The jade Empirc F ~ s h ~ o n e d the Void b y rhc from will of ihc Great Drqyon and blussed frorn it.: creation, the ernplre srands at the h r ~ r ~f !17c t civlIized world - a cultural wellspring in A > r . ~ \ of bar-barrry I ' have many 'questions. ~ n while you d rr~quiriesto thrs point hnve !]?en met with silence, perhaps orr thrs day, Answers ar last will jrrlcl yuu. 7hc tnajesry of the Sun Dynasty has ~ u i d ~ . c ! our people for yenerhtrons, prcservins o u r prosper~lythroughout the ast-s The p c - ~ ~ r . of the realm was brokrn only when n a t ~ ~tsr.lf ~r~ rebctled, wrthertn~ land in a dccaclc clt t h i r s t the Brrt even this the Emperor SUII Flai w o ~ ~ ln t! t rl allow. For ~ v h e n declared the tong Ur,orr;-;t~r he nt an end. it rcas so. Thoush you wt-re rarsed far from rhe benevolent Qare of f h c Empcror, yorl have learned m u ~ h here rn hvn Rivers-includin3 control over your body a n d the rnastery of yotsr m ~ n dBut t h e end of your time at thts borderl~nd school draws near. Now, experience wirl replace lessons as y o u rravcl beyond the s!ir:frrr ofTivo Rfvers Remember rhar thoucgh I he :each of' the Ernp~rc strrtrhc4 ( a r pLlwerf~ll splrirs lurk j ~ 1 5 tbeneath thr s t j r ( n t ( , n ~ c thc ! t hrcat of chaos 1s ever prt,serll For mure information on basir nvrl advanced cornl-rat, see pa,qus 78-77. Specldl Even1 indicator Krsn~klnlg:%ck ncwitr IK you Sri owr-whelmt:r-i 1 ) ~ltwri~urrat~er~, ~ rlSt' , .* '_ b. ipress 0; p , 24, see ~ Follower healA Special Evenr indicator FolIower narne/Selected itern f ~ r n &i yl ~ i l i ~ i ~ ~ \ Bcforr ynrrr I o l x n c y Ae;uecv~th l ~ e , t dcfault stdts. r:ornbat your ~ e c o r ~ d aab~lili~s H e d l t l ~Foc~rs, n c:l?i ry of ~d corne into phy. These abilities are drawrl directly frorn yortr prirnnry abilrfies, bur they also can be increased by specla1 tccl-rnrqr~es t-ssrnce s c m s (see p,y A ) . and 111 Hr~tiy. Spir~r. n d Mind work 1 t 1 h a r n ~ o n v create: a uniflcd a to wl-tole, but each r ~ f t h u rhr-ee determinrs a cliffifrent aspect of yorrl skills. Yr)u car? incr-ease ex11AS you < p i nexperrence durincg your advel ~t ures. Tr, vrzw your p r ~ r n ~ r or sccondaq? ~ L ~ i l lc\~e!s press 0 to ,go -y tv to t h t ~ra-;<~rnc mellrr, A I I ~~U I ! 1 > ~ ~ 1 1 o r D t o srrrlll rr) t h r Character Record screefi * Body: Med5ures vrltlr abzl~tyto withsmr~(f(jamdye 1t2 t)~ttie. Infl~ienct..;your >cut>~ldary ~ l t t y ~-lc~lth. d of Spirit: Demonstl-atcs y o u r ak)rlrty trj rna~~ipuIare internal cnersics. catled c h i . In/lucnces your sccondaty ahility of Chi * Health: Depletcs when yo11 takc darnq3c YOU CAII P ~ E S S to 0 c ~ p e n d ~and heal yoursell qurckl\~.Tc resain Health. ~ r a b C I Ircalth power-ups dutrrw~ combat If yorrr Ilealth reaches zero, you dre r a Focus: Depletes hen you m t c r Focrrs rr~cldanr when yorr use a weapon style Whrn you prcsss @ your mrnd, to focus I your foes srenr to 51(7\1? d o w f ~ whrlr- vou move ~t normal 5per-rf To rrLynrn lo( rls enrrsy sat her j)owr-r-rrps from fall& enl-mres Or v15r1 c l r 11s 5hr1nes I n 1 xplornrlon m o d c I Chi: Ueplct~s h r n you use Chi hcnlincg I C ~ I c hi-enhanced w , srr~kr-s rransfomm~~ricrn styles, or m?giu-s~lc attar ks -r~7 rc:jain CIIJ,sather p0wc.r-ups from (alten erimres, steal Chi froin firs wrrh Sprrit Thrt.