--- deliantra/Deliantra-Client/pod/faq.pod	2008/04/14 17:56:57	1.19
+++ deliantra/Deliantra-Client/pod/faq.pod	2008/09/29 08:24:32	1.22
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 =head1 FAQ, Tips and Tricks
 
 Here are some questions you might asked yourself over time.
-Also some nice Tips and Tricks are listed here, which you may find informative.
+Also some nice tips and tricks are listed here, which you may find informative.
 
 =head2 Meta - About the Game and the Client
 
 =head3 What is the relation between Deliantra and Crossfire?
 
 Deliantra was originally a Crossfire server, but by now most of the code
-has been rewritten. Still most maps are very similar or identical to
+has been rewritten. Still, most maps are very similar or identical to
 Crossfire maps, so the games share a lot.
 
 The major differences are a better client, better graphics, a stable
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 and having a fully asynchronous design, and full support for sound effects
 and background music.
 
+=head3 I found a bug, how can I report it/what do I do?
+
+Mail us at support@deliantra.net , which is best, unless it is a small, temporary, or urgent issue. If it is, then tell schmorp, elmex, or Asarth.
+
 =head3 The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this?
 
 Most likely, you don't have accelerated OpenGL support. Try to find a
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@
 
 =head2 Game Mechanics
 
-=head3 I lose health but can't see why!
+=head3 I lose health, but I can't see why!
 
 Here are the typical reasons why you lose health:
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@
 
 =item * You are being attacked.
 
-Sounds obvious, but sometiems you can't see the monster attacking
+Sounds obvious, but sometimes you can't see the monster attacking
 you. Check the C<Log> tab, as you usually get a message when this happens.
 
 =item * You are out of food.
@@ -120,13 +124,11 @@
 
 =item * Your stats change.
 
-Switching items can affect your stats, which in turn can affect your
-healthpoints. While this is not a regular effect (it only happens when you
-change items), it can sometimes look as if you are losing health.
+Switching items or being restored from depletion can affect your stats, which in turn can affect your healthpoints. While this is not a regular effect (it only happens when you change items or are restored from depletion), it can sometimes look as if you are losing health.
 
 =back
 
-=head3 I lost an item, how?
+=head3 I lost an item! How?
 
 Well, we don't know. If you don't know, either, here is a partial list of ways people
 typically lose stuff:
@@ -143,13 +145,33 @@
 Yes, thieves and many other monsters (such as demons) can actually steal
 stuff. They can steal about anything that you don't currently wield, and
 if they are good, you don't even notice it. Your only chance of getting
-the item back is to kill the thief.
+the item back is to kill the thief or steal the item back with the steal skill before the map he is in resets.
 
 Many adventurers find that the old road to Navar harbours a lot of thieves
 and is best avoided by the beginning adventurers.
 
 =back
 
+=head3 How do I uncurse/undamn items?
+
+You need a spell to uncurse or undamn items, but luckily, magic shops commonly have scrolls of remove curse or remove damnation. In addition, all of the gods except the Devourers can remove curses, and Gnarg, Lythander, Mostrai, Gaea, and Valriel can remove damnation. Gaea also grants the remove damnation spell at 300 grace.
+
+To actually remove the curse or damnation with a scroll, you need to L<mark> the item, and then L<apply> the scroll.
+
+=back
+
+=head3 When I log-in, I keep dying! Why is this?
+
+What happened is that you died of a cave-in. Cave-ins kill you when you unsafely log out. An unsafe log out is when you disconnect without using a bed to reality, or when you time out (after 10-20 seconds without reply, the server automatically kicks players). Safe log outs are when you log out using a bed to realtiy, or when you are disconnected when the server crashes or restarts.
+
+If the disconnection was safe, then you will appear where you were before you got logged out. If it was unsafe, and more than 1 hour has passed, you will die of a cave-in. If the map you were in reset, but 1 hour has not passed, then you will be recalled to your bed to reality.
+
+=head3 How does the I<identify> spell work?
+
+The I<identify> spell identifies your items, making it give it's full description. The spell goes through your inventory in a psuedo-random order, skipping past identified items. If it identifies all the items in your inventory, or they are already identified, it then checks for identified items on the ground, again in a psuedo-random order. If it identifies all the items on the ground, then the remaining power is wasted.
+
+The I<identify> spell counts stacks of items, such as arrows or gems, as one 'item'. It can only identify a certain amount of items. Therefore, the only way to choose what it identifies is by dropping what you don't want identified on the ground.
+
 =head3 How can I Prepare/Improve/Enchant Weapons?
 
