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                   Book One  --   Secret of the Inner Sanctum              

              Cracked by:     The Talisman        

              W/O  whom dept.:  Mind Mechanic
                                Professor Prom
                                The Shrink
                                The Distributor


     Documentation written by Mind Mechanic on 10/19/86  7:50pm PST

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The Main Options Menu

     The Main Options menu offers you 3 choices of activity: 

    oCREATE NEW CHARACTERS.  You must do this before playing the game,
     unless you use the pre-programmed characters provided on disk B.
     TYPE C. 
     
    oVIEW ALL CHARACTERS stored on that disk (including pre-programmed
     characters). From the list displayed you can view individual
     character profiles. TYPE V. 
     
    oGO TO TOWN and set out on your adventure.  Type the NUMBER (#) of
     the town. (1-5). 

CREATE NEW CHARACTERS

If you decide to play Might and Magic using the pre-programmed
characters provided, you can skip this selection. 

Much of the fun of any fantasy game, however, lies in the creation of
the characters with whom you go adventuring.

To create a new character, display the Main Options Menu and TYPE C. 

Select Class

A character can belong to one of 6 possible classes. 

KNIGHT,PALADIN,ARCHER,CLERIC,SORCERER,ROBBER

A character's class is deteremined by 7 vital statistics. 

INTELLECT,MIGHT,PERSONALITY,ENDURANCE,SPEED,ACCURACY,LUCK

Each statistic is randomly assigned a rating between 3 and 18, with 18
being the highest.  To generate a new set of random ratings, press
RETURN. 

To the right of the statistics are the eligible clases for the ratings
given. These are the classes from which you may choose.  Notice how the
eligible classes change as you generate different sets of statistics
ratings. 

To choose a class, type the NUMBER next to the desired class. 

At any time before selecting a class, you can return to the MAIN OPTIONS
MENU by pressing ESC. 

Assign A Race

After selecting a class, choose the character;s race. Race options will
replace class options on the screen. 

HUMAN,ELF,DWARF,GNOME,HALF-ORC

To select a race, type the NUMBNER next to the desired race. 

Select Alignment

After assigning race, select the character's alignment.  Your choices
are: 

          GOOD NUETRAL EVIL

Choose Character's Sex

          MALE or FEMALE (tough one)

Name your Character

  type (ANY NAME HERE) then press RETURN

Save Your Character

          SaveChar (Y/N)? 

VIEW ALL CHARACTERS

From the Main Options Menu you can view a list of all characters stored
on the disk B copy which you are using.  This includes the 6
pre-programmed characters, unless you have deleted any of them. 

The View All CHaracters list includes: 
     
    oKEY LETTER for character
     
    oNAME of charater
     
    oTOWN in which character is currently located
     
    oLEVEL OF EXPERIENCE which character has achieved
     
    oCLASS of character

Character Profile

All information on the Character Profile screen is in abbreviated form.

LEVEL =  Experience Level
SP    = Spell Points
HP    = Hit Points
AC    = Armour class
COND  = Condiiton
EXP   = Experience Points

Delete A Character

To delete the character displayed by the Character Profile, hold down the
CONTROL (CTRL) key and press D. 

Rename a Character

To rename the character displayed by the Character Profile, hold down the
CONTROL key and press N.  Then type the new name.

GO TO TOWN

Each time you play Might and MAgic, your party of adventures sets out from the
inn in one of five towns. The town from which you set out is the town
containing the characters in your party.  All characters, preprogrammed or
created, first start out in Town 1, so this is where you begin the game.
Later, as your party travels to and lodges in other towns, you will set out
from towns 2-5.

From the Main Options Menu, type the NUMBER of the town.  The screen will show
a list of characters in that town.  If there are no characters in the town you
have selected, you will see the message: NO AVAILABLE CHARACTERS.

Set Up Your Party

To add a character to your party, hold down CONTROL and press the KEY LETTER
next to the charcter's name on the list of available characters.  A @ sign
will appear to the left of the name.

Do the same process to delete character from party set-up.

Now you are ready to begin adventuring.
Might and Magic Adventure instructions in different documentation file.

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