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Herringway’s Kode of Battle

Introduction

Welcome to Herringway Arena! Test your skills against famous bosses of all types in this collaborative RPG system.

Each battle consists of one or more enemies, a ref to keep things moving (mostly) and plenty of player-controlled combatants. The goal is to defeat the enemies by cooperating with your teammates, usually by reducing the HP of the enemies to zero before they do the same to you.

Terms

• HP: Health Points. Run out of these and you’re dead! Hope someone else is merciful…
• SP: Skill/Spell points. You can spend these in battle to use your abilities.
• A-Skill: Active Skill. These are skills that you purchase with XP and can use whenever your turn comes up.
• P-Skill: Passive Skill. These are skills that you purchase with XP and provide various effects, like increased magic strength or HP absorbing.
• Caster: Refers to whoever is using an ability, regardless of whether or not it is magical or physical.
• Unit: A specific combatant in the battle.
• Arena Barrier: Similar to the ref barrier, this barrier protects the audience from everything going on in the arena. The reverse is also true - those inside the arena are safe from those who are outside.
• RCP: Referee Control Panel. This wonderful device is responsible for all the arena functions, from protecting the audience and ref to simple stat displays. Occasionally crashes or glitches. Usually operated by the ref, but not always…
• Ref: Short for referee. The person refereeing is responsible for keeping the battle moving, resolving conflicts and generally making sure things stay fun, even if that means ending the battle. Ingame, the ref is responsible for operating the RCP and is an active part of battles. Normally, the ref is present but protected by a ref barrier, preventing any negative effects from affecting them. But when the barrier goes down… beware.
• Ref Barrier: This barrier is projected by the RCP on the ref and RCP itself during normal operation. Whoever is protected enjoys immunity to everything thrown about the arena.

Battle Objectives

The ultimate goal of a battle is to defeat your opponents.

• Standard Rules: Reduce your opponents to 0HP before they do it to you.
• Survival Battle: In these battles, you fight for your survival in harsh arena conditions. Hazard set is permanently set to evil and the RCP is likely in need of a reboot.
• Coin Battle: Gain money when dealing damage. Participants cannot die in this battle type.
• Horde Battle: No boss, just lots of enemies. Defeat as many as you can!
• Player Vs Player: Your opponents are other players!
• Party: Anything can happen, but it’s probably good!
• JOKAR: ha ha ha

Turn System

Each battle is divided into several (hopefully) rounds. At the start of each round, players choose an action to take. Once everyone has decided what they will do, the actions will execute, with the fastest combatants going first and the slowest going last. Some status effects change the number of turns a player will get in a round. Enemies may be able to take multiple turns as well.

A round will be resolved once all fighters have selected their actions, or when the ref runs out of patience. Fighters that haven’t picked any actions won’t do anything that round. Don’t miss your turn!

Note that some skills may be used freely while deciding actions - You can use as many of them as you want, but unless stated otherwise, you may use each one only once per round.

At the beginning of each round, a Hazard is selected. The effects of the selected hazard will not activate until the next round, however.

Every fighter recovers 10% SP at the start of a round.

Skills

This system has two main types of skills. A-Skills are Active Skills, skills you can use when your turn comes up in battle. P-Skills are Passive Skills, which are always active. Players can choose any combination of skills as long as they do not exceed the point limits. Players currently have 2000AXP and 1000PXP to spend on A-Skills and P-Skills respectively. Players cannot earn additional XP, but the limit will rise over time for everyone as the system progresses.

A-Skills

Many A-Skills have multiple levels, often adding more power and/or effects. Selecting skills will increase a relevant statistic.

Default A-Skills

Everyone has access to these a-skills no matter what they choose.

