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Charisma:
Charisma measures a character’s force of personality,
persuasiveness, personal magnetism, and physical attractiveness. The
higher your character’s Charisma, the less trouble they will have
buying and selling items at the local store... in fact, your character may
find the prices quite reasonable indeed.
Note that as you gain levels, you will gain points to spend on increasing
your abilities. Every four levels you attain gives you one point you can
spend to increase an ability of your choice (you get one point at 4th
level, another at 8th, the third at 12th, and so on).
Secondary Statistics
Experience:
This is the total number of experience points your
character has. Your character gains experience points both by
completing quests and killing monsters. Note that in a two player
game, the player that kills a monster gets 60% of the experience, while
the other player gets 40%. Both players get 100% of the experience
gained from quests, however.
Next Level:
This number represents the number of experience points
your character needs to reach the next level of experience. Every time
you gain a level, you gain more health, arcane energy points to spend
on feats and, depending on the level, your ability scores.
Health:
Health or hit points (hp) is a measure of how many points of
damage your character can take before dying. When a character
reaches 0 hit points, they are dead. Hit points are represented by the
red bar on the upper left corner of the main game screen (see Main
Game Screen, p. 15).
Hit points can be healed via potions, and they will also regenerate
slowly over time. A high Constitution allows you to regenerate hit
points faster than normal.
Arcane Energy:
Arcane energy is a measure of how much energy a
character has to use active feats, spells, or special attacks. When a
character has 0 points of arcane energy, they will be unable to use any
spells or feats that require energy.
Arcane energy can be recovered via potions, and the energy will also
regenerate slowly over time. A higher Intelligence allows you to
recover arcane energy faster.
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CHARACTER ABILITIES
There are a number of abilities that define your character:
Strength:
Strength measures your character’s physical power.
Characters with a high Strength have a better chance to hit opponents
in melee combat, do more damage when they hit, and can carry more
weight than weaker characters.
Intelligence:
Intelligence determines how well your character learns
and reasons. The higher your character’s Intelligence, the faster your
arcane energy regenerates, and the more arcane energy points you
gain each time you advance a level.
Wisdom:
Wisdom describes your character’s willpower, common
sense, perception and intuition. The higher your character’s Wisdom,
the more experience points your character will gain when they kill
monsters or accomplish quests.
Dexterity:
Dexterity measures your character’s hand-eye coordination,
agility, reflexes, and balance. Characters with a high Dexterity have a
better chance to hit opponents with ranged weapons and have a better
Armor Class (See Armor, p. 22).
Constitution:
Constitution represents your character’s health and
stamina. A high Constitution means your character will have more hit
points and a faster hit point regeneration rate.