('s~ylt-,or. visrt Spirrr fonts in Lxploration modc ' re,, abi t i r y of Focus. / Mhnj dntl lacrfi~~.injb i ~ (:ti1 I(> (,lei m q r u sfyfcr add danqye to yotrr ,ir~ai-itsxnd to heal yourself tncreasc your Chi by raisrrty YPLII \nirit when you gain levcls (ice i ~ y2 i ) oi by uslrig i cct t ~ l v essence gems and tcchniqucs -ssc.e135 211 Ilstr 6 % \A/r.srforn riiutntcs that I'orct. is nor a l ~ ~ a nccessav. In sotne ys in5r,ir7cl-s, yutl n-ray be ablc ro defeat an cnetny with your words nlone. Tt1 irr~prove uur~versnriunsltrll, rncreasc YOLIT prjn~ary n ~hilirjes(set I)$. 121 or- rqtllp 5pet.ral essenc.e gems (ser- pcy. 21). 'Jr, view your (olmersnriun 5krll le\?els, press 0 togo to the in-same mcntr ni lo qurcdf lo thc Character Record srrten, and therl prc-ss $ 1 Charm: ~ i ? f l u re ~ c listener. cvr~h ~ yotrr friendliness or flirtation. Bnserj on your primary dbifrtit-5 o( Mind at>$ Body. Intuition: Reason 1471thyour !rslener, D I 1 1 5 ~ vnur it?~&hr to cjr:rc.rrnrne whdt wiIj sway hinl o . r hcr. Bascd r)n V L ~ I Iprrtnary ~ nh~lrties c>f'h/lit~d Spitrt and Infimidatfon: llnprt-ss your llsrener wilh your physrcnl prrscncc Rnsed on your prfrnnry abilities of Body and Spitri. As y o u ,yagrj Experience Pornrs tXP1, you r r ~ ~r~crc-ase skills ~y your ,ts V(?U s t w flf B L I ~ A rnyjhry bcar i5 hurnhlecl by a pack of AS cunnrnL? wolves, so too IS A powerjul w d ~ r ~ bested when /-re or rxelcrses 1115 body nlclnc Ba1anc.e is kay rn all th~rlgs. a ~xpcl.i.tncc Tmntr You earn XP by d r f ~ a n n ~ y encmics in combat. uurnplrrir~s qtrrsts, and f b r beins skrl!ful In ccrt,lin c~~n\?rr>nf~ons y o i ~ Wht-r7 hnve encx IS/? XP gdfn J Irvcl yrlu :fnrli A nr~rnk)er ofAb~Irty Po~ntsnr~(J Style Po~11ts that you r nrl s!jer~tl t t j make your c h a r ~ c t c ri-rore r pOii;crf~>// A ~ C J Tj 01 t11cdrrr )M7i ~ n rt? t ApVCal'S edch Tffl1B yot:r ~~ h @ I Priss O iii access ihc in-game m r n u i'ufi ~ h a r ~ c t trecord lr (See 12-75.) a o~ D io scioil (See pL?.24.1 ps. 0 Followers ( S e e p 3 . 22.1 styles ( S e e py. 16 ) Save yamt(See ps. 25.1 Ba~itrir, fmfil9fif AftfidIc Press @ to perform rhc bas^ attack for any ficyhtir?g I style Y o u ( A n string toyether a r)owerfirf attack cornbo by raprdlv pressins @ 0o r @, @ @ Whrlc- parrscd you can chanyt. flrhtir~? sryles, switch fnryrts, dr~d swivc1 r t w carnc't~0 gel a lxrlrr look at rhe 5lruahon 1 Press Q to crlier or mil Tactrcal I'nuse modc. 1$Rl~Iw 5todc Focusfrig your mind durrng combat makes y o ~ ~ r . 5eern fOrs to SIOW down, whrle you rt-tun yuur r n r n r ~c-ldrty ~ 1 7 d l pf~ys~chl speed MJhile cxplorrns, Focv5 mode ~ l l o w you to s run extremely fasf P~ssr, to enter o r cxrt Focus mode, but @I rernzmhrl that spencllng time 117 f h i ~ rr~ode drarra your Focus cnertqy 70 resain Focus eller,?y, 3arht:r po~ver-ups porn /illen slw fr Press @ to defend yourself fiom basrc attdr-ks (@I nnd n r e ~ attacks (@+@)- but bcwnre uf ur7blnckahle power afrar Irr t@) ?!7fllb/~j$!fl~ , k Prcs5 @) Irl perlbrrrl a 5luct~ but ~)otver dttnck rhat penetrAtts (ill hny b I o ~ kc-bust' ~f is SCI S~OMJ, can be lrltertuplerl by a {asrcr k i! artnck (@)I enenlies or visit Focus shrrnes ill Explorarrori mode /W!l ,\fwd< Pres5 ( ar~rl &@ I AT rhe same trmt. t o knock bnt k all opponents araund you Most h1.a d t t ~ c