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Battle Quest

                                  Battle Quest

                          Another Creation from TopSoft!

                               By: John Richardson

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                           (** Player Documentation **)








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Commands Available in Battle Quest

 (A) Attack a Player or Monster

     This command will allow you to fight a player or a monster.

     If you decide to choose the player, it will either say no players in
     this town or it will continue and start a fight with them!

     If you decide to choose the monster, it will either say no monsters in
     this town or it will continue and start a fight with them!

     Monsters are listed in the towns as players, but monsters will be
     declared as monsters with a "(Monster)" after its name.

     When you are fighting you will have descriptive power bars of how
     much power you have left and how much your enemy has left. Once the
     a power bar is down to nothing one of you will win, and one of you
     will loose.

     During the fight you will have your choice of 4 different commands
     to attack your enemy with. You will also have 1 command to run away
     from the enemy with. (Commands Listed Below):

     [U]se Magic  - This unique attack depends on how high your magic
                    power is. This is a strong attack if you have alot
                    of magic. You can raise your magic power by playing
                    dice.

     [P]unch Them - This common attack is the basic punch of your fist.
                    All it really depends on is the randomizing and your
                    strength all put together. They can block this punch
                    and it will result in not hitting them.

     [K]ick Them  - This is another common attack. It is the basic kick
                    of your foot. It is a strong attack, but it can make
                    the enemy more deadly depending on how hard you hit
                    it. They can also block this move without warning.

     [U]se Weapon - This is the strongest attack possible (depending on
                    what weapon you have). It can kill a player instantly
                    with one direct hit of the strongest weapon, or may
                    just put a scratch in them.

                    You can purchase weapons with the command of [P] off
                    of the main menu. You can sell your weapons for half
                    price of what you bought them using [S] on the main
                    menu.

     [R]un Away   - You should figure this one out yourself.



 (B) Build Castle

     This command will allow you to build a castle. The biggest a castle
     can get is 100%. Castles are mostly used for hiding under when peasants,
     and players roaming around during the day & night. You can build just
     about as many castles as you would like, as long as you can afford it.
     Each 1% addition to your castle will cost 50 gold. A 100% castle
     would come to 5000 gold.



 (C) Casino - Gamble your magic (Dice Rolling)

     This command is very commonly used. It is used for gambling with your
     magic power. You get to guess if a die is lower or higher than the
     other. If its a tie you win 2 magic points. If you guess wrong you loose
     1 magic point. If you guess right you win 1 magic point. A very simple
     game to play.


 (D) Display Stats

     This is a very handy option in the game for when you want to know
     how good you are doing and what you have on you. It will show your
     stats from character type to your character name. Its a very simple
     command and is very useful.


 (G) Get Info on a player

     This is useful when you would like information on a player that you
     want to attack. You will get enough info on them to satisfy you
     (hopefully). When using this command you will be prompted for a players
     full name or partial name. Just enter it and it will search the players
     database for a name with that in it.


 (I) Invade a Castlee

     You can invade and destroy a castle, and build your own if you would
     like. It takes lots of men to destroy a complete castle. So it is
     better to destroy them before they're completely built. You cannot
     attack your own castle either.


 (L) List active players

     It will list all of the active players in the game. It will show
     the following or something to that affect:

     Player Name                Character Type
     ===============================================
     JOHN DOE                   KNIGHT


 (M) Move to another town

     This is your basic Movement command. You can move [N]orth, [S]outh,
     [E]ast or [W]est depending on where you are. Each town has its own
     stats and tactics to it.


 (O) Page Sysop for CHAT!

     If the sysop has their page bell on they will get this really
     annoying sound like a phone ringing so it should really wake them
     up to get them to answer your page. If it isn't on. It will simply
     just go without making any sound at all.


 (P) Purchase a weapon

     Once you choose this you will be shown a menu of 10 different weapons
     unless you already have a weapon. If you currently do have a weapon when
     you pick this command, it will tell you to sell it. The weapons cost
     depends on the type of weapon it is, while the strength depends on the
     cost and type of weapon. Once you purchase a weapon you will be able to
     re-sell it for half the amount you purchased it for.


 (Q) Quit Battle Quest

     You should be able to figure this one out yourself.


 (S) Sell your current weapon (if any)

     It is the opposite of buying the weapon. You will get a prompt if you
     would like to sell your weapon or not depending if you even have
     a weapon. This place here pays half the price you bought it for.


 (T) The Bank

     Enter the bank and store some gold, or withdraw the gold you have in
     there, you may have up to 2 billion gold in the bank, and you can also
     have up to 2 billion gold on you.


 (V) View Instructions

     Display the file your reading right now.


 (ENTER) Display the towns status

     This will display the towns status, In other words what town you are in
     and if there is a castle. How many peasants. Etc....



There are also other various tricks and tactics to this game, you might want
to try and experiment a bit.