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| 1 | =head1 Game FAQ/Tips and Tricks |
3 | =head1 FAQ, Tips and Tricks |
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| 3 | Here are some questions you might asked yourself over time. |
5 | Here are some questions you might asked yourself over time. |
| 4 | Also some nice Tips and Tricks are listed here, which you may find informative. |
6 | Also some nice tips and tricks are listed here, which you may find informative. |
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| 6 | =head2 X<faq_igniteandthaw>How do I thaw icecubes? Or: How do I ignite a torch? |
8 | =head2 Meta - About the Game and the Client |
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10 | =head3 What is the relation between Deliantra and Crossfire? |
| 9 | The right-click context menu in the L<Inventory|playerbook_inventory> reveals |
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| 10 | B<ignite/thaw>, which will ignite something or thaw icecubes. |
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| 11 | You will need a B<flint & steel> L<$ARCH/light/flint_and_steel.base.111.png> for this |
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| 14 | An alternative would be to use the L<mark|command/mark> and L<apply|command/apply> |
12 | Deliantra was originally a Crossfire server, but by now most of the code |
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13 | has been rewritten. Still, most maps are very similar or identical to |
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14 | Crossfire maps, so the games share a lot. |
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| 17 | mark icecube |
16 | The major differences are a better client, better graphics, a stable |
| 18 | apply flint and steel |
17 | server (i.e. no crashes every few hours with players and maps getting |
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18 | reset) and the ability to let more players play, by using less resources |
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19 | and having a fully asynchronous design, and full support for sound effects |
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20 | and background music. |
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| 20 | If you need to something do this often, I recommend using the L<Bind |
22 | =head3 I found a bug, how can I report it/what do I do? |
| 21 | Recorder|binding_recorder>. |
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24 | Mail us at support@deliantra.net , which is best, unless it is a small, |
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25 | temporary, or urgent issue. If it is, then tell schmorp, elmex, or Asarth. |
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| 23 | =head2 The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this? |
27 | =head3 The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this? |
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| 25 | Most likely, you don't have accelerated OpenGL support. Try to find a |
29 | Most likely, you don't have accelerated OpenGL support. Try to find a |
| 26 | newer driver, or a driver from your hardware vendor, that features OpenGL |
30 | newer driver, or a driver from your hardware vendor, that features OpenGL |
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31 | support. |
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| 35 | =item * B<Video Mode> should be set as low as possible (e.g. 640x480) |
39 | =item * B<Video Mode> should be set as low as possible (e.g. 640x480) |
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| 37 | =item * Enable B<Fast & Ugly> mode |
41 | =item * Enable B<Fast & Ugly> mode |
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| 39 | =item * Disable B<Fog of War> |
43 | =item * Disable B<Fog of War> and C<Map Smoothing> |
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| 41 | =item * Increase B<Map Scale> |
45 | =item * Increase B<Map Scale> |
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49 | =head3 The client doesn't correctly react to keypresses or mouseclicks. |
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53 | =item Make sure Numlock is off. |
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55 | Some Microsoft Windows versions/keyboard layouts do not report modifiers for the |
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56 | numerical keypad keys while Numlock is active. |
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58 | =item Make sure no other Modifier is "pressed". |
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60 | Mircosoft Windows versions have some accessability features that could |
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61 | interfere with games like Deliantra. You might want to switch these off in |
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62 | the keyboard settings. Sometimes modifiers can be "unstuck" by pressing |
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63 | them down once. |
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65 | =item Fullscreen switches confuse the keyboard modifiers. |
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67 | Fullscreen switches on Microsoft Windows sometimes confuse which keys are |
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68 | pressed and which aren't. Doing another switch to/from fullscreen might |
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71 | =back |
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73 | =head3 My client doesn't start anymore/graphics are corrupted! |
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75 | If your computer crashed, the game client or any updates for it might have |
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76 | become corrupted. |
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78 | If you suspect this to be the case, you can delete the cached copy and |
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79 | any updates - you lose software updates this way, but your settings and |
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80 | minimap stays intact. |
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82 | =over 4 |
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84 | To do that, on Unix: |
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86 | rm -rf ~/.urlader |
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88 | On Windows: |
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90 | Do C<< Start => Run >>, enter F<%APPDATA%>, press return, and in the |
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91 | window that will open, first open F<deliantra>, then delete the directory |
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92 | starting with F<client->. |
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94 | =back |
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96 | become corrupted. |
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98 | In this case |
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100 | Sometimes you hit a bug in the client. To reset the state of your client |
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101 | you can delete your client database directory (your client will have to |
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102 | re-download music and images and you will lose your minimap contents). |
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104 | =over 4 |
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106 | To do that, on Unix: |
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108 | rm -rf ~/.deliantra/client-* |
