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Pool of Radiance

How To Make Choices: POOL OF RADIANCE is controlled by using menus. On the menus,
one letter of each word is highlighted. To indicate the command you want, press the key for the
highlighted letter. For example, to see the Area you are in, press the A key.

To select an item or character from a menu, highlight your selection and press the Enter/Return
key. Use the Home and End keys to highlight items or characters on vertical menus (exception:
use the up and down cursor keys when modifying a character).

Some commands, such as View, act only on a single character. Highlight the character you want
and then press the key for that command (example: V for View).

Some commands are a toggle (example: selecting Characters On in the Pics menu toggles to
Character Off— no character portrait in View— Selecting Character Off turns portraits back on).

How To Move Around: Movement commands are given through the numeric keypad and/or the
cursor keys. When you begin the game, you will be moving through a 3D view of the world.
While moving in this view (or the Area map), use the cursor keys. The Up arrow moves you
forward. The Left arrow turns you left. The Right arrow turns you right. The Down arrow turns
you around.

While moving in the wilderness or in combat, use the numeric keypad for movement. You will
move in the direction the key you press lies from the center of the keypad (pressing 9, for
example moves you up and to the right).

To Begin Playing Quickly: Use the pre-rolled and pre-equipped characters from the saved
game disk (or on your hard drive). Choose Load Save Game from the Party Creation Menu.
After the saved game is loaded choose Begin Adventuring. If you want to start your own
characters, be sure to equip them before you start adventuring. A shop selling arms and armor
is located at 8,11. Pool your money. Use the View, Items, and Ready commands to prepare
your characters equipment. Make sure you have at least one platinum piece left. Use the Take
command and have one character pick up all the money. Go to the inn at 4, 12, pay the money,
and rest to memorize spells.

Start adventuring in the slums. Return to the city hall periodically to collect commissions and
rewards. When your characters have enough experience points and money, train in the training
hall.

Rules Errata: Wilderness encounters replace your party's icon. They do not appear adjacent to
it. Charmed characters will not join your party but they will fight on your side for one battle. Evil
clerics Turn undead, they do not charm them unto your side. A character's portrait picture can
only be viewed in the civilized area of Phian. To “take back” a move in combat, press the escape
key (Esc).

Differences In the IBM Compatible Version: This version of Pool OF Radiance differs slightly
from the rules. Most of the these differences are explained by the on-screen menus. Differences
include:

Game Speed: Because different computer systems run at different clock speeds, the speed at
which this game plays on your system may be faster or slower than you like. When in Combat,
you can change the game speed by selecting the Done option and then selecting the Speed
option. Once into the Speed menu, you can speed the game by pressing the F key or slow it
down by pressing the S key. The speed option controls the amount of time messages remain on
the screen.

NOTE: If you have a “fast" machine, such as a 486 / 50 mhz machine, it may be so fast that you
may not be able to read messages — no matter how slow you set the speed. To work around
this problem, use the Aim option to get information about your enemies.

Saving a Game: You may maintain up to 10 different saved games at a time. When you save a
game, choose one of the letters (A-J). When you load a saved game, the letters for games you
have saved are displayed.

NOTE: The program only looks at the first 8 letters of a character's name when adding a
character to your party. If you try to add more than one character with the same first 8 letters,
only the last character will be added.

If the message TIME TO SAVE YOUR GAME appears, press the Enter/Return key and follow
the normal save game procedure. This message will appear most often on machines with less
available memory (384K). After saving, you will be returned to the DOS prompt where you may
resume the game.

The following commands can be given at the Combat menu or while a party character is moving
under computer control. Press the key to execute the command.
ALT Q: Sets all characters to computer control (Quick).
<SPACE> : Resets all characters to manual control.
Control S: Toggles sound on and off.
ALT M: Toggle magic on or off for characters set to Quick.

Characters set to Quick will always use Readied Magic Items. Characters with Readied arrows
will use bows if no targets are adjacent

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