##### ### #### # # #### ##### #### # # #### # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # ##### #### ### ### # # # # # # #### # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # ##### # # # # # # #### # #### # # #### DarkStone's Spells and Skills FAQ Version 1.0 Based on the PC version of the game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written by BaDBoY (badboy_@go.com) On: Sunday, January 19, 2003 Last Update - Monday, January 20, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> Disclaimer ============= This unpublished work Copyright 2003 BaDBoY This guide is for private and personal use only. This guide is not to be used for profitable / promotional purposes; this includes being used by publishers of guides, books, etc. or being incorporated into magazines, etc. in ANY way without contacting the author. This guide was created and is owned by me, BaDBoY . All copyrights and trademarks are acknowledged. DarkStone(tm) is Copyright 1999 Delphine Software International, All Rights Reserved. Most of the information found in this document are ¸ Electronic Arts, and the Manual is ¸ Electronic Arts. The following Web site(s) can post this document freely, w/o asking: GameFAQs http://www.gamefaqs.com/ If you want to place this document on your Web site / page, just tell me. I will agree instantly as long as you've asked me before. ====================================================================== <> INDEX ======== I. Introduction A. My First Words B. Updates History II. Spells III. Skills A. Latent Skills B. Other Skills C. Distribution of Skills Available to the Various Castes IV. Conclusion A. My Final Words B. Thanks to C. My Other FAQs ====================================================================== I. Introduction =============== A. My First Words ----------------- Welcome to this Spells and Skills FAQ for DarkStone on the PC. Here, you'll find the lists of the Spells and Skills in the game, which have been taken from the Manual. If you don't have it, this file will surely help you. Also, don't forget to check the other FAQs written by the others in GameFAQs out. There should be no update, but who knows? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Updates History ------------------ <> Version 1.0 - 1/20/2003 - Wrote all of this. ====================================================================== II. Spells ========== The Spells here are listed alphabatecally... O Absorption Absorbs the enemies vital energy during combat. The player can pick up life points using this. O Antidote Is used to heal characters who have been poisoned. O Berserker Increases the character's armour class, speed of attack and chance of gaining a hit during a certain period of time. You can also win life points. O Confusion Plunges an enemy into total confusion, making him go and attack his comrades. O Death Dome Creates a protection dome around a character. Anyone who tries to break through it will be injured. O Detection Helps detect magic objects, which are then highlighted in blue. O Fear Causes panic amidst the enemy lines. O Fire Ball Launches fire balls. O Flame Thrower Launches huge flames at enemy targets. O Food Provides your character with food. O Forgetfulness Causes you to temporarily forget spells for monsters and erases the enemy players' pre-selected spells. O Haste Allows you to move faster. O Healing Provides healing. O Invisibility Makes a character invisible to everyone, but he may be given away by his footsteps. O Invocation Invokes a fire golem which attacks your enemies. O Light Creates a luminous aura around your character. Its power depends on your character's experience level. O Magic Ball Is similar to a mine and explodes on contact with the opponent or when a certain period of time has elapsed. It can be used to booby-trap chests. O Magic Door Creates a door that allows your character to go back and forward between the dungeon and town. O Magic Missile Launches magic projectiles. O Mutation Turns the enemy target into a chicken. O Night Vision Allows you to see the enemy better in dark areas. O Poison Cloud Produces a green cloud which poisons anyone who approaches it. O Reflection Rebounds any spells cast or projectiles thrown at you onto your aggressor. O Resurrection Allows you to revive your character. O Slowness Slows down your enemy target's speed of movement and combat. O Spark Throws sparks at a target. O Stone Turns the target creature to stone. O Storm Pushes back any enemy at close range to the thrower. Any enemy touching a wall gets damage points against him. O Telekinesis Can be used to open up chests, pick up objects and pull levers from a distance. O Thunder Throws lightning bolts at the enemy. O Wall of Fire Creates a wall of fire. ====================================================================== III. Skills =========== A. Latent Skills ---------------- O Communion Ability to recover mana stocks more quickly. O Language Ability to decode coded messages (Multiplayer mode only). O Learning Ability to quickly increase your character's experience. O Master of Arms Ability to increase speed of attack and chances of a successful hit. O Perception Ability to detect traps. O Trade Ability to bargain over the price you want to buy or sell an item at. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Other Skills --------------- O Concentration Ability to enhance your character's physical attributes temporarily (strength and dexterity). O Defusing Ability to undo traps. O Detection Ability to detect magic objects. O Exorcism Ability to remove spells from cursed objects carried by another player. O Forester Ability to find food. O Identification Ability to identify all unknown objects. O Lycanthropy Ability to change your character into a werewolf. (All the magic points are used for strength). O Medicine Ability to heal others. O Meditation Ability to temporarily increase your number of mana points. O Orientation Ability to display the entire map for the regions and dungeons for a given period of time. O Prayer Ability to increase your character's armour class. O Recharging Ability to recharge the magic objects you have. O Repair Ability to repair the weapons you have. O Silence Ability of your character to move around without being noticed by his opponents. O Theft Ability to rob the characters you meet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Distribution of Skills Available to the Various Castes --------------------------------------------------------- <> Warriors - Concentration - Forester - Learning - Master of Arms - Orientation - Repair - Trade <> Thieves - Defusing - Identification - Learning - Perception - Silence - Theft - Trade <> Wizards - Communion - Detection - Identification - Language - Learning - Lycanthropy (the Sorceress only) - Meditation - Recharging <> Priests - Communion - Exorcism - Learning - Master of Arms - Medicine - Perception - Prayer ====================================================================== IV. Conclusion ============== A. My Final Words ----------------- I enjoyed making this in-depth FAQ. I hope it was useful to you. If you are making a walkthrough for this game, and want to take the things here, you can do so, as long as you've e-mailed me before. Have a good play. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Thanks to ------------ I'd like to give thanks to... <> DarkStoneT's Game Manual For the names and descriptions of the Spells and Skills found in this document. <> Electronic Arts and Delphine Software International For making such a good game. <> Loic Belland For writing the Manual of DarkStoneT. <> CJayC, Webmaster of GameFAQs For making the best game guides Web site ever on the WWW. <> You For reading or even scrolling my file down. Without you, this may not be possible. Thanks a lot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C. My Other FAQs ---------------- You can also have a look at my other projects in GameFAQs. The number of them currently is small, but it'll grow, I'm sure. Go to: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/24337.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lastly, don't forget that this guide is... 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