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<li><a href='About.html'>About the Blades of Exile Scenario Editor</a></li>
<li><a href='Building.html'>Scenario Building: A Step By Step Guide</a></li>
<li><a href='Editing.html'>Making and Editing Scenarios</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='Editing.html#file'>File Menu</a></li>
<li><a href='Editing.html#scenario'>Scenario Menu</a></li>
<li><a href='Editing.html#main'>The Main Menu</a></li>
<li><a href='Editing.html#specitems'>Special Items (Advanced)</a></li>
<li><a href='Editing.html#quests'>Quests (Advanced)</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href='Outdoors.html'>Editing the Outdoors</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='Outdoors.html#screen'>The Outdoor Editing Screen</a></li>
<li><a href='Outdoors.html#ter'>Editing Terrain</a></li>
<li><a href='Outdoors.html#buttons'>Editing Buttons</a></li>
<li><a href='Outdoors.html#menu'>Outdoor Menu</a></li>
<li><a href='Outdoors.html#detail'>Outdoor Details</a></li>
<li><a href='Outdoors.html#encounter'>Outdoor Wandering Encounters</a></li>
<li><a href='Outdoors.html#icons'>Special Icons</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href='Towns.html'>Editing Towns</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='Towns.html#buttons'>Editing Buttons</a></li>
<li><a href='Towns.html#menu'>Town Menu</a></li>
<li><a href='Towns.html#detail'>Town Details</a></li>
<li><a href='Towns.html#items'>Placing and Editing Items</a></li>
<li><a href='Towns.html#monster'>Placing and Editing Monsters</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href='Terrain.html'>Editing Terrain Types</a></li>
<li><a href='Monsters.html'>Editing Monster Types</a></li>
<li><a href='Items.html'>Editing Items</a></li>
<li><a href='Advanced.html'>Advanced Topics Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href='Specials.html'>Special Encounters</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='Specials.html#intro'>Special Nodes</a></li>
<li><a href='Specials.html#pointer'>Pointers (Advanced)</a></li>
<li><a href='Specials.html#example'>Simple Examples</a></li>
<li><a href='Specials.html#edit'>The Editing Dialog</a></li>
<li><a href='Specials.html#other'>Other Ways to Edit Specials</a></li>
<li><a href='Specials.html#calling'>What Nodes are Called When</a></li>
<li><a href='Specials.html#time'>Time Passing</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html'>Dialogue</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#intro'>Writing Dialogue</a></li>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#nodes'>Dialogue Node Types</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#nodes-basic'>Basic Conversation</a></li>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#nodes-cond'>If-Then</a></li>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#nodes-shop'>Shopping</a></li>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#nodes-button'>Item Button</a></li>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#nodes-buy'>Buying</a></li>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#nodes-end'>End Conversation</a></li>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#nodes-spec'>Special Encounter</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#buy-sell'>The Buy and Sell buttons</a></li>
<li><a href='Dialogue.html#shop'>Defining Shops</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href='Graphics.html'>Customizing Graphics</a></li>
<li><a href='Testing.html'>Testing and Distributing Your Scenario</a></li>
</ol>
<h2>Appendices</h2>
<ol style='list-style-type:upper-alpha'>
<li><a href='appendix/Specials.html'>Special Encounter Node Types</a></li>
<li><a href='appendix/Monsters.html'>Monster Ability Types</a></li>
<li><a href='appendix/Items.html'>Item Ability Types</a></li>
<li><a href='appendix/Terrain.html'>Starting Terrain Types</a></li>
<li><a href='appendix/Sounds.html'>Blades Sound Effects</a></li>
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<h2>Technical support</h2>
<p>If you are having trouble with the game, use the following resources to get help.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/openexile/">Google Code Project</a></li>
<ul><li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/openexile/issues/list">Bug Tracker</a></li></ul>
<li><a href="http://www.ironycentral.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=22&page=1">Blades of Exile Forum at Spiderweb Software</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/calref/cboe">Github Repository</a></li>
<ul><li><a href="https://github.com/calref/cboe/issues">Bug Tracker</a></li></ul>
<li><a href="http://spiderwebforums.ipbhost.com/index.php?/forum/12-blades-of-exile/">Blades of Exile Forum at Spiderweb Software</a></li>
<li><a href='irc://irc.freenode.net/openboe'>Blades of Exile IRC channel</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Spiderweb Software</h3>
<ul>

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Personality area. Now that the personality is there, you just need to write the
dialogue.</p>
<h2>Writing Dialogue</h2>
<h2 id='intro'>Writing Dialogue</h2>
<p>Press Edit Town Dialogue to edit a town's 10 personalities. A character always responds
to name, look, and job, and has a response for when the party asks about something weird.
