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Power baton indicator Contre pot Using the Controller Leo Te Ugmen Rpconm Apaen SER ERE REN BA wren vey Scie ate 1 Button Sele next Gharater on ae 1 Butt: ACTION ase indo Cie a Simm SELECT Buton START Burton Not wad NS ee baton canceLcuse {oreo bck to previous feeimand windows cr ‘aruda stonPrologue Sostegari: or over a millennium the fertile lands in the heart of this vast ‘continent were ruled by the Holy Ashah Dynasty, descendants of Toroah the Messiah However it is mans doom to forget. Amidst all the wealth and exotic pleasures, the nobility lost their way and sank into corruption and depravity. forgetting even the holy teaching of Toroah. It was in these days of unrest that the ctizens, struggling under an Qppressive regime: rose up and-under the leadership of Arris the Sage-took up arms against the Kingdom. That was the first. Guibreak of violence in what would later be known simply as “The Revolution’ The Royal Army's counterattack was swift and fierce. but time and again they were put to fight by the cunning strategies for Arris and the indomitable will of the advancing Liberation Army. Victory in hand. the rebels set up a. Council and worked to establish the continent’ first democracy. And so, the republic of ‘shtaria’ was born However, Arris the Sage. whom all hoped would lead the country mysteriously vanished and has not been seen again to this day. Now. B years later. the dow of war once again threatens Ishtariaaw Outskirts of Ishtaria "Dis.the ame of semen. ith ts Tere force burs the capt of Brach as if itis trying to wipe out every human. beast and bird {And yet Toroah was blessed in front of God ‘The Legend of Toroah is this Togah the person who wil lead the ay for the chosen people ofthis work 200 days after the deadly disaster. the Ark of Toroah finaly arrived at a green land of purty Toroah-the chosen one blessed his Sescendants before his death and sak “Establish ths place as a aly land and teach all to follow the Coaminsdaneste,crd all people under the sky shall remain in peace forever” ‘This is where the name Ishtaria-ceded land-ongnawe The Flow of the Game Vandal-Hearts consis of three types of navigation screens: World Map, Vilage/Town, and Battle Map. Work Map World Map ee This map shows you an enlarged area of Sostegara in which Ash and his companions are traveing lf you select the Move command you wil be able to goto a Vilage, Town oF Battle map Village/Town Map You can vist facltes like shops and taverns by visitng villages and towns throughout Sostegaria Sometimes there will be other interesting places to visi, as Wel ‘Shops-Buy and sell armor. weapons and other items. Taverns-Tak to the locals to get information about current events in the area, Dojos-Seek out the wise teachers in these training facilities to experience personal and spiritual growth. When your characters reach the 10th and 20th levels (based on experience points earned) they can advance to new classifications (See page Il for more details about the classes} Battle Map If you move around on the Werld Map or an event takes place When you sre na Vilage or Town the screen wil switch to 9 Batle Map. See page B for Batic explanation)Troop Attributes Your troops (characters in the game} are categorized into seven g7oups based on their attributes Within each category there are Several classes. (See pages 24-25 for more information} KNIGHT-The major fighting unit balanced offen: £% or fighting se & (Casse Ste /Hero/Swordsman/Champlon/Ducst/Paragon 9 ARMOR-Strong physical attack. but weak mobility. (Cases Gus Dragoon HE BCH mie tows they attack fom a dexance (Cases Archer /BowmanSeiper AIRMAN-High mobility, able to jumy st enemy units: Which Block paths. and the ablity to hover over water Games Hotty Land MAGE-Weak physical attack. but masters of arcane spells Cases Mage/Sorcere/Brchanter PRIEST-Weak physical attack, but powerful healers. asses Heal Sshop/ Archbishop MONK Spiritual magicusing diciles of the martial arts Cases Monk Nn Beginning the game After starting up Vandal Hearts, you will see the Title screen and ee choices New Game Load Game or Options. Your ist, time out you will obviously want to select New Game (or Options) but after that you may wish to restore a previously, Saved adventure. (We strongly recommend that you save your games frequentiy) When you start a New Game. you will see an informative Introductory story, then you will be thrown into the action! If you