k s r ) o l l r ~ f f i ft d r ~ y / A I ~ A ; { ~Also, do C nore rhar you can press Q to b10~kM I A T ~ A atrack chi ~ t r i k~ f1ress 9 to powerr vour artdr.ks w ~ f Chi, while in Chi Satkc h motle dl yoill ,ltrncks do rnore d a r n ~ < q e t e s s @ wain to exil P CAI Strike rnude To resdrn Chi. Lqatherpower-ups [rum (illeta cnernie3 uso 5prrit Thief srylc to steal Chi fr0~71foes, or Spirrt fonts tn Expfora~runmode Press arid hold OIL? spend Chi ro hcaI yntrrscIf:~c,~r runtlnue 10 heal as lor13as you hold O a n d have rcrnarnit-ty ('hr. or rlnt~l your I realrh bar I S filll. our O[ A bad slfuarion or. &void an enemy's special afrack. prcss @ and move @ srrnulmneausfy . TLCgel I ( x~#rgfif Pull rrihrr rriyrri ro rarsrl a difcrenr opponent. a swirchcs to the next m r s t u n y u u r lefr, P switches tto the next tarset an ?---'TCC mqtt , V ~ C Pull a I fv brrnk your fork on an upponcnt and movt- mote +D freely d r ~ ) ~ f n ( i cornhaf n r a PLIII a D or a+D tlir qyain tu exit t t ~ i s nlotjc Some nftduks in r ?vr r r support +~ylc-s r , ic rri<_ycr\?cry effrctivr combrnat~unattacks ~illerd ht3~rnonlc comhus W1?rl1 hdrmontc A tambo is hisyered,A frmer ~ppc~i-ars atounr-l rhc feel o f rhu t~r~qctrd cncmy while rhe rrrner 1 5 1-isrhlc, switcl? to a r r ~ ~ r t l ~ l sfylc, and then prrss 3 to f i r - r ~ s trhe con~bo ~ t h power ~ wa I I I I Jtflffffe'@ !f ~ b rRPJ i The jddr. Ernpire 15 A l d n d of tradition, and the world is dor~ed wfth shrrncs where you call r e p i n your Healill, Chr, a r ~ d Focus To use a shrine stand i r ~ front OF it, and then prrss @J Spfrft Font: Cr,rnplerefy restores Ijcatth and chi Focus Shrine: I'ornpletcly rr5tr)rrs Fo(-u\ Somu { ~ ~ l i t t tstyles irlclude attack tl~at ;~ ~nflrct rlamase rn specldf way3 Note rhat sorne cnclnaos ar~tl frsktrr~:t- surr to kaep an c-yr , out fr,r tiirldcr~~t.chr>rqr~es Q o n h e Character Record Press scrcerr to sea a lrsf oj rechniqucs vou hnvc. 'icquircd Paralyzed: Taryer rs ~rnmtlbllrzcd until tha cffrct wenrs Wcdl5 rltt * Shocked: Target takes rrlrnot datnq<:geovur ofr rjrrle u r ~ l i the efl'rcf l * Disoriented: 7 a r y t warrdrrs afmlrssly anti (Annor a~rnt unrrl k the effecr wenr s r ~ f f Drahed: Tarsct rs strsnncd, and his Chr 7 flrnnc1zti t c ~ s thr att,wker rlntil thr tarcyr! takrs darnasc- Esscr1c-eQems %?em nottiing more that1 cornn~or~ sroncs o r je~~eltv most R r r t to crnt trained rn thew usv, tl-try A I C S I I U T C C S to uf'sp~rrtunl power: ~ h (O r s o n Amulet enables rts user to : harms> this I)r)wer. By plduins essence gems rnto thc Drap;on A m r ~ l ~ rslnts. thz arrnulet's wearer can uhdnnel the p o w r r or 's thr~sc qt.n?s t o auqrnent hrs or her :flas/r-~ p r Defmted cr?rrnre% somctirnes drop poirt.l 111)s h ~restnrt- yru!i f f ab~l~tic-s m ~ k yrltl m o r t pnwerfi11In crjmb~r clr e $, Health: Kestorcr sur71~ lwbrave scq~ls n i p I \ ~that tJic E m p e ~ u r i relrcs on his counsel rnore than is folfotv.zrers,h~hlrcyhirhe (ullrwcr you want on rho Followers st rr-rn, dnd thcr~prcss @ Nofr (hat in sorrle in5tnnc es. \ucA a5 drlrrng ( ornhcit, vc.u art. not dblr to switch f.ulIotvcr5 Tr, sivrtch Aerwcen Attack and support modes, srlecr a f-;7llowcr, and then press @J usc @ to h~$~l;ght the clcsrred rnode, and rhrn press @. b#~!n 4tGr I-lke y70u, Dawn Star was br.oiy