Unlike Final Fantasy, where ATB Active is typically the default setting, in this game ATB Wait is the default setting.

This is also helpful for curing petrified allies, as Gorgon Shrines require you to designate the exact tile where the petrified character is located. Discovering a Wanderer also adds that character's address to the menu in case you don't have room for them and need to drop a party member to pick them up. Since one of the requirements for you to add a character to your party is to be standing on the exact same tile as that character, the known exact addresses of every non-wandering character are always listed in the Composition menu.

HP, however, does not heal after battles and must be healed at a shrine. After-Combat Recovery: All allies recover their Physical Defense and Magic Defense after every fight.Too bad they're so far down in the dungeon and when you get them they're of limited use. Advertised Extra: Valtoro is actually on the game's cover art they can be seen as a tail and a shadow.If the player runs out of usable characters, it's Game Over! A key element of the game is the enforcement of Unexpectedly Realistic Gameplay for example, Petrified characters must be left behind, and if the party wipes, they will be stuck and the player will have to deploy another party from the village to rescue them. Charting enough of the dungeon allows the player to equip Skills that they find while exploring to make combat and exploration easier. Battling foes allows the player to level up their characters, gaining HP and Proficiency Points that allows them to equip stronger gear. As you chart your way through the dungeon, you will encounter events and foes, represented by hexadecimal values on the floor, each corresponding to specific battles and events. Players assemble a team of up to four characters and dive into a 100-floor dungeon represented as a grid of squares, filled with various kinds of enemies.

Directly contrasting the grand, sweeping adventures that eastern RPGs have been commonly known for, Dungeon Encounters aims to boil down the JRPG and dungeon-crawling genres into what is effectively a literal numbers game.

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