The following is a list of common special battle system effecting skills. Each of these take up one skill position. If your character can do multiple things that cause a positive stat effect, simply call it different things in your narrative when it is used as both will effect the battle system in the same way.
Please note that stat effects do not stack thus a character may not gain benefits within the battle system for having Haste and Str Up cast on them at the same time, unless these spells are effecting different bonuses (ie, one adds +3 to melee and one adds +3 to ranged.)
NOTE: You may gain one battle skill per job level for a total of
three battle skills. Additional skills can be purchased at Level 3 for a currently undetermined Star Gem fee.
NOTE: Buffing skills like numbers 01 through 06 cannot be used on more than one target at a time, nor can they stack. If you have just added a +6 to someone's melee, you cannot give them another bonus to melee until the one they currently have has worn off.
NOTE: In general, buffs should be used by characters such as Time Mages, White Mages, Bards, etc. If your character does not primarily function in a support capacity and you must take a buff, we would prefer if you restricted it to '(self only)'. For example, a Berserker would use
Positive Stat Effect (self only) to increase his melee stat when going into a Rage. He should also only be able to increase his melee, even though we are allowing people to buff all three of these stats in one skill. Try to be logical about things.
3nodding 01. Positive Stat Effect: You are able to positively effect a target's melee, ranged, or magic/other. The associated bonus is +3/+6/+9 depending on job level. The effect lasts 1, 2, or 3 rounds depending on job level. If you have this skill, you have access all of it's potential uses. So your character is not restricted to just boosting melee, they can also boost ranged and magic. Examples include: Str Up. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart. Target can be (self only) or (any).
02. Negative Stat Effect: You are able to positively effect a target's melee, ranged, or magic/other. The associated bonus is -3/-6/-9 depending on job level. The effect lasts 1, 2, or 3 rounds depending on job level. If you have this skill, you have access all of it's potential uses. So your character is not restricted to just subtracting from melee, they can also subtract ranged and magic. Examples include: Blind. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart.
03. Positive Stat Effect (Evade): You are able to positively effect a target's evade. The associated bonus is +2/+4/+6 depending on job level. The effect lasts 1, 2, or 3 rounds depending on job level. Example: Haste, Shield. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart. Target can be (self only) or (any).
04. Negative Stat Effect (Evade): You are able to negatively effect a target's evade. The associated bonus is +2/+4/+6 depending on job level. The effect lasts 1, 2, or 3 rounds depending on job level. Roll a d20 after casting this spell; if a 19-20 is rolled the character is prevented from taking any action for 1, 2 or 3 rounds depending on the caster's class level. They are asleep or frozen in place or tangled in vines, etc. Example: Slow, sleep. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart.
05. Poison: The opposite of Regen. You are able to poison a target, causing continued damage to their HP over rounds. This damage is -3/-6/-9 depending on job level. The effect lasts 1, 2, or 3 rounds depending on job level. A skill such as "Bleed" representing a heavily bleeding wound or "Burn" representing a continuously painful burn wound would act in this fashion as well. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart.
06. Regen: The opposite of Poison. You are able to heal a target, causing continued healing to their HP over rounds. This damage is +3/+6/+9 depending on job level. The effect lasts 1, 2, or 3 rounds depending on job level. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart. Target can be (self only) or (any).
07. Attack Multiple Targets: You are able to manipulate your weapon (or magic) to hit more than one target in a single round. Take a -2 penalty to your total per additional enemy targeted. This skill does not need to be magical in nature. There is no point requirement.
08. Summon Shield: You are able to summon a magical creature to take damage for you. This creature adds a +5/+10/+15 HP bonus to your stats depending on job level. If you lose HP in an amount equal to the bonus provided, the shield is destroyed and may not be resummoned during that battle. Shield creatures may only be summoned by people deeply involved in magic (or, in other words, those characters who use the magic HP progression.) (A shield creature and an HP pet may not stack bonuses.) This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart.
09. Shift Form: You are able to magically change your form into that of another - most likely an animal or possibly a plant. In this form, you may rearrange your point distribution to reflect that of the changed form, but you must follow the standard point distribution rules. You may also adjust your HP by ±3/±6/±9 (+ for a large animal, - for a small animal, no change for a medium animal) and your evade by ±1/±2/±3 (+ for a fast animal, - for a slow animal, no change for an average animal). Racial bonuses do not stack as you are no longer in that form of that race. If your form shift is non-mobile, all bonuses aside from HP drop to 0. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart.
10. Randomizer: This attack creates a random effect. You may define the results, but we have a formula you need to follow. Your character attacks as normal, and if it hits roll a second d20 without any modifiers applied. Depending on what you roll, something different happens. This skill is limited mostly to people with unstable tools or magic, and may be granted or denied on a case-by-case basis. We'll be carefully monitoring this ability to stop it from becoming a cheap method to gain access to 4-5 new skills. You may modify the numbers as you wish to have it make sense for your character, but here's a basic formula.
