Demon Manual

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                               Game Manual


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1. Introduction

Demon is a game born from a rather odd pair of parents: roguelike dungeon
crawlers such as Rogue, Tales of Maj'Eyal, and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup; and
monster collection games such as Pokemon and Shin Megami Tensei.

Players take up the mantle of a Summoner, a human who by finding one of many
strange Relics has gained the ability to recruit and summon monsters as allies.
The Relic eventually learns to mimic the specific powers of these companions
and can also be used to pass powers from one monster to another. But with these
gifts comes a curse: Relics invariably draw their bearers to a mysterious tower
from which none ever seem to return...

The most up-to-date information and builds are always available at:

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http://demon.ferretdev.org

The Geminimax tile set is currently in active development, and you may
contact the creator and see more of his art at:

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http://geminimax.deviantart.com

The Ontoclasm icon set is currently in active development. You may contact
the creator Samuel Wilson (Ontoclasm) and see more of his art at:

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https://ontoclasm.itch.io/


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2. Character Creation

To begin, you will have three choices to make: a relic, a primary element, a
and finally, a name.

If you simply wish to dive in and start playing immediately, or can't make
up your mind about one or more choices, it is worth noting you can press
Enter during these steps to accept a random selection for that choice instead.
(In the case of name, it uses the name you last used, or Player if you have
never entered a name of your own before.)


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Relics

The abilities of a summoner are not inborn, or gained by training. A human can
only become a summoner with the aid of one of several relics. Your first and
most important decision during character creation is choosing which relic your
summoner will use.

The relic you choose influences:
* Your starting relic upgrades.
* Your character's in game appearance.

A brief synopsis of the eight relics and their starting upgrades follows.

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Crown of Glory
Begins with Capacity Up IV and Copy Saver. Capacity Up IV allows you to have
a total of 7 demon allies, more than most other Relics can at the start. You
can still only summon 3 at a time, but the deeper bench can provide
flexibility and the ability to survive longer, drawn out battles. Copy Saver
reduces the cost of Copy Ability, which is useful with so many allies.

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Eye of the Dragon
Begins with Capacity Up III, Enemy Sense, and Item Sense. Capacity Up III
permits a total of 6 demon allies, which is a bit more than normal. Enemy
Sense and Item Sense reveal the locations of every enemy and item on a dungeon
floor the moment you set foot on it, and also help you find hidden enemies
and items after fully exploring a floor.

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Faithful Heart
Begins with Capacity Up II, Revive Demon, and Nightingale. Capacity Up II
allows you to have 5 demon allies at once. Nightingale speeds up recovery
for unsummoned allies, and Revive Demon allows you to restore life to dead
demons.

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Hand of the Dead
Begins with Capacity Up II, Lifeguard, and Consume Demon. Capacity Up II
grants the capacity for 5 demon allies. Lifeguard greatly reduces the MaxHP
your allies temporarily lose to near death experiences, while Consume Demon
lets you temporarily drain MaxHP from allies to heal yourself.

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Horns of the Hunt
Begins with Capacity Up IV and Far Summon II. Capacity Up IV you to have 7
demon allies, more than most Relics allow. You can still only summon 3 at a
time, but the deeper bench can provide flexibility and the ability to survive
longer, drawn out battles. Far Summon II allows you to deploy summoned allies
at a considerable distance from yourself, creating interesting tactical
possibilities.

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Orb of Power
Begins with Capacity Up II, Transpose Soul, and Translator. Capacity Up II
lets you have 5 demon allies at once. Transpose Soul allows you to sacrifice
demons to learn rare, hard to find abilities, while Translator reduces the
Credits you pay to learn from demons the normal way via Copy Ability.

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Titan's Fist
Begins with Aux Guard II and Aux Power II. Lacking a Capacity Up upgrade,
Fist Summoners begin only able to have 3 demons in their stable. However,
this limitation fits well with Aux Guard II and Aux Power II, which provide
defensive and offensive support based on how few demons you currently have
summoned.

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Vodun Mask
Begins with Capacity Up III, Enemy Lure, and Call Demon. Capacity Up III
expands your demon ally limit to 6, a touch more than most get. Enemy Lure
and Call Demon are both methods of calling forth additional demons: Enemy
Lure produces random groups, Call Demon lets you call for specific beings.
The demons these powers call can be fought for experience, recruited, or
perhaps put to other uses by the clever...


