IDC has evolved over time, and each build release has added new functionality and features (and fixed bugs). Version 1.1 represents significant additions that may change several aspects of the game, especially at higher levels (20+). The core essence of the game has remained the same, but it is useful to point out the changes here on one page so that players that have played prior to 1.1 can see everything in one place. The specific sections of the Guide will be updated in the near future.
ABILITY UPGRADES: Most (not all) abilities can now be upgraded at some point. This process is called 
FACTORING (e.g., Factor II, Factor III, and Factor IV). Abilities that are upgraded display the roman numeral over their icon as seen here. Upgraded abilities are more powerful but use more stamina. Abilities that factor can be upgraded every 10 levels beyond their MINIMUM LEVEL. For example, the Ranger and Rogue’s FLAMING ARROW ability is level 1. It can be upgraded to Factor II at level 11, Factor III at level 21, and Factor IV at level 31.
Upgrading abilities costs progressively more ABILITY POINTS (which are awarded when you level up). Upgrading an ability from its original form to Factor II costs 2 ability points. To Factor III costs 4 ability points. And to Factor IV costs 6 ability points.
Generally, when you upgrade an ability’s factor, the stamina cost rises by 50% and the DURATION and COOLDOWN each increase by 1. However, the effects of each ability generally increase too. PHYSICAL and ELEMENTAL DAMAGE usually doubles. The chance for any given STATUS EFFECT increases by 15% (so a 40% STUN rate becomes 46%). RESISTANCES rise by 15% (e.g., 40% FIRE RESISTANCE becomes 46%). Summoned creatures’ levels increase by 10. Those are generalities, and different abilities can vary, so you’ll need to refer to the specific ability when upgrading to see specifics.
There are still quite a few abilities that cannot be upgraded (you’ll see this icon 
). Typically, these are weapon-based abilities where the damage or the effect is dependent on the weapon itself (e.g., POWER ATTACK, PRECISION STRIKE, SWEEP ATTACK, COUNTER ATTACK). These don’t upgrade because the assumption is that as you level up and get better weapons, they are naturally upgrading along the way.
Some abilities don’t factor, but have explicit upgrades. An example of this is the Mage and Druid’s OPEN SIMPLE LOCK, OPEN MODERATE LOCK, and OPEN HARD LOCK abilities. Each of these requires the one below before you can add it when leveling up, but the older one still exists in your abilities list and either can be used. And these only cost one ability point to acquire each new ability.
When you look at the description for any given ability, information on whether it can be upgraded or not will be given including at what level it can be upgraded.
By the way … monsters get factor upgrades as well. You won’t know who has what, but you should feel it when they attack. Fair is fair. You really won’t see this prior to level 20 or so, but at level 30 you should expect most monsters to have about one or two of their abilities upgraded to at least Factor II. At level 40, likely three or four at Factor II or even one at Factor III. You probably won’t see a Factor IV until level 75+. The GAME DIFFICULTY will affect this. A higher setting will translate to more ability upgrades on monsters.
Important note regarding upgrading: Just because you CAN upgrade an ability doesn’t mean you SHOULD. You have to take into consideration the stamina cost of using the new ability as well as the ability points cost. For example, it doesn’t make much sense to upgrade an ability as soon as you possibly can at level 11 if its stamina cost is a quarter or more of your total stamina. You couldn’t use it very often (something like a summon may be an exception to this). Unless you really like that ability and use it a lot and the upgrade effects are significant. The reality is that most players shouldn’t even think about upgrading anything until maybe level 20. And even at that, maybe only a select few. You don’t need to upgrade everything. And it’s possible that acquiring two new abilities would be better than upgrading one.
ABILITY STAMINA COST: Due to the changes mentioned above related to upgrading abilities, the formula for the stamina cost to use an ability has changed. Previously, as you rose in level above the MINIMUM LEVEL of the ability, the stamina cost would go down. At about 10 levels above each ability’s minimum level, the stamina cost would be roughly half of what it was if you were the same level as the minimum level and then stay there from that point on. The thinking was that as you progressed, each ability got “easier” and therefore used less stamina. This has been removed, and the stamina cost for any given ability is now static no matter what level you are. So if you’re a level 10 Mage casting PRISMATIC LIGHTS, which is a level 3 spell, it costs the same amount of stamina as if you were a level 3 Mage. With the addition of ability upgrades, this system no longer made sense as there would be an outsized jump in stamina cost before and after you upgraded.
QUESTS: Many users have been asking for quests for a long time, and I’ve finally put them in (with the ability to add more over time). These are technically referred to as JOBS and they are listed on the JOBS BULLETIN BOARD outside the Mayor’s Office as well as inside by clicking the JOBS button. However, these differ from the old-style jobs (which are still in there) as they usually require you to go through The Gate and retrieve certain items or kill certain creatures to get the reward. They are much harder than the existing jobs and involve a full party, not just one person (but you can go solo if you want). Many of them offer significant rewards (such as magikal items), good coin, and XP.
Most of these “quests” give you several months to complete, and you can choose which worlds to journey to in order to complete them (for example, there is one that requires you to return with 2 giant hearts, but giants can be found in multiple worlds). Some of these can only be accomplished in a given world and must be undertaken right away, and once you accept them and go to The Gate only that world will be enabled. Some of these are multi-part and include taking out “bosses”, and you must complete a series of them before you can get to the final stage. And they’re all optional. If you just want to dungeon-dive, have at it! But you should check the bulletin board to see what is available. Like other jobs, most of these come and go and are only available for a limited time. There are currently about 30 of these that have been added (with plans to add more), so they provide a good variety.
On the world screen’s top HUD bar there is now a 
JOBS button that appears when you have an active quest. Hovering over this gives a quick review of your quest’s goal and clicking it will display more information.
USER INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS (PC VERSION): This version includes many quality-of-life improvements, including being able to control vertical scrollbars and the screen zoom level in combat using the mouse wheel. You can also control the map zoom level with the mouse wheel (both the big map and the mini-map). Plus you can scroll the list of characters on the side of the screen when in town using the mouse wheel if your list is large enough and goes beyond the screen.
Important note regarding screen zooming: There are set points when adjusting the screen zoom when the system has to redraw all of the characters in the world. This can cause a slight lag and an interruption in the character animations. This is done to optimize memory management as when you’re zoomed out farther you don’t need as high a resolution for individual graphics. So adjusting the zoom by large amounts too quickly and often may tax the system.
The combat screen now also has tooltips that display over most user interface elements, such as buttons. But the most useful one is hovering over ABILITY buttons as this will display detailed information on the ability without having to explicitly go into the ABILITIES screen.
Additionally, improvements have been made in appropriately scaling graphics for different screen sizes, especially higher-resolution screens. For new users, the game will sense the screen size and pick an appropriate scaling size. For existing users, you will likely have to tailor the scale to your screen size and preferences. There are now two sliders on the DISPLAY page of SETTINGS (prominently at the top) that allow you to adjust the scale for both in-town and in the world. Sliding these to the right will display text, UI elements, and pop-up windows larger, making them easier to see and read. Sliding them to the left will reduce their size. What level(s) you choose is a matter of personal preference.
