer

Seventh Level Cleric Spells

a fireball

spell in effect

AREAOFEFFECT:A

AREAOFEFFECT:ONE

CROSS-SHAPED

AREA

(3X3 SQUARES)

. All creatures within the

CHARACTER

Strategies for Using Spells

Spells are an important part of a party's capabilities . The spells that the party's spellcasters memorize will have an important effect on the party's tactics

Disintegrate, Flesh to Stone, Death Spell, Finger of Death, and Power

Word, Kill

These are ranged magical attacks that can eliminate one target with a

single attack offensive spells of higher-level

In the following section, the spells have been divided into types

mages attacking targets with many

hit points offensive, defensive, healing, and others

. There are specific hints on when each type of spell is most effective

Hold Person, Fireball Lightning Bolt, Slow, Fear, Hold Undead, Ice Storm, Cone of Cold ^Flame Strike, Hold Monster, Acid Storm,

Spells that are available only to clerics

(A)

are marked with a caret sign

^Fire Storm, Power Word, Stun, Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting, Meteor Swarm, and Time Stop

Offensive Spells

Burning Hands ^Cause Light

Wounds, Shocking Grasp, ^Flame Blade, vampiric Touch, ^Cause Serious Wounds, ^Cause Critical

Wounds, ^Poison,AHarm and Energy Drain These are hand to hand magical attacks

. For all but

burning hands, the spellcaster must be in the front rank to attack with them may slay an opponent outright

.APoison

. Because of the time it takes to cast these spells and the vulnerability of many spellcasters, they are normally the offensive spells of last resort

Magic Missile Melfs Acid Arrow,

^Spiritual Hammer, ^Sot's Searing

Orb, Mordenkainen's Sword, and Bigby's Clenched Fist These are ranged magical attacks that affect only one monster at a

time

. They allow the spellcaster

to attack from the safety of the rear ranks

These are ranged magical attacks

that can affect several monsters in an area

they can do, they are often the preferred offensive spells of higher

level spellcasters

These area-effect spells are especially effective when fighting many monsters the area of effect of the various spells several squares are more effective against monsters that cannot attack in groups affect a single square are most effective against monsters that attack in groups

Be especially careful when you use the

ice storm

spells spell is within melee range of the

party, the party will also take damage from the spell person other humanoid creatures

. They are the favorite

. Because of the damage

. Look closely at

. The spells that affect

. The spells that

and

hold person

. If the target of an

ice storm

. The

hold

spell only affects men and

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Defensive Spells

Armor, Blur, Shield, ^Magical Vestment, and

^Protection from Evil 10' Radius These spells mainly provide protection against physical attacks these spells on your front rank characters before dangerous battles that involve physical attacks

^Bless, ^Prayer, Negative Plane Protection These spells mainly provide protection against magical attacks Cast these spells on your front rank characters before dangerous battles that involve magical attacks

' Protection from Evil,

. Cast

^Slow Poison, ^Remove Paralysis,

^Neutralize Poison, Remove Curse, and Stone to Flesh These spells slow or remove the effects of poison, paralysis, flesh to stone, or curses these spells memorized whenever the party is anywhere near a monster who can poison, paralyze, or petrify

^Raise Dead and Resurrection This spell bring characters back from the dead elven character)

spells memorized once your cleric gets to a high enough level

Other Spells

^Resist Cold, ^Resist Fire, Protection from Paralysis, Protection from Fire, and Blessed

Warmth

These spells protect against certain types of magical and physical

attacks

. For example,

from paralysis

protects a character

protection

from both paralysis spells and paralysis from physical attacks

Healing Spells

^Cure Light Wounds, ^Aid, ^Cure Serious Wounds, ^Cure Critical

Wounds, ^Heal, and 'Heroes' Feast

These spells replace a character's

lost hit points increase a character's hit points over his normal maximum value, but it only increases hit points

temporarily

should always have a few

wounds

quickly heal the party while resting

. The

aid

spell can

. Cleric class characters

cure light

spells memorized to

Detect Magic

This spell is very useful in

evaluating the items the party picks up during the game causes all magical items carried by the party to glow

Invisibility and Invisibility 10' Radius

Invisibility

character in the rear ranks

Invisibility 10'radius

hide the entire party from mystic sensors and prying eyes

Even when the party is invisible, most monsters will sense the party's general location, though the monsters receive big penalties on attacks against invisible targets

^Create Food&Water

This spell is very useful in the later

levels of the game where food is scarce . Be sure to memorize this

spell before the party begins starving - not after!

. Keep a number of

(raise

dead

will not raise an

. Keep one of these

. The spell

is a useful defense for a

is useful to

View of the Ruined City

Haste This spell is especially useful when fighting monsters who are very fast The

make melee attacks much faster

spell allows a party to

haste

. Cast this spell on your party just before dangerous battles

True Seeing This spell is useful when you are stuck in an area with many illusions, invisible monsters, traps, etc

Disintegrate This spell is occasionally useful to

remove certain walls and other special blocks in your path (including monsters)

Water Breathing This spell allows the party to breathe underwater

Free Action This spell allows you to move without penalty underwater, and gives you immunity to certain paralyzing and movement-hindering spells

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ADVENTURING STRATEGY

The lower the attacker's

THACO, the better his chance to hit

Attacking Opponents

Characters generally engage in

the target

. A character's THACO is

based on his class and level

"melee combat," which is face-toface combat with weapons such as

swords and maces

. Characters also

have other options, such as casting spells and ranged combat, with

bows and slings

In general, a character attacks the enemy in the front rank on his side of the screen

