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Two teams battle it out in a good versus evil adventure. The good guys (Frodo and his team) are on a mission to
destroy the One Ring whereas the bad guys (Saruman and
co.) are on a mission to obtain the ring for their master who will use the
ring can rule Middle Earth with a reign of darkness. A player can become any one of 4 characters on either of the two
teams. Each character has their own strengths and weaknesses
which are evenly matched to an opponent on the opposite team. Each player starts the Mission with a certain amount of
Hit Points and Toughness. Each time a player is zapped they lose a single point of
toughness. If their toughness is reduced to zero, the player has
been defeated, they will be deactivated and loose one Hit Point. Should their Hit Points ever reach zero, the player is
eliminated. As the mission progresses the players gain experience points and advance
their skill level for that class, becoming stronger and gaining extra powers
as they advance. As the player goes up in skill levels, their hit points, toughness and
shot speed increase. Each target can only be destroyed once with a single shot. When a target
is destroyed it gives the player a random effect e.g. a Bless curse, a Curse,
Gain or lose experience points, increased or decrease skill level, or even
nothing. The Warbot/Navigator will reactivate periodically during the game and
will give random effects to the first player it sees. Once it has done
this it will go to sleep for a while. If a player receives more than one random effect in a short space of
time, the random effects have a greater chance of being bad!! Mission Length: 15 minutes
The Characters The Good Guys Aragorn is a Warrior and this is the simplest character to play.
He is tough and becomes stronger in a stand up fight faster than any other
characters. The
warrior special ability is the Cure Light Wound potion, which he gets as he
advance in Skill level. Unused potions accumulate as they
advance. To
use the Cure Light Wound potion the player must press the feature button for
2 seconds and the Warrior Hit Points will be fully restored. This
character is equivalent to an Orc.
Toughness is restored every 6 seconds whilst idle |
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Frodo is a Hobbit and is slightly weaker in normal combat than
Aragorn, however has the following special abilities:- Steal:
If Frodo missile-locks an opponent he can steal experience
points from the opposing player and add them to his own. The longer he
missile locks, the more points he steals. Hide
in the shadows: To hide in the shadows, Frodo must press the feature button until
the battle suit announces Stealth Activated and the battlesuit lights will go
out and other players will no longer be able to lock onto him. To
deactivate stealth Frodo simply presses the feature button. Whilst in
stealth mode Frodo cannot fire normal shots, but can use Backstab. Backstab:
A Backstab can only be done when the Frodo is in stealth
mode. To perform the Backstab Frodo must missile the opponent, who will
get no missile warning tone. A
Backstab bypasses all toughness and will do multiple Hit Points damage
dependant on the opponent Skill level This
character is equivalent to Gollum.
Toughness is restored
every 6 seconds whilst idle |
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Legolas is an Elf who is weaker than the above two characters, but
makes up for this with the ability to use spells. Legolas
can gain access to new spells as he advances in Skill Level. When
Legolas casts a spell he is unable to cast the same spell again for a period
of time. The higher the spell level the longer the wait. See
below for relevant spells for this character. This Character is equivalent to a Ring Wraith.
Legolas can restore hit
pts to team members every 20 seconds Toughness is restored
every 6 seconds whilst idle |
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Gandalf is a Wizard and is the weakest character when it comes to
combat, however Gandalfs special abilities are spells. Gandalf
gains access to new spells as he advances in Skill Level. Gandalds
ability to cast spells is only limited by the amount of Mana he has. As
Gandalf advances in Skill Levels his maximum Mana also increases, and any
time that he is not casting a spell his Mana will slowly restore to the
maximum value. For
a Wizard, even trying to cast a spell uses up a small amount of Mana.
When he does cast a spell Mana is used dependant on the spell level. See below
for relevant spells and Mana for this character. This character is equivalent to Saruman.
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The Bad Guys Orc is one of the simplest characters to play. He is tough
and becomes stronger in a stand up fight faster than any other class. The
Orcs only special ability is the Cure Light Wound potion, which he gets as he
advance in Skill level. Unused potions accumulate as they
advance. To
use the Cure Light Wound potion the player must press the feature button for
2 seconds and the Hit Points will be fully restored. This character is equivalent to Aragorn.
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Gollum is a treacherous little creature, transformed into this
monster due to the evil power of the ring. He
is slightly weaker in normal combat than an Orc however he can use his sly
and cunning ways as an advantage by using the following special abilities:- Steal:
If Gollum missile-locks an opponent he can steal experience
points from the opposing player and add them to his own. The longer he
missile locks the more points he steals. Hide
in the shadows: To hide in the shadows, Gollum must press the feature button
until the battle suit announces Stealth Activated. His lights will go
out and other players will no longer be able to lock onto him. To
deactivate stealth Gollum simply presses the feature button. Whilst in
stealth mode he cannot fire normal shots, but can use Backstab. Backstab:
A Backstab can only be done when the player is in stealth
mode. To
perform the Backstab Gollum must missile the opponent, who will get no
missile warning tone. A
Backstab bypasses all toughness and will do multiple Hit Points damage
dependant on the opponent Skill level This character is equivalent to Frodo
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Ring Wraith is weaker than the above two characters, but makes up for this
with the ability to use spells. Ring
Wraith can gain access to new spells as he advances in Skill Level.