Tips for adjusting your scaling level: Generally, if you have a screen resolution closer to 1920×1080, you will likely want to adjust both sliders to about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way from the left. If your screen resolution is closer to 2880×1800, slide it about 2/3 of the way from the left. You can fine-tune them left or right while on the various screens to see the resulting changes.
TO-HIT ROLLS: Rolling a 5 or less on a to-hit roll has always been a guaranteed hit (curse those lucky blind Goblins!). But now the same is true on the other end. Rolling a 96 or more is a guaranteed miss, no matter what your chance to hit was. This is only on the to-hit roll. It doesn’t not include the chance for a STATUS EFFECT (the 5 is not a guaranteed hit there either).
Another significant change … previously, if your chance to hit exceeded 100% the COMBAT LOG didn’t show the roll result because it was a guaranteed hit, even though it still was doing the roll behind the scenes to see if you scored a CRITICAL HIT. Now, the roll is displayed regardless. This just makes it easier to see the chance of a critical hit, it doesn’t change the outcome.
TRAPS: The system for traps has been completely overhauled. There are now two distinct phases to traps: DETECTION and DISARMING.
Everyone (but not monsters) has a 
DETECT TRAPS stat that is now displayed on the ATTRIBUTES screen. This is the chance that you will detect a trap before you activate it, giving you a chance to stop and decide whether to proceed. The percentage displayed is the chance to detect a simple trap. Moderate and sophisticated traps reduce the chance 15% and 30% respectively. Detect Traps is based on INTELLIGENCE and your level. But there are skills and gear to boost this, and Rangers and Rogues (Rogues more so) have natural abilities that boost this by their level.
Alongside this stat is 
DISARM TRAPS. Once a trap has been detected, a second attempt to interact with the trapped object (or to walk on the trapped square) will be an attempt to disarm it. The percentage displayed is the chance of success for a simple trap. Moderate and sophisticated traps reduce the chance 15% and 30% respectively. Disarm Traps is based on INTELLIGENCE, DEXTERITY, and your level. And similar to detecting, there are skills and gear you can acquire to boost it and Rangers and Rogues are naturally better at it (Rogues more so).
Once a trap has been detected, it is considered to have been found and any other action on that object (even by someone else in the party) or walking on the trapped grid square is considered to be an attempt to disarm it. If the disarm attempt fails, the trap will go off, either damaging the person in question, setting off a poison gas, or exploding (which usually destroys the object and its contents). Trapped containers that are detected will be indicated on the mini-map with the 
symbol and trapped ground squares with 
.
The number of traps and their complexities will increase depending on the level of the world. Generally, you won’t encounter traps prior to level 3. At level 10, there’s about a 6% chance that any given object that can be trapped is trapped. It is capped at about 15% near level 35. And you generally won’t see moderate traps appear until level 9 and sophisticated traps until level 15. Keep in mind that GAME DIFFICULTY can affect these stats.
As stated, monsters do not detect or disarm traps. If a player sets a ground trap, monsters cannot see these and automatically set them off when stepping on them. Players in the party, however, are aware of traps set by other players and can freely move past them without setting them off (this does not include summoned creatures). Monsters are, however, aware of traps set by members of their own group and can also move past them freely.
LOCKPICKING: Lockpicking has been changed significantly. As before, this is a skill that only Rogues have by default. Everyone else must acquire the base skill when leveling up in order to even attempt it (whether on a door or on a lockable container). Assuming you have obtained the requisite base skill (and you have a lockpick handy), the difficulty of the lock, your DEXTERITY, whether you are a Rogue, and possibly any skills or gear that boosts your ability will determine whether you can pick a lock. Each failed attempt has a fair chance of breaking the lockpick.
Your 
LOCKPICKING stat is displayed on the ATTRIBUTES screen. The percentage displayed is the chance of successfully picking a simple lock. You can click on the stat to see more details displayed in the tooltip. At the simplest level, a non-Rogue with no additional skills/gear and a DEXTERITY below 12 has a 20% chance to pick a simple lock. They have no chance of picking a moderate or complex lock. If you’re a Rogue or have a DEXTERITY of 12 or more, that expands your ability by one grade which means you have a 40% chance on a simple lock and 20% on a moderate lock. You still can’t pick complex locks. A DEXTERITY of 16 or higher boosts another grade. A Rogue with a DEXTERITY of 16 or higher gets 3 grades higher (1 for being a Rogue, 1 for DEX 12+, and 1 for DEX 16+). That equates to 80/60/40% for simple/moderate/complex locks. Throw in something like the SAFECRACKER skill or Safecracking Gloves and they’re guaranteed to always pick a simple lock, and have a 80/60% chance on moderate/complex locks.
Keep in mind that some objects may be both LOCKED and TRAPPED. You have to disarm a trap before you can attempt to pick the lock.
AREA-OF-EFFECT SIZING: Many abilities are AREA-OF-EFFECT or RANGED AREA-OF-EFFECT. These spread their effects over a circular-sized area, either surrounding the caster or surrounding a point within range that the caster chooses. However, as characters level up, slotting ATTRIBUTE POINTS to various attributes can increase the area-of-effect. Sometimes this can actually become cumbersome as the target circles get too large to manage and avoid collateral damage on allies. This is where AREA-OF-EFFECT SIZING comes into play.
First of all, to use this requires the character has invested in the 
AREA-OF-EFFECT CONTROL skill during upgrading. This is a SUPPORT skill available to all classes. If a character has this skill, when they go to target the ability and it is painted on the ground (either in yellow or red), using the mouse wheel will change the size of the target area, shrinking it or growing it. You are still limited by the maximum size specified in the ability’s specs, and the smallest is a 5-square “cross”. Once you have sized appropriately, merely click on one of the yellow/red squares to activate the ability.
RANDOM WORLDS: The Gate now has a checkbox at the bottom of the window that allows you to be randomly transported to any of the available worlds (provided you have the DLC). There is a 2% loot bonus per additional available world that is applied when the world is generated. So, if you’ve got the base game and all DLC unlocked, that’s an extra 10%.
NEW MONSTERS: The CAVE LURKER was added to The Caverns of Grimlock, the BROWN LURKER was added to The Hidden Realm, and the Swamp Lurker was added to The Swampy Isles. These are similar to other lurkers in other worlds, but lurkers are known to evolve and adapt to their environment, so don’t expect they will all be the same.
They’re not new, but (I believe) a bug had prevented the spawning of any ASWANG dens in any world. Aswangs came with The Swampy Isles DLC and can show up in other worlds. These vampiric undead blood-suckers fly on bat wings and are missing the entire lower half of their body. Their entrails dangle where their lower half used to be, and they slop blood and guts all over the place wherever they go. This mess is slippery and those that walk through it are likely to get knocked down. Aswangs are also HIGHLY sensitive to light and burn in direct light. As such, you’re likely only to encounter them at night or in dark dungeons or ruins.
