Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] Low to the ground, Drake will place the active item on the floor instead. To open the scroll, move the mouse cursor to the right side of the screen. When the cursor changes to a SCROLL, click once with either button to reveal your inventory. Place the item on the scroll and click again to add it to your inventory. [. . . ] If you want to replace an old rune with a new rune, simply write the new rune over the old.
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There are different types of runes: Mannish, Throggish, Faerie and Meta runes. The first three are called basic runes, however, Meta runes can modify basic runes. Meta runes must be written on top
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of basic runes, but they will not erase the basic rune. To cast a spell, click with the appropriate mouse button and then select the proper spell by clicking on it. The runecaster will remember the last spell you cast, so if you wish to cast the same spell, you will not need to select it again. When you cast a spell, the mana to power the spell comes from the runecaster. Spells use different amounts of mana: the more powerful the spell, the more mana it costs. When you use all the mana, you will need to find a magick source to recharge your runecaster.
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Shortcuts
U Step Forward w W Turn Left a X Turn Right d V Step Back s Journal !First page @ Notes (most recent) # Runes (first page) $ Clues (most recent) % Items (most recent) ^ T Map
(current map)
F Last page, current section P Page back in Journal Q Page forward in Journal Game Controls TM Save Game £ Subtitling (On/Off) ¢ Load Game Lower Music volume § Raise Music volume ¶ Lower Sound volume · Raise Sound volume ª Voices (On/Off) º Quit
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H First page, current section
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/ Brightness control ¤ Mouse Sensitivity G Options Screen/Cancel o Game Options Screen i Inventory scroll m Mystic mirror j Journal E Pause (speech) Z Cancel Cursors
Write
Inventory H Top of inventory F Bottom of inventory P Up five items Q Down five items
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Attack Inspect
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Grab
Turn Page
Character
A
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t the beginning of Stonekeep, Drake is capable but not very experienced. As progress is made through gameplay, and skills practiced, Drake will improve his abilities. It's important to improve your characters!
Strength, Agility and Health are statistics that define your characters. It adds to the damage you do in combat and other physical tasks you may have to perform. With skills and other factors, it determines how accurate you are in
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combat. As Health improves, the more likely you can shrug off the effects of poison or bad magick. Archery, Axe, Brawl, Dagger, Hammer, Polearm, and Sword are all combat skills. Defense is how good you are with a shield, and how often that shield blocks attacks in combat. Stealth is a measure of how quiet you are when walking slowly and carefully. The better your Stealth, the more likely you can surprise monsters from behind. The more skilled rune-magickians can use runecasters more efficiently, using less mana to cast more spells.
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Options
From the Options screen, you may: SAVE the current game LOAD a previously saved game START A NEW GAME from the very beginning Select GAME OPTIONS QUIT the game SAVE GAME displays your save game slots. Press
P
ressing the key during normal play will display the OPTIONS SCREEN. The game will pause when you do this.
G
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when you are done to save your game, or press at any time to cancel the operation. LOAD GAME displays the saved games, along with the names of the games and a picture of where you saved them. [. . . ] BARNES
Rendering Director
SCOTT LA ROCCA
Back of Head
MICHAEL SORICH
Iaenni, Queen of the Fae
PETER OLIPHANT
Translation Support & Such
SCOTT EVERTS
Throg Guard
NATALIE CARTER
Lament/Sparkle
ROB NESLER
Audio Director
GARY SIMPSON
Throg Shaman
KATH SOUCIE
Sweetie Surly
CHRIS DeSALVO
Installer Programmers
CHARLES DEENEN
Art Director
MIKE RADANAECHER
Troll
GABRIEL VALENCIA DARREN MONAHAN PARALLAX SOFTWARE
Director of MIS Department
SPENCER KIPE
Artist Supervisor
E. G. DAILY
Chuckle Snort
TODD CAMASTA
Assistant Producers
GINA TAVIZON JACOB R. BUCHERT III
Zombie
ROB PAULSEN
Giggle Binkle
NATHAN RENICH
MIS Manager
FLOYD GRUBB ERIC DEMILT
Proud Dad
BILL "Weez" DUGAN
Skeleton LUCY
STEVE MACKALL
Murph Winkle
MIKE PACHOLIK
Historian
SPENCER KIPE
Lizzy
ALAN PAVLISH
STARRING Young Drake
JEFF GLENN BENNETT
Vermatrix Goldenhide
ERIC TI-CHUN YING
Extra Special Sharga Scripting
TORI ANDAHAZY
Mr. McCleary
LOUISE CHAMIS
Torin
TYLER BURDICK
Drake
HY TERMAN
Axe-Man
KEVIN BASS
Quality Assurance
SIMON PRESCOTT
Geldor
NICHOLAS FRANCHOT
Khull-Khuum, the Shadowking
SIMON BLACK
Villager
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BILL DELK JOHN WERNER JOHN McGINLEY DEREK BULLARD CHRIS KEENAN TONY PICCOLI DEREK GIBBS JASON PAUL COGGESHALL DARRELL JONES CORY NELSON DARYL GUETZKOW DAVE HENDEE SAVINA GREENE LARRY SMITH MARVIC AMBATA FRANK PIMENTEL JEFF WOODS
Quality Assurance Leads
CLIFTON WELLS
Sardin
MICHEAL ESPISITO
Thera
LEE TIRCE
Wolf, Drake's Dog
EDWARD MANNIX
Orson Throg Hermit
LISA PARKER
Wahooka
JULIUS
Stunt Double for Mr. [. . . ]