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Starting Element

Once you have chosen a relic, you will need to choose the element which will
be the source of your character's starting ability.

The starting element you choose influences:
* Your starting ability.
* Your elemental resistance.
* Your elemental weakness.

The following are brief descriptions of the sorts of abilities generally
provided by each element.

Slash   : Physical attacks focused on mobility and supporting allies.
Impact  : Physical attacks focused on disabling and debuffing enemies.
Pierce  : Physical attacks focused on providing various secondary effects
          such as life-draining and poison.
Fire    : Magical attacks that deal damage and Ignite targets, dealing damage
          over time for a few turns. Can also provide access to esoteric
          means of healing and refreshing yourself and allies.
Ice     : Magical attacks that deal damage and Chill targets, degrading their
          overall combat performance. Can also provide access to defensive
          boosts and effects that drain enemy Stamina.
Elec    : Magical attacks that deal damage and Shock targets, disabling them
          for a brief period of time. Can provide great power if you accept
          some risk, including methods of rapidly recovering your own Stamina.
Body    : Magical attacks that attack characters' bodies with poison, draining,
          disease, etc.
Mind    : Magical attacks that assault characters' minds, stunning them, putting
          them to sleep, sending them into panicked confusion, etc.
Matter  : Magical attack that affect characters' physical structures: melting
          them with acid, disintegrating them, turning them to stone, etc.
Light   : Magical attacks that have powerful and unique effects, but are often
          restricted by conditional usage or cooldowns. Certain Light and
          Dark abilities conflict with each other if used by the same character.
Dark    : Magical attacks that have powerful and unique effects, but are often
          restricted by conditional usage or cooldowns. Certain Light and
          Dark abilities conflict with each other if used by the same character.
Heal    : Abilities that restore the health and status of allies.
Buff    : Abilities that improve the combat performance of allies.
Debuff  : Abilities that degrade the combat performance of enemies.
Defense : Abilities that prevent or mitigate damage and other forms of harm.
Movement: Abilities that aid in faster than normal movement, including
          teleportation effects.


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Name

Your new character also needs a name. Names must be at least 3 and not more
than 12 letters. Keep in mind when choosing a name that other players may be
able to see the name you choose.



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3. Stats

Every character in Demon has a collection of values called stats that provide
information about its performance in combat.

The stats, and what they mean, are as follows:

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Level
  * An overall expression of the character's power.
  * Increases HP and improves overall combat performance.
  * Increases as the character gains experience through combat.
  * Progress towards the next level is shown next to the Level display.

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HP
  * The character's health, expressed as current / maximum.
  * Decreases when the character is damaged, recovers by healing magic or
    over time.
  * If it reaches 0, the character is dead (usually permanent!)
  * If the character in question is the main character, the game is over!
  * Increases with level. Different characters gain it at different rates.
  * You can automatically rest to heal by hitting r or w when out of combat.

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SP
  * The character's stamina, expressed as current / maximum.
  * Required and used to activate most special abilities.
  * Recovers rapidly over time.
  * You can automatically rest to heal by hitting r or w when out of combat.

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Speed
  * How often, relative to normal, a character gets to act.

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Strength
  * Increases the Power of physical (Slash, Impact, Pierce) attacks,
    including basic attacks.
  * Increases defense against damage (at half of shown bonus).

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Magic
  * Increases the Power of magical (Fire, Ice, Electricity, Body, Mind,
    Matter,	Light, Dark) attacks and healing.

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Vitality
  * Increases maximum HP.
  * Increases chance to avoid negative status effects.

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Agility
  * Increases chance to hit with and evade physical and magical attacks.
  * Reduces effects of off-center attenuated attacks (if bonus is positive).

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Cunning
  * Increases chance to affect enemies with negative status effects.


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Stat Effectiveness

You can mouse over Strength, Magic, Vitality, Agility, and Cunning in a
given character's character sheet to see how much of a bonus it is providing
in the area it governs versus an opponent of the character's level.

Naturally, if the opponent is lower level, the bonus will be higher than
listed. And of course, if the opponent is higher level, the bonus will be
lower than listed.

This mouseover will also preview any changes being considered for that
stat, such as from level up bonus points being spent or from stat adjustments
brought about from a modifier being applied to a demon, showing both the
current bonus and the post-change bonus.

