Talking to people
Point at someone and press Interact. Some have stories; some have shops, training or a bank.
Walk up to someone and look at them. If they have something for you, a prompt appears: Press F to speak with…, …to shop, …to train, and so on. Press it, or double-click them with the cursor showing.
Some people have more to say than a price list. A conversation opens a panel with up to three things you can say or do. What you choose is remembered, and some choices change what happens next or hand you something to carry. Everything you take up is kept in your journal.
Every settlement's guard, champion, mage and healer will also stop for a word: Press F to talk to… opens the same panel. That talk is only talk: it is different in every settlement, nothing you say is remembered, and nobody stops to chat in the middle of a fight. Ask where to go and each will point you somewhere real nearby, usually another town, and roughly how far it is. A champion who knows of a dungeon will name it, a mage near dead ground will warn you of it, and healers know the nearest mine. Walk through a town and you will overhear them, too.
Who you will find in a settlement
| Who | What for |
|---|---|
| Guards, champions, mages and healers | Defend the settlement, and will talk about it if you ask. |
| Shopkeepers | Buy and sell goods. See Buying and selling. |
| Merchants | In every Trading House: the common weapons, leather, tools, materials and scrolls. In a port, also Cog and Sloop Deeds and Grappling Hooks. |
| Sages | In an Apothecary: staves, wands, scrolls and rings; in a city or capital also necklaces. |
| Trainers | Learn skills and choose your Class. See Trainers, skills, powers and your Class. |
| Bursars | Your account bank. See Your bank. |
| Innkeepers | Food, drink, a bedroll and Horse Figurines; a capital's inn also keeps Pegasus Figurines. |
| Siege Engineers | At a capital's inn: siege engine kits. |
| Stewards | Building materials, and the Heartwood Seed and Warstone Claim that found and besiege cities. |
| Runemasters | Travel between cities and set your bind point. See Runemasters: travel and binding. |