I remember everyone asked me if I had completed my training and I can still feel the blank look I returned in answer. Even Tallis mentioned training. Yet, baffled as I was, I slowly began to comprehend.

Training is an every day part of life. We train our strength, our reflexes and even our mental abilities. However, to understand what you need to train, you need to know what your abilities already are. You can discover how strong you are, or how quickly you react with information in your mind. Information will allow you to discover your current abilities, (stats); and training means raising your abilities. For instance, if you wanted to know how many sacks of grain you could lift you would look at your strength and discover what you are able to lift.

Another form of training comes from practicing your skills and developing yourself through time. (Time Development Points or TDP's.) You may also think of TDP's as experience points to some degree. The more you gain in time development, the more you can train your abilities. Why do you need TDP's? Because training is not free. Training will increase your coin debt, but it also will spend those TDP's. You will find the more you want to increase your abilities the more time development you will need. Keep in mind as well, that when you use your time development, it will decrease and you will also be assessed a coin cost. If you are raising something your race is poor in (like Elotheans and strength) it will be even more costly.

When you speak with Tallis she will require a minimum of training before she will allow you to join our guild. If you do not meet her expectations don't panic! There are two things you may do if she requests you train more before joining.

The first option is to train with the guild leader in areas. Listen closely to what Tallis tells you upon joining to see if that opportunity is granted to you.

The second option is to go train yourself in specific areas depending on what you wish to learn.

If you decide to train on your own, be prepared to do a lot of walking as the centers are scattered about the town. After you make your way to the training grounds (and some will take a bit of searching for) you will need to train. When you train, the instructor will tell you how long it will take, how much Time Development and how many coins. If you wish to train again, you need only continue. Do this until you have the desired amount of a particular ability and then go on to the next. There is little reason to save your Time Development unless you are saving it to train in one particular area, and you need a certain amount to do so. This is a good way to familiarize yourself with The Crossing. However, I recommend training under Tallis until you are comfortable with the city. Besides, she doesn't poke fun and insult you as some of the other trainers are prone to do.

(Use commands: INFO to see your stats, and DIR {Training place} to find the training grounds, and TRAIN to train in a stat)

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