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110 | On Windows: |
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112 | Do C<< Start => Run >>, enter F<%APPDATA%>, press return, and in the |
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113 | window that will open, first open F<deliantra>, then delete the directory |
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114 | starting with F<client->. |
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116 | =back |
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118 | You can delete the F<.deliantra> or F<deliantra> directory itself, but |
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119 | this will also delete your settings and keybindings. |
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121 | =head2 Game Mechanics |
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123 | =head3 What is this place I go to when I die? |
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125 | When you die, you go to a place called the nimbus. In the nimbus, you are |
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126 | able to play minesweeper for your experience. If you win and have applied |
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127 | all the spaces except for bombs, you will automatically be teleported to |
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128 | a hallway you can walk down to be teleported back to life, with your |
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129 | experience intact. |
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131 | If you lose by applying a bomb, you are teleported to a hallway |
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132 | with a flower, and you can walk down to be teleported back to life, |
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133 | without your experience you lost when you died. There are rumors |
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134 | that the Key to Life can let the losers walk in the winner's |
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135 | hallway, however... |
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137 | =head3 I lose health, but I can't see why! Or how do I cure diseases/depletion/poison? |
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139 | Here are the typical reasons why you lose health: |
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143 | =item * You are being attacked. |
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145 | Sounds obvious, but sometimes you can't see the monster attacking |
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146 | you. Check the C<Log> tab, as you usually get a message when this happens. |
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148 | =item * You are out of food. |
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150 | When your food reaches C<0> you will start to lose health. Eating (good) |
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151 | food will replenish your food level. |
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153 | =item * You are poisoned. |
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155 | Poison will reduce your health. When your body heals fast enough it will |
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156 | eventually get over the poison, otherwise you should seek professional |
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157 | help such as the House of Healing in Scorn, or a player with the C<cure |
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158 | poison> spell. It is rumored that neko san might sometimes cure poison. |
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160 | =item * You have a disease. |
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162 | Some diseases have such drastic effects on your organism that you can lose |
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163 | health. Get help in the House of Healing in Scorn, or ask a player who can |
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164 | cast C<cure disease> on you. |
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166 | =item * Your stats change. |
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168 | Switching items or being restored from depletion can affect your stats, |
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169 | which in turn can affect your healthpoints. While this is not a regular |
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170 | effect (it only happens when you change items or are restored from |
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171 | depletion), it can sometimes look as if you are losing health. You can |
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172 | restore depletion by drinking a potion of life. |
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174 | =back |
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176 | =head3 How do diseases work? |
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178 | Diseases are obtained by things like traps or spells. Usually, they |
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179 | will reduce some of your attributes, like strength. They might also |
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180 | cause damage to you, or slow you down. Some of them infect monsters |
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181 | and players around you, spreading the disease. |
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183 | If your disease can be cured naturally, and if you do wait until |
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184 | it is cured naturally, you develop immunity for that level of |
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185 | disease. Higher level forms of that disease will still infect |
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186 | you, but you can wait it out to get better immunity. |
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188 | Some diseases, like rabies, cannot be cured by waiting. |
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189 | Instead, you will have to cure it magically. For information on how |
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190 | to do that, see the above entry. |
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192 | =head3 I lost an item! How? |
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194 | Well, we don't know. If you don't know, either, here is a partial list of |
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195 | ways people typically lose stuff: |
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199 | =item You accidentally dropped it in a shop (or elswehere). |
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201 | If in a shop, if it was money, you can just go there and pick it up again: |
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202 | shops do not "buy" money. For other items you will have to buy it back. |
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204 | =item Thieves or monsters stole your items. |
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206 | Yes, thieves and many other monsters (such as demons) can actually steal |
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207 | stuff. They can steal about anything that you don't currently wield, and |
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208 | if they are good, you don't even notice it. Your only chance of getting |
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209 | the item back is to kill the thief or steal the item back with the steal |
