User manual GAMES PC HEROES OF MIGHT & MAGIC II-GOLD

[. . . ] ® i Heroes of Might and Magic II Gold ©1996 The 3DO Company All Rights Reserved First Edition The enclosed manual and program are copyrighted. This manual may not be copied, photographed, reproduced, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form, in whole or in part, without prior written consent of The 3DO Company. Portions of the program accompanying this book may be copied, by the original purchaser only, as necessary for use on the computer for which it was purchased. ii Special Thanks Thanks to the following for their contributions to Heroes of Might and Magic II Gold. Clouds of Xeen Great War II Wizard's Land 1 Wizard's Land 2 Wizard's Land 3 Ghost Planet Colossal Cavern Betrayal Gates of Hell Plains of Aekon Slayer Legacy The Road Home Grim Reaper Dead Dragons Alteris 1 Alteris 2 Roc `Round the Clock Leopoldville Merry Men Dungeon Below Go Ask Alice Mire Straights Riddle Me This Sudden Siege Black Forest Last Hope Ludicrosity Quadruplets Threedom Thunk Family Reunion Aleksei Andrievski Aleksei Andrievski Aleksei Andrievski Aleksei Andrievski Aleksei Andrievski Charles Watkins Charles Watkins Grayson Towler Grayson Towler Grayson Towler Grayson Towler Grayson Towler Greg Schneider Greg Schneider Jonathan Watters Jonathan Watters Julia Skipper Lance Wood Peter Mayewski Phil McCrum Phil McCrum Phil McCrum Phil McCrum Phil McCrum Rich West Timothy Duncan Timothy Duncan Timothy Duncan Timothy Duncan Timothy Duncan WongSui Jau iii Table of Contents Introduction What's New Basic Operations Tutorial Main Menu Standard Game Campaign Game Multiplayer Game v vi 8 9 18 18 21 21 Adventure Screen Adventure Window Adventure Buttons Options 25 25 27 28 Game Play Town Screen Castle Screen 32 36 38 Hero Screen Movement Secondary Skills Skill Advancement Hero Trading 42 47 48 50 52 Kingdom Overview Combat General Options Combat Options Siege Combat 53 54 55 58 59 Spells Creatures Structures Editor Keyboard Shortcuts Technical Support Hints on the New Maps 61 74 95 118 122 124 125 iv Introduction Heroes of Might and Magic II Gold combines fantasy and strategy in a battle for territory and resources. Players must fight between one and five enemy warlords to conquer new lands, collect resources and artifacts, and capture towns. [. . . ] R-clicking on a portrait brings up that hero's Hero Screen. If a hero is currently in the town, you will not be able to hire a hero at that town (until you move the hero out of the town). Resource Summary: In the lower right is the Summary of all your resources and gold. 41 Hero Screen Hero Window This window is opened by clicking on the active hero on the Adventure Window, clicking on the active hero's portrait on the Hero Locator Buttons, or by clicking on the hero's portrait from the Town Screen or Kingdom Overview. Hero Portrait Hero Statistics Hero's Army Secondary Skills Artifacts Hero Name: The hero's name is centered at the top of the window. Hero Portrait: The hero's portrait is displayed in the upper left of the window. Hero Statistics: To the right of the Hero's Portrait are the Hero Statistics. These can be modified by events and artifacts and increase as the hero advances in levels. Attack: This ability effects how much damage your creatures inflict in combat. The hero's attack skill is added to each of the creatures' attack skills in his army. For more information on the Attack Skill, see Combat. 42 Defense: This ability effects how much damage your creatures take in combat. The hero's defense skill is added to each of the creatures' defense skills in his army. For more information on the Defense Skill, see Combat. Spell Power: This ability represents the spell casting skill of a hero. Spell Power determines the duration and damage of spells cast by the hero. Knowledge: This ability determines the hero's maximum number of spell points. Each point of Knowledge gives the hero 10 spell points. Morale Detail: Shows the total bonus or penalty to the armies' morale. Clicking on this brings up the morale modifiers. Luck Detail: Shows the total bonus or penalty to the armies' luck. Clicking on this brings up the luck modifiers. Experience Detail: Shows the experience earned by the hero. Clicking on this brings up what level the hero is, and the experience needed to advance to the next level. [. . . ] While you do not need to visit every place to win, you should try to visit as many as possible. Look out especially for places that give you bonuses to primary skills. Do not hesitate to pick up every artifact you find. There are exactly enough artifacts to fill your slots. [. . . ]