NEW AND CHANGED ABILITIES: Several new abilities have been added to the base game, such as WATER SHOT and DETONATE (Alchemist), FLOOD (Druid), TELEPORT and DISARM TRAP (Mage), THROWN HAMMER and CIRCLE OF PROTECTION (Cleric), INDOMITABLE (Fighter), OPPORTUNITY ATTACK (Rogue), ABSORB ELEMENTS (Ranger), and SUMMON VALKYRIE (Paladin).
The former Mage spell OPEN HARD LOCK has been converted to OPEN MODERATE LOCK and is now the upgrade to OPEN SIMPLE LOCK. If you had OPEN HARD LOCK before, it is now OPEN MODERATE LOCK. Additionally, OPEN HARD LOCK has been added and that is the upgrade to OPEN MODERATE LOCK.
The range for the Mage spell PEER has been shortened, but it now detects traps.
Any type of active COUNTER ability will now automatically reduce your INITIATIVE so that you take your turn later in the round.
The Ranger/Rogue ability SNARE now automatically hits (but each effect applied still has its own roll)
The Swampy Isles adds the TIDAL WAVE (Druid) ability.
Special note: Many monsters with Rogue-type characteristics (e.g., KOBOLD, HOBGOBLIN GRUNT, WIGHT ROGUE) now have the OPPORTUNITY ATTACK ability. This ability allows them to take a free attack against anyone that passes through an adjacent square or were next to them and moves away. It does have a cooldown so is not always active, but can be potent.
CARRY WEIGHT: Carry weight is capped at 500 units regardless of your strength or skills.
CHARM AND DISEASE RESISTANCE: 
CHARM RESISTANCE used to be based entirely on CHARISMA. It is now a combination of both CHARISMA and INTELLIGENCE (but skews slightly more favorably to INTELLIGENCE). Plus MORALE significantly affects it. And it can be affected by both skills and abilities. It isn’t explicitly displayed on the ATTRIBUTES screen, but know that these are the factors that contribute toward it.
ANGELIC creatures can’t be charmed (there’s currently only one of these — the Valkyrie from the Paladin’s SUMMON VALKYRIE ability).
DISEASE RESISTANCE is still based on FORTITUDE, and Rangers and Druids get 50% more than others per FORTITUDE point. But there are abilities and skills and gear that can boost this.
It is also noteworthy to point out that the Cleric ability ANAHATA (The Frozen Expanse DLC) now includes some DISEASE RESISTANCE.
FIRE AND WATER: Some effects from abilities are now 
FLAMMABLE. If they come in contact with an open flame, or are in a square adjacent to an open flame (like a campfire, ground torch, MOLOTOV COCKTAIL, etc.). During combat, these effects will ignite and spread. They will spread one adjacent square in all directions (that has a flammable object) BETWEEN EACH CHARACTER’S TURN (fire spreads quickly). Anyone standing in the affected square will immediately take fire damage. Fire, of course, will not spread on water or a wet square.
Some abilities are 
WATER-based and can do damage to susceptible creatures (typically fire-based creatures like FIRE BEETLES, FIRE GIANTS, MAGMA MEPHITS, etc.). But to others being wet is just being wet and does no real harm. This list of water-based abilities includes new ones such as WATER SHOT (Alchemist), FLOOD (Druid), and TIDAL WAVE (Druid/The Swampy Isles DLC). But this has also been extended to existing abilities such as THUNDERSTORM (Cleric) and WET IN A BOTTLE (Alchemist).
Many of these water-based abilities can also extinguish ground fires (think campfires, ground torches, or MOLOTOV COCKTAIL).
CHANGES AT THE MERCHANT: The Merchant receives new inventory every month. However, these will now be highlighted in the list with a NEW symbol in the corner of the icon for the first month.
The Merchant also now offers a LAYAWAY plan for expensive items. For 10% down, he will hold the item for 12 months until you purchase it. As long as you pay the remaining 90% within that time, the item is yours. If you don’t pay the remainder, you forfeit the deposit and the item goes back into the regular stock and is subject to normal rotation. To put an item on layaway, just select it and press the 
button.
Also, the prices of 
SPIRIT weapons were prohibitively expensive. These have been reduced (a lot).
BETTER LOOT: The frequency and quality of weapons and armor found in the field has been increased.
There were also a ton of small bug fixes and patches with version 1.1 (build 75). You can see the full list here: https://www.infinitedungeoncrawler.com/release-notes/.
Ability Type (Offense/Defense/Support): indicates the classification of an ability. Offense abilities typically are used to damage others. Defense are used to protect one from damage. Support are used to apply buffs or healing or various other things.
Arc Sweep: an attack, typically melee, that targets 180 degrees in front of the attacker, hitting multiple targets. That usually includes the targeted grid square in front of the user as well as the one to the right and the left.
Aberration: a type of creature with a bizarre anatomy and typically strange abilities.
Abilities: special actions or spells that characters or creatures can use.
Ability Level: (usually followed by a number) indicates the minimum level required to use an ability or spell. 
Ability Stamina: the amount of stamina expended when using an ability.
Absorb: the ability to transfer part or all of a type of incoming ELEMENTAL damage into a weapon where it is then released on the next attack.
Accuracy (ACC): the base chance that an ability or attack will succeed, minus any modifiers and the DEFENSE or MAGIK DEFENSE of the opponent. Generally, the ACC minus DEF is the chance to hit. 
Acid: a type of attack that tends to do outsized damage to armor due to its corrosive nature.
Affinity: the preference for a given weapon, based on class, that grants an automatic +10 ACC bonus when using.
Alchemist: a CLASS that specializes in brews and concoctions for various purposes. They excel at using a slingshot, with various ELEMENTAL shot types, plus various 
FLASK abilities.
Ally/Preferred Weapon: when next to a character’s health and stamina bars, indicates that they are an ally of the player (useful for distinguishing allied summons amongst similar enemy monsters). When displayed over a weapon in an inventory list, indicates that the user has both an AFFINITY for the weapon and a corresponding weapon skill.
Amphibian: a type of creature that generally lives on land but is comfortable in water. Many do not suffer penalties for taking actions in water, or take fewer penalties. Some can swim and act in deep water, but not all.
Area-of-Effect (AOE): an ability that affects multiple targets within a given circle, either around the ability user or from a targeted center.
Armor Accuracy Boost: a boost to accuracy provided by wearing a given piece of armor.
Armor/Armor Skill: anything related to armors, or a skill that boosts armor-related stats.
Armor Accuracy Penalty: an accuracy penalty typically from wearing cumbersome armors.
Armor Condition: indicates the exact percentage of damage to armor, with 100% indicating no damage whatsoever. Armor mitigates up to its maximum armor value but does so pro-rated based on damage (e.g., armor with a value of 10.0 at 50% condition will act like armor with 5.0 at 100%). When armor condition reaches 0%, it essentially stops mitigating any damage until it is repaired in town.
Armor Status: color indicators that overlay armor icons in the user’s inventory indicating their physical condition and effectiveness. Green armor is in good shape, although it may have slight damage. Yellow indicates condition is 40% or less, red is 20% or less. 
