Darkstone/Items

Weapons, Armor and Other Equipment
A range of medieval-type weapons are available: swords, knives, bows and so on. Warriors would usually carry a sword or club, while a Magician might use a staff and a Priest a wand. There are also ranged weapons such as bows and throwing knives. Some weapons are two-handed, which precludes the use of a shield. Many items have a minimum requirement of strength, dexterity or magic and can not be worn by characters who do not meet the requirement. There are also items that give protection against attacks with poison, magic or lightning.

Armor also comes in a variety of forms, all the way from rags providing two points of protection to full armor providing sixty points or more.

Weapons, shields, helmets and armor is often imbued with properties that enhance some character attribute (by increasing strength or dexterity while worn, for example).

Rings and amulets add to character attributes or protection.

Blessed Objects
Some objects are blessed with qualities such as Abundance, Life Recovery, Quick Mana Recovery, Slow Poison, Light Aura, Spell Duration Increased, Permanent Perception, Mana Shield, Eternal Youth, Poison (poisons enemy), Fire Element (burns enemy), Vampire (steals 20% of enemy's life), Magic Missiles (casts spell when enemy is struck), Storm (pushes enemy back when struck), Stone Curse (petrifies enemy when struck), Touch of Confusion (struck enemy ignores player and attacks other enemies), Push Target Back and Fast/Faster/Fastest Attack, whereas others just have bonuses to attributes.

Cursed Objects
Other worn objects are cursed and cannot be removed without the help of Madame Irma. The curses are Old Age, Slow Motion, Bulimia (grow hungry quicker), Leaking Pockets (items drop out of backpack) and Unease (you shout out randomly "If I see anyone approaching, I will vaporize them!", "Now everyman for himself, there will be bloodshed!", "Who is the strongest amongst us?", "My armour is impenetrable!" and "There is a traitor among you, guess who it is!").

Runes
One rare artifact is the rune which looks like a small red stone that can be used to fix a spell onto a worn object. (This is done by the player selecting a spell and right-clicking on the rune then left-clicking on an object that causes the spell to be fixed onto it with a mana reserve equal to the player's current mana).

Potions
There are several potions and elixirs that the player can drink; the red Healing potion, the blue Mana potion, the green Antidote and Poison potions, the orange Youth elixir that reduces your age by five years, but not to less than 20 years old, the purple Dexterity elixir, the cyan Magic elixir, the yellow Vitality elixir and the grey Strength elixir. There is also a distinctive Surprise potion that increases one and decreases one of the player's attributes randomly but also a purple version that can be mistakenly drunk thinking it is a Dexterity elixir. Occasionally, a potion of surprise will increase an attribute by ten points, for the loss of five points in another attribute.