Rescue Raiders: Not won!

Verdun was my Waterloo.

 

Well, I tried. I liberated the strangely identical-looking cities of Cherbourg, Caen, Saint-Lô, Orléans, and even Paris, but Verdun just wore my patience out. The farther I got, the more it became clear to me that you don't beat Rescue Raiders' missions with skill or strategy - you out-endure them.

The game locked up here and this wasn't the first time. I quit.

 

This isn't to say that Rescue Raiders' gameplay doesn't evolve at all. As you progress through the campaign, you get some upgraded weaponry; tanks gain a 105mm cannon, your bombs get incendiary payloads, and your machinegun gets replaced with an unguided missile launcher which can utterly devastate ground forces and even engage the enemy helicopter at short range.

But these upgrades all serve to make you even more dependent on your chopper to accomplish anything. Upgrades go both ways - your tanks get cannons, but their tanks get cannons, and the chopper becomes your only reliable armor killer; and I once watched a single enemy tank rip through all six of mine. The enemy chopper likewise starts using homing missiles against you and decimates your armies with upgraded ground weapons. It even gets better at dodging your anti-aircraft missiles.

Speaking of which, the enemy starts using anti-aircraft vehicles themselves by the third mission, so you'd better start learning to dodge them yourself.

And to top it off, forget about using tanks to take out AA guns; now they tend to be guarded by anti-tank guns. It's not uncommon to find a triple-whammy of AA guns, AT guns, and a heavy bunker gathered together in one horrible turtle cluster. Nothing can get close to that but you, and you may need to sacrifice a chopper or two in your bombing runs.

But once you level them, they make great air cover after your engineers repair and convert them.

On the bright side, money becomes less of an issue. With your armies of such limited use, you can reserve your cash for replacement choppers - each one costs $20M which you earn in about five minutes - and with so much time spent flying back and forth across the map, by the time you even need armies you probably have enough to buy whatever materiel you need. And if you need more cash, no problem - just hang back near the helipad for awhile and let the enemy come to your side of the battlefield, where you can waste them under the cover of your AA and SAMs and rearm at will. I never came close to running out of lives myself; excess cash just got dumped into so many extra lives that the screen couldn't even display them all.

You do need armies; first to escort engineers to AA guns and bunkers, because you definitely want to take advantage of fortifications as much as possible. AA guns in particular are one of the few reliable defenses you have against the enemy chopper; salvage whenever possible, and protect the hell out of them.

Once you break through to the enemy base, you'll need to build a big army to assault it, and this is where things get real frustrating. It was bad enough on the first mission, and with an upgraded enemy chopper, it only gets worse. Without demolition trucks, the assault is doomed, but there are so many ways I've lost them, forcing me to start it all over again. I've had my anti-aircraft vehicles self-destruct after firing and destroy my demolition trucks with shrapnel. I've had the enemy chopper dodge the wall of missiles and take out the demolition trucks, or the tanks guarding them. I've seen the helicopter explode and the pilot parachute out, landing right on top of the demolition trucks, inexplicably destroying them.

I've even blown up the demo trucks with a combination of crossfire and my own shrapnel after a mutually deadly dogfight intended to protect them.

 

But more than anything else, I've flown away from the front to rearm, and returned to find that the demo trucks just aren't there any more; the low-res radar being woefully inadequate to illustrate what happened.

Then when the game froze on mission 6, I gave up.

There is one video series on Youtube showing a successful playthrough, and even lovelier things awaited in the final two missions; stealth choppers in Brussels, and no radar at all in Antwerp. Thanks, but I'll just watch the ending there!

GAB rating: Average. Rescue Raiders promises "the intellectual challenge of a strategy game," but I don't see it. As an arcade game, this can't avoid comparisons to Choplifter, which looks, controls, and plays much better, even if the earlier game doesn't play fair all the time either. As a strategy game, well, there aren't many strategies available to use, and to win missions I found myself just trying the same thing over and over again with minimal variation until it eventually worked. It's not a great look that the easiest mission felt like it afforded the most strategic breadth! Rescue Raiders may be an important game historically, which is why I played it, but I can see why it didn't take the world by storm.

Game 387: Rescue Raiders

Ok, I was wrong. There's one more game to close out my 1984 phase.

Rescue Raiders' existence and importance as a proto-RTS was made known to me by commenters on a Wargaming Scribe article concerning the "first" RTS. I had this one filed as a 1985 game, but while going through and finalizing my 1985 playlist, realized it actually came out in 1984. Coincidentally, that means we're ending the year on a Sir-Tech game for the third time in a row, though it's no Wizardry title this time.

Rescue Raiders, resembling a Choplifter! clone at first, stands as an interesting contrast to The Ancient Art of War of the same year. War looks like a primitive realtime wargame, and plays somewhat like one, but is not directly ancestral to the modern RTS template. Rescue Raiders, on the other hand, looks like Defender/Choplifter at first, and certainly draws influence from both, but eventually it becomes clear what you're actually playing - this is a MOBA! You control a heavily armed helicopter, your target is the enemy base on the far side of the map, and you'll need to raise and escort an army to take it out before they do it to you. Rescue Raiders influenced Herzog and Herzog Zwei, which in turn influenced the genre-codifying Dune II, making it a direct ancestor to the entire RTS genre.

"We have Command & Conquer: Red Alert at home."

AppleWin emulates Mockingboard speech synth, but MAME has better analog joystick support.

Recruiting a small army for initial ground gains

 

The goal of Rescue Raiders is to assault the enemy's base on the far left side of the map and take out their time machine. It's a strictly linear path, with bunkers and flak guns that either side may take control of dotting the terrain in the middle, effectively making it a one-dimensional tug-of-war in which the front constantly moves back and forth as both armies funnel their war machines into the grinder. Hopefully it trends toward the left, though holding onto your gains becomes increasingly challenging the farther out you get. Armies cost cash, which generates at a fixed rate, and newly-recruited units spawn at the bases, so the closer you are to victory, the farther your reinforcements have to march to reach the action, and the enemy has all the less distance to march in order to push back.

The chopper, which you control directly, is by far your most powerful weapon, able to airlift infantry, bust bunkers, and single-handedly devastate mobile platoons on a single armament. Your weapons include:

• Seeking missiles. Meant to hit targets off-screen, you'll need to acquire a "lock-on" by using the radar display to align yourself vertically with your target before firing. The most powerful weapon, but tricky to use, not 100% reliable, you only get two per loadout, and it's much too easy to accidentally fire both of them at once.
• A front-firing machinegun. You get 50 high-caliber bullets per loadout, and if you can fly low enough to the ground without landing, this can devastate ground units, as it slightly outranges even tanks.
• High-explosive bombs, for bunker busting or for when you just want to destroy a mobile ground unit without exposing yourself to return fire. You get ten bombs per loadout, and it's very easy to destroy tanks and trucks, but more difficult to hit ground troops. 
  

 

Your chopper is too awesome to not use, but it's also incredibly expensive to replace - you start with three backup choppers, each additional replacement costs as much as five tanks, and if you run out, you lose. It's also not enough on its own; attacking AA guns is very risky, attacking SAM sites is suicidal, the time machine is impervious to conventional weapons, and you'll need to constantly fly all the way back to your own base to reload, refuel, and repair, which takes longer and longer the farther out you are.

The enemy has choppers too, which are also their most powerful weapon, capable of destroying your entire army in one swoop if they get close enough. Unlike you, they get unlimited backups, not to mention unlimited ammo, and they are aggressive. You quickly learn to never engage choppers at visual range; they will happily crash into you. Watch the radar, take them out with your missiles, and if you miss, or if they sneak up on you, run.

Your other units cost money to deploy - a bag of cash is generated every fifteen seconds - and act independently, marching forward and firing at the enemy until they themselves are destroyed. Frustratingly, you cannot order units to halt, which makes it impossible to reinforce your front line with anything that you can't airlift!

• Tanks cost 4 cash bags each and are your workhorse ground unit, being the best weapon against AA guns and resilient to enemy fire, though enemy tanks and infantry will eventually wear them down. If you do not have tanks in the front of your line, then enemy tanks will easily destroy everything that isn't behind a tank. Tanks are completely defenseless against choppers.
  
• Infantry cost 5 bags for a squad of five. They aren't as powerful as tanks, but can be airlifted, and more importantly, can take control of enemy bunkers and use their defensive weapons.
• Engineers cost 5 bags each and will repair and operate AA guns. You can airlift them, but you don't want to, because this turns them into normal infantry.
• Anti-aircraft carriers cost 3 bags each. These are one-shot chopper killers and are incredibly important; you can't babysit your army every second, and if your line runs out of anti-aircraft carriers, the enemy chopper will destroy everything. They have a long range, but self-destruct when firing, and occasionally miss, which will suck hard for you. Thankfully, the enemy does not use these... yet.
• Lastly, demolition trucks cost only 2 bags each. These serve one purpose only - to destroy the enemy time machine, and are completely defenseless.
  

 

This is a difficult, frustrating, and often random and unfair-feeling game, and it took me several tries before I could even finish the first and easiest mission. Taking out the enemy base is the hardest thing; your army moves slow, taking over six minutes to cross the map. The enemy has no real chance of taking your base this way, so instead, you get limited choppers, and they get unlimited. As you get closer, the enemy chopper is respawning pretty much constantly, taking no time at all to fly back into combat range, while you need to fly all the way back to your base in order to reload your precious missiles and back again to support your army, and pray it doesn't get crippled in your absence. Reinforcing the army is impossible; what you build at the base is what you get, and if it's not enough, then there's nothing you can do but watch it fall, build a new army at the base all over again, and try to stop the enemy from retaking too much ground as you wait for it to slowly march all the way back again.

