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New Feature Revealed... State of Mind!

  • Yoraee
  • 05/17/2018 08:31 AM
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Hi everyone! Its been a while since I've updated here. Its time for yet another mechanics post!

Today I’m gonna talk about the State of Mind system (SOM for short).

There are two types of SOMs, Flourish and Destruct.

Flourish SOMs are positive emotions. These SOMs result in boosting the character’s stats making them more effective in battle.

Destruct SOMs on the other hand are negative emotions. As you’ve probably guessed by now, these detract from a character’s stats, reducing their effectiveness in battle.

In Black Crystals you’ll find that your characters accumulate various Flourish and Destruct SOMs. The accumulation of SOMs and their overall impact on a character’s stats is shown in the menu/battle menu like this



How long do SOMs last? That depends on a very important character state called the Retain.



There are two retain stats per character, a Flourish Retain, and a Destruct Retain. Some characters retain Flourish SOMs longer than Destruct SOMs. Some are the opposite. Retains can be modified, but that is a story for another time! ;)

A cool thing about SOMs is that their importance is not only related to battles and fighting and stats, but they also add to the character’s personalities. You’ll get to learn more about the characters by the SOMs they obtain during specific situations.

That’s it for now :) I hope you enjoyed this post and found this mechanic interesting!

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AceOfAces
Engineering to infinity!
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That's a rather unique mechanic outside of horror games. Kudos!
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