lore – foes – spells – maps – guide
This Wizardry 4 bestiary is a collection of all the enemies you will face in Return of Werdna. In this game, the enemies are the do-gooder. The heroes. They come alone and also they come in groups with names and mottos. They drop many items and other gear. See the list below.
Resistances
Resistances protect from Spells by element or status effect. A foe might be Resistant to Fire, Cold, Poison, Stoning, Level Drain, or Magic in general. Some foes are Resistant to all of it, consider swinging a Sword at those foes.
Abilities
Some foes and hero classes have particular Abilities tied to their attacks. These can have spell like effects but are triggered by their standard attacks. Notable examples are Instant Kill or Paralyze. Other examples are Breath which targets multiple. Help will call for help which may add foes to the encounter. Level Drain will take away your experience levels. Run which will allow foes to run away and you will not get XP for those foes.
Table of Regular Guardians
There are 3 different pictures that you will see for the regular guardians. The picture indicates the strength of the enemy. This information will help you cast the appropriate spell to dispatch them most efficiently, assuming all goes well, and it never does.
For example, A MAKANITO spell will almost always destroy Picture I characters, have a modest chance of slaying a Picture II, but has nearly zero effect on a Picture III character. A LAKANITO always kills a Picture I, has very high chance of killing a Picture II, and occasionally defeats a Picture III.
All picture I guardians appear on levels 10-8, except for Ninjas. Picture I Ninjas and all Picture II guardians appear on levels 7-5. All picture III guardians appear on levels 3-1. Level 4 is a mixture of II and III.
| Fighters - I | Multi-colored, with weapon held low |
| Fighters - II | White, looks like he has a mustache |
| Fighters - III | White, has arms spread wide, looks like he has a mask, has a shield |
| Mages - I | Wears a tasseled cap, has a grainy smile |
| Mages - II | Happy-looking guy who seems to be holding a radiant object in an upheld arm |
| Mages - III | Shadowy figure with a purple face, very grim |
| Priests - I | Old man facing you and wielding a large shield |
| Priests - II | Older man (with lighter colors) facing downward |
| Priests - III | Distant man with "DISPEL" coming from his hands |
| Thieves - I | Man leaning way back |
| Thieves - II | Man wearing patch, holding an unconcealed dagger, faces his right |
| Thieves - III | Hides behind a blue wall, looks decidedly evil |
| Bishops - I | Does not hold a book, wears glasses |
| Bishops - II | Upright, rather nerdy-looking fellow |
| Bishops - III | Wears glasses and holds a book |
| Samurai - I | Injured-looking guy holding a banner with an apparently Chinese symbol on it |
| Samurai - II | Looks like a Revolutionary War soldier |
| Samurai - III | Menacing figure in a close-up with a curved hat; looks like a samurai as sterotypically depicted |
| Lords - I | Guy in white armor with a funny look on his face |
| Lords - II | Hand wearing a gauntlet wielding a Blade Cusinart' that is activated, with whirling blade |
| Lords - III | Very pleased-looking guy bearing a flag with a red cross on it |
| Ninjas - I | White-robed person in the process of kicking |
| Ninjas - II | View of the torso of a man dressed in white |
| Ninjas - III | Evil-looking fellow with all his face except his eyes concealed with green |
Attribution
- Official Manual is here.
How to obtain a copy of this game:
eBay link – Ultimate Wizardry Archives PC CD-ROM version (1998), includes Wizardry 1-7