A few notes on stat effectiveness:

* A bonus of 0% against an equal level opponent is reached when a stat's
  value equals Level+9. Each multiple of Level+9 achieved will increase
  the bonus by 25%.
* Falling under Level+9 in a stat can result in a penalty of up to -25%.
* Some stat effects use less than the listed bonus; this is indicated in
  documentation and tooltips when it is the case. For example, Strength's
  defense adjustment only uses half your bonus (or penalty.)
* Keep in mind for Vitality and Cunning that the bonuses they apply to
  resisting and landing negative effects multiplicatively, rather than
  additively. For example, if your Cunning is showing a +50% bonus, your
  chance to land a negative effect that normally has a 35% chance is 52.5%,
  not 85%. (Agility and hitting and missing with attacks also works in
  this way.)
* Stats are a long-term investment. Early on, it will be easy to see
  significant changes with relatively few stat points. But as you advance,
  bonuses will more resistant to change. Plan ahead!
* Demons follow set patterns as they level, causing their bonuses against
  equal level opponents to change very little or not at all as they advance.



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4. Exploration

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Movement

You can move your character using the arrow keys, numeric keypad (try both
Numlock on and off), or (if you enable the proper option) an alternative
set of keys: "hjklyubn". If you hold Control while using these, all of
your currently summoned allies will be forced to use their next turns
also moving that direction.

You can also press 'o' to auto-explore the dungeon: this will automaticaly
stop for interesting things, such as monsters or items. Notably, it will
wait until a level is fully explored before investigating potentially
dangerous objects, such as corpses.

The tower is filled with stairs and portals that serve as means to move
between levels and entirely different places. When standing on a stair or
portal, you can press '<' or '>' to travel up, down, or through it. You can
also use 'Shift-P' to bring up a quick travel list of any portals you know of
on the current level: selecting one will automatically attempt to take you
back to it (though your automated travel will be interrupted if you run into
enemies.)


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Inspecting Your Surroundings

You can mouse over items, portals, and characters you encounter in the tower
to access a tooltip with some basic information about the object in question.

Right-clicking a character will bring up a detailed character sheet that can
tell you anything you might want to know: use the left and right arrow keys
to switch between the multiple pages of information provided.


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Resting

You can press 'r' or 'w' after combat to automatically rest until your entire
party (including party members not currently 'active') are fully healed. Rest
will automatically halt if enemies come into view or some other threatening
situation arises (such as a poisoned character reaching low health.)



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5. Party Management

As a summoner, management of your party of monstrous allies is paramount to
your success. No matter how great your personal power grows, the forces of the
tower are too numerous to overcome alone.


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Summoning and Dismissing

One of the most important things in combat is making sure you have a full
party of allies active and ready to fight. You can use 's' to summon up to
three of your allies: if you don't have three to summon, remedying this should
be a top priority! There is no cost or penalty to having party members active,
so you should almost always travel with a full active party of three for
maximum safety.

Allies who get in trouble or badly out of position should be dismissed back
to inactive status using 'd'. Remember: death is permanent for your allies
too!


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Recruiting Allies

Recruiting new allies is critical to your success: a summoner accompanied by
only his starting ally will soon find the dangers of the tower overwhelming!

Use the 'a' key to activate a link with an enemy of your choice, but note the
following rules:

* The target cannot be a human.
* You may not have an ally of the same name in your party already.
* The target cannot have the Distrust status effect (caused by failed links.)
* Any pre-conditions specific to the character must be met. These will be
  spelled out if you attempt to select a demon as a target for a link.

Once a link begins, you will need to fulfill the conditions displayed at the
upper-right corner of the screen in order to successfully recruit the new ally
Be aware that there are a wide variety of conditions potential allies may have
for successful links and may include pitfalls such as time limits, forbidden
actions, and additional penalties for failure.

Note that there is a limit to how many allies you may have at one time. If you
recruit a new one and already are at this limit, you will be forced to delete
one (but you will get one last chance to spend any use Copy Ability to copy
their abilities to yourself or other allies.)



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6. Combat and Abilities

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Attacks and Abilities

In terms of direct action, you can perform basic attacks by simply 'moving'
into an enemy character using the movement controls, but this tends to be
rather underwhelming in terms of results.