Here's a video of a successful mission 1:

 

I don't know if I'm going to be able to finish this game, but I'll try. Expect at least one more post on the game before we move into 1985.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds version 3.0

 

Version 2.1 of Wizardry for the Apple II came out just over 41 years ago, and even though it's been ported and remade a dozen times over, many of its bugs, quirks, and limitations persist in any available format.

Last week, Eric Labelle, aka Snafaru, author of longtime Wizardry & CRPG fanpage Zimlab, released an unofficial version 3.0, after months of painstaking effort fixing, rewriting, and recompiling ancient data tables and Pascal code, with information, ideas, feedback, and some testing by myself and a few others. Over 100 bugs, data errors, improvements, and even bits of restored missing content are present, making v3.0 practically the new definitive way to play.

Download the disk images and read the full notes here:

https://www.zimlab.com/wizardry/proving-grounds-v3/

A partial summary of what's new:

No more passwords! Something had to go to make room on the disks for all these fixes. We figured that nobody password-protects their characters any more, and removing all of the password-related code freed up some space.

Restored content! For quite awhile, bad disk images of Wiz1 were missing the miniboss encounter on level 4, and the infamous Deadly Ring you'd win as a prize. This is, of course, restored, but so is another miniboss on level 7, which to my knowledge has never been enabled in any official release! Also restored is an area of level 4, which now requires the formerly useless gold key to enter, and an Easter egg on level 6.

Maze tweaks! Nothing major here, a useless door removed here, some object placements adjusted for consistency there, one monster spawn table tweaked, some escape hatches added to pockets of empty space in case you accidentally MALOR your party there without a spare. We see similar tweaks going from earlier versions to v2.1, so these are much in the spirit of things.

Greater Demons are not your friends! We've all been there, encountering a group of "friendly" monsters who by all rights should want to rip your throat out. Some players have even encountered a friendly Werdna, which can ruin your game if you don't stab him in the back. No more of that nonsense - turns out this is a coding bug, and now some monsters will just never offer you a truce, as was intended.

Revised ninja class! Ninjas were meant to be glass cannons who could fight unarmed and unarmored with devastating results, but in practice, the bonuses from going zen just weren't worth it and you were much better off equipping with full gear, effectively becoming a low-HP fighter with critical hit capability. So we improved the incentives - the armorless AC bonus is tripled, the unarmed attack damage is doubled, and gains an initiative bonus that scales with level. Snap Werdna's scrawny neck with your bare hands before the round even starts! The stat requirements are lowered too, from 17 points in everything to 15. Equipping your ninja is still a valid choice; the boosted damage and AC rivals Boltac's finest gear, but even stronger gear can be found and can be equipped at the expense of the initiative bonus.

Spelling and grammar fixes! Many items and monsters' names had wrong or inconsistent spelling, or pluralization, or punctuation use. These have been extensively corrected, as well as errors in the script such as "mourge->morgue."

Corrected treasure tables! This is subtle, but the treasure tables always had an offset error, preventing some items from dropping and enabling some items to drop in lower treasure tiers than intended. We fixed these.

No more round 1 surprise slaughters! Getting surprised by spellcasters no longer means certain death, as spellcasting is disallowed, as in Wiz3 and most Wiz1 ports. So are breath attacks! But watch out for ninjas.

Fixed and rebalanced spells! Latumapic now identifies all of your enemies. Mamorlis lowers all enemies' AC. Haman and Mahaman have all seven possible effects. Montino's silencing effect now wears off over time - that goes for you and your enemies. Manifo paralyzes instead of just inflicting sleep status, and has an improved chance of working. Loktofeit's pathetic escape rate has been upgraded to work as often as it does in Wiz3.

More feedback! The battle engine now displays the names of spells being cast on you. Hit probability is displayed, too. Did you lose the treasure because your inventory is full, or because there's a limit of one per party? Now the engine will tell you instead of silently discarding the item.

The Bishop Bug fixed! Remember identifying '9' to grant millions of XP? Too bad! That won't work any more.

Stacking regeneration! Got two healing items? Now their effects stacks and heal you twice as much. On the flipside, the negative healing effect of the Deadly Ring actually harms you now instead of doing nothing. Poison is treated differently from negative healing, and poisonous attacks won't stack and make you more badly poisoned, but poison needle and gas bomb traps do.

Save vs. Wand fixed! Elves, bishops, and ninjas had an invisible saving throw bonus that did absolutely nothing. Now it saves against gas bomb chest traps.

Rear echelon monster protection! Aggressive monsters in Wizardry 1 can advance to the front rows, typically shielding spellcasters, but this actually makes them more vulnerable. This is reversed now.

There's more than the things I listed above - read the notes at Zimlab for the complete details. Or you could just download and play it, whether it's your first time or a replay.

Ports of Entry: Sir-Tech

Unknown lead platform:

 

Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom

Released for Apple II, C64, Commodore 128, and PC in 1988.

Given how similarly this looks and plays to its Apple-based predecessors, it's hard to imagine Wiz5 isn't Apple-based too, but I haven't seen any strong evidence of this.

 

Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

Released for Amiga and PC in 1990.

Select chronology: 

 

Title	Lead platform	Date	Contemporary ports
Galactic Attack	Apple II	1980
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	Apple II	1981-9
Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds - The Second Scenario	Apple II	1982
Wizardry: Legacy of Llylgamyn - The Third Scenario	Apple II	1983
Wizardry: The Return of Werdna - The Fourth Scenario	Apple II	1987-12	1988 ports to PC, PC-88, and PC-98
Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom	???	1988	Same-year releases on Apple II, C64, C128, and PC
Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge	???	1990	Same-year releases on Amiga and PC 1991 ports to Macintosh, FM Towns, and PC-98
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant	DOS	1992-10
Jagged Alliance	DOS	4/15/1995
Wizardry Gold	Windows	1996	1996 port to Macintosh
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games	DOS	1996
The Ultimate Wizardry Archives	DOS	1998	These are not the same as the prior PC ports of Wiz1-5.
Jagged Alliance 2	Windows	4/19/1999	2000 port to Linux
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business	Windows	11/24/2000
Wizardry 8	Windows	11/15/2001

The treasury of Wizardry III

Reward types

The reward system in Wizardry III is much more complicated than the games before. The logic here was present since the first game, but the variables that make it complicated were never used. Until now.

Chests usually have a chance of containing items, and when they do, there is a range of possible items based on their index number. That part isn't new. Previously, though, the distribution of items was equal. In Wizardry I, the chest in reward #10 had a 10% chance of containing an item from 3-17, and each of those 15 items had an equal chance of being selected. Now, this is no longer the case.

To illustrate, look at reward #3 in the table below. This reward will come in a chest, and have up to three things inside:

• Gold
• An item in index range 24-37
• An item in index range 24-56
  

The gold will always be in the chest, as the percent chance is 100%, but the amount of gold is random.

The second item has a 75% chance of being in the chest, and each item in the index range from 24 to 37 has an equal chance of being selected.

The third item has a 30% chance of being in the chest, and this is not dependent on the second item. You may get both items, or only one item, or neither. Should the third item appear in the chest, the distribution is not equal. There is a nearly 50% chance that the item index selected will be between 24 and 33, but only about a 12% chance of being between 47 and 56.

The internal logic for this particular item is that the base range of items is 24-36. However, there is a 40% chance of adding 10, and should that occur, there will be another 40% chance of adding 10 again, with a maximum addition of 20. Other items have different odds of each add, different amounts to add, and different maximums, but the logic is the same.

Some further notes on these tables:

• I am not entirely sure how the trap selection logic works. Garian Guards in the fixed locations of floor 1, who drop Reward 1, seem to have alarm traps a disproportionately high amount of the time, and I don't think I've ever seen them leave poison needle traps. Other times I've seen traps that the tables suggest shouldn't be present. I've seen chests where the tables suggest the reward should be loose. Nevertheless, I'm presenting the tables as I understand them, knowing they may be inaccurate. I am reasonably confident that my interpretation of the actual rewards given is accurate, at least.
  
• Some of the reward item ranges exceed the range of the item table, which only goes up to #103. These rewards can give you corrupt "items" as the engine reads in data from outside of the item tables, as it did the time I received my own party member as a reward.
  
• Rewards #19 and #23 are deliberately omitted, as no monster drops them.