. When there is only one

enemy left in a battle, it moves to the

NOTE

: the generation of a

random number is often referred to as a "roll determining if an attack hit, the number generated is from I through 20

base roll is modified by the character's ability scores and any magic weapons

center of its square and characters from both sides can attack it

An attack is successful if the roll is greater than or equal to the attacker's

Combat Mechanics

THACO minus the target's AC

Understanding combat mechanics allows the party to use the most effective weapons and tactics in different situations

. Each character's ability in combat is defined by his armor class, THACO, and damage

Armor Class

Example

: A fighter with a THACO of 15 attacking a monster with an AC of 3 would need to roll (THACO 15)-(AC 3) = 12+

to hit a monster with an AC of -2

he would need to roll

15)-(AC -2) = 17+

Armor class (AC) signifies how

difficult a monster is to hit lower the armor class, the harder it is to hit the target

. Armor class is

based on armor and a bonus based

on the character's Dexterity

magic items help improve (or lower)

armor class rating

THACO

THACO represents a character's ability to hit enemies stands for To Hit Armor Class character must 'roll' a number equal to or greater than this to damage a target with an armor class

. The

. Some

. THACO

Damage Damage is the hit point loss that an

attacker inflicts against an opponent

. The amount of damage

inflicted depends on the attacker's strength and weapon type damage each weapon can do is summarized in the Weapons Chart on page 92

Some monsters take only partial or

no damage from certain weapon

types

. Skeletons, for example, take

only half damage from sharp or edged weapons

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Characters who use thrown weapons should carry weapons both in-hand and in their belt pouch for quick reloading

. Front rank characters who use thrown weapons may wish to carry a shield or short sword at the top of their belt pouch

box for belt pouch item #3

in the

. (See

the diagram that names parts of the

equipment screen on page 48

.) A shield or short sword in that position will be readied automatically after the character attacks with the last of his or her thrown weapons

Be sure to recover your ranged weapons after each battle and to collect all of the ranged weapons you can find used up quickly in battle

Wounded Characters

. Ranged weapons get

Characters who are seriously wounded should be moved out of the front rank if possible

. It is much easier to heal a wounded character than it is to bring a dead character back to life

Moving and Fighting

If you are exploring an area, move

with the compass on the screen to

facilitate mapping

. If you are moving through an explored area, move with a spell menu on the

screen and an attack spell showing

. Always move with the adventure screen up equipment or character screens

; you can't fight from the

." In

. The

: (THACO

. The

. But

Combat Strategies

To succeed in combat, deploy your

party well, cast effective spells before and during combat, maneuver your characters into advantageous positions, and attack using the most powerful characters and weapons

Deploying the Party

Keep the heavily-armored fighters in the front rank and the vulnerable magic users and thieves in the rear ranks

Equipping the Party

Equip characters in the front rank with the most powerful melee weapons you can find

. See the

Weapons Chart on page 92 to see how much damage each type of weapon can do

. As soon as you find enough weapons, warriors should carry a one-handed weapon in their primary hand and a short sword in their secondary hand

. Remember that if you use a two-handed weapon in one hand, you must

keep the other hand free

Equip characters in the rear ranks with the most powerful ranged weapons you can find

. Again, see the Weapons Chart on page 92 to see how much damage each type of ranged weapon can do

. Spellcasters should have their holy symbols and spell books in-hand, ready to cast spells

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With both the adventure screen and spell menu up, you are prepared for battle

. Prepare for battle before you

open any door, climb or descend stairs, or push a button that could open a door or secret wall Monsters often lurk behind closed doors or secret walls, and monsters are always ready for combat!

Remember that you can move and fight at the same time move backwards to dodge an enemy melee attack sideways to dodge an enemy ranged

attack . You can even try to run away and close a door behind you to get away from a particularly nasty fight Be careful though, some monsters can open doors to follow you

Hints

Here are some general strategy hints

'to help you along your journey

. You can

. You can move

Buttons and Levers

Some puzzles are activated in one part of the dungeon, yet they affect

another part farther away the position of any button or lever

that has no obvious function can't seem to get through an area,

go back and change these buttons or levers one at a time to see if they

make it any easier to get through

Carry Items with You

You never know when you will need something that you found! To carry an item with you, pick up the item and move it into a backpack

Prepare Your Party

Make sure that your party contains at least

fight well, one who can cast mage spells, and one who can cast clerical spells approaches, make sure that your

: two characters who can

. When a monster

Look For Writing

If you can't seem to get through an area, look for writing on the walls in the area wall is difficult to spot may only be read if the party has a character of a specific race

fighters in the front rank have weapons in their primary hand

Once you get comfortable fighting with the front rank characters, you can also have the rear rank

characters throw weapons and

spells at the monsters

by equipping your characters

with various combinations of weapons, shields, spell books,

and holy symbols to maximize their fighting ability

. Experiment

Keep Track of

. Record

. If you

The Wall

. Often, writing on a side

. Some writing

Mages Guild of Myth Drannor

Look For Hidden Buttons

Always check the walls for secret and hidden buttons and bricks

Moving sideways down a wall will often make hidden buttons easier

to spot

Keep Your Eye On The Compass

Watch the compass as the party moves that change the party's facing Teleporters often reveal themselves when the party's facing changes

The Walls

. There are a number of traps

Watch for Teleporters

Do you suspect the party is being teleported while moving through an area? Throw an item past the suspected teleporter, then watch the item it teleports

. The item will 'disappear' if

Save The Game

Save the game anytime you think that something could happen that would hurt the party at the beginning of each level puzzle is difficult to solve, save the game and then try different solutions

attacking the party thick and fast, save the game and try different strategies

tough, save before opening doors

Go On When all else fails, go on with the

game open every door, fight every

monster, and obtain every item to win the game

that the party bypasses gets stumped in a later area, or

needs an item to go on, come back and try the puzzle again

. If the monsters are

. If things are getting really

. The party does not have to

. Save the game

. If a

. Mark down any areas

. If the party

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BESTIARY

H-

Creatures in and around Myth Drannor

This section contains descriptions of the strange creatures that lurk in and around Myth Drannor

to avoid our researchers come back

•

BEAST, UNDEAD

CHIMERA

. . . .

