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- the character screen:
- this screen is the main source
- of information about a charac-
- ter. it is accessed by
- clicking on one of the charac-
- ter portraits located at the
- bottom of the screen.
-
- in the upper left-hand corner
- is the character portrait.
- directly below this portrait is
- the character's backpack or
- inventory. to the right of the
- portrait are the contents of the
- left and right hands. beside
- the hands are the pool gold and
- drop item icons. below it is a
- diagram of a body with many boxes
- situated in key spots. a page-
- flip icon is in the lower right-
- hand corner.
-
- backpack:
- there are twelve item lines
- directly below the character
- picture. these are storage
- places for items that a charac-
- ter is neither holding nor
- wearing. All items occupy one
- space except for missle ammo
- (they can be piled on top of
- each other).
- items can be moved by selecting
- an item and clicking on an
- empty box. To move items among
- characters, select an item and
- then select one of the portraits
- located on the bottom of the
- screen. A new screen will
- appear that represents the
- character selected. you can
- now select an empty box and
- the item will appear in that
- area.
-
- hands:
- if an item is within one of
- these boxes, that item is
- currently ready for use.
- weapons and shields must be in a
- characters' hand to be used.
-
- pooling and dropping:
- pooling gold is the movement
- of all characters' gold to
- one character. the character
- who is receiving the gold is
- the character who is currently
- displayed.
- dropping an item will perman-
- ently remove the item from the
- characters'possession. Note that
- this action is irreversible.
- select an item by clicking on
- the box that the item occupies,
- then select the drop icon. a
- yes/no confirmation box will
- appear.
-
- diagram:
- boxes surround a diagram of the
- body. moving an item to one of
- these boxes will put that item on
- that specific area. for
- example, put the helmet in the
- box that points to the head.
-
- page flip:
- the next page of the character
- screen shows all of the stats of
- the character. while viewing
- these stats, click on the
- portrait to return to the game
- play screen or the page flip
- icon to return to the item area.
-