User manual GAMES PC DRACULA RESURRECTION

[. . . ] It is a world burning the candle at both ends, enjoying twice the light in half the time, and spinning all the faster toward annihilation and the Void. Some are home to thriving civilizations, while others are all that remain of greater achievements long since sunk beneath the waves. Oceana is a violent world of capricious storms, where natural geographic barriers and hostile sea-life hold people and empires apart. Of all the islands of Oceana, the most fabled by far is Dilmun, "The Land Where The Sun Sets. " Located on a score of nautical charts, each time in a different place, Dilmun is always just over the horizon. [. . . ] Presently you spot what seems to be a ruined city, halfsubmerged in the sea. You find a place to land your craft on a stretch of sand southeast of the ruins. A sign above the door identifies the place as the `Official Quag Visitors Information Bureau'. An ugly little woman with a cluster of purple eyes enthusiastically greets you. We don't get so much business since the war. " You learn that Quag's only city - the City of the Yellow Mud Toad - is sinking into the swamp and the priests of the Yellow Mud Toad are powerless to stop it. "But it's really quite safe for travelers, " the woman is hasty to add. "Quag remains an isle of wonders, and many still dream of taking the vapors!" You judge the woman quite mad. Massive bronze doors guard a way through the rock; fearsome beasts guard the way to the door. They are half scorpion and half dragon, but in some ways they look like men. They glow with an inner light, bathing the ground at their feet in glory. They appear to be a man and a woman, and thus doubly dangerous for the bond they must share. 242 Dragon WarsTM 49) After a few hours of cautious work, you're able to lash an appropriate rock to the broken pick handle with the laces you received from the dying man. "I ran into Sir Loin of Pork this afternoon - he said he was about to become Baron of Greymatter. " This guy really stinks. If wiser men than you consigned this man to the dungeons, who are you to set himfree. "I got a million of `em, " the jester says, seeming to notice you for the first time and perking up considerably. "Cancel the Renaissance - it looks like a reign of terror!"comes the muffled voice from behind the door. 54) "Thanks for putting me back together - I feel swell!" Lanac'toor grins. "I was a little nervous when you put my arms on backwards, but I guess I'll get used to it. Having my elbows bend the wrong way will make it easier for me to scratch my back!" 55) A yawning chasm stretches before you. A violent gust of hot wind rises from the chasm. . . the void must reach to the very roots of the world, below even the Underworld. Out of the chasm, starting an unknowable distance beneath you and stretching as far as the eye can see, you view a vomitous mass of irregular black stone. The tower stands piled atop itself and is at once designed and chaotic. . . from one angle it looks like a sorcerer's stronghold, while from another it seems like the exposed spine of a fantastic beast. More likely it exists in more than one dimension at the same time, and is thus difficult to see in its entirety. [. . . ] After pressing "U" for "Use", you will be prompted for which character (type a number) and whether an item, skill, or attribute is being used (press I, S, or A). If you pick "S" for Skill, you'll further be asked whether the skill is a Lore skill, a Knowledge skill (including the Magic skills and Bureaucracy), or an Ability (most other skills). Then you'll be asked what you want to do from a final list of skills or items. After picking what you want to do, you may be asked for a target; for instance, with Bandage skill, you'll be asked which character you want to bandage. [. . . ]