Abilities provide much better options during combat, and most can be used by
pressing the corresponding number (1-8) on the main keyboard and then
selecting a target using the movement keys, followed by Enter to confirm
the target and execute the ability.

All abilities have a single elemental type (Slash, Fire, Buff, etc.) which is
listed in their tooltip. When other effects refer to the element of ability,
this is the element they mean, even if the ability in question deals damage
or applies other effects that are of different elements. For example, the
Fiery Claw ability is a Slash ability that deals Slash and Fire damage:
it can be Blocked with the Block Slash ability, since it is a Slash element
ability, but Flame Ward has no effect since it is not a Fire element ability,
despite dealing Fire damage.

Most abilities have Stamina costs (represented in their mouseover toolips
as "20 SP", for example): you must have the listed amount of Stamina
available to use the ability.

Abilities may have special conditions that must be met for their use: these
will be spelled out in the tooltip for an ability. These conditions usually
relate to the state of the caster (example: caster at half health or less),
the state of the target (example: the target has the Infection status effect),
or the environment over all (example: four or more enemies in fight.)

Some abilities are passive (and always in effect), or reactive (and thus
automatically take effect under certain conditions): these do not need to
be directly used, nor can they be. Passive and Reactive abilities have
circular icons, rather than the square icons of active abilities that may
be used at will.

Finally, ability descriptions use a number of terms that are worth giving
brief definitions of:

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Attenuated
This attack cannot miss or be Parried, but damage and chance to inflict
status effects drops off the further away from the center of the blast the
target in question is. Off-center targets with high Agility will take still
less damage and have even lower chances to be affected by status effects.
Note that the user's Agility is irrelevant for aiming or dealing damage
with an Attenuated attack (though Cunning still applies for inflicting
any status effects.)

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Block
A supplemental defense that provides a chance to cancel an attack that would
otherwise have hit. Block bonuses are usually element-specific. Block can
trigger against attenuated attacks, but the chance will be reduced the closer
to the center of the blast you are.

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Bonus MaxHP
Some rare abilities have the ability to temporarily increase your MaxHP, often
by draining it from enemies. Bonus MaxHP is limited to 33% of your base MaxHP,
and will be slowly shed as you take damage. Bonus MaxHP can also cancel out
MaxHP damage, should you have any accumulated.

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Cannot Miss
This attack cannot miss, be Blocked, be Dodged, or be Parried.

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Chance
When an ability refers to a chance of something happening, it is giving the
base chance, before modifiers from stat bonuses and other sources. For
example, the user's Cunning bonus and the target's Vitality bonus modify the
chance of an ability inflicting a negative status effect.

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Delay
Some abilities refer to a chance, or even multiple chances, to delay the next
turn of their target(s). These work mostly as you'd expect, but it is worth
noting consecutive turn delays have diminishing returns until the target
actually gets to take a turn.

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Dodge
A supplemental defense that provides a chance to cancel an attack that would
otherwise have hit. Dodge can trigger against attenuated attacks, but the
chance will be reduced the closer to the center of the blast you are.

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Fast Action
This ability takes only half the usual amount of time to execute: your next
turn will more quickly after using it.

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Free Action
This ability does not take any time to execute: it will still be your turn
after using it.

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Last Action
Some abilities reference the last action of the user and/or target(s), usually
as a condition for their use. Your last action is the non-reactive ability
you used last. Note that any status effect that completely prevents you from
taking actions (Shock, Stun, Sleep) will clear out your last action as well
when applied.

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MaxHP Damage
Some particularly unpleasant attacks deal damage to the target's MaxHP. Lost
MaxHP is recovered automatically by earning experience points, but you can
speed the process along by using Pure Stones or Pure Gems, or by using
abilities that drain MaxHP from targets.

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Movement Ability / Not a Movement Ability
Some abilities indicate they count as a 'movement ability'. This allows them
to benefit from any bonuses (or penalties!) movement abilities may receive,
even though the ability does not actually cause movement. Conversely, if
an ability says it is 'not a movement ability', it does not benefit from
such adjustments despite the fact it does actually cause movement.

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Parry
A supplemental defense that provides a chance to cancel an attack that would
otherwise have hit. Parry bonuses tend to be large, but are only available
in limited circumstances. Unlike Block and Dodge, Parry cannot trigger
against attenuated attacks.