1-3 >> Something bad happens to your character or her/his allies.
4-10 >> Something okay happens in your character's favor.
11-17 >> Something a little better happens in your character's favor.
18-20 >> Something really good happens in your character's favor.
11. Charge: If your character spends one round doing nothing but studying their proposed target, they can give themselves a one-time bonus on their next attack against that person with their chosen skill. At level 1, they give themselves a +3, at level 2 it's a +6, and at level 3 it's a +9. This bonus only lasts for the round directly after the character has studied their target and then disappears. This skill does not need to be magical in nature. There is no point requirement.
12. Remove Effect: Removes all negative status effects such as poison or slow from a target. Only successful if you roll above a 12 at first level, above a 9 at second level, and above a 6 at third level. This cannot be used to remove magical wards or other continuous spells. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart.
13. Dispel: Removes all magical effects, negative and positive, from a target. Only successful if you roll above a 12 at first level, above a 9 at second level, and above a 6 at third level. This can be used to remove magical wards or undo things like haste from an enemy or slow from an ally, but it doesn't work on things like poison, blind, bleed, etc. unless they are specifically said to be magical. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart.
14. Cure-all: All allies within 10 feet at first level, 20 feet at second, and 30 feet at third are healed. since the spell is being spread thinner, the heal is less potent. Make a heal roll normally (d20+M/O) and divide that number by half (round down), and all allies in range get those points healed. For instance, when you roll a 10 +3 which divided by two will be a 6, all allies in range are healed 6 points. This is a magic/other skill. See point requirement chart.
15. First-Aid: Through non-magical means you are able to heal a small amount of points to a target. If they are in critical condition, this skill will stabilize them. The total points healed is determined by rolling a d6 +1/+2/+3 progression based on class level. So a first level ninja would heal a d6+1, and a third level knight would heal a d6+3. This skill does not need to be magical in nature. There is no point requirement.
16. Disarm You are able to disarm a foe within 5 feet of you. Upon successful action (d20+melee - opponent's evade), roll a second d20 to determine if foe is properly disarmed. Chance of disarming foe increases per level.
Level 1: 1-14 >> Failure, 15-20 >> Success! Your foe drops his weapon.
Level 2: 1-12 >> Failure, 13-20 >> Success! Your foe drops his weapon.
Level 3: 1-10 >> Failure, 11-20 >> Success! Your foe drops his weapon.
If disarmed, the target must take one round retrieving their weapon and may not use their bonus until then. This skill does not perform damage. There is no point requirement.
17. Signature Move: Your character has trained in a special move that does greater damage than they usually perform. Unfortunately this move is exhausting and may not be performed often. For this special attack you may stack
two bonuses, ie. d20+melee+ranged and use this in both determining success of attack as well as damage. All buffs continue to take effect. At level 2, you can use this skill once per battle. At level 3 you can use this skill twice per battle, but not consecutively. You may not take this skill at level 1. Examples of this skills usage are Dragoon's High Jump (melee+ranged) and Elementally Charged Strikes (m/o+melee or m/o+ranged). There is no point requirement.
18. Critical Strike: By sacrificing your own personal safety, you may throw yourself into a single attack. For every point removed from your evade bonus, you may add an equal number to your melee or ranged bonus, potentially surpassing the stat limit. This bonus is only present for one attack, but the evade reduction lasts for the opponent's next two turns. The maximum amount of evade that can be removed is 9. 03. Positive Stat Effect (Evade) is canceled when this skill is used and cannot be recast on you until your evade returns to normal. This skill can only be taken at level 3. There is no point requirement.
19. Attack Vital Areas: Your character has learned how to target vital areas to cause extra damage to his foes. When rolling for standard d20 damage, you roll two d20s. The first determines success and damage, while the second determines if the following takes effect:
Level 1: This skill is not available at level 1.
Level 2: 1-17 >> No additional damage, 18-20 >> Opponent takes an additional 6 points of damage.
Level 3: 1-16 >> No additional damage, 17-20 >> Opponent takes an additional 9 points of damage.
01. Positive Stat Effect (Melee, Ranged, Magic/Other) cannot take effect on a character using this skill. This skill cannot be taken at level 1. There is no point requirement.
20. Last Resort: In a last ditch effort to defeat your opponent, you throw a crushing blow. Unfortunately you also suffer a great deal of recoil damage as a result which could very well knock you unconscious (or sacrifice a large portion of your HP, if you're a Dark Knight). If successful, the damage you would typically inflict is multiplied by two. You take equal damage to yourself. This attack cannot be performed prior to the fourth round of a battle. This attack can be taken at level 3 only. Examples of this skill are Dark Knight's Sacrifice skills. There is no point requirement.
