I just bought the game used today, but I didn't get any manual with it

I know there is a html-manual on the cd but that's really no good

so I just had some questions about the game...
how does the "turn-based" mode work actually, I didn't notice any difference when changing between the two modes, the monsters seemed to still be banging away at me
hmm I had some more questions too but I seem to have forgotten about them allready, but I would really appreciate help with the so-called turnbased mode, because I hate playing rpg's were the success is dependant on how good/fast you can aim and click