Microsoft X10-99979 manual Choose Your Path, Primary Abilities, Secondary Abilities

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Choose Your Path

Before your journey begins, choose a character type from the Character Select screen. Press Y to customize your character’s statistics, or press A to continue with the default stats.

Primary Abilities

Body, Spirit, and Mind work in harmony to create a unified whole, but each of the three determines a different aspect of your skills. You can increase each as you gain experience during your adventures.

To view your primary or secondary ability levels, press > to go to the in-game menu, and then pull l or r to scroll to the Character Record screen.

Body: Measures your ability to withstand damage in battle. Influences your secondary ability of Health.

Spirit: Demonstrates your ability to manipulate internal energies, called Chi. Influences your secondary ability of Chi.

Mind: Reflects your ability to think on

your feet. Influences your secondary ability of Focus.

Secondary Abilities

In combat your secondary abilities of Health, Focus, and Chi come into play. These abilities are drawn directly from your primary abilities, but they also can be increased by special techniques and essence gems (see pg. 21).

Health: Depletes when you take damage. You can press bto expend Chi and heal yourself quickly. To regain Health, grab Health power-ups during combat. If your Health reaches zero, you die.

Focus: Depletes when you enter Focus mode or when you

use a weapon style. When you press Yto focus your mind, your foes seem to slow down while you move at normal speed. To regain Focus energy, gather power-ups from fallen enemies or visit Focus shrines in Exploration mode.

Chi: Depletes when you use Chi healing ( b), Chi-enhanced strikes ( b), transformation styles, or magic-style attacks.

To regain Chi, gather power-ups from fallen enemies, steal Chi from foes with Spirit Thief style, or visit Spirit fonts in Exploration mode.

Using and Increasing Chi

Use Chi to fuel magic styles, to add damage to your attacks, and to heal yourself. Increase your Chi by raising your Spirit when you gain levels (see pg. 15), or by using certain essence gems and techniques (see pg. 21).

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Contents Combat Controls Combination MovesContents History of the Jade Empire Combat Controls Status Effect Messages Combat ScreenKnocking Back Enemies Exploration Controls Rock, Paper, ScissorsSpecial Event Indicators Exploration ScreenL10 L11Using and Increasing Chi Choose Your PathPrimary Abilities Secondary AbilitiesConversation Skills In-Game Menu Icons Leveling UpExperience Points Ability Points and Style PointsFighting Styles Quick StylesBasic Combat Advanced CombatPower-ups Dragon Amulet and Essence GemsStatus Effects ShrinesFollowers FoesMini-Map Area MapJournal and Quests Saving and Loading GamesL27 CreditsL26 L28 Technical Support L29