. You may encounter a few others that have managed

. You see, sometimes our research teams don't

The undead beast is a mindless killer of unknown origin

it seems compelled to destroy any living thing

a small dragon, the beast's bones protrude from rotting flesh

. It has a great horned head, and its ribs are bare

and barbed, forming a nasty cage but it can rear on its hind legs by balancing with its stubby tail its opponent

No one seems to know how chimera were created

dark mystery, perhaps better left unexplored has the hindquarters of a large, black goat and the

forequarters of a huge, tawny lion

black wings like those of a dragon heads, those of a goat, a lion, and a fierce dragon goat head is pitch black with glowing amber eyes and long ochre horns mane and has green eyes with orange scales and has black eyes and powerful physique make the chimera a deadly foe in

combat searing stream of flame in lieu of biting

. It can also bring its powerful forearms against

. The lion head is framed by a brown

. The dragon head is covered

. If it's in the mood, the dragon head can loose a

. It walks on all fours,

. Its body has brownish-

. The monster has three

. Its many heads

. The size of

. A chimera

;

; it is a

. The

:•ELEMENTAL

EARTH ELEMENTAL

WATER ELEMENTAL

~ • •

FEYR

Earth elementals can be conjured in any area of earth or stone

. This type of common elemental appears on the Prime Material Plane as a very large humanoid made of dirt, stones, precious metals, and gems expressionless face, and its two eyes sparkle like brilliant

multifaceted gems its face, an earth elemental rarely speaks

travel very slowly, they are relentless in the fulfillment of their appointed tasks through solid ground or stone with no penalty to movement or dexterity

Water elementals can be conjured in any area containing a

large amount of water or watery liquid serves this purpose, but several large kegs of wine or ale have been known to work also appears on the Prime Material Plane as a high-crested wave

The elemental's arms appear as smaller waves, one thrust

out on each side of its main body growing longer and shorter as the elemental moves orbs of deep green peer out of the front of the wave and serve the elemental as eyes . Like all other common elementals, water elementals rarely speak

Feyrs (pronounced "fears") are created from the remnants of ordinary nightmares mixed with residual magical energies strong emotions of a large group of people commonly found in large cities that have a good number of mages, priests, and other spellcasters . Feyrs appear as humped, hunchbacked creatures, grim and inhuman in appearance surface of the human brain two main tentacles which act as legs, and by a handful of other tentacled limbs

. They are unknowingly brought to life by the

. Though it has a mouth-like opening in

. An earth elemental can travel

. The water elemental

. Their hide is mottled and curved like the

. The creature is supported by

. It has a cold,

. Though they

. Usually a large pool

. The arms ebb and flow,

. Two

. They are most

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* GRAVE MIST

Please refer to page 84 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters,

for a complete profile of the grave mist

GROANING SPIRIT (BANSHEE)

The groaning spirit, or banshee, is the

female elf hate the living

painful, and seek to harm whomever they meet.Groaning

spirits appear as floating, luminous phantasms former selves transparent in sunlight withered, have hair that is wild and unkempt, in tattered rags eyes burning brightly with hatred and frequently cry out in pain

•

Hags are witch-like beings that spread havoc tion, working their magic and slaying all

encounter

frayed hair and withered faces dot their blotchy skin peasant women their breath is foul

hags possess supernatural strength and smaller creatures (goblins, for example) though hags look decrepit and dilapidated,

surprisingly swiftly around rocks and logs in their path from their skinny fingers

supernatural strength to rend and tear opponents

KNIGHT, DEATH

A death knight is the horrifying corruption was cursed by the gods as punishment for

code of honor it held in its former life typically taller than six feet and weigh pounds of shriveled, rotting flesh red pinpoints for eyes

spirit of an evil

a very rare thing indeed

; they find the presence

. Their image glows brightly

. Most groaning

. They have faces of pain

hence their name

. They appear as wretched old women

. Grotesque moles and warts

. They wear clothing

. Their mouths contain blackened teeth, and

. Though they appear wrinkled

they can even lithely bound over and

. They use these

. Its face is a blackened skull covered

. It has two tiny, glowing, orange-

. Groaning spirits

of living beings

of their

at night, but is

spirits look old and

and dress

and anguish, and

ire

. Groaning spirits

and destruc-

whom they

with long,

similar to that of

and weak,

can easily crush

with one hand

they run

. Iron-like

claws grow

claws and their

in combat

of a knight

betraying the

Death knights are

more than 300

with shards

. And

; it

* LIVING MUCK

Please refer to page 86 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters," for a complete profile of the Living Muck

~ :

MINOTAUR

Minotaurs are either cursed humans or the offspring of minotaurs and humans for they are not confused in these places an advantage over their prey

over 7 feet tall, and quite broad and muscular the head of a bull and the body of a human male

Minotaurs are not extraordinarily intelligent, but are extremely cunning and have excellent senses

NAGA, BONE

Bone nagas are created undead with large, human-like skull heads

eyesockets glow with hatred a few evil mages) to serve as guardians, these worms serve their masters with absolute loyalty an exacting process, hence their rarity the gentler creatures of the Realms bite with their long fangs and have been known to use other means of attacking those foolish enough to seek their wrath the life cycles of the Realms-except for the fact that they sometimes kill large, aggressive natural predators (including man) for sport

NAGA, SPIRIT

These black-and-crimson-banded naga have a human-like

head with stringy hair and deep brown eyes smell of rotting flesh (which also happens to be their favorite food) evil and cunning spirit naga try to harm any creature that passes through their domain frequently attack without warning

. They usually dwell in labyrinths,

; this gives them

. Minotaurs are huge, well

. They have

. They appear as snakes

. Their empty

. Created by dark nagas (and

. Their creation is

a good thing for

. In battle, bone nagas

. Bone nagas eat nothing and fill no niche in

. Spirit naga

. Hiding in deserted ruins or caverns, the

. They set traps and

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* OGRE SLUG

Please refer to for a complete profile

SCALADAR

page

85 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions

of the ogre

+ SHADE

+ SHADOW

slug

Scaladar are scorpion-like monsters that have been described as "smoothly-moving metallic constructs Formerly found only in Undermountain, they are beginning to spread to both subterranean and surface

areas nearby Waterdeep proper

methodical killers are released with orders to simply

destroy all living things they encounter grabbing prey with two huge pincer claws while lashing out with their sting-equipped tails

Shadows are shadowy, undead creatures that drain strength from their victims with their chilling touch Shadows are 90% undetectable in all but the brightest of surroundings as they normally appear to be nothing more

than their name would suggest can clearly see them in bright light

loosely organized packs that freely roam ancient ruins, graveyards, and dungeons their victims

. .

though none have surfaced within

. Rumor has it that some of these cold,

All knowledgeable authorities agree that

shades are (or were) normal humans who, through arcane magic or dark sciences, have traded their souls or spirits for the essence of

shadowstuff and abilities of their original body, they are

rumored to have grown in power by joining with shadowstuff

unknown, and no one knows if shades are connected with shadows (see the next

monster description), or some power or substance from the Plane of Shadow method of transmutation from living being to

unliving shade life has been lost

. Although they retain the shape

. The true native shade is

: shadows

. Shadows travel in

. They specialize in terrifying

New Monsters,"

. They attack by

. The

. However, you

* SHADOW HOUND

Please refer to page 87 in the next for a complete profile of the

SHAMBLING MOUND

Shambling mounds, also known as "shamblers", appear as heaps of rotting vegetation intelligent form of vegetable life that is roughly humanoidshaped about six feet at their base (legs to waist), and two feet at their summit (the "head") attackers and are perhaps the most deadly form of plant

life known camps of unsuspecting travelers at night

shambling mounds are excellent swimmers as well

SLITHERMORPH

•

STEEL SHADOW

Although steel shadows look rather like giant planarian

section,

shadow

worms, equally at home on land and underwater, they are rarely seen in their true forms enter and animate metal items

as both homes and weapons metal indefinitely without harm sort is nearby, you can find steel shadows in almost any habitat ancient tombs locked in glacial ice in the high mountains

hound

. They measure six to nine feet tall

; they are not above creeping slowly into the

: from the wrecks of ships in the ocean depths to

"Detailed DescriptionsofNew Monsters,

. They are actually an

; their girth is

. Shambling mounds are fearless

. One bit of trivia

A slithermorph is an amphibious preda-

tor and carrion-eater resembles a black pudding, creeping about in a glistening black, amorphous form

. At will, it can "shape-change" into and out of the form of a serpentine, four-armed monster resembling a yuan-

. In serpentine form, a slithermorph

ti appears as a thick-bodied, scaled

snake

. Four muscular arms protrude near its head clubs and other crude weapons

. They merge with metal to

; they can remain inside

. Most of the time it

; these arms can employ

. They use the metal shells

. As long as metal of some

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•

SWORDWRAITH

~ : •

TROLL

•

WATCHQHOST

$•WATER WEIRD

Swordwraiths are the spirits of warriors cut down during

battle and kept from the dissolution of death by their indomitable wills

where the sun never shines, swordwraiths appear as warriors

their flesh within the armor appears insubstantial Swordwraiths were hardened, professional soldiers at one time, and as undead, they have retained their knowledge

of strategy and tactics fighting is all they know too stubborn to even admit that they are dead

Trolls are horrid carnivores found in all climes

arctic wastelands to tropical jungles these beasts because trolls know no fear and attack unceasingly when hungry (which is most of the time) Their limited intelligence and ravenous appetites are commonly known character traits

of 9 feet or more regenerates at a phenomenal rate

is a nauseating moss green, mottled green and gray, or putrid gray

skulls and is usually greenish black or iron gray in color Trolls walk upright, but hunched forward with sagging

shoulders arms dangle freely -

spite of this awkwardness and pathetic lack of grace, trolls are extremely agile climbers and runners

These undead, sometimes called "unsleeping guardians,"

appear as graceful, beautiful humans of either sex who drift or walk about silently

sometimes retain chalk-white flesh, but their torsos and lower bodies are always skeletal, and their eyes are

always dark, empty pits dangerous opponents

guardians serving powerful undead lords such as

specters, vampires, and liches priests or wizards set watchghosts to guard a tomb,

treasure vault, or other enclosed areas

. Their weapons and armor are unremarkable

. Only seen at night or underground

;

. .

