Character Creation

Ready to begin?  Let's do it!  In the interest of making a complete walkthrough, I'll start this off with character creation, the first major step in becoming a Hero.  And the first major step in creating a character is choosing what class you want to play.  Your class will affect the solutions to many puzzles in the game, and generally how you'll want to interact with your environment.  Check out the Classes page for more details on the three classes.

Now that you've chosen a class, it's time to spend those 50 points you've been generously given.  This part really doesn't matter in the long run--I'll tell you throughout the walkthrough how to improve any skill from 5 to 100.  But bumping them up a bit in the beginning will help you save some time, so by all means spend them!  If you're not sure what a particular ability does, take a look at the Character Sheet page for a description.  If you're still not sure, here's some class-by-class advice:

Fighter:  Strength, Vitality, and Weapon Use are your primary stats, in that order.  If you're eager to get into battles as soon as possible, bump these up a bit.  Intelligence is going to be your hardest stat to raise through practice, but fortunately it isn't all that important.

Magic-User:  Magic and Intelligence should be your focus throughout the game, and I like to start with both of them around 40.  You might also want to put a few points into Strength, simply for the convenience of being able to carry more junk, and possibly Agility and Vitality, to get your HP and SP up a bit.

Thief:  Wow!!  Look at all those skills!  Thieves are unique in that they are the only class able to learn every ability.  If you're interested in being able to do everything you possibly can, put some points into Parry and Magic, then spend your remaining 10 points as you see fit.  For a pure Thief, I recommend bumping up Strength to 20, and putting the rest in Agility, Vitality, and Stealth.