Quick Reference

Appendices

Appendix A: Bestiary

TODO: one entry per monster family — weaknesses, behavior norms, and the full member list. Screenshot beside each family.

How Monsters Scale

A monster's stats come from two layers: its family sets a baseline that scales with level, and the individual creature multiplies that baseline up or down from there — the same archetype-table-times-multiplier shape used across the genre, just carrying our own numbers. None of it comes out of a single master formula: every monster's numbers are hand-authored and checked against how long a fight against it actually takes for its level and role, and adjusted if that pacing drifts out of step with its neighbors.

[Family] Family

Weak against: [element] [element]

Member	Found In	Lv Range
[Monster]	[zones]	1–8
[Monster]	[zones]	12–20

[Family] Family

Weak against: [element] [element]

Member	Found In	Lv Range
[Monster]	[zones]	1–8
[Monster]	[zones]	12–20

[Family] Family

Weak against: [element] [element]

Member	Found In	Lv Range
[Monster]	[zones]	1–8
[Monster]	[zones]	12–20

[Family] Family

Weak against: [element] [element]

Member	Found In	Lv Range
[Monster]	[zones]	1–8
[Monster]	[zones]	12–20

[Family] Family

Weak against: [element] [element]

Member	Found In	Lv Range
[Monster]	[zones]	1–8
[Monster]	[zones]	12–20

[Family] Family

Weak against: [element] [element]

Member	Found In	Lv Range
[Monster]	[zones]	1–8
[Monster]	[zones]	12–20

Notorious Monsters

Notorious Monsters
Name	Family	Where	The Gimmick
TODO	TODO	TODO	TODO
TODO	TODO	TODO	TODO
TODO	TODO	TODO	TODO

Monsters by Family Index

TODO: flat alphabetical index of every monster, cross-referenced to its family card above.

Appendix B: The Spell Library

TODO: the shared spell library — lines and tiers granted across jobs at varying depth. Source: sc-backend Jobs design doc, spell library section.

Elemental Lines
Line	Element	Tiers	Notes
Nukes	All elements	TODO	—
DoTs	All elements	TODO	Poison = water DoT, Bio = dark DoT
AoEs	All elements	TODO	—

Restoration
Spell	Tier	Who Learns It	Notes
Heal I	I	TODO
Heal II	II	TODO
Heal III	III	TODO
Party Heal	—	TODO
Regen	—	TODO
Cleanse	—	TODO
Revive	—	TODO

Control & Utility
Spell	Tier	Who Learns It	Notes
Sleep	—	TODO
Bind	—	TODO
Slow	—	TODO
Blind	—	TODO
Drain	—	TODO
En-spells	—	TODO	Per-element family

En-spells are per-element self-cast weapon enchants.

En-spells
Spell	Element	Who Learns It
TODO	TODO	TODO
TODO	TODO	TODO

Appendix C: Weaponskills & Skillchains

Two combat layers sit underneath every job and are identical for all of them. No job engine generates them, accelerates them, or hooks into them. The full rules are in the Adventuring chapter; this appendix is the quick-reference version.

The Two Layers
Layer	Rule
Granted by	Weapon type and level. Never job. A subjob grants none.
Cost	Ability Points. Everything you spend above the minimum scales the damage, up to a full bar of 3000.
AP gain	About 25 per second while landing and taking swings.
Accuracy	Weaponskills always land. There is no roll.
Opening	The first weaponskill on a monster opens a window held on that monster.
Links	Each further weaponskill adds one. Links never refresh the window. One player may add several.
Minimum	Two links. A single unfollowed weaponskill pays nothing.
Pairing	Every weaponskill chains with every other. There are no valid or invalid pairs.
Resolution	At window expiry, as one elemental hit on the chained monster. No splash.
Payload	Concentrated in few elements, spread across many, or a prism of all eight.
Threat	None. Chain damage generates no enmity.
Failure	The target dying mid-window loses the chain entirely.
Monsters	Spend AP on their own weaponskills, but never open or feed a chain.

Design note

Only the AP numbers above are sourced from the build; the layer itself is designed and unimplemented (Skillchains.md). Deliberately absent: window length, the damage curve by link count, unlock levels, and the weaponskill roster. The earlier draft of this appendix carried an openers-and-closers property chart — that lattice was rejected, and universal chaining replaced it.

Appendix D: Status Effects

TODO: buffs, debuffs, and crowd control the game applies, independent of which job or line grants them.

Status Effects
Status	Type	What It Does
Poison	DoT	TODO
Bio	DoT	TODO
Sleep	CC	TODO
Bind	CC	TODO
Slow	Debuff	TODO
Blind	Debuff	TODO
Regen	Buff	TODO
Terror	CC	TODO

Appendix E: Consumables & Meals

TODO: food, potions, and other consumables — effects, duration, and where they're sourced.