. and continue fighting because

. In many cases, these soldiers are

: from

. Most creatures avoid

. They grow to a height

. A rubbery hide serves as skin, and

. The color of this "skin"

. A writhing hair-like mass grows from their

. Their gait is uneven, and when they run their

often dragging along the ground

. Their limbs and appendages

. Watchghosts are intelligent,

; they are usually found as

. Often, powerful, evil

. In

~ : •

WIGHT

~ : •

WYVERN

These unusual creatures are natives of the elemental

plane of Water, but they are being encountered more and more often on the Prime Material Plane found in this realm, they are violent and hostile, attacking all living things instantly

been fully understood, water weirds are able to feed on the life essences of those they slay like serpents composed entirely of water

Long ago, the word "wight" meant simply "man centuries have passed, though, it has come to be associated only with those undead that typically inhabit

barrow mounds and catacombs

can easily be mistaken for any number of humanoid

. Upon closer examination, however, their true

races nature becomes apparent

are nightmarish reflections of their former selves with cruel, burning eyes set in mummified flesh over a twisted

skeleton with hands that end in sharp claws

A distant cousin to the dragon, the wyvern is a huge flying

lizard with a poisonous stinger in its tail to gray body of the wyvern is half tail a thick knot of cartilage from which a 2-foot-long stinger protrudes, much like that of a scorpion mobile, easily striking over the back of the wyvern to hit an opponent to its front

. It does not have a strong odor, although its lair

orange might smell of a recent kill

is rather stupid, aggressive, and always ready to attack

. In some manner that has never

. As undead creatures, wights

. The wyvern's eyes are red or

. Like many other monsters, it

. When they are

. Water weirds look

." As the

. From a distance, wights

. The dark brown

. The tip of the tail is

. This tail is very

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CRAVE MIST

The following creatures appear for their first time in an AD&D• computer fantasy role-playing game, and therefore warrant extra explanation

. In

standard AD&D• format, here is the data for grave mists, living muck, ogre slugs, and shadow hounds

Grave Mist

page

10-

1 page 85

Living Muck

1 Ogre Slug

page 86

1 Shadow Hound,

page 87

Climate/Terrain Frequency:Very Rare Organization:Group Activity Cycle:Night Diet

Intelligence:Average (8-10) Treasure:Nil Alignment:Chaotic Evil

These terrible undead are typically found in desolate graveyards and burial grounds

They do, however, dwell anywhere there are dead

. Grave mists seep into the Prime Material Plane where dead bodies are present

. They feed on any remaining life

essence that a dead body retains Grave mists appear vaguely humanoid in

shape with grey swirling mist as the outline of their bodies show on the face to denote eyes

ments are swift and deft as smoke or fog to the unwary traveler

Combat:A grave mist attacks with a

chilling touch similar to that of a wraith, doing 1-4 points of damage as well as

draining a point of constitution constitution drain is due to their link to the

Negative Material Plane drains the victim until constitution reaches

zero, causing the victim to become immobile score of fifteen or better is drained, the hit points for that character are reduced

accordingly . When the constitution score reaches seven or less, hit points are reduced as required one point per hour of complete rest the victim's original score

The grave mist has the normal undead resistances (immunity to

. If a character with a constitution

. Appearing:1-4 Armor Class Movement:12

Hit Dice:7+1

THACO

: Any/Graveyard & Burial Grounds

Corpses

. Dark, black holes are all that

. Their move-

. A group may appear

. This

. Each chilling touch

. Constitution returns at a rate of

; up to

sleep,

charm,

hold,

No, of Attacks:1 Damage/Attack:1-4 Special Attacks:Constitution Drain Special Defenses

Magic Resistance Size

Morale

Exp

. Point Value

or cold-based spells) as well as needing +1 or better weapons to suffer damage

to being immune to cold-based spells, grave

mists actually heal from such spells based attack inflicted against them results in the regeneration of hit points equal to one third the total damage normally taken from

the attack (rounded up) storm

is capable of doing 3-30 points of damage the grave mist would regenerate 7 hit points This regeneration does not exceed the grave

mist's original hit points

„

Habitat/Society:Grave mists travel in

very loose groups that roam the Prime Material Plane in search of graveyards or the

sites of recent battles Grave mists have no leaders and as such

spend most of their time looking for corpses They put no value on wealth or treasure,

however, the corpse a grave mist is feeding on may very well be loaded down with treasure

4- Ecology:Like all undead, grave mists exist on both the Prime Material and

Negative Material Plane simultaneously

this powerful link to the negative world that gives them their fearful ability to drain

constitution the grave mist ultimately feeds

Because they are not living creatures, they have no rightful place in any food chain

: +1 or better weapon to hit

: See Below

M (6') Elite (14)

: 3000

. In addition

. Any cold-

. For example

. If it did 20 points of damage, then

. Through this draining is how

; an ice

. It is

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LIVING,

MUCK

Climate/Terrain

Frequency:Rare Organization:Solitary Activity Cycle:Any Diet

: Intelligence:Non- (0) Treasure

Alignment:Nil

: Any/Underground or ruins

Any

Nil

; 85 ~O

Armor Class

THACO

Damage/Attack Special Attacks Special Defenses

Magic Resistance Size Morale Exp

Appearing:1 (1-4)

Movement Hit Dice

. of

Attacks:1

: Nil

. Point Value

: 5000

6 9 11

7-28 See below See below

S-L (3'-8') Special

OGRE SLUG

Climate/Terrain

Frequency:Uncommon Organization:Tribal

Activity Cycle:Any

Diet

Intelligence:Average (8-10)

Treasure

Alignment:Chaotic Evil

: Any/Subterranean

and wet

Carnivore

B, S (in lair only)

;