When casting a spell he is unable to cast the same spell again for a period
of time. The higher the spell level the longer the wait. See below
for relevant spells for this character. This
character is equivalent to Legolas.
Ring Wraith can restore
hit pts to team members every 20 seconds Toughness is restored
every 6 seconds whilst idle |
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Saruman is a very evil Wizard and is the weakest character when it
comes to combat. Like the Ring Wraiths the Wizards special ability is
spells. He
gain access to spells as they progress in Skill Level. The Wizards
ability to cast spells limited to the amount of Mana he has. As
he progresses in Skill Levels, his maximum Mana also increases, and any time
he is not casting a spell his Mana will slowly restore to the maximum
value. For
a Wizard even trying to cast a spell uses up a small amount of Mana.
When he does cast a spell, Mana is used dependant on the spell level. See below
for relevant spells for this character. This
character is equivalent to Gandalf.
Sauman can restore hit
pts to team members every 20 seconds
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Spells
How to select and cast
a spell:
Firstly the player must begin their casting by going into spell
casting mode. To do this the player must press the feature button until
the battle-suit announces Special Online.
While in spell casting mode, the player is helpless. Once
they are in spell-casting mode the player must immediately begin selecting
their spell. They select their spell by pressing the feature button the
same number of times as the number of the desired spell on their spell list.
As an example:
Gandalf goes into
spell mode. He presses the feature button once. At this stage Gandalf has
selected the first spell on the list. If the button is pressed again, he has
selected the second spell on the list.
And so on.......
If the player reaches the last spell on the spell list and presses
the feature button again, they will have cycled back to the first spell.
As each spell is selected the battle-suit will either give a
positive Ack beep or negative Nak beep to indicate if the spell is available or
unavailable to the player. Spells can be unavailable either because they
have been cast recently (Wraith and Legolas only) or the player does not have
enough Mana (Gandalf or Saruman only) or the player is not of a high enough
Skill Level to earn the spell yet.
Once the desired spell is selected, the player must stop pressing
the feature button. Once 3 seconds have passed the player automatically
returns to normal Combat Mode with their spell selected. As they come out
of spell mode the battle-suit will give a positive Ack beep or a negative Nak
beep to indicate if the spell was successfully selected.
If a spell-caster is deactivated while casting the spell,the
spell is lost.
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Spell |
Level required |
Time delay |
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Heal / Injure |
1 |
20 sec |
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Resurrect |
2 |
2 min |
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Bless / Curse |
3 |
35 sec |
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Dispel Magic |
5 |
50 sec |
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Spirit Link |
8 |
1 minute |
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Heal/Injure |
When this spell is selected it is used on the next player you
zap. If that player is on your team, then they are healed a number of
hit points, and they are reactivated if they were currently
deactivated. When used against an enemy, the player is deactivated
regardless of toughness and a number of hit points is deducted. |
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Bless/Curse |
When this spell is selected it is used on the next player
zapped. If the player is on your team then the player is blessed. This
gives the player a good random Lingering effect i.e. faster shot speed,
increased toughness. If the player was on the opposing team then it will have the
opposite effect. |
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Dispel Magic |
When this spell is selected it is used on the next player
zapped. This spell removes all Lingering effects or Spirit Links on
that player. |
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Spirit Link |
Used on the next player zapped. From then on, any
Experience Points that the player gets are awarded to you. Also any Hit Points removed from a player are also given to you
as a bonus. |
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Resurrection |
When this spell is selected it is used on the next player
zapped. When a player is first eliminated they have a short period of
time in which if this spell is cast on them, the player is restored to the
mission, although their experience level is halved. |
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Gandalf and Saruman
Spell List
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Spell |
Level required |
Mana |
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Magic Missile |
2 |
3 |
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Shield |
4 |
5 |
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Fireball |
6 |
7 |
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Time Stop |
8 |
10 |
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Magic Missile |
When this spell is selected it is used on the next player
zapped. This spell bypasses all toughness and deals multiple Hit Points
damage. |
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Shield |
This spell is activated the second the player activates it and
increases toughness. |
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Fireball |
Once this spell has been selected the player has the ability to
missile lock other players. When the opponent is missile locked the spell begins and you
have 4 seconds to missile lock any other opponents. Any opponent missile locked is immediately deactivated and when
the 4 seconds is over a large amount of damage is distributed amongst all
those players that you sent down with the spell. |
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Time Stop |
This spell is activated the moment it is selected. This
immediately causes all opponent players to become helpless as their phasers
stop working for a minute! Whilst this spell is in operation your Mana
will not replenish. |
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