User Guide

Some areas of a rat are harder to hit. However, the chance of you
doing more damage or some other effect is increased by making a
targeted attack.
When you are tired of killing rats, you can try Sneaking past
them. A good sneak will let you avoid the rats. Press the Skilldex
button on the interface bar. Click on the Sneak skill. You will see
Sneak printed just above the interface bar. As long as you are
Sneaking, the rats will have a more difficult time of seeing you. If
the rat does see you, they will start combat as usual. There is no
combat penalty for trying to Sneak and getting caught at it.
Do not run. If you run, you cannot Sneak anymore. Sneak
carefully around the rats.
There are other skills on the Skilldex that can be used. The
First Aid and Doctor skills allow you to heal yourself and other
characters in the game. All the skills except Sneak require that you
give a target to use the skill on. If you are hurt, open the Skilldex
and select First Aid. The targeting cursor will turn yellow. Click
on your character. Depending on how good of a medic you are (the
better your First Aid skill, the better you are at performing that
skill), you will heal some hit point damage or do nothing.
When you have explored enough of these caverns, go to the
south and then to the west. The Automap, which can be accessed
by clicking the MAP button or pressing the TAB key, will show
your location in the caves. You are looking for a long tunnel in the
southwest corner of the caverns.
When you reach the edge of the tunnel, you will see natural
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Figure 2-5: The Skilldex bar.
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