User Guide

The last two cards displayed are “Keep” or “Delete” this character. If
you choose to keep the character generated, you are prompted to
enter the character’s name on a card in the center of the screen.
Press Enter to accept the name. The screen saves the character and
moves on to the generation of a second character. Deleting the char-
acter starts the entire process over again.
Warning: You must generate two characters to enter the game. After
you have generated your first character, the screen displayed shows
the portrait and name of your character beside another “Foresee This
Character” card. Should you not choose this card, but instead click
on the “Quit” card in the lower right corner, your character’s informa-
tion will be lost when you leave the character generator. To return
one step from this screen, left-click over the character’s portrait.
After a character is generated, clicking over the character’s portrait
displays that character’s attributes and takes you back one step to
the “Keep” and “Delete” cards.
After both of your beginning characters have been generated, a
“Watch the Future” card is displayed in the lower right corner of the
screen. Select this card to begin the game and set your characters off
on a grand adventure through the perils of Har’Akir.
Importing Characters from
RAVENLOFT: STRAHDS POSSESSION
To play RAVENLOFT: STONE PROPHET with a saved party from the original
RAVENLOFT: STRAHDS POSSESSION, choose IMPORT CHARACTERS from the
main menu which appears after the game’s cinematic introduction.
The first line displayed after choosing IMPORT CHARACTERS is a current
directory listing. Next, all available drives are listed, followed by the
directories and files in the current selection.
Left-clicking on a drive letter takes you to that drive. Left-clicking on
a directory listing takes you into that directory.
By choosing the appropriate line and left-clicking, you can move to
the appropriate drive and/or directory where your RAVENLOFT:
STRAHDS POSSESSION saved games are located. You can use the scroll
arrows at the bottom of the screen to move up and down through the
directory listings.
CHARACTER PORTRAIT
When the character’s class has been decided, that card joins your
other selections of sex, race, class, and alignment at the bottom of the
screen. The next cards dealt are character portraits, six faces from
which you may choose. As you move the mouse cursor over the char-
acter faces, they change from black-and-white to color portraits. Click
on the “More” card at the bottom of the screen to review additional
portraits. Left-click over a portrait to choose it for your character. To
move back one step before making a choice, left-click on the “Review
Alignment” card in the lower right corner.
ATTRIBUTES
After your character’s portrait card has joined the other choices at the
bottom of the screen, three attribute cards are dealt. The card in the
center displays basic information about your character, from his or
her age, armor class, level, and hit points to the six attributes of
Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and
Charisma. Left-click on the “Reroll” card and a new set of numbers
for your character are randomly generated. Left-click on the “Edit”
card, and you may decide what numbers appear for each of the six
attributes and your character’s hit points.
Choose the “Edit” card, and the cards to the left and right of the
attributes card become, respectively, a card and a + card. By left-
clicking over a number on the attribute card, that choice is
highlighted and may now be modified. Change the highlighted
number to a lower or higher value by left-clicking over the card or
the + card. Right-clicking sets the attribute number to its minimum or
maximum value. The and + on your computer’s numeric keypad
may also be used. Only the six attributes and your character’s hit
points are changeable, and then only to their minimum or maximum
allowable values. To learn more about attributes, see the “Character
Basics” section on page 37.
When satisfied with your character’s attributes, left-click over the “Done”
card in the lower right of the screen. This returns one step to where the
attribute card was flanked by a “Reroll” card and an “Edit” card.
To accept the attributes displayed, left-click in the center of the
attributes card or press Enter on your computer keyboard.
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