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II Your Hero Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games Photosensitive Seizures III a Hero’s Best Friend A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in IV Game Screen video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have VI Controller an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching video games. VIII Combat and Your Health These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, IX experience, Leveling Up, and Renown confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking X strength nearby objects. XII skill Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above XIV Will symptoms—children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures. The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by taking the XVI Getting Around Albion following precautions: Sit farther from the screen; use a smaller screen; play in a XVII Points of Interest well-lit room; and do not play when you are drowsy or fatigued. If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a XVIII Interacting with the Locals doctor before playing. XIX expressions XX love and Family ESRB Game Ratings XXI Working for a Living The Entertainment Rating Board (ESRB) ratings are designed to provide consumers, especially parents, with concise, impartial guidance about the age- XXII Pub Games appropriateness and content of computer and video games. This information can ® help consumers make informed purchase decisions about which games they deem XXIII Gambling on Xbox LIVE Arcade suitable for their children and families. XXIV spending Your Hard-Earned Money ESRB ratings have two equal parts: • Rating Symbols suggest age appropriateness for the game. These symbols XXVI Cooperative Play and Xbox LIVE appear on the front of virtually every game box available for retail sale or XXVIII Xbox LIVE rental in the United States and Canada. • Content Descriptors indicate elements in a game that may have triggered a XXIX The Pause Menu particular rating and/or may be of interest or concern. The descriptors appear on the back of the box next to the rating symbol. XXX Credits

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You can play as a Hero of either gender in Fable® II, but that Humans domesticated the dog millennia ago, recognizing its decision is only the beginning. Throughout the course of incredible value as a companion and a protector. Your dog the game, your choices shape you in myriad ways. is absolutely loyal and will follow wherever you lead. In addition to companionship, he can perform many useful actions. Good and Evil Many problems have both good and Combat Interacting With Your Dog evil solutions. Your choices influence Your dog fights devotedly to protect In addition to healing, you can praise or you physically: perform noble deeds you in battle. He instinctively leaps scold your dog, give him treats, and play and you’ll be a dashing figure; upon targets you have knocked to the fetch with him. To interact with your give in to your evil impulses and ground and attacks them, so look for dog, press z to open the Expression your visage becomes the stuff of opportunities to set up enemies for your Wheel, select Dog and then select the nightmares. Villagers will furry friend to finish off. action you want. Shortcuts to relevant react accordingly. expressions will also appear on l. Healing Purity and Corruption Should your loyal friend take damage in Good and Evil Purity makes Heroes more combat, heal him by giving him Dog Your dog is so strongly bonded to you attractive, while corruption Elixir. Doing so will improve his health that his physical appearance changes to renders them ugly. Purity is and make him happy. reflect your moral alignment. If you determined by more subtle factors follow a righteous path, your dog will than good and evil, such as greed, Alerts be noble as well. If you prey on the gluttony, and laziness. When your dog senses something innocent, he grows fearsome-looking. interesting, such as a chest, buried Strength, Skill, and Will treasure, or an object related to a quest, Heroes perfect their abilities in three he will bark. Face him and he will areas. Strength governs the use of melee attempt to lead you to it. weapons. Developing your Skill grants Customisation you greater prowess with ranged combat. You can also tailor your appearance Training Will is the ability to cast magic spells. with a variety of clothing. The stylists Using books you find or You can specialise in one discipline or and tattoo artists of Albion offer a wide purchase, you can train combine all three. array of hairstyles, facial hair, tattoos, your dog to do tricks, and makeup. spot increasingly valuable Physical Appearance treasures, and cause more Dyes Many factors affect your appearance. damage in combat. If you’ve Eat too many pies and you’ll become fat. There are also dyes available to colour acquired a training book, Develop your Strength and you’ll bristle your hair and clothing and make them press > to open the Pause with muscles. Focus on Skill and you’ll truly distinctive. To use a dye, press > menu. Select Items, then grow taller. If you use magic spells to open the Pause menu. Select Items, Books & Documents, and often, glowing Will lines will crisscross then Dyes. Choose a colour, then select then select the training book your skin. the item to be dyed. you’d like to use.

