Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games Photosensitive Seizures A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching video games.
Gameplay Controls The Game Screen Spell Effect Target Health Crosshair Health Magicka Fatigue Target Name Weapon Arrows Magic Compass Level Up Health The amount of damage you can take. Sleeping, waiting, potions or spells can restore your Health. Magicka Casting spells uses Magicka. Magicka regenerates based on your Willpower. Sleeping, waiting, potions or spells can also restore your Magicka. Fatigue Fatigue is how tired you are.
Compass and Activation Icons Stats Menu The Stats Menu has five tabs, from left to right: Character – Basic info about your character. Attributes – Information on your eight Attributes. Icons on the compass indicate nearby places of interest (like dungeons, cities, or inns), and Quest Target markers indicate the direction of your active quest objective. Skills – Information on your 21 skills. Target Markers Factions – Shows the factions you belong to and your current rank in each.
Inventory Menu Magic Menu The Inventory Menu has five tabs, from left to right: All Items This list includes everything in your inventory. Weapons This displays only the weapon items in your inventory. Spell Icon The magic effect of the spell. Armor This displays only armor and clothing in your inventory. Spell Name Name of selected spell. Alchemy Magicka Cost This lists all potions, alchemy apparatus, food, and alchemical ingredients.
Maps and Quests The Maps Section has five tabs, from left to right: Local Map, World Map, Active Quest, Current Quests, and Completed Quests. Dialog When the Speaking icon is displayed, activate the person to initiate dialogue. The Dialogue Menu has several important areas. Local Map This shows your immediate surroundings. Rollover icons display information about doors and their destinations, and quest targets indicate your quest objectives.
Bartering Persuasion Choosing Barter will display both your inventory and the person’s inventory. In the Barter menu, click the bag on the right to show a list of items you can sell to the merchant. Click the bag on the left to show a list of items the merchant has for sale. Disposition A person’s Disposition to you is a number on a scale from 0 to 100 that reflects how he feels about you. The higher the number, the more he likes you.
The Arts of Combat To defend themselves from monsters and marauders, travelers and adventurers learn to use weapons and armor. Weapons There are two kinds of weapons: melee weapons like swords and maces, and bows. Better weapons are made from precious materials, and may bear useful enchantments. The damage you do depends on the weapon itself, your skill, and the condition of the weapon (i.e., whether the weapon is in good repair).
It is possible, but very difficult, to escape from jail. It is difficult to see the benefit of such an action, since you still have a Bounty on your head. But some members of the criminal community feel it is their obligation to escape from jail as a matter of principle. Increasing your Skills and Leveling Up It is also possible to recover stolen items that have been confiscated from you upon your incarceration. Such items are held in Stolen Goods containers near the jail cells.
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