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Wolfie's Wizardry 8 Info Site

Welcome to my Wizardry 8 information web site. This site has been set up to provide players of the Wizardry 8 CRPG (computer role-playing game) with access to the popular Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet. You will also find various lists and tables that may prove beneficial. If you don't find the information you need here, refer to the Links section for other Wizardry 8 related sites.

Table of Contents



Wiz8SpellAbility
  • What is it?
  • What's New
  • Details of the Next Version  
  • Comments from Past Users
  • How to use the Excel version
  • How to use the non-Excel version
  • Wiz8SpellAbility Companion Utility


    • Easter Egg "Retro" Dungeons
  • Dungeon Maps
  • Corrections to Dungeon Maps  
  • Cemetery Dungeon  
  • Northern Wilderness Dungeon  
  • Mountain Wilderness Dungeon  


    • Wizardry 8 Spells
  • How does Spell Learning work?
  • Where to Buy / Find Spellbooks
  • Alphabetical list of Spells
  • Realm-ordered list of Spells


    • Misc Information
  • Amusing Wiz8 Screenshots
  • Combat Monster Movement Accelerator
  • Latest Wizardry 8 Patch (v1.2.4)
  • Send a comment to the Web Master
  • Links





    •    Latest News
    May 5, 2004: Updates now been seen!: Found the cause of the problem, the main issue seemed to have been that updates being uploaded were not copied across to the live production web server(s); end result no-one seeing the updates. The secondary problem was that whilst always checking after completing an update, my local proxy host was being too smart, it cached the uploads and so served them when I browsed to the web site, so it looked updated to me. (Ain't technology grand when it works better than you expect!) Thanks again to everybody who helped.

    April 25, 2004: Updates not getting through?: Have recieved a couple of reports that people are not seeing any updates since mid-March!? Looks ok to me, but investigating all the same, keep those e-mails coming in!

    April 4, 2004: Retro Dungeon Map Corrections: Completed the list of corrections made to Moni's original maps for the Retro Dungeons. Click here to view the list. Note to webmasters: If you also have a Wiz8 web site and feature the Retro Dungeons, especially if you used Moni's maps as your reference, this page includes a before & after image highlighting the changes. Use them to determine if you need to make corrections to yours as well.

    March 28, 2004: Mountain Wilderness Retro Dungeon Map Walkthrough Available: As promised, here's the last of the three walkthroughs to be released. If you have never tried the Retro Dungeons before, what are you waiting for! Click here for the walkthrough, including step-by-step instructions on how to activate access to the dungeon. ** Spoiler Warning **

    March 21, 2004: Northern Wilderness Retro Dungeon Map Walkthrough Available: Here's the second of the three walkthroughs to be released over the coming weeks. If you have never tried the Retro Dungeons before, now you have no excuse! Click here for the walkthrough.
    ** Spoiler Warning **

    March 14, 2004: Cemetery Retro Dungeon Map Walkthrough Available: The first of the three walkthroughs to be released. Click here for the walkthrough. ** Spoiler Warning **

    March 10, 2004: Updates made to Northern Wilderness Retro Dungeon Map: Corrections have also been made to the original maps for the Northern Wilderness Retro Dungon. Click here to see the differences. ** Spoiler Warning **

    March 5, 2004: Updates made to Moni's Retro Dungeon Maps: A number of corrections have been made to Moni's original maps for the Retro Dungons. ** Spoiler Warning ** Click here to view a page comparing the differences. Information about the Retro Dungeons can be obtained here. Stay watching as over the next three weeks a complete walkthrough for each of the retro dungeons will be released.

    March 1, 2004: List of pending updates to the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet open: With all the news of updates and faults found, refer to the Next Version page for all the latest.

    November 17, 2003: Web site back up and running: Never recieved a reply from the web service provider :( but the site's back up again!

    November 10, 2003: Web site went off-line: Seems the web service provider which hosts this web site is having a few glitches. Visitors, including myself, to the web site are being diverted. There are no bandwidth limits / throttles policies with this site. All access stats/logs have vanished too. I am currently in the process of making enquires, and will let you know once the outcome is known.

    November 8, 2003: Some minor cosmetic changes to the Retro Dungeon web pages: Just made some changes to the appearence of each Retro Dungeon web page (changed some word­ing, made the backgrounds for the area maps transparent so they look better on screen etc).


    October 24, 2003: IT'S HERE! Latest version of the Wiz8SpellAbility released: Near double in size, click on this link to get all the details: Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet. Enjoy!  

