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Subject: spell levels
From: rchason@smart.net (Lee Jackson Beauregard)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 01:15:58 GMT


Spellcasting is influenced by five factors:

    - Character class,
    - Armor worn,
    - Intelligence (wisdom for healers, knights, priests, and valkyries),
    - Experience level, and
    - Spell level.

In addition, all classes have a spell that they cast with greater proficiency;
healers, knights, priests, and valkyries get a bonus when casting healing
spells; and tourists get a penalty when casting healing spells.

Character class:  listed from the easiest to the hardest time casting spells,
with ties on the same line, they are:

    - Wizard (easiest)
    - Healer and Priest
    - Archeologist, Elf, and Tourist
    - Knight and Rogue
    - Samurai and Valkyrie
    - Caveman
    - Barbarian (hardest)

Armor:  metal armor impedes the ability to cast spells; so do wooden shields,
except for barbarians, knights, samurai, and valkyries.  The helm of brilliance
does NOT impede spellcasting, even though it is a metal helmet.

Intelligence/Wisdom:  The higher the better, of course.  The helm of brilliance
boosts both intelligence and wisdom and therefore can be used by all classes.

Experience level:  Ditto.

Spell level:  The lower the better, of course.

Special spell:  each class has a spesific spell it excells at

 *      Archelogist are: map masters (magic mapping)
 *      Barbarians are: fugue/berserker (haste self)
 *      Cavemen are:born to dig (dig)
 *      Elf: infra-like vision (detect unseen)
 *      Healer: to heal (cure sickness)
 *      Knights: to turn back evil (trun_undead)
 *      Paladin: to bless (remove curse)
 *      Rogue: to find loot (detect treasure)
 *      Samurai: to be At One (clairvoyance)
 *      Turist: to smile (charm monster)
 *      Valkyre: control the cold (cone of cold)
 *      Wizard: all really, but this one is their party trick (magic missile)

Healing spells:  Healers, knights, priests, and valkyries get a bonus, and
tourists get a penalty, when casting these.  Healing spells are:

    - Healing
    - Extra Healing
    - Cure Blindness
    - Cure Sickness
    - Restore Ability
    - Remove Curse

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