A Turn is when an individual player or creature’s time frame is up to bat, so to speak.  This is when a unit can act, move, etc.  A Round consists of a 10 second interval where everyone involved in the combat area can act and react.  When six rounds have passed, one minute has passed in the game world.

When your Outeran Guide asks for a Speed check, your Speed stat helps determine when it’s your turn in combat.  There are 3 factors which play into your character’s speed.

• Your character’s Primary Class has its own base Speed. A nightblade is naturally faster than a sorcerer.
• Every 20 Agility Core stat points increases your speed by 1.
• You roll a 1D12 which factors your character’s readiness for battle.

Some skills also affect the Turn Order including Haste, Slow, Stop, Inspiration, and Red Card.

• Haste allows you to have 2 turns per round; once in your original spot and again right before the Round ends.  If multiple units have Haste, they take their turns based upon their Speed modifier; the higher the Speed, the earlier the hasted unit acts.  And if there is an even Speed score?  Coin flip it! (Or however you, as the Outeran Guide, want to settle the matter!)
• Slow allows you to have 1 turn every other Round.
• Stop freezes you for 2 to 3 Rounds.  Roll an even number on Round 2 to have a chance to break the Stop effect.
• Inspiration makes the target go next.  This changes the Turn Order accordingly.

A Turn is when an individual player or creature steps up to the plate, so to speak.  This is when a unit can act, move, etc.  These are broken down into five different categories: Movement, Primary (Mainhand) Action, Secondary (Offhand) Action, Chat, and Specialty Action (which only pertain in certain cases).  At the end of your Turn, a sixth option opens up, allowing you to choose a direction in which to face. While this may sound trivial, the direction your enemy attacks you from can increase or decrease your chance to be hit. Click here to visit the Turn option page!

While Paladins specialize in Improvised Weapons, everybody is capable of using them.  While non-Paladins won’t be as powerful while wielding them, those who attack with makeshift weapons will start off with dealing 1D4 Bludgeoning Damage.  The damage can change depending on the object and below are modifiers and conditions to determine damage dealt and damage type!

• Your Strength score is added to the weapon damage.
• Every 20 Strength increases the dice roll by an additional 1D4 Damage, capping out at 5D4 damage.
• Pointed throwable objects are classified as Piercing.
• Sharp objects are considered Slashing.
• Heavier objects without points and aren’t sharp are considered Bludgeon.

Units that are unaware of the danger they’re in, for example if an attacker is Hidden, are vulnerable to a surprise attack.  Sneaky attacks like this are called Opener Attacks.  The attacker gains Super Charge on its Opener; some skills grant additional damage to Opener Attacks too!  It is possible to perform an Opener within the same battle if the unit is able to retreat into Hidden status; in order to pull this off, your target must be unable to find you within, at minimum, a 3×3 area, and you must successfully avoid detection for 3 Rounds.  This will “end combat” and although the enemy unit(s) may be on their guard, they’re not considered to be in combat, so you can restart combat on your terms.  Fire away!

A player, or “Trainer” in this case, who uses the Pet option during that Turn may perform both Pet Movement and Pet Action within the scope of the Specialty Action.  

Pets can be classified as any extra unit a player can control during that turn which includes but not limits to…

• A charmed or controlled unit by other means
• A created unit such as a drone from a Tradesmaster
• A friendly animal companion
• A tamed creature used by a Hunter, Soul Knight, or Summoner 

A Pet can do the following actions

  Command List

• Pet Movement which can be a command as long as the Pet’s Movement and Jump isn’t exceeded.  Examples include… 
  • • Move Order: Sends your pet to a certain location.  If the order is something harmful to your Pet such as off a cliff, the Pet can resist the command, and even break from a Charm Effect with a passing save.
    • Return Order: Command your pet to return to your side or as close as they can towards you.

• Pet Action which can be an individual attack or a combined effort attack.  It can also entail the Pet searching an area, alerting you of a presence, or standing guard.  Examples include… 

