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Section 12.1: What is the Exile III Editor

     This copy of Exile III comes with the Exile III Character Editor, a simple utility for improving your Exile III party in a mind-boggling variety of ways. 

     The unregistered (i.e. as is) version of the editor can give you unlimited gold and food, heal your party, and do several other useful things (go to the section on menus, and read about the Free Extras menu). The registered version can do much more - give you all sorts of items, complete your quests and give you maps, add as much experience and skill as you want, and more. 

     The Exile III Editor is $9 shareware, and can be registered using the same order form you use to register Exile III.

Section 12.2: Using the Editor

12.2.1 - How to use the editor.

     The Exile III editor is very easy to use. To do so,

1. Run it.

2. Select Restore from the File menu.

3. Select the save file to edit.

4. Make the changes.

5. Select Save from the File menu.

     To make a change, press one of the other buttons. Their uses are described in the next five chapters. Note, however, if you, in an unregistered copy, selecting any option not in the Free Extras menu prevents you from saving that party.

12.2.2 - A Serious Warning

     The Exile III Editor is a powerful utility, and, as has been said, "With great power comes great responsibility." It is not only possible, but in fact quite easy to use the editor to make the game unwinnable. All you need to do is dispose of the wrong item, or rub away the memory of the wrong piece of information. The editor can also correct the damage, of course. But as a rule of thumb, it is best to 

   1. Be careful, 

   2. ALWAYS keep an unaltered back-up save file, and

   3. Only do positive things with the editor. It's generally safe to give yourself new information or a new item, but very risky to take things away.

12.2.3 - Using the Main Screen

       Once you've opened a save file, you'll see your party displayed on the main screen. One character's name will be in red. This is the active character. Click on another character to make him/her active.

       To the right is the active character's inventory. To drop an item, click the 'D' button. To identify an item, click the 'I' button.

       There isn't much to do on the main screen. Most of the editor's features are accessed through the menus.

Section 12.3: The Exile III Editor Menu

       Most of the Exile III Editor's features are activated through the menus.

File Menu:

Save - Records the changes you've made. If the editor is unregistered and you've used features not in the Free Extras menu, this won't work.

Load Party - Reads one of your save files in for editing.

Quit - When you're ready to get back to business.

Registration:

Registration Info - Tells how to register and give the registration code you need to provide when you register.

Register This Copy - When you've registered, select this option and input your key to register the editor.

Free Extras:  (All the stuff you can use without paying.)

Edit Gold, Editor Food:  When selected, you will be allowed to set how much gold or food your party has.

Leave Town - Should you become trapped in a town, say by a horde of guards between you and the exit, selecting this option moves your party to the dungeon entrance. Things you did in the dungeon will not be recorded, and your maps will not be saved. Stuff you got will remain yours.

Reunite Party - Sometimes your party gets split up in dungeons. Selecting this option reunites them.

Return Party To Start - You can only use this option on a save file for a party that is outdoors and not in a boat. It takesyour party and returns it to just outside Fort Emergence. Beware - if doing this leaves boats where you cannot get at them or past them, you can very easily make your game unwinnable.

Reset Boats and Horses - All boats and horses will return to their original positions. Be careful not to strand yourself!

Make Towns Forget You - Only use this outside town (use Leave Towns first). Any towns that were angry at you will forget about it. Any monsters slain in the dungeons will return to life. This does not affect the people of Shayder's anger if you rob the Anama temple.

Slow down Tower of Magi Timer - When the Tower of Magi is in trouble, selecting this gives you more time to solve the problem. Note that this may cause some warning messages to play again.

Heal Damage, Restore Spell Points - These restore your characters to full health and energy.

Cure Dead, Stoning, etc. - All Dead, Dust, and Stoned characters will be restored to life.

Remove Bad Conditions - All nasty conditions (e.g. disease, dumbfound) will be cured.

Edit Party:  (Editor must be registered)

Add Special Items -  This brings up a window from which you can give your party special items and maps, and complete their quests for them. The things you can do are described in a later section.

Add Alchemy -  This brings up a menu from which you can add and delete knowledge of alchemical recipes. Click on the light by a recipe to add it. Click again to delete it.

Own all Boats/Horses - All boats and horses will become your property.

Edit PC's Mage Spells, Edit PC's Priest Spells - This allows you to add or remove the active PC's spells. Click on a PCs name to make him/her active. 