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ press Go Back.</p>
text can each be 256 characters long, there isn't room for more than 400 characters on the
talking screen. Test your dialogue to make sure it is all fitting.</p>
<h2>Special Node Types</h2>
<h2 id='nodes'>Dialogue Node Types</h2>
<p>The talking node types (and the meanings of the A, B, C, and D fields) are:</p>
<h3>Basic Conversation Talking Nodes</h3>
<h3 id='nodes-basic'>Basic Conversation Talking Nodes</h3>
<p>These are the basic talking node types, the talking nodes you will use the most
often.</p>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ the quality of the inn (Range 0 ... 3). If the party can afford it, the characte
Text 1, and the party is moved to (C,D). Otherwise, they are told Text 2 and conversation
continues.</p>
<h3>If-Then Talking Nodes</h3>
<h3 id='nodes-cond'>If-Then Talking Nodes</h3>
<p>What the character says when one of these talking nodes is called depends on
circumstances, such as what town the party is in or whether a certain Stuff Done flag has
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ on passing time).</p>
<p><b>Node Type 6 - Depends On Town</b> Response depends on what town the party is in. If
the party is in town A, the response is Text 1. Otherwise, its Text 2.</p>
<h3>Shopping Talking Nodes</h3>
<h3 id='nodes-shop'>Shopping Talking Nodes</h3>
<p>When one of these nodes is a response, conversation temporarily ends, and a different
sort of screen appears.</p>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ show. If the job board is angry at you for failing too many jobs, no job board w
shown and the response will be Text 2. Text 1 is currently ignored, but reserved to be a
name for the job board.</p>
<h3>Item Button Talking Nodes</h3>
<h3 id='nodes-button'>Item Button Talking Nodes</h3>
<p>Each of these talking node types makes a button appear by certain items in the PC
Inventory Screen. Pressing these buttons does something with the item, such as sell it or
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ by all of the character's identified, non-magical weapons. A is the sort of ench
party can buy (0 - +1, 1 - +2, 2 - +3, 3 - shoot flame spells, 4 - flaming weapon, 5 - +5,
6 - blessed)</p>
<h3>Buying Talking Nodes</h3>
<h3 id='nodes-buy'>Buying Talking Nodes</h3>
<p>All of these talking nodes try to sell the party something (such as the location of a
town) but are not regular shops, and don't bring up a shopping screen.</p>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ and they will be able to see and enter town/dungeon number B. Otherwise, they ar
Text 2. If the party already knows where this town is, no gold is taken.</p>
<p>Note: If you set the cost to 0, the party is always told where the town is.</p>
<h3>End Conversation Talking Nodes</h3>
<h3 id='nodes-end'>End Conversation Talking Nodes</h3>
<p>When one of these node types is the response to something the player asks, the
conversation ends immediately. Only the Record and Bye buttons at the bottom will be
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ character has a Go Away Permanently Stuff Done flag chosen for it, that flag is
and the character will disappear permanently.</p>
<p>Uses: A dying character who tells the party one last thing and expires.</p>
<h3>Special Encounter Talking Nodes</h3>
<h3 id='nodes-spec'>Special Encounter Talking Nodes</h3>
<p>These highly important node types provide the way to have elaborate special encounters
embedded in conversations. When a talking node of one of these types is the response, a
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ in the Scenario special node list instead of the Town special node list.</p>
<p>Note: If a town special is called, only a town message will be shown. If a scenario
node is called, a scenario message will be shown.</p>