• Fight - Deals physical damage with a 1.0x multiplier.
• Defend - Halves damage taken for this turn.
• Mix - Combines two items into one. Can be used before a round is resolved. Positive results not guaranteed…

Physical A-Skills

Name	AXP	Description	Prerequisites	Boosted Stats	SP Cost
Cutting Edge	100AXP	Deals 3.0x water damage.		ATK, DEF	10
Plume Edge	100AXP	Deals 5.0x water damage.	Cutting Edge	ATK, DEF	20
Ragnarok	100AXP	Deals 3.0x earth damage.		ATK, DEF	10
Odyssey	100AXP	Deals 5.0x earth damage.	Ragnarok	ATK, DEF	20
Planet Diver	100AXP	Deals 3.0x fire damage. 5.0x if jumping.		ATK, DEF	10
Planetary	100AXP	Deals 5.0x fire damage. 8.0x if jumping.	Planet Diver	ATK, DEF	20
Astral Blast	100AXP	Deals 3.0x wind damage.		ATK, DEF	10
Thunder Mine	100AXP	Deals 5.0x wind damage.	Astral Blast	ATK, DEF	20
Elec Sword	100AXP	Deals 3.0x lightning damage.		ATK, DEF	10
Elec Blade	100AXP	Deals 5.0x lightning damage.	Elec Sword	ATK, DEF	20
Saint Cross	200AXP	Deals 5.0x holy damage.		ATK, DEF	20
Jump	100AXP	Allows caster to jump into the skies for one turn, out of range of many attacks.		ATK, DEF	10
Dive	100AXP	Deals 9.0x non-elemental damage. Only usable while caster is jumping.	Jump	ATK, DEF	20
Drain Jump	100AXP	Deals 5.0x non-elemental damage and heals the caster for the same amount. Only usable while caster is jumping.	Jump	ATK, DEF	20
Ultra Jump	100AXP	Deals 4.0x non-elemental damage and jump back into the sky. Only usable while caster is jumping.	Jump	ATK, DEF	20
Metal Cut	300AXP	Deals 2.0x non-elemental damage. Cuts through defenses.		ATK, DEF	30
Magnum Break	200AXP	Deals 3.0x fire damage to all enemies.		ATK, DEF	20
Chomp	250AXP	Pull out a random item and throw it.		ATK, DEF	15
Throw	400AXP	Throw a held item.		ATK, SPD	0
Sledge	100AXP	Deals 4.0x non-elemental damage, 35% chance of inflicting mini status.		ATK, DEF	20
Element Sonic	300AXP	Deals 1.25x fire/water/lightning/earth damage to 4 units.		ATK, DEF	40
Muramasa	150AXP	Deals damage equal to caster max hp - current hp.		HP, ATK	20
Goblin Punch	100AXP	Deals 8.0x non-elemental damage if caster and target’s hp digits add up to the same number.		HP, ATK	0
Magic Hammer	150AXP	Deals 1.0x non-elemental damage to target’s SP.		ATK, DEF	20
Ice Shard	150AXP	Deals 3.0x ice damage. Hits before other moves.		ATK, DEF	20
Dizzy Punch	200AXP	Deals 3.0x non-elemental damage. 50% chance of afflicting target with confusion.		ATK, DEF	20
Dynamic Punch	200AXP	Deals 12.0x non-elemental damage, but is likely to miss. Will confuse if it connects.		ATK, DEF	20
Sky Uppercut	150AXP	Deals 4.0x non-elemental damage and can hit targets that are normally unreachable.		ATK, DEF	15
Shadow Claw	200AXP	Deals 4.0x dark damage. Increased chance of critical hit.		ATK, DEF	20
Steal	150AXP	Steals an item from the target.		ATK, SPD	10
Steal Dexterity	150AXP	Inflicts slow on target and grants user haste.	Steal	ATK, SPD	25
Steal Power	150AXP	Inflicts Attack- on target and grants user Attack+.	Steal	ATK, SPD	25
Steal Defense	150AXP	Inflicts Defense- on target and grants user Defense+.	Steal	ATK, SPD	25
Steal Health	150AXP	Inflicts Poison on target and grants user Regen.	Steal	ATK, SPD	25

