the character screen:
this screen is the main source
of information about a charac-
ter.  it is accessed by
clicking on one of the charac-
ter portraits located at the
bottom of the screen.

in the upper left-hand corner
is the character portrait.
directly below this portrait is
the character's backpack or
inventory.  to the right of the
portrait are the contents of the
left and right hands.  beside 
the hands are the pool gold and
drop item icons.  below it is a
diagram of a body with many boxes
situated in key spots.  a page-
flip icon is in the lower right-
hand corner.

backpack:
there are twelve item lines
directly below the character
picture.  these are storage
places for items that a charac-
ter is neither holding nor
wearing.  All items occupy one
space except for missle ammo
(they can be piled on top of
each other).
items can be moved by selecting
an item and clicking on an 
empty box.  To move items among
characters, select an item and
then select one of the portraits
located on the bottom of the
screen.  A new screen will
appear that represents the
character selected.  you can
now select an empty box and
the item will appear in that
area.

hands:
if an item is within one of
these boxes, that item is
currently ready for use.
weapons and shields must be in a 
characters' hand to be used.

pooling and dropping:
pooling gold is the movement
of all characters' gold to
one character.  the character
who is receiving the gold is
the character who is currently
displayed.
dropping an item will perman-
ently remove the item from the
characters'possession.  Note that
this action is irreversible.
select an item by clicking on
the box that the item occupies,
then select the drop icon.  a
yes/no confirmation box will
appear.

diagram:
boxes surround a diagram of the
body.  moving an item to one of
these boxes will put that item on
that specific area.  for
example, put the helmet in the
box that points to the head.

page flip:
the next page of the character
screen shows all of the stats of
the character.  while viewing
these stats, click on the
portrait to return to the game
play screen or the page flip
icon to return to the item area.