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@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ of the terrain screen in the appropriate direction.</p>
<h2>Text Bar</h2>
<p>This bar contains information about what's going on. When in combat, it tells you who
is active and how many action points they have remaining. Outdoors or in town, it tells
you where you are.</p>
you where you are. It also lets you know about certain status effects that affect the
whole party, which show up as a small icon at the far right of the text bar.</p>
<h2>Buttons</h2>
<p>These change depending on your setting. What the Outdoor/Town/Combat buttons do is
<p>These change depending on your location. What the Outdoor/Town/Combat buttons do is
described in the relevant sections.</p>
<div class="figure">
<img src="../img/pcbtn.gif"></p>
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name of the active character appears in italics. The Mage Spells and Priest Spells menus
list the spells for the active PC.</dd>
<dt>Health and Spell Points</dt>
<dd>Click on these numbers to be told the maximum number of health of spell points the
character can have.</dd>
<dd>Click on these numbers to be told the maximum number of health or spell points the
character can have. Health is shown in red if it's below the max, green if it's at the
max, or orange if it's above the max (which is usually not possible). Spell points are
shown in pink if below the max, blue if at the max, or teal if above the max (which again
is usually not possible). If the character is not alive and present, these numbers are
replaced with an explanation of what happened to them (such as "Dead" or "Fled").</dd>
<dt>Trade Places Arrows</dt>
<dd>To have two characters trade places in the roster, click on the arrow button to the
right of the first character, and then of the second.</dd>
@@ -102,13 +107,15 @@ active (in town or outdoors) or see this character's inventory (in combat).</dd>
<dd>Clicking this button brings up a list of the special items you've obtained. Most of
these (such as keys) are used automatically when needed. Others, such as maps, are used by
clicking the 'U' button to the right.</dd>
<dt>'Jobs' Button</dt>
<dd>Clicking this button brings up a list of active quests (the button is called "Jobs"
instead of "Quests" partly because it's an Exile III relic and partly because "Quests"
would not fit).</dd>
<dt>Help Button</dt>
<dd>As always, clicking the button with the '?' gives help for this area.</dd>
<dt>Jobs Button</dt>
<dd>Shows a list of jobs you've accepted and quests you've been assigned.</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Text Screen</h2>
<p>This area gives you a running account of what's going on. If you miss something, use
the scroll bar.</p>
the scroll bar. Sometimes you'll also see this area referred to as the "transcript".</p>
</div></body>
</html>