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3. Other than radiation and nature itself the only force to be reckoned with throughout the island is the Killer Clowns The Clowns have perverted the slapstick humor of their forebearers taking its feigned violence literally and expanding it into the martial art Slap Fu These predatory Pierrots roam the island extending the power of their ancient but still dangerous founder Kermit Eli and his demented family The Clowns are extremely secretive and their pantomime communication with each other is impenetrable to outsiders They are highly skilled in the use any kind of weapon and unusually fond of the bizarre such as steel toed flap shoes rubber chickens stuffed with ball bearings spike studded brickbats and seltzer bottles filled with acid The Killer Clowns have fallen strangely silent lately but it is generally believed that this is a momentary lull Florida s main urban center Miami took a secondary nuclear salvo and was reduced nearly to rubble The survivors soon split into factions and the former resort city is now something like a latter day Beirut but with better dance music In this fractious atmos phere with its Byzantine assortment of groups sub groups splinter groups gangs sects mobs cults cells associations conspiracies and raiding parties only one force seeks to restore law order and cohesion Miami Police Its co chiefs Tockett and Crubbs are known and feared throughout the city They use informers and inf
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6. may even make them seem to be a force for good But those who ally themselves to the OhOhs are said to have access to powerful arcane and not altogether innocent concoctions full of magic And it is whispered that dark and bloody rituals are practiced in their guarded temple while subtle yet deadly curses afflict those who defy or oppose the Obeahs The Bahia Mafia is a more traditional criminal gang relegating their felonious activities to good old fashioned thuggery They are a mere shadow of the organized crime families that existed in Miami before The Change Nevertheless Bahia thugs are able to channel their larcenous instincts into prosperous commerce specializing in gunrunning and fencing The fact that they are so open even blatant in these activities lends some credence to the rumors of police corruption in the Sunshine City Sandwiched between the Obeahs DeSotos Bahia Mafia and Police are the Beach combers a disorganized scavenging rabble living on the city s ragged margins and the island s rough and ready backwaters The Combers are ready to do anything for a price often at a discount Even the police are able to do little to stop their nocturnal predations and rarely venture into the Comber neighborhood in northeast Miami They are particularly hated by the OhOhs who suspect the Combers of being behind the occasional lynchings of lone Obeahs i Compared to this social insanity Florida s biological diso
7. see by your outfit that you are a mutant That third sleeve is always a dead giveaway You bump into normals sometimes too Press the letter of the encounter option you want to use or the number of the topic you want to TATR hea g 3 E discuss mie Gale atz Krebs oc rine bd POPPEA PEETRE rere apr aP Are rere re d Ss ea inerte rere tent eerte OP ertt eunt tty re LE Mac de Knife you have FELIS tFi gt Mac de Knife CUnafflicted gt Cont 7 ac 6 Weapon GOcheaa s Rifle 5 Red lt Unatfflicted gt 238 5 Family portrait lways so special uu PARI amily alts are a y P F3 gt Connie Gale sit Unaf f licted on 3 E press A and see at a glance how healthy TRRMEILEE P umm na Pistol Swwot 12 Fu IGcna QUA Unafflicted 1 everyone is their armor class what kind of r See Brorning Pistol fiMHo 11 d peti eem eto voro ette eet PROT FONT eer ettet oom Uh awae RELATE heat they re packing amp present ammo level and whether anyone has gone and gotten j EREK NNE FEE TE Ea AZIZ APEE OIEI TO HEDI add Pet P o TEEN Cash 1118 himself mutated Qi CR eorder roster Le eave Some fights are real mob scenes on this tight little island Press the first letter of the combat option you want to use and the number of the monster or monsters you want to fight 24 Ri
8. want someone with a high Perception score in your party unless you think poverty is ennobling Stealth Move about silently and or undetected Language Speak parlez sprechen and habla foreign languages and dialects Demolitions Knowledge of explosives how to use them and how to identify them Hand to Hand Proficiency in unarmed combat This skill is modified by ST and DX If your ST and DX are both high you ll box like a champ if they are both low get yourself a weapon Blades Fighting skill with the numerous sharp and pointy objects found throughout Florida from carving knives to machetes Handgun Skill in the use of all handguns automatic and otherwise Single Fire Rifle Skill with old fashioned single chambered long guns They re antiques but they re better than nothing 12 Automatic Weapon Skill with automatic and semi automatic firearms other than handguns The ban on them has sort of lapsed Swim Treading water in the direction you desire In Florida you better be able to do this fast if you do it at all Evasion Getting out of somebody s way in a fight Mutations Mutations became common in Florida after The Change Since most radioactive hotspots have cooled down the majority of mutations result from exposure to mutagens carried by the bites or stings of mutated predators amp scavengers Being a mutant entails a balance of advantages and disadvantages The advantages are the useful mutations descr