 This is done in two steps: first you have to I<prepare> your weapon
@@ -161,7 +183,9 @@
 Weapon> scroll. The square root of the total number of diamonds sacrificed
 this way determines the number of enchantments the weapon accepts: one
 diamond for one enchanment, nine diamonds for three enchantments, 100
-diamonds for ten enchantments and so on.
+diamonds for ten enchantments and so on. 
+
+Remember, once you prepare the weapon, it can only be wielded by you.
 
 After that, you can apply improvement and enchantnment scrolls:
 
@@ -338,12 +362,12 @@
 
 =head3 How can I summon a specific monster with C<summon pet monster>?
 
-Higher levels of L<skill_description/summoning> give you access to higher
-level monsters, but not all monsters have equal abilities. Instead of
-summoning the highest level monster allowed by your level you can also
-summon any other monster you had before by adding its I<archetype name>
-after the command, i.e. to summon bees you would use the C<cast summon pet
-monster bee> (short: C<cspm bee>) command.
+Higher (effective) casting levels of L<skill_description/summoning> give
+you access to higher level monsters, but not all monsters have equal
+abilities. Instead of summoning the highest level monster allowed by your
+level you can also summon any other monster you had before by adding its
+I<archetype name> after the command, i.e. to summon bees you would use the
+C<cast summon pet monster bee> (short: C<cspm bee>) command.
 
    Level  Monster
        1  bat
@@ -370,9 +394,54 @@
      100  laoch
      105  snitchangel
 
+=head3 How does being attuned/repelled/denied effect casting level?
+
+Some spells are attuned to one or more spell classes (such as wounding,
+summoning, fire and so on). The player can likewise be attuned to some of
+these classes, giving a bonus, or repelled to them, giving a malus, or
+denied to them, making her unable to cast the spell at all.
+
+The casting level is the level of the skill that the spell uses (e.g.
+summoning or sorcery).
+
+When attuned, the bonus is 16 levels, but never higher than the casting
+level itself, i.e. at level 2, the bionus is 4, at level 5, the bonus is
+10 and at level 50, the bonus is 16.
+
+When repelled, the malus is 16 levels always.
+
+These are added (or subtracted) to the skill level when checking whether
+the player can cast th spell and when calculating spell strength.
+
+The effect on strength is as if the minimum spell level is lower (when
+attuned) or higher (when repelled), and the strength will increase the
+same as without any attunement.
+
+=head3 What is the "effective" spell level?
+
+Effective spell levels start at 1 (lowest spell strength) and go up to
+100 (highest nominal spell strength). Higher levels are also possible and
+make the spell correspondingly stronger.
+
+The effective spell level is calculated from the casting level, after
+adding/subtracting any bonus from attunements.
+
+If the casting level is 100 or higher, then this is the effective spell
+level.
+
+If it is lower, then the minimum level comes into play: the minimum level
+is not only the minimum level a caster is required to have, it is also the
+level where the spell strength starts.
+
+When you cast a spell at level 90, which has a minimum level of 90, the
+effective strength will be 1 (lowest). Casting at level 91 gives effective
+strength 10, casting level 98 gives effective strength 80, up to casting
+level 100, which then gives effective level 100.
+
+
 =head2 Praying, Gods and Cults
 
-=head3 X<how_tp_pray>How do I pray?
+=head3 X<how_to_pray>How do I pray?
 
 First enter the "praying mode" by readying your L<skill_description/praying> skill
 (by default bound to C<Alt-P>, or by typing C<rspraying>), then hold and keep holding