Equipment Cards

Card Attachment System

1. Champion Cards

• Function: Each champion can equip one card.

• Stats Boost: Cards increase specific attributes (e.g., attack, defense, hp) for the attached champion.

• Unique Perks: Cards grant special abilities or passive effects to champions.

2. Card Acquisition

• Loot Drops: Cards drop from defeated enemies pve bosses.

• Events and Quests: Completing in-game events or quests rewards cards.

• Gacha Pack System: Players can summon cards using in-game currency.

3. Card Rarity

• Higher Rarity cards have more broad use. (Examp: 5% fire damage instead of 5% fire damage if wearer is bruiser)

• Higher Rarity cards are tailored to high rarity champions.

• Higher Rarity cards typically have more detailed and attractive art.

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Strategic Depth

1. Customization

• Players choose cards based on their preferred playstyle.

• Different combinations of cards lead to diverse strategies.

• Example: Attach a “Swift Strike” card to an agile assassin for increased critical hit chance.

2. Synergy

• Certain cards work better with certain champions.

• Example: Pair a “Fire Mastery” card with a fire-based mage for boosted fire spell damage.

3. Countering Opponents

• Players adapt their card loadouts to counter specific enemies.

• Example: Equip a “Frost Ward” card when facing ice-element foes.

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Art and Collectibility

1. Unique Artwork

• Each card features stunning, hand-drawn art.

• Collecting rare and epic cards becomes visually rewarding.

• Players can view their card collection in a dedicated gallery.

2. Card Albums

• Players complete themed card albums for rewards.

• Example: Collect all of a theme card to gain premium currency and/or achievement

3. Card Evolution

• Combine duplicate cards to evolve them.

• Evolved cards gain improved passive abilities

• Example: Merge 5 “Fire Cauldron” cards to get 25% fire damage instead of 5%.

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Card Upgrading System

1. Currency: Essence Shards

• Players earn Essence Shards through battles, quests, and achievements.

• Essence Shards serve as the universal upgrade currency for card experience.

2. Upgrading Cards

• Spend Essence Shards to level up cards to increase their stats.

• Higher card evolutions unlock stronger passive effects.

• Stat gain is linear.

AI Behavior and Skills

These are split into equipment into Combat Equipment and Exploration Equipment.

Combat Equipment: Grants access to new combat related skills or abilities to further combat prowess and versitility

Exploration Equipment: Unlocks abilities to traverse different terrains and interact with the environment.

1. Exploration Equipment

• Key of Passage: Allows champions to open locked doors, granting access to new areas.

• Swimming Gear: Enables champions to cross lakes and rivers, opening up new exploration paths.

• Climbing Tools: Allows champions to scale walls and mountains, discovering hidden locations.

1. Combat Equipment

• Ring of Life: Boosts health regeneration and grants a skill to revive once per battle.

• Storm Bow: Enhances ranged attack and introduces a skill to shoot a volley of arrows.

• Staff of Wisdom: Boosts magic attack and provides a skill to cast a healing spell.

Example: "Dragalia Lost"

Example Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator