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<h1>The Blades of Exile Menus</h1>
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<p>Blades of Exile's menus can perform many of the actions in the game, and dispense help
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and information as well.</p>
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<h2 id='file'>File Menu</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><em>New Game</em> - Should you get fed up, you can start over again.</li>
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<li><em>Open</em> - Selecting this has you load in one of your older games. You can do
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this anytime.</li>
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<li><em>Abort</em> - Return to the main Blades of Exile screen.</li>
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<li><em>Save, Save As</em> - This option has Blades of Exile take a "snapshot" of your
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current position in the game, so you can resume from this point later, should you mess up.
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Blades of Exile will prompt you for the name of your save file. You can only save the game
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in town or outdoors. Making several back-up save files is recommended.</li>
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<li><em>Preferences</em> - This option brings up the preferences dialog. This is described
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below. Note that, on the Mac, this option is in the Blades of Exile menu.</li>
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<li><em>Quit</em> - When you've just plain had enough. Note that, on the Mac, this option
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is in the Blades of Exile menu.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id='prefs'>The Preferences Window</h2>
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<p>From here, you can change how the game plays.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>Display Alignment</em> - This option determines how the Blades of Exile window is
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drawn on the screen. You can have the game take up the full screen, with the game
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information drawn in a corner you choose, or you can play Blades of Exile in a window you
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can drag around the screen.</li>
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<li><em>Game Speed (Fast/Medium/Slow)</em> - This option reduces or increases the speed at
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which things take place.</li>
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<li><em>No graphics frills</em> - When turned on, most of Blades of Exile's animation and
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graphics tricks disappears, resulting in a dramatic increase in game speed.</li>
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<li><em>Turn off terrain animation</em> - When on, Blades of Exile's terrain will not be
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animated, making the game go faster.</li>
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<li><em>Turn off frills on shore</em> - When on, the frilly edge at the edge of pits,
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water, and lava won't be drawn, making the game go faster.</p>
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<li><em>Don't Save Maps</em> - Normally, the game stores maps you've found in your save
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files. This makes the save files 60K larger. Selecting this option keeps Blades of Exile
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from saving your maps, resulting in smaller save files.</li>
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<li><em>No Sounds</em> - This option turns off the game's sounds.</li>
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<li><em>Show Room Descriptions More Than Once</em> - Often, you will find a special
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encounter which shows a description of what you've just found. Once found, most of these
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won't be printed again. This option makes the messages kept around to be printed whenever
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you encounter them.</li>
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<li><em>Never Show Instant Help</em> - When selected, the Instant Help windows will never
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appear.</li>
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<li><em>Reset Instant Help</em> - Click on this to make all Instant Help windows appear
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again.</li>
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<li><em>Make Game Easier</em> - When on, monsters will have fewer health points, and do
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less damage. This may have a few other subtle effects as well.</li>
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<li><em>Fewer Wandering Monsters</em> - When on, fewer monsters will randomly appear
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outdoors and in towns.</li>
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<li><em>Skip Splash Screen</em> - If you don't like the tacky music that plays when you
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start Blades of Exile, you can select this to skip it along with the splash screen.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id='options'>Options Menu</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><em>Pick New PC Graphic</em> - You can use this option to change the graphic of a PC.
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You will be asked which PC.</li>
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<li><em>Pick New PC Name</em> - You can use this option to change the name of a PC. You
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will be asked which PC.</li>
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<li><em>Create New PC</em> - When this is selected in the town you start the scenario in,
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you can create a new PC. Of course, this only works when you have less than 6 people in
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your party.</li>
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<li><em>Delete a PC</em> - This lets you select a character to delete permanently.</li>
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<li><em>See Talking Notes</em> - When you record something while talking to somebody in
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town, you can review it here.</li>
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<li><em>See Encounter Notes</em> - When you record a message in a special encounter, you
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can review it here.</li>
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<li><em>See Overall Party Stats</em> - This brings up a tally of how many things you've
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killed, how much experience you've gained, and other vital statistics.</li>
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<li><em>See Journal</em> - Sometimes, a scenario will add special notes to your journal.
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Select this to review these notes.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id='help'>Help Menu</h2>
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<p>This menu brings up various reminders of the commands in the game. As a shortcut,
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typing <span class='key'>?</span> brings up the most relevant help screen for your current
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situation.</p>
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<h2 id='monsters'>Monsters Menu</h2>
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<p>This menu provides a reference for monsters in the games, and their vital statistics.
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You can make a monster appear here by casting Scry Monster on it.</p>
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<h2 id='library'>Library Menu</h2>
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<p>These library menu options are extremely useful. They are your best source for
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information about Blades of Exile: its spells and monsters, handy tips for playing, and
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other useful things.</p>
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<li><em>Mage Spells</em> - This brings up a window which describes all of the mage spells
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in the game.</li>
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<li><em>Priest Spells</em> - This brings up a window which describes all of the priest
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spells in the game.</li>
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<li><em>Skills</em> - This option brings up a window describing the different skills your
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characters can attain, and giving hints for how much of them to buy and when.</li>
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<li><em>Alchemy & Poison</em> - This window describes the different alchemical
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concoctions and how to make them, and tells how best to use poison.</li>
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<li><em>Tip of the Day</em> - This very useful option gives a host of hints for playing
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Blades of Exile.</li>
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<li><em>Show Introductory Dialog</em> - This option brings up the dialog you saw the first
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time you ran the game.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id='actions'>Actions Menu</h2>
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<li><em>Do Alchemy</em> - When in town, select this option to try to make a potion. There
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is more information on this in the next section.</li>
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<li><em>Wait 80 Moves</em> - When in town, you cannot make camp. Selecting this option,
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however, has you wait for a long time in order to regain health and spells points. Beware
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- the monsters can use this time to get reinforcements.</li>
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<li><em>Display AutoMap</em> - This brings up a map of your current location.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id='spells'>Mage Spells, Priest Spells</h2>
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<p>These menus constantly list the spells the active PC can currently cast. Select a spell
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to cast it.</p>
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