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.TH PHANTASIA 6 "April 19, 1994"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
phantasia \- an interterminal fantasy game
.SH SYNOPSIS
phantasia [ \-HSabmpsx ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Phantasia
is a role playing game
which allows players to roll up characters of various types to fight
monsters and other players.
Progression of characters is based upon gaining experience from fighting
monsters (and other players).
.PP
Most of the game is menu driven and self-explanatory (more or less).
The screen is cursor updated, so be sure to set up the
.B TERM
variable in your environment.
.PP
The options provide for a variety of functions to support the game.
They are:
.PP
.TP .5i
.B \-s
Invokes 
.I phantasia
without header information.
.TP .5i
.B \-m
Get a monster listing.
.TP .5i
.B \-a
Get a listing of all character names on file.
.TP .5i
.B \-x
Examine/change a particular character on file.
.TP .5i
.B \-H
Print header only.
.TP .5i
.B \-p
Purge old characters.
.TP .5i
.B \-b
Show scoreboard of top characters per login.
.TP .5i
.B \-S
Turn on wizard options, if allowed, if running as ``root''.
.PP
The characters are saved on a common file, in order to make the game
interactive between players.  The characters are given a password
in order to retrieve them later.  Only characters above
.B level
zero are saved.  Characters unused for awhile will be purged.
Characters are only placed on the scoreboard when they die.
.SH AUTHOR
Edward Estes, AT&T Information Systems, Skokie, IL
.SH PARTICULARS
.sh "Normal Play"
A number of the player's more important statistics are almost always
displayed on the screen, with maximums (where applicable) in
parentheses.
.PP
The character is placed randomly near the center of a cartesian
system.
Most commands are selected with a single letter or digit.
For example, one may move by hitting 'W', 'S', 'N', or 'E',
(lower case may also be used, at no time is the game case dependent).
One may also use 'H', 'J', 'K', 'L',
for movement, similar to
.IR vi (1).
To move to a specific (x, y) coordinate, use the
.B move
('1') command.	The distance a character can move is calculated by
1 plus 1.5 per
.B level.
Moving in a compass direction will move the player the maximum
allowed distance in that direction.
.PP
A player may see who else is playing by using the
.B players
('2') option.  One may see the coordinates of those who are the same
distance or closer to the origin as he/she.
.B Kings,
and
.B council of the wise
can see and can be seen by everyone.  A
.B palantir
removes these restrictions.
.PP
One can talk to other players with the
.B talk
('3') option.  In general, this is a line or so of text.  To remove a current
message, just type <return> when prompted for a message.
.PP
The
.B stats
('4') option shows additional characteristics of a player.
.PP
One may leave the game either with the
.B quit
('5') option.
.PP
One may rest by default.  Resting lets one regain maximum
.B energy level,
and also lets one find
.B mana
(more is found for larger levels and further distances from the origin).
.PP
One may call a monster by hitting '9' or 'C'.
.PP
Use 'X' to examine other players.
.PP
One may quit or execute a sub-shell by hitting interrupt.
Quitting during battle results in death for obvious reasons.
.PP
Several other options become available as the player progresses in
.B level
and
.B magic,
or to other stations in the game (
.B valar, council of the wise, king
).
These are described elsewhere.
In general, a control-L will force the redrawing of the screen.
.PP
Other things which may happen are more or less self-explanatory.
.sh "Fighting Monsters"
A player has several options while fighting monsters.  They are as follows:
.TP 1.5i
.B melee
Inflicts damage on the monster, based upon
.B strength.
Also decreases the monster's
.B strength
some.
.TP 1.5i
.B skirmish
Inflicts a little less damage than
.B melee,
but decreases the monster's
.B quickness
instead.
.TP 1.5i
.B evade
Attempt to run away.  Success is based upon both the player's and
the monster's
.B brains
and
.B quickness.
.TP 1.5i
.B spell
Several options for throwing spells (described elsewhere).
.TP 1.5i
.B nick
Hits the monster one plus the player's
.B sword,
and gives the player 10% of the monster's
.B experience.
Decreases the monster's
.B experience
an amount proportional to the amount granted.
This also increases the monster's quickness.
Paralyzed monsters wake up very fast when nicked.
.TP 1.5i
.B luckout
This is essentially a battle of wits with the monster.	Success is based
upon the player's and the monster's
.B brains.
The player gets credit for slaying the monster if he/she succeeds.
Otherwise, nothing happens, and the chance to
.B luckout
is lost.
.sh "Character Statistics"
.TP 1.5i
.B strength
determines how much damage a character can inflict.
.TP 1.5i
.B quickness
determines how many chances a character gets to make decisions while
fighting.
.TP 1.5i
.B energy level
specifies how much damage a character may endure before dying.
