The Practice Chamber

Acid blade adds elemental damage to repeated melee swings. Extra attacks make the coating more valuable because more hits can carry it.

These spells are for the use of dragons. Acid, fire, frost, and lightning damage one victim, whereas gas damages every PC in the room. Fire and frost can break objects, and acid can damage armor. High level mages may learn and cast these spells as well.

This is a late monk finisher. It turns high unarmed training into one dangerous blow against a priority target.

Pick the weapon that fits the crusader's equipment and opponents. Mastery improves repeated weapon attacks, so it scales well with extra swings.

Advanced dagger improves the assassin's preferred weapon after basic dagger training has reached its limit.

Ambush front-loads the ranger's damage before the victim settles into combat. Preparation and the wilderness setting are part of the price.

Animate dead converts a corpse into sustained party damage. The servant's best value comes from surviving several rounds and taking hits for its master.

The skeleton is an early extra attacker and disposable front line. It is weaker than later creations but cheaper to replace.

Assassinate rides on backstab rather than replacing it. Most attempts are still ordinary backstabs, but the rare success ends the target in one hit.

Each weapon skill applies to a specific group of armaments, and determines how well a character fights with a particular weapon. If the character has the parry skill as well, he can parry incoming attacks. The chance of parrying is best if the character in question is skilled at both his weapon and his opponent's. The weapon skills consist of the following: axe the use of axes, ranging from hand to great (but not halberds) dagger the use of knives and daggers, and other stabbing weapons flail skill in ball-and-chain type weapons mace this skill includes clubs and hammers as well as maces polearm the use of pole weapons (except spears), including halberds spear this skill covers both spears and staves, but not polearms sword the warrior's standby, from rapier to claymore whip the use of whips, chains, and bullwhips exotic the use of strange magical weapons The exotic skill cannot be purchased, and is dependent solely upon level.

Backstab scales with level, weapon training, backstab training, and the victim's strength. Piercing weapons get the best result, and the attack loses its point once the victim is ready for you.

Treat barkskin as an Armor Class buff. It reduces the chance that ordinary weapon attacks connect rather than adding health.

Barrier is straight D&D-style Armor Class. It makes weapon attacks less likely to connect but does not absorb a fixed pool of damage.

The bash skill is a warrior talent, a brute-force attack designed to knock your foe to his knees. Its success depends on many factors, including the bash rating, your weight, and the size of your opponent. Bashing a dragon is not generally a wise idea.

Berserk is the classic barbarian bargain in D&D terms: improve pressure now and accept that incoming attacks may hurt more.

Blade mastery improves the attacks the class already wants to make. Its value compounds with extra attacks because more swings benefit from the training.

Blend is terrain-based concealment. It gives the ranger a safer opening outdoors, but detection and an unsuitable location can defeat it.

This spell improves the to-hit roll and saving throw versus spell of the target character by 1 for every 8 levels of the caster. It may also be cast on an object to temporarily bless it (blessed weapons, for example, are more effective against demonic beings).

A warriors senses can be attuned to work without sight. If one such trained individual is blinded, they can still dodge attacks without penalty.

Call lightning can hit hard for its cost, but the sky and weather must cooperate. Control weather helps create the setup.

The call only works in a city and cannot replace guards that are still serving. It gives the paladin temporary bodies for damage and protection rather than a numerical party buff.

One of the most useful and often overlooked abilities of the master cleric is the calm spell, which can put an end to all violence in a room. Calmed creatures will not attack of their own volition, and are at a disadvantage in combat as long as the spell soothes their minds. The more violence activity there is in a room, the harder the spell, and it is all or nothing -- either all combat in the room is ended (with the exception of those who are immune to magic) or none is.

Calming song is an exit from combat, not a damage tool. It is valuable when the party needs time to recover or chose the wrong target.

cast 'cancellation' <characte> Both of these spells remove magical effects from the target. Dispel magic has a reduced chance of working, and is considering an attack spell. Cancellation can only be used on allies, but is much more effective and does not provoke attack. Unfortunately, the spells do not discriminate between harmful and benign spells. The chance of dispelling is based on the level of the spell. Permanent spells (such as mobile sanctuary) are much harder to remove. Not all spells may be dispelled, notable examples are poison and plague.

These spells inflict damage on the victim. The higher-level spells do more damage.

These spells inflict damage on the victim. The higher-level spells do more damage.

