We are all born, so naturally you gotta determine how you are now. This is how you determine this.
Naturally the first thing to decide is Stats. You have 8 Stats that your Character possesses. At Character Creation you acquire 48 points that you can put into your Stats. The lowest any of your Stats can be is 1 and the highest is 10 at Character Creation.
Whenever you Level Up you gain 3 Points to allocate into any of your Stats. You can either put all three into a single Stat or spread them out. As you get higher in Level the amount you gain per Level increases, but for now you only gain 3 Stat Points per Level.
It is possible to get free Stat Points though. Skills, performing various tasks, training or honing your abilities in various ways, and other such things can increase your Stats. Naturally, it is possible for your Stats to decrease as well, such as certain abilities or other forms of damage or ailments can cause permanent decreases to your Stats as well.
Strength (STR): Represents your physical strength and might. Used for melee combat and for other forms of strength based tasks or abilities. Used to determine HP, deal extra damage with melee weapons, use stronger weapons and armor, reduce physical damage taken, and do other forms of tasks that require more brute physical strength.
Vitality (VIT): Your overall toughness and constitution. Used for resisting various physical ailments and for being able to take more punishment. Highly recommended for all characters. Vitality has little use outside of keeping you alive, which is VERY IMPORTANT, so Vit by no means should be a dump stat.
Agility (AGI): Your coordination and speed. Used for various finesse based tasks as well as for dodging or parrying and other forms of either bodily movement or hand-eye movement. Also useful in avoiding blows so that you don't take any damage.
Intelligence (INT): Your character's general knowledge, basic aptitude, and overall intuition. Primarily used in knowledge based persuits, this Stat also has a role in magic as well. A higher Int is required for certain more mystical abilities (magic or otherwise) and this often can strengthen many other forms of abilities or make it easier to acquire more powerful Skills. Also increases the number of Talent Points you possess.
Wisdom (WIS): Character's overall willpower and mental fortitude. Used in various situations including for focusing your mind or for resisting mental ailments. Used mainly for more focus or willpower based abilities and for resisting mental ailments. The 'mystical' version of Str.
Charisma (CHA): Character's overall social graces and magnetism. Mainly used in talking to other people, you'll find yourself growing more charismatic the higher this Stat is. Some special abilities also use this Stat.
Spirit (SPI): The spiritual strength of your character's very being and soul. Is the 'Mystical' version of your VIT for all intents and purposes for increasing MP and reducing metaphysical damage dealt to you.
Luck (LUK): How blatantly lucky your character is. Has no definite category as it is used in a number of situations. (Also in Game Mechanics terms, every 10 Luck gives you one Epic Point).
These are the special Stats that are determined by your 'main' Stats. They only increase through abilities increasing them or as you raise your main Stats.
Health (HP): Health Points or 'HP'. Determines how much punishment your character can take. When it gets to 0, your Character falls Unconscious and is considered to be Bleeding Out (see Combat Conditions for details). Base HP is determined by 10 + VIT (x2) + STR (x2) + 1/2 VIT times your current level.
Mana (MP): Your Magic Points or 'MP'. Determines how often you can use your extraordinary abilities. Whenever you use Skills or other such abilities, you use up MP. When you get to 0 MP you can no longer use any special abilities. Base MP is determined by 5 + Spirit (x2) + Wis + 1/2 Spi times your current Level.
Constitution (Con): Represents your ability to resist physical damage. All Physical Damage is reduced directly by your Con. Determined by 1/2 Vit + 1/4th Str.
Resistance (Res): Represents your natural and passive knack to block and resist metaphysical attacks. All 'Energy' Damage is reduced directly by your Res. Determined by 1/2 Wis + 1/4th Spi.
Health Regeneration (HP Regen): Your ability to naturally and passively heal your wounds over time. Your HP Regen determines how much HP you restore/minute. Determined by 1/4th VIT.
Mana Regeneration (MP Regen): Your ability to rest, recover, and naturally restore your mystical and spiritual energies. Your MP Regen determines how much MP you restore/minute. Determined by 1/4th Spi.
The natural knacks and special talents that your character possesses that many of your Skills and overall abilities stem from. At Character Creation you get 30 Talent Points (TP), plus an additional number of Talent Points equal to 1/3rd of your INT. None of your Talents can be higher than 4 from Talent Points at Character Creation and the max they can ever get to is 20.