Magical A-Skills

Name	AXP	Description	Prerequisites	Boosted Stats	SP Cost
Fira	100AXP	Deals 3.0x fire damage.		MAG, MDEF	10
Firaja	100AXP	Deals 5.0x fire damage.	Fira	MAG, MDEF	20
Blizzara	100AXP	Deals 3.0x ice damage.		MAG, MDEF	10
Blizzaja	100AXP	Deals 5.0x ice damage.	Blizzara	MAG, MDEF	20
Thundara	100AXP	Deals 3.0x lightning damage.		MAG, MDEF	10
Thundaja	100AXP	Deals 5.0x lightning damage.	Thundara	MAG, MDEF	20
Aera	100AXP	Deals 3.0x wind damage.		MAG, MDEF	10
Aeroja	100AXP	Deals 5.0x wind damage.	Aera	MAG, MDEF	20
Bio	100AXP	Deals 3.0x poison damage.		MAG, MDEF	10
Bioga	100AXP	Deals 5.0x poison damage.	Bio	MAG, MDEF	20
Zammle	100AXP	Deals 3.0x dark damage.		MAG, MDEF	10
Kazammle	100AXP	Deals 5.0x dark damage.	Zammle	MAG, MDEF	20
Holy	200AXP	Deals 5.0x holy damage.		MAG, MDEF	30
Gravity	100AXP	Deals 25% HP worth of gravity damage.		MAG, MDEF	30
Graviga	100AXP	Deals 50% HP worth of gravity damage.	Gravity	MAG, MDEF	40
Quake	300AXP	Deals 6.0x earth damage. Targets everyone.		MAG, MDEF	15
Drain	100AXP	Deals 3.0x damage, and heals user for the same amount.		MAG, MDEF	15
Osmose	50AXP	Drains SP from an enemy. 1.0x multiplier.		MAG, MDEF, SP	1
Osmosega	100AXP	Drains SP from an enemy. 2.0x multiplier.	Osmose	MAG, MDEF, SP	1
Hyper Beam	300AXP	Deals 12.0x non-elemental damage. Caster cannot act next turn.		MAG, MDEF	50
Flare	300AXP	Deals 6.0x non-elemental damage. Pierces defense.		MAG, MDEF	30
Ultima	300AXP	Deals 5.0x non-elemental damage to all enemies.		MAG, MDEF	30
Psyshock	100AXP	Deals 4.0x non-elemental physical damage.		MAG, MDEF	20
Aqua Breath	200AXP	Deals 4.0x water/wind damage to all enemies.		MAG, MDEF	30
Breath Wing	200AXP	Deals 25% HP gravity/wind-elemental damage to all enemies.		MAG, MDEF	60

Support A-Skills

Name	AXP	Description	Prerequisites	Boosted Stats	SP Cost
Cura	300AXP	Heals 2.0x damage.		MAG, MDEF, HP	10
Curaja	300AXP	Heals 4.0x damage.	Cura	MAG, MDEF, HP	20
Astra	200AXP	Blocks a status effect-causing attack.		MAG, MDEF, HP	20
Prayer	150AXP	Heals 1.0x damage and grants regen status to targets.		MAG, MDEF, HP	30
Protect	100AXP	Doubles physical defense.		DEF, MDEF, HP	30
Shell	100AXP	Doubles magic defense.		DEF, MDEF, HP	30
White Wind	300AXP	Restores an amount of HP equal to caster’s HP to all allies.		DEF, MDEF, HP	40
PSI Healing α	100AXP	Heals negative status effects, except death.		DEF, MDEF, HP	20
PSI Healing Ω	100AXP	Heals negative status effects, including death.	PSI Healing α	DEF, MDEF, HP	40
Slots	300AXP	Spin the slots for something good!		HP, SP	15
Disappear	150AXP	Gain the missing-in-action status for one round.		ATK, SPD	15
Dragon Dance	400AXP	Grant Haste, Attack+ and Defense+ to user.		HP, SPD	40
Find Item	300AXP	Look around for an item. This doesn’t use a turn and can only be used once per round.		HP, SPD	0

P-Skills

P-skills are your passive abilities. Many of these can change your playstyle significantly.

