Book, Blade, and A Whole Lot of Magic: What is The Game? · 6:38pm Apr 10th, 2015
Hello, Readers of Book, Blade, and a Whole lot of Magic!
I have had some questions sent to my Inbox on what the game is, So I'm going to explain!
First off, What is the name?: Quite Honestly, Its a Line of gibberish that Maybe only the Merchant can read. However, I will refer to it as Project Sigil.
What's the game based on?: This one is going to be a bit of an explanation.
Project Sigil has roots in a few different games, which results in a very complicated set of mechanics she lives under.
Stats: Her Stats fluctuate as she Trains and develops, or Doesn't. She has a set of Base Stats, which are permanent, and do grow when she Levels. Her Temporary Stats are the ones she gets by purposely Training in certain ways, Such as going jogging to bring her Constitution and Speed up until she Levels. She will gain 1/5th of her Temporary Stats as Base Stat upon level up.
Magic: The Magic She Knows is a Mix of Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced A2, and My own Imagination.
Her Final Fantasy Magick:
All Black Magic
All Blue Magic
All High Magic
All Time Magic
All Arcane Magic
All Lore Magic
White Magic is Limited: Cure, Cura, Shell, Protect, and Esuna
The Signature Guile Skills.
Sigils:
Teleport
Stasis
Demon Speed
Magic Trap - How she made the Lightning rune on the ground, simply by infusing the trap with Thunder.
Magic Enhance - The way she is able to Make her Katana do things it shouldnt be able to do as a typical weapon.
... And Many others, that Are Spoiler related.
Quite Honestly, She has A LOT of magic, Most of which Ponies could easily have learned. Some of the Commoner Ponies lines have learned a select few of her spells, Including the Lineage of Strawberry Vine...
Boss Mechanics: These comes from Dark Souls, where its a Win or Die situation, and Will appear as the game deems neccesary. Usually this is a Test for Illua, Scaled to her abilities plus any Party Members she is with, as in the case of the Jungle Wyrm. The only Warning Illua gets about the Bosses is a floating black window Saying 'Boss Appeared; [Insert Name here]'. The Item's she gets from said bosses only are given to her, and its up to her to share the loot.
Inventory: This works much like a Normal RPG does, where she opens up her Menu and equips or pulls out as needed. The Pockets in her Dress will only allow her to pull out money or Consumables (Potions, Ethers) quickly. There is no Weight Limit as the stuff is in a form of Pocket Dimension, as per a "Bag of Holding"
Crafting: The way she crafts is Common Sense. i.e to make a Card, you need Paper, Ink, and a cutting blade. To make cooked chicken, you need a Chicken and something to cook it with. Its Obvious. However, the way she crafts is different. She must open the crafting Menu to select what she wishes to create, and have the materials nearby. It is not instantaneous, as the Item is crafted step by step by her hands, allowing her to customize the item more than if it were instantly made in a few moments. It takes time to make these items, Longer for more detailed items. An Example would be 30 minutes for making a card or two, while it would be easily 8 hours of work to Make a set of clothing, Armor, or a new weapon.
A simple Glance at her items and Equipment:
The Grimiore of the Rift: The Book she carries with her, and what gave her her knowledge and abilities. This is what holds the Sigils she uses for easy casting, rather than drawing them out and temporarily powering them on the environment. It's easily her most used tool.
The Tarot Cards and The Whetstones: A few of the Items that she brought with her from Earth, They have been affected by the magic of her Grimoire. The Tarot Cards cover the Major Arcana of Persona 3 FES, and each one as a different ability, which is modified by which element she feeds it. The Whetstones act like the Dark Souls' Resin, enchanting the weapon Temporarily, except these never diminish, and come in many more options.
Nightshade's Dress: The outfit she wears. While it looks more like clothing, its a lightweight outfit that protects her from status ailments and resists magic with ease, while providing little protection versus physical strikes.
She Does have other equipment, but I wont get into those today.
Leave a Comment if you would like to know more, and I will tell you, as long as it doesn't Spoil the story!
Thanks for Reading!