Every time you level up you get 2 TP to put into your Talents. You can only level up a Talent once per level, meaning if you have 2 TP you must put them into additional talents. If you get a TP from increasing your INT, it must go into a different Talent other than the one you put your two points into. As you get higher in Level, you will eventually gain more TP/Level.
Naturally if you save up Talent Points, you can increase any Talent by how many times you have leveled up. For instance, if you save 3 levels worth of TP, you can then put 3 TP into any Talent as that would have been you raising that Talent once for those three level ups.
There are also ways to get free Talent Points, but when you do they usually apply to only that Talent. Exceptionally succeeding on certain tasks, going about certain endeavors of practice/training, or even leveling certain Skills can all increase your various Talents, which doesn't count towards your putting 1 TP into a Talent per Level. Talents cannot be de-leveled.
At Rank 10 it becomes harder to get free TP. It takes 2 Criticals instead of one (see Criticals in How Challenges Work) to get a free point in a Talent. You also must have above a 12 in the Stat that goes along with said Talent in order to level it past 10 (either with free points or through TP gained through leveling up). Some more advanced Talents, however; may require you to have higher Stat levels to level them up higher. At Rank 15 you can only put TP into a Talent every OTHER Level and you can no longer get free TP in said Talent.
The following list are the Talents you start off with. As you gain experience, your skill in these can increase, but throughout the course of your various endeavors, you may find yourself acquiring new, more unique talents.
Acrobatics (AGI): This Talent represents your movement and grace and is used when performing feats of agility and balance. One example is Dodging in Combat.
Appraisal (INT): The act for judging the general value and quality of objects. Useful especially in Crafting and examining weapons.
Climbing (STR): The ability for climbing various surfaces such as walls, trees, and etcetera. Useful for getting up things in a hurry.
Fisticuffs (AGI): The basics of brawling and unarmed combat are covered by this Talent. A basics of this is required for more intricate unarmed combat or martial arts Talents.
Focus (WIS): The ability to clear your mind and focus on things. Especially helpful with concentration based skills like magical or spiritual ones, but also has use with other combat skills as well.
Knowledge (INT): Represents your character's general knowledge and ability to remember things they have learned. Depending upon your character certain Checks for this Talent may be higher than others. Also various Talents or Skills may require a higher rank in Knowledge to unlock, magic especially, but the very basics of all mystical arts require at least 5 Ranks in Knowledge, and beyond that a Knowledge 10 is required to expand upon them.
Melee Weaponry (AGI): Your basic ability and instincts for fighting with Melee Weapons and includes attacking and parrying with them, and training with different weapons can lead to different levels of skill in them with special Weapon Expertise Skills.
Negotiation (CHA): Talking is natural for humans and this Skill represents your aiblity to negotiate with people whether its persuading or bluffing them.
Observation (INT): The ability to observe the area around you or even other people to obtain information with both intuition and your senses. Useful for searching an area or finding hidden people or objects.
Projectile Weaponry (AGI): The ability to aim and fire different forms of projectile weapons, and training with different weapons can lead to different levels of skill in them with special Weapon Expertise Skills. Also various mystical attacks are considered Projectile Weapons and thus utilize this Talent.
Sleight of Hand (AGI): Shows your ability to be quick and stealthy with your hands to do things from pick pocketing to basic "magic tricks".
Stealth (AGI): The ability to stealthily sneak around and hide without being seen. Often opposed by any potential onlookers Observation Rolls. You also move slower when sneaking, but if you can sneak up on opponents to attack you could deal some pretty good damage.
Thrown Weapons (AGI): The innate human talent of chucking things at people to hurt them. Could either be done with finesse using actual throwing weapons or with less finesse and you throw whatever you can get your hands on at them, and training with different weapons can lead to different levels of skill in them with special Weapon Expertise Skills.
Game Elements
More of these to come later once some more things have been revealed.
Every task or thing in this Game is known as a Challenge. To determine the result of a Challenge, a % die (d100 or roll 2 d10s and use one as the ten digit and another as the 1 digit, giving a result of 0 - 99 (or 1 - 100). Your 'Score' for that Roll is then subtracted from the roll's result. A Score represents your overall proficiency in said task. For pure Stat Rolls, this just is simply a Stat Score you possess. For Talents, your 'Talent' Score is used, which is the Talent's Rank + the appropriate Stat used with said Talent. So lets say you have Rank 5 Stealth and 12 AGI. Your Stealth Score is 17.
