Rise of the Phoenix Manual

Known only as an Outlander to the native Welmyrians, he comes from distant lands north of the Dragon's Spine. His people have been infected by a deadly Scourge, which only the blessing of the Phoenix can cure. Seeking the Phoenix, he learns that it is in danger by the invading army from the mountains, and immediately embarks on a quest to save the Phoenix.

The outlanders are considered primitive to the Welmyrians, because outlanders live in tribal communities, and shun the "strange ways" of the Welmyrians. In truth, outlander societies are advanced in different ways from the Welmyrians; they are closer to the Earth and live in harmony with the forces of nature. As such, they can harness some of the elements of the land, such as Fire, Earth, Sound, and even the ability to speak with some animals.

On a team, the Outlander does his best in the front of the formation where he can best use his battle axe, and protect other party members by keeping the focus of the enemy attack away from them. The Outlander should fall back to a defensive posistion from time to time to concentrate on Rune deployment.

The keys in red are specific to the Outlander. The other keys are defined in the autoexec.cfg and are the same for all classes. To learn more about these key settings, click here. It is pretty safe to change the bindings to the white, undefined letter keys if you wish.

The Outlander's Keys

Key	Function	Level
Q	Frenzy Attack	1
Auto	Bow Targetting	5

Frenzy Attack - The Outlander is veteran of many battles; with little effort he can go into a blinding rage.

The Outlander comes from a strange land up north, where they do not practice Life or Death magic that is prevalent in Welmyr. Instead, they utilize the power of nature, in the form of written runes, which are basically drawn sigils and characters which the Outlander can scribe on his weapon, his armor, or the ground ahead of him.

Rune magic is a two-key magic system, which sounds a bit complex, but with a few minutes practice will become rather easy to understand and use.

To use Rune magic in the game, press the target key (one of the three colored in gold above):

Different combinations will result in a different rune! A full chart of the possible rune combinations is listed below.

By default, the last selected "target" key will remain active until you change it to a different target. That way, you can skip using the Target key for repetative spell usage - for instance, if the level 6 warrior wants to lay a bunch of explosive rune traps on the ground, he'd need only to press the "I" key once, then the "F" key for each rune trap he placed. The "target" remains "ground" until he changes it.

Outlander's Rune Spells
Rune Target		Rune Type	Rune Description	Level Obtained
Weapon Runes - To target your weapon with the rune, press "O"	O	B - Weight	Weapons costs no fatigue	2
		S - Sound	Weapon becomes silent	3
		H - Earth	Slash through armor	4
		V - Travel	Missle weapons travel straight, throw axes return	5
		F - Fire	Weapons hold the power of Fire (burn enemies)	7
		U - Guide	Weapon is guided to target	9
Armor Runes - To target your armor with the rune, press "P"	P	U - Guide	Detect runes; immunity to own runes	1
		S - Sound	Gain Stealth	2
		B - Weight	Cancels Armor's weight (fatigue less)	3
		H - Earth	Armor becomes stronger; armor is resistant to slime/lava damage	4
		F - Fire	Proof armor against fire damage (but not wearer)	5
		V - Travel	Run Faster	8
Earth Runes - to target the ground in front of you, press the "I" key.	I	S - Sound	Enemy triggering this causes level-wide alarm	1
		U - Guide	Whirlwind booby trap - spins enemy	2
		B - Weight	Target becomes heavy; fatigues enemy heavily	3
		H - Earth	Impassable wall (must be hacked down)	4
		F - Fire	Explosive booby trap	6
		V - Travel	Teleport between runes	10

Alignment: Rebirth (neutral)	Initial Stats
	Strength	14
	Dexterity	9
	Constitution	11
	Stealth	8
	Hitpoints:	110