9. you have created the characters you want press P to begin playing the game Except during combat and encounters the names and Function keys of your party members will appear across the top of the screen Constitution Condition and Healing PC s and NPC s health is indicated by two numbers Constitution CON and MAXCON CON is the amount of damage your character can take before going unconscious for example if your CON is 20 you will crumple to the ground when you absorb damage of 21 or more But you re not dead yet just Unconscious UNC and you ll be back on your feet in no time But there are things worse than being UNC such as Serious SER Critical CRT Comatose COM and Dead DED You ll bounce right back from being UNC but you ll need medical attention if you re SER and your condition will begin to deteriorate if you don t get it CRT and COM are the next two steps below SER and also require intervention by a health professional DED sort of speaks for itself DED is bad While CON is the current number of a character s hit points MAXCON is the maximum number of hit points he can have at his current level That is MAXCON is the number of hit points he possesses when not wounded diseased poisoned or mutated Condition is separate from CON but still affects it It comes in two flavors Afflicted and Unafflicted Unafflicted means you re as normal as you ever were Afflicted means you re poisoned envenomed muta
10. PC to begin the game You can view your party at any time during the journey by pressing A to call up the Character Roster screen Or you can view individual PCs or NPCs by pressing F1 F5 Keep in mind that not everyone you meet will be enthusiastic about the prospect of spending an extended amount of time with you shooting things Some people encounter 14 all the adventure they can take just living day to day But also keep in mind that people change their minds Just because an NPC turns down your offer of camaraderie once or even several times doesn t mean they always will Someone in your party may do buy or find something that will make such an vi more appealing to the offeree There are more recruitable NPCs in Fountain of Dreams than there are roster spots to be filled If you meet an NPC whom you want to join the party for a short time but you don t want to just kiss off a reliable old NPC or PC for good there are several places in the game where you can store PCs and NPCs You will probably encounter one such place very early in the game the rest are harder to find and become storage areas only after certain conditions are met There is no time limit to how long you can store a PC or NPC except for one place where well you ll find out GAMEPLAY Saving And Or Quitting If you want to quit playing or save your game or both press Q The Quit Save Option Screen will then appear with these options To Quit the program
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12. alth handgun gunsmith Vigilante IQ 16 20 25 Demolition brawling handgun gunsmith Medic IQ 16 AP 17 15 20 Medic perception blades Hood IQ AP 16 15 25 Lockpick stealth handgun Mechanic IQ AP 16 15 25 Bomb alarm disarm mechanic demolition brawling Medics beginning Medic skill and Hoods beginning Lockpick skill are at level 2 all other beginning Active and Passive Skills are level 1 5 A PC s CON can be adjusted by pressing the number corresponding to his profes sion this will generate a new CON You can continue generating new numbers until one you like a high one presumably appears 6 Members of each profession have Bonus Attribute points to distribute Vigilantes have 28 points to distribute Survivalists and Mechanics both have 21 Bonus points and Medics and Hoods have 20 Bonus points each You may distribute these points any way you choose among a character s Attributes although no Attribute can exceed 20 at the beginning of the game And all the Bonus points must be distributed when creating the character undistributed points are lost To scroll through the Attributes press Lor 1 Arrow keys to increase an attribute highlight it using the 4 or Arrow keys and press Arrow key and to decrease it press Arrow key 7 After you have distributed all the bonus Attribute points enter a name for the character Use the Backspace to erase Ojnab Bob and type in the name of your ch