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VI VII Combat and Experience, Leveling Up, Your Health and Renown

Albion is a dangerous place, and you will see your fair share Combat is brutal and terrifying, but for those who survive it, of battle throughout your travels. Whether you favour it is also a learning experience. For each opponent you fight, Strength, Skill, Will, or a combination, combat is a deadly you gain valuable experience (XP) which you can leverage to business. make yourself an even more powerful Hero.

Healing Experience Orbs Leveling Up As you take damage in combat, you can XP appears as glowing orbs that burst Each kind of XP (Strength, Skill, and Health and Scarring restore your health in a number of ways. from enemies. Absorb XP orbs by Will) can be spent on abilities in its x When combat starts, a red meter appears Healing potions are holding . There are four different corresponding combat discipline, and onscreen to represent your health. As magical elixirs that kinds of XP, represented by four general XP can be spent on any of the you take damage, the meter depletes. instantly restore a large different colours. Green is general XP, three. Buying new abilities transforms When it is empty, you collapse on the amount of health. while the other three colours signify the you from a novice into a lethal, battle- ground. After a moment, you draw three combat disciplines. If you favour hardened warrior. on your reserves of Heroic power to hand-to-hand combat, you’ll tend to get To level up, press > to open the Pause knock all enemies back, and rise to more Strength XP (blue), thus allowing menu. Select Abilities, and then choose rejoin the fight—hopefully with better you to develop your melee abilities the disciplines and abilities you want. luck this time, plus a few new scars. further. If you prefer to use guns and You can discard unwanted abilities, Note that any uncollected experience crossbows, you’ll receive Skill XP regaining a portion of the XP you spent orbs (see next section) that were present (yellow), allowing for more advanced on them. when your health reached zero disappear shooting techniques. Using Will powers Food replenishes health more slowly than permanently and cannot be collected. earns you Will XP (red), making it Renown a potion. Food can also have various These consequences can be avoided if you possible to learn additional and more While XP is gained by killing enemies other benefits and penalties. See what possess a Resurrection Phial. powerful spells. in combat, you increase your renown Albion’s cuisine has to offer! Bonus Experience by completing quests. Renown is a Sleeping in a bed restores health and can measure of your reputation in Albion also confer additonal benefits. For more The more skillfully you fight, the and it affects the way people treat you. info, see page XXIV. more XP you gain. Earn extra XP In some cases, a quest may not be offered by dispatching foes quickly, using Augments to you unless you have sufficiently high flourishes and headshots, chaining renown: no one is going to entrust a Some weapons have slots for installing attacks, and pushing enemies off cliffs. critical mission to an unproven stranger. augments, magical gems that convey You can also gain bonus XP by helping various bonuses. Augment abilities a friend kill an enemy in co-op (see page You can find the Bard in pubs and inns. include changing the weapon’s damage XXVI). For a fee, he’ll sing of your adventures type, protecting you from damage, and increase your renown. draining health from opponents, causing You can also earn renown by posing for more damage to good or evil enemies, statues and showing off trophies gained and more. Augments can be found as in the course of your quests. treasure, or purchased from stone cutters.

VIII IX Strength Melee Weapons Maces are the fastest among the heavier Katanas do the least damage of any weapons. Though slower than swords, sword but have the fastest attack. they generally deal greater damage. Develop your Strength to increase your effectiveness in hand- These are finesse weapons for the Axes balance speed and damage admirably, to-hand combat. There are three major ways to develop your master swordfighter. allowing the Hero great flexibility in Strength: Brutal Styles, Physique, and Toughness. Longswords possess an even balance of terms of fighting styles. Level Three: Chain Attacks damage and speed. They’re good all- Hammers are slow to attack but hit Brutal Styles around weapons. incredibly hard. The antithesis of By pressing X at the right moment, you Level One: Blocking katanas, hammers are for Heroes who can chain a series of attacks together, Cutlasses are not as fast as longswords, Block melee attacks by holding X. You prefer to forgo the whirlwind of lesser increasing the overall speed and damage but cause more damage. redirect the force of the strike back into strikes in favour of causing enormous of your attacks. Cleavers deal great damage but are slower your opponent, who is knocked back damage with each blow. to swing than other swords. These a step. Note that not all attacks can be In addition, when reloading ranged weapons are all about brute force. blocked. weapons, you can listen to the click of the mechanism and tap Y at exactly Level Two: Flourishes the right moment to greatly speed up Flourishes are melee attacks that deal the process. greater damage and knock most enemies Level Four: Counterattacks to the ground. To execute a flourish, hold X , point k toward an enemy When an enemy begins a melee attack until the controller begins to vibrate, and against you, tap X and simultaneously Hammer then release X . If you’re struck while point k toward them. A successful counterattack will spin the enemy charging a flourish, you will block the Axe attack and lose the flourish, so you must around; quickly tap X again to be quick! unleash a devastating blow. This attack Katana is powerful enough to kill weaker opponents outright. Physique Develop your physique to cause greater damage with melee weapons. The higher your level of physique, the more muscular the Hero’s appearance. Toughness Mace This represents your overall health. The greater your toughness, the more resilient you are in battle. Cleaver Longsword Cutlass

