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                 DarkStone's Spells and Skills FAQ
                            Version 1.5
                Based on the PC version of the game


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                 Written by BaDBoY ([email protected])
                    On: Sunday, January 19, 2003
                      Last Update - 8/09/2003


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<> Disclaimer
=============

This unpublished work Copyright 2003 BaDBoY

This guide is for private and personal use only. This guide is not to
be used for profitable  /  promotional purposes;  this includes being
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was created and is owned by me,  BaDBoY <[email protected]>.  All
copyrights and trademarks are acknowledged.

DarkStone(tm) is Copyright 1999 Delphine Software International,  All
Rights Reserved. Most of the information found in this document are ©
Electronic Arts, and the Manual is © Electronic Arts.

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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
     -----------------

     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
     ------------------

  <> Version 1.0 - 1/20/2003
       - Wrote all of this.

  <> Version 1.5 - 8/09/2003
       - Fixed some things.
       - Added three sites in the allowed Web sites list that has
         this document.


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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
     ----------------

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
     ---------------

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
     ---------------------------------------------------------

<> 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
==============

     A. My Final Words
     -----------------

     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
     ------------

     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
     ----------------

     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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This unpublished work Copyright 2003 BaDBoY

This guide is for private and personal use only. This guide is not to
be used for profitable  /  promotional purposes;  this includes being
used by publishers of guides, books, etc.  or being incorporated into
magazines, etc. in ANY way without contacting the author.  This guide
was created and is owned by me,  BaDBoY <[email protected]>.  All
copyrights and trademarks are acknowledged.

DarkStone(tm) is Copyright 1999 Delphine Software International,  All
Rights Reserved. Most of the information found in this document are ©
Electronic Arts, and the Manual is © Electronic Arts.

The following Web sites can post this document:
  GameFAQs...........http://www.gamefaqs.com/
  DLH.net............http://dlh.net/
  IGN FAQs...........http://faqs.ign.com/
  Cheats.de..........http://www.cheats.de/

The following Web sites CANNOT post any of my current and future
FAQs:
  PS2 Cheater........http://www.ps2cheater.com/


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