<h2>The Buy and Sell Buttons</h2>
<h2 id='buy-sell'>The Buy and Sell Buttons</h2>
<p>When the game is in talk mode, there are Buy and Sell buttons at the bottom of the
talking area. The player will expect that, when the former is pressed, the game will go
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"training"), and "ench" (for "enchant"), in that order. So, if your character responds to
one of those, you don't need to also make them respond to "purc".</p>
<h2>Defining Shops</h2>
<h2 id='shop'>Defining Shops</h2>
<p>To edit shop definitions, click Edit Shops on the main screen and select a shop from
the list on the right, or click Create New to make a new one. A dialog comes up, showing

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properties. As mentioned before, something marked (Advanced) can be ignored by people who
aren't interested in making more complicated scenarios.</p>
<h2>The File Menu</h2>
<h2 id='file'>The File Menu</h2>
<p>You use the File menu to load new scenarios and save scenarios youve edited.</p>
<ul>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if you would like to save first.</li>
<p>Scenarios made in Macintosh and Windows are interchangeable. A scenario edited on the
Mac can be run on a Windows machine, and vice versa.</p>
<h3>Creating a scenario</h3>
<h3 id='new'>Creating a scenario</h3>
<p>When you make a new scenario, two dialog boxes will come up, asking you for
information about the scenario to make:</p>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Warrior's Grove, a pre-made town.</p>
that cancelling from the Save dialog does not cancel the creation of your scenario; it
just skips saving it to disk,</p>
<h2>The Scenario Menu</h2>
<h2 id='scenario'>The Scenario Menu</h2>
<p>A lot of things for your scenario are set using the Scenario menu.</p>
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This may take a while - be patient.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Making a New Town</h3>
<h3 id='newtown'>Making a New Town</h3>
<p>When you select Create New Town, a dialog box will come up asking for information on
the town to create, which will then be added to the end of the current town list. The text
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ terrain type to select the terrain the town will start with.</p>
<p>You will automatically be editing the new town. The scenario must be saved before you
can create a new town.</p>
<h2>The Main Menu</h2>
<h2 id='main'>The Main Menu</h2>
<div class="figure">
<img src="../img/editormainmenu.png" alt="The Main Menu"></p>
<p>Figure 1: The Main Menu</p>
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next section on dialogue.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Special Items (Advanced)</h2>
<h2 id='specitems'>Special Items (Advanced)</h2>
<p>Special items are given to the party during special encounters, and other special encounters can check for their presence. A key to a locked door might be a special item, and when the door is reached, the party will only be let through if they have that item.
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ next section on dialogue.</li>
<p>The first two text areas are for the item's name and description (the description appears when the player uses the Special Item screen). If you want the party to start with the item, click the first button. If you want them to be able to use it, click the second button. When a special item is used, the game will call a given Scenario special node. To create or edit this special node, press the Create/Edit button. Special encounters are described in great depth in the next section.</li>
<h2>Quests (Advanced)</h2>
<h2 id='quests'>Quests (Advanced)</h2>
<p>Quests give a way to remind the party what they need to do next. They can also be used to create a job bank, similar to Exile III.

