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INFINITE FANTASY ADVENTURES VOLUME 1 ------------------------------------ THE FANTASY WORLDS OF TAMRAK Version 1.30 Copyright (c) 1993 All Rights Reserved Ray Johnson P.O. Box 963 Tupelo, Ms. 38802 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S ------------------------------- Hardware Requirements............ 1 Software Requirements............ 1 Introduction..................... 2 Synopsis......................... 2 Creating your Character.......... 3 Moving Around.................... 6 How to Talk...................... 7 Purchasing Items................. 8 Interacting with Inhabitants.....10 Saving and Restoring.............11 Quick Reference Guide............11 (1) HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS --------------------- An IBM-PC XT/AT with at least 512k or better of memory. If you run into a memory problem try booting from a floppy disk, or removing some TSR's from memory. The program can be run from a floppy disk but a hard disk is recommended. Speed is not a problem as the program will perform quite well even on the older 4.77Mhz PC's. An CGA graphics card or better. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS --------------------- Your disk, whether you received it from a BBs, vendor or store is in a compressed form and will have to be decompressed before running the program. To do this, first of all, make a backup copy of your disk and then stash it safely somewhere. Place the usable disk in drive A: and type "INSTALL" and press "ENTER" and then follow the instructions on your screen from the install program. This will install the game onto your hard disk for execution. Thats all there is to it. After the File has been decompressed you should have the following files; HINT.DTA Hint file for the adventure. PARAMS.DTA Adventure-wide parameters data. PLAYERS.DTA Character statistics file. TAMRAK.EXE The run time module or program. executable file. TEXT.DTA Adventure-wide test blocks. WORLD.TXT Adventure introduction file. WORLD.IDX Index to the adventure files. WORLD.nnn The various worlds # nnn. WORLDO.nnn Objects and characters in world # nnn. These should all be located in the directory the the program was installed to. If any of these files are missing, the program will not run properly, if at all. If any of these files are missing and you would like a disk with the complete program files you may send $3.00 to Ray Johnson P.O. Box 963 Tupelo, Ms. 38802 and I will send you a good working copy of the program. Additional files on you disk should be; LICENSE.DOC licensings agreement. REGISTER.DOC How to and about registering. ORDER.FRM Form for registering. MANUAL.DOC This file. These files are not needed to run the adventure and can be deleted from your hard disk to conserve space. (2) INTRODUCTION ------------ You are an ingenious adventurer who has perfected a time portal. The portal is disguised as part of the wall so as not to be detected by visitors to your lab. In this current adventure through time you are carried back to The Worlds of Tamrak. In these worlds you will have to locate 12 jewels to be embedded in the Icon of Tamrak. For only when all these jewels are returned to there proper place will they be able to radiate forth the powers that lay within. As to what these powers are. We will have to wait and see. SYNOPSIS -------- These jewels have been stolen by the Evil Wizard "MARBODAEI" and scattered throughout The Twelve Worlds of Tamrak. You will have to travel from the home World of Tamrak to the twelve worlds of which each has hidden in it, one of the jewels that you are searching for. To enter each separate world will require that you gain enough experience to gain admittance, as each world is more difficult as you travel to each of them. Each world contains a higher level of Armor, Weapons and magical powers and weapons. These can be purchased as your experience and gold increase as you progress through the worlds. The names of the twelve worlds and the jewel located somewhere therein are as follows; ODEM---------------Carnelian PITDAH-------------Peridot BAREKETH-----------Emerald NOPHAK-------------Ruby SAPPIR-------------Lapis-lazuli YAHALOM------------Onyx LESHEM-------------Sapphire SHEBO--------------Agate AHLAMAH------------Amethyst TARSHISH-----------Topaz SHOHAM-------------Beryl YASHPHEH-----------Jade The twelve worlds are laid out in the fashion that they are mounted into the Icon of Tamrak. The order of which you will have to discover for yourself. You may have six companions help and travel with you and keep another sixteen in reserve. You must ask these companions to join as you travel from world to world. Some will and some will not, depending on your experience level and there experience level and a few other requirements (3) CREATING YOUR CHARACTER ----------------------- When you first start an adventure, you will be able to select one of these types of characters; > HUMAN Humans have no special abilities, but neither