X XI Skill Blunderbuss Heroes who focus on Skill gain access to fantastic abilities when using crossbows and guns. There are three major ways to develop your Skill: Dexterous Styles, Accuracy, and Speed. Crossbow

Level Two: Aimed Ranged Attack Dexterous Styles Clockwork Rifle Level One: Rolling Unskilled Heroes fire from the hip, which is only somewhat effective. To Tap A while pushing k in any aim more precisely using the weapon’s direction to roll out of the way of an sights, press and hold Y, then release incoming attack. to fire. You can still fire from the hip Y Turret Rifle by tapping . Flintlock Pistol Level Three: Zoom Press and hold Y to zoom in on your target, Ranged Weapons Pistols and rifles are classified into and then release to fire. Pistols are short-range firearms that are three types. The more you zoom in, held and fired with one hand. Pistols can Flintlocks are basic one-shot weapons the more powerful the shot. be drawn and fired quickly but have low that must be manually reloaded after Level Four: Sub-targeting stopping power. each firing. While holding Y to aim, hold w to Blunderbusses are short-barrelled weapons Turret pistols and rifles have multiple bring up the sub-targeting crosshair. that cause massive damage at close range, barrels, each with its own chamber, Use k to target specific parts of your and can even hit multiple enemies. Their allowing the shooter to fire several enemy for different effects: shoot a effectiveness drops dramatically as range rounds before reloading. Firing the weapon out of an enemy’s hand, shoot increases. weapon empty causes you to reload each a fleeing enemy in the backside to Rifles are slower to fire than pistols but chamber automatically. If you stop temporarily cripple him, or aim for the have greater range and damage. firing before the gun is empty, after a groin to knock your foe to the ground. few moments you will automatically Release Y to fire. Crossbows once dominated ranged begin reloading the empty chambers and combat, though their sun is setting continue until all are loaded, or until Accuracy with the advent of firearms. Still, you resume firing. Improve this ability to increase the damage these reliable weapons should not be Clockwork firearms use sophisticated, you do with all guns and crossbows. underestimated: crossbows represent a good balance of speed, range, and semiautomatic firing mechanisms in Speed power. Light crossbows can be operated which ammunition is fed into the Speed affects how quickly you reload, quickly but cause less damage than heavy chamber by a magazine. Rounds can be and also how fast you attack in melee. crossbows, which take longer to reload. fired as fast as the gunner can pull the Clever inventors have also produced trigger, and only when the weapon is repeating crossbows that can fire multiple empty is a new magazine required. bolts without needing to be reloaded.

