Quest for Glory Shrine - Character Sheet

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Character Sheet

Building up skills is practically the defining element of an RPG, and Quest for Glory offers its share of that. There are thirteen abilities in the game, six of which are only available to certain classes (unless you add them at character creation). You must have some points in a skill in order to make use of it--if your skill level is 0 in something, it will never improve.

Whenever you open your character sheet, you might find some skills in red (due to a color problem in the VGA version, they may appear blue at night). This means that the number has changed since the last time you viewed the character sheet. It's a good way to keep track of which skills are improving through whatever action you're taking.

I'll often use the terms "skill", "stat", and "ability" interchangeably throughout the shrine. They all refer to basically the same thing.

Ability:	Description:	Class(es):	Modifies:	Increased By:
Strength	Raw physical power	All	Weapon damage and various other physical skills, as well as maximum inventory weight and Health Points	Fighting, climbing, throwing... Anything involving physical force
Intelligence	The Hero's IQ (kidding!).	All	Spell power; chance to hit while throwing; chance to hit, dodge, and parry in combat; and Magic Points	Fighting, solving puzzles, casting spells, talking to people
Agility	How far the Hero can bend before he breaks	All	Chance to hit, dodge, and parry in combat; accuracy while throwing; Stamina Points, and anything else involving precise movement	Fighting, throwing, climbing, lockpicking, sneaking... Anything involving dexterity
Vitality	The Hero's general level of ruggedness	All	Health Points, Stamina Points, and the amount of damage taken	Doing anything physical
Luck	Chance of things happening in the Hero's favor	All	Chance to succeed at anything, but to a very minor degree	Doing literally anything
Weapon Use	How adept your Hero is with that pointy metal thing	All	Chance to hit with weapons, and weapon damage	Attacking in combat
Parry	Skill at blocking attacks with a weapon or shield	Fighter	Chance to successfully parry an attack	Parrying in combat
Dodge	Moving out of the way of incoming attacks	All	Chance to successfully dodge an attack	Dodging in combat
Stealth	The ability to move without being noticed	Thief	Chance to avoid detecting while sneaking	Sneaking. A lot. This is one of the hardest skills to improve
Pick Locks	Skill at opening locks and cracking safes	Thief	Chance to successfully pick a lock	Picking locks, or your nose once your skill is high enough to not be fatal
Throwing	Rapidly moving small objects away from your hand	Fighter Thief	Accuracy and damage when throwing rocks or daggers	Throwing stuff, best done with daggers at the target or playing Dag-Nab-It
Climbing	Getting yourself up and over things	Thief	Chance to succeed when climbing walls, cliffs, and trees	Climbing things (the wall in front of the brigand camp can get you to 100)
Magic	How well you do the voodoo that you do	Magic-User	Spell power, Magic Points	Casting spells

In addition to these abilities, there are several other bits of data on your character sheet:

Statistic:	Description:	Modifies:	Improved By:
Name	Your Hero's name	Nothing. You can give your Hero any name (up to 39 characters) and it won't affect how the game is played.	Choosing a good name at character creation. You can change it when you import into QFG2, but you're stuck with it throughout QFG1.
Portrait	A picture of your Hero, different for each class	Nothing, but it's a good way to remind yourself what class your Hero is, on the off-chance that you forget.	Choosing a class whose picture you like. You're stuck with the same class throughout the game.
Health Points	Your Hero's life (current/maximum)	Whether you're alive or dead. If it reaches 0, the game is over (so save often and stay alive!)	Current HP can be renewed by resting or using a Healing Potion. Maximum HP is raised along with Strength and Vitality.
Stamina Points	How pepped your Hero is (current/maximum)	What your Hero is happily willing to do. In the VGA version, he'll die if he runs out of SP during battle. In the EGA version, he'll lose health with every action taken at 0 SP.	Current SP can be restored by resting or drinking a Vigor Potion. Maximum SP is raised along with Agility and Vitality.
Magic Points	Your Hero's mana pool (current/maximum)	Whether or not your Hero can cast spells. You must have enough Magic Points available for the spell you want to cast.	Current MP can be restored by resting or drinking a Magic Potion. Maximum SP is raised along with Intelligence and Magic.
Experience Points	The amount of stuff you've done	Nothing. Sorry, but there's no leveling-up in this game. It's just a counter with no maximum.	Doing pretty much anything
Puzzle Points	Your score (out of 500)	Nothing. Another counter. See the Points section for more information.	Solving puzzles and generally doing what the designers want you to do.