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Lodoss Wars I Write-up						Rick Hong
======================						Jan, 1996
								rhong@uiuc.edu
Characters
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These are in the order that they join your party.
Parn		(P)\
Etho		(E) \
Deedlit		(D)  \____ Weapons usable by a character are denoted with
Ghim		(G)  /---- these letters when you buy the weapons.
Slayn		(S) /
Woodchuck	(W)/

Weapons/Armor/Rings/Specials
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As usual, the higher the price, the more powerful the weapon.
When purchasing these, the letters and underscores shown next to the prices 
tell which character can use that item.  + and - denote magic use.  Some of
these +/- weapons decrease MP when used in battle, so if you run out of MP, 
you cannot attack.  I don't think it means cursed, but you are able to unequip 
these weapons.  Also, enemies can cast spells keeping you from using your
MP, and if all party members are using weapons requiring MP, you will not be 
able to attack, until you equip non-MP using weapons.

Towns
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Bar-	Sign w/ Bottle and Glass
	The last option in the menu is to drink.  This heals the whole party
	fully (LP & MP), but costs a lot when the party is in poor condition.
	The other options allow you to talk to people at the bar.  You can 
	listen for rumors and hear about new quests.  Some of the party 
	members are found at bars.
	BTW: You can't enter a bar with a dead player! (hehe)

Market-	Sign w/ Crossed Swords.
	Buy/Sell items.  The more expensive, the better the item.
	First couple of people sell Weapons/Armor/Rings.  Specials can only be
	found in battle.  The last person on the list is the potion dealer.

Square-	Icon of a fountain.
	Place where you can pull up your menu without leaving town.

Temple-	Icon Changes for different towns.
	Place to heal, revive people back to life, find out some information
	about your characters (if you can read Japanese).

Library-Icon Changes for different towns. 
	Find out information about monsters and spells.  Japanese kinda 
	required.
	
Castle-	Icon Changes for different towns.
	Some castles heal your party.  Others are places where the king
	assigns you a quest.

Spells
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I can't go type all the spells out.  I can't even read them, so you gotta
figure these out yourself.  I can help you out with the types a little though.

+----+  Type                   Etho  Deedlit  Slayn
|### |  Attack Spells           4       9       9\
|### |  ?                       4       5       5 \   Total Spells of this type
|### |  ?                       4       4       3  == No new spells after
|### |  Heal Spells             8       0       0 /   Level 13
|### |  Summon Spells           0       4       3/
+----+

Menus
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Pressing button I brings up a menu when you are traveling.  This same menu
comes up when you are in a town square.
I'll just put a # where characters appear.  You can kind of figure it out
by the number of #s in a line for some menus.
+----+
|####| 1) Heal- allows you to heal member.
|####| 2) Options - Various options.
|####| 3) Order - Changes character order as shown on right side of screen.
|####| 4) Teleport - Teleport to a town.
+----+

	Heal - Choose member you want to heal, then...
	+--------+
	|########| Etho - Have Etho cast a heal spell.
	|######  | Potion - Use a potion from the inventory.
	+--------+
	a) Etho - Etho will cast a heal spell of your choice.
	b) Potion - the number in the () show how many of that potion you have.
		+----------------+			Write Japanese symbol
		|#########   (  )|  Heals LP.		[	]<-- If you
		|########    (  )|  Heals Poison.	[	]  print this
		|##########  (  )|  Heals No-Magic. 	[	]  write Jap.
		|#########   (  )|  Heals Poison.	[	]  symbols here
		+----------------+

	Options
	  +----+
	  |##  | Member Options/View Stats
	  |### | Load - Load a game.
	  |### | Save - Save over an old game or create a new save.
	  |### | Order - Reorder Party configuration while in battle.
	  |####| Auto Battle Options
	  +----+