0
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[3d6 +6] * [3d3] gold
1	Chest [Trapless|Poison needle|Gas bomb|Type3|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[3d6 +6] * [3d3] gold
	80%
		50% item 13-18
		25% item 19-24
		25% item 25-30
2
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[5d6 +6] * [3d3 +2] gold
3	Chest [Trapless|Poison needle|Gas bomb|Type3|AntiMage|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[5d6 +6] * [3d3 +2] gold
	75%	Item 24-37
	30%
		46.2% item 24-33
		19.4% item 34-36
		12.9% item 37-43
		9.2% item 44-46
		12.3% item 47-56
4
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[5d6 +12] * 30 gold
	80%
		25% item 31-40
		37.5% item 41-50
		25% item 51-60
		12.5% item 61-70
5	Chest [Trapless|Poison needle|Gas bomb|Type3|AntiMage|AntiPriest|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[5d6 +12] * 30 gold
	80%
		50% item 31-40
		25% item 41-50
		25% item 51-60
	30%	Bag of gems
	30%
		40% item 62-71
		24% item 72-81
		16% item 82-91
6	Chest [Trapless|Poison needle|Gas bomb|Type3|Teleporter|AntiMage|AntiPriest|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[5d11 +20] * 28 gold
	50%
		50% item 31-41
		25% item 42-52
		12.5% item 53-63
		12.5% item 64-74
7	Chest [Type3|Teleporter|AntiMage|AntiPriest|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[5d11 +20] * 28 gold
	80%
		50% item 62-72
		25% item 73-83
		25% item 84-94
	40%	Bag of gems
	30%
		50% item 72-83
		25% item 84-95
		25% item 96-107
8	Chest [Gas bomb|Type3|Teleporter|AntiMage|AntiPriest|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[6d10 +40] * 30 gold
	60%
		40% item 47-56
		24% item 57-66
		14.4% item 67-76
		8.64% item 77-86
		12.96% item 87-96
	40%
		30% item 63-73
		21% item 74-84
		14.7% item 85-95
		34.3% item 96-106
9	Chest [Gas bomb|Type3|Teleporter|AntiMage|AntiPriest|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[6d10 +40] * 30 gold
	90%
		50% item 30-41
		25% item 42-53
		25% item 54-65
	80%
		50% item 54-63
		25% item 64-73
		25% item 74-75
	50%
		70% item 74-83
		21% item 84-93
		9% item 94-103
	40%
		50% item 84-93
		25% item 94-103
		25% item 104-113
	50%
		65% item 62-71
		22.75% item 72-81
		12.25% item 82-91
10
	Percent	Reward
	100%	Crystal of good
11
	Percent	Reward
	100%	Crystal of evil
12
	Percent	Reward
	100%	Amulet of air
13	Chest [Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[3d6 +6] * [3d3 +1] * 2 gold
	90%
		50% item 13-18
		25% item 19-24
		25% item 25-30
	80%
		50% item 25-30
		25% item 31-35
		25% item 36-40
	100%	Bag of gems
14
	Percent	Reward
	75%	[1d11 +4] * 12 gold
15
	Percent	Reward
	75%	[2d11 +8] * 6 gold
16
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[20d2] * 6 gold
17	Chest [Poison needle|Gas bomb|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[20d2] * 6 gold
	80%
		80% item 18-23
		16% item 24-29
		3.2% item 30-35
		0.8% item 36-41
	40%
		75% item 25-30
		18.75% item 31-36
		6.25% item 37-42
	100%	Bag of gems
18
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[20d2] * 12 gold
20
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[4d11 + 16] * 12 gold
21	Chest [Gas bomb|Type3|Teleporter|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[4d11 +16] * 6 gold
	75%
		50% item 31-40
		25% item 41-50
		25% item 51-60
	30%
		59.1% item 51-60
		8% item 61
		18.6% item 62-70
		3.2% item 71
		11.1% item 72-81
	60%	Bag of gems
	90%	Ship in bottle
22	Chest [Trapless|Poison needle|Gas bomb|Type3|AntiMage|AntiPriest|Alarm]
	Percent	Reward
	100%	[4d11 +16] * [1d3 +2] * 6 gold

Here's a simple item list for cross-referencing:

Id	Name
0	BROKEN ITEM
1	ORB OF EARITHIN
2	NEUTRAL CRYSTAL
3	CRYSTAL OF EVIL
4	CRYSTAL OF GOOD
5	SHIP IN BOTTLE
6	STAFF OF EARTH
7	AMULET OF AIR
8	HOLY WATER
9	ROD OF FIRE
10	GOLD MEDALLION
11	ORB OF MHUUZFES
12	BUTTERFLY KNIFE
13	SHORT SWORD
14	BROADSWORD
15	MACE
16	STAFF
17	HAND AXE
18	BATTLE AXE
19	DAGGER
20	FLAIL
21	ROUND SHIELD
22	HEATER SHIELD
23	MAGE'S ROBES
24	CUIRASS
25	HAUBERK
26	BREASTPLATE
27	PLATE ARMOR
28	SALLET
29	POTION OF DIOS
30	LATUMOFIS OIL
31	SHORT SWORD +1
32	BROADSWORD +1
33	MACE +1
34	BATTLE AXE +1
35	NUNCHAKA
36	DAGGER +1
37	KATINO SCROLL
38	CUIRASS +1
39	HAUBERK +1
40	BREASTPLATE +1
41	PLATE ARMOR +1
42	HEATER +1
43	BASCINET
44	IRON GLOVES
45	BADIOS SCROLL
46	HALITO POTION
47	SHORT SWORD -1
48	BROADSWORD -1
49	MACE -1
50	DAGGER -1
51	BATTLE AXE -1
52	MARGAUX'S FLAIL
53	BAG OF GEMS
54	WIZARD'S STAFF
55	FLAMETONGUE
56	ROUND SHIELD -1
57	CUIRASS -1
58	HAUBERK -1
59	BREASTPLATE -1
60	PLATE ARMOR -1
61	SALLET -1
62	SOPIC PHILTRE
63	GOLD RING
64	SALAMANDER RING
65	SERPENT'S TOOTH
66	SHORT SWORD +2
67	BROADSWORD +2
68	BATTLE AXE +2
69	IVORY DAGGER(G)
70	EBONY DAGGER(E)
71	AMBER DAGGER(N)
72	MACE +2
73	MITHRIL GLOVES
74	DIALKO AMULET
75	CUIRASS +2
76	HEATER +2
77	DISPLACER ROBES
78	HAUBERK +2
79	BREASTPLATE +2
80	PLATE ARMOR +2
81	ARMET
82	WARGAN ROBES
83	GIANT'S CLUB
84	BLADE CUISINART
85	SHEPHERD CROOK
86	UNHOLY AXE
87	ROD OF DEATH
88	GEM OF EXORCISM
89	BAG OF EMERALDS
90	BAG OF GARNETS
91	BLUE PEARL
92	RUBY SLIPPERS
93	NECROLOGY ROD
94	BOOK OF LIFE
95	BOOK OF DEATH
96	DRAGON'S TOOTH
97	TROLLKIN RING
98	RABBIT'S FOOT
99	THIEF'S PICK
100	BOOK OF DEMONS
101	BUTTERFLY KNIFE
102	GOLD TIARA
103	MANTIS GLOVES

Common item properties

Here’s an overview of some of the item properties that are common to multiple item types, but aren’t self-explanatory. This section is duplicated from the original Wiz1 treasury post, changed where necessary.

Boltac

How much of this item Boltac’s has in stock at the start. This decreases when you buy one, and increases when you sell one, but Boltac’s will never sell you cursed items, even if he has them in stock. They persist from game to game; if you sell Boltac’s a Butterfly Knife, then delete every character from the roster and roll a new party, Boltac’s will still have that Butterfly Knife in stock until somebody buys it. Likewise, if you purchase an item of limited quantity, it will not be available for future parties playing on that disk.

Items with negative values are not available for purchase. However, they will become positive as soon as you sell one. For example, Flametongue, which has an initial stock of -3, will not be initially available to purchase, but if you sell one, 4 will become available.

AC

Equipping this item lowers your AC by this much. Negative values raise it, which is bad. A few non-armor items have this property.

Your chance to be hit in melee per strike is:
(MonsterLevel + ArmorClass) * 5%

Special: Casts

You can use the item to cast a spell. Sometimes this comes with a chance of depleting the item, which will cause it to transform into a different item. For instance, Staff of Earth has [Casts: MANIFO, 5% BROKEN ITEM], which means it can cast Manifo, but has a 5% chance of turning into a Broken Item each time you do. Items without this second designation will never be depleted.

Special: Invoke

Like casting, except that you invoke the item during a camping session and the effect is unique.

Special: Heal X

Carrying this (you don't need to equip it) heals X points on each step and each round of combat. If you have multiple healing items, only the one with the largest value takes. The Orb of Mhuuzfes is supposed to hurt you 1 point, but doesn't because the game logic selects the "bigger" default value of 0 over the orb's value of -1.

Protection: Class protection

When monsters of the protected type(s) target you, there's a 50% chance that it silently fails, causing them to lose their turn. Note that all monster actions, including breath attacks, party-hitting spells, and actions without obvious targets like running or calling, always target a random living party member. Class protection will not protect you from breath attacks or group spells that targeted a non-protected character.

 

Melee attacks are a special case, due to some strange programming. Melee attacks technically target  two party members - the first can be any living member, and the second is someone in the first three ranks. This means two separate class protection checks, and either one may nullify the attack. It's possible for the same party member to be targeted both times, in which case if they have protection there is a 75% chance of nullifying it.

 

Protection: 2x damage

Your melee strikes do double damage against monsters of the targeted classes.

Protection: Elemental protection

Breath attacks and group-targeting spells of the indicated element(s) do half damage. In addition,

• Physical – You are immune to paralysis effects from hits. You will also never suffer critical hits.
• Poison – You are immune to poison effects from hits.
• Drain – You are immune to level drain.
• Stone – You are immune to stone effects from hits.
• Magic – When a monster targets you with any spell, the spell is silently nullified. Note that spells cast by monsters always target a randomly chosen living character, even if it's a group-affecting spell like Mahalito. Magic protection will not protect you if a group-affecting spell targets a non-protected character.

Weapons

Two tables. The first describes general properties of all weapons, and the second describes special properties of magic weapons. Magic weapons are bolded.