13. as the highest DX The combatant with the highest DX goes first the combatant with the second highest DX goes second third highest goes third etc Note that anyone rendered Unconscious 0 hit points or lower before they have taken their chosen action in a combat round forfeits that action for that round but is not otherwise penalized Forcing Combat It is possible to force combat with an NPC or monster even if you are not in an encounter with them If an NPC or monster is visible on the main screen you can generate combat with them by pressing E Types of Combat Hand to Hand Combat is close quarters combat not using firearms or explosives Whether using a closed fist brawling or slashing and hacking with a cruel meat cleaver this form of combat can be every bit as deadly as gunfire Someone with a high Blades skill level built up Strength and a machete can give a Clown with a megaUzi all he can handle Hand to hand combat can take place only within a range of 10 18 Missile Combat is combat using ranged weapons such as rifles or pistols or area of effect weapons including all explosives Combat Commands Run Try to either Flee from or Get Closer to an opponent If you choose to Flee press the Arrow key indicating in which direction you wish to skedaddle If any member of an adventuring party uses a Run command that command will cancel all other commands chosen by other members of the party Evade Try to evade a
14. assive Skills Aptitude AP Mental flexibility AP determines how adept you can become at Active Skills For every point of AP above 15 a PC or NPC has he can potentially add 1 level maximum to his Passive Skills Di 3 E 1 3 pj rt rmmriememenevrorveveveveyesrvreryeve ba WW d in did d d d d J Luck LK The intangibles whether you beat the odds or they beat up on you If you have enough LK things just work out for you but if you have too little you won t be able to hit the broad side of a bomb crater while the monsters will beat the gamma radiation out of you with their eyes membraned 1 3 ti d E ti fi d OE evib verer ive E ps eite enter eere rrt hh eq Dm od Hh e ty t e n VH HV t yt ry eere ev eee rmt ne Cheese a Profession Hood SJ Mechanic Using Attributes nM M M 773 When you want a PC or NPC to try to use one of his Attributes 1 Press the Function key F1 F5 that corresponds to that character 2 Press the first letter of the Attribute you want him to use 3 Press the appropriate Arrow key 1L to indicate the direction in which you want him to use the Attribute or press the Spacebar if you want him to use the Attribute in the space where he or she is standing 3 Now choose from the five character professio
15. don f Mute 1 00 Mute Hidor l d dd d dld d h 44444444444444444444 a 281 404 Mut LEN X ndi dasdasdicsdtsstid ttid MdMaalai id Mac de Knife choose Run attack mMXUTIINEEENNEENESE ID it C BM 3E_12 x de Knife F2 Cv nthia Red F3 Connie Gale i FH gt Ecmatz Krebs 3 11 Bro EEFE EAEE EELEE EEEE ERGENS CHARACTERS Attributes Characters are the sum of their attributes their fate will in part be decided by their muscles smarts reflexes and other factors as described below Strength ST Raw physical power The higher your ST is the more damage you will do with handheld weapons other than firearms Dexterity DX Quickness and agility If your DX is high you will be hard to hit in combat you will have an improved chance of hitting first in combat and you will be more accurate with missile weapons Charisma CH Personal appeal If your CH is high strangers will be more inclined to react positively toward you and you will have a better chance of recruiting NPCs into your party Will Power WP Mental toughness WP is the ability to exert mind over matter even to the point of remaining able to fight after you have been rendered unconscious IQ Mental capacity IQ determines how adept you can become in Passive Skills For every point of IQ above 15 a PC or NPC has he can potentially add 1 level to his P
16. e will be occasions when you will want time to pass a little more rapidly either to speed healing as mentioned in section 6c or when waiting for a shop to open as described below To do this just press and hold down Esc Make sure none of your PCs 17 or NPCs are afflicted when you do this if any of them are one of the things you ll speed up is their demise All of your party s money is automatically pooled no matter who in the party picks it up there s none of that share the wealth stuff in post Change Florida This is recorded on the Character Roster screen press A to check your current balance There are several ways to spend your hard earned bucks Buying healing or other medical services procuring weapons ammo or armor or shopping for miscellaneous items Some of the shops will also buy your surplus equipment And different merchants offer different prices thermonuclear warfare has not decreased the importance of comparison shop ping Most but not all of the establishments offering such goods and services keep regular hours so you may need to press and hold down Esc and make the hours fly until opening time if they re closed for the evening or weekend when you get there COMBAT How It Works Combat is divided into rounds During each round both you and your party and your opponents can take one action Attack run change weapons use a mutation use a skill etc Who goes first in a combat round is determined by who h