are they restricted to the type of Weapons, Armor or Shields that they can use. They cannot cast any magical spells but they can use any magical item. They can carry up to 60 lbs. (including those being worn or used plus the contents of there backpack). > ELF Elves can move very quickly and can cast magical spells, but are not very strong. They can use any type of Weapon, Armor or Shields as long as it does not weigh over 5 lbs. This usually implies a magical weapon. They are long lived but gain power very slowly. Elves can normally carry up to 60 lbs. > DWARF Dwarfs are cave dwellers and while small in nature they are very strong and sturdy. They can use any type of contact Weapon (blunt or edged) and any type of Armor but cannot use Shields or any type of missile Weapons. They have no power and cannot cast spells. Dwarfs can normally carry up to 120 lbs. > WIZARD Wizards are human beings that are born with magical abilities. Due to there constant studying they have poor constitutions (low hit points). However their high I.Q. helps them gain power very fast. They are not very good with Weapons and can only use 1-handed, blunt or edged Weapons and no MISSILE Weapons. They can only use very light Armor up to 5 lbs. and cannot use any Shields as this would hinder their ability to cast spells. Wizards can normally carry only about 30 lbs. > ARCHER Archer is a highly trained fighter, who specializes in missile Weapons at a cost to their hand to hand skills. They can use only light Weapons and Armor up to 10 lbs. and no Shields. Archers can normally carry about 40 lbs. > FIGHTER Fighters are human beings that have trained extensively in the use of heavy Weapons. They are very strong and agile and have learned to rely on their skills. They have a deep contempt for magical items (other than magical Weapons) and will never use any other type of magical items. They can use any type of Weapons, Armor or Shields. Fighters can normally carry about 100 lbs. (4) The following is a list of each character's initial attributes. You also have an additional 25 points to distribute between the different attributes to customize your character: Type Strength Speed Aim Dexterity Hit Points I.Q. Power ---- -------- ----- --- --------- ---------- ---- ----- Human 09 09 09 09 09 09 00 Elf 07 10 09 09 09 09 12 Dwarf 10 07 09 10 11 09 00 Wizard 09 09 09 090 07 10 12 Archer 07 11 11 09 09 07 00 Fighter 13 09 09 09 11 07 00 When a characters attributes exceed a certain value, the character will get additional effect when using the attribute.For example, a very strong character will do extra damage points in hand-to-hand combat. In general, the following describes the "additional effect" of a high attribute: ATTRIBUTE VALUE EFFECT ------------------- ------------------------ Less than 09 May have negative effect 09 thru 15 No special effect 16 thru 18 +1 effect 19 thru 20 +2 effect 21 thru 30 +3 effect 31 thru 40 +4 effect etc... There are 8 character attribute: * Strength---- In hand-to-hand combat, you will do more damage when using contact weapons. You will also be able to carry an additional pounds for each additional "effect point". * Speed------- This is important in battle and it may allow you to strike more than once per round. If you speed exceeds that of your current foe by more than 10 points, you will be able to strike twice.If it exceeds it by more than 20 points you will be able to strike 3 times. * Aim--------- This better your chance of hitting a target with a missile weapon. In general, you can expect to hit a target about 1 out of 2 times. An additional point from hit will better the chances to 2 out of 3 and another point will make it 5 out of 6, and any more points will always hit. * Dexterity---- This is important in combat, as it helps in avoiding getting hit! It also helps to avoid traps when you break open the locks on chests. If your dexterity is under 9 you might have trouble using weapons and might even harm yourself during combat. * I.Q.---------- This will help a wizard gain extra power when promoted to a new level. A wizard with a low I.Q. might even lose power when promoted to a higher level. (5) * Power--------- A magic user (wizard or elf) consumes Power points when casting a spell. Powers is replenished with time and rest. * Hit Points---- This is the amount of damage that a character can take before dying. Extra hit points are earned when you are promoted to a new higher level. Note: A character with only 1 hit point is unconscious. * Armor Class--- This attribute depends on the type of armor you are wearing, as well as the item and/or spells that may protect you at any given time. The higher your A.C. the less damage you will suffer after being hit by a foe. (6) MOVING AROUND ------------- You move around by using the curser arrow keys (left, right, up ,down). To enter another world or other accommodation press the "E" to enter or exit through the door. Time passes fairly quickly as you move For every eight steps that you take you will consume "food