.TP 1.5i
.B magic level
determines which spells a character may throw, and how effective those
spells will be.
.TP 1.5i
.B brains
basically, the character's intelligence; used for various fighting options
and spells.
.TP 1.5i
.B mana
used as a power source for throwing spells.
.TP 1.5i
.B experience
gained by fighting monsters and other characters.
.TP 1.5i
.B level
indicative of how much experience a character has accumulated; progresses
geometrically as
.B experience
increases.
.TP 1.5i
.B poison
sickness which degrades a character's performance (affects
.B energy level
and
.B strength
).
.TP 1.5i
.B sin
accumulated as a character does certain nasty things; used only rarely
in normal play of the game.
.TP 1.5i
.B age
of player; roughly equivalent to number of turns.
As
.B age
increases, many personal statistics degenerate.
.sh "Character Types"
Character statistics are rolled randomly from the above list, according
to character type.  The types are as follows:
.TP 1.5i
.B magic user
strong in
.B magic level
and
.B brains
, weak in other areas.	Must rely on wits and magic to survive.
.TP 1.5i
.B fighter
good in
.B strength
and
.B energy level
, fairly good in other areas.  This adds up to a well-equipped fighter.
.TP 1.5i
.B elf
very high
.B quickness
and above average
.B magic level
are
.B elves
selling points.
.TP 1.5i
.B dwarf
very high
.B strength
and
.B energy level
, but with a tendency to be rather slow and not too bright.
.TP 1.5i
.B halfling
rather quick and smart, with high
.B energy level
, but poor in
.B magic
and
.B strength.
Born with some
.B experience.
.TP 1.5i
.B experimento
very mediocre in all areas.  However, the
.B experimento
may be placed almost anywhere within the playing grid.
.PP
The possible ranges for starting statistics are summarized in
the following table.
.PP
.TS
l c c c c c c
l c c c c c c.
Type	Strength	Quick	Mana	Energy	Brains	Magic
_
Mag. User	10-15	30-35	50-100	30-45	60-85	5-9
Fighter	40-55	30-35	30-50	45-70	25-45	3-6
Elf	35-45	32-38	45-90	30-50	40-65	4-7
Dwarf	50-70	25-30	25-45	60-100	20-40	2-5
Halfling	20-25	34	25-45	55-90	40-75	1-4
Experimento	25	27	100	35	25	2
.TE
.PP
Not only are the starting characteristics different for the different
character types, the characteristics progress at different rates for the
different types as the character goes up in
.B level.  Experimentoes'
characteristics progress randomly as one of the other types.
The progression as characters increase in
.B level
is summarized in the following table.
.PP
.TS
l c c c c c
l n n n n n.
Type	Strength	Mana	Energy	Brains	Magic
_
Mag. User	2.0	75	20	6	2.75
Fighter	3.0	40	30	3.0	1.5
Elf	2.5	65	25	4.0	2.0
Dwarf	5	30	35	2.5	1
Halfling	2.0	30	30	4.5	1
.TE
.PP
The character type also determines how much gold a player may
carry, how long until
.B rings
can overcome the player, and how much
.B poison
the player can withstand.
.sh "Spells"
During the course of the game, the player may exercise his/her
magic powers.  These cases are described below.
.TP 1.5i
.B cloak
.I magic level necessary:
20 (plus level 7)
.br
.I mana used:
35 plus 3 per rest period
.br
Used during normal play.  Prevents monsters from finding the character,
as well as hiding the player from other players.  His/her coordinates
show up as '?' in the
.B players
option.  Players cannot collect
.B mana,
find trading posts, or discover the
.B grail
while cloaked.	Calling a monster uncloaks, as well as choosing
this option while cloaked.
.br
.TP 1.5i
.B teleport
.I magic level necessary:
40 (plus level 12)
.br
.I mana used:
30 per 75 moved
.br
Used during normal play.  Allows the player too move with much more freedom
than with the
.B move
option, at the price of expending mana.  The maximum distance possible
to move is based upon
.B level
and
.B magic level.
.TP 1.5i
.B power blast
.I magic level necessary:
none
.br
.I mana used:
5 times
.B level
.br
Used during inter-terminal battle.  Damage is based upon
.B magic level
and
.B strength.
Hits much harder than a normal hit.
.TP 1.5i
.B all or nothing
.I magic level necessary:
none
.br
.I mana used:
1
.br
Used while combating monsters.
Has a 25% chance of working.  If it works it hits the monster just enough
to kill it.  If it fails, it doesn't hit the monster, and doubles the
monster's
.B quickness
and
.B strength.
Paralyzed monsters wake up much quicker as a result of this spell.
.TP 1.5i
.B magic bolt
.I magic level necessary:
5
.br
.I mana used:
variable
.br
Used while combating monsters.  Hits the monster based upon the amount
of
.B mana
expended and
.B magic level.