select Load Game. you will be able to highlight one saved fare ou can save F3 eames from the map screens or one > tle save. Selecting Options will allow you to change the Text S iwhich contol how quickly sex writen in message balloons, ‘or Sound, Select either Stereo or Mono. depending on your system configuration.mind when formulating your bad Ot the doips teachers fo get more advice about battle strategy and troop advantages eK Strength attack strength of each category i diferent. Keep thi in mined when forma le svategy Aba check with one | Battle System Your advancement through Vandbal-Hearts will depend on your ably to wage War against your foes Some victories wil Come When you have defeated numerous enemy forces At other Hes You may have fo defeat one foe. or accompish a goal win @ ven period of time + Before each battle you wil see the conalttons for victory and defeat The fight wil then Begin and go on tnt one Of the conditions met u «If you are successful you will ee the tattle results and avarded gold for each nervy deteated doi subrace for ach member of your party that fs defeated in battle my = you lose, you will have the option of starting over from the beginning ofthat Battle Or from a saved game of your memory cardBI soa for the Attack ‘tacking an enemy from the right ition & important to your sucess, A Befender has! more protection from the fron and more wineable rm the Tear The amount of damage inficted as measured in foss of fit poms | feates when attacking from the back Strong from the de and normal from the font Likewise postionng yourself above an opponent gives you an advantage Ee ae Your'atack wil be stronger and their defense wil be weaker Bow attacks canbe affected by elevation and obstacles. An archer {gan shoot farther from atop a hill than he/she can from a low vantage int. Also, some objects may create ind spots that an archer cannot reach. For example if you are being attacked by archers atop a buiking then standing against the wall of the building may create a blind spot where the ‘enemy archer cant see you as a target Supporting Tactics wei Having your allies support you in battle increases your attack strength. The more support you you will do to an enemy troop. @ 886 Bons = poemal tack Support bonus = #2 Support bonus = #3 e eco e COO sx ertons-H4 have. the greater the damage NOTE Inthe, game you wil able to distinguish between ales ‘and enemy troops by the colored ions below each character. Your friendly troops have BLUE icons beneath them and your enemies have RED icons.%... Jn some battle maps your party may find crates or boulders, blocking thelr paths. These ieems can be manipulated by standing next to them and using the PUSH command, Crates + Crates can be pushed ‘along a far suriace or « \ down fo a lower level i« + Crates can be pushed bby a character who is Cone level higher or lower than the crate. +A crate cannot be pushed by a character two or more levels above or below, nor can it be pushed into a stationary object, Such as a tree or wall + Crates are two levels high, Since most characters cannot we more than two levels at @ time. you can push a crate next to a Wall that is three levels high and hop on the crate to get over the Wall. You can also push a crate to an edge that fs one level high, thus creating a three fevel high wall that will Block off movement from the opposite side of the crate. Boulders Large round boulders can be PUSHed down hills, stairs, bridges, tif a boulder runs over an enemy. it will cause damage Boulders wil be desireyed if they hit a Stationary object such as tree or Wal ‘Treasure Chests ATTACK treasure chests to unlock their secrets. You must be. Standing next to a treasure chest. you cannot attack them from a distance with archers. Buttons ‘Stand on a button and EXAMINE it to see what happens Healing Stations Position a character on one of these magical spots to have ‘Magic Ponts and Hit Points restored (aie ata time) atthe end the enemys next turnCommand Menus ‘The game is mostly menu driven in that your actions are set up through command windows first then the action is carried out ‘on scfeen There are menus for battle, movement, shopping and ‘advancement, to name a few. Once you learn to move around in the menus giving commands to your troops becomes easy, Battle Map Command menu Check Bale condtions ee page BI “Ed your ten alter youve made al of your Change the camera 200m dstance +Check characters tatu inventory and sels ‘Change sound txt