User Guide

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The information under your character’s HP totals

is very important. It shows any critical damage

your character may have taken. In a perfect world,

they should be dull green. In this case, bright is

bad. If a line is in bright green, like the rest

of the screen, you have been inflicted by something

horrible and potentially life-threatening.

Poisoned - This means that you have been

poisoned (by rattle-snakes, giant scorpions from

Hell, or Iguana-on-a-Stick that has gone bad from

sitting out in the sun too long.) Note that this

is dangerous, but not necessarily fatal. Poison

does damage over time. The more poison that you

have been infected with, the longer you will take

damage. Fortunately, as the poison starts to wear

off, it takes longer and longer to damage you

again.

Radiated - Everyone in the post-nuclear world

has some amount of radiation. Heck, if you live on

a tall mountain, you will absorb some rads every

year. And don’t use those new fangled

“Microwaves,” as they can be very bad for your

health. When you start the game, you will have

very little to no measurable radiation. You can

still encounter freak areas of radiation, but you

are more likely to run into radiation-infected

creatures that mean to do you harm. The more

accumulated radiation damage you have, the worse

the effect of additional radiation on your body.

Since radiation damage takes a while to truly

affect you, you would be wise to monitor this

characteristic. You can tell exactly how much

radiation you have been exposed to by using a

Geiger counter. Some doctors may be able to treat

radiation damage, and there are two types of drugs

that can help.

The following are specific types of damage:

crippled limbs (or crippled eyes) that have a

detrimental effect on your character. They can