    October 23, 2003: Latest version of the Wiz8SpellAbility nearing completion: The spread­sheets are now ready, just putting the documentation together and final checks. Expecting to release tomorrow! Watch for further updates.

    October 9, 2003: New version of the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet on the way: Have been planning a new release of the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet for some time now, which will combine both the spreadsheet and the Wiz8SpellAbility Companion Utility into the one package. This is still going to be released. However, the other planned updates will be shelved for now. Recently, there have been a number of other great Wiz8 sites created, which contained most of the information that was going to be posted, so rather than duplicate what is already available, the Links section will be updated pointing to these other sites. Stay tuned for further news updates soon.

    June 1, 2003: This site is not dead: Nearly six months have past (eep!) and the promised update ... well it's almost finished, really! Yeah I know, just haven't been able to get the time to do the things I'd like to do, like updating this web site. However, watch this site next month, plan to add a bunch of new things. so once again, stay tuned, some further developments to come.

    January 3, 2003: Happy New Year everyone: The promised update kinda got side-tracked a bit (busy making a living in difficult economic times and all that). Stay tuned, some further develop­ments to be announced soon.

    October 19, 2002: Improvements to the Wiz8SpellAbility Companion Utility: After the tragic events of last week (Terrorist bombing in Kuta Beach, Bali), in updating the web site, came across some notes of ideas for improving the Wiz8 spreadsheets. So started going through the code; making a tweak here, adding a feature there and generally making it better. Intend to test everything over the next few weeks before releasing, refer to the Next Version page for details.

    September 9, 2002: Can finally update the web site again: After over two (2) months of not being able to login and update the web site, the web (non) service provider has at last corrected my access account. Unfortunately, all the usage logs have been lost, and so am no longer able to report on the number of downloads etc (but then again, I was probably the only one that took any notice of those anyway right!). Well, the site is "back on the air" as it were, and be happy to hear from anyone who's still visiting.

    July 3, 2002: Wiz8SpellAbility Companion Utility Released: Is now available for download (only a few days late), all the details are to be found here.

    July 1, 2002: Update on the Companion Utility: All the formula work has been done, having a few issues with layout but that is being hammered out, should be available by the end of the week.

    June 14, 2002: Companion Utility for the Wiz8SpellAbility Spreadsheet started: Development work has begun on a utility to combine multiple copies of the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet (one for each character in your party) and present a concise list of who needs what spellbook and what spells have been learnt by who. Expected release by the end of the month.

    June 4, 2002: Web Site Changes: Added a Table of Contents on the home page to list all the available information in the one place, and also cleaned up some of the HTML code on the pages.

    June 1, 2002: Spellbook locations updated: Location details have been added for the spellbooks located in the Upper Rapax Castle area, and added where a Book of Dark Hound (Shadow Hound) can be found. You can click here to view Mage_77's latest update.

    May 27, 2002: Have reached 3,500 downloads of the Wiz8SpellAbility Spreadsheet: Since it's release on January 11th this year, there have been over 3,500 downloads of the spreadsheet (and that's not counting the 15 days the web site down down due to web service provider issues). My thanks to everyone who's contributed or even just sent me a thank you e-mail. Remember you can always send a comment by scrolling to the end of this page, fill in the details and click the Send button. To view the latest stats, click here.

    May 17, 2002: "Retro" Dungeon Maps and Activation Walkthroughs updated: Been making these a little more user-friendly for novice users. Click here to view maps of all three of the dungeons and then click on any of the maps to view the activiation instructions.

    Apr 27, 2002: Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet available for non-Excel owners: With the assistance of Persself, a version of the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet has been developed, which removes all the Excel-specific features whilst keeping all the functionality of the original. Even if you don't have a spreadsheet package, there are instructions on where you can download a FREE application. All the details can be found here.

    Remember, if you ever want details on what's been developed next, or if there are any reported faults in the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet, you can view all the info here.

    Apr 18, 2002: Spell Learning explained: The 'How Spell Availability is Calculated' article has been updated to include details for spell learning with profession-changed characters. It extends the original posting written by the Wizardry 8 Lead Programmer, Alex Meduna. Check it out by clicking here.

    Apr 11, 2002: Send your comments: There is now the option of sending a comment at the bottom of this page. Just scroll down, fill in the details and send!

    Comments from other users about the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet:

      "I was playing with your spreadsheet a little more and I am TRULY impressed with what you have done!

