Contents of this manual

• Chapter 1: Introducing Jewel of Arabia
  • Getting started
  • How to register
  • Credits
• Chapter 2: Character creation
  • How to create a new party
  • Character classes
  • Character records
    • Primary statistics
    • Derived statistics
    • Special abilities
  • Building a better party
  • Default character names and their meanings
  • A note on your party's animal
• Chapter 3: Main display and controls
  • Keyboard and mouse controls
  • Control buttons
  • Character display
  • Game display
    • Map location
    • Moon phase and date
    • Day versus night march control
    • Food and water rationing control
    • Treasure, food, water, and movement variables
• Chapter 4: Exploring the world
  • Interacting with objects in the world
  • Terrain types and how they affect your party
    • Hospitable terrain
    • Inhospitable terrain
    • Dangerous terrain
    • Impassable terrain
    • Special terrain types
  • Don't be afraid of the dark
• Chapter 5: Combat
  • How combat works: an overview
  • The combat display
    • Combat controls
    • Combat display statistics
    • Combat conditions
  • How combat experience is divvied up
  • What should I do if one of my characters dies?
  • Basic combat strategies
• Chapter 6: Spells
  • Spellcasting characters
    • Djinn spells
    • Magi spells
    • Sufi spells
  • How to cast a spell
  • Why do spells sometimes fail?
  • What is mana?
  • Where do I find the next staff stone?
• Chapter 7: Meditations
  • What are meditations?
  • What is prana?
  • Donations: making charity a way of life
  • Can I join the Order of Zarathustra?
• Chapter 8: Inventory management
  • The items form
    • Armor and clothing
    • Weapons: blades and staves
    • Jewelry
    • Potions
    • Food and water
    • Sources of light
  • Trading, shopping, and booty
  • How much can I carry?
  • I'm overloaded and can't move: what should I do?
  • Shop till you drop
• Chapter 9: Getting the whole story
  • Talking
    • Initiating a conversation
    • Talking strategies
  • Storyboards
• Chapter 10: Troubleshooting
  • Problems loading the game
  • Problems with the music
  • The game runs too slowly
  • Problems while running the game
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright & License Information

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