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outdoor editing screen. Here, you can edit your outdoor sections terrain, special
encounters, wandering monsters, etc.</p>
<h2>The Outdoor Editing Screen</h2>
<h2 id='screen'>The Outdoor Editing Screen</h2>
<p>The areas of the outdoor editing screen are as follows:</p>
<ul>
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will be used by the eraser tool or when you click a terrain of the same type on the map.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Editing Terrain</h2>
<h2 id='ter'>Editing Terrain</h2>
<p>In all probability, the bulk of your scenario editing time will be spent painting the
terrain onto the empty canvas of a blank town or outdoor section. While this can often be
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ floor. When grass walkways (the second of the two, marked with a G) are rounded
is drawn. Make sure to only use cave walkways around cave floor, and grass walkways around
grass floor.</p> <!-- TODO: Didn't this get redone? -->
<h2>Editing Buttons</h2>
<h2 id='buttons'>Editing Buttons</h2>
<div class="figure">
<img src="../img/edoutbtns.png" alt="Terrain Editing Buttons">
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dot on the space.</li>
</ol>
<h2>The Outdoor Menu</h2>
<h2 id='menu'>Outdoor Menu</h2>
<p> The Outdoor menu also has a number of important features.</p>
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or alt click to clear it.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Outdoor Details</h2>
<h2 id='detail'>Outdoor Details</h2>
<p>This dialog lets you set a few important details about this outdoor section.</p>
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<li><b>Comment:</b> This is a space for you to add notes to yourself.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Outdoor Wandering Encounters</h2>
<h2 id='encounter'>Outdoor Wandering Encounters</h2>
<p> No outdoor travel would be complete without a few fights. Your main tool for providing
action outdoors is the outdoor encounter editing windows (accessed by selecting Outdoor
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node to be called when the party escapes the encounter.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Special Icons</h2>
<h2 id='icons'>Special Icons</h2>
<div class="figure">
<img src='../img/editorsymbols.gif' alt="Display Symbols">
<p>Figure 2: Meanings of the Display Symbols</p>

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same way. Before this will make much sense, though, there needs to be some background on
how exactly special encounters work.</p>
<h2>Special Nodes</h2>
<h2 id='intro'>Special Nodes</h2>
<p>The basic ingredient of a special encounter is called a special node. Each town and
outdoor section has a list of special nodes, and the scenario itself has a bunch of them
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a set of global nodes. This multitude of special nodes will be the clay with which you can
sculpt a wild, elaborate adventure.</p>
<h2>Pointers (Advanced)</h2>
<h2 id='pointer'>Pointers (Advanced)</h2>
<p>Pointers are an advanced feature of the special node engine. A pointer is a negative
number that references a Stuff Done Flag, allowing you to directly use the value of a
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targeted space.</li>
</ol>
<h2>Simple Examples</h2>
<h2 id='example'>Simple Examples</h2>
<p>Confused yet? Understandable. Creating a special encounter is a lot like writing a
short computer program. Writing computer programs is not incredibly difficult, but it does
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put a One Shot special on a space with a white spot, Blades of Exile will make the spot
disappear after the special has been visited.</p>
<h3>Third Example:</h3>
<h3>Third Example</h3>
<p>Finally, we will create the earlier example of a chain of specials. This encounter will
put up a text message, damage the party, and poison them as well.</p>
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ice walls. Read on, to find out the basics of special nodes, and how to work with
them.</p>
<h2>The Editing Dialog</h2>
<h2 id='edit'>The Editing Dialog</h2>
<p>There are almost 200 different sorts of special nodes. These nodes, their effects, and
the values you need to give to determine exactly what they do are listed in the Special
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ will be assigned a new node. Make that node the desired type (in this case, Dama
Party), and set the Jump To field in the new node to 17. Voila! The chain is now 3 nodes
long.</p>
<h2>Other Ways to Edit Specials</h2>
<h2 id='other'>Other Ways to Edit Specials</h2>
<p>When you select Edit Special Nodes from the Scenario, Town, or Outdoor menus, you will
see a list of all of the scenario, current town, or current outdoor section nodes. Click
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ remember the number of the first special node in the chain, and enter it into th
appropriate place (such as Special To Call When Town Entered in the Advanced Town
Properties window).</p>
<h2>What Nodes are Called When</h2>
<h2 id='calling'>What Nodes are Called When</h2>
<p>If you put a special encounter on the ground in town, it is called when the party walks
onto it. If you put a special encounter on a space the party can't walk onto, it is called
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ scenario (select Set Scenario Event Timers from the Scenario menu).</p>
<p>Very importantly, you can have special nodes called during conversation. This is
described in more detail in the chapter on dialogue.</p>
<h2>Time Passing</h2>
<h2 id='time'>Time Passing</h2>
