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Technical Documentation - Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back - Actions and Combos

Actions

The following table lists all the possible actions in the game.

Notes:
Improved Skill: The skill associated with the action.
Experience Gain: The base value of the experience you gain when you use the action.
Defense Modifier: Defense modifier applied until the champion can make an action again.
Stamina: The base value of stamina used when making the action.
Hit probability: The probability to hit (0..75, 75 means automatic hit).
Damage: Damage modifier (in 1/32's). A value of 16 then would be "half normal damage".
Fatigue: The amount of time before you can make another action (1/6ths of a second).

# Name
English
Name
French
Name
German
Name
Japanese
Improved
Skill
Experience
Gain
Defense
Modifier
Stamina Hit probability Damage Fatigue
0 N N N N 00: Fighter 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Block Fendre Blockieren さえぎる 07: Parry (Hidden Fighter skill) 8 36 4 22 15 6
2 Chop Entailler Spalten 叩き切る 06: Club (Hidden Fighter skill) 10 0 8 (a)
10 (b)(c)
48 48 8 (e)
3 X X X X 00: Fighter 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blow Horn (d) Sonner fort Horn blasen 角笛を吹く 14: Influence (Hidden Priest skill) 0 -4 1 0 0 6
5 Flip Pile ou face Werfen コイントス 12: Identify (Hidden Priest skill) 0 -10 0 0 0 3
6 Punch Cogner Schlagen 殴る 09: Fight (Hidden Ninja skill) 8 -10 1 38 32 1
7 Kick Coup de pied Treten 蹴る 09: Fight (Hidden Ninja skill) 13 -5 3 28 48 5 (e)
8 War Cry (d) Amort Kriegsruf ときの声 14: Influence (Hidden Priest skill) (a)(b)
07: Parry (Hidden Fighter skill) (c)
7 4 1 0 0 3
9 Stab Poignarder Zustechen 刺す 09: Fight (Hidden Ninja skill) 15 -20 3 30 48 5
10 Climb Down Descendre Absteigen 降りる 08: Steal (Hidden Ninja skill) 15 -15 40 0 0 35
11 Freeze Life (g) Congeler Einfrieren 時間凍結 14: Influence (Hidden Priest skill) 22 -10 3 0 0 20
12 Hit Frapper Stossen 打つ 09: Fight (Hidden Ninja skill) 10 16 3 20 20 4
13 Swing Taillader Schwingen 振り回す 04: Swing (Hidden Fighter skill) 6 5 2 32 16 6 (e)
14 Stab (unused) Poignarder Zustechen 刺す 05: Thrust (Hidden Fighter skill) 12 -15 4 42 60 10
15 Thrust Plonger Zustossen 突き刺す 05: Thrust (Hidden Fighter skill) 19 -17 13 (a)
17 (b)(c)
57 66 16
16 Jab Piquer Stechen 突く 05: Thrust (Hidden Fighter skill) 11 -5 3 70 8 2
17 Parry Parer Ausweichen かわす 07: Parry (Hidden Fighter skill) 17 29 1 18 8 18
18 Hack Abattre Hacken 叩き切る 04: Swing (Hidden Fighter skill) 9 10 6 27 25 8 (e)
19 Berzerk Se ruer sur Berzerk 暴れ回る 04: Swing (Hidden Fighter skill) 40 -10 26 (a)
40 (b)(c)
46 96 30 (e)
20 Fireball Boule de feu Feuerball 火炎弾 16: Fire (Hidden Wizard skill) 35 -7 5 0 0 42
21 Dispell Conjurer Schadigen 対霊呪文 17: Air (Hidden Wizard skill) 25 -7 2 0 0 31
22 Confuse (d) Subjuguer Verwirren 催眠術 14: Influence (Hidden Priest skill) 0 -7 2 0 0 10
23 Lightning Eclair Blitzstrahl 稲妻の術 17: Air (Hidden Wizard skill) 30 -7 4 0 0 38
24 Disrupt Ensorceler Stoeren 対霊武器 17: Air (Hidden Wizard skill) 10 -7 5 46 55 9
25 Melee Melee Kaempfen 斬り払う 06: Club (Hidden Fighter skill) 24 -5 17 (a)
25 (b)(c)
64 60 20
26 X X X X 08: Steal (Hidden Ninja skill) 0 -15 1 0 0 10
27 Invoke Invoquer Anrufen 念じる 03: Wizard 25 -9 2 0 0 16
28 Slash Taillader Steich 斬り下ろす 04: Swing (Hidden Fighter skill) 9 4 2 26 16 4
29 Cleave Pourfendre Kerben 斬り裂く 04: Swing (Hidden Fighter skill) 12 0 10 40 48 12
30 Bash Assommer Hauen 打ち割る 06: Club (Hidden Fighter skill) 11 0 9 32 50 20 (e)
31 Stun Etourdir Betaeuben 気絶させる 06: Club (Hidden Fighter skill) 10 5 2 50 16 7
32 Shoot Tirer Schiessen 射る 11: Shoot (Hidden Ninja skill) 9 (a)
20 (b)(c)
-15 3 0 0 14
33 Spellshield Aura magique Zauberschild 呪文防御 15: Defend (Hidden Priest skill) 20 -7 1 0 0 30
34 Fireshield Pare-feu Feuerschild 火炎防御 15: Defend (Hidden Priest skill) 20 -7 2 0 0 35
35 Fluxcage Cage Zauberkaefig 呪縛する 03: Wizard 12 8 6 0 0 2
36 Heal Guerir Heilen 治療する 13: Heal (Hidden Priest skill) 0 -20 1 0 0 19
37 Calm (d) Tranquiliser Besaenftigen 手なずける 14: Influence (Hidden Priest skill) 0 -5 1 0 0 9
38 Light Lumiere Leuchten 魔術灯火 17: Air (Hidden Wizard skill) 20 0 3 0 0 10
39 Window Fenetre Fenster 透視 18: Earth (Hidden Wizard skill) 30 -15 2 0 0 15
40 Spit Cracher Spucken 火炎攻撃 16: Fire (Hidden Wizard skill) 25 -7 3 0 0 22
41 Brandish (d) Brandir Fuchteln 追い払う 14: Influence (Hidden Priest skill) 0 -4 2 0 0 10
42 Throw Lancer Werfen 投げる 10: Throw (Hidden Ninja skill) 5 0 0 0 0 0
43 Fuse (f) Fusionner Verbinden 融合する 03: Wizard 1 8 2 0 0 2

