User Guide

** Note: This game (Knight of Diamonds) uses the same characters, spells, and
basic commands as game #1 (Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord).
The Adventure
The staff of Gnilda was the first example of its creator's forging skill. When properly
used, it rendered the City of Llylgamyn invulnerable.
The staff projected a force field totally impervious to any physical or magical attack.
Those who wanted to threaten Llylgamyn could not approach the city, while those
who came with good will could enter and leave freely. It was the perfect defense, but
it had one fatal flaw...those born in Llylgamyn were unaffected by the staff. Thus it
was possible for the evil Davalpus, aided by the lords of darkness, to seize the throne
of Llylgamyn and slay the royal family. Fortunately, the young Princess Margda and
her brother Prince Alavik survived the royal coup.
Margda and Alavik both knew that there was but one hope of defeating Davalpus.
Together they retrieved the fabled armor of the great hero, "The Knight of
Diamonds". Alavik, wearing the mystical garb, and carrying the staff, engaged
Davalpus in an epic battle in the castle of Llylgamyn. Davalpus fell, but with his dying
breath uttered a curse so unspeakable that it brought the castle down around the two
combatants. All that was left was a smoking hole in the ground. Davalpus, Alavik and
the staff were gone. If it is not returned, the city will fall!
Starting the Game
Ah, to adventure! To begin Wizardry, just follow the following instructions.
1. From the Windows START/PROGRAMS mean select Wizardry and then the
scenario you wish to play.
2. Select (S)tart Game (Press [S]).
3. Ignore the program’s insistence to insert a scenario disk and simply press
[ENTER].
Note: Since the original Wizardry games were released on floppy disks, it was
important to make copies of the original disks to play on. These copies were
called “scenario disks”. These disks are not needed any longer, as the game is
running directly off your hard drive, where the hard drive serves as the scenario
disks.
Making a Scenario Diskette
This option is a left over from the good old days of floppy disks. Since you have
already installed the game from your CD-ROM on your hard drive, the game has
automatically created a Scenario Disc for you there. Therefore you can completey
ignore this menu entry. It no longer works.
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