Is it normal to not be able to hit anything at first? I have been playing this game under dosbox and so far, all my encounters have been with rats. The only way I have been able to defeat them is by using my dracons breath weapon, to this point I have yet to hit anything with melee, and they are not hitting me at all either. The only way damage is being done is by breath weapon or spell.

I am wondering if this is normal for the beginning of the game or if there is something in dosbox like a random number generator or something that is throwing this off. I have all my gear equipped on my characters.

Thanks for any help!

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OK. I'm not sure if it was because I was using a patched version or not, but I found a post on here that suggested that might be the reason.

I have the original of the game on floppy, but the disks are missing. I found another version of the game which isn't patched and things seem to be working fine now. Not a problem since I have the magic words.

This is a great game, one I played for many hours when I originally bought it, and I'm glad that I can enjoy it again . I think I will resist the temptation to use my old maps and make them again as that was part of the fun imo...And then after this there is CoDS

Hi,

It's completely normal to whiff a lot in the beginning. Your characters are still learning their weapon skills, and it won't be until they hit around 50-70 that they'll start hitting consistently.

To get more points in their weapon skills, you can devote points to them at level up... or you can simply practice them by fighting baddies. Spinning around in circles at the entrance to the castle and fighting weaklings is a good way to do this.

The Enchanted Blade and Bless spells will also help you to hit better.

Chris

I've had the same problem in a cracked version long time ago (back in the old days on my Amiga). Try typing in anything when you're asked for the magic words. This should be accepted and you'll find that your heroes hit regularly, although surely Master Xheng is right there: At the beginning of the game, the to-hit - ratings are pretty pathetic...

Yeah, I had the same problem with a cracked version a long time ago. Non-cracked + Magic Words List (available from a few different sources online) seems to be the way to go.

I've got the same problem.

Well, I've downloaded this game and it starts without any password request.

Now most of the time I cannot hit monsters at all (using weapons) - but they do not hit me either.
From time to time there's a "correct" fight but it's very rare.

Another problem is that there is no Queequeg for example, instead there's such a green lizard fighter who wants to drink with me.

One time I found extremely strong enemies everywhere (my charaters beeing at level 4 or so) and Queequegs room I found Dracula and Rebecca. Kinda confusing.

Well, there seems to be some sort of mistake I presume... (rather obvious)

Is it just because it seems to be a cracked version of the game?

Or better (since I'm not really interested in reasons): How can I solve this? What is this Magic Word List?

Thanks in advance and sorry for my poor English )