Might and Magic 6

                   Hints from Dave Barker

My single biggest omission has been not to read all the bumpf
particularly with regard to some of the spells and how they work.

Water Magic should not be under valued.

You need Water Walk to get to the off shore islands but it is also
useful for dealing with land-bound enemies as you can run onto
water, allow them to mass on the shore line and then shoot them.

Enchant item: Some items - rings, amulets, weapons, armour - come
already enchanted whilst others have the ability to become
enchanted. It's worth saving your game and experimenting to see
what you get. Items which increase your stats and resistances are
always useful. Items which regenerate Hit Points and Spell points
over time are a must and are worth investing the time. Re-load a
saved game and re-cast the enchant item spell until you get the
item you want and then save the game and set about enchanting the
next object. And, at the end of the day an magical item is worth
more.

[It is also important to visit the Seer at Castle Ironfist at the
beginning of the month to find out which shrine to pray at. The
first time you pray at the Shrine of the month you get +10 to a
specific stat or resistance. In that month in the following
year(s) you get +3. High resistance to Cold, Electricity, Fire etc
means you will take less damage from spells later]

Town Portal: Allows you to teleport to one of the six towns with a
central fountain. Initially only outside but eventually from in
dungeons.

Lloyds Beacon: Allows you to set 1, 3 and eventually 5 beacons
which you can teleport from and to.

This means that once you have reached Master at Water Magic you

can cover all the big towns and most off the playing area using
Teleportation, a massive time saver.

Whilst all skills are important the things you need early on are:

Bow: The cowards approach . stand off and put low walls between
you and the monster(s). Or walk out on water.

Learning: You get more experience points for an incident.  Hence
you can progress faster.

Merchant: You buy for less and sell for more. You need to bank
money for later in the game as gold is sometimes hard to come by
and high-level training is expensive and you will have to buy most
of the spells for your spell books.

Perception: Useful later in dungeons together with Wizards Eye
(Air Magic) as it enables you to see beyond closed doors and will
often show a passage behind a hidden panel so you can then look
for the switch.

And in the final analysis it is a management game. Which
classes/skills do you use, how do you allocate the skill points
that you earn and what order do you tackle the Quest/Dungeons.















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