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+.\" $NetBSD: phantasia.6,v 1.9 2002/09/26 18:32:03 wiz Exp $
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.Dd April 1, 2001
.Dt PHANTASIA 6
.Op Fl abHmpSsx
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-is a role playing game
-which allows players to roll up characters of various types to fight
-monsters and other players.
+is a role playing game which allows players to roll up characters of
+various types to fight monsters and other players.
Progression of characters is based upon gaining experience from fighting
monsters (and other players).
.Pp
Characters unused for awhile will be purged.
Characters are only placed on the scoreboard when they die.
.Sh AUTHOR
-Edward Estes, AT\*[Am]T Information Systems, Skokie, IL
+.An Edward Estes ,
+AT\*[Am]T Information Systems, Skokie, IL
.Sh PARTICULARS
.Ss Normal Play
A number of the player's more important statistics are almost always
('3') option.
In general, this is a line or so of text.
To remove a current
-message, just type \*[Lt]return\*[Gt] when prompted for a message.
+message, just type
+.Aq return
+when prompted for a message.
.Pp
The
.Ic stats
.Em level
and
.Em magic ,
-or to other stations in the game (
-.Em valar ,
+or to other stations in the game
+.Em ( valar ,
.Em council of the wise ,
.Em king ) .
These are described elsewhere.
.It Em strength
determines how much damage a character can inflict.
.It Em quickness
-determines how many chances a character gets to make decisions while
-fighting.
+determines how many chances a character gets to make decisions while fighting.
.It Em energy level
specifies how much damage a character may endure before dying.
.It Em magic level