User manual GAMES PC STONEKEEP

[. . . ] Low to the ground, Drake will place the active item on the floor instead. To open the scroll, move the mouse cursor to the right side of the screen. When the cursor changes to a SCROLL, click once with either button to reveal your inventory. Place the item on the scroll and click again to add it to your inventory. [. . . ] If you want to replace an old rune with a new rune, simply write the new rune over the old. 12 There are different types of runes: Mannish, Throggish, Faerie and Meta runes. The first three are called basic runes, however, Meta runes can modify basic runes. Meta runes must be written on top INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS of basic runes, but they will not erase the basic rune. To cast a spell, click with the appropriate mouse button and then select the proper spell by clicking on it. The runecaster will remember the last spell you cast, so if you wish to cast the same spell, you will not need to select it again. When you cast a spell, the mana to power the spell comes from the runecaster. Spells use different amounts of mana: the more powerful the spell, the more mana it costs. When you use all the mana, you will need to find a magick source to recharge your runecaster. 13 STONEKEEPTM Shortcuts U Step Forward w W Turn Left a X Turn Right d V Step Back s Journal !First page @ Notes (most recent) # Runes (first page) $ Clues (most recent) % Items (most recent) ^ T Map (current map) F Last page, current section P Page back in Journal Q Page forward in Journal Game Controls TM Save Game £ Subtitling (On/Off) ¢ Load Game Lower Music volume § Raise Music volume ¶ Lower Sound volume · Raise Sound volume ª Voices (On/Off) º Quit 14 H First page, current section INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS / Brightness control ¤ Mouse Sensitivity G Options Screen/Cancel o Game Options Screen i Inventory scroll m Mystic mirror j Journal E Pause (speech) Z Cancel Cursors Write Inventory H Top of inventory F Bottom of inventory P Up five items Q Down five items 15 Attack Inspect STONEKEEPTM Grab Turn Page Character A Statistics 16 t the beginning of Stonekeep, Drake is capable but not very experienced. As progress is made through gameplay, and skills practiced, Drake will improve his abilities. It's important to improve your characters! Strength, Agility and Health are statistics that define your characters. It adds to the damage you do in combat and other physical tasks you may have to perform. With skills and other factors, it determines how accurate you are in INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS combat. As Health improves, the more likely you can shrug off the effects of poison or bad magick. Archery, Axe, Brawl, Dagger, Hammer, Polearm, and Sword are all combat skills. Defense is how good you are with a shield, and how often that shield blocks attacks in combat. Stealth is a measure of how quiet you are when walking slowly and carefully. The better your Stealth, the more likely you can surprise monsters from behind. The more skilled rune-magickians can use runecasters more efficiently, using less mana to cast more spells. 17 STONEKEEPTM Options From the Options screen, you may: SAVE the current game LOAD a previously saved game START A NEW GAME from the very beginning Select GAME OPTIONS QUIT the game SAVE GAME displays your save game slots. Press P ressing the key during normal play will display the OPTIONS SCREEN. The game will pause when you do this. G 18 E INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS when you are done to save your game, or press at any time to cancel the operation. LOAD GAME displays the saved games, along with the names of the games and a picture of where you saved them. [. . . ] BARNES Rendering Director SCOTT LA ROCCA Back of Head MICHAEL SORICH Iaenni, Queen of the Fae PETER OLIPHANT Translation Support & Such SCOTT EVERTS Throg Guard NATALIE CARTER Lament/Sparkle ROB NESLER Audio Director GARY SIMPSON Throg Shaman KATH SOUCIE Sweetie Surly CHRIS DeSALVO Installer Programmers CHARLES DEENEN Art Director MIKE RADANAECHER Troll GABRIEL VALENCIA DARREN MONAHAN PARALLAX SOFTWARE Director of MIS Department SPENCER KIPE Artist Supervisor E. G. DAILY Chuckle Snort TODD CAMASTA Assistant Producers GINA TAVIZON JACOB R. BUCHERT III Zombie ROB PAULSEN Giggle Binkle NATHAN RENICH MIS Manager FLOYD GRUBB ERIC DEMILT Proud Dad BILL "Weez" DUGAN Skeleton LUCY STEVE MACKALL Murph Winkle MIKE PACHOLIK Historian SPENCER KIPE Lizzy ALAN PAVLISH STARRING Young Drake JEFF GLENN BENNETT Vermatrix Goldenhide ERIC TI-CHUN YING Extra Special Sharga Scripting TORI ANDAHAZY Mr. McCleary LOUISE CHAMIS Torin TYLER BURDICK Drake HY TERMAN Axe-Man KEVIN BASS Quality Assurance SIMON PRESCOTT Geldor NICHOLAS FRANCHOT Khull-Khuum, the Shadowking SIMON BLACK Villager 24 BILL DELK JOHN WERNER JOHN McGINLEY DEREK BULLARD CHRIS KEENAN TONY PICCOLI DEREK GIBBS JASON PAUL COGGESHALL DARRELL JONES CORY NELSON DARYL GUETZKOW DAVE HENDEE SAVINA GREENE LARRY SMITH MARVIC AMBATA FRANK PIMENTEL JEFF WOODS Quality Assurance Leads CLIFTON WELLS Sardin MICHEAL ESPISITO Thera LEE TIRCE Wolf, Drake's Dog EDWARD MANNIX Orson Throg Hermit LISA PARKER Wahooka JULIUS Stunt Double for Mr. [. . . ]