		Member Options/View Stats - Choose the member you want to view.
		 Notes:	Level - You can lose a level (how annoying).
			LP - Life Points		MP - Magic Points
			EP - EP needed to raise a level.ST - Strength
			AP - Attack Power		EN - Endurance
			DP - Defensive Power		AG - Agility
			RE - Resistance to Magic	IN - Intelligence
			CP - ?(MP used in +/- weapons?)	LU - Luck
			SP - Speed			PB - ?
		+----+
		|##  |	Equip item - Equipping same type unequips old item.
		|### |	Unequip - Not usually used.
		|##  |	Trade - Trade item between party members.
		|### |	Drop - Drop an item.
		|##  |	View Spells - Shows the Character's spells (see Spells)
		+----+

		Auto Battle Options - Config options for Auto Battle.
			The L type character at the end means No.  
			The n type character at the end means Yes.
			Here's my configuration:
			+------+
			|#####n|  Allow Use of Spell Type 1 (Attack Spells)
			|#####L|  Allow Use of Spell Type 2 (?)
			|#####L|  Allow Use of Spell Type 3 (?)
			|#####n|  Allow Use of Spell Type 4 (Heal Spells)
			|#####n|  Allow Use of Spell Type 5 (Summon Spells)
			|#####n|  Allow Use of Potions
			+------+


Battle
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Notes: 	EP gained from battle is split evenly between party members.
	The algorithm used for movement is sad.  Characters waste their turn
		too often because of this.
	When a party member dies during battle, s/he doesn't get experience
		for that particular battle.  The EP is split among the living
		characters after that battle.
	To restore a dead character, you either need to go to a town temple 
		or you can cast Etho's revive spell if you have it.  You can
		also go to places where healing is free (the shrine, certain
		castles, Deedlit or Parn's home).
	If you are in Auto Battle, and you want to control battle the next
		round, hold Button II down.
	Holding Either Button I or II during battle speeds up the text.

After you encounter an enemy, the following menu appears...
+----+
|##  |	Fight - Fight the enemy.
|####|	?
|####|	?
|####|	Auto Battle - Let's the computer take over the battle.
|####|	Change Auto Battle Options.
|### |	Run - Run away.
+----+

Fight - Goes down the list of characters, allowing you to choose their course
	of action.  If the character cannot cast spells, the spell option is
	not shown.
	+--+
	|##|  Attack - Choose enemy to attack.
	|##|  Walk - Has character walk to certain position (bad algorithm)
	|##|  Cast Spell - Choose spell to cast (see Spells).
   +-->	|##|  Other - Choice of other options.
   |	|##|  Defend - Causes party member to defend him/herself.
   |	+--+
   |
   +-->	Other - Allows members to equip or use potions/items.
		+----+
		|####|	Potion - Use a potion.
		|####|	Equip - Equip an item (yes, during battle)
		|####|	Use Item - Use an equipped item.
		+----+		   (Some items cast spells)


Glitch
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I noticed that sometimes when leaving the Options menu, the party members 
got back some of their MP.  I found out that if you move one space, go to
the Options menu (the Save/Load menu), exit, walk one space, go to the
Options menu, exit, and continue this, you can revive your whole party's
MP.  Very nice when you're low on MP and LP, since Etho can heal LP using
spells which require MP.

Final Notes
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Holding Button II down while traveling makes the character walk faster.
I'd just restore whenever a player lost a level.  Ghosts and witches can 
steal levels from your party members.  I found out that you may visit the
shrine to get the level back.
Healing with Etho's first spell many times is more effective than using 
his more powerful healing spells.  Using his 1MP healing spell many times
saves much more MPs than casting more powerful healing spells.  (only useful
when not in battle)
Summoning Elementals is a good idea, because it gives you an NPC to attack
the enemies, and it gives the enemies another target.
Poisoned Characters lose a Life Point every couple of steps of travel.

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| If there are any errors or  |	
| additions you'd like to see |
| mail me at rhong@uiuc.edu   |
|			Rick  |
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