Attack Stamina: the amount of stamina used to mount an attack.
Attributes: pertaining to STRENGTH, INTELLIGENCE, CONSTITUTION, DEXTERITY, CHARISMA or FORTITUDE. 
Automatic: an ability that triggers by itself under certain conditions without being selected.
Automaton: a constructed being that typically runs based on an energy source, usually designed to guard places or objects.
Auto-wake: a skill that automatically wakes the user if they are ambushed while sleeping during camping. Druids and Rangers automatically have this.
Barrage: multiple random projectiles blanket an area. Usually, damage is done only when a given projectile hits a target and this can happen multiple times.
Beast: a non-humanoid type of creature that is part of a typical natural ecology, although they can differ or be enhanced from the norm.
Bleed: a status effect that indicates the affected person is losing blood every turn, which causes both HP damage and full Raw HP damage (100% of HP damage is applied to MAXIMUM HEALTH).
Bleed Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting a BLEED affliction. It will also reduce BLEED damage sustained by that percentage. This is a PHYSICAL RESISTANCE.
Blind: a status effect that indicates the affected person’s ability to see is impaired. This usually results in ACC and DEF being reduced by 50% and ability/weapon range being reduced by 2.
Blind Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting a BLIND affliction. This is a PHYSICAL RESISTANCE.
Blocking (Weapon/Shield): a boost to DEF from wielding either a weapon or a shield. If wielding both, only the higher value of the weapon or shield is used.
Boost: an indicator that the user is receiving some sort of temporary positive stat bonus, usually from an ability (e.g., buff). The details can typically be seen by clicking on the icon below the afflicted’s portrait on the ATTRIBUTES screen.
Charge: a type of ability that enables the user to move in a straight line in a cardinal direction (N, S, E or W), potentially damaging everyone that they pass and passing through their grid squares unimpeded.
Charm: a status effect that causes the affected person to fight on behalf of their enemies by attacking allies.
Charm Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting a CHARM affliction. This is not an inherent resistance like most but based on INTELLIGENCE and CHARISMA.
Chop Tree: an ability that permits you to chop down a tree, thereby clearing a path through. It can also allow you to drop it over an adjacent river to create a bridge.
Charisma: an attribute that primarily modifies buying and selling prices for the main character as well as the chance of positive effects from activities in town. Also can boost the effects of HOLY abilities.
Cleric: a CLASS that specializes in providing support to others, whether through healing or defensive buffs, through meditative focus and 
PSYCHIC clarity. But they are no pacifists as they excel at melee combat and the use of crossbows. However, they only use blunt melee weapons.
Cone: an ability that targets a swath of area in front of the user, getting wider the further it goes and potentially affecting multiple targets.
Confused: a status effect that causes the afflicted to often make irrational decisions or attack allies.
Confuse Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting the CONFUSED affliction. This is a MENTAL RESISTANCE.
Constitution: an attribute that primarily affects the amount of health and stamina that you have. Also affects MAGIK/SPELL RANGE, PSYCHIC AREA-OF-EFFECT, and PHYSICAL RESISTANCES. 
Cooldown: The number of turns (or minutes outside of combat) after an ability is used before it becomes available again.
Critical Hit/Damage: CRITICAL HITS do an additional 50% damage. A critical hit is performed when the roll is at least 25 below that required to hit normally (e.g., if chance to hit is 35%, rolling 10 or below is a critical hit).
Counterattack: indicates that someone has prepared a counterattack. If attacked, and missed, the user will get an automatic melee attack against the attacker. Counterattacks typically drain a small amount of stamina each turn they are maintained.
Damage/Offense Skill: indicates the amount of physical damage done by a weapon, ability or attack. Also indicates a skill that is offensive in nature.
Darkness Penalty: an accuracy penalty due to having limited light. Some skills can mitigate this, and some creatures can see perfectly well in the dark and are not affected by this. In complete darkness, the penalty can be as high as 75%. Many AOE type abilities (e.g., explosions) tend to disregard darkness penalties.
DEFEND: a state in which the user is anticipating the next attack and receives a 50% DEF bonus. Once attacked, the DEFEND state is disengaged and all subsequent incoming attacks use a normal DEF. The user will also receive additional STAMINA REGENERATION if their turn begins and they are still using DEFEND.
Defend Bypass: indicates that an ability bypasses the 50% DEF bonus of the target from using DEFEND.
Defend Stamina: the stamina used to defend oneself.
Defend Stamina Regeneration: the bonus to STAMINA REGENERATION at the start of the turn if using DEFEND.
Defense (Melee/Ranged) or DEF/Defense Skill: the reduction applied to the attacker’s ACCURACY to determine the chance that an ability or attack will succeed, minus any modifiers. This only applies with melee or ranged attacks, or abilities that are physical in nature (as opposed to using MAGIK DEFENSE). Generally, the ACC minus DEF is the chance to hit. This symbol can also indicate a skill that is defensive in nature.
Devout: indicates that an ability requires the DEVOUT status, which can be attained by praying at the Abbey and lasts four months. Applies to PALADINS only.
DELAY: an action whereby someone passes their current turn to let allies go first, then their turn resumes afterwards. Costs 2 MP to enact and cannot use DEFEND on the deferred turn.
Dexterity: an attribute that is a measure of your agility and nimbleness. It contributes to MOVEMENT POINTS, INITIATIVE, MELEE/RANGED DEFENSE, MELEE/RANGED ACCURACY, and ability ACCURACY for SPELLS. Also contributes to FLASK ability area-of-effect.
Disarm: when a hand-held weapon is knocked out of an opponent’s hands, or they drop it when panicked. The victim typically takes one action to pick it back up and one action to equip it.
Disease: a particularly nasty negative effect that can generally only be removed by the HERBALIST in town.
Disease Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting a DISEASE. This is not an inherent resistance like most but based on FORTITUDE and RANGERS and DRUIDS have natural boosts to their resistance.
Dismiss: removes an npc from your employ.
Down: a status effect indicator that shows the character is sitting on the ground. Down characters cannot act and will automatically stand up during their next turn (if possible), using up their action and movement for the turn. While Down, a character has a zero DEF.
Dragonoid: a type of creature with dragon-like traits, such as scales, possibly wings, and some sort of elemental breath type of attack. Generally they are highly intelligent.
Druid: a CLASS that is in tune with the natural world and specializes in focusing the power of the Universe. They tend to have nature-based magikal spells.
Dual-Wield: the aptitude to wield a one-handed weapon in each hand. Only Rogues can do this, and the weapon in the left hand must be a dagger. Dual-wielding typically improves both ACC and BLOCKING, and the DAMAGE done is the amount of damage from the weapon in the right hand and half of that from the left hand.
Dual-Wield Accuracy: the ACCURACY of a weapon, or a bonus to its ACC, when dual-wielding it.
Dual-Wield Blocking: the BLOCKING of a weapon, or a bonus to its BLOCKING, when dual-wielding it.