Id	Name	Name Unknown	Price	Boltac	Classes	Hit Mod	Hit Dam	Swing Count
12	BUTTERFLY KNIFE	STRANGE KNIFE	150000	0	N	6	2d10 +15	4
13	SHORT SWORD	SHORT SWORD	30	Infinite	FTSLN	3	1d6	0
14	BROADSWORD	BROADSWORD	50	Infinite	FSLN	4	1d8	0
15	MACE	KNOBBED STICK	60	Infinite	FPBSLN	2	2d3	0
16	STAFF	STAFF	20	Infinite	All	0	1d4	0
17	HAND AXE	AXE	30	Infinite	FTSN	3	1d4	0
18	BATTLE AXE	AXE	140	Infinite	FSN	4	1d6 +2	0
19	DAGGER	DAGGER	10	Infinite	FMTSLN	1	1d4	0
20	FLAIL	WEAPON	300	Infinite	FPSLN	3	1d7	0
31	SHORT SWORD +1	SHORT SWORD	10000	1	FTSLN	4	1d8	1
32	BROADSWORD +1	BROADSWORD	10000	1	FSLN	5	1d10	1
33	MACE +1	KNOBBED STICK	10000	-2	FPBSLN	3	2d4 +1	1
34	BATTLE AXE +1	AXE	12500	-2	FSN	5	1d8 +2	1
35	NUNCHAKA	WEAPON	15000	0	FPSN	4	1d10	0
36	DAGGER +1	DAGGER	10000	-3	FMTSLN	2	1d6	1
47	SHORT SWORD -1	SHORT SWORD	1000	0	FTSLN	2	1d3	-1
48	BROADSWORD -1	BROADSWORD	1000	0	FSLN	3	1d4	-1
49	MACE -1	KNOBBED STICK	1000	0	FPBSLN	1	1d3	-1
50	DAGGER -1	DAGGER	1000	0	FMTSLN	0	1d3	-1
51	BATTLE AXE -1	AXE	1000	0	FSN	3	1d4	-2
52	MARGAUX'S FLAIL	WEAPON	1000	0	FPSLN	2	1d3	-2
54	WIZARD'S STAFF	STAFF	6000	-2	MBS	1	2d4	1
55	FLAMETONGUE	BROADSWORD	15000	-3	FSL	5	1d10 +1	1
66	SHORT SWORD +2	SHORT SWORD	20000	-2	FTSLN	5	2d5	2
67	BROADSWORD +2	BROADSWORD	20000	-3	FSLN	6	2d6	2
68	BATTLE AXE +2	AXE	20000	-2	FSN	5	2d5 +2	2
69	IVORY DAGGER(G)	DAGGER	15000	0	FMTSL	3	1d8	2
70	EBONY DAGGER(E)	DAGGER	15000	0	FMTSN	3	1d8	2
71	AMBER DAGGER(N)	DAGGER	15000	0	FMT	3	1d8	2
72	MACE +2	KNOBBED STICK	20000	0	FPBSLN	4	2d5	2
83	GIANT'S CLUB	KNOBBED STICK	20000	0	FPSLN	4	2d5 +2	2
84	BLADE CUISINART	BROADSWORD	15000	0	FSLN	4	1d3 +9	5
85	SHEPHERD CROOK	STAFF	22500	0	PBL	2	2d4	1
86	UNHOLY AXE	AXE	22500	0	FSN	5	1d10 +2	2
101	BUTTERFLY KNIFE	STRANGE KNIFE	500000	0	TBN	0	0d0	0

Hit Mod

Increase your character’s HitMod by this much, allowing you to hit more often. Negative values decrease it.

Your odds of hitting with each strike are:
(HitMod + StrengthMod + MonsterAC) * 5%

StrengthMod can be as high as 3 with maximum strength, or as low as -3 with minimum strength. There may be further modifiers based on the monster's group position, but I don't know.

Hit Dam

The weapon’s base damage, per successful hit. It can be further modified by strength, as much as +3 with maximum strength, or as low as -3 with minimum strength.

Swing Count

The number of strikes per turn. This does not stack with the number of swings your character would normally get. The higher value is the one that takes.

A Swing Count of 0 is essentially equivalent to a Swing Count of 1, since all characters are guaranteed at least 1 swing at any level.

Fighters, samurai, and lords have natural values of:
(CharacterLevel/5) + 1

Ninjas get:
(CharacterLevel/5) + 2

10 is the maximum, and all other classes get only one.

Id	Name	Special	Protection
12	BUTTERFLY KNIFE	[Cursed] [Heal: 1] [Critical hits]	[Class protection: Mage Priest ] [Elemental protection: Poison Magic ] [2x damage: Mage Priest ]
19	DAGGER	[AC: -1]
36	DAGGER +1	[AC: -1]
47	SHORT SWORD -1	[Cursed]
48	BROADSWORD -1	[Cursed]
49	MACE -1	[Cursed]
50	DAGGER -1	[Cursed] [AC: -1]
51	BATTLE AXE -1	[Cursed]
52	MARGAUX'S FLAIL	[Cursed]
54	WIZARD'S STAFF	[Casts: MOGREF] [AC: 1]	[Class protection: Fighter ]
55	FLAMETONGUE	[Casts: HALITO]	[Elemental protection: Flame ] [2x damage: Dragon ]
69	IVORY DAGGER(G)	[Alignment: Good]
70	EBONY DAGGER(E)	[Alignment: Evil]
71	AMBER DAGGER(N)	[Alignment: Neutral]
83	GIANT'S CLUB	[Cursed]	[Class protection: Giant ] [2x damage: Giant ]
85	SHEPHERD CROOK	[Alignment: Good]	[Class protection: Animal ] [2x damage: Animal ]
86	UNHOLY AXE	[Alignment: Evil]	[Class protection: Priest ] [2x damage: Priest ]
101	BUTTERFLY KNIFE	[Cursed] [Invoke: Become a ninja, 100% BUTTERFLY KNIFE]

 

All daggers, with their AC value of -1, actually increase your AC by 1, which is bad. The wizard's staff decreases it by 1, which is good.

The Butterfly Knife appears twice because it is technically two different items with the same name, but gives the appearance of being a single item that you must flip open to unlock its power.

Armor

Once again, two tables. One for the general properties of all armor, and one for special properties of magic armor. Magic armor is bolded.

Id	Name	Name Unknown	Type	Price	Boltac	Classes	AC
21	ROUND SHIELD	SHIELD	Shield	40	Infinite	FPTBSLN	1
22	HEATER SHIELD	SHIELD	Shield	80	Infinite	FPSLN	2
23	MAGE'S ROBES	ROBES	Armor	30	Infinite	All	1
24	CUIRASS	ARMOR	Armor	100	Infinite	FPTBSLN	2
25	HAUBERK	ARMOR	Armor	200	Infinite	FPBSLN	3
26	BREASTPLATE	ARMOR	Armor	400	Infinite	FPBSLN	4
27	PLATE ARMOR	ARMOR	Armor	1500	Infinite	FSLN	5
28	SALLET	HELM	Helmet	200	Infinite	FSL	1
38	CUIRASS +1	ARMOR	Armor	3000	2	FPTBSLN	3
39	HAUBERK +1	ARMOR	Armor	3500	2	FPBSLN	4
40	BREASTPLATE +1	ARMOR	Armor	4000	2	FPBSLN	5
41	PLATE ARMOR +1	ARMOR	Armor	5000	-3	FSLN	6
42	HEATER +1	SHIELD	Shield	2500	2	FPSLN	3
43	BASCINET	HELM	Helmet	1000	-40	FSL	2
44	IRON GLOVES	GAUNTLETS	Gauntlet	2500	Infinite	FPSL	1
56	ROUND SHIELD -1	SHIELD	Shield	2000	0	FPTBSLN	-1
57	CUIRASS -1	ARMOR	Armor	2000	0	FPTBSLN	1
58	HAUBERK -1	ARMOR	Armor	2000	0	FPSLN	2
59	BREASTPLATE -1	ARMOR	Armor	2000	0	FPSLN	3
60	PLATE ARMOR -1	ARMOR	Armor	2000	0	FSLN	4
61	SALLET -1	HELM	Helmet	2000	0	FSL	0
73	MITHRIL GLOVES	GAUNTLETS	Gauntlet	6000	-2	FTSL	2
75	CUIRASS +2	ARMOR	Armor	6000	-3	FPTBSLN	4
76	HEATER +2	SHIELD	Shield	6000	-2	FPSLN	4
77	DISPLACER ROBES	ROBES	Armor	12000	0	All	3
78	HAUBERK +2	ARMOR	Armor	8000	-2	FPBSLN	5
79	BREASTPLATE +2	ARMOR	Armor	10000	-2	FPBSLN	6
80	PLATE ARMOR +2	ARMOR	Armor	14000	-3	FSLN	7
81	ARMET	HELM	Helmet	8000	0	FSL	3
82	WARGAN ROBES	ROBES	Armor	2000	0	All	-1
88	GEM OF EXORCISM	JEWELRY	Armor	12000	0	All	0
102	GOLD TIARA	JEWELRY	Helmet	100000	0	All	2
103	MANTIS GLOVES	GAUNTLETS	Gauntlet	15000	0	FPSL	3

Id	Name	Special	Protection
56	ROUND SHIELD -1	[Cursed] [HitMod: -1]
57	CUIRASS -1	[Cursed] [HitMod: -1]
58	HAUBERK -1	[Cursed] [HitMod: -1]
59	BREASTPLATE -1	[Cursed] [HitMod: -1]
60	PLATE ARMOR -1	[Cursed] [HitMod: -1]
61	SALLET -1	[Cursed] [HitMod: -1]
82	WARGAN ROBES	[Cursed]
88	GEM OF EXORCISM	[Cursed]	[Class protection: Undead ] [Elemental protection: Drain ]
102	GOLD TIARA		[Class protection: Mage ] [Elemental protection: Magic ] [2x damage: Mage ]
103	MANTIS GLOVES	[HitMod: 1]	[Class protection: Insect ]

The bug from Wizardy I that prevents the Lord's Garb from granting critical hits and 2x damage against vulnerable classes due to not being a weapon still hasn't been fixed, and consequently the Gold Tiara's 2x damage against mages doesn't work.