These spells inflict damage on the victim. The higher-level spells do more damage.

Chain lightning rewards a crowded room. It can deliver much more total damage than a single-target spell, though that damage is spread across several enemies.

Channel lasts longer as the warlock levels and improves saves by roughly one point per twelve levels. It deflects hostile magic; it does not add damage to the warlock's next spell.

This spell, if successful, causes the victim to follow you and to take orders from you. Use ORDER to order your charmed followers. You are responsible for the actions of your followers. Conversely, other people who attack your followers will be penalized as if they attacked you.

Charm song can turn a creature into temporary help. Strong or resistant listeners are harder to sway.

Chi is the monk's spell slot equivalent. Build and spend it deliberately; the best palm and fist techniques depend on having enough ready.

This command is used in combat. It allows the attacker to circle around behind his opponent, and backstab, doing a harsh amount of damage.

These techniques give the bard a physical option when songs are unavailable or too costly.

This spell will conjure up a powerful pet demon. As pets, a demon cannot be conjured if you already have a pet. The conjure spell requires a special source of power to be used, a rare demon stone.

Blizzard is battlefield magic. Its total damage is best when several enemies remain in the fight long enough to suffer the storm.

The component changes the result. Light strikes enemies across the room, while powder or herbs produce one of several heavy weapon-like attacks against a chosen target.

A priests piety is very important. This spell allows the caster to stay in constant prayr, causing their align to match that fo their god until it wears off.

This spell creates a ball of light, which you can hold as a light source. The ball of light will last indefinitely. It may also be used on an object to give it an enchanted glow.

Weather controls other nature magic. A druid can prepare the sky for lightning or remove conditions that favor an enemy.

When a shield block or shield wall would stop the swashbuckler, coup de coup gets a small chance to slip past it and deal piercing damage instead. At 75% training, the starting counter chance is roughly 11% against shield block and 15% against shield wall.

Courage is a saving-throw style protection. Use it before facing creatures known for terror rather than after the party panics.

Crevice works in forests, mountains, fields, and rooms changed by overgrowth. The victim makes two saves; failing both takes the full hit, while each successful save cuts the damage further.

These spells cure damage on the target character. The higher-level spells heal more damage. (see 'help healer' for details on the heal command)

Cheap and available early, cure light is for patching wounds between fights or keeping someone alive until stronger healing arrives.

These spells cure damage on the target character. The higher-level spells heal more damage. (see 'help healer' for details on the heal command)

Curse is a saving-throw and accuracy style penalty. Apply it early so every later round benefits.

Think of this as D&D weapon proficiency. Your dagger supplies the damage; this skill helps you land the hit. Every class starts with it at level 1.

Darken blade adds supernatural pressure to normal attacks. It scales with accuracy and extra swings because every landed hit can benefit.

Darkshield is a pre-fight defense that helps a front-line caster survive while curses and weapon attacks do their work.

Deathblow is a passive ceiling on ordinary weapon pressure. You cannot count on it each round, but every eligible hit carries the threat.

Deathshield helps a fragile undead caster survive close pressure while life drains and spells wear the enemy down.

Decapitate is a high-risk execution attack. The reward is enormous when its conditions and roll line up; otherwise it costs an action that could have dealt steady damage.

Even though a thief doesn't have the brute strength, nor the shear size of a warrior, they can be very intimidating. Using threatening words and actions, a skilled thief can make a target surrender an item they own. This skill only works on mobs, and you can demand any item carried or worn by the mob.

Demonfire is a late dark paladin nuke. It gives the martial class a way to punish targets that are harder to solve with steel.

Syntax : cast 'detect location' Mana Cost : 5 Duration : 120 ticks Spell Color : Blue Affect : Allows the caster to see if they are being watched. SEE HELP WIZARD EYE and HELP DISPLACE

This tells the strider whether terrain-bound skills can work before resources are committed.

The warlock brings a pet and controlled followers that are standing in the same room. Combat, protected destinations, and targets that are too powerful can stop the walk.

Consider by some to be a cowardly skill, dirt kicking gives the clever combatant a chance to blind his opponent by casting dirt into his eyes. The blindness does not last long, but can provide an edge in combat. Dexterity helps in hitting or avoiding a dirt kick.

Disarm is a somewhat showy and unreliable skill, designed to relieve your opponent of his weapon. The best possible chance of disarming occurs when you are skilled both your own and your opponent's weapon. The size of a weapon is a factor. It's not a good idea to try to disarm a battle axe with a dagger.