Whatever your score is that amount is increased by any Bonuses you would have in the situation and decreased by any circumstantial penalties. After that, the final amount is subtracted from the result of your % roll. If the final result is below the CL (Challenge Level) for the Challenge, then you succeed. If it is equal, then you fail. If by some miracle you tie, then Luck is rolled. For a regular challenge, the CL of the Luck Roll is 50%. For two challenges of people opposing each other, the one with the lower result succeeds.
[hider2=Criticals & Fumbles] There are instances of either doing so well or failing so badly that beyond the expected normal result of a failure or a success occurs. This is what is known as a Critical and a Fumble.
To score a Critical, you have to get a 0 on the % dice. Every 10 points you have in Luck actually increases what you need to get on the dice by 1. Getting in this range scores a Critical, and something incredible beyond the ordinary success happens. If its a Talent Challenge, then you get a free TP in that Talent if it is below Rank 15 (it takes 2 Criticals to give it free TP at Rank 10).
A Fumble is the opposite. It is a failure beyond a normal failure and happens whenever a 95-99 are rolled on the % dice. A Fumble can also give free TP, but follows the same rules as a Critical in terms of when it can and cannot do so. Unlike Criticals, what you need to roll on the dice will not change as your Luck grows, it will always be 95-99 (a 5% chance). [/hider2]
Epic Points do not actually EXIST in game per say (your characters cannot see them or use them or anything like that). They are things for the player. Every player starts off with 3 of them. You can spend them in certain situations as they represent situations of incredible luck and 'epic' ability. Once you spend them they don't come back normally.
You get 1 for every 10 points of Luck that you possess. You can also spend both a Talent and a Stat Point at a Level Up in order to get one as well. Doing awesome RPing or doing other epic things can score you EPs as well.
You can spend 1 EP to get -25 to a Challenge's result, reroll a Challenge, get a better drop (or drops) from an enemy, or have something else special happen. Also if you do enter Bleeding Out Status, you can spend 1 EP to stop Bleeding Out and instead be brought back to 10% HP as it represents a powerful burst of will that can restore a bit of your health. You can also spend an Epic Point to get another Action on any Turn of combat.
If you are instantly killed (see Deadly Status in Combat Conditions), you can spend 2 EP to prevent your death, getting back to 10% HP instead.
Skills are special abilities that your character has. They are unlocked through 'Special Actions', which can be anything from something accidental to a bout of experimentation/training with your current abilities that unlocks a new Skill.
Skills come in two types. Passive, Active, and Special. Passive Skills do not need to be activated and instead just bestow some sort of special affect that is always activated. Active Skills must be activated through voice commands, which is done by simply saying the Skill's name out loud, which means you cannot mumble it beneath your breath. You must have your Character say its name to use it. 'Special' Skills either require special conditions to be met in order for them to be activated that will be explained in the Skill's description.
You can rename your Skills as you see fit, although doing so in Combat is not recommended as it can leave you wide open. Renaming a Skill allows you to essentially change it up in case you don't want people to predict what your Skill does based on its name.
Some Skills can give free TP or SP (Stat Points) as you Level them up, but otherwise leveling up a Skill makes it stronger over time and may make it cost less MP if it uses alot. To Level up a Skill, use the Skill within the Level Up Conditions of said skill. Some simply require them to be used, others require special conditions like scoring hits with them, using them for certain means, and etcetera. As a Skill gets higher in Level it becomes harder to level and some of the easier leveling conditions may either change or go away.
All Skills can get to a max of Level 25. After that they cannot be leveled up anymore, but some Skills are capable of evolving to become new more powerful Skills. Also sometimes how your character is built or just based on who they are can grant your Character special Skills. Reaching certain amounts in your Stats can also grant special Skills. Naturally Skill Books exist as well, but have requirements you have to meet most of the time.
Naturally as you battle monsters, complete quests, and do other such things you can acquire Experience Points or XP as XP represents your character growing stronger and wiser as they journey. Every time you get a certain amount of XP you Level Up and some benefits come with this (Stat Points, Talent Points, etc). Here is how much XP is needed to level up. Naturally as you progress more you'll need more to level. Most monsters give out around 1 - 4 XP, but some special monsters or quests give out more. Note that the amounts below is how much TOTAL XP you need to reach that Level. Meaning your XP does not reset to 0 or whatever when you level up.
