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= Equipment =

All adventurers need some equipment. In this context, "equipment" usually means weapons and armours. Although fighting without any weapon might actually be easiest in the very beginning, especially if you train the "natural"-skill, fighters will eventually need good weapons to fight with. Mages and priests might not need weapons, at least not the very best ones (and they aren't very good at using them, anyway). Armours protect you and make you take less damage from opponents' hits. Read 'help weapon types' and 'help armour types' to see what you can find.  You might notice that some armours and weapons are glowing in some colour. This means they have some magical property; 'help glow' explains about this.

There are shops in the city where you can sell and buy armours and weapons. You can check once in a while if they have anything suitable for you. Note, however, that these shops are closed during the night. Rumours have it that there are hidden, underground shops which stay open all night; if that is the case, you must find these yourself.

Other sources of equipment are the monsters you kill. They might have some armours and weapons, sometimes even valuable or magic ones.  If the monster was of a very different size than you, any armour it was using will probably not fit you. You must resize it in the smithy which is in the northwestern part of Vaerlon. Go to the smith there and look around to find out how to get armours resized. Again, 'ask smith' will show you in the right direction.

If you walk around the smithy, you will also find other smiths which can make armours and weapons for you. This can be rather expensive, however, especially for beginners.