(a): Dungeon Master for Atari ST versions 1.0 English (1987-12-08) and 1.0 English (1987-12-11).
(b): Dungeon Master for Atari ST versions 1.1 English.
(c): Dungeon Master for Atari ST versions 1.2 English, 1.2 German, 1.3 French, Chaos Strikes Back for Atari ST versions 2.0 English and 2.1 English, Dungeon Master for Amiga version 2.0 English.
(d): In addition to the normal 'Experience gain' in the 'Improved skill' as defined in the table, these actions trigger an additional and special experience gain if there is a creature currently under attack. This special experience gain is hard coded in skill 14 Influence (Hidden Priest skill) and with the following values: War Cry (12), Calm (35), Brandish (30), Blow Horn (20), Confuse (45). These values are fixed and not influenced by experience multipliers or any other factors. These actions test the creature's bravery. If the creature fails the test, the hard coded experience value is added to the champion. If the creature passes the test, only half of the experience is added.
This means that:

  • In Dungeon Master for Atari ST version 1.1 and before, War Cry gives experience in the Priest skill only (for both the normal and special experience additions).
  • In Dungeon Master for Atari ST version 1.2 and above, War Cry gives experience in Fighter (normal addition) and also Priest (special addition) skills.
  • For actions other than 'War Cry', both the normal and special additions apply to the skill 14 Influence (Hidden Priest skill). However, as the experience gain is 0 in the table for these actions, this means only the special addition will effectively add experience.

(e): A hard coded fatigue value of 6 is used when attacking a door. These are the only actions that can be used to destroy a door.
(f): The Fuse action casts a powerful Weaken Nonmaterial Beings spell and can thus be used against that kind of creatures.
(g): The 'Freeze Life' action stops all activities of all creatures located on the same map as the party except Lord Chaos (creatures with the 'Archenemy' bit set). Creatures located on other maps are not affected. This applies even if the party enters another map while 'Freeze Life' is active: creatures resume their activities as soon as the party leaves their map and creatures on the map the party enters are immediately stopped.

Combos

The following table lists all the combos in the game. A combo is a group of 0 to 3 actions. Each item has an associated combo thus defining what you can do with the item.

