User Guide

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screen to improve your character when you increase
in experience levels.
You must access the character screen from the
interface bar
This section of the manual explains how the
character screen works. For detailed information
about the characteristics (statistics, skills,
traits, perks and karmic kabobs) found on this
screen, refer to the Character Reference chapter,
starting on page 84.
The primary purpose of
the character screen is to
give you information about
the status of your
character: am I critically
hurt? if so, where?
poisoned? how many
experience points do I
have? when do I go up a
level? how many extra
skill points do I have? what are my exact skill
levels? and so on.
The character screen should be accessed as soon
as you get a new experience level.
The character screen in the game is slightly
different than the character screen you might have
used if you created a new character or modified a
pre-generated character. There are a couple of
important differences, most notably, you cannot modify
your character’s statistics, and the select Trait
area has been replaced by Perks, Karma and Kills.
And you cannot change your name. Hopefully, you
selected something other than NONE and it is a name
that you like.
You can click on any text or object of
importance on this screen, and the information card
in the lower right-hand corner will change to
display more information about the statistic,
skill, reputation (and so on) that you selected.
If your character ever gains a new
characteristic that you are not familiar with, use
the information card. It helps.