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Contents 1 General Game Features 1.1 Characters 1.1.1 Races 1.1.2 Classes 1.1.3 Attributes 1.1.4 Attribute Pools 1.2 Level System 1.3 Skill System 1.4 PVP System 1.5 Combat System 1.6 Magic System 1.7 Crafting System 1.8 Travel System 1.9 Loot System 1.10 Weapons 1.11 Armor 1.12 NPC System 1.13 Quest System 1.14 Shop/Auction System 1.15 Guild System 1.16 Group System 1.17 User Interface

General Game Features

• Dark Fantasy setting
• Base game will be implemented and built upon over time
• Awards and Trophies for game play achievements

Characters

Races

• 1 playable race to start (Humans)
  • Add other Bipeds later. Elves, Dwarves, Brutus.
• Take control of and play as monsters
  • Which type of monster controlled will be determined by player level

Classes

• Skill based system, classify characters general archetype

Attributes

• Strength
  • Used in max Carry calculations
  • Reduces negative effects of heavy armor
  • Increases damage with most melee weapons
  • Increases damage with some ranged weapons
• Dexterity
  • Used in max movement speed calculations
  • Increases damage with most ranged weapons
  • Increases damage with some melee weapons
• Fortitude
  • Used in health and stamina calculations
  • Increases stamina regen
• Intelligence
  • Used in mana calculations
  • Increases mana regen
  • Increases effects of most spells

Attribute Pools

• Health
  • Does not regenerate, must be healed with first aid or magic
  • Most damage does not directly affect Health without the character first being out of Energy
    • Stealth attacks, Critical Hits, and some Special attacks/magic affect Health directly.
• Energy
  • regenerates at a slow pace in combat, faster while out of combat, and very quickly while resting
    • Energy is used to perform skills, attacks, and evade incoming skills/attacks/magic
• Mana
  • regenerates at a slow pace in combat, faster while out of combat, and very quickly while resting
    • Mana is used to cast spells or in conjunction with certian skills, also is depleted when maintaing spells

Level System

• No hard level cap
• Dynamic levels while grouped
  • While grouped the lower level players abilities will be scaled to be comparable to the higher level players.
• PvP combat will be dynamically adjusted for level difference between opponents

Skill System

• Tree based with specialization platforms
• Melee Tree
• Ranged Tree
• Magic Tree
• Stealth Tree
• Utility Tree

PVP System

• Free for all PvP
• Private Party Dueling: Non-Factional PvP combat to allow for ante and limit outside interference. Includes system for ladder tournaments, and team based combat.
• Dynamic PvP Combat: PvP combat adjusted based on the level difference between opponents
• Dynamic Faction System: Heroes/Demons
• PvP Ranking System and Bonuses
• Loot will include token item with player level/rank comparisons (i.e. dog-tag collection)

Combat System

• Melee Combat
• Ranged Combat
• Magic Combat
• Combat participation level
• How will Avoidance be handled?

Magic System

• Offensive Spells
  • Direct Damage Spells
  • Buffs that improve combat abilities
• Defensive Spells
  • Stamina fortifying spells
  • De-buffs to reduce combat abilities
• Utility Spells
  • Travel Spells
  • Buffs to increase crafting abilities

Crafting System

• Weapon/Armor Decay and Repair
• Consumable Items
• Ingame Decoration

Travel System

• Teleportation/Fast Travel
• Self
• Mounts
  • Ground
  • Flying

Loot System

• How to avoid monty Haul issues?

Weapons

• Weapon balance between size, speed, damage type, and targets armor
• Weapons are not level dependent, if the player has a favorite weapon model/texture they can use it throughout the life of the character

Armor

• Any armor able to be equipped by any character
• Armors are not level dependent, if the player has a favorite armor model/texture they can use it throughout the life of the character.
• Different armor types will cause varying degrees of penalties
  • Heavier armor reduces combat speed, magic regen, and certain skill checks.
• Armor type and composition has effect on damage pass through
  • Metal armors weaker to electrical
  • Plate armor more resistant to blunt damage than mail or leather

NPC System

• AI

Quest System

• Dynamic Quest Initiative: Facilitate quest accessibility by players of all levels

Shop/Auction System

• Unattended Auction

Guild System

• What benefits do we provide to guild members?
• Tools/commands for guild management?

Group System

• Max group size limit 8 players
• Dynamic Group Level: Incorporate players of varying levels into the same group
• Group XP Distribution: XP is assigned for each monster killed based on the players Combat participation level

User Interface

• Chat
• Hot Keys
• Inventory
• Status Bar
  • Player, Group, Target