Sil-Quest Manual

Gives +1 damage side to melee attacks.

Increases the amount needed to score each level of critical hit by 1.

Lowers the amount needed to score each level of critical hit by 2.

When you hit a monster, you make a skill check to see whether you force it back one square.

You roll twice your effective Strength with that attack against twice the monster’s Constitution.

Effective Strength includes ability modifiers such as Charge or Rapid Attack, is capped by weapon weight, and gets +2 if wielding a weapon with two hands.

The monster is knocked back only if an empty square is available.

A monster actually moved by Knock Back misses its next turn.

Opportunist attacks do not trigger Knock Back.

Gives +2 Melee when using polearms.

Allows you to set a polearm to intercept attackers.

If you attack after just moving toward an opponent, your attack is calculated as if you had +3 Strength and +3 Dexterity.

The damage bonus applies only to regular, flanking, or controlled-retreat attacks.

If you kill an opponent, you get a free follow-through attack on another adjacent opponent.

You do not get the free attack if you cannot see the opponent or are confused.

The follow-up applies only after a regular, flanking, controlled-retreat, or follow-through attack, so it can chain.

Allows you to attack up to two enemies in a row while wielding a polearm or greatsword.

Both enemies are attacked with an impale attack.

Applies only if the attack was regular, flanking, or controlled retreat.

Rapid Attack and Smite can trigger on Impale attacks.

If you wield a one-handed weapon and have nothing in your off-hand, the amount needed for each critical-hit level is reduced by 2.

Hand-and-a-half weapons, such as Bastard Swords, do not count as one-handed.

When you attack an enemy, you get a free attack on all other adjacent enemies.

You do get these free attacks even if you cannot see the opponent or are confused.

Extra attacks are gained only on regular, flanking, or controlled-retreat attacks.

All the attacks are treated as whirlwind attacks, so they are incompatible with many other abilities.

If an opponent moves between two squares that are both adjacent to you, you get a free attack.

You do not get this free attack if you cannot see the opponent or are confused.

When using a two-handed weapon, the first main attack you make each turn rolls maximum possible damage against all opponents it hits.

If you make such an attack, you lose a turn recovering.

Whirlwind Attack and Impale count as main attacks that can hit multiple enemies.

You can wield a one-handed weapon in your off-hand instead of a shield.

You receive an off-hand attack calculated as if you had -3 Strength and -3 Dexterity.

The extra attack applies only to regular, flanking, whirlwind, or controlled-retreat attacks.

If Impale and Two Weapon Fighting would both be valid, you impale instead of striking with both weapons.

You receive two melee attacks instead of one.

They are calculated as if you had -3 Strength and -3 Dexterity.

The extra attack applies only to regular, flanking, or controlled-retreat attacks.

In other cases, the single attack does not suffer those penalties.

You gain a point of Strength.

Attacks on fleeing enemies are calculated as if you had +5 Dexterity.

You can craft arrows into +3 arrows with the - command.

Each +3 arrow takes one turn to craft.

Crafting a whole stack takes as many turns as there are arrows.

You can be interrupted while crafting.

When firing provokes attacks of opportunity, the enemy you fired at does not get one.

Whenever an enemy’s armour roll would fully block your archery damage roll, you deal a flat 5 damage instead.

Grants an additional critical damage die when you hit an unwary or sleeping monster with an arrow.

If Archery is higher than Melee, you gain a Melee bonus equal to half the difference, rounded down.

If you score a critical hit with archery and deal at least 1 net damage, the target makes a Will check against:

30 - (60 / (critical level + 2))

On failure, the target is slowed for one round per critical level.

When shooting an enemy immediately after killing another enemy with an arrow, you roll twice as many damage dice as normal.

All damage dice are doubled: slay, poison, critical, and weapon dice all count.

The target only rolls armour once.

You gain a point of Dexterity.

Gives +3 Evasion if you moved last turn.

This bonus is not shown in the side panel, but it applies.

Doubles the number of protection dice granted by your shield against all attacks if you did not move on your last turn.

Doubles the evasion bonus granted by your weapon.

This does not apply to an off-hand weapon.

Halves the Melee bonus opponents get for surrounding you.

Lets you leap over one square of chasm or trap.

Roosts and webs are not leapable.

You must have moved roughly toward the obstacle on the previous turn.

