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From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Wizardry II
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Date: 7 Dec 90 19:06:58 GMT
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In article <10851@ur-cc.UUCP> esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eran) writes:
>About having to transfer Wizardry characters to Wizardry II; how are
>the characters stored.  Are they just a file?  If they are then would
>it not be simple to someone to transfer a bunch of beginner characters
>from Wizardry and post it to comp.binaries so that people do not have 
>to buy Wizardry?

The characters are stored in a File, but you can't play Wizardry II with
just beginners. I have Wizardry II only for the Apple II, but I think you
needed level 13 or 12 characters for the transfer. Most of the fun in
playing Wizardry is between levels 1 and 14, since that's when it is most
difficult.

It's possible, but it will ruin Wizardry for those who would use the files.
A lot of personal effort goes into building a character. There are also a
lot of different ways to build characters. I personally like fighters that
have all mage and priest spells available. Lords are not bad either, but
they require a lot of points to advance from one level to another. Ninjas
are kind of fun, since they have some looting capability.

Maybe we should pressure the publisher of Wizardry to make a special deal
for those who accidentally bough Wizardry II without knowing that it
requires the first scenario. Robert Woodhead at least used to be on the
net, but I haven't seen him post in a long while. Robert Woodhead == Trebor.
(The mad overlord from wiz I.)

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