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210 | skill before the map he is in resets. |
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212 | Many adventurers find that the old road to Navar harbours a lot of thieves |
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213 | and is best avoided by the beginning adventurers. |
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215 | =back |
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217 | =head3 When I log-in, I keep dying! Why is this? |
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219 | What happened is that you died of a cave-in. Cave-ins kill you when you |
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220 | unsafely log out. An unsafe log out is when you disconnect without using a |
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221 | bed to reality, or when you time out (after 10-20 seconds without reply, |
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222 | the server automatically kicks players). Safe log outs are when you log |
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223 | out using a bed to realtiy, or when you are disconnected when the server |
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224 | crashes or restarts. |
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226 | If the disconnection was safe, then you will appear where you were before |
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227 | you got logged out. If it was unsafe, and more than one hour has passed, you |
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228 | will die of a cave-in. If the map you were in reset, but one hour has not |
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229 | passed, then you will be recalled to your bed to reality. |
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231 | =head3 Where do I find beds to reality? |
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233 | Inns usually have them, and apartments almost always have beds to |
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234 | reality. Almost every city has an inn. Taverns sometimes have them, and |
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235 | they might be in surprising places. Scorn has an inn that is located in |
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236 | the southern area. |
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238 | =head3 How does the I<identify> spell work? |
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240 | The I<identify> spell identifies your items, making it give it's full |
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241 | description. The spell goes through your inventory in a psuedo-random |
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242 | order, skipping past identified items. If it identifies all the items |
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243 | in your inventory, or they are already identified, it then checks for |
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244 | identified items on the ground, again in a psuedo-random order. If it |
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245 | identifies all the items on the ground, then the remaining power is |
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246 | wasted. |
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248 | The I<identify> spell counts stacks of items, such as arrows or gems, as |
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249 | one 'item'. It can only identify a certain amount of items. Therefore, the |
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250 | only way to choose what it identifies is by dropping what you don't want |
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251 | identified on the ground. |
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253 | =head3 What do altars do? |
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255 | There are different types of altars. Altars found in churches and |
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256 | chapels are aligned to gods; they usually have decoration based |
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257 | on the god they are aligned to. You can pray at these altars to |
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258 | start worshipping the god the altar is aligned to, or pray to |
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259 | get over your normal grace limit, get grace faster, or any |
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260 | other effects the altar might have. |
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262 | Pink altars usually require a sacrifice, which can be seen by |
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263 | rolling your mouse over it at the bottom of the screen. If you |
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264 | drop the sacrifiice, it will activate something, like a gate, or |
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265 | maybe it will teleport something. |
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267 | =head3 How come I don't get any change from an altar? |
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269 | Altars do not give change. This means that you might drop a platinum piece |
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270 | on a table that identifies for 2 gold, or equivalent, and get only one |
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271 | identify. The equivalent means that you can make the price up in smaller |
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272 | currency, like 200 silver, but higher currency won't get you any more |
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273 | identifies. |
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275 | =head3 What diseases cannot be cured naturally? |
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277 | Tapeworms, leprosy, and arthritis are all unable to be cured naturally, |
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278 | and thus you cannot have an immunity against them. |
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280 | =head3 Where can I use building materials? |
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282 | You can only use them in tiles that are buildable. These tiles are found in |
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283 | guild storages, and in some apartments. |
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285 | =head3 How can I Prepare/Improve/Enchant Weapons? |
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287 | This is done in two steps: first you have to I<prepare> your weapon |
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288 | for the desired number of enchantments, then you apply the enchanments |
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289 | (weapons remember how many times they can be enchanted further). |
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291 | To prepare a weapon, wield it and L<mark> (e.g. using the popup menu in |
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292 | the inventory) it. Then, as a sacrifice, drop some diamonds on the floor |
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293 | then read the I<Prepare Weapon> scroll. The square root of the total |
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294 | number of diamonds sacrificed this way determines the number of |
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295 | enchantments the weapon accepts: one diamond for one enchanment, nine |