• • Attack Order: Command your pet to attack a target.  You may command your pet to use a regular attack or a pet specific skill, though what the Trainer does within the Turn affects the damage of each.  
    • If the player is also attacking, without using a skill, as well as the Pet, the added Intelligence and Strength Damage is not added to either of the attacks, but the enemy’s Vitality and Wisdom Damage Reduction is calculated on each hit and the Pet’s damage is reduced by 50% and cannot crit due to Trainer Interference.  A Pincer Attack still grants advantage on a hit, but a miss on either unit attacking would instead have the Trainer and/or Pet damaging themselves.
    • If the Trainer is not attacking that Round such as using an item, the Pet receives no damage penalties due to no Trainer interference.
  • Stay Order: Commands your pet to stay in an area idle.  If attacked your pet will counter attack, without damage penalty, if they are still within your control and change to Attack Order.
  • Skill Order:  Command your pet to perform a skill in sync with you with an invisible link up until the end of the next Round.  This skill counts as both you and your pet’s action and doesn’t suffer from a damage penalty, but a miss can still hit yourself.  Using a joint attack option is quite powerful, but the link grants your enemies not only an advantage to hit both you and your pet, but also an attack to one deals a ‘free’ 50% the damage taken to the other with your linked spirit.  Hitting both you and your Pet in an AoE attack would deal both the full damage to both as well as the added 50% thereafter.

A player who has at least a 40 Wisdom Score gains the ability “Mount Tamer”, granting them the ability to capture and ride creatures.  Anytime outside of combat, players can summon or dismiss their mount without expending an action.  However, if a mount is summoned during the heat of battle, or even at the start of a fight, this can be done at the cost of the unit’s mainhand action. When on a mount, you gain its Movement and Jump.

• Your mount’s level is the same as it was before it was Tamed. (You need to add Taming mechanics like with Hunter if you haven’t already since mounts are usable by all classes) When your Mount’s health is brought to 0, it is subjected to the Spirit Release countdown like any other creature.
• Anytime you are attacked and take damage, you have a 5% chance to be knocked off it. If hit by an Opener, the percentage increases to 10%. If you are critically hit, your chances of being knocked off are doubled.
• When knocked off your Mount, your mount becomes Feared in addition to everything else that happened to you. A successful Animal Handling check is needed to calm your Mount down. 
  • DR0 – When an enemy is 10+ levels below you, your Mount goes unphased because it knows better. 
  • DR10 – When an enemy is 1 to 9 levels below you, your Mount is slightly startled. Just don’t roll a Natural 1! 
  • DR15 – When an enemy is equal to your level, you’ll need to calm your Mount down. 
  • DR20 – Enemies that are higher level than you give your Mount serious cause for concern. You’ll need to go the extra mile to keep it on your side. 
  • DR30 – Your Mount is terrified and chooses flight over fight; this check is reserved for those rare occasions when your enemies are 10+ levels higher than you.

All weapons have one of three different properties which can aid in your play style, or against a specific enemy.  These include Slashing, Piercing, and Bludgeon.  

A Slashing Weapon causes the Debuff Wounds on a successful hit which deals 1 damage for every odd level you are at the end of each of their Turns.  Wounds can stack up to 3 times, dealing 3 damage at level 1 to 45 damage at level 29. Furthermore, if the target has wounds for more than 5 Rounds, the target will receive the Bleeding Debuff. Wounds last for 1 minute or until patched up with a healing skill or item.

A Piercing Weapon has the ability to go through multiple targets at a 10% chance every level divisible by 5, starting at 5% at level 1, and 65% at level 30. If multiple targets are within the range of the projectile, it deals 50% damage to the second unit hit and 25% damage to the one there after, capping at three targets.

A Bludgeon Weapon grants a 5% chance at level 1, and again every level divisible by 5 (35% at level 30), adding the Shove effect, moving the target back 1 cell from the attack.  Furthermore a successful hit causes Black&Blue Debuff to those wearing Light and Medium Armor, reducing the target’s Max Hit Points temporarily by 10% for 1 minute, stacking up to 3 times (30% reduction).  If the target has Black&Blue for more than 5 Rounds, the target will receive the Bruising Debuff. Lasts 1 minute, or until patched up with a healing skill or item.

Weapon ranges are divided into two groups: Short Range and Long Range. Short Range weapons have a 1-to-2 Cell range. Weapons whose range reaches 3 Cells and beyond are considered Long Range. 

• A Revolver and Crossbow normally have a 6 Cell Range unless stated otherwise. 
• A Rifle has a 9 Cell Range normally unless stated otherwise. 
• A Longbow has an 8 Cell Range normally unless stated otherwise. 
• When positioned on higher terrain, such as a hilltop or a bridge, your long-range weapon gains an additional Cell to its range the higher up you are due to your superior vantage point.  On the flip side, if you are positioned on lower terrain or are forced to fire upward, your long-range weapon’s total range decreases by 1 Cell, as you are compromised by obstacles in your surroundings.

There are two different types of resistances when negating damage.  Vitality and Wisdom grant the unit damage reduction based on set numbers.  10 points in Vitality will lower your damage taken by any physical attack by 2. Conversely, Elemental Resistance is set around percentages.  In addition to resistances, these variables can also constitute immunity or even healing in place of damage!

