You have two options:
1) You can merely pause the game (using your handy pause/break) key, minimize it, and do whatever you need to.
2) You can save the game, exit, come back and finish it, and then go into your home city's XML file and increase your level and number of skill points by however many you think you were cheated out of (probably 1-3)
" Studies have shown that people who say "Gameplay>Realism" are less likely to find girlfriends or lead a successful, rational life in the real world.
To see these studies for yourself, please click here."
~ Cy Marlayne
[This message has been edited by TarsTarkas (edited 10-07-2006 @ 04:03 PM).]