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Damage types

Physical

reduced by Physical Defense

Everything else

reduced by Magic Defense

Poison · Acid

damage first — each may also apply its status

Radiant

ignores Physical Defense AND resistance

Gear & effects

can cut one specific type further

Status effects

Poisoned

damage every turn; worse aim, easier to hit

Acid Covered

you deal less and take more

Blind

hit chance cratered (from Radiant)

Chilled

movement reduced

Burning

significant damage every turn

The ground fights too

Poison tile

a chance to Poison you each step

Acid tile

moderate damage + Acid Covered

Icy tile

double move cost; may fall prone

Aflame tile

sets you Burning, and trails fire

Raw stats — the knobs you turn with JP

Strength

physical attack, and HP

Constitution

HP and physical defense

Dexterity

accuracy, dodge, defense

Agility

initiative and move range

Intelligence

magic attack + defense (softens Radiant)

Wisdom

the off-stat that feeds everything

Battle stats — calculated from your build

HP

← Constitution · what you can take

MP

← Intelligence · fuels your skills

Initiative

← Agility · who acts first

Physical Attack

← Strength · your weapon damage

Magic Defense

← Intelligence · the only softener of Radiant

AP

← Speed · actions per turn, grows slowly

The shorthand

XP

fills the bar → level up

JP

spend on your raw stats

SP

spend on the skill tree

MP

fuels your skills

AP

actions per turn

EP

grows a skill through use

Skill types

Action (red)

spends AP and MP on your turn

Reaction (yellow)

fires on its own when triggered

Passive (blue)

always on, costs nothing

In battle

• No random encounters — you see enemies on the field. Where you make contact groups them, and the ground you stand on becomes the grid.
• Facing counts before the first blow: the direction you're facing when combat starts feeds the initiative order.
• It counts during the fight too — strike a foe from behind and you'll land the hit far more often than meeting them face to face.

Growing stronger

• Win fights for XP, then level up — each level grants JP for raw stats and SP for your class's skill tree.
• Skills grow with use: lean on one and it earns Expertise, getting stronger over a run.
• Spend your JP and SP after every level. An unspent pile is wasted power.