Visit the Town Square to hire your Heroes.
You can choose from dozens of possible player portaits and 8 different Hero classes, each with their own set of skills, abilities and combat actions.
Each region in the world offers a variety of locations that can be discovered.
Once a location has been discovered it becomes available for any number of additional follow-up missions to harvest the resources and rewards it contains.
Heroes can form parties to explore locations and gather resources.
Balanced parties and good equipment are vital if your heroes are going to emerge victorious!
Successful expeditions can yield a variety of loot based on the location's natural resources, Monsters encountered and the skills of your party members.
In the Town Square your can hire Crafters from 8 different professions to provide you with a wealth of goods and services.
Each profession has a distinct set of skills and abilities that allow them to create a wide variety of tools, trinkets, weapons, armor, potions or jewellery.
Tip: A wise leader will make sure to hire crafters who can make the best use of the raw materials in their inventory!
Each class of Crafter is able to make dozens of different items and enhance them in a number of ways.
By mastering the right skills a crafter can embue weapons with greater accuracy or damage or simply ensure their armors offer a greater level of protection.
You can trade with a wide variety of visiting NPCs drawn from a range of social classes that range from criminals and common peasants all the way up to nobility and even royalty.
Each NPC has their own personality, budget and trading goals.
Everyone loves a bargain but balancing your lust for gold with the need to maintain good relations with your customers is vital if you want to succeed.
If you try to bargain too hard with an already irritated customer you could end up souring a perfectly good relationship!
As your Heroes and Crafters progress they will gain access to different types of missions.
Completing missions is the best way to increase your reputation and gain favor with powerful patrons
But be warned; if you fail to deliver on your promises it can have a negative impact on both your reputation and your health!
The rewards for completing missions can vary based on the type of mission, the parties involved and the level of difficulty.
You can expect to receive increases in reputation, purses of gold, bonus experience and also valuable crafting materials, weapons, armor and other items.