Lv 1: 0 XP
Lv 2: 20 XP
Lv 3: 40
Lv 4: 65
Lv 5: 80
Lv 6: 110
Lv 7: 140
Lv 8: 175
Lv 9: 210
Lv 10: 250
Lv 11: 300
Lv 12: 355
Lv 13: 410
Lv 14: 470
Lv 15: 530
Lv 16: 595
Lv 17: 660
Lv 18: 730
Lv 19: 800
Lv 20: 895
Lv 21: 990
The pattern keeps going from here. If you don't realize what it is yet, its that the amount of XP you need stays the same for 2 Levels, then rises by 5 (first two level ups need 15 XP, so to hit Levels 2 and 3 you need 15 XP each time, then after that you need 20 for the next two, then 25 and so on and so forth. Every 10 Levels the amount you need increases by the amount equal to that Level as well. So at Level 10 the amount goes up by 15 and so on.
Naturally there will be days of just random grinding or just days where nothing really significant is happening (ill try to avoid it, but they will happen). These are how those work. You get 3 Actions per day (each Action representing Morning, Afternoon, and Night, a phase of the day) and can spend them doing any of the following.
Get good enough on a Roll doing an Action and you may either be able to repeat that action (I.E. you do it for longer and get more out of it) or even be able to do a different action in that phase of the day (like you want to grind, but experiment if there's any time left in the morning is how you could phrase this).
[hider2=Grinding] Utilizing a certain Skill that makes an area to fight appear can allow you to grind by fighting monsters. Combat is auto-rolled, and the better you did the fewer difficulties you had in grinding the monsters here. Naturally more difficulties may have forced you to either flee and spend more time or even use precious Healing Items. Note, Grinding is easier in Groups. I will never kill your character during auto-grinding, but failing badly with little to heal yourself will still get you penalized.[/hider2]
[hider2=Special Task] Magic Rituals, Crafting, and other such special Skill/Talent specific tasks take a while and as such you can spend part of your day on that as well. [/hider2]
[hider2=Experimentation] Perhaps there is some special Skill you are trying to unlock or create. Well you can spend a while practicing and experimenting with that to try and unlock new said Skill. [/hider2]
[hider2=Stat/Skill/Talent Grinding] Instead of just aimlessly grinding monsters, you can instead find a safe area to grind Skill Levels instead. You can also try to train your various Talents to get free points in them (this being a basic Talent Challenge, CL varies, good RPing may give bonuses here). And of course, you can also do other forms of Training to even try and get free Stat Points as well, like vigorous running to increase VIT or something along those lines. [/hider2]
[hider2=Exploration] You can either explore the city and go to places that you have/have not been to before. This takes up an entire phase of the day regardless. Anything can happen when you explore around, although for the earlier parts of the game, not much will happen. Later on though more options will open up for exploration.
You can also use this to go visit any NPC you have met or know of through other people, but that will also take up an entire phase of the day whether its going to talk or going to stores or something to buy something. Yes this can be used to peruse and browse stores for specific things you are looking for. If you know what you are buying though, then you can go there and find it exactly without using an entire phase of the day (you will use some of it though). [/hider2]
Combat
Goes along with Game Elements, but since the hiders can only have one hider in a second hider, putting it in its own section. Naturally in any MMO combat is going to be apart of it. Granted there is alot more than Combat here in Grand Quest Online, combat is also a large part of the game and is said to be one of the most intense VRMMORPG combat games out there.
Turn Order is pretty simple. Its play by post, so the players will go first. When you post for your Turn simply have what your character does and ill post a result post for what happens (this goes for all actions both in and out of combat really that involve you doing something). After the players post, then the enemies get their turn, although sometimes some certain enemies or NPCs will go after certain players have had their turn instead of normal order.
If you do not post for a while your Turn will be skipped and your character open to attack. If you can't post just say so, otherwise I will assume the worst and just skip your Turn and will continue to skip it until you come back and post, your character having been assumed to be spacing out or something like that.
Once its your Turn you get a single Action and a multitude of Free Actions. Every Round is five seconds long, so your own Turn is five seconds long. Your Action is what you spend the majority of those five seconds doing. Free Actions are other very small things you are doing in the Round.
Examples of Actions are Attacking, Using an Item, Using a Skill, Using certain Talents (like Climbing), and etcetera. Essentially anything that would take longer than just a moment.
