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 [1.1] What's New in Broken World
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Dungeon Siege II Broken World is an expansion pack for Dungeon Siege II. You 
must have DS2 installed, though the expansion installs into a different 
directory. The story picks up one year after the end of the original DS2 and 
most of the same characters return. You can play through the original 
campaign using the new content; or, convert one of your DS2 characters over 
to BW and continue with that savegame; or, start directly into BW using a 
converted DS2 character or one of the six pre-made characters that come with 
the expansion.


 THE SAME:
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* Gameplay: everything pretty much works the same as in DS2. All the keyboard 
and mouse controls are the same as the original; however, hotkey settings do 
not carry over from DS2 to BW. If you've made changes to the keyboard 
controls in DS2, you'll have to go in and make those same changes to BW 
(Options > Input tab > Hotkeys button).

* Original campaign: you can play through the original DS2 using the new race, 
classes and spells, but it's the same game.

* Henchmen: you get three new henchmen in BW, though you have to complete 
quests to get them. If you convert a DS2 character, any henchmen in your 
active party, as well as all pets and henchmen stored at the Inn will 
transfer with you. Henchmen not stored at the Inn will be hanging out in the 
first area (Dryad Outpost). *NOTE* The party inventory at the Inn is pretty 
badly bugged and you may not be able to take out anyone in there. See the FAQ 
for more information.

* Chants: there are no new chants in Broken World. Any chants learned by your 
character in DS2 are carried over and useable in BW.


 THE NEW:
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* Race: added dwarves (males only). Full details appear in the Characters 
section of this guide.

* Classes: added two multi-class classes. Full details appear in the 
Characters section of this guide.

* Spells: there are now four autocast spell slots instead of two; and, two 
reserve spell slots instead of four. The total number of spell slots per 
spell book remains 10 (4 active + 4 autocast + 2 reserve).

* Skills: skill ranks now go up to 30, but only with magic bonuses. You can 
only buy 20 ranks in a skill; magic enhancements can take you up to rank 30. 
But, don't get too excited, all the effects from skill ranks have been 
"rebalanced", so, in some cases, rank 30 in the skill doesn't provide as much 
effect as rank 20 under the old rules. For example, in DS2, Fortitude 20 
provided +45% health; in BW, Fortitude 20 provides +30% health and Fortitude 
30 provides +34% health. Whoopee. All the new skill tables are in the 
Characters section of this guide.

* Powers: in addition to rebalanced skills, some powers have also been 
changed. For example, Waves of Force does less damage per wave. All the 
powers with their new stats are listed in the Characters section of this 
guide.

* Trainer: a new trainer merchant can reset the skill points for any 
character in your party. Speak to the person in the Dryad Outpost with the 
curved arrow over her head.

* Henchmen: added three new henchmen. Full details appear in the Characters 
section of this guide.

* Pets: two new pets have been added. Full details appear in the Companions 
section of this guide.

* Lots of new monsters: some with particularly nasty special abilities.

* A new story that continues the previous story and actually makes use of the 
big plot twist that occurs during the final battle of DS2.

* New items, including new set items.

* Codes that allow items to be "transferred" to "Dungeon Siege 2: Throne of 
Agony" on the PSP, and vice-versa. You get or give codes to the F&K Society 
representative near the south gate of the Dryad Outpost.

* The "Take Aim" Ranger power bug (used melee levels to calculate extra 
damage for Take Aim 1 and 2) has been fixed. Take Aim 1 and 2 now properly 
use your ranged levels to calculate extra damage.

This guide is only going to cover the new material. For full coverage of the 
original game, including gameplay mechanics, pets, character races and 
classes and lore, see the original DS2 Walkthrough at:

     http://www.papagamer.com/faqs/ds2.txt