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Power
A relative, linear measurement of the damage an attack deals. For example,
a 40 Power attack does half the damage of a 80 Power attack. Also used as a
equivalent measurement of healing: a 60 Power attack deals the same amount
of damage a 60 Power healing ability heals.


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Death and Preservation

Preservation refers to a pair of mechanics summoner Relics (both your own
and those wielded by other summoners you meet) use to try and preserve the
lives of summoners and their demon allies during times of great danger.

Relic Preservation: Affects the summoner. If you take what would be fatal
HP damage, your Relic will attempt to save you by converting the HP damage
to MaxHP damage, at the rate of 1 HP to 2 MaxHP.

Demon Preservation: Affects the summoner's demons. If a summoner's demon
takes fatal damage, the Relic will try to save it via Demon Preservation.
This will only work if the demon still has at least 40% of its MaxHP. If
successful, the demon is unsummoned instead of being killed, but will have
its MaxHP drastically reduced by the trauma of the near-death experience.
MaxHP blinks red when it is below the threshold for Demon Preservation,
to provide a visual warning of when a demon will not be able to be saved
this way.

As a reminder, lost MaxHP is recovered automatically by earning experience
points, but you can speed the process along by using Pure Stones or Pure Gems,
or by using abilities that drain MaxHP from targets.


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Cooldowns

Some abilities have cooldowns: periods of time after using an ability when
you cannot use that ability or any other ability with the same cooldown type
again. An ability on cooldown has a number displayed on top of its icon
representing the number of turns that will need to elapse before the ability
is available again. This number is usually white: if it is yellow or red,
the cooldown is of a special type that will not automatically cooldown just
from turns passing. Yellow denotes a cooldown where a special condition must
be met for cooling down to begin: red denotes a cooldown that does not
decrement over time, and must be recharged by some other means.

The following is a brief rundown of the types of cooldowns, and their
additional requirements for decrementing, if any.

Bravado: A cooldown specifically for the Bravado ability.

Breath: Usually associated with powerful close-range area effect
abilities.

BScan: Specific to the Scan Brand upgrade. BScan cooldowns decrement only
when you enter a dungeon level you have never visited before.

Cantrip: Usually associated with abilities that do not require spending
a turn to use.

Charge: Usually associated with quick movement abilities.

Cold: Usually associated with Ice abilities. Will decrement by 1 when
you use an Ice ability in addition to decrementing over time.

Dark: Usually associated with Dark element abilities. When a Dark
cooldown begins, a Light cooldown of equal duration is also added.

Endure: Usually associated with surviving great hardship. Decrements over
time, but only when the user is at full HP and SP.

Factor: A cooldown specifically for the Healing Factor ability.

Heat: Usually associated with Fire abilities. Will decrement by 1 when
you use a Fire ability in addition to decrementing over time.

Light: Usually associated with Light element abilities. When a Light
cooldown begins, a Dark cooldown of equal duration is also added.

Luck: Associated with a variety of abilities. When a Luck cooldown begins,
the actual cooldown amount is somewhat randomized.

Lure: Specific to the Enemy Lure upgrade. Lure cooldowns decrement only
when you enter a dungeon level you have never visited before.

Miracle: Associated with incredibly powerful abilities that draw
directly upon the power of Sources. Decrements as the the character gains
experience: 10% of a level reduces the counter by 1. Abilities that use
this cooldown type cannot be deleted while they are on cooldown.

Presence: Usually associated with powerful support effects.

Reserves: A cooldown specifically for the Reserves ability. Decrements over
time, but only when the user is at full HP and SP.

Restore: A cooldown specifically for the Restore ability.

Revive: Specific to the Revive Demon upgrade. Revive cooldowns decrement
only when you enter a dungeon level you have never visited before.

Soul: Associated with incredibly powerful abilities that draw upon the
energy of an entity's innermost being. Decrements as the character gains
experience: 10% of a level reduces the counter by 1. Abilities that use
this cooldown type cannot be deleted while they are on cooldown.

Voltage: Usually associated with Electricity abilities. Will decrement
by 1 when you use an Electricity ability in addition to decrementing
over time.

Wellspring: A cooldown specifically for the Wellspring ability. Decrements
as the character gains experience: 10% of a level reduces the counter by 1.
Abilities that use this cooldown type cannot be deleted while they are on
cooldown.


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Items

The items that are scattered throughout the tower can be used by pressing
the 'i' key. Many of them have significant effects that can turn the tide of
combat in your favor. Experiment and find out the best uses for each kind!



