PROFILE The scroll icon in the lower left corner of the Character Window opens a character profile screen. You may fill this page with any information about your character that you wish to be public knowledge (click on the page and start typing; close the page when it displays the information you want others to see. Other players viewing your Character Window can open the profile and read it at any time. (Profane and abusive profiles are not allowed.) Help This button will alert the Game Masters that you need their attention. Depending on current demand, it may be several minutes before a GM can answer your call. GMs are to be called only in case of emergencies. Options This opens an extensive menu of Options to allow you to personalize your style of play. Log Out This button will disconnect you from your current game server and return you to the Main Menu. Journal The Journal button opens a scroll-shaped window that contains a written record of your most recent conversations and actions during the current play session. You can resize the Journal window by clicking on the tab at the bottom, then adjusting the size of the white outline. Clicking on the padlock icon will lock the visible text in place until you click on the padlock again. Skills This button opens a window listing all your skills and their ratings. Expect the ratings to change over time as you improve or forget skills. Skills are arranged by category: Miscellaneous (craft skills), Combat Ratings, Actions, and Lore and Knowledge. Click on a category to display your ability with all the skills it contains (the abilities listed are modified by your stats, giving you a positive rating even in skills you didn’t initially choose and have never practiced). If you wish to group together the skills you use most often, click on New Group at the bottom of the skills scroll. You may then drag any skills you wish into the new group. Once you establish the new group, you can rename it by highlighting the words New Group and typing over them. You may make multiple new groups if you wish. You may delete any of the four default groups by completely emptying it of all the skills it originally contained. Many of the skills listed have a blue jewel next to their listing. This means that in order to be used, the skill must first be evoked from this scroll. To evoke a skill, open the scroll and click on the blue gem. Peace/War Toggle Clicking this box will take you from Peace mode to War mode and vice versa. Status This button opens a window to display your character’s Vital Statistics. In addition to the basics – Name, Strength (Str), Dexterity (Dex), Intelligence (Int) and Sex, this window contains several other important pieces of information. Note that there are two values for Hits, Mana and Stamina (Stam). The number on the left is your current maximum possible in these stats, while the number on the right is your actual status at the time you open the window. By comparing the two numbers you can see just how tired or wounded you are, or how far your magical energies are depleted. The remaining information on the status window includes: Armor Rating (AR), which provides you with a general idea of the protection afforded by your current armor and clothing. Note that damage is allocated to specific locations on your body, so a high armor rating won’t help you if you’re hit in an unarmored location. Gold, the amount of cash you currently have on your person. Weight (Wght), the total weight of all clothing and inventory items (in "stone," the standard Britannian weight unit).