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296 | diamonds for three enchantments, 100 diamonds for ten enchantments, |
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297 | and so on. |
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299 | Remember, once you prepare the weapon, it can only be wielded by you. |
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301 | After that, you can apply improvement and enchantnment scrolls: |
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305 | =item Improve Damage |
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307 | Each scroll read will increase the damage by five points, and likewise the |
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308 | weight by five kilograms. |
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310 | =item Lower Weight |
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312 | This "improves" the weight of your weapon: each scroll reduces the weight |
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313 | by one fifth (20%). It will not, however, create weightless weapons. |
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315 | =item Enchant Weapon |
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317 | Each scroll read increases the magic by one point. |
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319 | =item Improve Stat |
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321 | This scroll improves one of the basic stat improvements (Strength, |
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322 | Dexterity and so on). For this it needs a further sacrifice in form of |
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323 | stat potions. The stat potions must be of the same type and will determine |
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324 | which stat gets improved. |
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326 | The number of stat potions you need to improve it is twice the number of |
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327 | stat points the weapon currently gives, plus one (the minimum is two stat |
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328 | potions, however). That is, a weapon which gives no stat bonus needs two |
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329 | (C<0 × 2 + 1 = 1> which is less than two, so two) stat potion, one that |
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330 | already gives I<Str +2> and I<Int +1> will need seven (C<3 × 2 + 1>) stat |
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331 | potions. Negative stats are summed normally, so I<Str +4> and I<Int -2> |
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332 | will result in needing five stat potions only (C<2 × 2 + 1>). |
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334 | =back |
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336 | Keep in mind, however, that your character can only handle a limited |
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337 | number of weapon improvements, see the L<skills> command. Item power will |
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338 | also increase. |
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340 | =head3 How can I enchant Armour? |
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342 | Enchanting armour is easy: each time you read an I<Enchant Armour> scroll, |
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343 | the magic value will be increased by one, the speed, armour (physical |
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344 | resistance) and weight are increased by some amount, as well as the item |
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345 | power. |
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347 | =head3 What is this item power business? |
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349 | In general, the more interesting/powerful items have higher item power |
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350 | values. Your character can handle only handle only a limited amount of |
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351 | power - for each overall level you can handle C<1.25> item power points, |
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352 | so if you are level 16 you can handle a total of 20 item power points (see |
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353 | the L<skills> command for your current limit and remaining item power |
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354 | points). |
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356 | All the equipment you wear adds to this limit, so if you wield a weapon of |
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357 | item power 30 plus two rings of item power 14 each you will need 58 item |
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358 | power (and a level of 47). |
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361 | =head2 Generic how do I... |
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363 | =head3 How do I uncurse/undamn items or unwear cursed/damned items? |
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365 | You need a spell to uncurse or undamn items, but luckily, magic shops |
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366 | commonly have scrolls of remove curse or remove damnation. In addition, |
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367 | all of the gods except the Devourers can remove curses, and Gnarg, |
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368 | Lythander, Mostrai, Gaea, and Valriel can remove damnation. Gaea also |
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369 | grants the remove damnation spell at 300 grace. |
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371 | To actually remove the curse or damnation with a scroll, you need to |
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372 | L<mark> the item, and then L<apply> the scroll. Once the curse or |
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373 | damnation is removed, you can unwear the item. |
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375 | =head3 How do I use range weapons such as bows? |
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377 | First, you have to L<apply> the bow, then it will show up in the lower |
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378 | right corner in the C<Range:> slot. If it is already shown as C<(applied)> |
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379 | but not in the C<Range:> slot you have to unapply and reaply it. |
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381 | When you have a bow (or similar weapons like guns or crossbows) applied, |
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382 | you just shoot as with spells or other range attacks - C<Shift>+direction |
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383 | key. |
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385 | You need to have arrows (shells, bolts etc.) in your inventory or an |
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386 | active container for this to work. |
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388 | You can influence how you shoot via the L<Bow Mode|bowmode> in the C<< |
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389 | Playerbook => Settings >> tab. |
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391 | =head3 X<faq_igniteandthaw>How do I thaw icecubes? Or: How do I ignite a torch? |
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392 | |
