CB4 Diablo Strategy Guide

The Unofficial Diablo Player Guide v1.1 28th Jan 1997 ===================================================== written Edward Kenworthy Introduction ============ So why am I writing this player guide ? Basically because I had a look on the Web and couldn't find any that were any good. An awful lot of very pretty looking Diablo pages and FAQs but they either lacked substance or were woefully out of date covering such things as "when will Diablo be released ?". And besides I've played a lot of Diablo and I can write and I want to do it. So here it is. Version 1.0 of my player's guide. This guide is not a faq - it's written in a more prosaic style and to be blunt there are some things I just don't care about and so will probably never include a section to cover them (unless I get nagged enough ;)). Such subjects include "How do I play Diablo without a CD ?" "How do I play Diablo on Windows 2.1 ?" "How do I play Diablo on my Linux install ?" - I DON'T CARE ! Go whine at someone else you sandal wearing hippy ! ;-). I have a Pentium running Windows 95 and 48 MB of memory and everything is just fine. (Well nearly, but I won't bore you with my petty whinges if you don't bore me with yours :)). All I'm interested in is playing the game ! Note also that I've generally avoided including stuff that's in the manual. If you want that then RTFM !:) Spoiler Alert ------------- One word of caution. There are spoilers in here. Because of the style I have chosen to use for this guide they are scattered through out the text as appropriate with no other warning. If you want to enjoy all the surprises then don't read this ! I certainly enjoyed (and am still enjoying) the surprises and won't be offended if you feel the same way and therefore choose not to read the rest of this guide. Legal Stuff =========== Sorry ! :( I'll keep this as short as I can. This guide is copyrighted by me, Edward Kenworthy, 1997. Feel free to copy this guide as many times as you like and put it on your web pages or wherever; you can even print it if you like to read in the... bath. Please just give me the credit I'm due :=). Under no circumstances may you charge for this guide or any part of it. If you want to contribute anything then that's great, just send it to me at: ekenworthy@cix.compulink.co.uk and you'll receive full credit. I get to keep full copyright on the guide and any contributions (and you accept that condition by posting me contributions), but hey that's no problem as the guide will always be free - it's just to avoid any misunderstandings. Character Class =============== Overview -------- At first glance and after playing Diablo for a short while it seems that there are only three significant differences between the three available character classes: which skill do you receive, what sex are you and what are your starting stats. It seems that from then on you can follow whichever path you wish regardless of your starting class choice. To a degree that …