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<h1>The Blades of Exile Editor</h1>
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<h2>What is the Blades of Exile Editor?</h2>
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<p>This copy of Blades of Exile comes with the Blades of Exile Character Editor, a simple
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utility for improving your Blades of Exile party in a mind-boggling variety of ways.</p>
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<p>The editor can give you unlimited gold and
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food, heal your party, and do several other useful things (go to the section on menus, and
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read all about it). And it can do much more besides that - give you all
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sorts of items, complete your quests and give you maps, add as much experience and skill
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as you want, and more.</p>
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<h2>Using the Editor</h2>
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<h3>How to use the editor</h3>
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<p>The Blades of Exile editor is very easy to use. To do so,</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Run it. It's called Blades Character Editor.</li>
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<li>Select Open from the File menu.</li>
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<li>Select the save file to edit.</li>
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<li>Make the changes.</li>
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<li>Select Save from the File menu.</li>
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<p>To make a change, press one of the other buttons. Their uses are described in the next
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five chapters.</p>
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<h3>A Serious Warning</h3>
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<p>The Blades of Exile Editor is a powerful utility, and, as has been said, "With great
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power comes great responsibility." It is not only possible, but in fact quite easy to use
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the editor to make the game unwinnable. All you need to do is dispose of the wrong item,
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or rub away the memory of the wrong piece of information. The editor can also correct the
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damage, of course. But as a rule of thumb, it is best to:
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<ol>
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<li>Be careful,</li>
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<li><em>Always</em> keep an unaltered back-up save file, and</li>
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<li>Only do positive things with the editor. It's generally safe to give yourself new
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information or a new item, but very risky to take things away.</li>
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<h3>Using the Main Screen</h3>
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<p>Once you've opened a save file, you'll see your party displayed on the main screen. One
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character's button will be blue. This is the active character. Click on another character
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to make him/her active.</p>
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<p>To the right is the active character's inventory. To drop an item, click the D button.
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To identify an item, click the I button.</p>
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<p>To the right are the five buttons you can use to edit this character:</p>
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<p><em>Add Mage Spells, Add Priest Spells</em> - Enables you to give or take away the
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character's ability to cast certain spells. Press the button to the right of a spell to
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toggle the spell on/off. When the button is lighted green, the party knows the spell.</p>
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<p><em>Edit Traits</em> - Enables you to change the character's race, advantages, and
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disadvantages.</p>
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<p><em>Edit Skills</em> - Works like the training window in Blades of Exile, but all
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training is free. Press the + and - buttons to increment and decrement a skill.
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You can even give an Anama member mage levels with this, though it won't let them actually
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cast mage spells.</p>
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<p><em>Edit XP</em> - Enables you to set the number of experience points the character
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has. Note that, if you give enough experience for the character to gain a level, the new
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level won't be awarded right away. The character will get the new level the next time he
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or she gains experience in Blades of Exile.</p>
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<h3>The Blades of Exile Editor Menu</h3>
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<p>Most of the Blades of Exile Editor's features are activated through the menus.</p>
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<h4>File Menu:</h4>
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<ul>
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<li><em>Open</em> - Reads one of your save files in for editing.</li>
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<li><em>Close</em> - Closes the currently open save file.</li>
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<li><em>Save, Save As</em> - Records the changes you've made.</li>
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<li><em>Revert to Saved</em> - Reload the currently open file from disk, losing any
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changes you might have made.</li>
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<li><em>Quit</em> - When you're ready to get back to business. Note that, on the Mac, this
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is in the application menu.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Edit Party:</h4>
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<li><em>Edit Gold, Edit Food</em> - When selected, you will be allowed to set how much gold
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or food your party has.</li>
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<li><em>Add Alchemy</em> - This brings up a menu from which you can add and delete
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knowledge of alchemical recipes. Click on the light by a recipe to add it. Click again to
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delete it.</li>
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<li><em>Heal Damage, Restore Spell Points</em> - These restore your characters to full
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health and energy.</li>
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<li><em>Raise Dead, Stoning, etc.</em> - All Dead, Dust, and Stoned characters will be
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restored to life.</li>
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<li><em>Remove Bad Conditions</em> - All nasty conditions (e.g. disease, dumbfound) will be
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cured.</li>
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<li><em>Add Mage/Priest Spells, Edit Traits/Skills/XP</em> - These do the same thing as
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the buttons on the right.</li>
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<li><em>Add item</em> - Brings up a list with a wide variety of useful items.
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Select an item to have it added to the inventory of the active PC.
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If the party is in a scenario, this will list the items from the scenario;
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otherwise, it lists the default items.
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<li><em>Reunite Party</em> - Sometimes your party gets split up in dungeons. Selecting this
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option reunites them. As with Leave Town, be careful. This option can deny you the chance
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to do something you need to do to win the scenario.</li>
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<h4>Scenario Edit:</h4>
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<li><em>Edit Day</em> - This lets you set the current day. Be careful using this - it can
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have very peculiar effects.</li>
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<li><em>Leave Town</em> - Should you become trapped in a town, say by a horde of guards
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between you and the exit, selecting this option moves your party to the dungeon entrance.
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Things you did in the dungeon will not be recorded, and your maps will not be saved. Stuff
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you got will remain yours. Be careful using this option. Suppose, for example, you're in a
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dungeon you can only enter once, and there's something you need to do inside to win. Use
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the Leave Town option then, and you won't able to finish the scenario. Back up your save
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file before using this option.</li>
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<li><em>Make Towns Forget You</em> - Only use this outside town (use Leave Towns first).
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Any towns that were angry at you will forget about it. Any monsters slain in the dungeons
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will return to life. This does not affect the people of Shayder's anger if you rob the
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Anama temple.</li>
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<li><em>Add Outdoor Maps, Add Town Maps</em> - When you select one of these options the
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Automap in Blades of Exile will display all of the town/outdoor section your party is in.
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Great for finding hidden stuff!</li>
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<li><em>Own all Boats/Horses</em> - All boats and horses will become your property.</li>
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<li><em>Remove Party From Scenario</em> - Sometimes you'll be stuck and won't be able to
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reach the end of a scenario. Sometimes you'll just be sick of it and want out. Use this
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option. The next time you load this party, you'll be on the Blades of Exile title screen,
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ready to go on a new adventure.</li>
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<li><em>Set SDF</em> - Here you can fiddle with the party's stuff done flags as much as
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you want. Be careful, though, as this can easily make the scenario unwinnable.</li>
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