Dragon Wars Manual

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C o n te n ts

In tro d u c tio n

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O b je c t iv e

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T h e p a rty

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C re a tin g c h a ra c te rs

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C h a ra c te r p ro file

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S k ills

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S k ill D e s c r ip t io n s

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S k ill U s e

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M a g ic

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L o w

M a g ic

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H ig h M a g ic

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S u n M a g ic

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D r u id M a g ic

2 2 4

M is c e lla n e o u s M a g ic

2 2 7

C om bat

2 2 8

G e ttin g A ro u n d

2 2 9

P a r a g r a p h E x p la n a t io n s

2 3 0

D ra g o n W a rs P a ra g ra p h s

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C o m m a n d S u m m a ry

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m a d e a p a r t o f D ilm u n ’s r a p id ly g r o w in g n a v y - a n a v y t h a t w ill o n e d a y s a lly o u t a c r o s s t h e s e a s o f O c e a n a , a t lo n g la s t b r in g in g h e r b e n e a t h t h e h e e l o f a s in g le r u le r : N a m t a r, t h e B e a s t F r o m

T h e P it.

B a c k t o b a s ic s in o n e o f t h e m o s t d a n g e r o u s n e ig h b o r h o o d s a n y w h e r e , y o u

k n o w

o n ly y o u ’v e b e e n h a d . A

w e ll-in te n tio n e d tra v e le r, y o u ’v e b e e n tre a te d

lik e a b e a s t b y N a m t a r, a n d c o n s ig n e d t o a life o f p e r p e t u a l p o v e r t y in

Purgatory. N o one escapes Purgatory alive, and few

k n o w

the luxury to die in

b e d w it h in h e r w a lls . S t a r t in g h ip -d e e p in m u d , y o u m u s t u s e e v e r y t r ic k ju s t t o

s t a y a liv e , m u c h le s s w o r r y a b o u t s t ic k in g it t o T h e B e a s t F r o m

T h e P it.

O b je c t iv e

Y

o u a n d y o u r p a r t y a r e a d v e n t u r e r s in t h e m a g ic a l la n d o f D ilm u n , a n is la n d o f s a lv a t io n p e r v e r t e d in t o a w o r ld o f h o r r o r b y N a m t a r. Y o u b e g in t h e g a m e a r m e d o n ly w ith y o u r w its in th e sa va g e stre e ts o f P u rg a to ry . Yo u m u st fin d a w a y t o s u r v iv e in O c e a n a ’s m o s t d a n g e r o u s s lu m , lo c a t e a w a y o u t o f

t h e s a m e , a n d a c c e p t t h e im p o s s ib le t a s k o f t o p p lin g N a m t a r. V e n g e a n c e m u s t

be yours!

Exam ine your reference card to determ ine how

y o u r m u n d a n e c o m p u te r

b e c o m e s a p o r t a l t o t h e m y s t ic w o r ld o f O c e a n a . T h e c a r d w ill s h o w

y o u b o th

h o w

to b o o t u p y o u r g a m e a n d w h a t k e y s to p re s s to e x e u c te g a m e c o m m a n d s

a n d s u m m o n v a r io u s m e n u s . O n c e t h e g a m e is u p a n d r u n n in g , y o u ’ll fin d a

p a rty w a itin g to b e g in th e a d v e n tu re in th e m id d le o f th e s tin k in g c ity o f

Purgatory. W e’d tellyou to watch your purse - but you don’t have one! Nor do

y o u h a v e a b e lt f r o m

w h ic h to h a n g a p u rse , o r p a n ts fro m

w h ic h t o h a n g a

b e lt , o r …

y o u g e t t h e id e a .

T h e

P a rty

A

p a rty c a n h a ve u p to fo u r c h a ra c te rs, p lu s u p to th re e n o n -p la y e r

c h a ra c te rs. N o n -p la y e r c h a ra c te rs a re su m m o n e d c re a tu re s o r h e ro ic

in d iv id u a ls y o u m a y m e e t in y o u r t r a v e ls . E v e r y o n e e ls e is o n e o f y o u r o w n

p e o p le .

T h e g a m e p r o v id e s a b e g in n in g b a t c h o f c h a r a c t e r s fo r y o u r u s e s h o u ld y o u

w is h t o ju m p d ir e c t ly in t o t h e a d v e n t u r e . A ll c h a r a c t e r s a r e a b le - b o d ie d a n d

h a v e n o b r a in d a m a g e - u s e t h e m , o r c r e a t e y o u r o w n . If y o u ’d lik e t o c r e a t e

y o u r o w n c h a ra c te rs, re a d th e “ C re a tin g C h a ra c te rs” se c tio n .