energy". When you eat food, you you can get up to 255 units of "food energy". As long as you have regular food you will eat automatically. Eating "magical food" will also give you food energy. If you get poisoned or are starving you will lose one hit point for each eight steps you take. It's not such a good idea to rest (camp out) when you are poisoned or starving. If you need to you may see a healer to be cured or healed. Resting will give you energy for about 1000 steps. However if you are exhausted you will lose one hit point for each eight steps. When you "camp out", your attributes return to normal if you are not poisoned or starving. This includes all "temporary" increases in attributes due to magical items or potions. You will be automatically warned when when you are getting tired. Remember to remove all magical items before camping out or their effect will be re-invoked when you awake. Most magical effects have a limited number of uses. If a monster should appear while you are camping out, you may not have regained all of your hit points upon awakening. As you go thru the adventure you will get additional points for every point of damage done to a foe during battle. You can also get experience (and a reward) for performing a "QUEST". As you experience reaches a certain level, you will be automatically advanced to the next higher level and you will get additional hit points. You will also get additional points in the attribute best suited to your character. (7) HOW TO TALK ----------- Any member of the party may be selected as the primary character or spokes-person. This characters statistics will be shown on the screen most of the time. To change the party's primary character, press 1 through 6 (to select which character). Press 0 to view the groups summary statistics. Commands given like "GET", "DROP", "WIELD", "TALK", "REMOVE", Etc., are always performed by the primary character. Therefore, if you talk to a merchant and buy something, it will be placed into the primary characters back pack. Only Food and Gold are the exceptions. These are always shared by the entire party. But, if a food item is put into the back pack, it probably means that it's not regular food. Some food has been known to have some strange effects(one of which is poisoning!). TALKING TO THE INHABITANTS -------------------------- When talking to other characters you can use "keywords" to conduct a conversation. Most characters know the following keywords: Keyword Description ------- ----------- NAME The character will respond with it's name JOIN This asks the character to join your party BYE Terminates the conversation A characters response to a keyword may usually lead you to other keywords that the character may want to talk about. Some special characters (like merchants, healers, trainers, etc.,) will show a menu of options that you can then choose from. If there is a price associated with the option (such as buying an item), it will be shown to the right of the menu entry in either gold (GP) or silver pieces (SP). The rate of exchange is 10 silver pieces for every 1 gold piece. (8) PURCHASING ITEMS ---------------- Normal weapons and protective armor and shields can be purchased in the towns of each world, with the strength of the items increasing as you traverse through the worlds. In addition there are means of transportation to travel through the worlds and on the water that can be purchased. Magic Weapons and protective armor and shields can be purchased from the elves villages,caves or hideouts usually located somewhere in each world. The elves will also sell you magic potion, food rings, amulets staffs and spells. Magic potions available and their effect are; White---------------Cure Yellow--------------Heal Cloudy--------------Poison Purple--------------Resurrect Red-----------------Increase Strength Blue----------------Increase Dexterity Brown---------------Increase Speed Pink----------------Increase Aim Grey----------------Increase Armor Class Green---------------Increase Hit Points Clear---------------Increase I. Q. Black---------------Increase Power Deep Red------------Super Increase Strength Deep Black----------Super Increase Power Exotic foods that are available and their effects are; Elfen Bread---------Cure Elfen Cakes---------Increase Hit Points Dragons Eggs--------Increase Armor Class Fried Golem---------Increase Speed Giant's Liver-------Increase Strength Hydry Brains--------Increase Power Magic Rings and Amulets that are available and their effects are; Pearl---------------Cure Opal----------------Heal Malachite------------Poison Chrysolite----------Restore Hematite------------Increase Strength Jacinth-------------Increase Dexterity Amber---------------Increase Speed Garnet--------------Increase Aim Granite-------------Increase Armor Class Sardonyx------------Increase Hip Points Crystal-------------Increase I. Q. Jasper--------------Increase Power In addition to these that can be purchased from the elves, you may obtain some when defeating MARBODAEI's