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7. Advancement

There are many ways in which your party gains the power needed to handle the
greater threats the higher floors of the tower will throw their way:


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Experience and Levels

The simplest of the advancement mechanics: any time you and your party defeat
or recruit an enemy, the entire party gains experience.

When a character gains enough experience, their Level will increase, resulting
in increased HP and 5 points to spend on stats. Your allies will allocate their
points automatically based on their nature, you may distribute the points your
summoner earns for yourself however you wish by using Level Up in the
Transmutations menu.

Right-click a character to access their character sheet and see both their
current level, and progress towards the next level, expressed as
"Level: 2 (40%)".

Note that gaining experience is also one of the primary ways of healing MaxHP
damage.


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Credits and Transmutations

As you explore the Tower, you will come across caches of crystals that your
Relic can absorb to provide you with Credits.

The transmutations menu, accessed from its button on the main hotkey bar or
by pressing 't', allows you to perform several functions related to
advancement. The more useful of these will require varying amount of Credits.

Note that this is not a complete list of available transmutations:
additional transmutations may be available based on the upgrades your relic
has.

Level Up: Only visible on the menu when bonus points are available. Allows
you to spend the bonus points gained by reaching new experience levels to
increase your Strength, Magic, Vitality, Agility, or Cunning. Bonus points
remain available until spent.

Upgrade Relic: Only visible on the menu when a new upgrade is available.
Allows you to gain a new relic upgrade of your choice. You will receive your
first new upgrade at 5th level, with further upgrades becoming available
every tenth level thereafter. Earned upgrades remain available until claimed.

Copy Ability: Allows you to copy an ability from any of your demon allies to
another demon ally or (at greater expense) to yourself.

Delete Ability: Deletes an ability from yourself or one of your demon allies.
This does not cost any Credits.

Fuse Demons: Allows you to sacrifice a demon to provide its Modifier to
another unmodified demon. Modifiers may adjust stats, improve resistances,
and bestow new abilities. Though quite expensive, fusing demons provides
not only a more powerful ally, it also gives you access to new abilities that
may then be shared around using Copy Ability.

Delete Demon: Deletes one of your demon allies, forever. This does not cost
any Credits.

Codex Daemonium: An automatic record of all demons you have recruited. By
default, it shows all demons any character you've played has recruited.
You can change this behavior in the options menu (accessed in game with the
'-' key), causing it to either be limited to demons recruited by your
current character, or to simply show every demon in the game whether you've
recruited them or not.


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Soul Brands

As you explore the Tower, you will come across Soul Brands. Soul Brands
offer those who use them the chance to gain considerable power, but often
come with conditions that must be met and/or penalties that must be endured
in order to receive their bonuses.

The Soul Brand system can be accessed by pressing the 'e' key. Once you
find a Soul Brand, you can spend a small amount of Credits to apply it to
yourself or an ally. So long as the requirements of an applied Soul Brand
are being met, the bonuses and penalties it provides will be in effect.

It is important to note that it may not necessarily be ideal to seek out
only those Brands which have no requirements or penalties: each requirement
or penalty a Brand possesses significantly increases the magnitude of the
bonuses in turn.


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Relic Upgrades

Relics can receive upgrades that can alter existing Relic abilities, or
unlock entirely new ones. Each Relic begins with some upgrades already
unlocked. Players receive upgrade points as they gain levels, which can be
used to purchase more upgrades. Different upgrades cost different amounts
of points.



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8. Starting Tips

* You can have up to three allies summoned at once: your first goal in any
  game should be to recruit enough demons to field a full party! (This does
  not apply to Titan's Fist Summoners, who gain great power when walking the
  Tower alone.)

* You can learn a character's elemental immunities, resistances, and
  weaknesses by mousing over it, and an ability's elemental affinity by
  mousing over it in turn. Assaulting enemies' resistances while they assail
  your weaknesses will lead to a quick death.

* Proper use of the transmutation functions your relic makes available to you
  is key to your long-term success. Copy Ability and Fuse Demons in particular
  are very important. You can press 't' during the game to access these, and
  other transmutations your relic can provide.

* Remember your items if you get in trouble. Though consumed when used, well
  spent items can turn defeat into victory.

