Combats Scrolls - Rual Ilmarranen

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Well, well… "Most correct", "wise one", heh heh… Ahem, I am not the source of ultimate knowledge, but your words warm my soul. A good word goes long way when dealing with others, especially if you're sincere about it. I do have wisdom to share with you and so I shall help you. Remember this: to understand this world is important, but above that you must first understand yourself. And that's exactly what I'm here for - to tell you something about you and to test if you've learned the lesson. That's my purpose and that is what I will do now.

• I'm all ears.

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Good, good. I only hope that the knowledge sits well with you and won't fly away through those open ears. Let's start from the basics. As long as you're in health - you are alive. It is that green health points - HP bar just over your image. So, how much do you have now? Oh, a healthy boy, aren't you? Don't get too confident though. Every hit to your fragile self will take some of health away. In the end it will drop to zero and you'll die. Too bad, but you'll get used to it. After you fall in battle, you'll be brought back to life, slowly recovering health while watching others fight. You can eat something or use magic to make things go faster. The faster you'll recover - the faster you can get in another fight.
So, did you understand everything about HP?

• Clear as day, teacher.

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Teacher, heh… so many years passed since people called me that. You bring joy to the old man. So, we were talking about HP and there's something directly related - endurance. Spend a point on the endurance and get a whole lot of 6 extra HP. If you want to stay alive longer - train your endurance. How's that for a tip?

• Thank you, teacher.

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There's not much to thank for, idiot. You're standing around all healthy, so what? What can you do? Your attack like a weak child. You're an easy target to hit. You've got your health, but it will be down in a seconds. Who cares how long you can handle pummeling - all that matters is how fast you can bring down your foe. And how will you do that? To strike well you need strength. The more strength you have, the harder you hit. Strength and endurance are the primary characteristics of the Tanks. They hit well and stay alive through mostly everything. Their fights tend to be long, but they're closer to victory with each strike.

• With every strike?

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Yes, with every strike. But don't you think that everything is that simple. The intuition matters as well. With it you can sometimes find an opponent's weak point and pull a staggering strike called critical. Even if enemy is defending, you can strike right through block. Equally, you won't be happy when you'll be hit by one of those. But the better your own intuition are, the more insight you'll have in opponent's actions and so you'll be able to see through attempts to hit you with a critical. Critical warriors, as the fighters specializing in intuition sometimes called, aren't all that buff, yet they can cut an enemy down before he even touches them.

• I understand, teacher. But how do I…

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How do you evade such strikes? Easily - that's what agility is all about. If you're agile, you'll evade enemy attacks and won't let him evade yours. Even if opponent happens to hit a spot you didn't block, you'll always have a chance to evade attack altogether. Even if your strike is off, you'll be able to adjust it. Dodgers with a high agility are like wasps. A single sting doesn't hurt that much, but you just won't hit them in return. No matter how big axe you bring he will just gut you with a simple knife as you swing your weapon against thin air.

• But, teacher…

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