Numbers on a character sheet normally range from 0 to 200% resistance.  However, with the right gear, these numbers can exceed these variables.

• Units with 200% receive double damage from respective elemental attacks.
• 150% receive 50% more damage.
• 100% does not benefit or harm damage ratios.
• 50% makes you take 50% less damage.
• 0% makes you immune to an element.
• If you pass 0, you will be healed for the percentage of said number. Having -10 will grant you 10% of what you are being hit with.

Be advised that if a creature is immune to an element, they cannot benefit from the elemental perks or elemental specific healing spells either. There may be times in which you’d rather have a lower resistance to a specific element. There are 12 types of resistances, which is shown below, and each pertains to every element which exist in Outerah.

• Creation Resistance
• Destruction Resistance
• Earth Resistance
• Elemethonal Resistance
• Fire Resistance
• Light Resistance
• Neutral Resistance
• Null Resistance
• Shadow Resistance
• Spirit Resistance
• Water Resistance
• Wind Resistance

The type of ground will not only affect whether or not you can hit a target, but also affects your movement.  Without any blockages or impeding terrain, the player can Move and Jump at the full amount.

When traversing terrain that is challenging to move through, your Movement and Jump gets cut in half.  Examples of difficult terrain include: thick forests, deep snow, waist-deep water, mucky swamps, and slippery paths.

Those that can swim in water can move in any straight direction based on their allotted Movement cells including up, down, left, right, forward, and backwards.  Diagonal Movement takes up 1.5 cells.  Half a player’s Jump score can be added to their swimming to thrust forward an additional cell for every two Jump points at the sacrifice of using a Secondary Action and losing 10 seconds of holding your breath.  Furthermore, using weapons, skills, and spells underwater incurs a Minus Charge due to the slower speed of attack being performed.  Using an electric attack is ill-advised and may only damage you.

While mountains are a form of Treacherous Terrain, the mountainous regions offer greater penalties when traversing through them.  Movement is cut by half while the unit’s Jump range remains unaffected.  However, when jumping on a Mountain the player must roll a D10.  Rolling a 7 through 0 allows for a successful jump.  Rolling a 3 through a 6 causes the player Topple.  Rolling a 1 or a 2 makes the player fall down the mountain, requiring an agility save to catch themselves from falling to the bottom and taking considerable, or most likely deadly damage.

The ship itself has multiple sections which can be attacked.  Some of the pieces can outright destroy the airship, while other hiders the effectiveness of it.  The ship sections themselves can be upgraded within the tier system (tier 1 through tier 10) which increases the Hit Points of each part, but each section must be upgraded individually.

• Ship Section: Base HP (which can be upgraded) – Description and Effect [Upgrade HP]
  • Hull: 100 HP (Super Charge) – The entire base of the airship.  Hitting the Hull is the easiest of the parts, and when taken out will launch the Airship out of the air.  However, this part has the highest Hit Points. [100, 110, 120, 135, 150, 170, 190, 215, 240, 275]
  • Mast: 3 at 25 HP Each (Minus Charge) – The tall pillar which holds up the sailcloth.  These sails allow for steady Movements and the ability to Move faster.  With the Mast damaged the airship’s Movement is lowered by 1, every Mast of the 3 destroyed, and grants a Minus Charge when attacking due to turbulence, or a Hyper Charge if all 3 are destroyed. [25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 85, 100, 120]
  • Propeller: 30HP (Hyper Charge) – The spinning motor which is attached to the back of the airship. [30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 85, 100, 115, 140]
  • Wings: 50HP – The attached flexible wings which flow up and down like an oar.  By destroying the wings, you destroy their ability to flow effortlessly in the air, lowering their elevation continuously (-1 Jump), and causing turbulence (Minus Charge when steering for Movement). [50, 60, 70, 85, 100, 115, 130, 150, 175, 200]
  • Deck: 60HP (Plus Charge) – The top part of the airship which allows the crew to traverse the ship and use their weapons.  By damaging the deck, you damage the crew’s ability to attack. [60, 70, 85, 100, 120, 140, 165, 190, 210, 250]

Weapons upon your ship also have Tier Levels which make them deal more damage (tier 1 through tier 10). 