Dual-Wield Damage: the DAMAGE done by a weapon, or a bonus to its DAMAGE, when dual-wielding it.
Duration: the number of turns, or minutes outside of combat, that an ability’s effects will last.
Elemental (creature type): creatures that are the corporeal incarnations of the basic elements of life (fire, earth, air, and water), or a combination of them. They typically have crystals embedded within and this is thought to power them.
Enemy/Ally Targeting: indicates whether an ability targets only enemies (all red), only allies (all green) or both (half red/green).
Equipped: indicates that a weapon, shield or armor is actively in use. Generally only one thing can be equipped in a given slot (e.g., right hand, head, gloves, etc.).
Exhausted: a status effect that indicates the character is either out of stamina or winded such that they cannot act and their movement is severely limited. This generally only lasts a turn or two and then the character can resume normally and regenerate stamina again.
Fiend: an evil creature from one of the planes commonly referred to as “Hell”. Virtually all fiends are immune to poisons, and most are immune or have high resistance to fire.
Fighter: a CLASS that excels in close-range melee combat. They are proficient in a whole range of weapons and tend to specialize in offensive abilities. 
Fire Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting FIRE damage. Damage that is not resisted is still lessened by the percentage of the resistance. This is an ELEMENTAL RESISTANCE.
Flanked: an indicator that the target has multiple enemies attacking them from different directions with melee or physical ability attacks (ranged attacks do not count toward FLANKING). Prior to each character’s turn, for each subsequent incoming attack beyond the first, a 10% DEF penalty is applied, and this stacks, so the third attack is -20%, the fourth -30%, etc.. However, a defender’s DEF will never drop below zero. At the start of the character’s turn all flanking penalties are removed.
Flask Accuracy: the ACCURACY of a FLASK ability, or a bonus to its ACC.
Flask Area-of-Effect (AOE): the Area-of-Effect of a FLASK ability, or a bonus to its AOE.
Flask Damage: the DAMAGE done by a FLASK ability, or a bonus to the damage.
Flask Range: the RANGE of a FLASK ability, or a bonus to that range.
Fortitude: an attribute that is a measure of your resilience. It contributes to STAMINA REGENERATION, MAGIK DEFENSE, and PHYSICAL RESISTANCES. It can also help mitigate PSYCHIC DAMAGE, avoid INJURIES, resist PARALYSIS, increase SPELL AREA-OF-EFFECT, and boost PSYCHIC abilities.
Frozen: a status effect that generally prevents the afflicted from performing any action. They are, however, typically protected from outside attacks during the time, but will often take ICE damage each turn.
Goblinoid: a category of creatures that includes Goblins and Hobgoblins, that generally can trace their lineage to Marzuk, the Prince of Exile. They tend to have organized societies set up on tribal lines. Most Goblinoids have strong immunity to poisons and possibly poison-based attacks.
Healing: restores HEALTH POINTS. Keep in mind that while on an expedition, HP can never be healed beyond the current MAXIMUM HEALTH, which can only be recovered in town.
Health Points (HP)/Maximum Health: an indication of how physically robust a character is. Health can never go above the current Maximum Health (also referred to as “Raw Health”). Damage reduces Health, while a proportion of that damage also reduces Maximum Health. Once a character reaches zero Health, any more damage will kill them. While Health can be restored through abilities or resting while camping, Maximum Health can only be restored once back in town. 
Holy: a type of ability, only available to Paladins, that is particularly damaging to Undead.
Holy Accuracy: the ACCURACY of a HOLY ability, or a bonus to its ACC.
Holy Area-of-Effect (AOE): the Area-of-Effect of a HOLY ability, or a bonus to its AOE.
Holy Damage: the DAMAGE done by a HOLY ability, or a bonus to the damage.
Holy Range: the RANGE of a HOLY ability, or a bonus to that range.
Humanoid: a category of creatures that typically walk upright and have human characteristics, but not including actual humans, elves, or dwarfs. Most have some sort of social structure, culture, tool use, and build dwellings. They are typically distinguished from humans, however, by the level of their advancement.
Ice Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting ICE damage. Damage that is not resisted is still lessened by the percentage of the resistance. This is an ELEMENTAL RESISTANCE.
Immobile/Bound: a status effect whereby the afflicted cannot move from their grid square. Immobilized creatures can still use ranged attacks or abilities. Bound creatures cannot attack. Both statuses lead to a 33% reduction in DEF.
Initiative: determines the order in which characters take their TURNS during a ROUND of combat. Generally, characters with a higher INITIATIVE go first, but the process is somewhat randomized at the beginning of each round. DEXTERITY is the primary determinant of this trait, but various status effects can modify it temporarily and some skills can boost it permanently.
Injury: a negative affliction, typically from melee attacks, that can have negative stat modifiers until it heals. These can heal on their own, particularly through rest in town, but the HERBALIST and the HEALER can also cure them.
Insect/Arachnid: a category of creature that typically has multiple (6 or 8) legs and an exoskeleton. They have a strong communal ethos, whether through instinct or otherwise. Many insects have wings although not all can fly.
Intelligence: an attribute that is a measure of your mental powers. It affects MAGIK ACCURACY, MAGIK DAMAGE, MAGIC DEFENSE, plus MENTAL RESISTANCES. It can also boost PSYCHIC RANGE.
Invisible: the affected character or monster cannot be seen. They are, however, still physically present and will block movement through their grid square. When attacking, they gain a SURPRISE BONUS.
Knockdown Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting a KNOCKDOWN affliction. This is a PHYSICAL RESISTANCE.
Layaway: a plan at the Merchant that allows you to put 10% down to hold the item for up to 12 months.
Levitate: the affected character or creature is levitating above the ground. This enables them to pass over normally impassable terrain, such as water of low blocking objects, or pass over lava harmful grid squares without being affected (e.g., lava, traps).
Light/Light Penalty: some abilities, weapons, shields or armor can be or provide a light source. The relative level is indicated by one or more “+” signs following it. Some creatures are not used to light and receive an ACC penalty when exposed to light (similar to DARKNESS PENALTY in reverse).
Low Stamina: indicates that the character or monster’s stamina is below 50% and will incur ACC and DEF penalties. Red is below 10%, yellow is below 25% and white is below 50%.
Mage: a CLASS that specializes in studying ancient knowledge. They focus on the application of magiks, both offensively and defensively. They are the only class that can wield a wand.
Magik Defense (MGK DEF): the reduction applied to the attacker’s ACCURACY to determine the chance that an ability will succeed, minus any modifiers. This only applies with inherently magik attacks, such as a wand or a staff at range, or abilities that are not physical in nature (those use DEFENSE). Generally, the ACC minus MGK DEF is the chance to hit. 
Magik Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting MAGIK attacks or damage.
Magik/Spell: indicates a type of ability that is associated with spell-casters, such as Mages and Druids. Wands are also inherently magik in nature.
Magik/Spell Accuracy: the ACCURACY of a magik ability, or a bonus to its ACC.
Magik/Spell Area-of-Effect (AOE): the Area-of-Effect of a magik ability, or a bonus to its AOE.