17. ecame known as The Change At first the surviving Floridians tried to re establish communication with the mainland via radio but their efforts were met with silence followed quickly by savage attacks from bands of radiation crazed marauders Within a few years of The Change the residents of the island s northern coast constructed a defensive wall and established coastal patrols They could see the mainland from atop the wall a mere 5 miles away But anyone who attempted to swim across the strait was killed either by the contaminated sea or the voracious creatures that lurk therein small boats fared better There has been no communication between the island and the mainland since the bombs fell and the common belief on Florida is that no decent human life remains off the island After The Change Florida communities withdrew into themselves and became city states Against all odds this social structure has managed to survive for almost 50 years There is contact and even trade between these cities but all alliances are conducted at arms length There is some traffic between communities by bands of adventurers Some of these bands are survivalists trying to preserve some semblance of order and civilization on the island Others are freebooters such as the Killer Clowns see below who want to profit from the existing disorder And there are vigilantes pursuing some private vendetta against Florida s many two four or multi legged predators
18. ge Damage TNT medium 20 40 Plastic Explosive medium 40 60 Grenade short 30 50 Armor Armor is a precious commodity in the predatory milieu of Florida Some of it you can buy for a reasonable price acquisition of the more effective varieties requires long negotiations involving bloodshed mayhem and other rhetorical devices There are three types of standard armor as described below Additionally there are other modified or unique one of a kind protective devices While highly prized protective gear of the latter sort is rare and little seen The only way to ascertain their effectiveness and resilience is to try them on and pick a fight Armor Class AC determines the quality of a suit of armor The higher the AC the stronger and more protective the armor is Minimum Maximum MIN MAX tells how much damage a particular kind of armor will absorb from any single attack Any kind of armor vests suits caps and helmets can absorb some damage every round AC MIN MAX HELMETS Leather Cap 1 1 2 Riot Helmet 2 2 A Kevlar Derby 2 2 4 VESTS Leather Vest 1 1 2 Flak Vest 3 3 6 Shagreen Vest 2 2 4 Kevlar Vest 4 4 8 21 AC MIN MAX BODY ARMOR Leather Suit 2 2 4 Shagreen Suit 3 3 6 Kevlar Suit 4 4 12 Rad Suit 5 5 15 Multiple Armor One helmet one vest jacket and one type of body armor can all be worn at the same time Wearing multiple armor has cumulative AC and damage absorption effects For example wearing a Leather Cap Leather
19. ibed in this section the disadvantages are the impairment of limbs sensory organs and or other body parts every mutant suffers These physical impairments result in lowered Attributes facial mutations lead to lessened CH mutated limbs result in lowered DX etc Mutations do increase in level but not in the way Skills do Mutations do not increase in level with use rather a mutated PC or NPC must be re exposed to mutagens This may increase the level of an already present mutation or it may cause an altogether different one fo emerge ACTIVE MUTATIONS Like Active Skills Active Mutations are activated by concentration Chameleon is a limited form of shapechanging whereby one or more parts of the body can be altered Such a change can be as minute and intricate as changing one s finger or palmprints Corruption makes things break Any technological or even primitive hand made device will jam crack or otherwise become inoperable Paralytic Touch brings an opponent to a standstill If you touch an enemy during combat he will be paralyzed for a few rounds 13 Stun Shriek causes paralysis by word of mouth A brief aria from the possessor of this mutation will cause all hostile creatures within earshot to be stunned momentarily and effectively paralyzed Stun will affect one hostile group in a combat Shriek will affect multiple groups PASSIVE MUTATION Camouflage blends in with whatever terrain or background is present The b