It m a y a lso b e p o ssib le to tra n sfe r c h a ra c te rs fro m

o th e r c o m p u te r g a m e s

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In t r o d u c t io n

O

r b itin g th e s ta r S ir iu s , m illio n s o f m ile s a w a y fr o m

a n y o t h e r in t e llig e n t life , a tin y b a ll o f h o t w a te r is h o m e to a m a z in g a d v e n tu r e . S ir iu s is th r e e tim e s t h e m a s s o f o u r o w n s t a r, a n d s ix t y t im e s b r ig h t e r ; it s h u g e b lo a t e d m a s s s p a n s t h e e n t ir e h o r iz o n o f t h e h u m id w o r ld o f O c e a n a .

O c e a n a is a w o r ld o f 8 5 %

w a te r a n d g e ttin g w e tte r, a s th e b a le fu l fu ry o f

S ir iu s e r o d e s h e r d im in u t iv e p o la r ic e c a p s y e a r b y y e a r. O c e a n a is a w o r ld

y o u n g e r th a t o u r o w n , w e d d e d to a s ta r w ith b u t a fra c tio n o f th e life

e x p e c t a n c y o f S o l. It is a w o r ld b u r n in g t h e c a n d le a t b o t h e n d s , e n jo y in g t w ic e

t h e lig h t in h a lf t h e t im e , a n d s p in n in g a ll t h e fa s t e r t o w a r d a n n ih ila t io n a n d

t h e V o id .

H e r su r fa c e is d o tte d w ith te n th o u sa n d isla n d s. S o m e a re h o m e to th rivin g c iv iliz a t io n s , w h ile o t h e r s a r e a ll t h a t r e m a in o f g r e a t e r a c h ie v e m e n t s lo n g s in c e s u n k b e n e a t h t h e w a v e s . O c e a n a is a v io le n t w o r ld o f c a p r ic io u s s t o r m s , w h e r e n a t u r a l g e o g r a p h ic b a r r ie r s a n d h o s t ile s e a -life h o ld p e o p le a n d e m p ir e s a p a r t . In n o t im e o f h e r h is t o r y h a s O c e a n a k n o w n u n ifie d r u le .

O f a ll t h e is la n d s o f O c e a n a , t h e m o s t fa b le d b y fa r is D ilm u n , “ T h e L a n d

W h e re T h e S u n S e ts.” L o c a te d o n a sc o re o f n a u tic a l c h a rts, e a c h tim e in a

d iffe r e n t p la c e , D ilm u n is a lw a y s ju s t o v e r t h e h o r iz o n . It is t h e h o m e t o a ll t h a t

is b e s t o f O c e a n a - t h e h o m e o f h e r e ld e s t e m p ir e ; t h e s e a t o f h e r fin e s t

c u lt u r e ; t h e la ir o f t h e m o s t t e r r ib le b e a s t s . It is a n is le o f d r a g o n s a n d a

d e s tin a tio n o f p ilg r im s . B e n e a th N is ir, “ T h e M o u n ta in o f S a lv a tio n , ” is th e

s e c r e t h e a r t o f M a g a n , t h e U n d e r w o r ld .

A s y o u r a d v e n t u r e b e g in s , y o u fin d y o u r s e lf a b o a r d a n a r m o r e d p ilg r im ’s

b a r g e , n o s in g t h r o u g h t h e s t ill w a t e r s o f a s ile n t f jo r d , n e a r in g t h e m o m e n t y o u

w ill d r o p t h e p la n k o n a n is le y o u b e lie v e t o b e D ilm u n . P e r h a p s y o u a r e a

p ilg r im

in s e a r c h o f p e a c e a n d e n lig h t e n m e n t , o r a n a d v e n t u r e r o n t h e t r a il o f f a b le d t r e a s u r e , o r a w e a r y m e r c e n a r y s e e k in g r e t ir e m e n t a n d e t e r n a l s lu m b e r in v a u lt s h e ld h ig h a b o v e t h e w a v e s . H o p e s a r e h ig h a s t h e in c r e d ib ly a n c ie n t a r c h ite c tu r e o f th is is le ’s lo n e p o r t s w im s in to v ie w . R a p tu r e is ju s t o ff th e b o w .

A s it tu r n s o u t, P u r g a to ry is ju s t o ff th e b o w

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r a p t u r e m a y o r m a y n o t lie

b e y o n d t h e w a lls o f t h e p o r t c it y . N o s o o n e r d o e s t h e p ilg r im ’s b a r g e e n t e r t h e

h a r b o r t h a n s h e is b o a r d e d b y c it y o ffic ia ls , w h o q u ic k ly p u t a ll c r e w

a n d

p a s s e n g e r s u n d e r a r r e s t . S t r ip p e d o f a ll p o s s e s s io n s a n d w e a lt h , o n e p ilg r im

in

e ve ry te n is se p a ra te d fro m

the pack for sacrifice to the D ragons. Your party is a m o n g th e fo rtu n a te re m a in d e r d ro p p e d n a k e d a n d d e fe n se le ss in to th e slu m s of Purgatory, there to fare as you w ill. The arm ored barge is confiscated and