• Mechanical Weapons: Damage – [Range] – Description and Upgrades
  • Cannon: (Tier-Level) D10 + (Tier-Level x 3) – [25 Cells / 50 Cells] – The basic weapon which the sides of the airship have.  
    • These large cannons take 1 Turn to place the cannon in it.  
    • When attacking a Tiny-size or Huge-size unit, the damage is double.
    • Damage is full up to 25 Cells, while half damage is given past 20 Cells, up to 50.
  • Catapult: 5 – 25 Cells – The Catapult can fire many different items from it.  While the upgrades do not deal additional damage, each level increases your range by +5.  Some examples to fire from it are below.
    • Spell Orbs – A spell caster can enchant a blank orb with their spell for 1 Turn, and then launch it on their next turn.
    • A Unit – You may launch a Medium-size unit or lower, but fall damage is applicable.  Hope you have wings!
    • An Item Box – You may deliver items inside a box with or without balloons.  If the balloons are attached, the item box will Slow Fall to the closest land below.

Turn Order: Your team’s turn order takes place as normal.  However, each member is in charge of a certain role on the airship, having you able to either partake in said ship sections for your turn, or move to the deck in order to fight within the grid tile upon it (if enemies are on your Deck).  Your battle mode airship placements include the deck, catapult zone, left cannon zone, right cannon zone, and the helm for the one steering the ship.  The cannon zones are below the deck, and using a sprint during your turn can get you to and from that zone and the deck’s entrance on either side.

Space… the final frontier.  An endless universe… (get it? because we’re open source!)  The spacecrafts which traverse these vast plains of energy have large quantities of shadow elemental energies within to host ample gravity for those upon the ship, while a wind current houses an invisible breathable barrier around the ship.  However, being shoved or tossed off the ship during travels can have you drift off into the infinite beyond. Substations and other satellites can be visited within space.  There might even be hidden treasures to be had in space upon the millions of asteroids and comets around!  Just make sure to bring your own air if you plan on adventuring off the ship! 

While out in Space, your Movement speed is halved; while in range of your ship’s gravitational field, your Movement is normal.  Being out in space means you are in any area outside of a gravitational field. Hookshots are always handy to have, but their use truly shines when traveling through space. In addition to its normal function, hookshots can help players outside of a gravitational field. Simply fire at part of the ship or any part of the structure that the hook can grapple onto. These specialized exploration tools can not only Pull the user, but one can repel using a hookshot. Repelling and similar actions are treated as though the user is being Pushed.

Obstacles can be used to conceal your position or fully cover yourself from attacks.  By putting yourself in a position to block against long ranged attacks, it will allow you to stay at a safe spot while dealing damage from afar.  However, every material isn’t made from the same thing, and weapons or piercing projectiles may penetrate your defenses. 

Sand bags, brick or metallic walls can block piercing bullets; wood can offer you basic protection against weapons, but it is vulnerable to fire. 

An object that covers at least half of your body counts as half cover.  During your attack roll to a creature within Half Cover, you roll a second dice.  If even is rolled then you may hit depending on your other roll.  An odd roll guarantees the miss regardless if you were supposed to hit.  The half cover must be made of something that allows for blocking out that attack, and won’t be considered if it’s just providing concealment, rather than cover.  A hill, a brick wall, and stacked sandbags are examples of cover while a cardboard box, curtains, and stacked up pillows can be penetrated by projectiles and other weapons, only providing concealment.  Certain skills may also bypass Half Cover due to accuracy, as well as 50 Charisma Score higher than a target’s Agility Score.

Certain terrain and objects that are big enough to cover your full body grants you full protection from attacks, making it impossible to get hit by an attack coming from the front.  Full cover can not be beaten regardless of one’s Charisma Score, but some projectiles may be able to overcome full cover, such as an armor piercing bullet.

Upon using an attack or skill which deals damage or healing have different success outcomes.

