Basics

Weapon Triangle

This image shows the triangle of effectiveness when choosing Sword, Shield, or Scroll

Score

Your total wins in the current run.

Lives

Your current life total. Once this reaches zero, the run ends. Your total lives cannot exceed 3.

Enemy Box

This box contains info on the current enemy.

Enemy Class

This stat determines the enemy's proficiencies.

Enemy Proficiency Signifiers

These icons represent the enemy's likelihood of choosing Sword (Str), Shield (Def), or Scroll (Wis). They also represent the enemy's stat distribution.

Option Menu

This menu contains audio controls, the game guide, and two options for returning to the home page.

Skill Check Menu

This menu contains the players skill check options.

Combat

Sword, Shield, Scroll

In "Sword, Shield, Scroll", the user selects one of three weapons to clash against their opponent. The enemy will choose an attack of their own once the player has made their selection. Like Rock, Paper, Scissors; the victor is decided based on the weapon triangle located in the center of the screen.

The player can view the opponents Proficiency Signifiers at the top of the screen to help determine the enemy's potential weapon selection. Despite this, all enemies have the potential to choose any weapon type, just with varying degrees of likelihood.

Skill Check

Once per level up, the player can instead use a Skill Check to determine the outcome of combat. A Skill Check pits the player and the enemy's chosen stat against each other to determine the victor. In the case of a tie, the player will always take the win. The player can use the enemy's Proficiency Signifiers to aid in determining if they will succeed in the Skill Check. The more arrows, the higher the enemy's stat is in that specific skill.

If the player wins the Skill Check, their score will increase by one. If the player has less than three lives, they will also gain a life!

Losing a Skill Check results in the player losing a life and gaining no score.

Leveling

Upon reaching fives wins, the player will level up! The player can then choose two +1 stat boosts.

Encounters

After combat or level up, you have a random chance of finding an encounter! Encounters place the player in a scenario with multiple options.

Should the player win the encounter, their score will increase by one.

Failure (which can only occur when the player selects a Random Chance choice.) results in the player losing one life.

Encounters are optional, but more on that in a moment.

Luck Option

The first choice presents the player with an option to complete the scenario with a percentage chance. This chance is displayed on the right hand side of the option and changes based on the encounter. These are the only options that have a chance of failure, so proceed with caution!

Stat Option

The second option is only selectable if the player currently has the appropriate stat level required. The requirement is located on the right hand side of the option, and the stat required is signified by the icon on the left of the option.

Class Option(s)

Based on the players current class, a class option may appear! Each prompt has one or more unique class options the player can choose if they are the required class. If a prompt doesn't have a class option, you are not a class that has a class option. See how many unique class options you can find!

Flee

The final option of every encounter gives the player the ability to flee. This will result in no score being earned but the player also wont lose a life for doing so. If your only option is a Luck option and you're on your last life, it may be safer to flee!