      I never expected a spreadsheet with so much detail! I was just expecting something like the data entry tab and having to click a button to refresh the spreadsheet whenever a change was made.

      The other tabs are very nice touches. You obviously put a lot of thought and work into this. I especially like the availabilty tab and how you use strike thru, italic, and bold lettering on the spell names and how you tell how many more levels are needed in the each school of magic to learn a spell. I really like the spell realm and spell availability tables on the data sheet tab. The print out tab is extremely useful for viewing all current and potential spells available in an instant. I just can't say enough about how much I like what you've done.      "

      > blitz100 - VN Boards

      "Thanks for [the] info, it was nice tool and now it is even better"

      > Danicek - RPGDot

      "Thanks. That spreadsheet is a great tool."

      > DraconisRex - Ironworks

    Apr 10, 2002: New version of the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet available: At last, the spreadsheet has been upgraded to include support for profession-changed characters! Plus a couple of other improvements have been included. To read all the details, click here.



       Links
    Sir-Tech's Wizardry 8 Web Site
    http://www.wizardry8.com
    http://www.wizardry8.com/support/index.html#CommonProblems
    http://www.sir-tech.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard2/ikonboard.cgi
    Wolfie's Wiz8 Spell Ability Spreadsheet
    Click here for details
    Companion Utility to the Wiz8SpellAbility Spreadsheet [Now merged]
    Click here for details
    Flamestryke's (Lanastashia) Wizardry 8 Web Site (Highly Recommended)
    http://www.flamestryke.com/wizardry8/flamestrykes_w8.html
    VN Boards - Official Wizardry 8 Board
    http://vnboards.ign.com/board.asp?brd=5140
    http://vnboards.ign.com/board.asp?brd=21210 (Spoiler Board)
    Ironwork Wizardry 8 Forum
    http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=15
    RPG Wiz8 Fans Forum
    http://www.softwarespecialties.com/cgi-bin/rpgforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=DCForumID7&conf=DCConfID1
    RPGDot Wizardry 8 Discussion Board
    http://www.rpgdot.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=14
    This following section contains various lists and tables that have been gleaned from many Wizardry 8 forums or sent in by fellow fans. If you feel you have something to contribute, send your e-mail to wizardry8@mail.com.
    Amusing Wiz8 Screenshots
    Click here to view
    How Wiz8 Spell Availability is determined
    Click here for explanation
    How to access the Easter Egg "Retro" Dungeons
    Click here for the info
    How to use the Wiz8SpellAbility Spreadsheet (includes screen previews)
    Click here for instructions on the Excel version
    Click here for the details on the non-Excel version
    Mage_77's Wiz8 Spellbook Locations List (last updated: May 5, 2004)
    Click here for list
    Wiz8 Spell List (in alphabetical order)
     Click here for list
    Wiz8 Spell List (ordered by realm)
     Click here for list



       Wiz8SpellAbility Spreadsheet
    Click here to download the latest version (v2.01, 765Kb)
    Click here to download the latest non-Excel version (v2.00NE, 65Kb)
    For details on features likely to appear in the next version, Click here
    After playing Wizardry 8 for awhile (produced by Sir-Tech Canada Ltd - see Links section), I was continually finding spellbooks and being offered them from merchants in the game, but when my spellcasters would try to use them, would get this message "Bloggs is not powerful enough to understand the writing". Then I found an old message that had been posted on VN Board's Official Wizardry 8 Board by one of the Wizardry 8 programming team (Alex Meduna, Wiz8 Lead Game­play Programmer / Designer), I got the idea to make a spreadsheet to do the calcuations for me. A copy of Alex's original message can be found here.

    All files are built and stored in Microsoft's Excel-97 file format. Once you've installed the latest version of the files, use the "Wiz8 Char Sheets" shortcut to start Excel and have it automatically load all the files. Note: If the shortcut doesn't work, refer to the README.TXT file for instructions on how to fix it. You should also read the Wiz8SpellAbility.txt file for information on how to use the spreadsheet and any last-minute updates.

    ** Attention Non-Excel Owners **

    There is now an adapted version of the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet which has been made more friendly to non-Excel applications by removing many of the Excel-specific features whilst keeping all the functionality. All the details can be found here.

    Note: Cell locking is used in this file, so if your spreadsheet application complains of password protection, read-only access, or some other related problem, this would indicate the application is not fully compatible with Excel files. In which case, it's recommended you look at using the StarOffice application (see next paragraph).