It takes two turns to reach the destination; one is spent in the air.

You can be attacked while in the air.

You gain +1 speed if you move four or more squares in roughly the same direction.

Each move can differ by up to 45 degrees from the previous one.

The speed lasts until you fail to meet the condition.

You can never exceed speed 3.

Gives a free attack if you move between two squares that are both adjacent to an opponent.

You cannot get both a flanking attack and a controlled-retreat attack in the same turn; flanking only adds eligible opponents.

Works on one opponent each time, preferring the targeted opponent if any.

You do not get the free attack if you cannot see the opponent or are confused.

Gives [1dX] extra protection, where X = total armour weight / 15 lb.

If an opponent misses you in melee by at least 10 + weapon weight, you get a free attack.

You get at most one riposte per round.

You do not get this free attack if you cannot see the opponent or are confused.

Gives a free attack if you move from a square adjacent to an opponent to a square not adjacent to it, but only if you did not move on the previous round.

You cannot get both a flanking attack and a controlled-retreat attack in the same turn; controlled retreat only adds eligible opponents.

Works on one opponent each time, preferring the targeted opponent if any.

You do not get the free attack if you cannot see the opponent or are confused.

You gain a point of Dexterity.

Halves bonuses that awake but unwary monsters have to notice you because you are in their line of sight.

Gives a Melee bonus equal to your Stealth when attacking unwary or sleeping opponents.

You do not get the bonus if you cannot see the opponent or are confused.

The bonus applies only to regular, flanking, or controlled-retreat attacks.

The bonus is not applied to charge attacks.

If you score a critical hit in melee and deal at least 1 net damage, the target makes a Will check against:

30 - (60 / (critical level + 2))

On failure, the target becomes confused with pain for one round per critical level.

Use the X command to swap places with an adjacent enemy.

Alert enemies get a free attack unless they are confused or mindless.

Cannot be used when you cannot see the enemy, or while you are in a web or pit.

If an opponent moves from a square adjacent to you to one that is not, you get a free attack.

You do not get the free attack if you cannot see the opponent or are confused.

Makes it easier to make enemies unwary again.

Instead of needing to beat their perception check by more than 25 while out of line of sight, you need to beat it by more than 15.

You gain a point of Dexterity.

Lets you take abilities without their normal prerequisite abilities.

Gives an attack bonus equal to half your Perception if you waited on the previous turn.

Works only for the first attack of the round.

Lets you see enemies just beyond the edge of a pool of light, including your own light radius.

Gives +5 to spotting invisible enemies.

Gives +1 attack for each consecutive round spent attacking a particular enemy, to a maximum of half your Perception.

Waiting or blocking does not break concentration.

Reveals the purpose of all herbs and potions you encounter, as well as staves and horns.

You still gain identification experience only when you actually encounter an item type you had not seen before.

Gives a bonus to all skill rolls against a selected broad enemy category.

Categories are Orc, Wolf, Spider, Troll, Wraith, Rauko, Serpent, and Dragon.

You must have killed 4 enemies from the category to select it.

When you reach 2n kills of the chosen enemy, the bonus increases to +n.

Whenever you receive a critical hit, you make a Perception roll against the attacker’s Perception.

If you succeed, you negate all critical damage from that attack.

Gives a chance each turn to detect monsters you cannot see, including around corners and through doors.

The check is Perception versus the opponent’s stealth score with a modifier, as below:

Success represents the opponent as a grey asterisk.

Success by 10 or more reveals the opponent completely.

Gives +1 attack for each time you have killed an opponent of the same narrow type, up to a maximum of one half of your Perception.

For example, killing 3 Orc soldiers gives +3 attack against Orc soldiers.

You gain a point of Grace.

Lets you remove cursed equipment and thereby break the curse.

You automatically recognize all staves and horns.

Horns have halved voice costs.

Staves have twice as many charges.

Gives bonuses to Strength, Dexterity, and Grace when seriously injured:

Slaying enemies in melee scares all other enemies who see it.

Enemies do not gain morale based on your injuries.

Strengthens the light in your light radius against unnatural darkness created by some monsters.

Gives resistance to fear, confusion, stunning, and hallucination.

Slows hunger to one third the normal rate.

You swear an oath and are rewarded for keeping it.

