Sharing some old screenshots.

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by Aeolwind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

From a RPG aspect, I fully understand what they were aiming for: Arcane magic users had to consult their books each day to rememorize spells and divine casters had to pray to their deities to regain their spells. Since the game had a mana bar; memorization wasn't of the focal importance, regeneration of mana was. To tie the two together, they imposed the book that simulated studying or praying to regain what had been spent. The UI was intentional & it was a good idea.

Yeah, it was an existing style. Something that GMUD's did as well as some regular text MUD's with graphical improvements. Some are still around today. It made them so unlike RPG's. We gotta keep in mind, these games were not offshoots of Diablo or Baldur's Gate etc.