* Holding Ctrl while performing movement will have all of your summoned allies
  attempt to follow you as you move. This can be useful when you need to
  reposition or retreat.

* If you recruit a demon when your stable is already full, you will be forced
  to delete a demon, but you will get the chance to use other Transmutations
  such as Copy Ability first. You can even Fuse Demons and solve the
  overcrowding problem in a more efficent fashion.

* The tower is full of surprises beyond the normal inhabitants. If you see an
  enemy that looks new or different, right-click it for more details about
  what you are facing.

* Be wary of Heroes and Summoners. Heroes are humans who travel alone, but
  possess great power... some of which will be yours, should you defeat them.
  A Summoner, like you, possesses well-trained monsters who serve them.
  However, if a Summoner dies, perhaps his or her monsters will be open to
  serving a new master...

* Some demons are "unique": they spawn only once per game. Plan carefully when
  trying to recruit one of these, you won't get a second chance that
  playthrough!



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9. Status Reference

Many status effects are associated with a specific element. Weakness,
resistance, or immunity to that element will affect the chance of that status
effect landing on a target.

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Healing Status Effects
Mended    : The target cannot be affected by Mending again.
Regen     : The target is gaining HP over time. Healing per turn is equal to
            10% of the target's MaxHP. No effect while also Infected, Ignited,
			or Melting.

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Body Status Effects
Infect    : Prevents most forms of HP and SP recovery. Effects that drain
            HP or SP from enemies still work, however.
Poison    : Target is losing HP over time. Damage per turn is equal to 6% of
            the target's MaxHP. This can be fatal!
Poison+   : Target is losing HP over time. Damage per turn is equal to 12% of
            the target's MaxHP. This can be fatal!
Poison++  : Target is losing HP over time. Damage per turn is equal to 18% of
            the target's MaxHP. This can be fatal!
Paralyze  : The target sometimes skips its turns, and has trouble evading
            attacks.

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Mind Status Effects
Sleep     : The target cannot take actions or defend itself. Ends immediately
            if target is damaged.
Panic     : The target is acting unpredictably.
Charm     : The target has been turned against its allies.
Stun      : The target loses its next turn, and cannot defend itself.

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Matter Status Effects
Blind     : The target's accuracy is severely reduced, and they only have
            vision of adjacent positions.
Melting   : Target is losing HP over time, and cannot regnerate HP. Damage per
            turn is equal to 6% of the target's MaxHP. This can be fatal!
Harden    : The target is rapidly turning to Stone.
Stone     : The target cannot take actions or avoid enemy attacks, and is
            unable to be Immune or Resistant to Slash, Impact, Pierce, Fire,
            Ice, Electricity, or Matter.
Held      : The target's accuracy, evasion, and movement speed are all reduced.
Held+     : The target's accuracy, evasion, and movement speed are all greatly
            reduced.
Held++    : The target's accuracy is severely reduced, and it cannot avoid
            enemy attacks or move.

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Light Status Effects
Guilt     : The target's attackers are healed for 10% of their MaxHP when they
            do damage to it. Reactive abilities do not trigger Guilt.
Mute      : The target cannot use magic-based abilities.

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Dark Status Effects
Agony     : The target cannot be affected by Agony again.
Pariah    : Damaging the target will also cause each of its allies it can see
            to take damage equal to 5% of their MaxHP. Reactive abilities do
			not trigger Pariah.
Hex       : The target's physical attacks do much less damage, and their
            Slash, Impact, and Pierce resistance levels are reduced unless
            they are Weak or Immune to the type in question.

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Fire Status Effects
Ignite    : Target is losing HP over time, and cannot regnerate HP. Damage per
            turn is equal to 6% of the target's MaxHP. This can be fatal!

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Electricity Status Effects
Shock     : The target loses its next turn, and cannot defend itself.

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Ice Status Effects
Chill     : The target's Accuracy, Evasion, and movement speed have all been
            mildly reduced.