Guaranteed to hit at least 10 per
.B mana.
.TP 1.5i
.B force field
.I magic level necessary:
15
.br
.I mana used:
30
.br
Used during monster combat.  Throws up a shield to protect from damage.
The shield is added to actual energy level, and is a fixed number, based
upon maximum energy.  Normally, damage occurs first to the shield, and
then to the players actual
.B energy level.
.TP 1.5i
.B transform
.I magic level necessary:
25
.br
.I mana used:
50
.br
Used during monster combat.  Transforms the monster randomly into one
of the 100 monsters from the monster file.
.TP 1.5i
.B increase might
.I magic level necessary:
35
.br
.I mana used:
75
.br
Used during combat with monsters.  Increases strength up to a maximum.
.TP 1.5i
.B invisibility
.I magic level necessary:
45
.br
.I mana used:
90
.br
Used while fighting monsters.  Makes it harder for the monster to hit,
by temporarily increasing the player's
.B quickness.
This spell may be thrown several times, but a maximum level will be reached.
.TP 1.5i
.B transport
.I magic level necessary:
60
.br
.I mana used:
125
.br
Used during monster combat.  Transports the monster away from the
player.  Success is base upon player's
.B magic
and
.B brains,
and the monster's
.B experience.
If it fails the player is transported instead.	60% of the time, the monster
will drop any treasure it was carrying.
.TP 1.5i
.B paralyze
.I magic level necessary:
75
.br
.I mana used:
150
.br
Used during monster combat.  "Freezes" the monster by putting its
.B quickness
slightly negative.  The monster will slowly wake up.  Success is based
upon player's
.B magic
and the monster's
.B experience.
If it fails, nothing happens.
.TP 1.5i
.B specify
.I magic level necessary:
none
.br
.I mana used:
1000
.br
Used during monster combat only by
.B valar
or
.B council of the wise.
Allows the player to pick which monster to fight.
.sh "Monsters"
Monsters get bigger as one moves farther from the origin (0,0).  Rings of
distance 125 from the origin determine the size.  A monster's
.B experience, energy level,
and
.B brains
are multiplied by the size.
.B Strength
is increase 50% per size over one, and
.B quickness
remains the same, regardless of size.
.PP
Also, nastier monsters are found as one progress farther out
from the origin.  Monsters also may flock.  The percent chance of that
happening is designated as
.B flock%
in the monster listing.  Monsters outside the first ring
may carry treasure, as determined by their treasure type.
Flocking monsters, and bigger monsters increase the chances of treasure.
.PP
Certain monsters have special abilities; they are as follows:
.TP 1.5i
.B Unicorn
can only be subdued if the player is in possession of a
.B virgin.
.TP 1.5i
.B Modnar
has random characteristics, including treasure type.
.TP 1.5i
.B Mimic
will pick another name from the list of monsters in order to
confuse.
.TP 1.5i
.B Dark Lord
very nasty person.  Does not like to be hit (especially nicked),
and many spells do not work well (or at all) against him.
One can always
.B evade
from the
.B Dark Lord.
.TP 1.5i
.B Leanan-Sidhe
also a very nasty person.  She will permanently sap
.B strength
from someone.
.TP 1.5i
.B Saruman
wanders around with
.B Wormtongue
, who can steal a
.B palantir.
Also,
.B Saruman
may turn a player's gems into gold pieces,
or scramble her/his stats.
.TP 1.5i
.B Thaumaturgist
can transport a player.
.TP 1.5i
.B Balrog
inflicts damage by taking away
.B experience
, not
.B energy.
.TP 1.5i
.B Vortex
may take some
.B mana.
.TP 1.5i
.B Nazgul
may try to steal a
.B ring
or neutralize part of one's
.B brains.
.TP 1.5i
.B Tiamat
may take half a player's
.B gold
and
.B gems
and escape.
.TP 1.5i
.B Kobold
may get nasty and steal one gold piece and run away.
.TP 1.5i
.B Shelob
may bite, inflicting the equivalent of one
.B poison.
.TP 1.5i
.B Assorted Faeries
These are killed if attacking someone carrying
.B holy water.
These are
.B Cluricaun, Fir Darrig, Fachan,
.B Ghille Dhu, Bogle, Killmoulis,
and
.B Bwca.
.TP 1.5i
.B Lamprey
may bite, inflicting 1/2 of a
.B poison.
.TP 1.5i
.B Shrieker
will call one of its (much bigger) buddies if picked upon.
.TP 1.5i
.B Bonnacon
will become bored with battle, fart, and run off.
.TP 1.5i
.B Smeagol
will try to steal a
.B ring
from a player, if given the chance.
.TP 1.5i
.B Succubus
may inflict damage through a
.B force field.
This subtracts from
.B energy level