Specifications

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Stats Menu
The Stats Menu has ve tabs, from left to right:
cHaracTer - Basic info about your character.
aTTribuTes - Information on your eight Attributes.
skills - Information on your 21 skills.
FacTions - Shows the factions you belong to and your
current rank in each.
accoMplisHMenTs - Lists your many accomplishments.
Skills Tab
You have seven Major Skills and 14 Miscellaneous Skills.
Under each skill is a bar indicating (in red) how close you are
to increasing that skill. The more you use that skill, the faster
it will increase.
Major skills
The skills that dene your character. You must increase any
combination of your major skills by a total of 10 points to
advance your character to the next level.
Minor skills
Increasing these skills makes you better at them, but does
not help you level up.
skill progress bar
Tracks how close you are to raising that skill by another point.
posiTive skill ModiFier
Values appearing in green are currently being modied by positive spells, abilities, powers, or other
effects.
negaTive skill ModiFier
Values appearing in red are currently being modied by negative spell effects, diseases, or other
effects.
level progress bar
How close you are to raising your character’s level.
Inventory Menu
The Inventory Menu has ve tabs, from left to right:
all iTeMs - This list includes everything in your inventory.
Weapons - This displays only the weapon items in your inventory.
arMor - This displays only armor and clothing in your inventory.
alcHeMy - This lists all potions, alchemy apparatus, food, and
alchemical ingredients.
Miscellaneous - This list displays Miscellaneous items, including
Books, Notes, Gems, Keys, Torches, Lockpicks, Magic Stones, and
other items.
S
button – Equip or Use the selected item
F
button – Drop the selected item.
Hotkeys
In the Inventory Menu, dene Hotkeys by pressing the
D
button and holding one of the four
positions on the
C
,
V
,
Z
,
X
buttons while simultaneously selecting the weapon, armor, spell,
or item you want in that slot. Note, you can still change menus with the Hotkeys open, and the
item will be assigned when you release the
C
,
V
,
Z
,
X
buttons.
While playing, use the
C
,
V
,
Z
,
X
buttons to select any of your eight Hotkeyed items.
rigHT-Hand and leFT-Hand sloTs
Weapons equip in your right hand, shields and torches in your left. Shields and torches each have their
own slot, but will not be used with two-handed weapons like claymores, warhammers, bows, and
magical staves, even though the slot is equipped. An equipped torch is always used when your weapon
is sheathed; so pressing the
F
button is a good way to switch between your weapons and torch.
Your current Encumbrance compared to your Maximum Encumbrance. If you are carrying
too much you will be Over Encumbered and you cannot move until you drop some items
to reduce your encumbrance.
The combined effects of your physical armor and active magical armor effects. The higher the
number, the better.
How much gold you have.
invenTory iTeMs
Items in inventory are represented by an icon to the left of the name of the item. A number
indicates a stack of more than one of the item. In addition, one or more of the following icons
may appear on the item icon:
Magical Item Stolen Item Poisoned Weapon Broken Item