User manual GAMES PC DARKLANDS-CLUEBOOK

[. . . ] Water supplies can fail, marauding monsters can devastate a village, and slavers are a constant threat. Until these tiny villages can look beyond day-to-day survival and ally with one another, they are unlikely to survive more than a few years. SHATTERED LANDS takes place in and around the city-state of Draj, ruled by the sorcerer-king Tectuktitlay. To assure that you have a legitimate copy, there are copy protection questions during the game. Find the indicated word in this rule book, type the correct answer, and press Enter. [. . . ] · Water Elemental Common water elementals appear on the Prime Material Plane as high-crested waves. Their arms appear as waves, one thrust out on each side of the body. When water elementals strike, they lash out with these wave-like arms. Otyughs, also known as gulguthra, are terrifying creatures that lurk in heaps of dung and decay, waiting for something to disturb them. They attack with two ridged tentacles which can smash opponents or grapple them to death. PSURLON Please refer to page 45 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters, " for a complete profile of psurlons. SAND HOWLER Please refer to page 47 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters, " for a complete profile of sand howlers. SCREAMER BEETLE Please refer to page 48 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters, " for a complete profile of screamer beetles. R SHADOW Shadows are undead creatures that drain strength from their victims with their touch. Their chilling grasp does light damage to their victims, in addition to weakening them. FIRE EEL Please refer to page 40 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters, " for a complete profile of fire eels. R GENIE Genies have the upper torso of humans, and the lower bodies of whirlwinds. They pummel their victims with a powerful tornado-like force. Their ability to use illusions and become invisible makes them virtually impossible to capture. 33 R SO-UT (RAMPAGER) The so-ut, or rampagers, are fierce creatures that live only for the sake of destruction. Even unarmed, thri-kreen are dangerous in combat because they attack with all four of their insectile claws. Thri-kreen have a paralyzing bite that can stop unwary victims in their tracks. 36 R Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters R DAGGORAN NO. APPEARING: ARMOR CLASS: MOVEMENT: HIT DICE: THACØ: 2-8 7 9, Hop 9 4 17 1 2-12 (bite) Psionics Nil Nil M (4'-6' long) Average (11) 1, 400 Score 13 PSPs 30 Climate/Terrain: FREQUENCY: Wastelands, Tablelands Common Pack Any Omnivore Semi- (2-4) Nil Neutral Level 1 NO. OF ATTACKS: DAMAGE/ATTACK: SPECIAL ATTACKS: TYRIAN SLIME Please refer to page 53 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters, " for a complete profile of Tyrian slimes. UNDERMOUNTAIN FOLK (MINDHOME) Please refer to page 54 in the next section, "Detailed Descriptions of New Monsters, " for a complete profile of Undermountain folk. R WYVERN Distant cousins to dragons, wyverns are huge flying lizards with poisonous stingers in their tails. In combat, wyverns prefer to be in the air and seize any opportunity to take flight. ORGANIZATION: ACTIVITY CYCLE: DIET: INTELLIGENCE: TREASURE: ALIGNMENT: PSIONIC SUMMARY: SPECIAL DEFENSES: MAGIC RESISTANCE: SIZE: MORALE: XP VALUE: Dis/Sci/Dev 1/1/3 Attack/Defense Nil/M R XORN Xorns, natives of the elemental plane of earth, feed on precious metals deep underground. In combat they can fight two different ways. Against a single opponent, they bend the two nearest legs deeply, angling their bodies 45 degrees toward the enemy. In this way all four arms can reach the victim. Against several opponents they can attack with their arms in all directions, each at a different target. R ZOMBIE Zombies are mindless, animated corpses controlled by their creator, usually an evil wizard or priest. [. . . ] The program accompanying this rule book may be copied, by the original purchaser only, as necessary for use on the computer for which it was purchased. Any persons reproducing any portion of this book for any reason, in any media, shall be guilty of copyright violation and subject to the appropriate civil or criminal action at the discretion of the copyright holder(s). ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, AD&D and the TSR logo are trademarks owned by and used under license from TSR, Inc. , Lake Geneva WI, USA. All TSR characters, character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks owned by and used under license from TSR, Inc. [. . . ]