If the forbidden action has already been performed before the oath is taken, that oath is unavailable.

If you perform the forbidden action after taking the oath, you lose the oath’s benefit and cannot recover it that game.

Oaths:

Gives a level of resistance to poison.

When damaged in melee by an enemy, your next successful attack gains one additional damage die.

This does not stack.

A maximum of one die can be gained this way on each attack.

Makes monsters more likely to flee by lowering morale by half the difference between your Will and theirs.

You gain a point of Constitution.

Allows you to create weapons at a forge.

Includes bows and arrows.

Lets you improve attack, evasion, and damage values of weapons you create.

Allows you to create armour at a forge.

Lets you improve attack, evasion, and protection values of armour you create.

Allows you to create rings, amulets, light sources, and horns at a forge.

Identifies rings, amulets, light sources, and horns you encounter.

Allows you to create {special} items at a forge.

Identifies enchanted items you encounter.

Reduces time taken to forge an item by half.

Negates all experience and stat costs on items you create.

Allows you to create custom artefacts with many different properties.

These require three forge uses each.

Allows you to create items whose difficulty exceeds your Smithing skill.

For each excess point of difficulty, you permanently lose one Smithing point.

You can regain lost Smithing later with more experience.

You gain a point of Grace.

Causes fear in intelligent enemies.

Uses a Song skill check versus the enemy Will, with a modifier as below:

Temporarily lowers morale by 1 per point you succeed by.

Voice: 1/3 per turn.

Noise: 8.

Boosts enemy morale and makes enemies aggressive.

Morale is boosted by up to +3.

Enemies with morale greater than 5 become aggressive.

Aggressive enemies that would normally attack at range or keep distance may be angered into charging.

Uses a Song skill check against (enemy Will * enemy Will) / 10, with modifiers:

Voice: 1/3 per turn.

Noise: 12.

Reveals terrain adjacent to known areas, including forges, stairs, traps, and secret doors.

Squares adjacent to known squares are revealed if:

Song - distance from player > 1d6

Stairs and forges do not need to be adjacent to a wall to be seen.

Voice: 1/3 per turn.

Noise: 4.

Eases passage through the dungeon.

Grants free action, protecting from entrancement and slowing.

Makes existing entrancement and slowing effects wear off quickly.

Can disarm nearby traps, remove rubble, discover secret doors, and unlock locked or stuck doors and chests.

Uses a Song skill check versus dungeon level / 2 + 5, with modifiers:

Voice: 1/3 per turn.

Noise: 4.

Quietens dungeon sounds, making opponents less likely to notice you.

Lowers the noise you make by half your Song skill.

Also affects opponents hearing each other call for help.

Also penalizes your own Listen ability.

Voice: 1/3 per turn.

Noise: 0.

Stops bleeding and speeds wound healing.

Each point of Song heals 1/12 health per turn.

Voice: 1 per turn.

Noise: 4.

Doors you close while singing are warded.

Warded doors can be green, blue, or purple.

Ward strength is determined by a 1d10 Song check with difficulty 15.

Voice: 1/3 per turn.

Noise: 4.

Increases light radius by 1 per 5 Song.

Voice: 1/3 per turn.

Noise: 4.

Critical hits in melee kill enemies outright if they have health less than or equal to twice your Song score.

Voice: 1 per turn.

Noise: 8.

Gives [2d2] protection against all damage types.

Increases Will by 1 for every 2 points of Song.

Voice: 1 per turn.

Noise: 8.

Lowers alertness of nearby enemies, making them unwary and eventually putting them to sleep.

Uses a Song skill check versus enemy Will + 5, with modifiers:

Voice: 1 per turn.

Noise: 4.

Attempts to make nearby enemies powerless.

On success, the enemy misses its turn, stays still, and does not attack.

Uses a Song skill check versus enemy Will + 2d10 - 2d8, with modifiers:

Voice: 1 per turn.

Noise: 8.

Allows you to add a minor theme to your song.

You can begin a second song and gain its effect in addition to your major song.

The minor theme treats your Song skill as half its actual value.

The noise is the average of the two songs.

The voice cost is the sum of both songs.

You can end the minor theme without ending the major theme by attempting to sing the major theme again.

You can swap the order of themes by attempting to sing song x.

You gain a point of Grace.