▁decide ▁to ▁work ▁together ▁as ▁a ▁party ▁of ▁advent ur ers ▁to ▁un ra vel ▁the ▁mystery ▁of ▁the ▁An ci ents , ▁bring ▁the ▁perpet rat ors ▁to ▁justice , ▁th wart ▁the ▁imp ending ▁dis aster ▁on ▁Rh yl an or , ▁and ▁ear n ▁these ▁re wards . ▁ ▁Game play ▁▁ ▁Before ▁starting ▁a ▁new ▁game , ▁the ▁player ▁must ▁assemble ▁a ▁party ▁consisting ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁five ▁characters . ▁ ▁A ▁pre - generated ▁team ▁is ▁available ▁for ▁quick ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁game , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁possible ▁to ▁use ▁M ega Tra v eller ''' s ▁detailed ▁character ▁creation ▁system ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁attributes , ▁skills ▁and ▁invent ory ▁items ▁with ▁which ▁the ▁party ▁members ▁begin ▁the ▁game . ▁ ▁Character ▁creation ▁involves ▁generating ▁a ▁character ▁with ▁randomly ▁assigned ▁attributes ▁and ▁subsequently ▁gu iding ▁that ▁individual ▁through ▁one ▁of ▁over ▁two ▁dozen ▁available ▁care ers ▁to ▁build ▁up ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁skills ▁and ▁poss essions . ▁ ▁When ▁characters ▁ret ire ▁or ▁" m uster ▁out " ▁from ▁their ▁career , ▁they ▁are ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁pool ▁of ▁available ▁members ▁from ▁which ▁the ▁party ▁of ▁advent ur ers ▁is ▁selected ▁by ▁the ▁player . L enn on ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁p . ▁ 4 - 1 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁skills ▁they ▁possess ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁may ▁be ▁en hanced ▁later ▁on ▁through ▁repeated ▁use ▁or ▁by ▁pay ing ▁for ▁training . ▁ ▁Once ▁a ▁party ▁has ▁been ▁out f