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393 | The right-click context menu in the playerbook inventory has an entry |
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394 | B<ignite/thaw>, which will ignite something or thaw icecubes. You will |
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395 | need a B<flint & steel> L<$ARCH/flint_and_steel.x11> for |
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396 | this to work! |
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398 | An alternative would be to use the L<mark|command/mark> and |
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399 | L<apply|command/apply> commands like this: |
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400 | |
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401 | mark icecube |
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402 | apply flint and steel |
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403 | |
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404 | You can bind these commands to a key and invoke them repeatedly. |
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405 | |
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406 | =head3 How do I cast a cone spell all around me (burning hands, holy word etc.)? |
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407 | |
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408 | Use the C<5>-key on your keypad. This will cats spells "onto yourself" |
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409 | which has the desired effect with cone spells. |
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410 | |
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411 | =head3 How do I pay for items from a shop? |
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412 | |
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413 | You need to have the unpaid item in your inventory, and then walk out of |
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414 | the store with the shop mat. It will automatically pay for the item, if |
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415 | you have enough money. If you don't, you will be prevented from leaving, |
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416 | until you drop the unpaid item, or if you obtain enough money. |
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417 | |
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418 | =head3 How do I sell items to a shop? |
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419 | |
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420 | Just drop the item in a shop. Some tiles in a shop might not be shop |
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421 | tiles; usually, shop tiles are white brick floors. Try going over one of |
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422 | them and dropping the item. If the shop is not interested, the item will |
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423 | not leave your inventory. |
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424 | |
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425 | =head3 How do I increase my attributes? |
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426 | |
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427 | To increase your attributes (strength, dexterity, etc.) you can wear items |
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428 | that can increase them as long as you have them worn. You can get your |
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429 | attributes up to 30 like this. To increase them permanently, you can |
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430 | drink a stat potion, which have special colors and a letter on the potion |
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431 | named 'potion of <attribute>'. These potions can increase your attributes |
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432 | up to the natural maximum of your race; which can be viewd with the |
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433 | statistics command. It increases your 'natural' attribute, up to the |
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434 | 'maximum' attribute. |
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435 | |
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436 | =head3 How do I get my literacy experience up? |
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437 | |
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438 | You need to read books and scrolls to get literacy experience. You can |
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439 | also use the literacy skill to identify scrolls and books. Identifying |
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440 | them gives you literacy experience, and you are still able to read them |
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441 | once you identify them. |
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442 | |
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443 | =head3 How do I rent and maintain an apartment? |
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444 | |
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445 | Payment for an apartment is done in 3 steps. First, there is an entry fee |
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446 | in the apartment map that you need to pay only once. Then, the apartment |
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447 | rental fee depends on the apartment model, not you. The taxes depend on |
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448 | your character level, and need to be paid, even while you are offline (the |
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449 | rental fee is only paid while you are online.) |
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450 | |
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451 | You can rent apartments in Scorn's Apartment Shop, and the hourly fees are |
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452 | deducted from your bank account. |
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453 | |
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454 | =head3 How do I use passes/keys? |
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455 | |
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456 | Whatever looks at your pass or key opens automatically, if you have it in |
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457 | your inventory or in an applied container. Some keys might just open a |
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458 | locked door, not a gate, and can be used by moving into the locked door. |
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459 | |
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460 | =head3 How do I find out where the key is to a locked door? |
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461 | |
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462 | Usually, bumping into the locked door will tell you what kind of key |
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463 | you need. This key is probably hidden somewhere in the same or close maps. |
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464 | Some of the characters near by might give you hints or explain something. |
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465 | |
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466 | =head3 How do I see how much an altar or table costs to use? |
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467 | |
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468 | You can move your mouse over it, and it will tell you how much currency it |