Notes:
Combo Index: The index of the combo. This value uniquely identifies a combo.
Action Index: The index of the action in the list of actions (see above).
Action Name: The name of the action.
Use charges: This bit is set to '1' for actions that should decrement the number of charges in the associated item.
Minimum skill level: The minimum level in the skill associated to the action required for the action to be available to the champion. If a champion's level is too low, the action is not displayed.
Unused1 and Unused2: These two values are not used by the game engine. During an early stage of the game's development, Unused1 was probably used to store 'Improved Skill' indices before the developers decided to associate them to actions instead of combos. 35 of the 44 values correspond to the 'Improved Skill' of at least one action in the combo. [Information sent by Jean-Claude]

Combo Index Action Index Action Name Use charges Minimum skill level Unused1 Unused2
0 255 - 0 0 0 0
255 - 0 0
255 - 0 0
1 27 Invoke 0 0 3 0
43 Fuse 0 0
35 Fluxcage 0 0
2 6 Punch 0 0 9 0
7 Kick 0 0
8 War Cry 0 0
3 0 N 0 0 0 0
0 N 0 0
0 N 0 0
4 0 N 0 0 0 0
0 N 0 0
0 N 0 0
5 13 Swing 0 0 4 0
255 - 0 0
255 - 0 0
6 13 Swing 0 0 16 0
20 Fireball 1 7
255 - 0 0
7 13 Swing 0 0 17 0
23 Lightning 1 3
255 - 0 0
8 28 Slash 0 0 14 0
41 Brandish 0 2
22 Confuse 1 3
9 16 Jab 0 0 17 0
2 Chop 0 0
23 Lightning 1 4
10 2 Chop 0 0 16 0
25 Melee 0 2
20 Fireball 1 6
11 17 Parry 0 0 16 0
41 Brandish 0 3
34 Fireshield 0 5
12 42 Throw 0 0 9 0
9 Stab 0 0
28 Slash 0 2
13 13 Swing 0 0 4 0
17 Parry 0 2
2 Chop 0 3
14 16 Jab 0 0 5 0
17 Parry 0 1
15 Thrust 0 5
15 28 Slash 0 0 4 0
17 Parry 0 1
25 Melee 0 5
16 2 Chop 0 0 5 0
25 Melee 0 5
15 Thrust 0 6
17 9 Stab 0 0 4 0
2 Chop 0 2
29 Cleave 0 5
18 16 Jab 0 0 3 0
29 Cleave 0 2
24 Disrupt 0 4
19 13 Swing 0 0 4 0
15 Thrust 0 5
19 Berzerk 0 7
20 13 Swing 0 0 4 0
2 Chop 0 0
25 Melee 0 5
21 2 Chop 0 0 4 0
29 Cleave 0 3
19 Berzerk 0 8
22 13 Swing 0 0 6 0
30 Bash 0 2
31 Stun 0 4
23 13 Swing 0 0 6 0
31 Stun 0 3
25 Melee 0 6
24 42 Throw 0 0 6 0
30 Bash 0 0
255 - 0 0
25 0 N 0 0 0 0
0 N 0 0
0 N 0 0
26 42 Throw 0 0 9 0
9 Stab 0 0
255 - 0 0
27 32 Shoot 0 0 11 0
255 - 0 0
255 - 0 0
28 37 Calm 0 0 15 0
33 Spellshield 1 2
36 Heal 0 3
29 37 Calm 0 0 15 0
33 Spellshield 1 3
34 Fireshield 1 4
30 17 Parry 0 0 16 0
38 Light 1 0
21 Dispell 1 3
31 13 Swing 0 0 16 0
21 Dispell 1 3
34 Fireshield 1 4
32 36 Heal 0 0 18 0
37 Calm 0 2
41 Brandish 0 3
33 13 Swing 0 0 17 0
23 Lightning 1 2
39 Window 1 4
34 13 Swing 0 0 17 0
17 Parry 0 0
40 Spit 1 3
35 17 Parry 0 0 19 0
36 Heal 0 3
38 Light 1 4
36 4 Blow Horn 0 0 14 0
255 - 0 0
255 - 0 0
37 5 Flip 0 0 0 0
255 - 0 0
255 - 0 0
38 11 Freeze Life 0 0 14 0
255 - 0 0
255 - 0 0
39 10 Climb Down 0 0 8 0
255 - 0 0
255 - 0 0
40 42 Throw 0 0 9 0
9 Stab 0 0
255 - 0 0
41 1 Block 0 0 9 0
12 Hit 0 2
255 - 0 0
42 42 Throw 0 0 10 0
255 - 0 0
255 - 0 0
43 6 Punch 0 0 3 0
11 Freeze Life 1 0
255 - 0 0