ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Here's a list of questions that get asked a lot on the chat. All of this should probably either be better explained in the game or added to the tutorial (I'm not a fan of relying on external explanations).

Q:What do I do with crystal focus?
A:You can use it on a white (non-magical) weapon to create an artifact. Mindstars and bows cannot be used to do so.

Q:How do I form sets with mindstars?
A:Mindstars can be combined into sets based on their egos. When you find two mindstars that can form a set together, wield them both, and then left click and "use" the mindstar that is used to complete the set.

Q:What does luck do?
A:Luck has a small effect on critical chance and saves, affects halfling racial talent 'duck and dodge', and improves unseen actions (chance of actions not breaking stealth).

Q:Should I use blood of life right away?
A:Yes.

Q. My hotbar icons disappeared. What do I do?

A. Use the mouse wheel (or pageup/pagedown) to find them again.

Q: Why did borders around my char/enemies disappear?
A: Press [S]+T

Q: Can I see a larger version of the minimap?
A: Press Tab

Q: Help, my minimap disappeared!
A: Press Tab

You know, there's an info block in the upper right(trivia from the online) and one at the bottom of the screen(lore related) of loading screens.

This would make an excellent thing to fill up and put upper left. Symmetry, and useful.

Good idea.

I edited the original post to add answers.

Please double check it since I've written most of it from my head.

Q:How do I unlock Necromancer?
A:You need to collect all four of the 'how to be a Necromancer' pieces of lore and then slay a poweful Necromancer. You can collect the lore across multiple characters and then access it through a certain library in game that holds the lore that you collected across all your characters.

Q:How do I unlock Reaver?
A:You need to kill 1000 humanoids with all your characters. You can check your progress by going to achievements -> show all -> Reaver.

Q:How do I unlock Wildfire and Ice trees for Archmage?
A:Deal 1 million fire/cold damage across all your characters. You can check your progress by going to achievements -> show all -> Pyromancer and Cryomancer, respectively.

Q:How do I unlock Marauder?
A:You need to do 600 damage in a single blow (not multiple components of one attack), while playing a rogue or shadowblade.

Q:How do I unlock Archmage?
A:Look for a certain apprentice to the southwest of Derth and give him aid.

Q:How do I unlock Corruptor?
A:You need to know at least 10 spells and aid the Grand Corruptor in destroying Zigur.

Q:Why can't I betray arcane escorts to Zigur?
A:You need to visit Zigur and read the sign that contains its laws on one of your characters. You can only betray arcane escorts to Zigur if you obey its laws - have no runes insribed and know no arcane spells. Shalore racial talents count as arcane spells.

Q:What's the benefit of sacrificing arcane escorts to Zigur?
A:Instead of arcane powers granted by the escorts, you can gain wild gifts.

Q:If I choose to go anti-magic, when should I do the anti-magic quest?
A:Level 15 or higher is advised.

Q:Why can't I see Zigur on the map?
A:Because you are a magic user. That includes mana, positive energy, negative energy, vim and paradox.

Q: What all these weird-sounding abilities on an enemy do?!
A: You can right-click the enemy and choose 'Inspect'. Then you can mouse-over every ability to read a detailed description.

Some questions, can't fill in the exact answers:

What does armor penetration/APN do?
How do I get a recent log of stuff (for debugging purposes)?
How do I enable/use cheat mode? (The wiki is a bit unclear on this one)
What order should I do the dungeons in? (Needs to be a clear walkthrough for people who don't want to figure it out)

And one more:

Can you cancel the rod of recall? (Yes, right click the recall effect or use the rod of recall again while you are recalling.)

Q: Where is Resonating Diamond/ Where do I go after Vor Armory/I was told I need to find Briagh's lair but I can't find it.
A: Go back and talk to Zemekkys.