20. iltrators to penetrate marauding gangs uncover their plans and slaughter them en masse before they are able to carry out nefarious crimes The chiefs have skimmed a considerable layer of criminal scum from the streets with these tactics but they have also made themselves hated targets Tockett and Crubbs are said to have enormous bounties on their heads and are now never seen in public Talk on the street has it that the chiefs even have to hide from some of their own men The Miami Police have been so effective that only three organized factions remain in the Miami underworld The DeSoto family the Obeah Orders and the Bahia Mafia The DeSotos are bootleggers distilling and bottling potent rum in their fortress like com pound and distributing it throughout the island While it is rumored that there is dissension within the family itself clan patriarch Irwin DeSoto still maintains rigid control over his dynasty s illicit potables Another longstanding rumor concerns the purported salubrious properties of the family brew that it may even contain the rare curative liquid known as Water of Dreams Whatever the exact truth may be those who associate with the DeSotos or their product seem to have little to fear from mutation The mysterious Obeah Orders is a transplanted Caribbean voodoo cult The Obeahs known locally as the OhOhs may seem a benign though eccentric clique to the unin formed Indeed their readiness to share their healing skills
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22. lend is not a perfect match so the user will still be visible but much harder to hit Level and Advancement As you adventure throughout Florida becoming more and more experienced you will find that you are becoming hardier and more adept This is represented by increases in Level you will begin at level 1 and gain higher and higher levels as you do battle and solve problems The benefits of higher levels are increased CON and MAX CON and higher Attributes With each level you are awarded 2 points to distribute among your Attributes you can assign the 2 points to the same Attribute or divide them These 2 points must be used as you get them you can t save them up and you can t continue the game until you distribute them The Party amp Recruitment That corny pre Change line about safety in numbers is true Wandering around Florida alone whether strolling down a decaying Miami street or slogging through a weed choked Glades backwater is asking for it An adventuring party where each member supports the others is the only sane way to explore the Island of Florida A party can have up to 5 members The 3 you create at the beginning called Player Characters PCs and 2 more recruited from the people you ll meet along the way called Non Player Characters NPCs Or 2 members of your party can be PCs while 3 are NPCs or your can have 1 PC and 4 NPCs or if all your PCs die your entire party can be NPCs But you must have at least 1
23. ll Climb Climb any surface Simple as that Pharmacy Identify analyze drugs and medicines as well as the mysterious concoctions of the Obeah Orders Possessors of this skill can also treat victims of poison and venomous bites or stings Bomb Alarm Disarm Defuse tense situations whether caused by explosive devices left carelessly strewn about or alarm systems somebody was rude enough to leave turned on Mechanic Know how to maintain and repair Florida s few remaining mechanical relics Without the proper tools this skill isn t good for much 11 Electronics Know how to keep Florida s patched up electronics gear humming Again find the right tools or forget about it Doctor Perform complicated medical procedures such as curing rabies and radiation sickness PASSIVE SKILLS Passive Skills activate automatically and require no concentration to use they just kick in at appropriate times The more often these skills are used successfully the more highly developed they will become Passive skill levels usually begin at level 1 and can increase by 1 level for each point of AP over 15 a PC or NPC has Gunsmith Repair everything from antique shootin irons to automatic weapons Also necessary to unjam weapons Perception Awareness of your surroundings High Perception makes the smallest detail obvious The locked drawer under the desk or the crease in the wall that indicates the presence of a secret door You ll always
24. ll armed and stoutly armored to live to see another dawn or another lunchtime You ve heard that the mean streets of Miami are a good place to start The local police there are always looking for a little help and as an incentive they re willing to equip mercenaries with a little firepower Whether you can still trust them later is another matter On your way to Miami you notice that things are starting to get worse People seem to be mutating faster than ever before Mutated animals vastly increased in number are 3 penetrating deeper and deeper into settled lands Precious Dream Water the only reagent that has any effect in slowing mutations has become even scarcer What is the source of the Dream Water and what has turned off the tap Who would want mutants to overwhelm the island entirely In the midst of this chaos one ancient Floridian myth persists The Fountain of Youth is somewhere on the island It is said to be a spring of fresh crystalline water that has remarkable curative and purifying powers Legend has it that a course of treatment in the Fountain including long baths and plenty to drink can cure any disease even radiation sickness and mutations Is it the source of the Dream Water If the spring exists and can be found and if its waters can be made generally available then Florida s long mutant haunted fever dream can be brought to a close You can take 4 friends with you as you look for the answers you need a