<p>When a party begins a scenario, the scenario will be set on day 1, and they won't have
done anything or completed any quests. As time passes and the party does things, you might

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<p>Editing a town is very similar to editing an outdoor section. The basic mechanics are
the same. There are simply more options.</p>
<h2>Editing Buttons</h2>
<h2 id='buttons'>Editing Buttons</h2>
<p>There are 45 buttons for use while editing the towns (see the figure in the previous
chapter for a diagram of button positions). Most of these buttons have the same effect as
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enhance the atmosphere of the level.</li>
</ol>
<h2>Town Menu</h2>
<h2 id='menu'>Town Menu</h2>
<ul>
<li><em>Town Details</em>: These are described below.</li>
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the '90s. Does this still apply, given our new code and new machines? ---></li>
</ul>
<h2>Town Details</h2>
<h2 id='detail'>Town Details</h2>
<p>There are two dialog boxes to edit the town details and advanced town details, which
are accessed through the Town menu.</p>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ this town. Generally, this should be set in the starting town, but you may also
it in other towns, especially if you can't return to the starting town later.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Placing Items</h2>
<h2 id='items'>Placing and Editing Items</h2>
<p>You can place preset items in towns for the party to find. To place an item, click the
sword icon at the right of the tool palette, select an item from the grid above, and click
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Note that if there's both a container and a crate/barrel on the space, the item
always be inside the crate/barrel, not the container.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Placing And Editing Monsters</h2>
<h2 id='monster'>Placing And Editing Monsters</h2>
<p>Placing and editing monsters works like editing items. Click the person icon at the
right of the tool palette, select a monster from the grid above, and click on the spot for
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ monster you only want the party to be able to kill once.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Special Icons</h2>
<h2 id='icons'>Special Icons</h2>
<div class="figure">
<img src='../img/editorsymbols.gif' alt="Display Symbols">
<p>Figure 2: Meanings of the Display Symbols</p>

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<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<title>Special Encounter Examples - BoE Scenario Editor Guide</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css">
</style>
</head>
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</div>
<div class="content">
<h1>Appendix 8 - Special Encounter Examples</h1>
<h1>Appendix H - Special Encounter Examples</h1>
<p>Extra examples can be very useful when making special encounters. Here are a few quick
sets of instructions for making popular types of encounters.</p>

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</div>
<div class="content">
<h1>Appendix 3 - Item Ability Types</h1>
<h1>Appendix B - Item Ability Types</h1>
<p>Each item type can have a special ability. The types of abilities available range from
shooting fireballs to weapons doing special damage to dragons to items being ingredients
@@ -44,24 +44,24 @@ these items is calculated the same way as for Usable abilities.</p>
</ul>
<p>There are four different classes of item ability type, each with its own properties and
varieties of items that can possess it. Three of these classes are inherent abilities. THe
varieties of items that can possess it. Three of these classes are inherent abilities. The
categories are listed below:</p>
<ul>
<li>Weapon Abilities: Abilities of this type can be given to weapons. Some of these
<li><a href='#weapon'>Weapon Abilities</a>: Abilities of this type can be given to weapons. Some of these
abilities can only be given to missiles (like darts or arrows). None of these abilities
require charges.</li>
<li>General Abilities: Abilities of this type can be given to non-missile items
<li><a href='#general'>General Abilities</a>: Abilities of this type can be given to non-missile items
which can be equipped (e.g. rings, armor, sword, but not arrows) but not to items that
can't (e.g. wands, potions). Only a few of these ability types require that the items
having them have charges.</li>
<li>Usable Abilities: Most abilities of this type change the status of the party or
<li><a href='#usable'>Usable Abilities</a>: Most abilities of this type change the status of the party or
individual character in some way, such as making them more or less poisoned, or raising or
lowering health. A few instead cast a spell or have a similar effect such as summoning
monsters. Abilities of these types can be given to any item that's not a missile
(e.g. arrows, bolts). Being usable item abilities, any item having one of these abilities
must have charges.</li>
<li>Reagents: Items with these abilities are alchemical ingredients, spell
<li><a href='#reagent'>Reagents</a>: Items with these abilities are alchemical ingredients, spell
reagents (e.g. smoky crystals, sapphires), or similar substances. All items with an
ability of this type must have charges, and must be of variety Non-use Object.</li>
</ul>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ the extra data fields and Magic Item Adjust affect it are described below.</p>
<dd>The item has no special ability.</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Weapon Abilities (Inherent)</h2>
<h2 id='weapon'>Weapon Abilities (Inherent)</h2>
