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Character Gameplay Showcase: Metis

Sorry for the wait! Did you guys miss the Character Gameplay Showcase as much as I missed making them? Good, because it's back! If you missed the previous ones, check them out here!

Callox Pallisade
Dmitri Harcourt
Dais Kreutz

Introducing Metis! One of the most fun and interesting characters on the roster, I hope to make people take another look at what the 'Rogue' archetype can be.



Hired bodyguard (and loyal friend) to Professor Dais Kreutz on his investigation, Metis is an skilled, if somewhat reticent warrior from a foreign land. Metis joins Callox alongside the professor as a package deal, and what a deal she is; high agility combined with utility and buffs for days!

Metis a dagger wielding Rogue, ready to lend her skills to the benefit of your party and to the detriment of your enemies. As a high agility character, Metis has much utility, beyond just 'being fast'. Her Guile skill tree allows her to employ misdirection, chaos, confusion against groups of enemies, Menace allows Metis to disembowel and dismantle single targets AND take advantage of their weaknesses to great effect, and Alchemy gives her and allies much appreciated buffs and bonuses to make your life easier and your enemies lives harder!




A lot of Metis' skills revolve around making enemy forces miserable while aiding your own forces. The ability Up in Smoke allows Metis to eliminate all threat headed her way and enables her to stay safe in the shadows, and perform critical hits while obscured! And of course what would a rogue be without the ability to Steal? Unlike most games, you know your probability to steal an item right off the bat, so you can decide whether or not its worth your turn and time to do so!



Metis' also has an array of offensive skills as well; skills like Quick Nick allow her to strike before anyone else in the turn, sacrificing a bit of damage for the ability to possibly end battles quickly and decisively.



Perhaps the most fun of Metis skills are her Alchemy skills, while they cost actual items to cast, they grant an array of buffs and powers to your enemies to enhance and complement their strengths!

Here's some other skills that Metis brings to the table


Misdirect-Reduce 50% Threat to a selected ally.
Exploit-Ignores Back Row, and inflicts double damage on Stunned enemies.
Shadow Walk-If attacking from Hidden status, inflict a guaranteed Critical Hit.
Premeditation-Marks an enemy, and that enemy is more susceptible to critical hits for 3 turns.
Echo of Silence-Stay Hidden for 2 additional turns.
Gimme the Loot-Increase Steal Rate by 25%

That's Metis for you! Employ her to maximum effect to screw your enemies day up! She's one of the most fun characters in the game, and can complement any party. I hope you have as much fun using her as I had designing her. Next up is our gunner mercenary, Amelia V. Drangeford! Stay tuned!

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Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15170
That's one giant dagger.

Is stealing going to be really good in your game, and if so is Metis the only thief? I hate when RPGs only give you one thief, basically requiring you to use them if you want everything. (Games like Xenosaga 3 got around this pretty well by letting a variety of people learn thievery skills!)
Neat. More and more this is making me want to use a more powerful engine...

Craze's idea is a good one, even if the secondary thief/temporary stealer doesn't get any of Metis' stealing-related skills, making her still the best thief. Nothing worse than finding a party that works and then being forced to change it up because there's a non-repeatable fight that has the best item to steal.
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