25. n attack This command can also be used when a PC or NPC is out of range to attack opponents while other PCs or NPC s are attacking with ranged or area effect weapons Attack Attack an opponent or opponents during combat If facing more than one opponent or more than one group of opponents choose who you wish to attack by pressing the number corresponding to your selected target s You will have these options when you use an automatic weapon Single Fire a single bullet at your selected target Burst Fire a burst of several bullets at your selected target It is possible you may hit more than one target when using this option including targets you did not select Full Auto Fire an entire clip at your selected target It is possible you may hit more than one target when using this option including targets you did not select Note that this using this option leaves your weapon unloaded Unjam Load Reload or unjam a weapon Note that if a weapon is not empty and you Load it the ammunition already in the weapon will be lost Weapon Change weapons during combat Your weapon inventory list will appear after you have chosen this option press the number corresponding to the weapon you want to change to and it will automatically be equipped Note that when you change weapons you cannot attack until the next round 19 Use Use a skill or an item other than a weapon except explosives When you Use an item a submenu of commands appear
26. nd there s a good chance you ll pick up a few more swamp warriors along the way You may have decided to fight the madness just in time Then again maybe yov re too late GETTING STARTED About This Manual This manual was written for IBM or IBM compatible computers If you re using another type of computer some commands and features described in this manual may be different or even unavailable on your computer system If you re using a computer other than an IBM or IBM compatible please read the Command Summary Card for informa tion specific to your computer FLORIDA NO PLACE FOR A VACATION Mac deicynfhiiConniekicnatzi Ti TI inane vaca NOU I Lock down move out stock up You re armed you re mobile and you want some loot Use the cursor keys or keypad to cruise around the island 1 4 LII 3 ajj Henn n ye ey my mmm um ne ene rn me PharWNacw Mechanics Resource management can be an adventurer s nightmare Keep careful track of your skill levels and what sort of supplies you ve got Press F1 through F5 to check the character summaries of party members Bow MNN T FOPVHPHHUPPTVUAUVTPPEPPPHPHUAPHUPPPPEPPPPHPHO PH E Passive Stealth Handoun Gunsmith Evasion ST BX CH I ventory Items 3 be m PT ee ea 4 w sl 4 YYYYYYYY Which service Service i Les
27. ns in Fountain of Dreams 1 Survivalist 2 Vigilante 3 Medic 4 Hood and 5 Mechanic Press the number corresponding to the character profession you want your first PC to follow This will bring up the Character Creation screen Creating Characters ee eee y i itn Active Passive You will begin the game with an adventuring party of up to three characters to create H j Pharmacy 1 Stealth Eo E echenics your stalwart band follow these steps EN i Gunsmith 3 cruce AUOD Attribute Pts 1 When the opening screen appears press any key to go to the Character Creation screen i 2 3 ewe im never Hee ramanan errs IE 151108170 9 298 Bob dsl 2 You have four options on the Character Creation Option screen 4 The Character Creation screen displays the chosen profession s Active and Passive A dd member Skills Attributes the number of Bonus Attribute points you can distribute among the E dit member Choose a function PC s Attributes and the PC s beginning Constitution CON Note that different R emove member ee JD flat dtl Professions have different starting Attributes Skills and beginning CONs Play the game vax NET ENENENEN To create the first Player Character PC press A for A dd Member CON PROF Attributes MIN MAX ACTIVE SKILLS PASSIVE SKILLS Survivalist IQ AP 16 20 25 Pharmacy mechanics ste
28. oice Names cannot include numbers or punctuation post Holocaust Floridians are lousy at math and hyphens and apostrophes only confuse them 8 After you have chosen a name or maybe even before choose a sex for the charac ter This is a delicate matter that s best decided between the two of you Use the or J Arrow keys to highlight SEX on the character creation screen just below the Attributes and use the or lt Arrow keys to toggle between male and female Attributes are the same for male and female characters So to speak 9 Press ESC to return to the Character Creation Option screen when you are through creating your first character Press A if you want to create another character E if you want to edit your first character or P if you want to begin playing the game If you press A repeat the steps above 10 After you finish creating a character if you are feeling especially arbitrary and you want to change the character s name profession and sex or redistribute bonus Attribute points press E to Edit the character Follow steps 1 8 above to choose a new name profession etc 11 If you wish to remove any of the PCs you have created press the Function key F1 F5 that corresponds to the character this will bring up that PC s Character Creation screen Press Esc to return to the Character Creation Option screen and then press R Press y if you still want to delete this PC or press n if you don t 12 After
