It's your basic AD&D spell system, but for those unfamiliar with AD&D:
Mages have spell books, druids have tablets, clerics have prayer books.
Spells are divided into levels (first level spells = magic missile,
detect magic, etc., third level spells = fireball, detect invis., etc.).
You can memorize a certain number of each spell level depending on your
level (e.g., at level 5, you can memorize 3 first level spells and one
second level), provided you have the spell in your spell book (or
tablets or prayer books). After indicating which spells you want to
memorize, it takes X amount of time to memorize them, depending on the
total levels memorized (the level 5 mage above needs 5 tics (one tic
times three first level spells and two tics times one second level).
Time to mem is faster if you are resting, slower if you walking,
and infinite in combat or sleeping or incapacitated.
After that amount of time, you can then cast the memorized spells
accordingly. After you cast a spell, it is 'forgotten' until such
time as you can memorize it.
Arctic, being based on DragonLance, also has the moons affecting
spell casting ability. You have to find new spell books (or tablets
or prayer books) with new spells in order to learn those spells.
And Arctic allows for "automem", where if you cast a spell, you will
automatically start re-memorizing that spell again.
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>From: Aftermath[SMTP:chris@DP.NET]
>Sent: Monday, January 26, 1998 6:46 PM
>To: CIRCLE@POST.QUEENSU.CA
>Subject: Re: Spell Memorization System
>
>Master Ridian wrote:
>> Hey guys, I desperatly need the Spell Memorization System featured on
>> Arctic Mud(mud.artic.org 2700). I have been unsuccessfully trying to
>> code it myself, so any help you can provide willl be accepted.
>
>Could I be forward enough to ask you what the hell it does? Beings not
>everyone has the time to visit ArcticMUD and figure out how it works by
>ourselves.
>Furthermore, why do you "desperately need" it? Are you going to die from
>lack thereof? Addiction to copying other's work maybe? Either way...
>
>
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