    For those of you who do not have a spreadsheeting application at all, with the kind assistance of Persself (persself@exis.net), this file has been tested extensively on Sun Microsystem's FREE-to-download StarOffice package. Simply download StarOffice from here (file size ranges from 79 to 105Mb depending in your O/S, there's support for Windows, Linux and Solaris), and follow the supplied installation instructions.

    To get instructions on how to use the non-Excel version of the spreadsheet, and the link to get the Wiz8SpellAbility_NE.zip file, refer to http://wiz8.web1000.com/HowToUseNE.html.


    ** WHAT'S NEW **

    v2.01 (October 14, 2003)

    Combined both the Wiz8SpellAbility and Companion Utility into one package.

    Added new features:

    • Improvements to the underlying formulas.

    • Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet now has a pie-chart depicting which Realm skill a spellcaster has their strengths in. (More, useless eye-candy).

      1. Fire = Red
      2. Water = Blue
      3. Air = Light Blue
      4. Earth = Green
      5. Mental = Purple
      6. Divine = Yellow
    v2.01 (October 19, 2002)

    Updates to the Wiz8 Companion Utility (not released to the public until later, see entry above).

    Added new features:

    • Added a [Future Spells] sheet which provides a list of which spellcasters will learn what spells at a later time (ie, needs more skill points or character levels). Useful for when the party find a spellbook, to know if it's worth holding on to for later, or no-one in the party is going to need that spell (because they can't learn it or have already done so) and the spellbook can be sold.

    • Changed the phrasing on some of the sentences in the spreadsheet to be more clear.

    • Altered the spreadsheet so users no longer have to perform the linking between spread­sheets themselves (was a constant source of confusion and e-mails). Now all the hard parts are already done and packaged together.

    v2.00NE (April 27, 2002)

    The non-Excel friendly version of the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet is released.

    v2.00 (April 10, 2002)

    The inclusion of handling for profession-changed characters has required a fair amount of rewriting, so I have designated this release as Version 2.

    Added new features:

    • The [Data entry] sheet has been expanded to include provision for entering of up to three unique professions. All the spell learning formulas have been changed to include handling for profession-changed characters. For instructions how to use the new interface, refer to http://wiz8.web1000.com/HowToUse.html.   My thanks goes to blitz100 and Bungo­The­Mighty for their large contribution in decyphering how Wiz8 works for spell learning when a character changes professions.

    • The headers of the [Printout] and [Availability] sheets change if the character is profession-changed by showing all the professions the character has been in.

    • In the Spell Book column on the [Availabilty] sheet where a spell appears in more than one spell book, the Mastery skill which is the highest (and therefore being used in the calculations) will be marked with an asterisk ("*").

    • The [Printout] and [Availability] sheets have a "Printed on..." date stamp on the headers. This is for people to track which update of their character they are looking at when they have made several printouts over time.   Thanks to Anonymouse for another great idea.

    v1.05 (March 26, 2002)

    Well as it turned out, v1.04 wasn't my last update. Had some killer suggestions made by users, and had some very helpful idea exchanging on a number of aspects on how the Wiz8 spell system works for profession-changed characters, but more on that later. No bugs have been found (whew!), so this update is purely feature adding and a few tidy-up / processing efficiencies.

    Added new features:

    • Carrying on with the idea of having the user mark when a character learns a spell, the [Printout] sheet now shows spells that can be learnt but have not actually been learnt with an asterisk ("*"). Adding more information to this sheet.   Thanks to Azaroth for making this suggestion.

    • The summary on the [Printout] sheet has also been added to, now showing the number of spells learnt in each spell level along with the existing information on numbers of spells currently available, will be available and never going to be available.

    • A 'Spell Weighting' graph has been added to the [Data Entry] screen. The graph shows visually which of the six spell realms your spellcaster is strongest in. The way it works is, if the character learns a level 1 Air spell, then 1 point is added to the Air score, if they learn a level 2 Air spell, then 2 points is added to Air, and so on up to level 7 which adds 7 points. The one graph has a bar for each of the six realms, so you will be able to see each realm in relation to the others. Has no bearing on the game whatsoever, it's actually a pointless piece of eye-candy. Enjoy!