<p>For each of these abilities, the Ability Strength is a number from 0 to 10, which
represents the strength of the ability (0 is weakest, 10 is most powerful). The Magic Item
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Strength. (So, an ability strength of 1 has no effect.)</dd>
<dd>The weapon calls a special node every time it hits.</dd>
</dl>
<h2>General Abilities (Inherent)</h2>
<h2 id='general'>General Abilities (Inherent)</h2>
<p>For each of these abilities (unless otherwise stated), the Ability Strength is a number
from 0 to 10, which represents the strength of the ability (0 is weakest, 10 is most
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ it is.</dd>
<dd>Drains missiles twice as fast. This is typically given to bows and crossbows.</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Usable Abilities</h2>
<h2 id='usable'>Usable Abilities</h2>
<p>Most of these item abilities affect a character's statistics (e.g. health, spell
points) or status (e.g. poison, flying) when the item is used.</p>
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<h2>Reagents (Inherent)</h2>
<h2 id='reagent'>Reagents (Inherent)</h2>
<p>To perform alchemy or cast certain spells, the alchemist/caster must have items with
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<h1>Appendix 7 - Spell and Alchemy Lists</h1>
<h1>Appendix G - Spell and Alchemy Lists</h1>
<p>You can set special encounter nodes to give the party mage spells, priest spells, and
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<h1>Appendix 6 - Text Messages</h1>
<h1>Appendix F - Text Messages</h1>
<p>You can edit the text messages for the scenario, a town, or an outdoor section. This
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<h1>Appendix 5 - Monster Abilities</h1>
<h1>Appendix C - Monster Ability Types</h1>
<p>When adding a new monster ability, you may have noticed that there are fourteen custom
options to choose from at the end of the list. These options don't fill in the ability
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rather than Cancel. Clicking Cancel will cause the ability to be added with default values
(generally all zeroes).</p>
<h2>The Basics</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href='#missile'>Missile Abilities</a></li>
<li><a href='#general'>General Abilities</a></li>
<li><a href='#radiate'>Radiate Field Abilities</a></li>
<li><a href='#summon'>Summoning Abilities</a></li>
<li><a href='#other'>Other Abilities</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id='basics'>The Basics</h2>
<p>When editing any monster ability, you'll see four informational fields.</p>
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<li><b>Delete</b> - You can delete the ability by clicking this button.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Missile Abilities</h2>
<h2 id='missile'>Missile Abilities</h2>
<p>Monsters will not use most missile abilities when adjacent to their target. Missile
abilities offer the following "subtypes":</p>
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hitting.</li>
</ul>
<h2>General Abilities</h2>
<h2 id='general'>General Abilities</h2>
<p>General abilities cover several categories with a variety of effects. Some of these are
obvious, others less so. Even when ranged, monsters will also use most of these abilities
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the meaning is obvious. Click Choose to select one from a list.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Radiate Field Abilities</h2>
<h2 id='radiate'>Radiate Field Abilities</h2>
<p>Monsters that radiate fields are automatically immune to their own fields. Since
radiate abilities are passive, they take no action points. A radiate ability provides no
@@ -153,7 +161,7 @@ fields, so generally something like barriers or forcecages is a poor choice.</li
<li><b>Affected Area</b> - The area to effect. Click Choose to select one.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Summoning Abilities</h2>
<h2 id='summon'>Summoning Abilities</h2>
<p>Since summon abilities are passive, they take no action points to activate. They do
have the following subtypes:</p>
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<li><b>Chance</b> - The percent chance each turn of summoning.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Other Abilities</h2>
<h2 id='other'>Other Abilities</h2>
<p>There are several other abilities that can be added to monsters. They don't have a
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<h1>Appendix 5 - Blades Sound Effects</h1>
<h1>Appendix E - Blades Sound Effects</h1>
<p>There are several places in the editor where you are asked for the number of a sound
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<h2>Appendix 1 - Special Encounter Node Types</h2>
<h1>Appendix A - Special Encounter Node Types</h1>
<p>These are the many types of special encounter nodes. They are divided into six
<p>These are the many types of special encounter nodes. They are divided into seven
different categories, and given with examples and descriptions of what the various editing
fields do.</p>
<h3>General Use Specials</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href='#gen'>General Use Specials</a></li>
<li><a href='#once'>One-Shot Specials</a></li>
<li><a href='#affect'>Affect PC/Party/Monster Specials</a></li>
<li><a href='#cond'>If-Then Specials</a></li>
<li><a href='#town'>Town Mode Specials</a></li>
<li><a href='#rect'>Rectangle Specials</a></li>
<li><a href='#outdoor'>Outdoor Mode Specials</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id='gen'>General Use Specials</h2>
<p>This is the class of special encounters which can be called at practically any time.
