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  1. Addendum to the Moria manual
  2.  
  3. Proposed Contribution.  Written by Mike Marcelais
  4.                                    North Carolina School of
  5.                                          Science And Math
  6.                                    mrm@odin.ncssm.edu
  7.                                    games@odin.ncssm.edu
  8.  
  9. 1.  Experience
  10.  
  11. All characters receive experience during the game.  Experience
  12. determines your level, which determines hit points, mana points,
  13. spells, abilities, etc.  The amount of experience required to 
  14. advance a level is a base value (shown below) plus a penalty
  15. for race and class.
  16.  
  17. 1.1  Calculating Experience Levels
  18.  
  19. Base Experience
  20.  
  21. Lv   Exp to Adv     Lv   Exp to Adv     Lv   Exp to Adv
  22.  1      10          14    1,400         27      35,000
  23.  2      25          15    1,800         28      50,000
  24.  3      45          16    2,300         29      75,000
  25.  4      70          17    2,900         30     100,000
  26.  5     100          18    3,600         31     150,000
  27.  6     140          19    4,400         32     200,000
  28.  7     200          20    5,400         33     300,000
  29.  8     280          21    6,800         34     400,000
  30.  9     380          22    8,400         35     500,000
  31. 10     500          23   10,200         36     750,000
  32. 11     650          24   12,500         37   1,500,000
  33. 12     850          25   17,500         38   2,500,000
  34. 13   1,100          26   25,000         39   5,000,000
  35.  
  36. Maximum level is 40 and maximum experience is 9,999,999
  37.  
  38. There are percent penalties for various races and classes to
  39. help even them out.  The table below lists all the penalties.
  40.  
  41.       Human       0%     Warrior    0%
  42.       Half-Elf   10%     Mage      30%
  43.       Elf        20%     Priest    20%
  44.       Halfling   10%     Rogue      0%
  45.       Gnome      25%     Ranger    40%
  46.       Dwarf      20%     Paladin   35%
  47.       Half-Orc   10%
  48.       Half-Troll 20%
  49.  
  50. For example:  For a 10'th level Gnomish Mage to achieve 11'th level
  51. needs:
  52.            500 *  1.25 * 1.30 = 812.5
  53.          (base) (gnome) (mage)
  54.  
  55. Note:  Even for the worst case (Gnomish Ranger) it is still possible
  56. to achieve the 40th level.  (5,000,000*1.25*1.40=8,750,000 experience)
  57.  
  58. The program internally keeps experience out to the fourth decimal place
  59. even though it only displays the integer portion on the screen.
  60.  
  61. 1.2  Getting Experience
  62.  
  63. There are many ways to gain experience.  This list shows a few.
  64.  
  65. 1.  Defeating monsters
  66. 2.  Disarming traps
  67. 3.  Picking locks
  68. 4.  Using a scroll, potion, staff, wand, or rod for the first time
  69.       and discovering what it did.
  70. 5.  Casting a spell successfully for the first time.
  71. 6.  Drinking a potion of gain experience or gain level
  72.  
  73. 1.3  Titles
  74.  
  75. Each experience level has a title which is displayed under your name
  76. and class.  Below is a listing of all the titles for each level and
  77. class.
  78.  