Consumables

These items all cast a spell when used, and may then turn into BROKEN ITEM. Any class can use any consumable.

Id	Name	Name Unknown	Price	Boltac	Cast	% broken
29	POTION OF DIOS	POTION	1000	Infinite	DIOS	95
30	LATUMOFIS OIL	POTION	600	Infinite	LATUMOFIS	85
37	KATINO SCROLL	SCROLL	1000	Infinite	KATINO	95
45	BADIOS SCROLL	SCROLL	1000	Infinite	BADIOS	75
46	HALITO POTION	POTION	1000	Infinite	HALITO	95
62	SOPIC PHILTRE	POTION	2500	-5	SOPIC	80
74	DIALKO AMULET	JEWELRY	8000	0	DIALKO	25
87	ROD OF DEATH	JADE ROD	17500	0	MAKANITO	50
92	RUBY SLIPPERS	STRANGE ITEM	16000	0	LOKTOFEIT	75
94	BOOK OF LIFE	BOOK	50000	0	DI	33
95	BOOK OF DEATH	BOOK	50000	0	MABADI	33

Misc items

Id	Name	Name Unknown	Price	Special	Protection
6	STAFF OF EARTH	SILVER STAFF	25K	[Casts: MANIFO, 5% BROKEN ITEM]	[Class protection: Were ] [Elemental protection: Drain ]
7	AMULET OF AIR	LAPIS AMULET	25K	[Casts: DALTO, 5% BROKEN ITEM]	[Class protection: Mythical ] [Elemental protection: Cold ]
8	HOLY WATER	CRYSTAL VIAL	25K	[Casts: DIAL, 5% BROKEN ITEM]	[Class protection: Undead ] [Elemental protection: Poison ]
9	ROD OF FIRE	AMBER ROD	25K	[Casts: MAHALITO, 5% BROKEN ITEM]	[Class protection: Insect ] [Elemental protection: Flame ]
64	SALAMANDER RING	GOLD RING	15K		[Elemental protection: Flame ]
65	SERPENT'S TOOTH	STRANGE ITEM	15K	[Classes: MPTB] [AC: 1] [Boltac: -2]
91	BLUE PEARL	JEWELRY	8K	[HitMod: 1] [Swing Count: 1]	[Class protection: Mythical ] [2x damage: Mythical Enchanted ]
93	NECROLOGY ROD	LEADEN ROD	20K	[Casts: KANDI, 5% BROKEN ITEM]	[Class protection: Undead ]
96	DRAGON'S TOOTH	STRANGE ITEM	30K	[AC: 2]
97	TROLLKIN RING	GOLD RING	40K	[Heal: 1] [Critical hits]
98	RABBIT'S FOOT	STRANGE ITEM	10K	[Invoke: Increase luck by 1, 50% BROKEN ITEM]
99	THIEF'S PICK	STRANGE ITEM	10K	[Classes: TN] [Invoke: Increase agility by 1, 50% BROKEN ITEM]	[Elemental protection: Poison ]
100	BOOK OF DEMONS	BOOK	100K	[Classes: MPBSLB] [Invoke: Decrease piety by 1] [Casts: ZILWAN, 75% BROKEN ITEM] [HitMod: 1]	[Class protection: Undead Demon] [Elemental protection: Drain Magic] [2x damage: Demon]

Once again, the Blue Pearl and Book of Demons fail to confer their 2x damage benefits, and the Trollkin Ring fails to grant critical hits, due to the fact that the game logic only checks for these properties on weapons.

Keys

Id	Name	Name Unknown	Special
1	ORB OF EARITHIN	CRYSTAL SPHERE	[Invoke: 'Scries' (no effect)]
2	NEUTRAL CRYSTAL	NEUTRAL CRYSTAL
3	CRYSTAL OF EVIL	CRYSTAL OF EVIL	[Invoke: Merges with Crystal of Good]
4	CRYSTAL OF GOOD	CRYSTAL OF GOOD	[Invoke: Merges with Crystal of Evil]
5	SHIP IN BOTTLE	GLASS BOTTLE
10	GOLD MEDALLION	GOLD MEDALLION

Trash

Id	Name	Name Unknown	Price	Special
0	BROKEN ITEM	BROKEN ITEM	0
11	ORB OF MHUUZFES	CRYSTAL SPHERE	0	[Cursed] [Invoke: Decrease piety by 1] [Heal: -1] [AC: -10]
53	BAG OF GEMS	LEATHER BAG	100
63	GOLD RING	GOLD RING	10000
89	BAG OF EMERALDS	LEATHER BAG	10000	[Cursed] [Invoke: Decrease strength by 1, 100% BAG OF GEMS]
90	BAG OF GARNETS	LEATHER BAG	20000	[Invoke: Increase age by 1 year, 5% BAG OF GEMS]

The bestiary of Wizardry III

As before, I've split this into multiple tables, with notes duplicated from the Wiz1 bestiary, and changed where they are known to differ.

The tables are extracted from the Woz-A-Day Collection version. The cracked DSK versions all differ to some extent.

Id	Picture	Unknown Name	Unknown Names	Name	Names	Group Size	HP / Level
0		GIANT SERPENT	GIANT SERPENTS	MOAT MONSTER	MOAT MONSTERS	2d2 +1	2d10 +5
1		CORSAIR	CORSAIRS	HIGH CORSAIR	HIGH CORSAIRS	1d1	2d15 +5
2		CORSAIR	CORSAIRS	GARIAN RAIDER	GARIAN RAIDERS	2d3	2d4
3		CORSAIR	CORSAIRS	GARIAN GUARD	GARIAN GUARDS	2d4	2d5 +2
4		CORSAIR	CORSAIRS	GARIAN CAPTAIN	GARIAN CAPTAINS	2d3	3d6
5		CORSAIR	CORSAIRS	GARIAN PRIEST	GARIAN PRIESTS	2d3	2d4 +2
6		CORSAIR	CORSAIRS	GARIAN MAGE	GARIAN MAGES	2d3	1d4 +2
7		UNSEEN ENTITY	UNSEEN ENTITIES	POLTERGEIST	POLTERGEISTS	1d3 +1	1d6 +2
8		SHADOWY FIGURE	SHADOWY FIGURES	DUSTER	DUSTERS	2d3	2d4 +2
9		SLIMY THING	SLIMY THINGS	GIANT SLUG	GIANT SLUGS	1d1	4d6
10		LARGE SNAKE	LARGE SNAKES	ANACONDA	ANACONDAS	2d2	1d8 +2
11		STRANGE PLANT	STRANGE PLANTS	CRAWLING KELP	CRAWLING KELP	4d2	1d2 +1
12		MAN IN ARMOR	MEN IN ARMOR	MAN AT ARMS	MEN AT ARMS	2d3	3d10
13		MAN IN ROBES	MEN IN ROBES	FRIAR	FRIARS	2d3	3d8
14		WOMAN IN ROBES	WOMEN IN ROBES	WITCH	WITCHES	7d1	3d4
15		MAN IN LEATHER	MEN IN LEATHER	LOOTER	LOOTERS	2d3	3d6
16		MAN IN ARMOR	MEN IN ARMOR	RONIN	RONIN	3d2 +2	2d10
17		SHADOWY FIGURE	SHADOWY FIGURES	ASHER	ASHERS	1d6	2d4 +2
18		STRANGE BIRD	STRANGE BIRDS	WERE VULTURE	WERE VULTURES	3d2	2d6 +4
19		GAUNT FIGURE	GAUNT FIGURES	MUMMY	MUMMIES	1d6	1d3 +6
20		STRANGE BIRD	STRANGE BIRDS	VULTURE	VULTURES	2d4 +1	2d6
21		STRANGE ANIMAL	STRANGE ANIMALS	BENGAL TIGER	BENGAL TIGERS	2d3	3d6
22		GOBLIN	GOBLINS	GOBLIN	GOBLINS	2d3 +3	3d8 +4
23		GOBLIN	GOBLINS	HOBGOBLIN	HOBGOBLINS	2d3	3d12
24		STRANGE ANIMAL	STRANGE ANIMALS	DARK STEED	DARK STEEDS	1d1	4d3 +15
25		STRANGE BIRD	STRANGE BIRDS	HARPY	HARPIES	2d3 +1	3d5
26		MAN IN BLACK	MEN IN BLACK	NINJA	NINJA	2d3	2d6 +4
27		TINY FIGURE	TINY FIGURES	LEPRECHUAN	LEPRECHUANS	1d4 +1	3d6
28		STRANGE ANIMAL	STRANGE ANIMALS	UNICORN	UNICORNS	1d1	4d3 +15
29		FIGHTER	FIGHTERS	CRUSADER	CRUSADERS	2d3	2d8
30		TINY FIGURE	TINY FIGURES	PIXIE	PIXIES	1d4 +3	4d6
31		STRANGE ANIMAL	STRANGE ANIMALS	CENTAUR	CENTAURS	1d5 +2	4d6 +4
32		MAN IN ARMOR	MEN IN ARMOR	DWARF FIGHTER	DWARF FIGHTERS	2d4	5d10
33		MAN IN ROBES	MEN IN ROBES	ACOLYTE	ACOLYTES	2d4	5d8
34		MAN IN ROBES	MEN IN ROBES	NECROMANCER	NECROMANCERS	6d1	5d4
35		GIANT INSECT	GIANT INSECTS	GIANT ANT	GIANT ANTS	4d2 +1	2d5 +10
36		STRANGE PLANT	STRANGE PLANTS	STRANGLER VINE	STRANGLER VINES	4d2	5d3
37		UNSEEN ENTITY	UNSEEN ENTITIES	BANSHEE	BANSHEES	2d2	1d3 +10
38		STRANGE ANIMAL	STRANGE ANIMALS	WERE TIGER	WERE TIGERS	2d3	5d6
39		DRAGON	DRAGONS	KOMODO DRAGON	KOMODO DRAGONS	2d3	6d5
40		SLIMY THING	SLIMY THINGS	GIANT LEECH	GIANT LEECHES	1d1	8d6
41		LARGE SNAKE	LARGE SNAKES	2-HEADED SNAKE	2-HEADED SNAKES	2d3	5d8
42		GOBLIN	GOBLINS	GOBLIN PRINCE	GOBLIN PRINCES	2d2	5d5 +20
43		GOBLIN	GOBLINS	GOBLIN SHAMAN	GOBLIN SHAMANS	2d3	5d6
44		SHADOWY FIGURE	SHADOWY FIGURES	DARK RIDER	DARK RIDERS	1d1	4d6 +20
45		STRANGE BIRD	STRANGE BIRDS	COCKATRICE	COCKATRICES	1d2	5d5 +5
46		MAN IN BLACK	MEN IN BLACK	MASTER NINJA	MASTER NINJA	2d3	6d4 +7
47		FIGHTER	FIGHTERS	CRUSADER LORD	CRUSADER LORDS	2d2	5d5 +20
48		TINY FIGURE	TINY FIGURES	FAERIE	FAERIES	1d6 +2	4d8 +8
49		SHADOWY FIGURE	SHADOWY FIGURES	SERAPH	SERAPHIM	1d1	4d6 +10
50		DRAGON	DRAGONS	T'IEN LUNG	T'IEN LUNG	1d3	6d4 +8
51		STRANGE BIRD	STRANGE BIRD	ROC	ROCS	1d1	8d5 +8
52		MAN IN ARMOR	MEN IN ARMOR	BERSERKER	BERSERKERS	2d4	8d8
53		MAN IN ROBES	MEN IN ROBES	GNOME PRIEST	GNOME PRIESTS	2d3 +1	8d7
54		MAN IN ROBES	MEN IN ROBES	ELVEN MAGE	ELVEN MAGES	2d3 +1	8d3 +4
55		MAN IN LEATHER	MEN IN LEATHER	BURGLAR	BURGLARS	2d4	5d6
56		MAN IN ARMOR	MEN IN ARMOR	SAMURAI	SAMURAI	3d3	8d7
57		UNSEEN ENTITY	UNSEEN ENTITIES	GHOST	GHOSTS	1d4	4d6
58		UNSEEN ENTITY	UNSEEN ENTITIES	WIGHT	WIGHTS	1d4	5d6
59		SHADOWY FIGURE	SHADOWY FIGURES	DOPPELGANGER	DOPPELGANGERS	2d4	6d9
60		SHADOWY FIGURE	SHADOWY FIGURES	FIEND	FIENDS	1d4 +2	8d6 +8
61		STRANGE ANIMAL	STRANGE ANIMALS	GIANT GORILLA	GIANT GORILLAS	1d3	10d1 +50
62		UNSEEN ENTITY	UNSEEN ENTITIES	GHAST	GHASTS	1d4	4d6 +6
63		DRAGON	DRAGONS	FIREDRAKE	FIREDRAKES	1d2	10d8
64		STRANGE PLANT	STRANGE PLANTS	VENUS MAN-TRAP	VENUS MAN-TRAPS	1d4	8d3
65		MAN IN ARMOR	MEN IN ARMOR	MIFUNE	MIFUNE	1d1	10d6 +25
66		FIERY FIGURE	FIERY FIGURES	ARCHDEMON	ARCHDEMONS	1d1	10d2 +60
67		GIANT	GIANTS	CYCLOPS	CYCLOPES	1d2	8d3 +60
68		GIANT INSECT	GIANT INSECTS	GIANT MANTIS	GIANT MANTISES	1d3	10d6
69		RADIANT FIGURE	RADIANT FIGURES	ARCHANGEL	ARCHANGELS	1d1	10d2 +60
70		SLIMY THING	SLIMY THINGS	XENO	XENOS	1d1	10d6
71		LARGE SNAKE	LARGE SNAKES	HYDRA	HYDRAE	1d1	11d7
72		ROBED MAN	ROBED MEN	PRIEST OF FUNG	PRIESTS OF FUNG	1d5 +2	8d5
73		RADIANT FIGURE	RADIANT FIGURES	ANGEL	ANGELS	1d4 +2	8d6 +8
74		LIVING LEGEND	LIVING LEGENDS	DELF	DELFEN	1d1	10d1 +50
75		GAUNT FIGURE	GAUNT FIGURES	DELF'S MINION	DELF'S MINIONS	1d4 +5	3d3 +10
76		SKELETAL FIGURE	SKELETAL FIGURE	PO'LE	PO'LE	1d1	10d1 +50
77		L'KBRETH	L'KBRETHS	L'KBRETH	L'KBRETHS	1d1	100d1 -60

Picture

These pictures were extracted from the Apple II disk images.

Names

Each monster gets four names. A normal name, a name representing the unidentified monster, and plural variants for both.

Group Size

The number of monsters that may appear in a group. This will never exceed (MazeLevel + 4).

HP / Level

The hit dice which determine the monster’s starting HP, which rolls for each individual monster during an encounter. The dice count also serves as the monster's level.

A monster's chance to hit you in melee is (Level + YourAC) * 5% per strike.

A monster's chance to resist a successful critical hit is (Level + 10)/35.

Monsters always resist Makanito if their level is greater than 7.

Each monster’s chance to resist Lakanito is Level * 6%.

The morale of a monster group is equal to its level, multiplied by the number of monsters whose status is OK.

When your total party level exceeds the total monster morale of all groups, they will be demoralized, and monsters with the Run ability have a 65% chance to flee.

When monsters are demoralized (even if they cannot run), your chance to succeed when running is 20% higher.

Id	Name	Class	Armor Class	Attacks	Special	Reward 1	Reward 2
0	MOAT MONSTER	Dragon	6	1d6 1d3 1d3		0	0
1	HIGH CORSAIR	Fighter	3	1d6 +4		0	13
2	GARIAN RAIDER	Thief	5	2d3		0	1
3	GARIAN GUARD	Fighter	4	1d8		0	1
4	GARIAN CAPTAIN	Fighter	3	1d8 +2		0	1
5	GARIAN PRIEST	Priest	5	2d3		0	1
6	GARIAN MAGE	Mage	9	1d4		0	1
7	POLTERGEIST	Undead	10	2d2 2d2		0	1
8	DUSTER	Undead	8	2d3 2d3		0	1
9	GIANT SLUG	Animal	10	2d3 +2 2d3 +1	[Heal 5]	14	14
10	ANACONDA	Animal	3	1d4 +1 1d4 +1		0	1
11	CRAWLING KELP	Enchanted	10	1d2 +1 1d2 +1 1d2 +1		14	14
12	MAN AT ARMS	Fighter	4	1d8 +1		2	3
13	FRIAR	Priest	6	2d3 +1		2	3
14	WITCH	Mage	9	1d4 +1		2	3
15	LOOTER	Thief	6	1d4 1d4 2d4		2	3
16	RONIN	Fighter	4	1d8 +1		2	3
17	ASHER	Undead	6	1d3 1d3		2	3
18	WERE VULTURE	Were	4	1d8 1d4 1d4		2	3
19	MUMMY	Undead	5	1d6	[Drain 1]	2	3
20	VULTURE	Animal	8	1d6 1d3 1d3		2	3
21	BENGAL TIGER	Animal	7	2d3 2d3 2d3		2	3
22	GOBLIN	Fighter	4	2d3 2d3		16	17
23	HOBGOBLIN	Giant	3	2d3 2d3 2d3		16	17
24	DARK STEED	Enchanted	4	2d3 +1 2d3 +1 2d6		16	17
25	HARPY	Mythical	5	2d4 2d4		16	17
26	NINJA	Fighter	5	2d3 2d3		16	17
27	LEPRECHUAN	Midget	4	2d2 2d2 2d2		18	17
28	UNICORN	Enchanted	4	2d3 +1 2d3 +1 2d6		18	17
29	CRUSADER	Fighter	4	1d8		18	17
30	PIXIE	Midget	4	2d2 2d2 2d2		18	17
31	CENTAUR	Mythical	7	2d6 2d6		18	17
32	DWARF FIGHTER	Fighter	2	2d4 2d4		4	5
33	ACOLYTE	Priest	5	2d3 +2		4	5
34	NECROMANCER	Mage	9	1d4 +2		4	5
35	GIANT ANT	Insect	4	2d5		4	5
36	STRANGLER VINE	Enchanted	6	1d2 1d2 1d2 2d8		14	15
37	BANSHEE	Undead	4	2d6 1d3	[Drain 1]	4	5
38	WERE TIGER	Were	3	3d3 3d3 3d3	[Heal 2]	4	5
39	KOMODO DRAGON	Dragon	3	2d6 2d3 2d3	[Poison breath]	4	5
40	GIANT LEECH	Animal	8	2d4 2d4	[Heal 7]	14	15
41	2-HEADED SNAKE	Animal	2	1d6 +1 1d6 +1 1d6 +1 1d6 +1		4	5
42	GOBLIN PRINCE	Giant	1	2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3		20	21
43	GOBLIN SHAMAN	Giant	4	2d3 2d3		20	21
44	DARK RIDER	Demon	2	2d3 2d3 2d3		20	21
45	COCKATRICE	Mythical	5	1d5 1d5		20	21
46	MASTER NINJA	Fighter	2	2d4 2d4 2d4		20	21
47	CRUSADER LORD	Fighter	1	1d8 1d8 1d8		22	21
48	FAERIE	Midget	3	2d4 2d4 2d4		22	21
49	SERAPH	Demon	2	2d3 2d3 2d3		22	21
50	T'IEN LUNG	Dragon	0	1d8 1d8 3d8 +3	[Heal 2] [Cold breath]	22	21
51	ROC	Mythical	2	3d8 1d6 1d6 1d6		22	21
52	BERSERKER	Fighter	0	2d5 2d5 2d5		6	7
53	GNOME PRIEST	Priest	3	2d3 2d3		6	7
54	ELVEN MAGE	Mage	8	1d4 +2		6	7
55	BURGLAR	Thief	4	1d6 1d6 3d4		6	7
56	SAMURAI	Fighter	0	1d6 +4 1d6 +4 1d6 +4		6	7
57	GHOST	Undead	3	1d6 +2 1d6 +2	[Drain 1]	6	7
58	WIGHT	Undead	2	1d6 1d6 1d6		6	7
59	DOPPELGANGER	Were	-2	3d5 3d5	[Heal 5]	6	7
60	FIEND	Demon	0	2d4 2d4 1d3 +1 1d3 +1		6	7
61	GIANT GORILLA	Giant	4	6d6 6d6		6	7
62	GHAST	Undead	1	2d6 +6	[Drain 1]	8	9
63	FIREDRAKE	Dragon	0	2d6 2d6 4d8	[Flame breath]	8	9
64	VENUS MAN-TRAP	Enchanted	4	4d6 +4	[Heal 1]	8	9
65	MIFUNE	Fighter	-2	1d6 +4 1d6 +4 1d6 +4 1d6 +4		8	9
66	ARCHDEMON	Demon	-2	2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3		8	9
67	CYCLOPS	Giant	0	3d6 +2 3d6 +2		8	9
68	GIANT MANTIS	Insect	0	2d6 2d6		8	9
69	ARCHANGEL	Demon	-2	2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3		8	9
70	XENO	Animal	6	1d10 +5 1d10 +5	[Heal 10]	8	9
71	HYDRA	Dragon	-1	2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3 2d3	[Heal 5]	8	9
72	PRIEST OF FUNG	Priest	3	2d3 +1 2d3 +1		7	7
73	ANGEL	Demon	0	2d4 2d4	[Heal 5]	10	10
74	DELF	Demon	0	2d4 2d4 2d4 2d4	[Heal 5]	11	11
75	DELF'S MINION	Undead	3	1d6 +2 1d6 +2		7	7
76	PO'LE	Mage	4	1d4 1d4 1d4	[Heal 1]	7	12
77	L'KBRETH	Dragon	-20	1d8 1d8 3d5	[Flame breath]	0	0

Class

Class determines the odds of being friendly. However, this only applies to a select few monsters that lack elemental resistance. Any monster with any elemental resistance, including physical, will never be friendly.

Fighter	11%
Mage	6%
Priest	16%
Thief	4%
Midget (unused)	31%
Dragon (unused)	26%
All others	51%

Certain items, when equipped, will have a 50% chance of silently nullifying attacks from specific monster classes, should the monster decide to attack the character equipped with such an item. They do not affect spells or breath weapons.

Certain weapons deal double damage against specific monster classes.

Makanito never affects the undead. Zilwan and Dispell only affect the undead.

Attacks

Simple hit dice to determine damage when a monster hits.

Some monsters have multiple attacks, and they don’t always do the same amount of damage. For instance, the moat monster’s attack is:
1d6 1d3 1d3

That means it strikes three times, each strike has a separate chance to hit, and each landed hit inflicts the corresponding damage roll.

Special: X Breath

The monster has a breath attack of element type X. Any monster with a breath attack has a 60% chance of using it instead of attacking. Breath attacks hit all players for damage equal to half of the monster’s remaining HP. Characters equipped with an item with that elemental resistance, or who make a saving throw against breath will take half damage. If both conditions are met, they take 25% damage. Element type has no other effect. Poison breath, for instance, does not poison; it merely indicates that characters equipped with poison elemental protection will take half damage.

Special: Drain X

If you are hit, you will lose X levels, and your maxHP will be reduced to ([newLevel]*[oldMaxHP])/[MaxLev], where MaxLev is the highest level you've reached without getting drained (switching classes resets your level but not your MaxLevel). You’ll be LOST if you drop below level 1!

Special: Heal X

The monster heals this many HP per round.

Reward 1 & Reward 2

Index values used to lookup the type of treasure the monster leaves. This is always based on the monster type that was initially selected for the encounter. Monsters types that populated the rear ranks are irrelevant.

“Reward 1” is selected when the monster was fought as a random encounter, and is typically an amount of loose gold, but not always. “Reward 2” is selected when the encounter was predetermined or fixed and may indicate loose gold or a treasure chest which may or may not have items inside.

If you set off an alarm trap, then you'll get a "Reward 2" prize after winning the resulting encounter, without having to re-open the treasure chest, but the prize will be determined from the resulting encounter rather than from the initial one. This happens even if the initial chest was selected from a "Reward 1" column, which can happen in Wizardry III.

When you have a random encounter in a flagged room, you will get "Reward 1," but any gold received will be doubled.

Id	Name	Partner	Mage Level	Priest Level	Spell Resistance
0	MOAT MONSTER		0	0	0
1	HIGH CORSAIR	100% GARIAN CAPTAIN	0	0	0
2	GARIAN RAIDER	20% GARIAN RAIDER	0	0	0
3	GARIAN GUARD	30% GARIAN GUARD	0	0	0
4	GARIAN CAPTAIN	50% GARIAN GUARD	0	0	0
5	GARIAN PRIEST	35% GARIAN RAIDER	0	1	0
6	GARIAN MAGE	35% GARIAN RAIDER	1	0	0
7	POLTERGEIST	30% POLTERGEIST	0	0	0
8	DUSTER	20% DUSTER	0	0	0
9	GIANT SLUG	15% GIANT SLUG	0	0	0
10	ANACONDA	30% ANACONDA	0	0	0
11	CRAWLING KELP	40% CRAWLING KELP	0	0	50
12	MAN AT ARMS	30% MAN AT ARMS	0	0	0
13	FRIAR	41% RONIN	0	2	0
14	WITCH	40% MAN AT ARMS	2	0	0
15	LOOTER	20% WITCH	0	0	0
16	RONIN	20% RONIN	2	0	0
17	ASHER	25% DUSTER	0	0	0
18	WERE VULTURE	50% VULTURE	0	0	25
19	MUMMY	20% MUMMY	0	0	0
20	VULTURE	33% VULTURE	0	0	0
21	BENGAL TIGER	30% BENGAL TIGER	0	0	0
22	GOBLIN	25% GOBLIN	0	0	0
23	HOBGOBLIN	40% GOBLIN	0	0	0
24	DARK STEED	100% DARK STEED	0	0	10
25	HARPY	30% HARPY	0	0	0
26	NINJA	25% NINJA	0	0	0
27	LEPRECHUAN	15% LEPRECHUAN	2	0	0
28	UNICORN	100% UNICORN	0	0	10
29	CRUSADER	30% CRUSADER	0	2	0
30	PIXIE	35% LEPRECHUAN	2	3	0
31	CENTAUR	15% CENTAUR	0	0	0
32	DWARF FIGHTER	75% MAN AT ARMS	0	0	0
33	ACOLYTE	65% FRIAR	0	3	0
34	NECROMANCER	50% DWARF FIGHTER	3	0	0
35	GIANT ANT	50% GIANT ANT	0	0	0
36	STRANGLER VINE	45% STRANGLER VINE	0	0	50
37	BANSHEE	100% BANSHEE	0	0	0
38	WERE TIGER	67% BENGAL TIGER	0	0	10
39	KOMODO DRAGON	100% KOMODO DRAGON	0	0	0
40	GIANT LEECH	15% GIANT LEECH	0	0	0
41	2-HEADED SNAKE	50% ANACONDA	0	0	0
42	GOBLIN PRINCE	100% HOBGOBLIN	0	0	15
43	GOBLIN SHAMAN	100% HOBGOBLIN	3	2	0
44	DARK RIDER	100% DARK STEED	3	0	40
45	COCKATRICE	30% HARPY	0	0	0
46	MASTER NINJA	25% NINJA	0	0	0
47	CRUSADER LORD	100% CRUSADER	0	4	5
48	FAERIE	30% PIXIE	3	2	15
49	SERAPH	100% UNICORN	3	0	40
50	T'IEN LUNG	100% T'IEN LUNG	0	0	35
51	ROC	50% VULTURE	0	0	0
52	BERSERKER	35% DWARF FIGHTER	0	0	0
53	GNOME PRIEST	50% BURGLAR	0	4	0
54	ELVEN MAGE	62% BERSERKER	5	0	10
55	BURGLAR	30% DWARF FIGHTER	0	0	0
56	SAMURAI	20% SAMURAI	3	0	0
57	GHOST	100% GHOST	0	0	0
58	WIGHT	5% GHOST	4	0	33
59	DOPPELGANGER	40% BERSERKER	0	0	25
60	FIEND	30% GHOST	3	3	40
61	GIANT GORILLA	20% GIANT GORILLA	0	0	0
62	GHAST	10% GHOST	0	0	0
63	FIREDRAKE	100% FIREDRAKE	0	0	15
64	VENUS MAN-TRAP	50% STRANGLER VINE	0	0	50
65	MIFUNE	50% SAMURAI	3	0	20
66	ARCHDEMON	100% FIEND	6	3	60
67	CYCLOPS	100% CYCLOPS	0	0	25
68	GIANT MANTIS	100% GIANT MANTIS	0	0	0
69	ARCHANGEL	100% SERAPH	5	3	60
70	XENO	15% XENO	0	0	0
71	HYDRA	70% 2-HEADED SNAKE	0	0	0
72	PRIEST OF FUNG	25% PRIEST OF FUNG	0	5	0
73	ANGEL	100% CRUSADER LORD	0	4	40
74	DELF	100% DELF'S MINION	4	3	40
75	DELF'S MINION	25% DELF'S MINION	0	0	25
76	PO'LE	0% PO'LE	7	0	15
77	L'KBRETH		0	0	100

Partner

When a monster encounter is selected, it will be in the first monster group. There is a chance that it will come with a “partner” in the second monster group. This is recursive; if the partner type is selected, then that partner also gets a chance of having its partner in the next group slot. There is a limit of 4 groups, or MazeLevel+1, whichever is lower.

For example, Looters have a partner value of 20% Witch. So if you encounter them, there is a 20% chance that Witches will spawn too. If this happens, then since Witches have a partner value of 40% Man at Arms there would be a 40% chance of Men at Arms in the third group slot, and so on.

Monsters from fixed and predetermined encounters always have a partner in the second slot, with the exception of Moat Monsters, who never do. Because of this, PO'LE, a fixed encounter, always comes in a pair, but never more than that. The first group gets a 100% partner chance, and the second gets a 0% partner chance.

The Moat Monsters exception appears to be a bug; the data suggests a partner value of 35% Moat Monster, but this means a partner ID of 0, and the partner selection logic considers this to mean "no partner" regardless of the percentage chance. The 35% Moat Monster property is useless regardless; Moat Monsters only appear in level 1, and only as fixed encounters, which would mean (if not for the bug) that they would always appear in two groups anyway, and never more due to the MazeLevel+1 limit.

 

Mage Level

The highest level of mage spell that the monster may cast.

Monster mage logic:

• Monsters with any mage spells have a 75% of casting instead of attacking.
• The monster then selects a random value from the right column of this table, according to the odds in the left column:
  
  

  71%	0
  20.59%	1
  5.97%	2
  1.73%	3
  0.5%	4
  0.15%	5
  0.06%	6

• This number is subtracted from the Mage Level value, but it won’t drop below 1. 
• Finally, the monster picks one of two spells within that level. There is a 66% chance of picking spell A, and a 34% chance of picking spell B.
• After casting the spell, there is a 1 / (Monster group size + 2) chance that the group's mage level decreases by one point, affecting all individuals within it.
  

Monster mage spells (levels do not completely correspond to player spell levels):

	A	B
1	Katino	Halito
2	Dilto	Halito
3	Molito	Mahalito
4	Dalto	Lahalito
5	Lahalito	Madalto
6	Madalto	Zilwan
7	Tiltowait	Tiltowait

It's curious that Zilwan is one of the spells, as it will never affect anyone in your party!

 

Priest Level

Priest spellcasting logic is a bit different.

• A priest spellcaster who did not cast a mage spell has a 75% chance of casting a priest spell instead of attacking.
• When casting a priest spell, monsters always select the highest value allowed.
• There is still a 66% chance of selecting spell A and a 34% chance of selecting spell B.
• There is a 1 / (Monster group size + 2) chance that the group's priest level decreases by one point. Same as with mage spells.
  

	A	B
1	Badios	Badios
2	Montino	Montino
3	Badios	Badial
4	Badial	Badial
5	Badialma	Badi
6	Lorto	Mabadi
7	Mabadi	Mabadi

Spell Resistance

The monster’s percentage chance to resist certain spells. A resisted spell has no effect on the monster.

Spells subject to Spell Resistance are:
Badios, Badial, Badialma, Litokan, Lorto, Malikto, Halito, Mahalito, Molito, Dalto, Lahalito, Madalto, Zilwan, Tiltowait

Id	Name	Elemental Resistance	Abilities	XP
0	MOAT MONSTER	Physical	Sleep	300
1	HIGH CORSAIR	Physical	Sleep	400
2	GARIAN RAIDER		Sleep Run	100
3	GARIAN GUARD		Sleep Run	150
4	GARIAN CAPTAIN		Sleep Run	200
5	GARIAN PRIEST		Sleep Run	100
6	GARIAN MAGE		Sleep Run	150
7	POLTERGEIST	Physical		100
8	DUSTER	Physical		150
9	GIANT SLUG	Physical		350
10	ANACONDA	Physical Poison	Sleep	250
11	CRAWLING KELP	Physical		5
12	MAN AT ARMS		Sleep Run	200
13	FRIAR		Sleep Run	200
14	WITCH		Sleep Run	175
15	LOOTER		Sleep Run	200
16	RONIN		Sleep Run	250
17	ASHER	Physical	Paralyze	225
18	WERE VULTURE	Physical Poison	Poison Sleep	400
19	MUMMY	Physical		400
20	VULTURE	Physical	Sleep	300
21	BENGAL TIGER	Physical	Sleep	350
22	GOBLIN	Physical	Sleep Run	250
23	HOBGOBLIN	Physical	Sleep Run	300
24	DARK STEED	Physical		325
25	HARPY	Physical	Sleep Run	400
26	NINJA	Physical	Critical Sleep Run	400
27	LEPRECHUAN	Physical	Sleep Run	300
28	UNICORN	Physical		325
29	CRUSADER	Physical	Sleep Run	300
30	PIXIE	Physical	Run	350
31	CENTAUR	Physical	Sleep Run	400
32	DWARF FIGHTER		Sleep Run	500
33	ACOLYTE		Sleep Run	500
34	NECROMANCER		Sleep Run	500
35	GIANT ANT	Physical	Paralyze	150
36	STRANGLER VINE	Physical		150
37	BANSHEE	Physical		550
38	WERE TIGER	Physical	Poison Sleep	650
39	KOMODO DRAGON	Poison	Poison Sleep	650
40	GIANT LEECH	Physical	Poison	600
41	2-HEADED SNAKE	Physical	Poison Sleep	700
42	GOBLIN PRINCE	Physical	Sleep	600
43	GOBLIN SHAMAN	Physical	Sleep	600
44	DARK RIDER	Physical	Call	800
45	COCKATRICE	Physical Stone	Stone Sleep Run	800
46	MASTER NINJA	Physical	Critical Sleep Run	900
47	CRUSADER LORD	Physical	Sleep	700
48	FAERIE	Physical Magic	Run	600
49	SERAPH	Physical	Call	800
50	T'IEN LUNG	Physical Cold	Sleep	4000
51	ROC	Physical	Sleep	1800
52	BERSERKER	Physical	Sleep	800
53	GNOME PRIEST		Sleep Run	800
54	ELVEN MAGE		Sleep Run	700
55	BURGLAR		Sleep Run	800
56	SAMURAI		Sleep	1000
57	GHOST	Physical		1000
58	WIGHT	Physical	Paralyze	3000
59	DOPPELGANGER	Physical	Poison Sleep	1750
60	FIEND	Physical	Call	3000
61	GIANT GORILLA		Sleep	1500
62	GHAST	Physical	Paralyze	6000
63	FIREDRAKE	Fire	Sleep	10000
64	VENUS MAN-TRAP	Physical	Poison Paralyze	7999
65	MIFUNE			35000
66	ARCHDEMON	Physical	Call	30000
67	CYCLOPS	Physical Fire	Sleep	12000
68	GIANT MANTIS	Physical Cold	Critical Sleep	15000
69	ARCHANGEL		Paralyze Call	30000
70	XENO	Physical	Stone Call	6000
71	HYDRA	Physical	Paralyze Sleep	50000
72	PRIEST OF FUNG	Physical	Sleep	800
73	ANGEL	Physical	Paralyze Call	2000
74	DELF	Physical	Stone	7200
75	DELF'S MINION	Physical	Stone	1200
76	PO'LE	Physical	Run	12000
77	L'KBRETH	Physical Fire Cold Poison Drain Stone Magic		1

Elemental Resistance 

Spell damage from group targeting-spells is cut in half if the monster resists the corresponding element. Physical resistance does not affect non-spell damage!

Element	Spells
Fire	Litokan, Mahalito, Lahalito
Physical	Lorto, Malikto, Molito, Tiltowait
Cold	Dalto, Madalto

Poison, Drain, Stone, and Magic elemental resistances do nothing, because none of the group-targeting spells in Wizardry are aligned to those elements.

Abilities

• Sleep – The only “bad” ability. Monsters with this ability are affected by Katino. Any others are not.
• Run – If the monster party is demoralized, then each monster with this ability has a 65% chance to run each turn.
• Critical – When the monster lands one or more successful hits, it has a [Level * 2%] chance, up to a maximum of 50%, to instantly kill.
• Poison – Sets poison rate to 1 on a successful hit.
• Paralyze – Inflicts paralysis on a successful hit.
• Call – If the monster group has fewer than 8 monsters in it, then each monster has a 75% chance of calling for help instead of attacking. The chance that a call for help will be successful is (MonsterLevel * 5%).
• Stone – Inflicts stone status on a successful hit.