Edit PC's Skills:  This allows you to change the active character's skills however you want. It's like training, but you don't have to pay for it.

Edit PC's Traits:  This allows you to change the active PCs race, and to change his/her advantages and disadvantages as well. Click on the light to the right of a trait to add/drop it. Note that adding an advantage does not make you immune to the effects of having that trait on your rate of gaining levels.

Edit Day - This lets you set the current day. Be careful using this - it can have very peculiar effects.

Item 1, Item 2, Item 3, Item 4:  (Editor must be registered)

These menus list all the items in Exile III. Select an item to have it added to the inventory of the active PC.

Section 12.4 - Special Items

       From the Add Special Items window, you can add or delete all of the special items you go to so much trouble to find while travelling through Exile. Many of these will have somewhat unclear uses - the place where you use these items will be listed below. Be careful - take something important away, and you probably won't be able to finish the game. 

What the items are for:

The maps - Each map depicts a different area of Valorim or Upper Exile.

Orb of Thralni - This enables you to fly.

Amulet of Rapid Returning - This returns you to Fort Emergence.

Wand of Unusual Results - This is unpredictable and not very useful.

Twisted Steel Key, Twisted Gold Key - Used in Keep of Tinraya.

Giant's Key - Used in  Guhkbar's Pit.

Stone Key - Used in the Cult of the Sacred Item.

Key to Hawke's Manse - Used in Lorelei to enter Hawke's Manse.

Silver Key - Used in Monastery of Madness.

Large Iron Key - Used in Cavern of Giants.

Vahnatai Crypt Key - Used in Defiled Crypt.

Electrum Key - Used in the city of Gale. It will let you into the library there.

Scroll From Prazac, Scroll From Anaximander - These are taken from and to Blackcrag Fortress.

Soul Crystal - Used to cast Capture Soul and Simulacrum.

Drawing of Rune, Withered Scales, Crystal Shards, Hot Crystal Shards - These are bits of evidence found in the big monster lairs. Take them to Berra in Fort Emergence.

Silver Runed Amulet - Take to Denise, a mage in the Portal Fortress.

Crystal Statue - Used for mission in Ghikra.

Cooling Amulets - Get in Bunker. Used against Erika.

Thought Crystal - Get in Bunker. Used against Vahnatai.

Book on Teleportation - Used for mission in Golddale

Blessed Athame - Used for mission in Tower of Magi.

Erika's Amulet - This amulet summons help from Erika. It needs to be activated be her to be useful.

Metal Lumps - These are actually mithral, a valuable metal, used in the Cave of Sulfras, Lennus, and the Inn of Blades.

Egg of the Phoenix - Used to destroy Filth Factory.

Anama Rings - Mark you as member of Anama. You don't need to be Anama to wear them.

Suspicious Package - Used for mission in Lorelei.

Scroll of Passage - Given to you by Mayor Knight of Sharimik to be taken to Castle Troglo.

Sharimik Ring - Used for mission in Sharimik.

Troglodyte Message - Given to you by Vothkaro, king of the troglodytes, to return to Mayor Knight of Sharimik.

Silver Ring - Used for mission in Malloc.

Love Letter, Good Luck Charm, Embroidered Favor, Locket With Painting - Used for mission in Lorelei.

General Baziron Message - Used for mission in Tevrono.

Map buttons - 

Pressing these buttons makes your automap display the full maps for the relevant areas. These only work if you didn't turn on Don't Save Maps in the Preferences window in the game.

Other buttons - 

Raise Special NPCs From Dead - If you killed Erika or any dragons, they will now be alive again.

Become Member of Anama Church - You will now be in the Anama. You will be penalized if you buy any mage spells or train in Mage Spells skill.

Activate Erika Amulets - If you have Erika amulets, this will make them start working.

Make Job Dispatchers Forgive You - If you were late doing a job, that dispatcher will forgive you and give you jobs again.

Reset Shayder, Quit Anama - You will no longer be in the Anama. If you robbed their temple, Shayder will no longer be mad at you.

End curse of Vahkohs - If you killed the vampire Vahkohs but didn't destroy his soul, you get cursed. This cures the curse.

Cure Skribbane Addiction - If you took a lot of Skribbane in Gale, this will heal the negative effects of it.

Make All Towns Visible - This enables you to locate and enter all towns. Be careful - you may not be ready to enter all of them yet.

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