henchmen. But some of these may resemble the jewels that you are looking for to distract you. So be wary. (9) Magic Staffs that are available and their effects are; Charcoal------------Un Make Two sided-----------Duplicate Winged--------------Exit Greenwood-----------Resurrect Worn----------------Inform Magnetic------------Locate Sharp---------------Kill Twisted-------------Confuse Bone----------------Scare Heavy---------------Damage Hardwood------------Paralyze Light---------------Recharge New-----------------Float Old-----------------Analyze Ringed--------------View Scrolls are available that contain various spells and they are; Alpha---------------Un Make Beta----------------Duplicate Gamma---------------Exit Delta---------------Resurrect Epsilon-------------Inform Zeta----------------Locate Eta-----------------Kill Theta---------------Confuse Iota----------------Scare Kappa---------------Damage Lamda---------------Paralyze Mu------------------Recharge Omega---------------Float Psi-----------------Analyze Yeta----------------View There are various keys you will need to open various chests to get the contents. These are regular keys, magic keys, skeleton keys and special keys. The keys are coded to the doors or chests that they can open. Keys Code ------------ ---- Regular 1 Magic 2 Skeleton 3 Special 4 (10) INTERACTING WITH THE INHABITANTS -------------------------------- You will meet many different inhabitants during the course of your adventure. They will react in many different ways depending on what type of character they are. * Adventure--This is a character that might be interested in joining you on your adventure or quest. Talk to them before you ask them to join your party. If they join you their gold and food will be added to the parties total. If or when you want them to leave the party use the Vacate command and ask the character to leave the group. When they leave they will take their share of the gold and all the items in their backpack. * Merchant---They buy and sell items and usually concentrate on particular types and will usually only buy the items of the type which they sell. * Civilian---Just regular folks, but might be a good source of information. * Bartender--Could be another good source of information, but drinking in excess will will get you nowhere but bombed. * Healer-----Can cure your poisons, heal your wounds, remove cursed items and resurrect you dead. (for a price of course). * Teller-----This character will usually give you a good lead, but their words may be cryptic and they are expensive. * Trainer----Will help you train for extra Strength, Dexterity, Aim or I.Q. This is an expensive but quick way of building up your characters attributes. * Beggar-----While most beggars are worthless scum and will try to steal your money, they have been known to give good tips when treated right. * Quester----This person will give you a quest. If you accept, you will have to go and get a specific object or person for which the QUESTER will pay well. Finishing the quest will also give you additional experience. * Guard------They will not let you approach a door or passage that it is guarding. Talking to them can lead to a fight Unless you tell them the password for their station. Guards have been known to accept a bribe now and then. The password for all the guards in this adventure is "TAMRAK" (11) SAVING - RESTORING AND RESTARTING A GAME ---------------------------------------- Saving you game often is highly recommended. You can save up to 9 copies of the game (in slots 1 - 9). For these options, use the function keys, (F Keys). KEY DESCRIPTION --- ----------- F1 HELP (limited) F2 SAVE the current game F3 RESTORE a saved game F4 RESTART a game from scratch F10 SUSPEND the game and return to DOS When you start playing again, the game will resume where you left off QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE --------------------- Quick key single letter commands 0 - Show Party summary statistics 1 - Select member #1 as primary character & show statistics 2-6 Select member ## as primary character A - Attack a group of monsters B - Board a mount C - Camp out - Rest awhile D - Drop an object from your back pack E - Enter or Exit another world or doorway F - G - Get an object you on or next to H - I - Inventory - Looks into your back pack J - K - L - Look - To examine something more closely M - N - iNvoke a magic scroll or gem O - P - Primary - Selects the party's spokes-person Q - Quaff - eat or drink something from you back pack R - Remove - weapon, armor, shield, ring,amulet or staff S - Spell - cast a magic spell (Wizards & Elves only) T - Talk to other characters U - Unlock a door or chest V - Vacate - Let someone out of your party W - Wield or Wear - weapon, armor, shield, ring, etc. X - eXit or dismount Y - Z - Zap a monster with magical staff Press the <SPACE BAR> to see the Primary characters statistics when the menu section is showing something else. NOW HAVE FUN WATCH OUT FOR MARBODAEI -------------------------