Examples of Free Actions are Speaking briefly (no need for long speeches in the heat of battle), taking something from your Inventory Window, putting something in your Inventory Window, basic forms of movement, using certain Talents (like Observation), using some Skills (like the Observe Skill, it will say if using it is a Free Action in its description, if it doesn't say that then using it takes an Action).
For every 15 points you have in Agility, you get another Action on your Turn. So at 15 AGI, you can perform 2 Actions on your Turn instead of the normal one. Spending an Epic Point can also give you another Action on your Turn.
When you Attack you have to make a Combat Challenge to determine your chance to hit. This uses one of the Combat Talents (Fisticuffs, Melee Weaponry, Projectile Weaponry, Thrown Weaponry, or any unique Combat Talent you possess) based on your Attack.
You can either make a Regular Attack or use an Attack Skill that makes up your whole Attack Action. If you make a Regular Attack you actually make a number of Attacks equal to 1 + 1/15th of your Attack Speed. Your Attack Speed is determined by your Score for that particular Combat Talent plus the Weapon Speed of your Weapon and any other bonuses that are factored in.
Heavier weapons are slower, so their Attack Speed is actually lower and thus they won't be able to deal as many hits in a single action, but they usually pack heavier punches. Lighter weapons are the opposite and can be swung more times in a single action (its kinda like Final Fantasy), but often deal less damage. Most Ranged Weapons (excluding Guns mainly, but they usually aren't that great, if you read the Manwha you'd know why) only get 1 Attack per Attack Action. Multi-Attacks mainly apply to Melee strikes.
Regardless of which you do, the main point is your attack has to connect to work. The way to determine this is with the Combat Challenge. Your opponent's Defense is the CL for this Challenge. Their base Defense is 50%, and then their Defense Score decreases this (see Defending for more details). There is another factor that can alter Defense.
[hider2=Attack Distance] This main factor is distance and type of attack. This is the biggest factor for determining your Attack's. The following is a small chart showing different kinds of attack and their accuracy increases and decreases.
Note that the Distance represents where your attack is taking place from. For instance if you are a bit further away and you want to make a Melee Attack you would have to run forward and then strike, which would give the opponent enough time to act depending upon how far you are running from which subtracts from your attack's accuracy (reach Weapons allow Close to be Point Blank, but Point Blank may intice a penalty instead of a bonus).
For Projectile and Thrown if from Point Blank then your opponent could see you preparing your weapon and naturally throw you off, making it harder to get off your shot. In fact, if using Projectile or Thrown from Point Blank then your opponent actually gets a Free Attack against you (see Combat Situations).
When Defending against an Attack you have several options available to you. Your Defense Rating is what you possess to decrease the opponent's Success Chance and it is usually determined by Talents. There are three Talents that can be used as a Defense Rating for most Attacks, some Skills you may possess could give you new ways to defend yourself.
I will usually assume you want to use your highest Defense Rating against attacks and just go with that when determining the result of your Attack, but if you have special Skills that do special things when defending in certain ways or if you just want to give a a worse form of Defense a chance for some reason (either due to special Skills or perhaps you have something RP wise planned) then tell me. Otherwise I will just assume you are using what your character would think is best for the scenario.
The first is Dodging, where you completely evade the attack. Dodging uses your score in the Acrobatics Talent as as your Defense Rating.
The second is Parrying, where you block an attack with a Melee Weapon. Against Ranged attacks if you try to Parry your Defense is decreased by 50. This uses your Melee Weaponry score plus your Weapon's Parry Rating.
Note that Fisticuffs is also used here for Parrying, but when used to Parry actual weapons your Defense is increased by 10.
The third is Blocking. If you possess a Shield of some sort you can use that to block any form of attack with no penalties. This is determined by Melee Weaponry score plus your Shield's block rating. Just note that some shields are heavier and can slow you down (armor penalties)
[hider2=Guarding] You can also spend the final Action on your Turn performing a Guard. A Guard is a special action where you brace yourself and get in a good stance to dodge or bock attacks from. Guarding increases your Defense by 10 until your next Turn and, even if you do get hit, will reduce the damage by taken by a % amount equal to 50% of your Might (for physical) or Spirit (for not physical), which is factored in before your Constitution and/or Resistance is. Spoiler alert, doing this in combat for the first time to defend from an attack will give you the Guard Skill, which is a useful Active. [/hider2]
If an attack connects it deals damage. All Weapons have a Damage statistic known as the Damage Range, where they deal a certain amount of Damage within a certain number range. The Damage is randomly decided, but if you manage to get a Full Hit, which is getting a result equal to 50% of the enemy's Defense, you deal Max Damage automatically.
