This is your registered copy of EDGE, the Earthdawn Character
Generator software for the PC.  EDGE is shareware, and is available
in registered and unregistered versions.  The registered version
includes the following additional features:  printed copy of the
EDGE User's Manual, printing of spell and talent lists,
a set of thirteen EDGE files for the archetype characters, and
technical support.
All files are in this disk's root directory in uncompressed form.
You will have the following files:
     EDGE.EXE
     SPELLS.DAT
     TALENTS.DAT
     README.TXT
In addition, you will have .EDC files for each of the
thirteen archetype characters.  These archetypes can be
used as is for NPCs, or you can build them into player
characters.  We suggest that you make copies of the
original files before making any changes; also make sure
that you save the changed file to a different filename.

Follow the directions in the EDGE User's Guide to install EDGE.
Basically, you need to create a subdirectory on your hard drive,
then copy EDGE.EXE and the two .DAT files into that directory.

While you can store the .EDC files in the program directory, we
suggest that you create a subdirectory to hold only character files.

12/01/93 ERRATA (this isn't necessarily in the manual).
1) If you are printing to a laser printer, turn the Page
Perforation option off.  If it is enabled, it will cause
the last 5 or so lines of your Character Sheet to print
on a second page.  Consult your printer manual to find out
how to turn this off.

2) The Character Sheet has only limited space to list talents
and spells, so only those that will fit on the Character Sheet
will be printed.  EDGE does track ALL talents and spells,
regardless of whether there is room to print them.

If you run into problems installing or running EDGE, consult the
EDGE User's Guide (sections on installation and troubleshooting)
first, then contact FASA if you cannot resolve the problem on your own.
See the EDGE User's Guide section on Technical Support for phone
numbers and FASA's address.
We hope you find EDGE easy to use and an exceptionally useful
tool in running and/or playing Earthdawn.


Earthdawn and EDGE are trademarks of FASA Corporation.