XII XIII Will Casting To cast a spell, press and hold B. The Those who possess Heroic blood can learn to focus their Will Spell Meter appears, displaying your to cast powerful magic spells. There are eight spells, each with assigned spells, and begins to fill. When the spell you wish to cast is full, release five levels. Each level of a spell has more powerful effects than B. Note that while your casting cannot the last. Also, the more XP you spend on Will abilities, the be interrupted, you are vulnerable while more powerful your low-level spells become, and the faster charging up the Spell Meter, so cast your your high-level spells charge. high-level spells wisely. Will Powers Blades creates magical swords to Targeted and Surround Spells Chaos confuses enemies, causing impale your opponents. Each spell can be cast in two modes: them to stop fighting and behave Time Control slows the world targeted or surround. Targeted spells erratically. They may even attack around you, or increases your have a strong effect on a single target, their allies. own speed. You can also instantly while surround spells are less potent but affect multiple enemies. For example, Force Push blasts your enemies teleport to an enemy and, at The Spell Meter in targeted mode, Inferno launches a with invisible force and hurls higher levels, knock them down. The Spell Meter consists of five slots, fireball at a single enemy to cause massive them into walls or over drops. Vortex creates a powerful one for each spell level. The slots must fire damage. In surround mode, Inferno windstorm that lifts everything be filled sequentially: to place a level two Inferno scorches your opponents surrounds the Hero with flames. It causes that isn’t nailed down and hurls spell in slot two, you must have a level with magical flames. less damage but can harm more enemies. the debris around, damaging one spell in slot one. Raise Dead creates spectral allies enemies. It is possible for Vortex Assigning Spells who fight alongside you. to pick up enemies and slam them To assign spells to slots, hold x. The Shock stuns your enemies and into their allies, causing damage Spell Selector appears onscreen and blasts them with lightning. to both. remains for as long as you continue to hold x. To switch between spell levels, press up or down on l. To assign a spell of a given level, press left or right on l to scroll through available spells of that level. You can also assign the selected spell to the current level and all higher levels at which you have purchased it by pressing A . Once you have spells assigned as you wish, release x. You can also assign spells from the Pause menu. Press >to open the Pause menu, select Abilities, and then select Spell Selector.

XIV XV Getting Points of Interest Around Albion The Glowing Trail Sprinting Demon Doors Digging When you have an important objective, Press and hold A to run around Albion. Behind each of these magical, sentient Armed with a spade and a little luck, you are magically directed to it by a It will get you where you’re going doors is a treasure to be found. Each door you might stumble onto someone’s glowing trail of light on the ground. It faster, but you never know what–or has its own idiosyncratic requirements buried valuables. Remember that your will fade over time if you do not wish whom–you may stumble upon. for opening. dog can detect buried treasure, and that to follow the trail and instead set out you can use books to train him to search to explore on your own. You can turn Vaulting Gargoyles more effectively. down the brightness of the glowing trail, You can vault off or over many These obnoxious statues are just begging or turn it off entirely, in the Pause menu obstacles, including low cliffs and fences. to be shot. Destroy enough of them with Flit Switches (see page XXIX). When you approach an object or edge the Aimed Ranged Attack (see page XII) These ingenious devices can be struck, that can be vaulted, the A icon appears. and you may discover some of their long- shot, and hit with magic to open doors in Fast Travel Press A to perform the vault. If the lost treasures. some dungeons.​ You can Fast Travel to any map location drop is so great that you would sustain you’ve previously visited, as well as to a damage, you cannot vault. Animated Statues Silver Key Chests quest, a sale, a shortage, a job, or your These curious Old Kingdom relics can These chests are scattered across Albion, family. This saves you from running all Diving reveal secrets if you perform the correct and can only be opened with the right the way to your destination. Note that Not all the treasure in Albion is on dry expression for them. Use the wrong one number of silver keys. Fortunately, when you arrive, an appropriate amount land. If you see a stream of bubbles, and they’ll let you know it! silver keys are found scattered across there’s probably something hidden Albion as well, and the number of silver of time will have passed: the journey still Statues takes hours or days in the game world (so underwater. Swim to the bubbles and keys in your possession will not decrease plan ahead or you may miss that sale!). press A to dive down and find out If you find a statue base with no statue after you’ve opened a chest. To fast travel, press > to open the what’s below the surface. on it, note its location. You can later Pause menu, select Quests/Maps, and commission sculptors to place statues then select the location or person you of you around the world. Posing for a wish to travel to. statue will also increase your renown.

