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GRIM DESIGN - OVERVIEW

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COMBAT

Combat Mechanics and Stats

Hit Points (HPs)

Attacks reduce HPs.

Player Character

When HPs reach 0, the PC gets

Downed⁠

HP regenerates at a rate of X/s when out of combat.

Enemies

When HPs reach 0, the Enemy dies.

Special Enemies may regenerate HP at a rate of X/s and get

Downed⁠

instead of killed.

Downed

When in the Downed state, a Character may use an

Ability⁠

to gain HP and get back up.

If they don’t use an ability within X seconds, they die.

The PC respawns at a checkpoint.

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Enriched Grim (Mana)

Using

Grim Attacks⁠

and

Abilities⁠

drains the PC’s Mana.

Mana fills at a rate of X/s.

See

Grim⁠

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Will

Player Character

Getting hit while blocking decreases your Will instead of your

HP⁠

Will regenerates passively at a rate of X/s.

When their Will value reaches 0, Will regeneration stops, the PC can’t move or act and enemies can perform

Finishers⁠

on them.

After the finisher, or X seconds, Will regeneration starts again and the PC can move and act again.

Enemies (
`God of War Ragnarok`⁠
)

Hitting Enemies decreases their Will.

Their Will regenerates passively when not hit for X seconds at a rate of X/s.

When their Will value reaches 0, Will regeneration stops, the Enemies can’t move or act and enemies can perform

Finishers⁠

on them.

After X seconds, Will regeneration starts again and the Enemy can move and act again.

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When Will is depleted, the PC can use Finishers

When Will is depleted, the PC can use Finishers

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Finishers

Player Character (
`Middle Earth: Shadow of War`⁠
)

The PC can perform 2 Finishers:

Grim Finisher.

Restores X

Mana⁠

and kills the Enemy.

Weapon Finisher.

Empties the PC’s

Grim⁠

and makes the Enemy explode, dealing X damage in a Xm radius.

These are locked animations (courage Dorian).

Enemies (
`Ghost of Tsushima`⁠
)

When an Enemy performs a Finisher on the PC, they deal X HP damage.

This is a locked animation.

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Grim (
`The Witcher 3`⁠
)

Using

Grim Attacks⁠

and

Abilities⁠

, or getting hit by them fills the Grim value by X.

The Grim Value drains at a rate of X/s (slow).

When the Grim value is at it maximum, the Character becomes

Grim Charged⁠

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Abilities and Attacks using Mana augment the Grim Value. Sword Finishers spend Grim, and Grim FInishers give Mana (Enriched Grim).

Abilities and Attacks using Mana augment the Grim Value. Sword Finishers  spend Grim, and Grim FInishers give Mana (Enriched Grim).

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Grim Charged

Player Character

When Grim Charged, the Player Character:

Loses

HP⁠

at a rate of X/s.

Deals X% more damage with attacks and

abilities⁠

Has an emissive texture.

This state lasts until the

Grim⁠

value reaches 0.

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Grim⁠

draining speed is sped up by X% when Grim Charged.

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Gain Grim by using Grim Attacks and Abilities, lose Hit Points when Grim Charged.

Gain Grim by using Grim Attacks and Abilities, lose Hit Points when Grim Charged.

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Enemies (
`SIFU`⁠
)

When Grim Charged, the enemies:

Gain X HP.

Inflict

Grim⁠

with their attacks.

Has an emissive texture.

Can change behavior.

This state lasts until the

Grim⁠

value reaches 0.

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Grim⁠

draining speed is sped up by X% when Grim Charged.

The

Grim⁠

value cannot be increased while Grim Charged.

Attacks

Attacks can affect the

HPs⁠

Will⁠

, and

Grim⁠

value of the enemies.

Light Attacks

The PC can chain 3 light attacks, detailed in the

Animations⁠

section.

Heavy Attacks

The PC can chain 3 heavy attacks, detailed in the

Animations⁠

section.

Heavy attacks can be held, for X seconds, gaining X% power and range.

Charged Heavy attacks and the punch are guard-breaking.

Grim Attacks

During the wind-up of a heavy attack, regardless of its charge time, holding the Grim key infuses Grim into the attack.

The properties of these attacks can be changed in the

Alembic⁠

See

Grim⁠

and

Mana⁠

Combos

Using Light Attacks increments the attack counter by 1.

When using a Heavy Attack, do the attack corresponding to the attack counter +1.

(Light Attack 1 - Light Attack 2 - Heavy Attack 3)

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Abilities (
`Dragon’s Dogma 2`⁠
)

Use

Mana⁠

to cast Abilities.

Their properties and type are defined with the

Alembic⁠

Defense

Block

The PC can Block attack, negating HP damage but damaging their

Will⁠

instead.

Unblockable attacks can’t be blocked, only

parried⁠

dodged⁠

Parry

By blocking X seconds before being hit by an attack, the PC will perform a parry.

This slows down time, deals X

Will⁠

damage.

Crushing attacks can’t be parried, only

dodged⁠

Dodge

Dodging moves the Character X meters in the input direction and makes them invincible for X seconds.

If no movement input, the dodge direction defaults to backward.

Cooldown of X seconds.

Inputs

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Weapon Finisher is RB + X

Grim Finisher is RB + Y

Abilities are used by holding LT and pressing A-B-X-Y

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COMBAT

Combat Mechanics and Stats

Hit Points (HPs)

Player Character

Enemies

Downed

Enriched Grim (Mana)

Will

Player Character

Enemies ( God of War Ragnarok⁠ )

Finishers

Player Character ( Middle Earth: Shadow of War⁠ )

Enemies ( Ghost of Tsushima⁠ )

Grim ( The Witcher 3⁠ )

Grim Charged

Player Character

Enemies ( SIFU⁠ )

Attacks

Light Attacks

Heavy Attacks

Grim Attacks

Combos

Abilities ( Dragon’s Dogma 2⁠ )

Defense

Block

Parry

Dodge

Inputs

Enemies (
`God of War Ragnarok`⁠
)

Player Character (
`Middle Earth: Shadow of War`⁠
)

Enemies (
`Ghost of Tsushima`⁠
)

Grim (
`The Witcher 3`⁠
)

Enemies (
`SIFU`⁠
)

Abilities (
`Dragon’s Dogma 2`⁠
)