speed. and Fixed or ‘Dyarfc tow! caners options Save a game or battle in progress amber tle Lead a previously saved gare ‘when Souand the [Movement in a menu is done by using the Seemyheeesch [Directional buttons to highlight a menu ‘iesod sett, ‘choice, then pressing the © Button to carry out tne hhlgted fommand: Pressing the ten fant an acon and takes 9 ack tothe previous menu or screen Battle Action menu ( When your comes ot eu wl be able fo ele ach Parner econ ge thao fo ca ot Foobar Se cet Erste ea a a cers ta a soe ecm elena oe Span igh be onthe bate maph ns. Te "anes of movement wl Ea gage yng nh ec ana aye SSSI RAE mare ory Actions: fe Mene To move your character to any unoccupied squig nthe blue fel whe Sopeers on (Renan fight he Open space ad prs te baton To cancel Bestbes baton’ (© Action Select ATTACK. MAGIC or ITEM (Al pions may not be avaiable) AIAG fli wate wn cane cn ot TSE sha net tte er gg etna eee ds fe eg aS Spel covers feld"e shown in jew erWorld Map Command Menu You can move to different locations, save and load games or transfer items between party members. Avalable spall eae Magi Po fret te ch eter ‘then remaining Rae Spel descriptor ee feos TEMS wilt you examinee Use STATUS to check charac apse be on Pe {BE sed LOAD ‘games fom eared scelage/Town Command Menu ‘Shop menu You c—W VV ane iinetCharacter Status Player Ailments At various times during the game you may battle poisonous Creatures or do battle with mages who cast harmful spell These Spel m learned by your magic users as well so ge ste of their wn medicine! I a spall cast s rd PARALYZED or POSSONED will appear Over a characters head and remain there untl the characteris Cured &r dead ia Spell is unsuccessful the word MISS! appears. Poisoned A poisoned character wil take damage each turn unt they are ded or cured there no natural Tecovery. + To recover, you can have a magic-user cast an appropriate healing spell or use a potion. Paralyzed AA character who is paralyzed will be frozen’ for a few tus. That character cannot attack or defend, ‘To recover, you can have a magic-user cast an appropriate healing speli use a potion, or wait a few turns a recover naturally. WGP PY YT POYU SYcc Magic Every magic spell has a range and fleld. Range isthe distance froma magic user that the center of & spol can be located Field isthe area away from center that a spel effective. For example a spell with Range 0 and Fekd O can only be cast on the magic ser “aan tg Fee [Fai ‘oc |W Race"4 ee a a “Cure Wide ‘Healing Cirle Set | Sethe [ew — [i Ta a te = i ioItems AA character can carry up to two items. Additional items can be Carried in your ‘depot’ and accessed in the World Map or Milage ‘Town Map tens are obtained by purchasing them in shops or finding them in treasure chests during combat. eeCCCEDOG ‘@ Herb and Mega Herb: Recover some Hit Points (HP. ‘© Mage Olt Recover 4 Magic Points (MPI. (© Mage Gem: Recover 10 MP. (© Elixer. Cures poison and paralysis (@ Holy HiO: Recover HP for all characters in your party. @ Life Orbs Recover all HP and MP. Fire Gem: Attack magic with Range - 3 Field - 1 ‘© Mood Ring: Attack magic with Range = 0, Feld = 2 © Aura Gem Attack magic with Range-5,Field-3 (@ Wyrm Fang: Attack magic with Range ~ 0, Feld ~ 8 Topography ‘The Batle Maps are made up of diferent types of terran. Every character type has a mobilty rating which determines how ae they can MOVE in one turn For example waking through bushes OF swamps, a5 you Would imagine requires more effort than Walking tough faland. Therefore a character walking tough the brsh cant go as fr asa character waking through plains Defensive bonuses There is a trade-off, of course, Some terrain features offer defensive bonuses, which are shown in the small box in the lower lett comer. You will see a number with a % which shows your defense benefit against physical attack In other words ifan fnemy attacks yu wheh You are standing nthe bushes (Dap youll receive a 5% bonus against the attack because the bushes are protecting you from attack Moving Up and Down Levels Steeper land requires more effort to climb up and down, so this ay shorten the distance you can, move in one turn. Most characters move up or down one level ata time, but some can handle two. (Three is out of the question, so keep that in mind when you are moving crates around)Major characters xia Husilt, eee : ; a rl e a | % % ral x * 4 [a4 Cline § Dolan Amepiieuih. Arris I. OG Kf KY KG IXY LAX GLP XLA XSANia 8 Magnus Hel Spites