Do you like the rune font used in the navigation buttons? If you want you can download the true type font Britannian Runes, a zip file of less then 3Kb! Click here to save it on hard disk, unzip it and install it as a normal true type font.
Remember to use always lower-case character!

2. The Skill Management

This is a recently included function, let's see how it works.
We have the complete control of our skills, we can finally set the behaviour of every skill.
Another option is the ability to look at the real values of the skills (without bonuses from stats).
This is how the Skills Scroll will look like:

At the top of the scroll there's a button. If you check "Show Real" it will display the base values, if you uncheck it will display the modified values (with bonuses from stats).
At the bottom-right it shows the sum of your real values, even if you uncheck the previous button. This is because of the skill cap (700 points) , always based on raw values.
On the right of every skill there's a button. It will determine the behaviour of that skill. Every time you click on this button the image will rotate, showing an up-arrow, a down-arrow or a lock.
Up-Arrow means that the skill can only raise. Choose this and the skill will never atrophy :-)
Down-Arrow means that the skill can only atrophy. If you reach the cap and another skill must raise, this will be one of the skill that will lower.
Finally, the Lock means that the skill is locked. It will never change its value.

Some final notes:
- If you reach the cap, the only way to raise some skill is that you have some points in marked down skills! Otherwise any skill won't raise, even if marked up!
- If you lock some skill, you automatically lock the related stats! You won't have any gain in any stats related to locked skills.

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3. Treasure Hunting

If you plan to be a real treasure hunter, you have to develop a dedicated character, or grouping with other people, each one with his task.
But if you want to enjoy this aspect of the game with your normal character you can dig first level treasures.
There are 5 different levels of treasures, bigger the level and harder the quest, and bigger the loot ;-)
Here I talk you about first level. You can find these maps in the bodies of low-level monsters such trolls, gazers and ettins, but you have to be quite lucky!
Let's start.

Decoding the map.
We found a map (tattered treasure map) but it's unreadeble. We must first decode it using the Cartography skill, but at these levels it's not a difficult task, you can succeed even under 10 points!
Double-click on the map, probably you'll receive some "You fail to decode the map" message, but keep trying unless you receive the "This map is too difficult for you to decode" message. In the latter case the map is of a higher level, and you must be at least in the 80's to succeed.
When successful, the map will open, showing the area in which you must dig.

Find the place.
Take a pickaxe or a shovel with you, look at the map of Britannia and find the place.
When you think you are in the right area begin to dig. You'll use the Mining skill for this, and if you are a good miner you'll dig a bigger area at a time, but if you're not so skilled you must dig in the exact tile to find the treasure.
If you don't have the patience to search for the treasure, you can look at the Stratics pages to find the exact coords, and with the help of a sextant you can find the right place in a few seconds.

The chest. You finally find the chest! But you can't open it, because it's locked and trapped. To open it you have two choices: the Lockpicking skill (at least in the 80's) or the Unlock spell (but ONLY FOR FIRST LEVEL TREASURES!). Now there's the trap. If you are a real treasure hunter you'll probably use the Remove Trap skill, but you can even move for some steps and cast the Telekinesis spell to set the trap off ;-)

The Guardians.
The chest is finally open, and now will spawn the guardians!
Don't worry: first level guardians are simply ridiculous! At worst you'll have to fight two mongbats and some skeleton, nothing to worry about ;-)
But at higher levels things will change! Don't count on it!

Inside the chest. In these first level chests you'll always find 1000 gold pieces, a dozen of gems, some reagents, some scroll up to 7th level, and 6 magic items. Normally you'll find magic items of little values, but if you're lucky you can even find some magic weapon "of vanquishing". Clear enough, higher the level and higher the loot ^__- Now the previously decoded map is labeled as "A treasure map completed by [your name]", you can keep it for memories or you can throw it away.

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4. Skill Order

If you are an experienced player, probably you are GM in more then one skill.
If you want to know which title will be showed in your paperdoll look at this list.
It's not mine, I took it from Stratics but I think it's not a well-known thing ;-)

Order	Skill	Profession
01	Alchemy	Alchemist
02	Anatomy	Healer
03	Animal Lore	Ranger
04	Item Identification	Merchant
05	Arms Lore	Warrior
06	Parrying	Shieldsfighter
07	Begging	Beggar
08	Blacksmithy	Smith
09	Bowcraft/Fletching	Fletcher
10	Peacemaking	Bard
11	Camping	Ranger
12	Carpentry	Carpenter
13	Cartography	Cartographer
14	Cooking	Chef
15	Detecting Hidden	Scout
16	Enticement	Bard
17	Evaluating Intelligence	Scholar
18	Healing	Healer
19	Fishing	Fisherman
20	Forensic Evaluation	Detective
21	Herding	Shepherd
22	Hiding	Rogue
23	Provocation	Bard
24	Inscription	Scribe
25	Lockpicking	Rogue
26	Magery	Mage
27	Resisting Spells	Mage
28	Tactics	Warrior
29	Snooping	Pickpocket
30	Musicianship	Bard
31	Poisoning	Assassin
32	Archery	Archer
33	Spirit Speak	Medium
34	Stealing	Pickpocket
35	Tailoring	Tailor
36	Animal Taming	Tamer
37	Taste Identification	Chef
38	Tinkering	Tinker
39	Tracking	Ranger
40	Veterinary	Healer
41	Swordsmanship	Swordsman
42	Mace Fighting	Armsman
43	Fencing	Fencer
44	Wrestling	Wrestler
45	Lumberjacking	Lumberjack
46	Mining	Miner
47	Meditation	Stoic
48	Remove Trap	Rogue
49	Stealth	Rogue

Thanks again Stratics, keep up the good work ;-)

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