Name	PXP	Description
Magic Power+	500PXP	Increases magic power by 50%.
Attack Power+	500PXP	Increases attack power by 50%.
Piercing Blow	500PXP	Fight now ignores defense.
Reckless	200PXP	Increases attack power by 50%, decreases defense by 25%.
Sluggish	200PXP	Increases attack power by 50%, decreases speed by 50%.
Turbo SP	500PXP	Magic strength and cost increased by 30%.
Elemancy	500PXP	Elemental spells treat enemy resistance as if it were 25 lower.
Mystic Blade	250PXP	Spells can be cast through weapons. Treat as physical attacks instead.
Geomancy	500PXP	Gain a stat bonus and/or status effect related to the current arena, usually positive.
Mugging	250PXP	Steal x skills have increased success rate and can deal damage.
Integration	500PXP	Can choose to “equip” items instead of using them, gaining a (usually) beneficial boost.
Status Boost	500PXP	Negative status effects are more likely to land.
Bloodbath	500PXP	Increases damage by 50% at the cost of 12.5% max HP per turn.
(Element) Resist	200PXP	Increases resistance to an element by 25.
Auto-protection	150PXP	Begin battle with protect and shell.
Undead	100PXP	Begin battle undead.
Double or Nothing	100PXP	Attack and magic power double, but your accuracy is halved.
Regenerative	300PXP	Begin battle with permanent regen.
Lightweight	100PXP	Begin battle with permanent float.
Speedy	200PXP	Begin battle with permanent haste.
Evasive	500PXP	Boosts physical evasion by 50%.
Dual Wield	500PXP	You automatically use Fight in addition to your selected action.

Base Stats

With no skills or other modifiers, everyone has 100 HP, 100 SP, 50 ATK, 50 DEF, 50 MATK, 50 MDEF and 10 SPD. The main way to increase stats is to invest AXP in relevant [A-Skills]. Final stats are determined by a set of formulae:

ATK, DEF, MATK and MDEF: StatBonus = sqrt(3 * XPSpentInRelevantSkills)

HP: StatBonus = sqrt(4 * XPSpentInHPSkills + 0.5 * XPSpentInDEFSkills + 0.1 * XPSpentInMDEFSkills)

SP: StatBonus = sqrt(4 * XPSpentInSPSkills + 0.1 * XPSpentInATKSkills + 0.5 * XPSpentInMATKSkills)

Speed: StatBonus = sqrt(2 * XPSPentInRelevantSkills)

All stats are rounded up to the next nearest integer.

Presets

While you can choose your own skills, you may also join battle with some pre-made sets.

White Mage

Mostly healing, but not totally defenseless.

A-Skills

• Cura
• Curaja
• Protect
• Shell
• Astra
• Prayer
• White Wind
• PSI Healing alpha
• PSI Healing omega
• Osmose
• Osmosega
• Holy

P-Skills

• Regenerative
• Speedy
• Magic Power+

Black Mage

Destroy everything with magic!

A-Skills

• Fira
• Firaja
• Thundara
• Thundaja
• Blizzara
• Blizzaja
• Flare
• Ultima
• Osmose
• Osmosega
• Quake
• Bio
• Bioga
• Gravity

P-Skills

• Elemancy
• Magic Power+

Spellblade

These warriors channel magic through their bodies to fuel unusual, powerful techniques.

A-Skills

• Cutting Edge
• Plume Edge
• Ragnarok
• Odyssey
• Planet Diver
• Planetary
• Elec Sword
• Elec Blade
• Astral Blast
• Thunder Mine
• Metal Cut
• Magnum Break
• Life Sword
• Saint Cross

P-Skills

• Attack Power+
• Piercing Blow

Ninja

Masters of sabotage and assassination.