• Missing a melee attack could be the result of an enemy dodging… or the attacker sweeping the air.
• A miss of a projectile may hit a target next to the original target in a cone shape by rolling 1D6, or by the Outeran Guide’s discretion. 
• A miss from a magical attack or buff by reflect gets retargeted somewhere random on the map by rolling 2 D10s within a 10×10 area as the focal point.  Damage, healing, or buffs are factored into this new area.
• A hit with a weapon or physical skill of any kind deals the specific elemental damage.
  • Added Damage: Attack Dice Roll + Strength + Weapon upgrades if applicable
  • Subtracted Damage: Vitality + Armor upgrades if applicable + Defense
  • Resistance Factor: 100% = 1x DMG; Below = Less DMG; Above = More DMG
  • If Critical Hit? Multiply by 2.
    • Formula for Regular Attack: Weapon Dice Roll (+) [Weapon upgrades if applicable – Armor upgrades if applicable] (+) [Strength – Vitality – Defense] (x) or (/) Elemental Resistance (x) Critical if applicable
• A hit with a wand’s projectile or a magical spell of any kind deals the specific element’s attack.
  • Added Damage: (Attack Dice Roll + Intelligence)+Weapon Multiplier if applicable
  • Subtracted Damage: Wisdom + Magic Defense
  • Resistance Factor: 100% = 1x DMG; Below = Less DMG; Above = More DMG
  • If Critical Hit? Multiply by 2.
    • Formula for Magic Attack: Weapon Dice Roll (+) Intelligence – Wisdom – M-Defense [(x) or (/) Elemental Resistance] (x) Critical if applicable
• A healing skill has the Elemental Resistance factored in the effectiveness of the healing output whether it’s based on an item or spell.
  • A fire aligned creature using a water infused potion heals for 50% the normal value; a water spell to heal on a wind aligned creature heals for 50% the normal value.  Imbibing a potion infused with your boon element will always cause you to heal for half of what you would otherwise be healed for.
  • A creature that is immune to the element whether being healed or attacked neither takes nor receives damage pertaining to said element.
• To see if an attack hits a player must roll 1D100 (D10+percentile die).
  • Formula for Hit Check: Crit Check (if not…) → Enemy Agi vs Attacker’s Charisma +/- Direction Facing
  • The direction a player is facing may add or subtract an extra point.  Attacking head on loses ten numbers off the D100 as a successful hit.  Attacking from behind grants ten additional numbers on the D100 to hit.  Attacking on the sides neither adds or lowers any points of success or failure to either party.

All damage over time effects, also known as DoTs, takes place at the start of the Turn unless otherwise specified.  This can be an after effect or from debuffs such as poison.  All healing over time effect, also known as HoTs, takes place at the end of the Turn. Druid spells are a common example of HoTs.

There are skills and soul gems which grant the player use of a Trigger Action, a retaliatory attack that becomes active when the player is attacked.  In addition to these awesome abilities, there are rare soul gems that grant the player the power of Auto Skills!  These auto-action skills activate when the unit is attacked and regardless of whether or not it receives damage.  For example, the unit may imbibe a potion upon being attacked.  This differs from Trigger Action because auto-actions may include, but are not limited to attacks.  Bear in mind that only one of these soul gem types can be active at a time, meaning that you cannot stack a Trigger Action or an Auto-Skill.  If the unit has both types of soul gems in their sockets, they can choose between which one will activate.  Trigger Actions, unless otherwise specified, are usable only once every Round.  Auto Actions, on the other hand, will continue to proc every time the criteria is met throughout the Round.

Effects can be good (Buff) or bad (Debuff) and they are categorized into tiers!  The higher the tier, the more potent the effect! Throughout the Tome, specifically the skill section, you will see Buffs and Debuffs mentioned in this format…

[Prefix if applicable] Name of Status Effect (Number of Rounds effect is active)

Examples: Void Poison; Everlasting Burn(3)

Effects can be good or bad and they are categorized into tiers!  The higher the tier, the more potent the effect.  This chart shows the main 21 status effects; there are 60 effects in total which can put the hurt on an unfortunate victim, each of which pertains to specific Core Stats.  A D100(D10+percentile die) is rolled before factoring the alignment to you to see if you resist it using your Core Stat.  Status effects can stack, so be careful!

Negative Effects

• Effect: Name of the Negative Effect
• Tier: The ranked tier of said Negative Effect
• Number: The numeric value, if any, given to a negative effect, used in certain skills
• Description: The Effect which is temporarily given to a creature when inflicted with the alignment.
• Minimum: The least amount of turns a negative effect subsists before the unit is able to resist it with a D100 roll, each turn increasing the unit’s odds by 5% (+5 to your D100 after the first minimum roll). 
• Stat: The Core Stat which affects your resistance to a negative effect.  Every 1 point of said stat increases your resistance of it by 1%, which equates to one number off a D100.  A 100 in a stat makes you immune to all status effects which target that stat.

A positive buff needs to be rolled to see if it is successfully casted and only lasts for the duration listed. However, a reapplication of a Buff will start the Round counter anew!

Buffs: Positive Effects

• Effect: Name of the Buff Effect
• Number: The Number, if any, given to a Buff Effect, used in certain skills
• Description: The Effect which is temporarily given to a creature when inflicted with the Buff.
• Lasts: The amount of Rounds which the skill will last in battle.
• Success: The rate of success given to a Buff when at 10 Wisdom.  Every 10 Points of Wisdom thereafter increases your success chance by 10%, which equates to one number off a D100.

Badass

There are certain cases where you’ll meet such a badass individual! Though not all badass beings are equal.  Below marks the amount of awesomeness each has.