Board Thread:Stories/@comment-26186871-20170929005553/@comment-26186871-20171005201100

Part 4-Battle Tutorial

So, our hero walked into the dungeon, ready to begin, when he encountered a monster.. And triggered a tutorial. The elderly man from his dream appeared, interrupting the battle before it even began.

"Halt!! Allow me to teach you the ways of battle. You may have noticed you left the overworld, and entered a battle "world". Do not be alarmed-You will return to where you came from when the battle is over.. If you survive, that is. Let's go over the menu. 'Attack' means a regular attack, dealing a moderate amount of damage. 'Special' allows you to use magic, which have certain effects, like giving the target a status condition, lowering their stats, or dealing higher damage than a normal attack would. But, it is magic, so it costs MP. 'Item' just means using an item, and 'Flee' lets you attempt to run away, but it doesn't always work. Now, this monster looks pretty weak, and we want to kill it. The Amazing, try a regular attack."

"What about ACTUALLY attacking it?", the hero asked. "As in, actually walking up to the monster, and hitting it with my sword?", the hero continued. "Attacking using the menu can't be dodged, so it's more efficient!", the man answered. "Just use the menu and press the button!"

And so, the hero did- Dealing 12 damage to the monster. The monster attacked back, dealing 3 damage. "Fights in this world are turn-based:Once you make an action, whether it's using an item, attacking, or failing to flee, your opponent gets to attack YOU! Keep this in mind-You don't want your HP to drop to 0, for then you will die. Go ahead and finish off the monster with another attack", the man spoke. The hero did, and the monster was slain-5 gold and 8 experience points were gained. "Goodbye, and good luck on your quest.", the man said, as he left.