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469 | needs. |
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470 | |
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471 | =head3 How do I join a guild? |
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472 | |
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473 | To join a player guild, such as the Black Shield or Laughing Skull (not |
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474 | the Adventurer's Guild, the Guild of Freedom, or anything else like |
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475 | them), you need to be given a key by one of its current members. |
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476 | The players might have special tasks and requirements for you, but all that |
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477 | is needed is to have the key to enter the guild building and use its features. |
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478 | |
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479 | =head3 How do I drop items? |
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480 | |
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481 | To drop items, you can right click on the item in your inventory screen in |
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482 | the playerbook, which you can get by pressing F5 or the Playerbook tab, |
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483 | and selecting drop. You can also shift + left click an item to drop it, or |
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484 | enter the command |
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485 | |
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486 | drop <item> |
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487 | |
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488 | This command drops items with the names that have <item> in it. If you are |
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489 | unable to drop an item, this will probably be because it is locked. You |
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490 | can unlock it by right clicking the item in your inventory, and selecting |
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491 | unlock. |
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492 | |
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493 | =head3 How do I pick up items? |
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494 | |
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495 | You can pick up items by pressing the comma key (,) or by right clicking |
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496 | the item on the floor, and selecting 'take'. You can also type the |
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497 | |
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498 | take <item> |
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499 | |
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500 | command. |
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501 | |
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502 | =head3 How do I make money, fast?! |
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503 | |
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504 | You should identify the items you sell. Unidentified items sell MUCH |
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505 | lower. Make sure you have the bargaining skill. It lets you save lots of |
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506 | money when you buy stuff, and gain more money when you sell stuff. You can |
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507 | level it up by buying items or selling expensive items. The higher it is |
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508 | priced, the more experience. You can get a scroll of bargaining in Scorn's |
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509 | gem shop. |
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510 | |
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511 | Quests also might give you something valuable as a reward. |
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512 | |
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513 | =head2 Playing Together |
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514 | |
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515 | =head3 How can I communicate with other players? |
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516 | |
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517 | There are five commands you can use to talk to others. All of them can |
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518 | be entered by just typing them in, followed by the message, followed by |
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519 | C<Return>, e.g. C<chat hey guys, what's up?>. If you have a I<tab> open |
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520 | in your message window you can also just type a text in there followed |
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521 | by C<Return> (this is especially handy as C<Return> also activates the |
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522 | current chat tab as well). |
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523 | |
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524 | =over 4 |
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525 | |
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526 | =item chat <message> (short: C<c>) |
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527 | |
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528 | The most-used communications command. Whatever you I<chat> will end up |
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529 | in the I<Chat> tab of everybody else who is currently logged in. |
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530 | |
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531 | Example: |
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532 | |
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533 | c uh, that anchovis almost killed me |
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534 | |
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535 | =item shout <message> |
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536 | |
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537 | This is like C<chat>, but "louder". Everybody will get your message in red |
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538 | in their C<Chat> tabs. You should not use C<shout> unless you are in an |
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539 | emergency or there is something really important to be said, otherwise you |
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540 | risk being ignored by people. |
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541 | |
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542 | Example: |
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543 | |
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544 | sh I am stuck! can anybody let me out? |
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545 | |
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546 | =item say <message> (short: C<s>) |
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547 | |
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548 | This command can be used to talk to NPCs (without going through the NPC |
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549 | dialogue window), but all players anywhere on the same map can hear you as |