Magik/Spell Damage: the DAMAGE done by a magik ability, or a bonus to the damage.
Magik/Spell Range: the RANGE of a magik ability, or a bonus to that range.
Marked: indicates that the afflicted has been specifically targeted by enemies. This can tie into the chance of being attacked as well as possibly receiving the brunt of subsequent abilities.
Melee: a type of attack or ability that is physical in nature, usually involving weapons and up close. They can also only be targeted in the cardinal directions (N, S, E and W).
Melee Accuracy: the ACCURACY of a melee ability or weapon, or a bonus to its ACC.
Monstrosity: a type of creature that tends to be frightening and abnormal compared to those from the natural world. Most are unnatural and have evolved through experimentation.
Morale: a colored indicator of the contentment of npc’s. Lower (red hues) morale leads to negative ACC and DEF penalties while higher (green) gives bonuses. Morale icons also display four boxes below which turn from white to blue to indicate the progress to the next higher level of morale (e.g., 
shows they are half-way to the next morale color level).
Movement Points (MP): indicates how many grid squares a character or creature may move in a turn during combat before expending significant amounts of stamina. 
Muffled: indicates that the afflicted is making less or more noise than normal (usually followed by a percentage).
Necrotic: a type of damage that tends to reduce RAW HEALTH more than normal attacks. It can vary depending on the source and also sometimes has other negative effects associated with it. It is more common with UNDEAD.
No [whatever]: combined with another icon, indicates the opposite. For example, if combined with the BLEED 
No Attack: indicates that the afflicted cannot attack for some reason (usually the result of an ability).
No Magik: indicates that the afflicted cannot use magik or spells for some reason (usually the result of an ability).
One-Handed: a type of weapon that can be held with one hand, allowing the other hand to wield another object.
Opportunity Attack: a special ability that allows someone to attack enemies that pass by adjacent squares or move away from a square adjacent to the attacker, even if it isn’t their turn.
Other: a type of creature that does not fit neatly into one of the other creature types.
Paladin: a CLASS that focuses on service and obedience to the Old Gods. They typically excel at martial weapons and have natural anti-UNDEAD abilities.
Panicked: a status effect that generally leads to the afflicted running away from enemies and they have a zero DEF while afflicted.
Panic Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting the PANICKED affliction. This is a MENTAL RESISTANCE.
Paralyzed: a status effect whereby the afflicted cannot move, attack or defend. Paralyzed victims have a zero DEF when attacked.
Peer: a trait of some abilities that will reveal the location of treasures on the mini-map, usually within a given radius of the caster.
Penalty: an indicator that the user is receiving some sort of temporary negative stat bonus, usually from an ability (e.g., affliction). The details can typically be seen by clicking on the icon below the afflicted’s portrait on the ATTRIBUTES screen.
Physical Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting physical attacks or damage.
Plant: a type of creature that has vegetative or fungal origins. Most have minimal intelligence and many are susceptible to fire. Many have camouflage.
Poison Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting POISON damage. Damage that is not resisted is still lessened by the percentage of the resistance. This is an ELEMENTAL RESISTANCE.
Precision: a trait of an ability that automatically targets the least armored part of the victim’s body, thereby typically resulting in more HEALTH damage incurred.
Prior Hit: indicates that the afflicted was hit since their last turn and they will incur a 20% ACC penalty if they choose to attack. 
Protection: indicates that the character or creature has some sort of protection (usually magikal in nature) that will mitigate damage while enabled. Typically this sort of protection has a given number of HEALTH points that it will mitigate before disappearing.
Psychic Accuracy: the ACCURACY of a PSYCHIC ability, or a bonus to its ACC.
Psychic Area-of-Effect (AOE): the Area-of-Effect of a PSYCHIC ability, or a bonus to its AOE.
Psychic Damage: the DAMAGE done by a PSYCHIC ability, or a bonus to the damage.
Psychic Range: the RANGE of a PSYCHIC ability, or a bonus to that range.
Pull: a trait of an ability that will pull the target next to the attacker.
Push Item/Person: a trait of an ability that will push an item, character, or creature back one grid square. 
Pushback: a trait of an ability that will push the target back one or more grid squares.
Quantity: indicates that a given ability can be used only a certain number of times per expedition or per battle.
Range: indicates the maximum distance away from the user that can be targeted. When followed by WPN it indicates that the ability uses the same RANGE as the equipped weapon.
Ranged: a type of attack or ability that can be fired from a distance or up close and is not limited to cardinal directions.
Ranged Accuracy: the ACCURACY of a RANGED ability or weapon, or a bonus to its ACC.
Ranged Damage: the DAMAGE done by a RANGED ability or weapon, or a bonus to the damage.
Ranged Range: the RANGE of a RANGED ability or weapon, or a bonus to that range.
Ranger: a CLASS that feels more comfortable in a tent in the woods. They tend to be excellent archers, see farther than others, and are difficult to ambush. 
Raw Damage: a trait of an ability that can apply more (or less) than the normal ratio of HEALTH DAMAGE to MAXIMUM HEALTH. Usually followed by a percentage.
Recruit: adds an npc to your employ.
Reload: some weapons, like crossbows, require an extra turn during combat to load the projectile. This takes the action for the turn and they cannot attack or use an ability, but the person can still use DEFEND (provided they haven’t moved outside the “green zone”).
Reptilian: a type of monster that is cold-blooded, has scaly skin, has a tail, typically lays eggs, and has scales covering their body. They may or may not walk on all fours or upright. There is a wide range of capabilities as some are barely above animals in nature whilst others have organized societies, tool and weapon use, and even primitive speech.
Resistance: the ability to block or reduce damage or effects of a given type (the icon of the type will be displayed in the shield icon, like 
Revive: a trait of a skill that will automatically revive the character if they die. Can only be used once per expedition.
Ricochet: a type of attack that bounces off of each successive target that is hit, hurtling toward another random target. But each hit reduces the range and damage done. 
Rogue: a CLASS that are proficient fighters with both ranged and melee attacks. Their methods tend to be sneaky and aimed at disadvantaging others. By default they know 
Self: indicates an ability that can only be used on oneself.
Shield Accuracy Penalty: an ACC penalty that applies from the cumbersome nature of wielding a shield.
Shock: a type of ELEMENTAL damage that reduces HEALTH from electricity. Elemental damage also does 100% damage to MAXIMUM HEALTH. SHOCK damage also has a chance to inflict STUN at a rate of 5% per point of HEALTH damage done. SHOCK damage will also travel through water to victims in adjacent squares (requires a separate “to hit” roll), except for the original caster.
Shock Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting SHOCK damage. Damage that is not resisted is still lessened by the percentage of the resistance. This is an ELEMENTAL RESISTANCE.
Size Differential: some abilities may give a bonus or penalty based on the size differential between the attacker and the defender.
Skill: indicates a SKILL, which is a learned or inherent specialization trait.
Sleep: a status effect that puts the afflicted to sleep. While sleeping they have a zero DEF and cannot move or act. However, any successful hit by an attack or ability will wake them up.