    • A suggestion was made to handle the "Print Summary" option in a slightly better way, which turned out to made quite a difference on slow PCs (sub-Pentium 233's). This also lead me to tidy up some of the summary layouts which weren't lined up properly.   Thanks Anonymouse (no that's not a typing mistake).

    v1.04 (February 21, 2002)

    • Came across an error in the Wizardry 8 Game Manual. On page 88, it states the level 3 spell "Hypnotic Lure" belongs to the Mental spell realm, but on page 108, the same spell is stated as being in the Fire spell realm! Since Appendix 1 was used as the reference during the building of this spreadsheet, the spell was being assessed as being in the Mental realm. However, after verifying against the game, it is definitely meant to be in the Fire spell realm.   FIXED.

    Added new features:

    • The [Data Entry] sheet now has each and every spell listed on it, the idea being as the spellcaster learns a spell, either from a spell pick during a level up or from a found / purchased spellbook, the spell is selected from the spell list. Why bother? Well, now the [Availability] sheet will highlight in bold, which spells are available for learning, but haven't been learnt. This will be especially useful when visiting merchants, as a quick glance through this sheet will indicate which books to look for.

      The spells are listed in two ways, one table with every spell in alphabetical order (for easy locating), and in one of six tables divided into the spell realms. This second set of tables is designed to match what is shown in the Magic in-game display. So if you just want to update the spreadsheet periodically, just compare with Magic display screen with what's set in the [Data Entry] sheet.

      By the way, it doesn't matter which table you use, if you select a spell in one table, the other table will also automatically show the update.

    • Another improvement to the [Data Entry] sheet is the expansion of details shown below the Spell Realm skill values. This now shows, how many spells have been learnt, verses the number of spells currently available for learning, and the total number of spells that will ever be available.

    • A solution has been found for the known issue with the [Printout] sheet! To recap, the spreadsheet used the WingDings true-type font to display one of three icons to display the availability of a spell. However, it came to light that not all versions of the MS-Windows operating system used the same WingDings font, resulting in the icons not matching what they should have been for some users (mainly Win95).

      The icons have been replaced with tick-boxes, and their status is determined by formulae located in the [Data Sheet]. Since the printing of these are handled by Excel itself, there will no longer be any incompatibility issues. (This is the main reason why the file is now nearly three times the size of v1.03).

      This had an added benefit in that some of the calculations used on both the [Printout] and [Availability] sheets could be centralised, making it more efficient and less prone to contradictions between the two sheets. Also, laid the groundwork should a solution to the handling of profession-changed be found.

    • Some visual improvements made to the [Availability] sheet. Now the spell names are formatted depending on a set of rules;

      1) If spell is not ever going to be available, strikethrough the spell name
      2) If a spell needs more skill points / character levels, display spell name in italics
      3) If a spell is available to be learnt but has not been, highlight spell name in bold

    • A few other tidy ups, cosmetic changes, and processing formula efficiencies.

    This may be my final update, (barring an error being found or someone cracking the whole profession-changing handling system). I'd love to receive an e-mail from you, even if it's just got "I'm using it" in the subject, just so I can get an idea of how many people in what countries are making use of the spreadsheet.

    Anyway, hope you have as much fun using it, as I had building it,
    - Wolfie (wizardry8@mail.com)

    v1.03 (February 2, 2002)

    • Discovered a mistake with the level 1 spell "Sleep". Realised the spell is available in the Alchemist, Mage and Psionic spellbooks, it was incorrectly being assessed as being in the Alchemist, Mage and Priest spellbooks.   FIXED.

    Added new features:

    • Added a new sheet called [Availability]. Formatted similar to the [Printout] sheet, this has been added by popular demand. It lists all the spells in alphabetical order in a table with details on whether the spellcaster is able to learn the spell or not. If not, an explanation as to why, or what is required before the spell can be learnt is given.   Thanks to Amastropolo and others for their input on this feature.

    Known Issues:

    • Have had a few users with issues using the [Printout] sheet and the icons used to show the availablity of a spell. Seems the WingDings true-type font which is used to display the boxes is not the same across all versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. This only seems to be apparent for Windows 95 users. Thanks to Darth_Roel and Bubu999 for their assistance.