A Critical Strike happens when you either score a Critical on the Attack Roll or get within the Critical Range. Weapons have a Critical Range, where it makes it easier for them to strike weak points. Heavier/bigger weapons have a lower Critical Range while lighter weapons usually have a higher one since its easier to hit weak points with them.
The Critical Range essentially increases what needs to be rolled on the Dice for a Critical Strike, but getting within that Range and not the actual what you need to get on the dice for the Critical does not give you a Critical for that Challenge, just a Critical Strike which deals double max damage and ignores enemy damage reduction. Some enemies are immune to Crits though.
There are many various Status Affects, but I will tell the more important ones in a few examples here. As more come up ill add them, but for now im just giving a few samples. You will be able to find Items that can help with Status affects.
Bleeding Out: Your character is lying there, unconscious and dying. This occurs when your HP gets below 0 and you don't enter Deadly Status. To get out of this you must either spend an EP or wait for someone to heal you or treat you with First Aid. The CL for a First Aid Roll is 50% + 1/2 the patient's VIT Score.
For each turn that you are bleeding out you have a chance to stabilize, the CL for this VIT Challenge being 50 - HP below 0. Every time you fail you lose 10 - 1/5th VIT HP (Minimum 5). Being treated by the First Aid Skill stabilizes you, but only a healing item/power can bring your HP back above 0 so that you can stand and fight.
Deadly: Your mind is a powerful thing and it can sometimes let you even surpass the limitations of your body. When your HP goes below 0, regardless if its instant death (-VIT% HP), you get to make a WIS Challenge that has a CL of 50 - 50% HP Below 0. Upon success, you stay alive for a little longer, but are at -HP amount. Only healing that with items or powers can bring that HP back (as can spending an EP). If you do get hit though you either go back into Bleeding Out (if your HP is below 0) or instantly die if that last hit made your HP low enough.
Diseased: You have been affected by some kind of sickness or disease. Detrimental affects or damage usually applied depending upon the disease.
Fatigued: You are tired from doing too much for too long. While Fatigued you have a -25 to all Challenges that require either physical action or strenuous thinking or other such things. Some simple actions may still be able to be performed. You can automatically recover from fatigue completely after a short rest (usually around 30 minutes, higher VIT scores shorten this). Sleeping is the best way to get rid of this though.
Paralyzed: You are either unconscious, tied up, or something else. Regardless of how it happened you are completely immobile and cannot move (if you can still speak though you can use Skills unless said Skill requires some form of movement). While like this all Attacks get +100 Accuracy against you and Coup De Graces are possible if the foe spends their entire round performing it.
Poisoned: You have been poisoned and receive detrimental affects varying per poison. Some do damage, others have other special detrimental effects.
Prone: You have been knocked down and must spend your next Action standing up. While Prone the enemy has a +10 Accuracy to Attack you (for Melee, for Ranged this is a penalty) and you have a -10 Accuracy for any Attacks you perform (-25 for some attacks, or some attacks may be exceptions, but these exceptions usually apply to Skills).
Sealed: Your powers have been sealed. Like Silence, only it is just Skills that are unusable, you can still speak and access your Windows, you just cannot use any Skills that use MP.
Silence: You have been silenced. You cannot speak and thus cannot use any Skills nor can you access any of your Windows which require you to Speak to open them up, which includes your Inventory.
Surprised: You are surprised and unable to act. While Surprised you cannot act and your Defense Rating is reduced by half since you are forced to react on a dime and thus cannot Defend yourself as quickly. This is not a mental ailment but more of a circumstantial one, as the enemy got the jump on you before you could react.
These are special terms and situations that apply to Combat.
Cover: You are hiding behind or beneath something, using it as Cover. Different Cover provides different forms of Defense Ratings against usually all forms of Attack depending upon the size and even the sturdiness of the cover. Some Cover also provides total cover and complete protection. If you are in Point Blank Range from a foe then you are considered to be providing Cover to the foe against Ranged Attacks coming from elsewhere and give a +10 Defense Rating to the foe against Ranged Attacks. If they miss and fail above a 10 then they are considered to have hit you for regular damage (if they Fumble, then they hit you with a Critical Strike).
Coup De Grace: A finishing strike. You are able to perform one an opponent if they are Paralyzed. You perform an attack Roll (+100 Accuracy, but you can still Fumble) and you ignore Resistance and death is usually automatic (some foes are immune to Coup De Graces).
