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DarkStone's Spells and Skills FAQ
Version 1.0
Based on the PC version of the game
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Written by BaDBoY (badboy_@go.com)
On: Sunday, January 19, 2003
Last Update - Monday, January 20, 2003
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<> INDEX
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I. Introduction
A. My First Words
B. Updates History
II. Spells
III. Skills
A. Latent Skills
B. Other Skills
C. Distribution of Skills Available to the Various Castes
IV. Conclusion
A. My Final Words
B. Thanks to
C. My Other FAQs
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I. Introduction
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A. My First Words
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Welcome to this Spells and Skills FAQ for DarkStone on the PC.
Here, you'll find the lists of the Spells and Skills in the game,
which have been taken from the Manual. If you don't have it, this
file will surely help you. Also, don't forget to check the other FAQs
written by the others in GameFAQs out. There should be no update, but
who knows?
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B. Updates History
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<> Version 1.0 - 1/20/2003
- Wrote all of this.
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II. Spells
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The Spells here are listed alphabatecally...
O Absorption
Absorbs the enemies vital energy during combat. The player can
pick up life points using this.
O Antidote
Is used to heal characters who have been poisoned.
O Berserker
Increases the character's armour class, speed of attack and chance
of gaining a hit during a certain period of time. You can also win
life points.
O Confusion
Plunges an enemy into total confusion, making him go and attack
his comrades.
O Death Dome
Creates a protection dome around a character. Anyone who tries to
break through it will be injured.
O Detection
Helps detect magic objects, which are then highlighted in blue.
O Fear
Causes panic amidst the enemy lines.
O Fire Ball
Launches fire balls.
O Flame Thrower
Launches huge flames at enemy targets.
O Food
Provides your character with food.
O Forgetfulness
Causes you to temporarily forget spells for monsters and erases
the enemy players' pre-selected spells.
O Haste
Allows you to move faster.
O Healing
Provides healing.
O Invisibility
Makes a character invisible to everyone, but he may be given away
by his footsteps.
O Invocation
Invokes a fire golem which attacks your enemies.
O Light
Creates a luminous aura around your character. Its power depends
on your character's experience level.
O Magic Ball
Is similar to a mine and explodes on contact with the opponent or
when a certain period of time has elapsed.
It can be used to booby-trap chests.
O Magic Door
Creates a door that allows your character to go back and forward
between the dungeon and town.
O Magic Missile
Launches magic projectiles.
O Mutation
Turns the enemy target into a chicken.
O Night Vision
Allows you to see the enemy better in dark areas.
O Poison Cloud
Produces a green cloud which poisons anyone who approaches it.
O Reflection
Rebounds any spells cast or projectiles thrown at you onto your
aggressor.
O Resurrection
Allows you to revive your character.
O Slowness
Slows down your enemy target's speed of movement and combat.
O Spark
Throws sparks at a target.
O Stone
Turns the target creature to stone.
O Storm
Pushes back any enemy at close range to the thrower. Any enemy
touching a wall gets damage points against him.
O Telekinesis
Can be used to open up chests, pick up objects and pull levers
from a distance.
O Thunder
Throws lightning bolts at the enemy.
O Wall of Fire
Creates a wall of fire.
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III. Skills
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A. Latent Skills
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O Communion
Ability to recover mana stocks more quickly.
O Language
Ability to decode coded messages (Multiplayer mode only).
O Learning
Ability to quickly increase your character's experience.
O Master of Arms
Ability to increase speed of attack and chances of a successful
hit.
O Perception
Ability to detect traps.
O Trade
Ability to bargain over the price you want to buy or sell an item
at.
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B. Other Skills
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O Concentration
Ability to enhance your character's physical attributes
temporarily (strength and dexterity).
O Defusing
Ability to undo traps.
O Detection
Ability to detect magic objects.
O Exorcism
Ability to remove spells from cursed objects carried by another
player.
O Forester
Ability to find food.
O Identification
Ability to identify all unknown objects.
O Lycanthropy
Ability to change your character into a werewolf. (All the magic
points are used for strength).
O Medicine
Ability to heal others.
O Meditation
Ability to temporarily increase your number of mana points.
O Orientation
Ability to display the entire map for the regions and dungeons for
a given period of time.
O Prayer
Ability to increase your character's armour class.
O Recharging
Ability to recharge the magic objects you have.
O Repair
Ability to repair the weapons you have.
O Silence
Ability of your character to move around without being noticed by
his opponents.
O Theft
Ability to rob the characters you meet.
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C. Distribution of Skills Available to the Various Castes
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<> Warriors
- Concentration
- Forester
- Learning
- Master of Arms
- Orientation
- Repair
- Trade
<> Thieves
- Defusing
- Identification
- Learning
- Perception
- Silence
- Theft
- Trade
<> Wizards
- Communion
- Detection
- Identification
- Language
- Learning
- Lycanthropy (the Sorceress only)
- Meditation
- Recharging
<> Priests
- Communion
- Exorcism
- Learning
- Master of Arms
- Medicine
- Perception
- Prayer
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IV. Conclusion
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A. My Final Words
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I enjoyed making this in-depth FAQ. I hope it was useful to you.
If you are making a walkthrough for this game, and want to take the
things here, you can do so, as long as you've e-mailed me before.
Have a good play.
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B. Thanks to
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I'd like to give thanks to...
<> DarkStone™'s Game Manual
For the names and descriptions of the Spells and Skills found in
this document.
<> Electronic Arts and Delphine Software International
For making such a good game.
<> Loic Belland
For writing the Manual of DarkStone™.
<> CJayC, Webmaster of GameFAQs
For making the best game guides Web site ever on the WWW.
<> You
For reading or even scrolling my file down. Without you, this may
not be possible. Thanks a lot.
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C. My Other FAQs
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You can also have a look at my other projects in GameFAQs. The
number of them currently is small, but it'll grow, I'm sure. Go to:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/24337.html
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