User Guide

Important Points to Consider When Creating Your Party
Before you go charging off, filling the universe with alter egos of yourself, keep in
mind some important facts:
A team can consist of up to six members, and any less increases the chances of
disaster. There are words for "Lone heroes battling against incredible odds." These
words are "rest in peace." Developing a well balanced team with diverse talents is one
of the major keys to success.
Decide which alignment you prefer your party to have before you start generating
characters. Evil cannot play with good, but neutrals may play with either. Some
character types are only available to one alignment or the other, so select the whole
makeup of your team first to avoid disappointments such as finally generating a
fantastic Lord, only to discover that he/she cannot join the rest of your evil team!
Hello again... Are you with me?
Well, you've just created your first character (maybe you've already created ten). If
not, it's easy to catch up.
1. Go to the Edge of Town from the Castle by pressing [E].
2. Go to the Training Grounds by pressing [T].
3. In the Training Grounds press [C] to create a character.
4. Enter the character's name and password if you want one.
5. Follow the on-screen menus to select your character's race and alignment.
6. Distribute your character's bonus points among the statistics.
7. When the bonus points are used up, press [ESC], and select a class for your
character.
8. You will now be asked if you want to keep the character. If you do, press [Y].
9. You're here.
Other Training Grounds Options
The R)oster of Characters option will display all of the characters available, and
show you whether they are alive or dead, and in the Castle or out on expeditions.
If you want to see your roster of characters, press [R].
The I)nspect a Character option lets you look at your character in detail, and
perform character-specific "housekeeping" actions.
The L)eave option will simply return you to the Castle.
Inspecting a Character in the Training Grounds
Press [I] at the main Training Grounds prompt to Inspect a character. Next, you
will see a list of possible things to do to your character:
I)nspect shows the character's vital statistics, weapons, armor, spell books, and
any special goodies he or she has found so far. You can also inspect your
character in Gilgamesh's Tavern. We'll cover the character's inspection in more
detail there.
D)elete allows you to retire old, world-weary adventurers, but will ask you again,
just to make sure. Retired characters pack up all their belongings, go to Club Wiz
and are deleted forever from the game.
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