. Appearing:2-8 Armor Class Movement Hit Dice

THACQ

. of

Attacks:2 or 1 with weapon

Damage/Attack

Special Attacks:Spits Acid Special Defenses Magic Resistance Size

Morale

Exp

. Point Value

4/8

6 8+4 13

: 1-12 or by weapon type (+6 with

strength)

: 1/2 Damage from Blunt Weapons

Nil

L (8' tall, 15' long)

Steady (11-12)

: 2000

Living mucks are voracious, amorphous monsters composed of groups of cell

colonies that scavenge and hunt for food They typically inhabit ruins and dungeons They have the ability to sense heat and analyze material structure from a distance

of up to 90 feet to determine if something is edible

. Living mucks attack any animal or vegetable matter (including humans) on sight

All living mucks are immune to acid, lightning, and poison damage, as do

can ooze through cracks that are at least I inch wide and can travel on ceilings and

walls (falling on victims is a nasty surprise) at the same speed as on a level surface

. Fire causes half

magic missiles

Living mucks

Living mucks reproduce by fission

adapted to live in a wide variety of climates

The touch of living mucks is not only very

caustic, causing 7-28 points of damage, but is also corrosive to equipment canned by a character muck requires that a save vs

or the item dissolves and becomes useless

The touch of a living muck also causes

paralysis to any creature touched unless a

saving throw vs

. They are

. Any item touched by a living

. acid be made

. paralyzation at -4 is made

The appearance of ogre slugs is unmistakable

: they have the upper torso, arms, and

head of an ogre but the lower body of a large slug grey-green skin on the upper body area, fading into a deep, blackish green for the

lower slug portion mean and ugly (if not uglier) than their full

bodied cousins

:„Combat:An ogre slug's attack is delivered with its powerful arms

beast can strike with its huge fists for 1-12

points of damage

is that of its corrosive acidic saliva

slug may opt to spit acid once per round

instead of attacking with its fists

may be flung up to 20 yards away and

require the ogre slug to make an attack roll The targets AC is 10 regardless of armor

type . Dexterity and any magical bonuses

apply

equipment and armor (saving throw vs

acid) and causes 3-24 points of damage,

save vs

Note that other ogre slugs are immune to

this acid spittle

. Their coloring is usually swampy,

. Ogre slugs are just as

. Twice each round the

. Its main attack, however,

. An ogre

. The spittle

. The acid eats its way through any

. breath weapon for 1/2 damage

Since they are part slug, they inherit a thick, rubbery hide that gives them partial

immunity to blunt weapons suffers only 1/2 damage caused by blunt weapons or spells that cause crushing or impact damage

weapons as well as most other spells cause

normal damage to an ogre slug blunt weapons do limited damage, the slug portion has an AC of 8

A raiding group of 6 or more will also include

a leader and have a strength bonus of +8 when attacking with a weapon

d„Habitat/Society:Ogre slugs prefer to lair in dank, dingy underground caverns in

almost any climate

numbering 8-16 males, 2-16 females, and 28 young will be of 5th level, and have access to the

spheres of combat, divination, healing, protection, and sun (darkness only) slugs are often used as trained guards to help protect the lair raiding and scavenging, and will eat almost anything

for human and demi-human flesh and are 60% likely to eat them on the spot rather than keep them as slaves

. The ogre slug

. Edged and piercing

. Although

. This leader will have 10 hit dice

. They gather in tribes

. Shamans, if present (40% chance),

. Giant

. Ogre slugs live by

. Ogre slugs have a great fondness

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SHADOW

HOUND

. Appearing

Armor Class

Movement:18 (9 in bright light) Hit Dice:6 (-1 hp/die in bright light)

THACO

: Climate/Terrain Frequency Organization Activity Cycle:Night Diet

Intelligence:Semi-

Treasure:Nil Alignment

These hound-like creatures are normally encountered on the Plane of Shadow

their natural habitat, they roam in packs or are used as trained guard beasts

As their name would suggest, shadow hounds appear as dark, black shadows of a

canine form radiance that sends a chill to the very soul of

anyone looking at them with their vicious teeth, their mouths

produce the same fiery radiance as their eyes

Combat:Like dogs and wolves of the Prime Material Plane, shadow hounds attack in packs using their powerful jaws to drag a prey off of its feet

swarm over the prey and devour it mercilessly . In shadowy conditions (Plane of Shadow, moonlight, etc

Any/Ruins or subterranean

Rare

Packs

Carnivore

(2-4)

Neutral (Evil)

. In

. Their eyes glow with a fiery

. When they attack

. Once down, the hounds

.) a shadow hound is

. of Attacks:1 Damage/Attack:2-8 Special Attacks Special Defenses

Magic Resistance

Size

Morale

Exp

. Point Value

a terrible foe with the shadows so that it is 40% unlikely to be seen

. However, in bright light it loses 50% of its movement and cannot use shadows for concealment lighting, + I or better weapons are needed to harm these beasts

Habitat/Society:Shadow hounds, like wolves, are sociable creatures and travel around in packs is very strict

every other shadow hound knows its place and duties

The lair of a pack of shadow hounds is 50% likely to contain 2-7 whelps not fight but can be taken and trained

shadow hound whelp can sell for 200-700 gold pieces

4-16 6

Nil

+1 or better weapon to hit

: Nil

M (4' at shoulder) Steady (11-12)