Death: You are dead, hard to say it, but it’s true. If you either suffer a Coup De Grace or your HP is reduced to a % amount below your HP equal to 50 + VIT% below its max value then you are dead. That’s it. Dead. No coming back. No extra lives. Game over. Only 2 EP can be used to cheat death and come back, but you have to use it right before you die.
Free Strike: Sometimes opportunity presents itself in the most unexpected of places. Combat is a more expected place. If you are in Point Blank Range from an opponent and have a Melee Weapon equipped, if they open themselves up for a Free Strike you will get a free Regular Attack against them (unless you have a Skill that can be used otherwise). Note that since this attack is spontaneous you suffer a -25 Accuracy. If an opponent is opening themselves up in the post I am working on, I will PM you asking if you want to take a Free Strike, or you can just tell me that you want me to assume that you always will take Free Strikes to save yourself the trouble.
Character Sheet
Your CS is here. I will be taking care of any necessary Stat Edits to your CS as well as all of the math, dice rolling, and other such things in this game. You guys just worry about having fun RPing and being awesome.
Real Name:
Age: (Min 15 years)
Gender:
Appearance: (Description, Pic, or Both)
Personality: At least one paragraph long (would prefer more), show me some writing ability.
History: Just somethings about your character's life that are important like what they do, who they are, maybe where they came from. Note that going into detail may or may not help your character out in game, since this will have place in both the real world and the virtual world. At least one paragraph long though (would prefer more).
Epic Points: 3
Level: 1
XP: 0
54/54 Points Remaining (none lower than 1, none higher than 10 at Character Creation, free points from Skills and Attributes can make them higher than 10 though) STR: VIT: AGI: (+1) DEX: INT: (+1) WIS: CHA: SPI: LUK:
HP: 10 + VIT (x2) + STR (x2) + 1/2 VIT times your current level determines HP. HP Regen: 1/4th VIT.
MP: 5 + Spirit (x2) + Wis + 1/2 Spi times your current Level determines MP. MP Regen: 1/4th SPI.
Constitution: 1/2 VIT + 1/4th STR. Resistance: 1/2 WIS + 1/4th 1/2 WIS + 1/4th SPI.
Can put no more than 4 into one right now.
Talent Points: 30 + (1/3rd INT) =
Acrobatics (AGI):
Appraisal (INT):
Climbing (STR):
Fisticuffs (DEX):
Focus (WIS):
Knowledge (INT):
Manipulate Device (DEX):
Melee Weaponry (DEX):
Negotiation (CHA):
Observation (INT):
Projectile Weaponry (DEX):
Sleight of Hand (DEX):
Stealth (AGI):
Thrown Weapons (DEX):
Where your Skills are visible from. Your Starting Skill goes here as do these two.
The Gamer (MAX LV) (Passive): You possess the Mind of a Gamer. +1 INT. Immune to all Psychological Affects. Able to analyze things in the same way a gamer could.
Game Character's Body (MAX LV) (Passive): +1 DEX. You possess a body that lets you live like a Game Character in the real world.
Once you get titles, they along with their bonuses will be listed here. You can have one equipped at a time, but the bonuses of all Titles stack.
Pretty much your Inventory Window is a magical hammer-space that you can store anything you can carry in your two hands in (so no cars, large scooters, etc). Right now you are limited to 10 slots, but this can be expanded (in the previous RP it was unlimited, but figured i'd nerf it a bit).
Stuff equipped to your Character. Includes Clothes (considered a Body Item). This doesn't affect your Inventory Slots. You have two equipment windows that you can switch between at will, so you could have your normal 'civilian' clothes essentially in one set, and your combat gear in another. Or whatever other setup you'd like.
It may be easier to let people construct their own personal "system". For example, one person could have a system that has limited energy but short cool-downs, while another could have unlimited energy(in terms of "mana") but long cool-downs.
Well there are varying styles of combat (martial arts, magic, spiritual powers, etc) that could allow for such things. So I am up for it.
If you read the manwha though, his skills don't actually have cooldowns, but I am going to change that.
Interest!
Also reaffirming your interest.
Anyway, that makes 4 (5 if counting the one other person from the old RP who is still interested).
Ill have an OOC up soon, but can still have others show their interest here.
Xaltwind
Savo
Zeus23
Double
Not a Sayan
Neziul