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Status Effects

Here is a list of negative status effects in the game.

Poison: The character is poisoned and will gradually take damage over time.

Toxic: Like Poison but worse. The character takes damage over time. The damage gets worse with each passing turn.

Paralysis: Become unable to move. Trying to move or do an attack has a chance to end in failure.

Addle: The character takes a blow to the head. They are able to perform basic actions but forget all skills and abilities.

Confuse: The character attacks at foe or friend at random. Cures if attacked again or goes away over time.

Charmed: The Character is charmed by the enemy and is forced to attack his allies. Cured if attacked by ally or foe or fades away over time.

Doom: The reaper approachs and has marked your character for death. The user will be KO after 3 turns unless an item is used (Holy Cross), or the party wins the battle.

Slow: The character is slowed down by magic. They attack every other term can still perform defensive moves on there turn. Cured with Status Restore or the move Haste.

Stop: The character is frozen in time and unable to move or act. Is not considered as a KO when it comes to party wipe. Stop wares off if a status recovery is used, time magic Haste, or wears off in two turns.

Stone: The character is turned into stone. They are unable to move or do any actions but they don't take any damage. If the entire party is Petrified then it's considered a party wipe.

Silence: The user is unable to speak. Become unable to cast spells. Any skills that don't require speaking can still be used.

Toad: The user is transformed into a frog. Defense and Attack become 0 and become unable to use skills or ability Can only do a basic attack or move.

Mini: The user shrinks in size. Attack and Defense become 0. Skills, Attacks, and spells do minimum damage.

(There could still be some unknown status effects out there.)

Heart guage

Wonder how an NPC feels about you. The heart guage is used to determine the level of affection between an NPC and the players. Higher affection results in the characters being closer. At an affection rating of 6 the NPC and PC are considered dating. An affection rating of 8 the NPC and PC are considered engaged. When the affection rating reaches 10 the NPC or PC are considered married and have an unbreakable bond.

Various actions can increase affection: Spending time with said NPC, giving gifts, etc.

While certain actions can reduce your affection: Ignoring NPC, giving them gifts they hate, etc.

Players can date/ Waifu with any NPC regardless of race/species and characters can date/Waifu anyone regardless of gender. Two PCs can decide to date one another but they require both PCs being on board with it.

Affection has numerous effects on both the story and combat. Characters that are dating are more likely to defend one another, take a potential deadly blow, follow up an attack (gaining an extra attack). Characters that have reached at least an engaged status (affection rating of 8) can also learn a duo skill. When a character reaches level 10, with an NPC something special might unlock.

Not all NPCs can be married but can still reach an affection level of 10 (this would be considered an unbreakable bond). A PC can attempt to date multiple characters just be warned some PCs might react differently if your caught trying to date multiple NPCs. Do so at your own risk.

There will be a separate thread to keep track of all Heart Guage levels between NPCs and PC