This spell invokes the wrath of Thoth on an evil victim. It can be very dangerous for casters who are not pure of heart.

cast 'cancellation' <characte> Both of these spells remove magical effects from the target. Dispel magic has a reduced chance of working, and is considering an attack spell. Cancellation can only be used on allies, but is much more effective and does not provoke attack. Unfortunately, the spells do not discriminate between harmful and benign spells. The chance of dispelling is based on the level of the spell. Permanent spells (such as mobile sanctuary) are much harder to remove. Not all spells may be dispelled, notable examples are poison and plague.

Displace protects by causing misses rather than absorbing damage. It is especially useful against slow, heavy attacks.

Choose bash, pierce, slash, fire, cold, lightning, acid, poison, negative, energy, mental, disease, drowning, charm, or sound. It is D&D resistance with a narrow target, so match the prayer to the enemy.

In the words of one wise warrior, 'the best way to block a blow is to not be where it lands'. The dodge skill honors this tradition, by improving the character's natural agility to the point where many blows will miss the target. The chance of dodging is also affected by the dexterity of the attacker and the target.

The victim gets a mental save, and monsters more than 45 levels above the warlock refuse. A dominated creature is dangerous to bystanders and is meant to feed into soulbind.

Each breath uses a different element, which lets a wizard attack a weak resistance. These are expensive, high-level blasts rather than efficient everyday spells.

Dual wield lets you have a secondary weapon in your off hand. Your skill with this second weapon will not match your main weapon, but you will still get extra hits.

Earthmeld is a terrain-bound escape from notice. It is strongest outdoors and unreliable where there is no living earth to join.

This spell inflicts damage on every enemy character in the room. Beware that other characters who are not yet fighting may attack you as a result!

Choose the element for the fight. These wards add protection and make repeated melee hits against the wizard more expensive.

Match the ward to the enemy. Against the right breath or spell it acts like D&D resistance; against the wrong element it does nothing useful.

Defensive and self-targeted spells become potions; offensive spells become scrolls. The sage spends the mana for both empower and the stored spell, then carries that spell for later.

Empower blade gives the conjurer a dependable melee option. It is preparation magic, best used before the fight starts.

The enchant armor spell imbues armor with powerful protective magics. It is not nearly as reliable as enchant weapon, being far more prone to destructive effects. Each succesful enchant increases the plus of the armor by 1 or 2 points, and raises its level by one.

This spell magically enchants a weapon, increasing its to-hit and to-dam bonuses by one or two points. Multiple enchants may be cast, but as the weapon grows more and more powerful, it is more likely to be drained or destroyed by the magic. Also, every successful enchant increases the level of the weapon by one...and there is no turning back.

Enchanting turns spell power into lasting equipment bonuses. Better gear is worth the attempt, but failure makes rare pieces a tense gamble.

Enhanced Damage behaves differently for every 3rd tier class. The 1st and 2nd tiers just get a flat rate. Class-specific 3rd tier enhanced acts as follows: /*************************************ENHANCED DAMAGE*************************************\ | | | Warriors (All warriors must be berserking to get enhanced damage): | | Highlander: Based on power level. Higher plevel = more damage | | Swashbuckler: Based on Hit Roll | | Crusader: Based on your Align. Small bonus for perfect 1000 align. | | | | Thieves: | | Assassin: Must be sneaking to get enhanced damage. Dam based on sneak skill %. | | Ninja: Not finished yet (flat rate). | | Bard: Not finished yet (flat rate). | | | | Rangers: | | Hunter: Depends on where you are. Higher outside of city, highest in the forest. | | Paladin: Must be good, depends on your white magic rating. | | Dark Paladin: Must be evil, depends on your black magic rating. | | | | Shades: | | Fade: Varies with time of day when in Nightstalker mode (See "help nightstalker"). | | Banshee: Just like Fade, only age matters as well. | | Necromancer: Not finished yet (flat rate). | | | | Clerics: | | Monk: Not finished yet (flat rate). | | Voodan: Not finished yet (flat rate). | | Saint: Not finished yet (flat rate). | | | | Druids: | | Shaman: Varies inversely with hp (As hp goes down, damage goes up). | | Warlock: Depends on saves. Higher (negative) saves mean more damage. | | Alchemist: Not finished yet (flat rate). | | | | Mages: | | Forsaken: Damage boost when wielding a weapon with a magical damtype | | Archmage: Damage boost when wielding a weapon with a magical damtype | | Conjurer: Based on magic power focus level, bonus if weapon is blessed. | | | \*****************************************************************************************/

The held figure decides the attack. A titan smashes grounded enemies across the room, a dragon strikes one target with lightning, and a snake spits acid. Flying creatures avoid the titan's ground attack.