XVI XVII Interacting Expressions with the Locals Safety Mode Harassment is repeatedly using an Villager Opinions Extending Expressions inappropriate expression on a villager. By default, you can’t harm villagers. If Depending on your choices, your Some expressions can be extended to Vandalism is breaking the doors or you want to attack non-combatants, face renown, the clothes you wear, your achieve spectacular results and really windows of a building. one, draw a weapon, and press down on tattoos, and other factors, the people impress the populace. To extend an Resisting Arrest will cause guards to l when you see the skull icon. Press of Albion may love or hate you, think expression using the Expression Wheel, attack you. down on l again to turn safety mode you’re funny or scary, or find you highlight the expression, and then press Violating Parole is failing to perform back on. attractive or ugly. and hold A . To extend an expression your assigned community service using l, press and hold the l shortcut. within the time given, or committing Crime Villager Rewards Release at exactly the right moment to another crime during parole. If a guard catches you committing a A villager with a gift icon over their wow your audience. But if your timing Stealing is searching someone else’s crime, he will arrest you. At this point head has an item they’ll give you if you is poor, you will fail horribly and property. If someone can see you you have three options: pay a fine, change their opinions enough. To earn humiliate yourself. perform community service (usually stealing, an eye icon appears to alert the gift, you’ll need to learn more about eradicating a local threat), or resist arrest. you that you’re being watched. If a the villager. Followers If you resist arrest, every guard in the witness sees you steal, guards will come Once you learn Follow, you can get to arrest you. Whether you’re seen or Face the villager and tap w to look at region will attack you on sight. If a them. This brings up a meter showing people to follow wherever you lead, if settlement has no guards, villagers may not, stealing pushes your alignment they love you or fear you enough. Use toward evil. how close you are to getting a gift. Press attack you themselves. Y to view details about the villager, Follow to take villagers to their favourite What Is Illegal? Hero Titles including their likes and dislikes. Use places, or to move your family to a new home (see next page). When you The citizenry will address you by your this information to choose the best You can do what you want to hostile no longer want to be followed, use the title. Your starting title is rather modest, expression to perform, gift to give, or enemies, but violating a non-combatant’s Dismiss expression on the follower. rights is illegal. but a town crier can give you a new one, place to visit. for a price. Certain Heroic actions, noble Assault is attacking with spells. If you kill villagers with a melee weapon, Love and Courtship or otherwise, can unlock titles so they Attempted Murder is attacking with you may get the item for free. If you Many villagers will develop a romantic are free. melee or ranged weapons. don’t want to be arrested, it’s best do this interest in you, depending on the way Murder is killing a villager or guard. Trophies when no witnesses are around. you conduct yourself. When their Love opinion gets high enough, they Drunk and Disorderly Conduct is When you finish some quests, you may The Expression Wheel commiting a crime while drunk. start flirting with you and will make acquire a trophy as a symbol of your Expressions fall into the following Trespassing is refusing to leave a house suggestions as to how you might develop victory. Show your trophies off to categories: Social, Rude, Scary, Flirty, when the owner is trying to sleep, your relationship. people to improve their opinion of you and Fun. To perform an expression, or refusing to leave a shop when and increase your renown. tap z, select a category, choose an When you find someone you fancy, try they’re closing. expression, and press A. Be mindful using expressions to woo them. You can Dereliction of Payment and z of using certain expressions: some, also give them a gift: tap to open the Gross Dereliction of Payment result like Extort, can get you into trouble Expression Wheel, select Social, select from not paying your pub game debt. with the guards. Gift, and then select the gift from your Public Indecency is performing a lewd inventory. People also like it when you expression while improperly clothed. take them to their favourite places. The Extortion is using the Extort expression Follow expression is particularly useful and failing, or being seen. for this.

