Manual - Revision history

Patrick2011b: bump

2025-01-17T01:17:24Z

bump

Ereinion: /* Settings */ People will probably not want to remove the rest of their more messages when adding to their rcfile

2025-01-16T23:26:54Z

‎Settings: People will probably not want to remove the rest of their more messages when adding to their rcfile

Hordes: init.txt -> rcfile

2024-01-02T01:32:45Z

init.txt -> rcfile

Hordes: +flavour and slight rw

2024-01-02T01:31:18Z

+flavour and slight rw

Hordes at 16:18, 20 October 2023

2023-10-20T16:18:39Z

Hordes: /* Strategy */

2023-08-21T13:35:43Z

‎Strategy

Ge0ff: /* Strategy */ link to skill

2023-08-21T12:42:46Z

‎Strategy: link to skill

Ge0ff: it depends on personal preferences: I'd start thinking about hybridizing if my heavy armour char found a manual of Spc

2023-08-21T12:41:52Z

it depends on personal preferences: I'd start thinking about hybridizing if my heavy armour char found a manual of Spc

Hordes: version bump, strategy stuff

2023-08-20T02:11:30Z

version bump, strategy stuff

Hordes at 06:52, 12 September 2022

2022-09-12T06:52:24Z

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-{{version030}}
+{{version032}}
 ''For the instruction manual for Crawl itself, see [https://github.com/crawl/crawl/blob/master/crawl-ref/docs/crawl_manual.rst this file].
 {{item-noicon

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 ===Settings===
 Users of manuals may want to add this to their [[rcfile]]:
-  force_more_message = finished your manual
+  force_more_message += finished your manual
 This will alert you when your manual's skill aptitude bonus has run out and allow you to readjust your training priorities should you desire.

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 [[file:Manual 1.png]] [[file:Manual 2.png]]
-'''Manuals''' are rare [[book]]s which boost a skill by providing a +4 bonus to its [[aptitude]], effectively doubling your XP gain. You can study multiple manuals of different skills, but multiples of the same skill are used one at a time. Each manual generates with 2000-3000 [[skill point]]s of XP; once consumed, the manual is destroyed.
+'''Manuals''' are rare [[book]]s which boost a skill by providing a +4 bonus to the skill's [[aptitude]], effectively doubling your XP gain. You can study multiple manuals of different skills, but multiples of the same skill are used one at a time. Each manual generates with 2000-3000 [[skill point]]s of XP; once consumed, the manual is destroyed.
 ==Strategy==
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 ===Settings===
-Users of manuals may want to add this to their Options file Init.txt (see [https://github.com/crawl/crawl/blob/master/crawl-ref/docs/options_guide.txt options_guide.txt]):
+Users of manuals may want to add this to their [[rcfile]]:
   force_more_message = finished your manual
 This will alert you when your manual's skill aptitude bonus has run out and allow you to readjust your training priorities should you desire.

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 {{version030}}
 ''For the instruction manual for Crawl itself, see [https://github.com/crawl/crawl/blob/master/crawl-ref/docs/crawl_manual.rst this file].
 {{item-noicon
   |itemtype = Book
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   |weight = 7.0
 }}
+{{flavour|A valuable book which allows one to learn a certain skill faster.}}
 [[file:Manual 1.png]] [[file:Manual 2.png]]
-'''Manuals of [Skill]''' are rare [[book]]s that greatly boost their respective [[skill]] by applying a +4 bonus to the [[aptitude]], equating to double [[XP]] gain. You can study multiple manuals of different skills, but multiples of the same skill are used one at a time. Each manual generates with 2000-3000 [[skill point]]s of XP; once consumed, the manual is destroyed.
+'''Manuals''' are rare [[book]]s which boost a skill by providing a +4 bonus to its [[aptitude]], effectively doubling your XP gain. You can study multiple manuals of different skills, but multiples of the same skill are used one at a time. Each manual generates with 2000-3000 [[skill point]]s of XP; once consumed, the manual is destroyed.
 ==Strategy==
-Manuals are essentially "free", bonus experience, not even taking an inventory slot. Unless you've hit the skill cap (level 27), you cannot waste them - you always get the full amount. As manuals don't have a time limit, you can take as long as you want before actually training the skill.
+Manuals are essentially "free" bonus experience: as long as you train the skill with a manual, you get double XP. Unless you've hit the skill cap (level 27), you cannot waste them - you always get the full amount. Since manuals don't have a time limit, you can take as long as you want before actually training the skill.
 Don't be compelled to train a skill ''just'' because you have the manual:

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 *Even if you have a manual, your character might not benefit from certain skills. A character committed to melee & heavy armour is unlikely to find a manual of [[Stealth (skill)|Stealth]] useful, for instance.
 *You don't have to train the manual right away - other skills may be more ''immediately'' important than the manual's skill. E.g. a caster may want to get their spells to a reasonable failure rate before training [[Dodging]].
-Still, manuals can be very nice to have, and can encourage you to train skills you otherwise wouldn't have trained.
 ===Settings===

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 Don't be compelled to train a skill ''just'' because you have the manual:
-*Even if you have a manual, your character might not benefit from certain skills. A character committed to melee & heavy armour is unlikely to find a manual of [[Spellcasting]] useful, for instance.
+*Even if you have a manual, your character might not benefit from certain skills. A character committed to melee & heavy armour is unlikely to find a manual of [[Stealth]] useful, for instance.
 *You don't have to train the manual right away - other skills may be more ''immediately'' important than the manual's skill. E.g. a caster will often want to get their spells usable before training [[Dodging]].
 Still, manuals can be very nice to have, and can encourage you to train skills you otherwise wouldn't have trained.