    • No handling for class-changed characters (ie, changed professions). At this time, no-one has been able to decypher how the game calculates spell availablity under these conditions. Any feedback would be welcome.

    v1.02 (January 31, 2002)

    • Not so much a bug, but an oversight this time, the formula that calculates what spell level a character has didn't take into account that hybrid spellcasters (Lord, Monk, Ninja, Ranger, Samurai and Valkyrie) do not start to learn spells until they reach level 5. This resulted in the exact same flow-on effects as fixed with v1.01, but its cause was different. Now, when a hybrid spellcaster profession is selected and the character level is less than level 5, the spreadsheet returns a spell level of 0 (zero).   FIXED

    Added new features:

    • The [Data Entry] sheet now shows a count of the total number of spells available to the spellcaster at the current skill levels etc. Found this handy when planning for a character level up, as I could then just up a skill by a few points and see if it would give the character any extra spells without having to switch back and forth between the [Printout] sheet.

    • The [Printout] sheet now has a summary at the end which shows the number of spells available currently, spells that will be available once skill levels are increased, and the number of spells that will not be available (due to profession limits). There is a tick-box provided on the [Data Entry] sheet to toggle this feature on (default) or off (in case you liked the original layout).

    v1.01 (January 12, 2002)

    • Re-arranged the order of the Mastery Skills so they matched the order shown on the Skills display screen.

    • A bug had creeped into the formula that calculated accessible spell levels for hybrid spellcasters (Lord, Monk, Ninja, Ranger, Samurai and Valkyrie), which had a flow-on affect to the [Printout] sheet (only showed the unavailable spells).   FIXED.

    • The formula that calculated accessible spell levels was returning as a string instead of a numerical value, this caused the [Printout] sheet to incorrectly show spell levels available greater that the character was justifiably able to use.   FIXED.   Thanks to Ampherion for highlighting this one.

    v1.00 (January 11, 2002)

    • First public release.



       Wiz8SpellAbility Companion Utility
    No longer a separate download, refer to the Wiz8SpellAbility section above.
    During my work with the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet, I was of course using it for my own parties of adventurers in Wizardry 8. I found myself saving a spreadsheet for each character in the party (I tend to lean heavily toward magic and so just about all my characters are spellcasters of one sort or another). It was about this time that Mage_77 created his list of where spellbooks could be bought and found in the gameworld of Dominus (visit http://wiz8.web1000.com/mage_77.html to view the list). So I created another spreadsheet for myself which would link into the individual character Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheets and provide me with a list of which spellcaster needed what spellbook, so I'd know when visiting a merchant, which spellbooks to buy and how many was needed.

    After finishing the Wiz8SpellAbility spreadsheet in April 2002, decided to improve on the original "companion" spreadsheet, to polish it up to a point where it could be released for use by other people. This lead to the release of what was named a Companion Utility a couple of months later.

    Well now it is over a year later, and Wizardry 8 is still going strong, with many new players dis­covering the game, and long-time players are continuing to create many and varied combinations of characters to try. All the while, have been adding features, and generally tweaking the files to improve the overall functionality. Also, did receive a number of e-mails expressing confusion about how to link spreadsheets together etc. Therefore, to remove a lot of the complexity, decided to package the spreadsheets together, and make it into one easy-to-install executable.

    As always, would be great hear from you, just send an e-mail to wizardry8@mail.com.

    ** Attention Non-Excel Owners **

    Doubt very much if this will work for non-Excel users as it uses a specific Excel feature of being able to link other spreadsheets together, each spreadsheeting package would have a different way of doing this I expect. If you believe your spreadsheeting package may be compatible, then by all means give it a try and I'd be very interested to hear how you go.

    ** WHAT'S NEW **

    v2.01 (October 14, 2003)

    Combined both the Wiz8SpellAbility and Companion Utility into one package.

    v2.01 (October 19, 2002)

    Updates to the Wiz8 Companion Utility (not released to the public until later, see entry above).

    Added new features:

    • Added a [Future Spells] sheet which provides a list of which spellcasters will learn what spells at a later time (ie, needs more skill points or character levels). Useful for when the party find a spellbook, to know if it's worth holding on to for later, or no-one in the party is going to need that spell (because they can't learn it or have already done so) and the spellbook can be sold.

    • Changed the phrasing on some of the sentences in the spreadsheet to be more clear.

    • Altered the spreadsheet so users no longer have to perform the linking between spread­sheets themselves (was a constant source of confusion and e-mails). Now all the hard parts are already done and packaged together.

    v2.00 (June 28, 2002)

    • First public release.
    Added new features:

    • Added an [Available Spells] sheet which provides a list of which spellcaster knows what spell. Handy for when you want to know who has learnt a particular spell you want to use against an attacking monster (group) for example.

    v1.00 (April 15, 2002)

    • Was not released to the public.



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