Envenom adds damage and pressure over time. Fast weapons and extra attacks create more chances to deliver the poison.

Warriors can use the best weapon they find instead of waiting for one narrow type. The individual weapon skill still controls how well each group performs.

Faerie fire lowers the target's effective Armor Class. Every physical attacker in the party benefits until it fades.

scan farsight scan <direction> cast 'farsight' The scan command allows the user to detect movement in surrounding areas. The farsight spell expands the caster's consciousness, allowing him or her to see far away beings like they were in the same room. The spell may be used for a general scan that reaches a short distance in all directions, or with a directional component to see creatures much farther away.

The fast healing skill improves wound healing rates, whether walking, resting, or sleeping. It represents knowledge of healing herbs or just general toughness and stamina. Fast healing is checked every tick, and it is possible for it to fail.

Fear aura pressures everyone close enough to feel it. Resistant foes may stand their ground, but weaker enemies can lose the will to fight well.

Feed swings health in both directions: the victim loses it and the undead gains it. That makes a modest hit much more valuable in a long duel.

Fifth attack has a large ceiling when haste and other attack skills are working, but each extra swing still has to trigger and then hit.

These spells are for the use of dragons. Acid, fire, frost, and lightning damage one victim, whereas gas damages every PC in the room. Fire and frost can break objects, and acid can damage armor. High level mages may learn and cast these spells as well.

Asgard's fireball is single-target magic, unlike the room-clearing D&D spell. Its damage has a wide roll, and a successful fire save cuts the result in half.

The fireproof spell creates a short-lived protective aura around an object, to protect it from the harmful effects of acid and flame. Items protected by this spell are not harmed by acid, fire, or the heat metal spell. Although inexpensive to use, the spell's short duration makes it impractical for protecting large numbers of objects.

These arcane and costly spells are only for the most learned of the ranks of mages and clerics wandering the land. They require great amounts of energy and can be very devastating. iceshield surrounds target with a thick shell of ice fireshield surrounds target with a flaming inferno shockshield surrounds target with a crackling sphere These spells were coded by Kelson (Micah Bartell) for use with ROM based muds, and are released under the GNU license.(use them, edit them, give me mention) Questions and comments can be sent to micah@cse.unl.edu.

Acid fists add an elemental threat to every unarmed exchange. They work best against targets that resist ordinary physical damage poorly or fear acid.

Each form changes what the fists do. Switching forms is the monk's answer to enemy resistances and different tactical needs.

Each weapon skill applies to a specific group of armaments, and determines how well a character fights with a particular weapon. If the character has the parry skill as well, he can parry incoming attacks. The chance of parrying is best if the character in question is skilled at both his weapon and his opponent's. The weapon skills consist of the following: axe the use of axes, ranging from hand to great (but not halberds) dagger the use of knives and daggers, and other stabbing weapons flail skill in ball-and-chain type weapons mace this skill includes clubs and hammers as well as maces polearm the use of pole weapons (except spears), including halberds spear this skill covers both spears and staves, but not polearms sword the warrior's standby, from rapier to claymore whip the use of whips, chains, and bullwhips exotic the use of strange magical weapons The exotic skill cannot be purchased, and is dependent solely upon level.

The Forsaken can create a ready-made blade instead of relying on a lucky weapon drop. Pick fire or cold to suit the victim.

The flesh golem trades speed for durability. In D&D terms, it is the necromancer's summoned front-line fighter.

Flight bypasses terrain hazards while invisibility avoids many unwanted encounters. Detection magic and special rooms can still answer both.

Forestwalk cuts the cost and friction of overland travel where the strider is strongest. It does little in a city or dungeon.

Pick the stat that drives the next job: strength for physical force, dexterity for quickness, constitution for toughness, or a mental stat for spell work.

Fourth attack raises the warrior's damage per round over a long fight. Like the earlier attack skills, training creates a chance, not a guaranteed swing.