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|
550 | well. |
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551 | |
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552 | Example: |
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553 | |
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554 | s good that schmorp cnanot hera us here! |
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555 | |
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556 | =item tell <playername> <message> (short: C<te>) |
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557 | |
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558 | This is your prototypical two-way, private, chat channel. You can talk to |
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|
559 | any other player that is currently logged in, and only he can hear you. |
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560 | |
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561 | =item gsay <message> (short: C<gs>) |
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562 | |
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|
563 | The group say command sends a message to every member of the party/group |
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564 | you are in. This is useful when playing in a team, to avoid cluttering the |
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565 | chat channel. |
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566 | |
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567 | =back |
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568 | |
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569 | In addition to these, there are a large number of emotes you can use, use |
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|
570 | the L<help> command to get a list. |
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571 | |
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|
572 | =head3 Can I form parties? Which benefits does party-play have? |
|
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573 | |
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|
574 | You can form I<new> parties using the C<< party form <name> >> name |
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575 | command, and you can join I<existing> parties using the C<< party join |
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|
576 | <name> >> command. There are other party commands, use C<help party> to |
|
|
577 | find out more. |
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578 | |
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|
579 | The main benefit of party-play is sharing experience: All experience you |
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|
580 | gain is distributed to all party members accoridng to their level (people |
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|
581 | with twice the level as you gain twice as much experience). |
|
|
582 | |
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|
583 | This is great for training skills you are bad in, but somebody else is |
|
|
584 | good in, and of course vice versa! |
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585 | |
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586 | |
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587 | =head2 Magic |
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588 | |
|
|
589 | =head3 How does an improvement potion work? |
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590 | |
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|
591 | An improvement potion increases your hitpoints, spellpoints, or your grace, |
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|
592 | permanently. It does this by rerolling the rolls for your hitpoints, spellpoints, |
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593 | or grace, and increasing it. This way, if you drink enough improvement |
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594 | potions, your hitpoints, spellpoints, or grace would be as if you rolled perfectly. |
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595 | |
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596 | However, only lower levels roll for hitpoints, spellpoints, or grace. After level |
|
|
597 | 10, skills increase hitpoints, spellpoints, or grace by a certain fixed amount. |
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598 | |
|
|
599 | =head3 How do I control golems I summon? |
|
|
600 | |
|
|
601 | You can control golems by holding down shift + a direction key. It moves in the |
|
|
602 | direction you are holding. |
|
|
603 | |
|
|
604 | =head3 How can I summon a specific monster with C<summon pet monster>? |
|
|
605 | |
|
|
606 | Higher (effective) casting levels of L<skill_description/summoning> give |
|
|
607 | you access to higher level monsters, but not all monsters have equal |
|
|
608 | abilities. Instead of summoning the highest level monster allowed by your |
|
|
609 | level you can also summon any other monster you had before by adding its |
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|
610 | I<archetype name> after the command, i.e. to summon bees you would use the |
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611 | C<cast summon pet monster bee> (short: C<cspm bee>) command. |
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612 | |
|
|
613 | Level Monster |
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614 | 1 bat |
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615 | 3 bird |
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616 | 4 bee |
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617 | 5 spider |
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618 | 6 killer_bee |
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619 | 7 pixie |
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620 | 8 skeleton |
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621 | 9 stalker |
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622 | 11 devil |
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623 | 13 beholder |
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|
624 | 15 dark_elf |
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625 | 17 skull |
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626 | 20 angel |
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627 | 25 vampire |
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628 | 30 spectre |
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629 | 35 lich |
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630 | 40 demilich |
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|
631 | 50 hellhound |
|
|
632 | 60 unusual_kobold |
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633 | 70 chicken |
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|
634 | 80 gr_hellhound |
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|
635 | 90 dave |
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|
636 | 100 laoch |
|
|
637 | 105 snitchangel |
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|
638 | |
|
|
639 | =head3 How does being attuned/repelled/denied affect casting level? |
|
|
640 | |
|
|
641 | Some spells are attuned to one or more spell classes (such as wounding, |
|
|
642 | summoning, fire and so on). The player can likewise be attuned to some of |
|
|
643 | these classes, giving a bonus, or repelled to them, giving a malus, or |
|
|
644 | denied to them, making her unable to cast the spell at all. |
|
|
645 | |
|
|
646 | The skill level is the level of the skill that the spell uses (e.g. |
