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- THE LAND
-
- V1.9
-
- By Mike Riley
-
- License: The user of this program has a limited distribution license,
- This allows you to freely copy and share this program with your
- friends as long as no charge or fee is placed on this program.
- Although this program is released as shareware the program and
- documentation are are copywrited by the author.
-
- Notice to software distribution houses: This program may NOT be
- distributed without first entering a licensing agreement with the
- author.
-
- You are encouraged to regester your copy of THE LAND with the author,
- the regestration fee is $25. For this regestration you will receive
- the latest version of THE LAND, The complete printed documentation, as
- well as future update notices. For a $35 regestration you will also
- recieve the books "The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever"
- upon which this game is bases.
-
- If you have any questions concerning this or other R.C.S. programs
- write to:
-
- Riley Computer Services
- Mike Riley
- 14062 Peardale road
- Grass Valley, CA 95945
-
-
- System Requirements:
- 384k Ram minimum
- 720k or 1.2m floppy drive or Hard Disk.
- A hard disk is recommended for play since this program makes
- extensive use of overlays that operate slowly on floppy drives.
-
- And now to the game.
- This game is based on the trilogy "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant"
- written by Stephen R. Donaldson. If you like fantasy type reading I
- strongly recomend you read this series of books.
-
- OBJECT: This game belongs to the Rouge Genre of games. You create a
- character, travel the lands and dungeons in search of treasure and
- magic. There is a main goal to this game that you will discover while
- you play.
-
- CHARACTER CLASSES:
-
- LORESRAAT
- This is about the most powerfull in the game but the hardest
- advancement. This player can cast the most powerfull of spells, and
- use the most powerfull of artifacts. This character also has good
- fighting ability.
-
- RHADHAMAERL
- This character is dedicated to the lore of stone and therefore can
- cast only the stone lore spells. This class is mostly magic using and
- little fighting ability. This class may at any time join either the
- LORESRAAT or the WARWARD, If the player does this then he will no
- longer advance in Rhadhamaerl skill.
-
- LILIANRILL
- This character is dedicated to the lore of wood and therefore can
- cast only the wood lore spells. This class also is mostly magic using
- and therefore has little fighting ability. This class also may join
- the LORESRAAT or the WARWARD, If the player does this then he will no
- longer advance in Lilianrill skill.
-
- BLOODGUARD
- This class is of the Haruchai race. This class is immune to both
- sleep and fear. This class cannot use any weapon or armour. Defense
- and attack are both very strong with this character class. This class
- is strictly of fighting ability and cannot use any magical items.
-
- Bloodguard automaticaly acquire a Ranyhyn at the beginning of the
- game.
-
- RAMEN
- The Ramen are the tenders of the Ranyhyn (the great horses). Ramen
- are strictly fighting characters and cannot use any armour or weapons.
- Ramen are immune to fear. Ramen may not at any time ride any type of
- mount.
-
- WARWARD
- The warward is your basic average fighter class. Any weapon or
- armour can be used, as well as lesser magical items, But no artifacts.
-
- GIANTS
- Giants are basically very strong characters and can hit very hard.
- Giants cannot use any weapons or armour since they would be too small
- for them. Magical items may also not be used by giants except
- potions. Giants are immune to fire attacks and fear.
-
-
- SERVICE
- All characters have some vow or oath to follow, This is followed by
- giving a certain amount of time to their cause. This service must be
- rendered, for if it is not then the characters abilities will be
- reduced. The amount of service changes from class to class and level
- to level. Basicly start with 6 months of service per year and add 1
- month every five levels. The actual schedule of service is in the
- full documentation for the program. The only class that does not have
- to perform any service are the giants. This service must be given at
- the players starting point.
-
- ITEMS:
- HURTLOAM - If this items is possesed by anyone who has any Rhadhamaerl
- skill, Hurtloam acts like a potion of healing.
-
- RILLINLURE - If this item is posses by anyone who has any Lilianrill
- skill then Rillinlure and be used like a potion of healing.
-
- GRAVELING - This item in the hands of Rhadhamaerl is used to produce
- light.
-
- LILIANRILL - This item in the hands of the Lilianrill is used to
- produce light.
-
- GILDENLODE - This item in the possesion of either giants or Lilianrill
- will allow water travel.
-
- ORCREST - This item allows Rhadhamaerl characters to cast their spells
- at half the mana cost.
-
- LOMILLIALOR - This item allows Lillianrill characters to cast theri
- spells at half the normal mana cost.
-
- RANYHYN - If this is Y then the player has a Ranyhyn as his mount.
-
-
- Commands:
-
- > - Go down stairs
- < - Go up stairs
- i - Inventory
- I - Identify freindly characters
- r - Read scroll
- R - Show character record
- z - Zap a wand
- q - Quaff a potion
- e - Eat food
- u - Use an item
- a - Activate an artifact
- x - Quit and save
- Q - Quit no save
- s - Search
- o - Open door
- c - Close door
- g - Get an item
- f - Fire a bow
- m - Cast a spell
- t - Talk
- p - Show party
- j - Join another character to your party
- 8 - move up
- 2 - move down
- 4 - move left
- 6 - move right
- 7 - move up and left
- 9 - move up and right
- 1 - move down and left
- 3 - move down and right
- w - Say words of power
- l - Light a torch
- h - Healing using either Rillinlure or Hurtloam
- S - Land Service
- L - Show log of all messages seen
- ? - Shows command list
- H - Shows all icons
-
- A note about scrolls:
- Do not be alarmed if some scrolls that you try to read show up as
- strange characters. These scrolls are beyond your characters ability
- to read them. As your character increases in skill, so will your
- ability to read scrolls.
-
-
- Restoring Saved games.
- To play a game that has been saved specify the name of the saved
- game on the command line. for instance:
-
- THELAND JUDY
-
-
-
- Two new command line options have been added:
- /C - This option converts save files from versions earlier than 1.6
- to work under the newer versions. This option should be used
- the first time you load your save file into the new version.
- /E - This option enables EGA graphics.
-
- Any command line options used should be placed after the saved game
- name.
-
- Note from the author:
- This brief documentation file leaves out an incredible amount of
- information available in the full documentation. It is strongly
- recommended that you register your copy of "The Land" so that you will
- recieve the full documentation, as well as getting a free copy of the
- next release of the program.
-