Sleep Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting the SLEEP affliction. This is a MENTAL RESISTANCE.
Slow: a status effect that temporarily reduces the afflicted’s MOVEMENT POINTS and INITIATIVE by half and their ACC/DEF by 25%.
Slow Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting the SLOW affliction. This is a PHYSICAL RESISTANCE.
Smash: using brute force and strength to open a door or container. This can sometimes lead to an INJURY if not successful.
Spirit: a weapon or ability particularly useful against SPIRITS (a type of UNDEAD that is immune to physical damage and runs entirely on STAMINA, not HEALTH). SPIRIT weapons or abilities do 3x the normal damage to the creature’s STAMINA.
Stamina: a trait that controls the amount of actions and movements a character or creature can perform. Low STAMINA will result in decreased ACC/DEF, possibly not having enough to use abilities or attack, or becoming EXHAUSTED. As actions are performed, the character’s stamina is reduced. Stamina can be recovered through STAMINA REGENERATION or by camping.
Stamina Regeneration: the amount of STAMINA that will be recovered in a given period of time, or at the start of a character or monster’s turn during combat. Using DEFEND at the end of a turn will increase STAMINA REGENERATION by 50%.
Stunned: a status effect that prevents the user from moving or taking an action during their turn. While stunned they have a zero DEF.
Stun Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting the STUNNED affliction. This is a PHYSICAL RESISTANCE.
Swimming: indicates that a character is in deep water and has to swim. They cannot take normal actions, such as attacks or use abilities, and they suffer a 50% DEFENSE and MAGIK DEFENSE penalty and use up twice as much STAMINA for actions, including movement. Some creatures can act freely in deep water and do not suffer STAMINA penalties, or do not suffer as much. This icon can also indicate that a particular ability can be used while swimming in deep water.
Teleport: The ability to immediately move from one spot to another without using any 
Trap: indicates the results of finding a trap. Generally, avoiding triggering a trap depends on the user’s INTELLIGENCE and the complexity of the trap. Rangers have a better chance of avoiding triggering it and Rogues have a significantly better chance.
Two-Handed: a type of weapon that requires both hands to wield.
Undead: a type of creature that was once alive but is brought back partially from the dead through necromancy or a curse.
Volley: a type of ranged attack that arcs and can go over the head of others or low objects between the attacker/caster and the target.
Wading: indicates that a character is in water up to about their waist. They can typically take normal actions, such as attacks and use abilities, but they suffer a 25% DEFENSE and MAGIK DEFENSE penalty and use up 50% more STAMINA for actions, including movement. Some creatures do not suffer STAMINA penalties in water or do not suffer as much.
Walk Stamina: indicates stamina expended by walking. Some abilities can lower or raise this.
Water Walking: indicates an ability that allows you to walk on the surface of any body of water. Normally, you can take normal actions while doing so and suffer no STAMINA penalties.
Weakness: a status effect that cuts normal MELEE DAMAGE and STAMINA REGENERATION in half.
Weak Resistance: the percentage chance of resisting the WEAKNESS affliction. This is a PHYSICAL RESISTANCE.
Weight: the amount that an item weighs. Characters can only carry up to their MAXIMUM CARRY WEIGHT before they are ENCUMBERED and cannot move. But significant weight up to that point can also burden them and lead to decreased STAMINA REGENERATION.
Weight Burden: these icons indicate the degree to which the amount of WEIGHT carried as a proportion of a character’s MAXIMUM CARRY WEIGHT is burdening them. From left to right, they are LIGHTLY BURDENED, MODERATELY BURDENED, HEAVILY BURDENED, STRAINED and ENCUMBERED. LIGHTLY BURDENED will reduce STAMINA REGENERATION to 80% of normal, MODERATELY 50%, and HEAVILY to 0%. ENCUMBERED will also prevent the character from moving. 
Width: on LINEAR types of abilities, this indicates how wide (in grid squares) the line will be.
HOURGLASS button, the MONTHLY NEWS will be displayed. This is a summary of how many monsters were killed during your excursion as well as how many you have killed in total. It will also display information regarding your party, such as how much experience they gained, whether they are ready to level up, if they have an injury or disease and what to do about it, as well as the effect the excursion and lodgings had on their morale. If anyone was tasked with a JOB, the results or progress will be displayed. 
Some objects that block your way can either be burned or smashed (or both). Burnable objects typically include most wooden crates or furniture as well as dead trees/bushes, plus spider webs. Smash-able objects include furniture and fragile rocks such as stalagmites or volcanic rocks. Smashing or burning any of these will remove them as an obstacle, but you should also be careful as this can destroy any contents if they contain items. 
button until it beeps. The game will then use that preset zoom level whenever you encounter that same circumstance.
From time to time, the Mayor’s Clerk will solicit adventurers to complete 
on a weapon and pick one of those.
. These are displayed prominently on their placeholder in town, as well as on the ATTRIBUTES screen for them. There is also a small set of 4 boxes 
that fill with blue to indicate the progress to the next emoji above their current one. 
Evervale Woods
mists EXPERIMENT here to push the boundaries of science (plus blowing stuff up is fun). They also provide ABILITY TRAINING for Alchemists. The HERBALIST is also stationed here, who can cure diseases and is fairly skilled in fixing injuries.
lded Dragon Inn
nastery
Blacksmith
The Gate
Evervale used to be a sleepy little town nestled in the foothills of the Middle Reaches. That was until the discovery made by the Unknown Traveler, for whom there is a statue in the center of town. Legend has it that the Unknown Traveler stumbled upon a cave nearby. In this cave he found strange 
CRYSTALS, and when he approached a mysterious-looking archway within the cave, it came aglow with a green, electric wave of energy. He awoke to find himself in a forest, surrounded by tall trees, raging rivers and jagged cliffs which didn’t look anything like the gentle sloping hills and marshlands surrounding Evervale. 
If you read the section on Weapons you’ll know that weapons come in two types: 
To attack, select one of the red squares and the targeting 
RETICULE will highlight that square (ideally one with a monster in it!). To carry out the attack, select the same square a second time. You can change your mind and target another square — just select the same square a second time to actually attack. 
To attack with a ranged weapon, you also select the ATTACK button as shown above. However, the available targeting area will be significantly larger. How large depends on the range of the weapon itself plus any range-boosting skills or buffs you may have. Similar to melee weapons, you can attack over short objects (including shorter monsters). However, ranged weapons are subject to line-of-sight, which means that you can’t hit targets that are obscured by larger objects or normal-sized characters or monsters. If you look at the previous figure, you can see that the red targeting area does not extend beyond the large rock near the top of the screen. But the short boulder in the middle, even though it blocks movement, does not obscure line-of-sight behind it. 