Most of them can always be called. A few can't - these are noted in the encounter
description.</p>
<h4>General notes</h4>
<h3>General notes</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Stuff done 1, Stuff done 2:</dt><dd>Some of these nodes change a Stuff Done flag. A
Stuff Done flag is described by two values: Stuff done 1 and Stuff done 2. The legal range
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<dt>Extra 1a:</dt><dd>The sign to swap with.</dd></dd>
</dl>
<h3>One-Shot Specials</h3>
<h2 id='once'>One-Shot Specials</h2>
<p>This is the class of specials you generally only want to occur one time, such as giving
items.</p>
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disappears. Thus, specials that don't do anything anymore aren't marked by a special
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<h4>General notes:</h4>
<h3>General notes:</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Stuff done 1, Stuff done 2:</dt><dd>All of these nodes change a Stuff Done flag. A
Stuff Done flag is described by two values: Stuff done 1 and Stuff done 2. The legal range
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must disarm the trap to be able to take any of the items in the chest.</dd></dd>
</dl>
<h3>Affect PC/Party/Monster Specials</h3>
<h2 id='affect'>Affect PC/Party/Monster Specials</h2>
<p>All of these special encounters do something to one character, to the party, or to a
monster. Who they affect depends on several factors.</p>
<p>Special node 80 (Select a Target) asks the player to select one of their PCs. Once this
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<p>Note that when one of these specials does something bad (e.g. diseases or poisons) a
character, all resistances (e.g. protection from poison rings) apply.</p>
<h4>General notes:</h4>
<h3>General notes:</h3>
<dt>Stuff done 1, Stuff done 2:</dt><dd> None of these special node types use these
fields.</dd>
<dt>Mess 1, Mess 2:</dt><dd>All of these special node types (except Select a PC) can
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</dl>
<h3>If-Then Specials</h3>
<h2 id='cond'>If-Then Specials</h2>
<p>These special node types don't do anything by themselves. Instead, they choose from
several choices which node to call next. For example, if you want something to happen when
the party has the Crown of Might and something different to happen when they don't, you
@@ -1409,14 +1419,14 @@ completed, 3 - failed), the special in Extra 1c is called.</dd>
<dt>Jumpto:</dt><dd>Otherwise, this special is called.</dd></dd>
</dl>
<h3>Town Mode Specials</h3>
<h2 id='town'>Town Mode Specials</h2>
<p>These special nodes only have an effect in town mode (where most of the game takes
place). If called outdoors, all of these nodes immediately jump to the Jump To
special.</p>
<p>For all of these special types, unless the description specifically says it ends the
special encounter, once done, each node calls the Jump To node.</p>
<h4>General notes:</h4>
<h3>General notes:</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Mess 1, Mess 2:</dt><dd>All of these special node types can display one or two
messages. If you don't want a message displayed, just leave these at -1.</dd></dd>
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placed.</dd></dd>
</dl>
<h4>Rectangle Specials:</h4>
<h2 id='rect'>Rectangle Specials</h2>
<p>These nodes all do things to a rectangle of terrain that you select. Most of them work
both in town and outdoors, but the first few only work in town. For these nodes, the
values have slightly different meanings than before:</p>
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locked terrain type).</dd>
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<h3>Outdoor Mode Specials</h3>
<h2 id='outdoor'>Outdoor Mode Specials</h2>
<p>These special nodes only have an effect in outdoor mode. If called anywhere but
outdoors, all of these nodes immediately jump to the Jump To special.</p>
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<h1>Appendix 4 - Starting Terrain Types</h1>
<h1>Appendix D - Starting Terrain Types</h1>
<p>There are 256 premade terrain types (numbered 0 - 255) in the basic scenario you start
with. Many of them have special properties, or need to be handled in different ways.