HEROS OF THE LANCE Documentation by Sgt.Mayhem 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION, WHAT YOU NEED, AND OTHER NEAT STUFF: Heros of the Lance is based upon a series of books published by TSR ® with AD&D adventures in mind. What you need is an Amiga, joystick, and a bit of ingenuity. A1000 owners: Boot with KS 1.2 or higher and insert Disk 1 at the WB prompt. A500 and A2000 owners: Insert disk 1 and coldboot your system. Thanks to the silly people at SSI, you need to use an additional blank formatted disk to save your game. Another silly thing it says in the manual is to adjust the contrast on your monitor to get the best picture (Golly! I would NEVER do that) CONTROLS: The two methods of controlling actions are: 1. Joystick (and fire button) for movement, Close combat (sword , staff, ect.) and ranged combat (bow, handaxe, spears ect). Close combat is possible when characters are 1/4 screen away. 2. Menu Selection is for spell choice, Character selection, picking up objects, ect., and you can use it anytime by hitting the spacebar. Use either the arrow keys or the joystick to move the highlighted command. JOYSTICK MOVEMENT: LEFT (DOUBLE SPEED) IN RIGHT (DOUBLE Sp) \ I / \ I / \ I / JOY Left (normal Movement) STICK Right (normal) I I I I OUT Stationary: While you are stationary and you push the fire button, you will enter ranged (thrown or propelled) weapon fire mode if you are more than a 1/4 screen away from a monster. While in this mode you can control your shots in three heights: right/up will make your shot go high for big targets like trolls, right is just fine for draconians and human soldiers, and right/down is just perfect for those nasty little aghar.If you are closer, you can use the same motions described above with your close combat weapon (like sword, staff, ect.) MAGIC USER (RAISTLIN MAJERE..the guy in hood) Spells (ONLY RASTLN can use the staff and scrolls) : Ok here's the place to use these things sparingly, because you have only 100 charges for the whole game and it can't be recharged. The Staff of Magius will use charges, wands will use charges, but potions and scrolls will not use charges. Here is the list of spells and the charges: (these can pop up as password questions too!) CHARM: each use takes 1 charge. SLEEP: 1 charge (great to use against the green Bozak draconians...stops them from casting spells fast) Magic Missile: 1 charge Web: 1 charge (makes a web that entangles opponents) Detect Magic: show location of magic items 1 charge Detect Invisible: Finds location of invisible objects 2 charges Final Strike: Like a fantasy atom bomb...no one wins ( all remaining charges ) Burning hands: 1 charge (All following stats are in the following format:Strength, Intelligence, Dexterity, Charisma, Wisdom, Constitution, Alignment, Hitpoints, Armor Class) S I D C W C AL HP AC Tanis: 16 12 16 15 13 12 NG 35 4 Caramon 18/63 12 11 15 10 17 LG 36 6 Raist: 10 17 16 10 17 10 N 8 5 Sturm: 17 14 12 12 11 16 LG 29 5 GOLD: 12 12 14 17 16 12 LG 19 6 River: 18/35 13 16 13 14 13 LG 34 5 Tass: 13 9 16 11 12 14 N 15 6 Flint: 16 7 10 13 12 18 NG 42 6 Clerical staff spells: Cure light wounds: 1 charge Protection from evil : 1 charge (helps alot) Find traps: 2 charges ( Tas in the lead will find 'em with no charges) Hold person: 2 charges (works sometimes... not a 100% spell) Spiritual hammer: 2 charges (like a regular war hammer but no hands) Prayer: 3 charges ( help from above) Cure Critical Wounds: 5 charges (powerful healing) Raise Dead: 5 charges (works on colorless people..when the get to be tombstones it's too late) Deflect Dragon breath: 10 charges (and worth every charge) The Bad Guys: Humans (use someone with a sword..not TAS or Flint their too short) Baz Draconians- grey sword carrying monsters "orcs" of Heros Giant Spiders- fast, use Tanis to kill with down/right sword hits (don't use Sturm..he's too clumsy) Trolls- Strum is best for these guys....Big and green and VERY mean Spectral Minions (hollow people) swords work best Agahr- Shrimps that are best fought by shrimps Hatchling Black Dragons- Mean and will kill you fast Wraiths- ghost types that use magic to drain your life away Bozak Draconians- Magic users with a final weapon Khisanth- "Big Momma" good luck if you find this one You'll know when you get to her. Object of the game: To recover the disks of Mishakal (they are near big momma) HINT: if you find a ring , put it on! OK , it's now time for the ad: Call Commodore Corners- 404-363-0105 Playground 404-957-3665 Aerodrome 404-822-0620 Ok guys, leave the sarge some feed back and tell 'em thanks for all the work -- sysop - playground