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[Restoration] Sneak Peak #1: Delay Turn

Added 2024-07-28 20:06:42 +0000 UTC

An idea that's been around (and is fairly common in the tactical RPG genre) is to allow some characters to delay their turn until later in the round when other battlefield factors change, namely positions on the battlefield that have become open. In particular, back-rank battle entities who happened to roll high initiative could be penalized for it and be stuck behind allied lines and unable to do anything for the first round.

To address this we're going to be adding Delay Turns for the upcoming 0.2 alpha release.

There are two types of delays: a short delay of 5-7 turns, and a longer delay of 10-14 turns. Each round, a battle entity can perform up to two short delays, or one long delay. Delays must be done before any movement or combat ability points are spent. It does not matter if a battle entity is missing some movement points from a status effect such as Rooted, Limping, etc.

This should allow for ranged units in the back row wait for allies in the front row to be able to move forward first, making the first round of combat much more impactful.

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In other news, the first newly restructured $5-tier NPC art and $10-tier Questing polls will be launching on Wednesday, July 31. If you have ideas for quests that can be summed up in a sentence or two, or any NPCs in the game who either have no art or reused art from the dynamic forms, please post any suggestions you have in the comments!