1. Bad guys wear brown or grayish uniform looking clothing. Often they are accessorized with metal studs and chain mail. They can easily be told apart from the villagers in rags, who are always good at heart.
2. If, during combat, you have the opportunity to jump and flip several times in the air, take it.
3. If you die as a major character, you probably aren't dead.
4. The gods can be defeated, almost effortlessly.
5. Kings tend to be good, advisers to kings tend to be bad.
6. If you fall in love with a man, someone will kill him.
7. If you cut off the flow of blood to someone's brain using presser points, you will always receive information you need from them.
8. The underworld is accessible by swimming to the bottom of a lake.
9. The easiest way to distract your enemy is to dress up in a costume, preferably one with a veil and dance sexy.
10. Your horse will never die.