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Debuff Status Effects
OFFDown   : The target's physical and magical attacks do less damage.
            Cancelled out by OFFUp.
OFFUp     : The target's physical and magical attacks do more damage.
            Cancelled out by OFFDown.
DEFDown   : The target receives more damage. Cancelled out by DEFUp.
DEFUp     : The target receives less damage. Cancelled out by DEFDown.
ACCDown   : The target's physical and magical attacks miss more often.
            Cancelled out by ACCUp.
ACCUp     : The target's physical and magical attacks hit more often.
            Cancelled out by ACCDown.
EVDDown   : The target is easier to hit with physical and magical attacks.
            Cancelled out by EVDUp.
EVDUp     : The target is harder to hit with physical and magical attacks.
            Cancelled out by EVDDown.
SPDDown   : The target is taking turns less frequently. Cancelled out by SPDUp.
SPDUp     : The target is taking turns more often. Cancelled out by SPDDown.

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Non-elemental Status Effects
Heroism   : The target's power, defense, and status resistance are drastically
            increased. Also halves SP costs and cooldown durations.
Distrust  : You failed to link with this target: it will not allow a second try.



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0. Control Reference

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Main Game
F1, ?                       = Access in-game help
Arrow Keys, Numpad          = Move / Swap With Ally / Basic Attack
                              Interact with wall object
  y k u                     = Move / Swap With Ally / Basic Attack
  h   l                       Interact with wall object
  b j n                       ("vi keys", requires vi keys option enabled)
Left-Click visible cell     = Non-combat: Travel to that cell.
                            = Combat: Move / Swap With Ally / Basic Attack
Ctrl + Any Move/Swap/Attack = Move / Swap With Ally / Basic Attack, and all
                              allies attempt to follow on their next turn
Shift + Vi Keys or Arrows   = Move / Swap With Ally / Basic Attack, and all
                              allies attempt to follow on their next turn
. or 5 on Numpad w/ Lock On = Pass turn
,                           = Pass half a turn
Left-Click main character   = Non-combat: Rest until fully healed (includes
                              summoned allies), or Wait
                              Combat: Pass turn
Ctrl + Any Pass turn        = Pass half a turn and all allies attempt to move
                              towards you on their next turn
1-8 on Main Keyboard        = Use ability in indicated slot
Left-Click ability          = Use ability
z , =                       = Swap two non-empty ability hotkeys
a                           = Link with an enemy
s                           = Summon an ally (3 allies active is the limit)
t                           = Open transmutations menu to use Copy Ability,
                              Fuse Demons, Restore Demon, etc.
d                           = Dismiss / Unsummon an ally
Shift + d                   = Delete an allied demon permanently
v                           = View all allies
Shift + v                   = View your party's elemental affinity report
r , w                       = Rest until fully healed (includes unsummoned
                              allies), or Wait
i                           = Use a carried item
e                           = Open brands menu to use Apply Brand,
                              Remove Brand, Delete Brand.
c                           = Issue a command to your allies
g                           = Interact with ground object
p , < , >                   = Use stairs/portal
Tab , m                     = View current level auto map
o                           = Auto-explore, decline Brand pick-up
Shift + p                   = Travel to known point of interest
Shift + s                   = Save the game
q                           = Save and return to character select
Shift + q                   = Save and exit
F11                         = Toggle fullscreen mode (during main game only)
x , Right-Click character   = Examine a character's detailed character
                              sheet (in gamr or on list)
Mouse Over                  = Get basic tooltip information for abilities,
                              items, and characters
F10                         = Save out a text file containing a 'dump' of your
                              current party.
Ctrl + q                    = Suicide current character
-                           = Open options menu
F12                         = View recent messages
~                           = Display version, score, and cycle
\                           = View top high scores
|                           = View online stats for your relic wraiths

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Ability Targeting
Arrow Keys, Numpad, Mouse   = Move Cursor
Left-Click, Enter           = Use ability on current target
Left-Click active ability   = Use ability on current target
Escape                      = Cancel ability use

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Menus
Enter                       = Choose a random menu selection
                              (Character creation only)
Left-Click                  = Choose menu selection
a-z, Shift + a-z            = Choose menu selection
Right-click (off window)    = Go back one menu / close menu
Escape                      = Go back one menu / close menu
Mouse Over                  = Get basic tooltip information
Right-Click                 = Examine a character's detailed character
                              sheet (character lists only)
                              View what abilities a modifier can give
                              as bonuses (character modifier lists only)
Up Arrow, Down Arrow        = Scroll up/down by element
Mouse Wheel                 = Scroll up/down by element
Page Up, Page Down          = Scroll up/down by page
Left Arrow, Right Arrow     = Change page (Character Sheet)

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Dialogue
a-e                         = Response selection
Left-click                  = Response selection