Combat

Combat in works as a turn-based, co-operative system and allows you and your friends to confront the many evils of Fahrul as a team.

Description
Combat is based around randomly generated numbers in the form of damage, which deplete a target's life points. The damage done by both enemies and party members alike is primarily determined by their stats, skills, and equipment, although other factors (such as Scourges or current weather conditions) can have an ulterior effect on combat.

Aside from equipping appropriate weapons and armor, players can further influence their effectiveness in combat in many ways, such as by boosting their combat skills by using consumables or devotion, or by lowering their enemy's stats with debuffs and status effects. There are also some items that offer special buffs to combat.

Combat lasts until all participants in either the attacking or defending party flee, are killed, or are otherwise removed from battle.

General combat effectiveness
has a variety of playable character classes to choose from, and also many different weapon types, so it’s wise to use skills and equipment that complement both your chosen class's stat proficiencies and your own personal playstyle while in combat.

Stat checks
Stat checks are an integral part of combat in, and a character's proficiency level in a specific stat will help to determine how powerful and effective they can be while attacking or using special weapons and abilities. Additionally, these checks can be "perfected" at the cost of focus points, thus securing certain success while attacking.

Combat skills
Many characters have special skills that can be used while in combat. Some provide a boost to damage or combat stats, while others will benefit individual allies or even the entire party. These include but are not limited to:

Equipment
It should go without saying that being properly prepared with appropriate gear is important to a successful battle strategy. Play to your chosen character's strengths and find equipment that will benefit your party's composition and playstyle.

Weapons
Most weapons come equipped with numerous abilities that can alter the flow of combat. Some can deal out heavy or area-of-effect attack damage, while others will ignore an enemy's armor or resistance stats. Still other weapons can inflict useful elemental effects or powerful debuffs on your foes.

Some things to note:
 * While any character is capable of wielding any type of weapon, their proficiency level can greatly help or hinder an attack's effectiveness.
 * If a character uses a weapon they are unskilled with, it is less effective in combat, and will do less damage. On the contrary, a character with high stats that is using a weapon they are perfectly suited to will be able to focus its effects with greater efficiency.

Armor
Armor is used to reduce damage taken from enemies. There are different kinds of armor tailored for different stats; however, like weapons, there are no restrictions on which types of armor an adventurer can wear. Armor can also sometimes influence a character's skills or abilities, and grant certain buffs such as immunities or damage reflection.

Initiating combat
Combat is initiated when a player enters an enemy hex or is ambushed by an unseen enemy in the Overworld. Additionally, entering a dungeon, cave, or arena will precipitate a dungeon encounter, leading to a lengthier series of battles, generally one right after the other.

Characters may also find themselves in a combat situation should they fail to meet certain requirements during an encounter.

The battlefield
When a character's path crosses through an enemy-controlled hex, the game will display the combat range map overlay. The battlefield is demarked with red hexes and shows which characters or enemies will be involved in the upcoming battle. Characters within this red hex range will take part in combat regardless of where they are on the map (e.g., in a town, in another realm, or even onboard the air balloon!). Up to 3 enemies in the same highlighted range will also be pulled into battle as combatants.

Support Range is a passive skill that extends a supporting character's combat range by an additional hex on the map (highlighted on the outside edges of the combat range overlay in orange). This effectively allows them to join another party member in initiated combat from farther away than normal, making it more feasible to split the party if desired while traveling the Overworld.

Combat options
When a character moves onto the enemy's hex, they will be presented with the following options:

* Note: A failed ambush results in the enemy winning initiative and getting a free attack.

Slot roll outcomes will also be provided for Ambush and Sneak options, determined using a character's awareness and talent stats (respectively). While these stat checks can be improved at the cost of focus, it may occasionally be the more prudent route to retreat and allow another character with better odds to attack by ambush, as the situation requires.

Characters who can use either Elite Ambush or Elite Sneak will have the relevant option highlighted in gold.

Determining turn order


Provided neither party has any kind of immediate combat advantage (i.e. nobody was ambushed), the character or enemy with the highest speed stat will generally take the initiative in a battle, and will appear first in order on the combat timeline (see below). Speed will also determine how often a combatant will be able to take their turn during combat.

This can be further extrapolated by using the following formula, with the combatant with the lowest result appearing first on the combat timeline:


 * ${([CurrentRound] \div [Speed]) \times 100}$

Hence, the combatant with the lowest result will take priority, and be allowed to take their turn first during a given round. Barring any outside effects, turns will continue in the same order for the remainder of a round, potentially allowing speedier characters to "double up" on their turns.

The combat timeline


The order of combat is displayed on the combat timeline at the top of the battle screen, with the current combatant's turn denoted at the far left in a slightly bigger sized icon. The ensuing order is determined by each combatant's speed stat, although there are a variety of effects that can disrupt or alter the currently displayed order. Generally, a combatant with a higher speed stat will be able to take their turn more often than one with a low speed stat.

Once a combatant has ended their turn, their icon will be returned to the far right of the timeline (correlating with the above-mentioned calculations). The next character in line will then be allowed to take their turn.

Under contruction
The player has options to flee, to use weapon-dependent attacks, or to perform special actions like Party Heal. In addition to standard attacks with higher accuracy, players can attempt Special Attacks (such as Fire, Stun, Bleed etc) with reduced accuracy. Typically -10%, -20% or -30%, with the biggest reduction seen on extreme damage attacks.

For these Special Attacks, all slots must roll as hits, else the special effect fails, but the attack may still deal some damage.

Players may use Focus to ensure that slot is successful, as well as raising your overall chance per slot, which will be shown next to the possible damage. The increased chance per slot has diminishing returns as more Focus points are used.

Above, where the Special Attack effect is listed, you can see the chance of a Perfect Attack in smaller font.

Below the damage you can see what the target type is, such as single, party or splash.

If the player has equipped a shield, they can use it to Taunt the enemy at the cost of sacrificing their attack for that round.

In addition to an attack, a character may also use an item from their belt first .

Additional Information

 * Every enemy is capable of using the exact same attacks vs the player, only they have more special moves like Curse, Poison, and Steal.
 * Any armor/resistance value will directly negates according to the type of damage, except for Piercing Damage.
 * Evasive enemies can only be hit with a perfect attack.
 * Level up regenerates life and focus also in combat forced by Scholar's Wort.