: 975

. It can strike and then blend

. Regardless of

. The structure of the pack

; there is only one leader and

. These young will

. A

Experience Levels

FIGHTER EXPERIENCE LEVELS

LEVEL

1 2

4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

14 15 16

17 18 19 20

CLERIC SPELL PROGRESSION

CLERIC LEVEL

1 2 2

4 3 2 5

6 7 3

10 11 12

14 6 6 15 16 17 18

EXP TO REACH LEVEL

2,000 4,000

8,000

16,000 32,000

64,000

125,000 250,000

500,000

750,000 1,000,000 1,250,000

1,500,000 1,750,000

2,000,000 2,250,000

2,500,000 2,750,000

3,000,000

- - - - - -

21~

3 1

2 - - -

3 2 1--

3 3 2 - - -

4 4

3 3

4 4 3 2 1 -

5 5

6 6 4 2 2

6 6

7 7

7 7 7 5

8 8 8 6 4 2

9 9

9 8 7 5 2

4 5 6 7

2 1 -

5 3 6

6 4

8 6 4 2

; 8s ~o

-N

TABLES~:,

HIT POINTS

1-10 +(1-10)

+(1-10)

+(1-10) +(1-10) +(1-10) +(1-10) +(1-10) +(1-10)

+ 3 + 3

+ 3

+ 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

+ 3

2 --

2 2 -

2 1

3 1 3

CLERIC WISDOM SPELL BONUS*

WISDOM SCORE

13 14 15 2 16 17 18 19

SPELL LEVEL

1 2

4 5 6 7

1 - 2

1 2 2 2 2

3 2 1 2 - - -

* Bonus spells become available when the cleric can normally cast spells of that level

CLERIC EXPERIENCE LEVELS

LEVEL

4 5 6

7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

EXP TO REACH LEVEL

1,500 3,000

6,000 13,000 27,500 55,000

110,000 225,000 450,000 675,000

900,000

1,125,000 1,350,000

1,575,000 1,800,000 2,025,000 2,250,000 2,475,000 2,700,000

HIT POINTS

1-8 +(1-8)

+(1-8) +(1-8) +(1-8) +(1-8) +(1-8) +(1-8) +(1-8)

+ 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2

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MAGE EXPERIENCE LEVELS

LEVEL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20

EXP TO REACH LEVEL

2,500

5,000 10,000 20,000 40,000 60,000 90,000

135,000 250,000 375,000

750,000 1,125,000 1,500,000 1,875,000 2,250,000 2,625,000 3,000,000 3,375,000 3,750,000

MAGE SPELL PROGRESSION

2 2 3

5 4 2 6 4 7 4 8

4 3

4 4

4 4 4 12 4 4 4 13 5 5 5

5 5 5

5 5 5 5

5 5 5

- - - - - - -

2 3

3 3 2

- - - - -

- - - - - 1 - 2--

1 2 2 - -3

3 4 4 1 4 4 2 --

4 4 2 1 -

5 5 2 1 -5 5 3 2 1 -

5 3 3 2

5 4 3 3 2

HIT POINTS LEVEL

1-4 +(1-4)

+(1-4) +(1-4) +(1-4) +(1-4) +(1-4) +(1-4) +(1-4) +(1-4) + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

3 2 1

3 3 1

PALADIN EXPERIENCE TABLE

EXP TO REACH LEVEL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

2,250 4,500

9,000 18,000 36,000 75,000

150,000 300,000 600,000

900,000 1,200,000 1,500,000 1,800,000 2,100,000 2,400,000 2,700,000 3,000,000 3,300,000 3,600,000

PALADIN SPELL PROGRESSION

RANGER EXPERIENCE TABLE

HIT POINTS

1-10 +(1-10)

+(1-10) +(1-10)

+(1-10) +(1-10) +(1-10) +(1-10) +(1-10) + 3

+ 3 11 + 3

+ 3 + 3

+ 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

LEVEL

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8 9

12 13 14

15 16

17 18

19 20

EXP TO REACH LEVEL

2,250 4,500

9,000

18,000 36,000

75,000 150,000 300,000 600,000 900,000

1,200,000 1,500,000

1,800,000 2,100,000

2,400,000 2,700,000

3,000,000 3,300,000

3,600,000

HIT POINTS

THIEF EXPERIENCE LEVELS

LEVEL

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

EXP TO REACH LEVEL

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~

1,250

2,500

5,000

10,000

20,000

40,000

70,000

~ 110,000 160,000

~ 220,000

~ 440,000

~ 660,000

~ 880,000

1,100,000

1,320,000 + 2 1,540,000 1,760,000 1,980,000 2,200,000

HIT POINTS

1-6 +(1-6) +(1-6) +(1-6) +(1-6) +(1-6) +(1-6) +(1-6) +(1-6) +(1-6) + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2

Ability Scores

Strength

The Strength Chart lists the modifiers to melee hit probability and the damage adjustment based on the character's Strength

STRENGTH CHART

ABILITY SCORE

3 -3

4-5

6-7

8-15

18/01-50*

18/51-75*

18/76-90* 18/91-99*

18/00* 19#

20#

21#

22#

* These bonuses are available only to non-halting

fighters, paladins, and rangers

# These scores are only possible in this game through magic

MELEE HIT

PROBABILITY

-2

-1

normal

+1 +2

+2 +3

+2 +5

+3 +6

+3 +7

+3 +8 +4

DAMAGE

ADJUSTMENT

-1

none

+10

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Dexterity The Dexterity Chart lists the

modifiers to missile hit probability and the armor class adjustment based on the character's Dexterity

DEXTERITY CHART

ABILITY SCORE

3 4 5 6 7-14

15 16

17 18 19

MISSILE HIT

PROBABILITY

-3

-2

-1

ADJUSTMENT

+4 +3

+2 0 +1 15 0 0 16 0

+1 +2 +2 +3

-1

-2

-3

-4

Constitution

The Constitution Chart lists the Hit Point Adjustment that a character gets every level