XVIII XIX Love and Family Working for a Living

There’s more to life than slaying bandits and completing Jobs Woodcutters chop firewood used to heat epic quests. At some point, you may want to settle down, get homes and fuel industry. Completing quests can be exciting and married, and raise a family. rewarding in many ways, but it doesn’t Blacksmiths forge weapons from metal. bring in much money. In order to make The higher your Physique, the more Sex, Safe and Otherwise Family money, you’ll need to work various money you can make at this job. Whether you’re married or not, it is Once you’re married, you have the jobs. Check your map to see which Bartenders, woodcutters, and blacksmiths possible to have sex with many of the option to raise a family. Female Heroes opportunities are currently available. can become increasingly proficient at people you meet on your travels, for can become pregnant if they have Bear in mind that jobs come and go, so their jobs, allowing them to earn a lot love or money. Prostitutes are relatively unprotected sex, as can the wife of a you have to be quick or someone else more money. common in the seedier parts of Albion, male Hero. Any children you have are may get it first. Bounty Hunters track and kill dangerous and it is they who are most vocally dependent upon you financially, just Bartenders prepare beverages for people at criminals who are beyond the reach of discussing a fascinating new invention: as your spouse is. However, money is drinking establishments. Since drinking the law. the condom. Using this device is the not all that matters to your family: is a pastime of undying popularity, only reliable way to avoid contracting they’re also going to want to see you skilled bartenders are always in demand. Civilian Displacement Agents forcibly the nasty sexually transmitted diseases periodically. If you go long periods recruit villagers to be used as labour on that many people carry and, of course, without visiting home, your family various projects. This is an ugly business to prevent pregnancy. Condoms are will become unhappy with you. If your but a profitable one. If you find the idea available for sale from certain merchants. spouse becomes upset enough, you may of forced labour abhorrent, look for opportunities to liberate the unfortunate To have sex with a villager, use the find yourself divorced. Your family villagers who have been captured. Follow expression to lead them to a bed, tends to be happier if they live in a nice, then press A to put the bed to good use. well-furnished house. If they’re happy Assassins eliminate targets who pose a enough, they’ll occasionally give you threat to, or refuse to cooperate with, Marriage gifts, and you can also receive greater the criminal underworld. Assassins Among the many blessings of the union boosts to sleeping bonuses. thrive when things are at their worst, between two people are a renown bonus Bigamy so if your actions push the world toward and a boost to sleeping bonuses (see page darkness, you may find opportunities to XXIV). When a villager falls in love It is possible to have multiple spouses and kill for profit. with you, propose by offering them a multiple families. However, maintaining ring as a gift. Once you’re engaged, you separate lives is tricky, and should the must buy a home for your beloved and families become aware of each other, move into it. See Owning Homes, there will almost certainly be trouble. page XXIV. Your spouse is dependent upon you for their needs. To set an allowance for your spouse, press A to Examine Property at the real estate sign in front of your house, and then select Set Budget.

XX XXI Gambling ON Pub Games XBOX LIVE ARCADE It’s not entirely true that jobs are the only way to make In addition to playing pub games in Take Your Gold money: Pub games are available at most of Albion’s taverns. Fable II, you can also play them in Xbox LIVE® Arcade. If you have an Xbox into Fable II LIVE Gold account, you can transfer Gold you win in Xbox LIVE Arcade any gold you win into Fable II, where while playing as your Fable II Hero will you can spend it on whatever you wish. be available the next time you play Fable You can also win 15 unique items and II. If you win as a Patron, you can take then use them in Fable II. your gold into Fable II by executing a merge. Merging a Patron with a Hero Two Ways to Play deletes the Patron and adds all their You can choose to play as your Fable II attributes (gold, debt, ranking) to your Hero, bringing with you all the gold, Hero. You can only merge a Patron with debt, and ranking you’ve accumulated in an adult Hero. Spinnerbox Fortune’s Tower Fable II. Alternatively, you can create a Spin the flit switches and win payouts The dealer deals up to eight rows of new character, called a Patron. A Patron by matching like symbols in chains cards, and after each, you have the option starts fresh with 500 gold, no debt, and a of two or more. Some Spinnerbox to cash out or press your luck. If you’re ranking of one star. games contain special bonuses, such dealt a vertical pair between rows, you as additional switches, free spins, and suffer Misfortune and the game ends. A character in Xbox LIVE Arcade has payout multipliers. There are two ways to avoid Misfortune: three attributes. Gold balance is the cash by using the Gate card, which is dealt you have, all of which you’re free to facedown at the start of the game, or by bet, subject to table limits. Debt is the drawing a Hero card. If all the cards in amount of gold you owe game masters. a row are of the same value, you get a Points are gained for each coin you bonus multiplier. If you can survive to wager. As you gain more points, your the eighth row of cards without getting ranking gradually increases from one to Misfortune or using your Gate card, you five stars. Higher rankings unlock new win a huge jackpot! variants of games and allow access to tournaments in which you can win Credit, Winnings, and Debt items. A high ranking also increases your To play pub games, borrow gold from credit limit. Keystone the game master. The amount borrowed Wager on which stones will be removed is your debt, and it will follow you to before the arch collapses, and make any other gambling tables in Albion until special inside bets on each roll of the you pay it off. Be aware that carrying dice. You can also find games of too much debt for too long can get you Jackpot Keystone, where the first roll into trouble! can win you a huge payout; as well as Bloodstone, in which you bet against the outcome of the dice.