When you attack, you’ll see the actions occur on the screen. Typically you will hear appropriate sounds related to a hit or a miss, and on a hit possibly see some sort of blood spurt or effect on the victim indicating that. But you should also check your COMBAT LOG to see the specifics of the attack. Here you can see the results of Wilma shooting her bow at that giant ant. Start with the line where it says “Wilma range attacks…”. That shows the type of attack that occurred. The next line shows that Wilma’s ACC was 53. Below that you can see the giant ant’s DEF was 15. 53 – 15 = 38, which was the % chance to hit. The roll was a 47 (again, imagine a HUGE 100-sided D&D die being rolled) which resulted in a miss. Even though she missed, 38% for a level 1 character isn’t bad. That essentially means that she’s likely to hit 2 out of every 5 shots with her bow.
You can see from the screen above that the giant ant only has 3 HEALTH POINTS (HP), which is not a lot. Wilma’s bow does 1-4 damage, plus she has a 20% damage bonus (so she’s really doing 1.2 to 4.8 damage — damage done is rounded to one decimal place, even though the HP here shows a whole number). But the giant ant also has 12 ARMOR. But this is a total number for its entire body — individual body parts have less. So that’s going to protect it a little bit. Still, Wilma likely only has to land 2 or 3 hits to kill this monster. 
The BESTIARY contains useful information on monsters. Giant ants are simple creatures so not a lot of info, although if you read it you will notice they have an ACID attack. Higher level and more challenging monsters will have a lot more information displayed including some of their known attacks, defenses, and tactics. You should definitely read the bestiary when you encounter a creature you have not encountered before. 
We’ll assume that Wilma chose to use Flaming Arrow. Again, you will see and hear the animations for the attack and possibly some effects (on a hit Flaming Arrow would show some flames burst on the victim). But checking the COMBAT LOG will reveal more details about the attack. We can see here that Wilma had an ACC of 53. However, the DEF line for the giant ant is somewhat different this time. First of all, the giant ant was using 
DEFEND (we’ll cover that in a bit) so got its normal DEF multiplied by 150%. However, due to slightly low stamina
, it has a -16% penalty. The result of this was that its DEF was 18. 53 – 18 = 35, which was the % chance to hit. The roll was 11, which resulted in a hit. In this instance it was hit in the legs. The attack would have done 3.6 damage normally, but the giant ant’s armor mitigated 3.4 of that (successive hits would chip away at that and it would mitigate less and less). That leaves 0.2 points of damage to reduce the giant ant’s HP (remember the ant had 3 HP). Since it was a hit, the ability’s successive effects get a roll. Flaming Arrow does 1-4 points of fire damage. Since the giant ant has no FIRE RESISTANCE whatsoever, it is an automatic hit because the original attack was a hit. The ant takes 3.9 points of fire damage.
shield on it), you end your turn in a highly defensive position. Anyone that is using DEFEND will display the 
icon meaning it will just end your turn.
FLANKING. This occurs when one victim is attacked multiple times between their turns. The first time you are attacked, there is no penalty. That is just a normal attack. But if you are then attacked by someone else, you receive a -10 penalty to your 
DEF. A third attack will result in -20 DEF. A fourth -30. Your DEF can never be reduced below zero, but these can be significant. When your turn rolls around again, all FLANKING penalties are cleared. 
WEAK but does no damage) does not count toward FLANKING. Nor would something like fire on the ground left over from a prior ability attack.
PRIOR HIT penalty on your next turn. This icon will be visible near your health and stamina bars as well as over your placeholder. If you attack or use an ability in your next turn, you will incur a -20 
DARKNESS PENALTY. In pitch black conditions, or close to it, this can be as much as -50% 
BLIND on someone will cut their ACC and DEF in half, plus reduce ranged attacks by 2 squares. Causing 
STUN on someone means they won’t move or attack and their DEF is lowered to zero while you wail on them. Someone who suffers from 
PANIC will run around all over the place expending stamina and never attacking and have DEF lowered to zero. 
CONFUSE can be especially gratifying watching monsters attack each other, although the actions of those afflicted can be wildly unpredictable and they still might attack you if you’re too close. 
SLOW will cut someone’s 
SLEEP can take someone out of combat for a bit (you can attack them with a DEF of zero, but they’ll immediately wake up if hit). 
KNOCKDOWN does just what it sounds like it does — it knocks them down to the ground where they are vulnerable with a zero DEF and they’ll waste their next turn getting up (plus getting up costs 2 MP). 
IMMOBILE and BIND will prevent someone from moving out of their square, and BIND will prevent any attacks whereas IMMOBILE prevents melee attacks (or melee-type abilities) but not ranged attacks. 
PARALYSIS and 
FROZEN prevent the victim from moving or performing any actions and lowers their DEF to zero (Frozen usually protects them in the interim from outside attacks, but does recurring 
CHARM is particularly nasty as it will turn someone against their comrades, essentially flipping them to the other team for a while. 
status icon over their placeholder or next to their health and stamina bars. Attacking a sleeping creature grants a 
SURPRISE bonus, plus they have to expend a turn to stand up. However, most creatures have very sensitive hearing, so tread lightly (taking your shoes off can even help) and walk short distances (stay in the green movement squares). If you make too much noise they will likely wake up. Also, attacking a monster will assuredly wake them up, and likely make enough noise to wake others (although this can depend on the attack type and the distance, so its not guaranteed).
ARMOR protects your body if you are hit and mitigates potential damage, preventing it from reducing your health. It is important to realize that armor does not prevent you from being hit. In fact, the opposite is true: too much armor can be cumbersome and make you more likely to get hit. That’s not to say that having armor isn’t good. It is. It could potentially save your skin in a battle. But like many things, there’s a tradeoff. 
WEIGHT and the 
ACC PENALTY. Several factors play into these values, as described here.
CONDITION will deteriorate. The more damage that it sustains, the less it will mitigate. Some attacks, like 
FIRE, 
ICE, 
POISON). That is very important to remember, and also puts a weapon like a WAND in a new light. Many monsters have considerable armor. Even though many abilities or weapons like a WAND only do a small amount of elemental damage, they essentially bypass any armor. That can be a very important thing to keep in mind during a battle with a tank.
SHIELDS can be wielded in your left hand when you have equipped a one-handed weapon in your right hand. You cannot use a shield if you have a two-handed weapon equipped. The one-handed weapon can be either a melee (like a dagger or one-handed axe) or ranged weapon (such as a wand). Any class can wield a shield, but there are skills that characters and NPC’s can slot to improve stats for wielding them.
icon). Weapons can do this too (look for the 
icon), but shields tend to contribute significantly more depending on their size, material and quality. As described in the Accuracy, Defense and Magik Defense section of the Guide, when wielding both a shield and a one-handed weapon, whichever BLOCKING value is higher will be used. Weapon and shield BLOCKING values do not stack … it is one or the other. 
ACCURACY PENALTY. This is because shields are cumbersome. Only the size of the shield (not material or quality) determines this, and the larger the shield, the more the penalty. However, slotting the Shield Handling skill will reduce this penalty. This penalty can be significant (but so can the DEF bonus from BLOCKING). So shields are really a tradeoff between ACC and DEF. But better materials and quality, as well as the right skills, can skew this tradeoff so the DEF bonuses outweigh the ACC penalties. 
POISON).