How to Play

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The Outer Ruins
Goal

Defeat 2 of 3 types of monster champion: Uber Fiend, Skeleton Master, or Wraith Lord.
How to Play

Click on a picture to move there. Inside a location, the places you can go keep randomly shifting, and they have smaller pictures. Outside, the places are stable and have larger pictures.
Hero Statistics

Health: How much damage you can take. The number on the left is your current health, the number on the right is your maximum. If your current health drops below 1, you get knocked out, and restart at your home.
Strength: When you encounter a strength monster, you compare your strength to theirs. Also, you each add a random number based on the strength of your attacks. The higher total wins. Ties are won by the player.
Charisma: When you encounter a charisma monster, you compare your charisma to theirs. Also, you each add a random number based on the strength of your attacks. The higher total wins. Ties are won by the player.
Artifice: When you encounter an artifice monster, you compare your artifice to theirs. Also, you each add a random number based on the strength of your attacks. The higher total wins. Ties are won by the player.
Skill points: How many points you have left to increase your strength, charisma, artifice, or health. You get less experience for winning battles if you have surplus skill points.
Experience: When this gets to 1000 (usually), you get a skill point, and this is reset to 0.
Food: You usually eat 1 food every 2 turns. If you are out of food, you take damage.
Gold: Can be used to buy special magic items, as well as bribe some monsters.
Gems: Use them to try and dispel monsters while wandering in a location.