A-Skills

• Throw
• Chomp
• Muramasa
• Find Item
• Shadow Claw
• Disappear
• Steal
• Steal Dexterity
• Steal Power
• Steal Defense
• Steal Health

P-Skills

• Dual Wield
• Evasive

Elements

Element	Symbol
Water	💧
Fire	🔥
Lightning	⚡
Wind	🌪️
Earth	⛰️
Poison	☣️
Holy	✝️
Dark	😈
Ice	⛸️
Gravity	🌑

Status Effects

Positive

• Protect: Unit’s defense is doubled.
• Shell: Unit’s magic defense is doubled.
• Haste: Unit’s speed is double.
• Bubble: Unit’s HP is doubled.
• Aura: Unit will not take damage if it less than the number indicated.
• Auto-Life: Raise will automatically be cast on this unit when it dies.
• Metal: Unit’s defenses are raised significantly.
• Quick: Unit has twice as many turns this round, and may use these new turns immediately after gaining the status.
• Attack+: Unit’s attack stats increase by 50%.
• Defense+: Unit’s defense stats increase by 50%.
• Regen: Unit recovers 1/8th of their max HP each round.
• Elemental Infusion: Unit deals 50% more damage with a particular element and gains 25 resist against that element.
• Reflect: Most spells targeted at unit will bounce off and hit the caster.
• Last Stand: Unit will survive the next fatal blow with 1HP.
• Astra: Prevents the next negative status effect from landing.

Negative

• Blindness: Halves accuracy of unit.
• Silence: Unit cannot use magic or sound-based a-skills.
• Paralysis: Unit cannot use physical a-skills.
• Slow: Halves speed of unit.
• Poison: Unit loses 1/8th of their max HP each round.
• Sleep: Unit cannot take turns. Healed by physical attacks.
• Confusion: Unit’s a-skills have a 25% of their target changing. 25% chance of failure. Healed by physical attacks.
• Stop: Unit cannot take turns.
• Frozen: Unit cannot take turns. Thawed by fire.
• Old: Unit’s stats drop until healed.
• Doom: Unit is KOed once timer expires.
• Lock: Unit may only use default a-skills.
• Embargo: Unit may not use items.
• Sap: Unit loses 1% of their HP each round. Usually expires after 5 rounds.
• Petrified: Unit is unable to act and is considered dead.
• Attack-: Unit’s attack stats decrease by 25%.
• Defense-: Unit’s defense stats decrease by 25%.

Neutral

• Berserk: Unit loses control, but gains +50% attack. Cannot be confused.
• Mini: Unit’s attack drops to 1, but evasion doubles.
• Float: Unit avoids earth attacks, but cannot jump or pick up items.
• Reverse: Unit is healed by damage and damaged by healing.
• Mushroom: Unit cannot act, but regenerates HP every round.
• Missing in action: Unit cannot act, but also cannot be harmed.
• Undead: Unit is healed by most instant death effects, but harmed by healing.

???

• Imp: Unit can’t use items or most a-skills, but…?
• Glitched: Things will happen.

Miscellaneous Rules

• Multitargetting: Some a-skills can optionally target multiple units. When this occurs, damage is divided according to the number of units. This does not apply to skills that are always multitargetted.
• Elemental Resistance: A stat that determines how much damage you take from a particular element. 100 is the standard, representing the normal 100% damage taken. A resist of 50 means 50% damage, 200 means 200% damage, etc.

Custom Shop

Looking for even more variation? Look no further! You can earn HL for these by defeating bosses.

• 50000HL: Noise change. You’ll gain several positive and negative attributes from a boss you’ve fought before. Which boss? The ref decides.
• 5000HL: Elemental armour. You’ll absorb one element and be weak to another.
• 5000HL: Law card. You can use one of these to nullify a rule of your choosing, such as hazards or their lingering effects. Not everything may be nullified. You must choose what to nullify when you purchase. Lasts for one battle. This will affect EVERY fighter, so beware…
• 10000HL: Chet Rippo will boost one of your stats…?
• 0HL: Smiles are free! :)

Hazards

Hazards are random effects that occur each round after the first. They will be announced at the start of each round and take effect at the start of the next. Many of these are one-time effects, like dealing damage to random fighters or inflicting status effects. Others linger for the entire round, affecting rules or empowering random fighters. Others are permanent and will last throughout the battle. See hazards.md for a list of hazards.

NOTE: Hazards are extremely incomplete.