Meals
Food	Effect	Duration	Source
TODO	TODO	TODO	TODO
TODO	TODO	TODO	TODO

Potions & Remedies
Item	Effect	Source
TODO	TODO	TODO
TODO	TODO	TODO

Appendix F: Glossary

Terms this guide uses without stopping to explain them.

Core Terms
Term	Meaning
Vhael	The world. Also "the Vhael" when what's meant is the living world rather than the planet.
Aether	Raw magic, older than the Aurora and native to the world-trees. It crystallizes over time, and refining it is what powers the Empire's industry.
the Aurora	The event that grants magic to a generation of people. Each one raises a new crop of Awakened. The Piporin call the first the First Aetherfall.
the Awakened	Anyone who gained magic from an Aurora. You are one of the newest, and the first able to master more than one thread of magic at a time.
Tree of Vhaelthorn	The world-tree whose roots run under Vhael. The living world depends on it, and it must be tended.
the Gardener	An Awakened who took up the tending of the Tree.
Weaponskill	An attack granted by your weapon type and level, paid for in Ability Points. Always lands.
Skillchain	A window opened on a monster by a weaponskill. Further weaponskills add links, and the links resolve into one elemental hit.
AP	Ability Points. The second resource bar, spent on weaponskills and on the one job ability that uses it.
Ward	A barrier pool that absorbs damage before your health does and refills during combat.
Con	The level gap between you and a target, sorted into five bands from Trivial to Wall.
Claim	Ownership of a monster you engaged. Only the claiming party or alliance can fight it.

Design note

Open: "Spirit" appeared in an earlier draft of this glossary and has no entry in kb/vocab.md. Either define it or retire the term.

Appendix G: Charts & Quick Reference

TODO: pullout-style quick tables planned — leveling bands by zone, travel connections.

Derived Stats

Beyond the four attributes, your character sheet tracks a much longer list of derived stats — the numbers your gear, buffs, and job actually move. Here are the ones you'll see most often.

Derived Stats
Stat	What It Means
Max HP	Maximum hit points.
Max MP	Maximum mana points.
Max AP	Maximum ability points, the resource most job abilities spend.
Max Ward	Ceiling on your barrier pool — damage absorbed before it touches HP.
HP Regen / MP Regen	Flat HP or MP recovered per second out of combat.
Ward Regen	Flat Ward recovered per second. Unlike HP and MP regeneration, this ticks while you are still fighting.
Life / Mana Leech	A percentage of the damage you deal returned as HP or MP, paid out over time and rate-capped.
Life / Mana on Hit	A flat amount gained per landed hit, paid instantly and uncapped.
Leech Effectiveness	Increases how much you leech, life and mana both.
MP / AP Cost Reduction	Reduces what your abilities cost. Both cap at 25%.
AP Gain	Increases the AP you bank from your own actions. Caps at 50%.
Reduced Enemy AP Gain	Reduces the AP your attacks hand to the things you hit.
Accuracy	Physical hit rating, checked against a target's Evasion.
Evasion	Chance to dodge an incoming physical attack.
Magic Accuracy	Spell and debuff landing rating, checked against Magic Evasion.
Magic Evasion	Chance to resist an incoming spell or debuff.
Critical Rate	Chance for an attack to land as a critical hit.
Critical Damage	Damage multiplier applied on a critical hit.
Double Attack Chance	Chance for an auto-attack to hit a second time.
Defense	Flat physical damage reduction per hit.
Block Chance / Reduction	Chance a shield blocks a hit, and how much of that hit is cut.
Parry Chance	Chance to deflect a hit with your weapon.
Guard Chance / Reduction	Chance to guard against a hit with certain weapons, and how much it cuts.
Counter Chance	Chance to counter-attack when you're hit.
Attack Speed / Cast Speed	Multipliers on your swing interval and cast time.
Movement Speed	Percent modifier on your movement speed.
Action Speed	A universal rate multiplier on both swings and casts (not movement or cooldowns).
Elemental Resistances	Percent damage reduction per element — Fire, Ice, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Water, Holy, and Dark — each with its own cap.
Elemental Penetration	Percent of a target's resistance you punch through, per element.
Area of Effect	Widens the radius of your area abilities. Caps at 50%.
Spell Block	Chance to blunt an incoming spell. The magical counterpart to Block, and the only defensive roll a cast has to get through.
Increased Healing	Increases the healing you do. Healing has no attribute behind it, so this and spell power are the whole lane.
Enmity Modifier	Percent increase or decrease to the threat you generate.