XXII XXIII Spending Your Renting Hard-Earned Money You can rent out any homes you own that your family is not living in. So long Merchants Owning Homes as a renter has actually moved into the In most towns and settlements, merchants You can buy any home in the game, so house, rent is automatically paid to your hawk their wares, selling everything long as it is for sale and you can afford Hero every few minutes of real-world from weapons and clothing to potions, it. A few homes have quests attached to time—even while you’re not playing gift items, and home furnishings. them which you can only access through Fable II. You can raise or lower rents, ownership. There is no limit to the which makes you more corrupt or pure. Sales number of homes you can own, and you Merchants periodically hold sales, can choose which is to be your family Decorating and Furnishing sometimes substantially discounting home (or homes, if you have more than Your Homes items. When a sale begins, its location one family). To move your family into You can decorate your homes with items is noted on your map. Appropriate items a home, use the Follow expression on purchased at a store, or by mounting at that store will sell for less. However, your spouse and lead them to the new trophies from quests (see page XVIII). the merchant will also pay less to buy house. Approach the home’s real estate Improving your family home in these items. sign and press A to Examine Property, this manner increases your family’s Shortages and then select Set as Marital Home. happiness, whereas upgrading your rental You can also Examine Property to buy, properties makes them more valuable. When demand outpaces supply, there sell, rent, or furnish a home, and to set a is a shortage, and prices go up. You are family budget. Owning Shops alerted to shortages in the same way as Most shops can be purchased just like sales, and when one is in effect merchants Sleeping Bonuses homes. When you own a shop, you get a will charge more for affected items and Sleeping in a home can confer a bonus to discount on merchandise as well as a share pay more to acquire them. It is possible your Hero, for example increasing your of the profits. As with rents, you can to make a fortune by studying the ebb Strength, health, or speed. Only one raise or lower prices, with an associated and flow of supply and demand, buying bonus can be active at a time. Bonuses effect on purity and corruption. items on sale and then selling them are most beneficial when a happy family during shortages. lives in the home. To sleep, highlight the bed and press A.