29. rder seems reasonably tame Mutation is a fact of life and a constant threat but the presence of Dream Water keeps mutation in check in the human population Among Florida s wildlife natural selection keeps mutation at a constant level Most mutated animals and plants simply aren t viable in Florida s wild areas while those that do survive are hunted down if they intrude into settled areas A few mutations however are quite hardy and far more dangerous than their ancestors ever were Hypnotic Dreamsnakes huge Mutarantulas and other abominations crawl and prowl through the steaming Florida night And there are strange stories of communities of animals mutated to the point of human intelligence and physiology It is said that they dwell in the nearly impenetrable depths of the vast marsh known as The Glades fearing outsiders following their own hidden agenda and guarding a mysterious secret This world is crazy Too bad you re sane OBJECTIVE Who knows why you want to clean up this crazy island Maybe your parents were eaten alive by a pack of mutant rats maybe rampaging Clowns put your humble village to the torch and destroyed the lives of the plain honest folk you grew up with maybe radioac tivity gives you the low down lonesome blues or maybe you just want to end the chaos so you can lead a safer saner life The real question is how do you do it In this After The Change world of swamp surf and savannah you need to be we
30. ress an item s number in the list to select it lt Arrow Keys scroll through a character s or NPC s Inventory and Active Skills Use a a selected item or an Active Skill To use an item use T 4 Arrow Keys to scroll through a PC s or NPC s Inventory if necessary and press the number corresponding to the item you want to use To use an Active Skill use the or lt Arrow Keys to select the Active Skills list and press the number corresponding to the Active Skill you want to use Ingest eat or drink a selected item it will then disappear from the game Press the Function key F1 F5 that corresponds to the PC or NPC you want to Ingest the item Equip Unequip Weapon changes weapons press the number corresponding to the weapon you want to equip or unequip Load unjam reloads an unloaded weapon or unjams a jammed one Trade an item between members of your party Press the number corresponding to the item you wish to Trade and Press F1 through F5 to indicate which NPC you want to trade the item to If an NPC is Trading an item with your player character press F1 when you are asked who you are trading the item to Drop a selected item from your inventory Press the number corresponding to the item you wish to drop Note that when an item is dropped it is dropped from the game permanently 16 Character Roster Options When the Character Roster screen is up press A to call up this screen the following options
31. s Use the item or skill press the appropriate arrow key to indicate in which direction you wish to use it or press the Spacebar to use the item or skill in the space where the user is standing Drop the item Don t try to recover Dropped items later for purposes of the game a Dropped item ceases to exist Trade the item to someone in your party press F1 F5 to indicate which member of the party you want to give the item to Pres Esc to cancel any command Press to speed up the text scrolling rate in combat press to slow it down Weapons and Explosives Florida is blessed so to speak with a wide variety of weapons You may and probably will encounter customized weapons that do not adhere to these specifications Blades Damage Cane knife 7 15 Carving knife 6 13 Machete 10 18 Meat cleaver 7 15 Scalpel 9 20 Miscellaneous Pool Cue 3 10 Firearms Range Ammo Damage 22 handgun short 22 6 15 38 police special short 38 6 18 45 Colt pistol short 45 10 19 9 mm Browning short 9 mm 11 21 automatic pistol Shotgun medium Shotgun shells 15 25 Elephant Gun medium 50 15 25 Remington 700 rifle long 7 62 mm 8 22 Uzi long 9 mm 14 23 Clown MegaUzi long 9 mm 14 23 MAC10 long A5 or 9 mm 12 22 or 14 23 AK 47 long 7 62 mm 16 28 M16A1 Assault rifle long 5 56 mm 9 24 20 Ammunition clips come in these sizes Type Bullets Shells per clip 45 7 30 9 mm 13 30 40 5 56 20 30 7 62 5 18 30 Shotgun Shells 6 Explosives Ran
