Diablo II Character Planner
Current version 1.5.3

This program was originally created by Silver The Paladin(formerly 
White(K)night) and has been redesigned by myself.  The original 
program was created with the intent of helping people to plan out 
their characters and prevent any disappointments like "Damn, wish 
I hadn't put that extra point in Multi-Shot!"

Future updates will be available as information is release and I 
can pull myself away the game if it is out then.

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Characters

All five characters are included within.  There are a few icons that 
are not the official Diablo II character skill icons.  Those have not
been seen yet or are being remade.  When those are available, they 
will be replaced.

Skills

All skill information is subject to change on Blizzard's whim until
the game is officially released.  After that it is still subject to 
change, just not as bad.  Thanks to Diabloii.net for the information.
For more complete game information be sure to visit http://www.diabloii.net

Skill Points

Skill points are placed by clicking the icon of the skill you want 
to add.  You may also right click for a pop-up menu for reserving 
skill points.  Basically, you reserve a point to be used later on.  
An example of this is, you reserve level 4 and 5's skill points.  
Then when you get to level 6, you may place these skill points in 
the new skills available in the skill tree.  Place the points by 
right-clicking and using the reserve point.  

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Note:  In the game you will not be able to over add skills.  This 
means that when you make level 6, all your level 6 skills may only 
have one skill point in them.  When you get to 7, they may have 2 
and so on.  This was done so you can't reserve 10 points and dump 
them in "Chain-Lightning" as soon as it is available.  This is 
checked for here also.  No need to cheat it here, why cheat it 
since you can't cheat it in Diablo II.

Also note that in the game you will recieve 1 skill point when you
complete the quest titled "Den of Evil".  How this skill point 
figures into the above equation is unknown to me.  I am pretty sure 
it works like a ormal skill point.  If anyone has an idea as to how 
this will work, let me know.  When I figure this out I will add the 
Den of Evil point (optional of course) to the program.

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Saving Characters

Characters are saved in a easy to follow format for when you are 
playing Diablo II.  Simply have your copy open in windows or a 
printed copy within reach for guidance when you get that coveted 
skill point.

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Terms
Clvl = Character level, current level of your character.
Slvl = Skill Level, Level of skill, how many points are in that 
skill

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Setup

Extract all the files to any directory of your choice.  Follow the 
instructions below for the font.  Other than that, just run the exe.

	Font

	The font used for this program is included in a zip called 
	fonts.zip.  Simply extract this to your windows\font 
	directory and all should run fine.

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DLL

msvbvm60.dll is needed for this program to run.  This is the Visual
Basic 6.0 runtime dll.

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Changes

1.5.3
Redesigned Silver's program and in joint effort, released this.

For earlier editions, please refer to the original programs readme 
file.
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Contact

Baselisk - 
	baselisk@mail.com
	icq - 66935222

Silver The Paladin - (formerly White(K)night)
	silverthepaladin@yahoo.com
	aor.westmarch.net
	icq - 21046613

Diabloii.net
	(Information only and one of the best sites out there)
	http://www.diabloii.net

Blizzard
	http://www.blizzard.com
(as if you aren't hitting that site at least 2 times a day along with diabloii.net)


