GAMES MICROSOFT XBOX BALDUR S GATE-DARK ALLIANCE Manual - page 10
BAlDUR’s
GATe
™
:
DARK
AlliAnce
™
BlAcK
Isle
STUDios
- 19
-
Reca
ll P
otions:
T
hese potions can telepor
t your
character to the nearest safe area (which ma
y be many
maps a
w
ay
fr
om your current loca
tion). Within Baldur’
s
Ga
te
, f
or e
xample
, recall potions will retur
n you to the
Elfsong
T
aver
n. Recall potions are useful f
or when you need to
retur
n to a safe area to sell some equipment tha
t’s
loading you
do
wn... or restock on arr
o
w
s,
potions
, or new weapons and ar
mor
.
Recall potions are used b
y
pressing the ST
AR
T button while in the
game
. Using a Recall P
otion is one of the options presented on the
in-game menu.
Using Recall a
gain will retur
n you to the pre
vious loca
tion you were
a
t, pr
o
vided you don’
t lea
ve the area you ha
ve been recalled to
. T
his
allo
ws you to jump to the Elfsong
T
aver
n with a recall potion, then
use the same potion a
gain to retur
n to the point in the dungeon you
just left, pr
o
v
ided you don't walk out of the Elfsong
T
aver
n bef
ore
you use the Recall potion a
gain.
Statis
tics T
a
b:
T
his tab lists all of your character’
s abilities
,
which are described in the
“Character Abilities”
section, p
.
20. Refer to tha
t section f
or details
.
J
our
na
l T
a
b:
T
his tab lists your character’
s
current quests
.
Spe
lls and F
eats
T
a
b:
T
his tab lists your character’
s spells
,
fea
ts
, and their ranks
.
BAlDUR’s
GATe
™
:
DARK
AlliAnce
™
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W
eapons T
a
b:
W
hen this tab is selected, you will be
presented with a list on the left por
tion of the screen tha
t
sho
ws all the weapons your character currently carries; the
weapons you currently ha
ve equipped are sho
wn in green. Items tha
t
your character cannot use are sho
wn in red. Details f
or each weapon
are included in their o
wn individual bo
x, including the name of the
item, a small icon of the item, its value
, its weight, and the amount
(and type) of dama
ge it does
.
Y
ou ma
y ha
ve to e
xperiment with some
items in the game to disco
ver the e
xtent of their po
wer
s.
T
o
equip a new weapon or unequip an old one
, press the
A
button
while the item is selected.
T
o
dr
op a weapon, press the
Y
button while the weapon is selected.
Y
ou ma
y need to do this to make r
oom f
or new items you f
ind during
your tra
vels
.
W
hen you equip or unequip a new weapon, the change will be
reflected in the character model on the right-side of the screen.
Y
ou ma
y only ha
ve one ranged and one melee weapon equipped a
t a time
.
Ar
mor T
a
b:
Similar in la
yout to the weapons tab
, this
windo
w sho
ws you all the ar
mor your character is
carr
ying; currently equipped ar
mor is sho
wn in green.
Character
s are allo
wed to wear shields
, helmets
, chest ar
mor
,
glo
ves/bracer
s,
le
ggings
, and boots
.
Equipping, unequipping, and dr
opping ar
mor is done e
xactly the same
as it is on the weapons tab
.
P
otions/Ma
g
ic Items
T
a
b:
T
his tab lists all the potions
and ma
gic items your character is carr
ying
. P
o
tential
potions include:
Hea
ling P
otions:
T
hese potions can heal dama
ge your
character has taken.
T
h
e
y
come in many varieties
, each
of which heals a different amount of dama
ge to your
character
.
Rejuvenation P
otions:
T
hese potions can restore
ar
cane ener
gy tha
t your character has lost.