User Guide

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traded. If the NPC likes your character, she is
more likely to give your character a break and a
better deal.
If you offer a really poor trade, it may
actually insult the NPC and lower their opinion of
your character.
Party Members
It is possible to have other people join your
character. You may have to talk them into it,
solve a quest, pay them money or otherwise convince
them that your character needs their services.
Non-player characters that want to join your
character’s party are few in number.
The benefits of additional party members are
many. They will assist you in combat, to some
degree or another, and they will lend their
experience and skills to yours. They can help you
carry more equipment. They can offer their wisdom
by giving you information and advice.
And they are another target, meaning that combat
will be a tiny little bit safer for your character.
You have limited control over party members,
however. You cannot control them directly in
combat. You can give them orders before combat
starts, but once the battle is on, they are their
own person.
Using the Talk action icon on a party member
will give you access to the two parts you do have
control over: their inventory and their basic
combat strategies.
Party Member Inventory
Talk with a party member and you will see the
extended dialogue screen. Notice that the BARTER
button has been replaced with the TRADE button.
Press the Trade button and the trading interface
will slide up over the lower portion of the screen.
Trading is similar to Barter (see page 68), but
it has several important differences.