Character Spell List

[Wispa]

Am I the only one who thinks the Character Spell List is a mess ?
Its just a long list of spells,
Yes i know you can use the abreviations,
But,
Please developers could you make it user friendly for the mouse?

Have a menu for each class, Con,Mag,Sor, Wiz,
and then also by Spell level,
similar to the manual layout for example

I think it would be a nice touch for the remastered version.

[AndreanDW]

You don't need the abreviations, you can start to type in the first letters, and get a small list of the remaining spells; e.g. type in D R get 2 remaining spells including Dragon Breath; type in R E P and get the kill each undead spell - that will be faster than the 4 tabs for the classes

[Greygore]

I agree with the original poster. I was actually coming here to suggest the same thing. It would be nice if the spells at least had class and level headers of some kind. I also agree separate tabs may get a little too clicky..

Thanks for the great remaster. It brings back a lot of memories for me. 16 years old and playing this on my Commodore 64.

[angel of derp]

Yeah, the spellbook could use better filters... mage class, spell level.

I don't personally need filters, but I'm sure it would be better to have other ways to filter the spells.

Edit: I had to look twice at the "kill undead". R-E-P? That confused me.
The code is REDE! ;-)

[AndreanDW]

As I said you don't need the code; the spell is named repell dead, and you get it by spelling the start of the word (only have to remember one word, not the name of the whole spell - it's easier then the original C64 version :) and faster then the list)
btw this spell is the cheapest version to kill the legions of skells and zombies in the catacombs - only 4 mana, and 2 mages are enough to kill them all

[Nailfoot]

I agree that some easier way to get at spells would be great.

How about a Favotie Spells list?

[cainn8221]

I am not sure I am remembering correctly but in the orginal games didnt you have to click the ir select the class then it displayed the spells for the class you had selected?

[kanoobi]

Originally posted by cainn8221:

I am not sure I am remembering correctly but in the orginal games didnt you have to click the ir select the class then it displayed the spells for the class you had selected?

I had the C64 version and I always pressed the ‘C’ key to cast, then just like this version the game asked who I wanted to cast a spell and I'd press the appropriate key such as '6', then I'd type in the spell's abbreviation (always had the manual at hand) and hit enter. Exactly the same as this version except we now also have the spells in a list.
It would be nice for each spell group to have a heading, such as Sorcerer, Magician etc.

[dgenuardi]

The ideal QoL (Quality of Life) solution for the spell list qould be to have it sortable by the following: Class/level; type: Buffs, Summoning, Damage Type (1 target, group, AoE - (MBIL). However, this would not be an ideal set-up.

The "Favorite spell" list would only add a one extra variable to insert into the program, and might be the best cost-effetive addition.

As for myself, I'm waiting for my shortcut spell in BT2: Archmages have a spell to simultaneously cast all non-combat party support spells (Light, Detection, Compass, Levitation and Armor)..

[noblesse_oblige]

Originally posted by cainn8221:

I am not sure I am remembering correctly but in the orginal games didnt you have to click the ir select the class then it displayed the spells for the class you had selected?

If you used the mouse in the Mac version, you would select by mage class first. Was a nice way to break up the list. (You could also press "C" in the Mac version and then would be prompted to enter the 4-letter code, which is how I played it.)