CONSTITUTION CHART

ABILITY

SCORE

HIT POINT

ADJUSTMENT

3 - 2 4-6 7-14

-1 0

+2 17 18 19 + 2

+ 2

(+3)* (+4)* (+5)*

* These bonuses are available only to fighters, paladins, and rangers

point adjustment for constitution is

; for all other classes the maximum hit

THACO

THACO is not an ability score, but it is an important characteristic THACO Chart lists a character's base THACO for his class and level

. The

THACO CHART

CLASS

Cleric

Fighter Mage

Paladin Ranger Thief 20 20

CHARACTER LEVEL

1 2 3 4 5 6

20 20 20 18 20

20 20 20

20 19

18 18

18 17

16 15

20 19

19 19

18 17

16 15

181716 15 19 19

18 18

8 9

12 13 14 15 161718 19 20

161616 141312 18 14 14 17

14 14 14 11

9 18 18 171717 16 16 13 12

9 13 12

9 17 16 16 15 15 14 14 13

121212

16 15 15 15

7 6 5 4

7 6

101010

6 5 4 3 2

3 2

5 4 3 2

13 12 12

8 8

14 14

1 1

Weapons

Weapons are divided into 3 classes melee, thrown, and fired

. Melee

weapons are used only in close com-

bat, while thrown and fired weapons

are used at range

. Characters in the front rank can use melee and ranged weapons

. Characters in the rear

ranks can only use ranged weapons

However, a polearm is an exception

and can be used from the second

rank

. Note the "Classes" section (starting on page 33) limits some character classes to certain weapons

The Weapons Chart lists the weapons

with their range of hit point damage versus small, medium, and large-sized creatures

. The damage done by a melee weapon is adjusted by the attacking character's strength and any magical bonus the weapon may have

WEAPONS CHART

Melee Weapons

Staff*

Mace

Short Sword

Flail

Axe

Long Sword Halberd*

Warhammer

DAMAGE VS

SMALL & MEDIUM

1-6 2-7

1-6 1-8 2-7

1-8 1-8 1-8 1-12 1-10 2-5 1-4

Trident* 2-9

Thrown Weapons

Rock Dart Dagger

1-2 1-3

1-4 Spear 1-6 1-8 Warhammer

Ranged Weapons

Sling & Rocks* Bow & Arrows*

2-5 1-4

1-4

1-6

DAMAGE VS

LARGE

1-6 1-6

2-8

2-12

3-12

1-2 1-2 1-3

1-4

1-6

Armor Armor provides a character a base

armor class

. The lower the character's armor class, the harder it is for an attack to hit

. Armor class is based on the character's armor and his dexterity bonus

. Some magic items also help a character's armor class

Note in the "Classes" section, starting on page 33, that some

character classes are limited to certain types of armor

. The Armor Chart lists the types of armor and the base armor class they provide a character

ARMOR CHART

ARMOR TYPE

BASE

Robe 10 Shield* Leather Armor

8 Scale Mail 6 Chain Mail Banded Armor Plate Mail

* A shield subtracts1AC from any armor it is

used with

Boots, helmets, and non-magical bracers may look like armor, but

they do not modify a character's

armor class as weights on pressure plates

. They can safely be left

Magical bracers, however, can modify a character's armor class

* These two-handed weapons must be used from the primary hand unavailable

. Note that items in the other hand are

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-M INDEX OF SPELLS

CREDITSr-.-

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting~60 Acid Storm Aid Armor Bigby's Clenched Bless Blessed Warmth Blur Burning Hands Cause Cause Cause Cone of Create Food & Water Cure Critical Wounds

Cure Light Wounds

Cure Serious Wounds Death Spell Detect Invisibility Detect Magic (cleric) Detect Magic Disintegrate Dispel Magic (cleric) Dispel Magic (mage) Energy Drain Fear Finger of Death

Fire Storm Fireball Flame Blade Flame Strike

Flesh to Stone

Free Action Harm

Haste

Heal

Heroes' Feast

Hold Monster

Hold Person

Hold Person (mage)

Hold Undead

Critical Wounds Light Wounds Serious Wounds

Cold

(mage)

~ ~

(cleric)

Fist

~ ~

59 62 53

~ ~

60 62 65 54 53

66 62 65

64 66 62 65 58 54 62 53 59 64 55 60 57 59 67 56 63 66 59 65 67

56 67 67 58 63 56

Ice Storm Improved Identify

Improved Invisibility Invisibility 10'

In visibility Lightning Bolt Magic Missile Magical Vestment Melf's Acid Arrow Meteor Mordenkainen's Sword Negative Plane Protection

Neutralize Poison Poison Power Word, Kill Power Word, Stun

Prayer Protection from Evil 10' Radius Protection from Evil Protection from Fire Protection from Paralysis~55 Raise Dead Remove Remove Paralysis Resist Cold Resist Fire Resurrection Shield Shocking Slay Living Slow Poison Slow Sol's

Spiritual Hammer Stone to Flesh Time Stop

True Seeing True Seeing (mage) Vampiric Wall of Force Water Breathing

Swarm

Curse

Grasp

Searing

Touch

Radius

Orb

(cleric)

~ ~

55 58 56 55 56 54 64 55 61 60

64 65 65 61 60

. .

.66

62 64

66 58 65 63 63 67 54 54 66 63 57 67 63 59 61 66

59 57 58

Short Story

"Moonrise over Myth Drannor"

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Special Thanks to

Thanks also to

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Top Star Computing Services, Inc

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the Grand Finale, in one

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