|
|
647 | summoning or sorcery). |
|
|
648 | |
|
|
649 | When attuned, the bonus is up to 16 levels, but never higher than the |
|
|
650 | skill level itself, i.e. at level 2, the bonus is 2 also, resulting in an |
|
|
651 | attuned casting level of 4, at level 5, the bonus is 5, yielding a casting |
|
|
652 | level of 10, and at level 50, the bonus is 16, yielding 66. |
|
|
653 | |
|
|
654 | When repelled, the malus is 16 levels always. If you are both attuned and |
|
|
655 | repelled at the same time, the effects will add. |
|
|
656 | |
|
|
657 | These are added (or subtracted) to the skill level when checking whether |
|
|
658 | the player can cast the spell and when calculating the effective casting |
|
|
659 | level. |
|
|
660 | |
|
|
661 | The effect on strength is as if the minimum spell level is lower (when |
|
|
662 | attuned) or higher (when repelled), and the strength will increase the |
|
|
663 | same as without any attunement. |
|
|
664 | |
|
|
665 | =head3 What is the "effective" casting level? |
|
|
666 | |
|
|
667 | Effective casting levels start at 1 (lowest spell strength) and go up to |
|
|
668 | 100 (highest nominal spell strength). Higher levels are also possible and |
|
|
669 | make the spell correspondingly stronger. |
|
|
670 | |
|
|
671 | The effective casting level is calculated from the skill level, after |
|
|
672 | adding/subtracting any bonus from attunements. |
|
|
673 | |
|
|
674 | If the skill level plus bonus is lower than 100, then the minimum spell |
|
|
675 | level comes into play: the minimum level is not only the minimum level |
|
|
676 | a caster is required to have, it is also the level where the effective |
|
|
677 | casting level equals 1. From there it grows till it reaches casting level |
|
|
678 | 100, where the effective level will also be 100. |
|
|
679 | |
|
|
680 | If the skill level plus bonus is 100 or higher, then this is the effective |
|
|
681 | spell level. |
|
|
682 | |
|
|
683 | That means, when you have a spell with a minimum level of 90, then it's |
|
|
684 | effective range will be spread evenly over the 90..100 range, e.g. when |
|
|
685 | you cast this spell at skill level 90, the effective casting level will |
|
|
686 | be 1 (lowest). Casting at level 91 gives casting level 11, skill level |
|
|
687 | 98 gives effective level 80, up to skill level 100, which then gives |
|
|
688 | effective level 100. |
|
|
689 | |
|
|
690 | |
|
|
691 | =head2 Praying, Gods and Cults |
|
|
692 | |
|
|
693 | =head3 X<how_to_pray>How do I pray or get the praying skill? |
|
|
694 | |
|
|
695 | First enter the "praying mode" by readying your L<skill_description/praying> skill |
|
|
696 | (by default bound to C<Alt-P>, or by typing C<rspraying>), then hold and keep holding |
|
|
697 | C<Shift> and a direction key (e.g. C<Shift-Up>). |
|
|
698 | |
|
|
699 | You will now pray as long as you keep pressing the keys. |
|
|
700 | |
|
|
701 | However, if you do not have the praying skill, you can obtain it by |
|
|
702 | reading a scroll of praying. This will let you learn the praying skill |
|
|
703 | depending on your intelligence. You can also use a holy symbol to use the |
|
|
704 | praying skill, as long as you have the holy symbol in your inventory. Holy |
|
|
705 | symbols can be found in shops and random dungeons. |
|
|
706 | |
|
|
707 | =head3 How can I summon a specific monster with C<summon cult monster>? |
|
|
708 | |
|
|
709 | You can't, your god selects the monsters for you. |
|
|
710 | |
|
|
711 | =head3 How do I join a cult/become a follower of a god? |
|
|
712 | |
|
|
713 | That is simple, just find an altar of a god of your choice and start |
|
|
714 | L<skill_description/praying>. Eventually, the god will recognize |
|
|
715 | you. |
|
|
716 | |
|
|
717 | =head3 How do I change gods? |
|
|
718 | |
|
|
719 | That is far more difficult: gods really hate it when you defect |
|
|
720 | them. Expect to lose a lot of L<skill_description/praying> experience in |
|
|
721 | the process. |
|
|
722 | |
|
|
723 | First you should pray long enough to your god, until you gain 95% |
|
|
724 | resistance to god power. Then quickly go to the altar of your newly-chosen |
|
|
725 | god and pray on her/his altar. Your old god won't make it easy, but if you |
|
|
726 | are persistent your old god will let you go at one point. |
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|
727 | |
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|
728 | |
|
|
729 | =head2 Exploring / Quests |
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|
730 | |
|
|
731 | =head3 What areas are there to explore? |
|
|
732 | |
|
|
733 | First, you should explore Scorn and find the port pass (and maybe also the |
|
|
734 | gate pass). Make sure you don't miss out the old city of scorn, many |
|
|
735 | a dangers, but also many treasures, can be found there. |
|
|
736 | |
|
|
737 | When you finished most of the quests in Scorn you should investigate how |
|
|
738 | the pirates escape from the prison. This will lead to a number of nice |
|
|
739 | quests in and around Port Joseph. |
|
|
740 | |
|
|
741 | Another nice series of quests, from low to medium level, can be found in |
|
|
742 | the King's Palace in Scorn. Who wouldn't want to meet the princess in |
|
|
743 | person? |
|
|
744 | |
|
|
745 | The areas you can reach through the various transportation modes in Scorn |
|
|
746 | are Pupland (which has a lot of puzzles and quests from very low to very |
|
|
747 | high level), Stoneville and Santo Dominion (low and medium level quests, |
|
|
748 | also nice shops), and the Aldwulf Archipelago (which is more dangerous). |
|
|
749 | |
|
|
750 | Through the gate you can reach Euthville and Santo Dominion to the north, |
|
|
751 | Brest (medium level) and Lake Country (medium to high level) to the south, |
|
|
752 | and Navar (medium level quests) in the east (a long travel). |
|
|
753 | |
|
|
754 | From Navar you can travel to Darcap in the far north (medium level |
|
|
755 | quests), near the mystical country of Azumauindo, to Wolfsburg somewhere |
|
|
756 | on the ocean, a rather dangerous area with many thieves and pirates |
|
|
757 | (medium level quests) and Valleynoy to the south, with medium and high |
|
|
758 | level quests (did you find the southpole yet?). |
|
|
759 | |
|
|
760 | Also, it is said that Navar somehow has access to the mystical City |
|
|
761 | de Clouds, the biggest city ever seen (high level and very high level |
|
|
762 | quests). There are rumors about lands beyond (St. Bartholemew and other |
|
|
763 | cities) and other even more mystical places, but little is known about |
|
|
764 | that. |
|
|
765 | |
|
|
766 | =head3 Where is that damn Goblin Chief? |
|
|
767 | |
|
|
768 | In his cave to the north-east of the Scorn Gate. It is the one that starts |
|
|
769 | with a random maze (yes, there are multiple caves). Keep in mind that the |
|
|
770 | Goblin Chief's Head is fastened to his body, so you have to find and kill |
|
|
771 | him first. |
|
|
772 | |
|
|
773 | =head3 Where can I find the I<comet> spell? |
|
|
774 | |
|
|
775 | In the tower of stars, which is almost directly south of Scorn (but not |
|
|
776 | too near to it). You have to talk to people to solve this quest, and it |
|
|
777 | does not involve a random maze. |
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|
778 | |
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|
779 | |
|
|
780 | =head1 Authors |
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|
781 | |
|
|
782 | The following people contributed to this document: Robin Redeker, John O'Donnell |
|
|
783 | and Marc Lehmann. |