  79.    Warrior      Mage         Priest       Rogue        Ranger       Paladin
  80.  1 Rookie       Novice       Believer     Vagabond     Runner(1st)  Gallant
  81.  2 Private      Apprentice   Acolyte(1st) Footpad      Runner(2nd)  Keeper(1st)
  82.  3 Soldier      Trickster-1  Acolyte(2nd) Cutpurse     Runner(3rd)  Keeper(2nd)
  83.  4 Mercenary    Trickster-2  Acolyte(3rd) Robber       Strider(1st) Keeper(3rd)
  84.  5 Veteran(1st) Trickster-3  Adept(1st)   Burglar      Strider(2nd) Keeper(4th)
  85.  6 Veteran(2nd) Cabalist-1   Adept(2nd)   Filcher      Strider(3rd) Keeper(5th)
  86.  7 Veteran(3rd) Cabalist-2   Adept(3rd)   Sharper      Scout(1st)   Keeper(6th)
  87.  8 Warrior(1st) Cabalist-3   Priest(1st)  Magsman      Scout(2nd)   Keeper(7th)
  88.  9 Warrior(2nd) Visionist    Priest(2nd)  Common Rogue Scout(3rd)   Keeper(8th)
  89. 10 Warrior(3rd) Phantasmist  Priest(3rd)  Rogue(1st)   Scout(4th)   Keeper(9th)
  90. 11 Warrior(4th) Shadowist    Priest(4th)  Rogue(2nd)   Scout(5th)   Protector-1
  91. 12 Swordsman-1  Spellbinder  Priest(5th)  Rogue(3rd)   Courser(1st) Protector-2
  92. 13 Swordsman-2  Illusionist  Priest(6th)  Rogue(4th)   Courser(2nd) Protector-3
  93. 14 Swordsman-3  Evoker(1st)  Priest(7th)  Rogue(5th)   Courser(3rd) Protector-4
  94. 15 Hero         Evoker(2nd)  Priest(8th)  Rogue(6th)   Courser(4th) Protector-5
  95. 16 Swashbuckler Evoker(3rd)  Priest(9th)  Rogue(7th)   Courser(5th) Protector-6
  96. 17 Myrmidon     Evoker(4th)  Curate(1st)  Rogue(8th)   Tracker(1st) Protector-7
  97. 18 Champion-1   Conjurer     Curate(2nd)  Rogue(9th)   Tracker(2nd) Protector-8
  98. 19 Champion-2   Theurgist    Curate(3rd)  Master Rogue Tracker(3rd) Defender-1
  99. 20 Champion-3   Thaumaturge  Curate(4th)  Expert Rogue Tracker(4th) Defender-2
  100. 21 Superhero    Magician     Curate(5th)  Senior Rogue Tracker(5th) Defender-3
  101. 22 Knight       Enchanter    Curate(6th)  Chief Rogue  Tracker(6th) Defender-4
  102. 23 Superior Knt Warlock      Curate(7th)  Prime Rogue  Tracker(7th) Defender-5
  103. 24 Gallant Knt Sorcerer     Curate(8th)  Low Thief    Tracker(8th) Defender-6
  104. 25 Knt Errant   Necromancer  Curate(9th)  Thief(1st)   Tracker(9th) Defender-7
  105. 26 Guardian Knt Mage(1st)    Canon(1st)   Thief(2nd)   Guide(1st)   Defender-8
  106. 27 Baron        Mage(2nd)    Canon(2nd)   Thief(3rd)   Guide(2nd)   Warder(1st)
  107. 28 Duke         Mage(3rd)    Canon(3rd)   Thief(4th)   Guide(3rd)   Warder(2nd)
  108. 29 Lord(1st)    Mage(4th)    Canon(4th)   Thief(5th)   Guide(4th)   Warder(3rd)
  109. 30 Lord(2nd)    Mage(5th)    Canon(5th)   Thief(6th)   Guide(5th)   Warder(4th)
  110. 31 Lord(3rd)    Wizard(1st)  Low Lama     Thief(7th)   Guide(6th)   Warder(5th)
  111. 32 Lord(4th)    Wizard(2nd)  Lama-1       Thief(8th)   Guide(7th)   Warder(6th)
  112. 33 Lord(5th)    Wizard(3rd)  Lama-2       Thief(9th)   Guide(8th)   Warder(7th)
  113. 34 Lord(6th)    Wizard(4th)  Lama-3       High Thief   Guide(9th)   Warder(8th)
  114. 35 Lord(7th)    Wizard(5th)  High Lama    Master Thief Pathfinder-1 Warder(9th)
  115. 36 Lord(8th)    Wizard(6th)  Great Lama   Executioner  Pathfinder-2 Guardian
  116. 37 Lord(9th)    Wizard(7th)  Patriarch    Low Assassin Pathfinder-3 Chevalier
  117. 38 Lord Gallant Wizard(8th)  High Priest  Assassin     Ranger       Justiciar
  118. 39 Lord Keeper  Wizard(9th)  Great Priest High AssassinHigh Ranger  Paladin
  119. 40 Lord Noble   Wizard Lord  Noble Priest Guildmaster  Ranger Lord  High Lord
  120.