32. s of developing the program can be recovered only through software sales If you duplicate Fountain of Dreams without authorization you raise the cost to all legitimate users Copying Fountain of Dreams for any reason other than making backup copies violates federal copyright laws Electronic Arts as a member of the Software Publishers Associa tion supports the industry s effort to fight illegal copying of personal computer software yanked the briefcase out of his trembling mitts Thanks for joining us in this effort Now make like a cheap tire and blow TABLE OF CONTENTS Los GIL T lt ic a AS OU REV K O rr otium lee c E meke nen behets 3 opus oi if ellen Mere modii mem 9o lone Mn 4 Florida No Place For A Vacation Game Overview eere 4 Che c perte M rmm paquetes Sese SN KA MER i WER S ede 6 olodi c cle mitte 6 EN i A dikeland ste Kitan 7 E TL u C gem cones P capte aci ek cod 7 Cousiituliom Feeling cao cenx ne nxwen Meya en e nee rna tune 10 vo ad l Moos nul erey Metelli s keh MR teilen cm o mm ro hew ne 11 Caucaso cole cmi irn lr omi cede 11 Coo GSS daemp 9 he ayar lens edem oc 12 emi o orbe sien dient etat on tlc NEZER KERE 13 COnp SGT
33. ted irradiated or diseased and you should get to a Doctor Otherwise your CON will just leak away being Afflicted drains CON at a steady rate until you are DED When a party member is Afflicted his name and Function key 10 number at the top of the main screen will be highlighted and on the Combat or Encounter screens his MAX CON will be highlighted To see what a party member s Affliction is press F1 F5 to call up his Character Screen and then press V to view the Affliction If you want to speed up the process of healing when one or more characters are wounded or unconscious press and hold down the ESC key to make time pass more rapidly Remember characters or NPC s who are Afflicted or whose condition is SER or worse do not heal normally Skills ACTIVE SKILLS Active Skills are player initiated and require concentration to use The more these skills are used successfully the more highly developed they will become Active skill levels usually begin at 1 and can increase by 1 level for each point of IQ over 15 a PC or NPC has Medic Perform simple medical procedures such as dressing wounds and reviving fallen comrades to consciousness This skill does not enable you to cure diseases or neutralize poison Lockpick One of the most useful skills Lockpick lets you open any lock if you re adept enough You ll have to leave a lot of treasure behind closed doors drawers and lids if you aren t highly proficient in this ski
34. will appear press the first letter of the option you want to use Reorder Roster Rearrange your party roster Press the appropriate number key to indicate which party member you want second third etc in the roster when you reorder Banish Drops a PC or NPC from your party roster press F1 F5 depending on who you re kicking out to get them outta your face Your computer will find it hard to believe you d do such a thing and will ask if you really mean it Yes or No Banishing a PC or NPC will permanently remove them from the game if wish to just drop off a character for a short time you can do it at one of the several places in the game where you can Store PCs and NPCs as mentioned in 5g The Party and Recruitment Leave Returns you to the game Encounter Options Hire Ask NPC to join you except during combat when they re probably trying to kill you anyway Some NPCs aren t as friendly or adventurous as others and will turn you down cold Leave Leave an encounter with an NPC this command is not available during combat Attack Initiate combat This will bring up the Combat screen Use Choose an item to use from an inventory list When you Use an item during an encounter it will usually mean you are offering that item to the NPC you are encounter ing Press F1 F5 to choose the PC or NPC you want to Use an item before giving the Use command during an encounter Press ESC to cancel any command Time and Money Ther
35. without saving and return to DOS press 1 To Quit but save your present game and return to DOS press 3 To Save but go on playing Fountain of Dreams press 5 If you just want to go on playing and yov re sorry you ever pressed Q in the first place press N for Nevermind Note On Saving Fountain of Dreams is a very dynamic program and it is important that you understand how it saves and keep tracks of the game The game changes as you play it and updates changes to the disk permanently If you take an item it won t be there again when you come back If you kill the wrong person they won t be resurrected just because you leave and come back Fountain of Dreams takes place in many locations As you explore you ll frequently be asked Enter New Location N Y If you answer yes the game will save any changes to the location where you just were as well as any changes to your party s status it will become your new saved game status 15 You should Save your game before ending each session Then when you recommence playing you can pick up again where you left off However if your computer was somehow shut down before you could Save the computer will return to the last place it saved when you restart the game Character Options Press the first letter of an option to use it J Arrow Keys scroll through long inventory lists an arrow will appear beside the inventory list if it is long enough to scroll through P
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