This is the first of the "2nd Generation" Wizardry games. The classic
feel has been abandoned, spells are now in English, there are new 
races, new classes. It's pretty cool! Bane is one of my favorites.

                Rolling The Characters:

This time it's impossible to import characters into the game. You have
to roll them up from scratch. If you thought it was tough trying to
figure out which race was best for which class before, you're in for
one hell of a ride this time around.  We've got six new races to play
with and six new classes too. 

Here is a chart showing the strengths and weaknesses of the species:

S: Indicates Strength in that field, W: Indicates that race's weakness
in the field.

Race         Str Int Pie Vit Dex Spd Per Traits
Human        -   -   -   -   -   -   -   Balanced
Elf          W   S   S   W   -   -   -   -
Dwarf        S   W   S   S   -   -   -   -
Gnome        S   -   S   S   -   W   W   -
Hobbit       -   -   W   -   S   -   S   -
Faerie       W   S   -   -   S   S   S   Low AC
Lizardman    S   W   W   S   -   S   -   -
Dracon       S   -   W   S   S   -   W   Breath
Felpurr      W   S   W   W   S   S   S   Low AC
Rawulf       -   W   S   S   -   -   S   -
Mook         S   S   W   S   -   -   -   -


If you want more detail, here's a table showing which races are best
suited for which classes.

A  ( 1 ) denotes that the race needs the least amount of bonus points
to enter the class. A ( 2 ) means that class is the second easiest to
obtain.

Race       Fig|Mage Pri|Thi Ran|Alc Bard|Psi Val|Bis Lord|Sam Monk|Nin
Human         |        | 2   1 |        |       |        | 2      |
Elf           | 2    2 | 2     |        |       | 1      |      2 |
Dwarf       2 |      2 |       |        | 2   1 |      2 |        |1
Gnome         |      2 |       |        |       | 2      |        |                                                          
Hobbit        |        | 2     |        |       |        |        |
Faerie        | 1      | 1     | 1    1 |       |        | 1      |
Liazardman  1 |        |       |        |       |        |        | 2
Dracon        |        | 1   2 |      2 |       |        |        | 1 
Felpurr       | 2      | 1     | 2    2 |       |        | 1    1 | 1 
Rawulf        |      1 |       |        |     2 | 2    1 |        |
Mook          |      2 |       |        |       |        | 2      |

Try to fit as much as you can into one party. You're goal is to pack
everything into a group of 6 people. A thief, mage, priest, alchemist,
psionic, everything. 

               My personal party consists of: 

Dwarf- Valkyrie     Dracon- Ninja     Elf - Monk
Elf- Bard           Mook- Priest      Faerie- Mage

This party is feature complete with 3 fighting types, a rouge type, a
priest, a mage, and the ninja and monk equal a alchemist and a
psionic.

                   Into the castle.

  Your party approaches Castle Proper, unaware of just what they'll
   find inside. They hope to find great treasure, and investigate the
 rumors that are spoken throughout the country-side. Your group has
 come into the possession of a key which is said to open the gates that
 lead into the castle. With the turn of the key the gates screech open.
  Cautiously you take a few steps into the main hall.. WHAM! The
 gates slam shut behind you! The key is no use, you are locked inside.
               There is no turning back now...

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The above document was adapted from the original web page, 
Kyler's Wizardry Den 
at http://www.mindspring.com/~lastheart/wizardry/

Let's see, usual disclaimer here, the above is a 
copyright work of 
Kyler (kylerwiz@mindspring.com).

Text adaptation by Foraker (de_punk@hotmail.com) 
http://www.geocities.com/foraker.geo/wizard/index.html

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