XXIV XXV Cooperative Play and Xbox LIVE Local Co-Op Hero, though the Henchman can spend an independent pool of XP to level up You can play Fable II cooperatively with abilities. When the Henchman leaves the a friend on the same Xbox 360 console. session, their progress is lost. When you join a Hero in co-op, you use a pre-generated Henchman. While the Press A on both controllers to begin. Hero can perform any action they wish, Co-Op over Xbox LIVE the Henchman has restrictions, including the inability to interact with merchants Please refer to www.fable2.com or Xbox or purchase real estate. LIVE for updated information on the availability of this feature. To join a Hero as a Henchman, press > on a second to Orbs display the Henchman Configuration Scattered around Albion are glowing screen. orbs. Each orb represents another human Co-Op Camera The Pause Menu player with an Xbox LIVE Gold account Henchman In co-op play, neither player controls the In co-op play, the Hero can access the and marks their position in the game. camera: the game will position the camera Pause menu (see page XXIX) as usual by Configuration Screen You can set orbs to show all players, automatically in order to show both pressing >. The Henchman has access to The Hero selects the share of gold Xbox LIVE Friends only, or you can players. In order to keep both players a modified Pause menu, where they can and XP the Henchman receives. The turn orbs off if you wish. To invite a onscreen, movement may be restricted to view and upgrade their abilities, access Henchman selects their gender, moral player into your game, highlight an orb keep them from moving too far apart. the Henchman Configuration screen, or alignment, and weapons. and press A, then select Interact. You quit. If you select Quit, you will see can also select Gift to transfer items There are two important commands for A Henchman can be associated with an any XP and gold you have earned. from your own inventory to that player’s camera control in co-op: exisiting Hero, so that any gold, XP, or Xbox LIVE Friends List inventory; Stats to find out more about To reorient the camera to your character, abilities acquired are transferred to that them; or Kick to remove their orb from press y. Either player can do this at The Pause menu also allows the Hero to Hero when the co-op session ends. your session. any time. view a list of their Xbox LIVE Friends To associate your Henchman with a who are currently playing Fable II. Henchmen in Xbox LIVE Co-op To instantly teleport the Henchman to Hero, press X to select a profile on the Press > to open the Pause menu, select the Hero’s position, press <. Only the Xbox 360 console or memory unit. (If When you join another player in Quests/Maps, and then Xbox LIVE Henchman can do this. a second profile is already signed in, it co-op over Xbox LIVE, you select a Friends. Select a friend to access the same is selected automatically.) To choose a Henchman to represent your Hero. This Game Screen options you have when interacting with Y Henchman possesses the same abilities Hero Save on that profile, press and During co-op play, the game screen is an orb. as the associated Hero but none of select from the Hero Saves available. divided in half. The Hero’s health and the inventory: you are given starting If you don’t sign in, you can associate Spell Meter are shown on the left side of weapons equivalent to your Hero’s level your Henchman with a Hero Save on the the screen, the Henchman’s on the right. of power. Your weapons are lost when Hero’s profile by pressing Y. the session ends, but the gold, experience, If you play without signing in or and abilities earned as a Henchman are selecting a Hero Save, the Henchman is transferred back to your original Hero. given abilities equal to those of the Hero. All XP and gold are given to the

XXVI XXVII Xbox LIVE The Pause menu

Play anyone and everyone, anytime, Connecting Press > during gameplay to pause the game and access the Pause anywhere on Xbox LIVE. Build your menu, which contains many important items. Before you can use Xbox LIVE, connect gamer profile. Chat with your friends. your Xbox 360 console to a high-speed Download TV shows, HD movies, Internet connection and sign up to Weapons game demos, exclusive game content, become an Xbox LIVE member. For Arcade games and more at Xbox LIVE Weapons are grouped into melee and more information about connecting, Marketplace. Send and receive voice and ranged categories. Highlight a weapon and to determine whether Xbox LIVE A video messages. Use Xbox LIVE with and press to equip it. is available in your region, go to www. both Xbox 360® and Windows®. Play, xbox.com/live. Clothing chat, and download on both your PC and This section lists all the clothing in your Xbox 360. Xbox LIVE gives you Family Settings your possession, categorized by body ultimate access to the things you want These easy and flexible tools enable location. Highlight an item and and the people you know, on both your parents and caregivers to decide which press A to equip it. PC and your TV. Get connected and join games young game players can access the revolution! based on the content rating. And now, Save Items Xbox LIVE Family Settings and Select this option to save your progress, Select this to access all non-equippable Windows Vista® Parental Controls then either continue playing Fable II or items you’re carrying, such as books, work better together. Parents can restrict quit. This option also allows you to quit food, potions, gifts, and dyes. access to mature-rated content. Approve without saving. Logbook who and how your family interacts Quests/Maps with others online with the Xbox LIVE The Logbook tracks your personality service, and set time limits on how long This shows the world of Albion and (including alignment and renown), they can play. For more information, go displays quests, jobs, sales and shortages, expressions, completed quests, and to www.xbox.com/familysettings. and family members. It also allows Fast achievements. It also contains a useful Travel (see page XVI). People on your Help section. Xbox LIVE Friends list also appear on the map, and you can interact with them Options just as you would in normal play. See Select Options to modify your game, Orbs, page XXVI. video, and audio settings. Abilities Menu Controls Here you can see how much experience When viewing a weapon, item, or article you’ve gained and spend it to improve of clothing, use k to alternate between your Hero’s combat abilities in Strength, the item’s picture and its description. Skill, and Will. You can also configure Use i to page up or down in long your spells with the Spell Selector. descriptions.

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