Items and Skills (launch numbers)

Closes in numbers what 17 describes and what 03, 08, 09, 18 and 22 have already decided. Everything here is a starting point for the prototype: the values will be adjusted with the Phase 1A metrics (06). Fixed rules this document cannot break: NFTs are only cosmetics and deeds; a crafted top-tier item binds on equip; power cap per tier, then horizontal progression; gold never becomes a token; no randomness is sold for money or tokens.

1. Number conventions

• WD = weapon damage (table in §7). Skills deal % of WD; spells deal % of the staff's WD (or of a base 40 without a staff) + 1% per 2 points of Mind.
• Resources: follow the formulas of 26 §3 (health = 80 + Vigor × 6; stamina = 60 + Vigor × 2 + Dexterity; mana = 40 + Mind × 5 + Will × 2), ~140 health and ~100 mana at level 1; the shield and heal values below start from that order of magnitude.
• Cooldown in seconds. Cost in stamina (S) or mana (M). Cooldown is per skill; potions have a shared cooldown per type (22 §7).
• The server validates every strike and every spell; the VR gesture only reports direction and intent (00, T3).

2. Rarities

*Power budget: the fraction of the tier cap (§4) that the sum of affixes may use. Nobody goes above 100%.

Drop chance: common 60%, uncommon 25%, rare 11%, epic 3.5%, legendary 0.4% (boss) and 0.05% (horde), per elite or boss loot; weak hordes drop only common and uncommon. At night and at dawn the chance of rare or better rises by +25% relative (03).

3. Affix table (tier 1, level 1–20)

Each affix has a range in tier 1; later tiers multiply by the factor in §4. The value rolled within the range defines how much of the budget the affix spends. Prefixes go to the left of the name, suffixes to the right; an item does not repeat an affix.

Rules: movement speed, life steal, cooldown reduction and crit have a summed cap (10%, 8%, 25%, 40%) so the build does not break combat. Anyone using the VR dash (03) gains no dash distance from affixes.

4. Item tiers per chapter

*Sum of the points of an item's affixes (1 point ≈ 1% damage or 1 attribute). After level 50 (the level cap in 26 §4) and tier 6 there is no new cap: progression becomes horizontal (styles, weapon mastery, specialization, utility, appearance).

A new chapter adds only +12% raw power. With PvE scaling (20 §2.4) and the ranges above, the previous tier's gear remains useful (25, rule 3). T1 items can be elevated once to the next tier with materials from the new chapter, without exceeding its cap.

5. Crafted × loot (balance rule)

1. Same cap: crafted and loot obey the tier cap. Nothing crafted goes above 100% of the budget.
2. Loot has variance, crafted has control. Legendary loot: average of 78% of the cap, 100% only on a perfect roll; unique effect. Masterwork: minimum 90%, affixes chosen by the smith, no unique effect.
3. No unique effect on crafted and no complete build possible from crafting alone: 2 of the 4 strongest affixes only drop as loot. Crafting and looting complement each other.
4. Binds on equip: masterwork and legendary loot bind to the character when worn (08). Before that, they are sold for gold, never for tokens.
5. Crafting quality (0–100) comes from the minigame (09), mastery and materials. Quality 90+ unlocks masterwork. Minigame with varied inputs (anti-macro).
6. Reroll: one affix can be rerolled with materials and gold earned by playing, at most 3 times per item; never with money, tokens or a cosmetics-store item. There is no loot box.
7. Cosmetics (weapon and lantern appearance, including NFTs) keep the base item's numbers (08).

6. Sets (tier 1)

Four sets of 4 pieces; bonuses at 2 and 4 pieces, within the cap.

7. Weapons (tier 1, level 20, common quality; average WD per strike)

Per-tier adjustment: WD × the factor in §4. Block absorbs 60% of damage with a weapon, 70% with a shield, 85% with the right directional parry (only valid against elites and bosses, 17).

8. Durability

• Loss: a weapon loses 1 per strike on an elite or boss and 0.25 per horde enemy; armor loses 1 per hit taken from an elite or boss and 0.25 per horde. Death in PvE: −10 points on each piece (revived by an ally: −3; 26 §6).
• Repair at an NPC: costs 0.05 gold × item level per point (1.0 at level 20, the maximum of Chapter 1; 1.5 at level 30; 33 §3), scales with tier and reduces max durability by 3% of the original value. Repair by a player smith: cost 1 gold per point and max loss of 1%, with higher quality costing more.
• With a max below 40% the item becomes worn out: it is only good for recycling (50% of the materials). A well-kept piece lasts 20 to 60 repairs.
• When broken (0 points) the item loses all affixes until repaired; it never disappears without warning.

9. Launch skills per class

A bar of 10 actives (17); each class has 8 to start (all by level 20, the Chapter 1 cap), plus the free physical ones. Mouse: bar key (1–8) and button; "H" is hold. VR: gesture; the result and the numbers are identical (18 §3). Magic forms only among the 4 at launch.

Lantern Warden (stamina)

Wanderer (stamina)

Arcanist (mana; Arcane + fire and water)

Druid (mana; Nature + water)

What is left for later

• Light, Shadow, Air and Earth sources; touch, trap and summon forms (18 §9).
• Rarity and affixes from tier 2 onward: final ranges come out of the alpha; here only the factor applies.
• Skills 9 and 10 of each class and the talent trees (the bar has 10; launch starts with 8).
• Numbered class synergies and party combos.
• Rune enchanting (needs the "enchant" process from 22).
• PvP balance per class, after real arena data (13).
• Table of weapon recipes and materials per region (09, 20).