The Eye of Winter's Fury (2 page)

Each map will provide you with a number of different quests. Some quests are harder than others. A simple colour-coded system ranks the quests in order of difficulty:

		Green quests : These are the easiest quests to complete. Heroes with even the most basic of equipment will still emerge victorious.
		Orange quests : Heroes will find these tasks a little more challenging, requiring them to defeat numerous enemies to succeed.
		Blue quests : Things get a lot tougher with blue quests. Monsters are more likely to have special abilities and higher attribute scores, meaning your hero will need to be fully prepared and equipped for the dangers they may face.
		Red quests : These quests should only be attempted once you have completed the majority of green, orange and blue quests. Your hero will need to use everything they’ve got to overcome these tough challenges and triumph.

Quests can be done in any order you wish – although note that it is wiser to complete the easier quests (green and orange) before you attempt the harder ones (blue and red). Once a quest has been completed, it cannot be revisited.

Legendary monsters

On each map you will also see some spider symbols. These represent ‘legendary monsters’: opponents that are tougher than your average foe. Only the bravest of heroes, who are confident in their abilities and have good gear from their questing, should seek out and battle these mighty opponents.

Boss monsters

Each Act of the story has a final boss monster that must be defeated before you can advance the story to the next Act. These boss monsters are represented by the skull symbol on the map.

It goes without saying that these final bosses are no pushovers and should only be attempted once you have fully explored each map and completed most of the quests.

Towns, villages and camps

Every Act of the story has its own town, village or camp, which your hero can visit anytime between quests. They are represented on the map by the building icon. Simply turn to the corresponding page entry whenever you wish to visit. These locations can provide your hero with items to purchase, additional quests, hints and tips and even some career trainers.

It is always a good idea to visit these areas first, whenever you start a new map. The inns and taverns can be a great source of rumour and information regarding the challenges ahead.

Upgrading equipment

The primary goal of DestinyQuest is to equip your hero with better weapons, armour and equipment. These will boost your hero’s attributes such as
brawn
and
magic
, and help them to survive longer in battle.

At certain times in the story you will be offered a choice of rewards for your hero. Usually this will be the result of killing a monster or completing a quest, but there are also many other ways of gaining rewards – some easier to find than others.

When you are offered a choice of rewards, you will be told how many items you may pick from the selection. It is up to you to decide which reward/s will be best for your hero. These rewards, such as rings, pieces of armour, weapons and necklaces, will commonly give boosts to certain attributes. Select your rewards wisely to boost the attributes that are the most essential for your hero.

When you have chosen your reward, you write its name and details in the corresponding box on your hero sheet. Make sure to update any attributes that are affected by the new reward. Remember, it is your decision what rewards you take. You can always ignore items if they don’t interest you.

Replacing equipment

Your hero can only carry one item in each box. When you choose a reward and your hero already has an item in the corresponding box, the new item
replaces
the old one – and the old item is destroyed. When you destroy the old item,
all attribute bonuses and abilities that it provided are lost
, to be replaced by those from the new item.

Combat

Valeron can be a wild and dangerous place. Most of the creatures you encounter will be hostile and it will be up to you (and your hero!) to battle and defeat these monsters, to emerge victorious.

When you enter into combat, you will be given your opponent’s attributes. These are usually
speed
,
brawn
(or
magic
),
armour
and
health
. Some may also have special abilities that you will need to take note of.

The combat sequence

Combat consists of a number of
combat rounds
. In each round of combat you roll dice to determine who hits who and who takes damage. (Note: A die is considered to be a standard 6-sided die.) Once damage
has been applied, a new combat round starts. Combat continues until either your hero or their opponent is defeated.

In each combat round:

Example of combat

Sir Hugo has awoken a slumbering serpent and must now defend himself against its venomous attacks.

	Special abilities
	Venom : Once you have taken health damage from the serpent, at the end of every combat round you must automatically lose 2 health .

	Combat round one
1.	Sir Hugo rolls 2 dice to determine his attack speed. He rolls a and a giving him a total of 6. He adds on his speed score of 4 to give him a final total of 10.
2.	The serpent rolls 2 dice to determine its attack speed. The result is a and a making 11. The serpent’s speed is 6, making its final total 17. The serpent has won the first round of combat.
3.	A die is rolled for the serpent to determine its damage score. The result is a . Its brawn score is added on to this, to give a final total of 9.
4.	Sir Hugo deducts his armour value from this total. This means he only takes 4 points of health damage (9−5=4). His health is reduced from 30 to 26.
5.	Sir Hugo is also poisoned by the serpent’s venom. He automatically takes another 2 points of health damage, reducing his health to 24.