The recruited Kawa Item Potency should have been fixed with the last gog Patch (1.4.1a) it was incorrectly giving Quick Fingers before that.

So, what else changed in the patch? (I haven't seen a changelog anywhere.)

By the way, looking at the customdata_examples files, and with some testing, I figured out how Zohl Beam works:
* Multiplier is .1x + .4x/10 MP. So at 10 MP, it's .5, at 20 it's .9, and so on. (.1 and .4 are in the customdata, and could easily be changed with a mod.)
* Maximum damage multiplier for this spell is 10, which is also found (and changeable) in customdata. This is reached around 250 MP.
* Focus Fire will boost the damage by 50%, at the cost of only hitting a single target rather than a line.
* Zohl Heal works similarly, except that the constants are different (except for the multiplier cap), and it's not compatible with Focus Fire (since it's single target by default).

It basically makes the GOG version the same as Steam version (1.4.1 with M&M 1.0.3) before this there was an issue that meant any updates that effect files specific to M&M (the ones in Fell Seal - Arbiter's Mark\Fell Seal_Data\StreamingAssets\assetbundles\dlc1) didn't actually get updated on GOG.

dtgreene I found this topic when searching for mechanics on the game. Great compilation!
I made an account on gog.com just to contribute! I want to add a few quirky things I found.

Elemental healing
*we know that damaging an enemy with an element resistance >100 heals them. say at 150 resistance, they will be healed for 50% of the damage
*Healing is also affected by elemental resistance
*when we use an ELEMENTAL HEALING attack against someone with the same resistance, it will damage them instead of healing! Example: Draekon with Sylvan variant and healing touch, will do a Fire attack that heals an ally. If that ally has 150 Fire resistance, they will take damage instead of getting healed!
*Draekon has passive Greed that heals and gives mana to the attacker based on damage dealt. Because this is a healing attack that dealt damage (as opposed to the expected healing), the attacking Draekon will take damage from Greed!
*There is no effect on mana gained and Greed. Draekon gets no mana when using healing touch? Weather it heals or damages it's target.

Versatile + Menagerie Pets
*pets that deal damage or heal at the end of the turn benefit from Versatile and will give you mana when they crit!

It's been a while since I've played this game, and it was before the patch that added the Drakeon, but this is certainly interesting information. It actually reminds me of what I encountered in Final Fantasy 7 (a game I actually didn't like, but that's another story), when trying to absorb HP/MP from healing magic, or Final Fantasy 6 with respect to runic.

I really do enjoy these weird mechanical quirks that come up in these games.

Late reply, but thanks for sharing your observations. I already said as much in another of your posts (about new monsters) for the game. :)

As for this last part, does the game have critical effects? If these are a hidden mechanic, maybe attacking from behind applies extra damage or in this case, extra healing during that attack.

I'm going to look through your other observations and will reply accordingly.

Also, Happy Holidays and in case you read this after the 1st, Happy New Year as well. :)
. Is the damage/healing bug by chance related to the last part of your 1st post?

Someone in another post had replied that the AI seems to unlock both skills/spells/equipment that players do and sometimes a better version. So if what they say is true, it does seem to imply that an enemy could conceivably come equipped with a Healing Staff. Of course, this is just base on their post:

https://www.gog.com/forum/fell_seal_arbiters_mark/help_with_first_thespeiros_battle/post3
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This same poster also implied the enemies scale and even get bonuses on top of that. This sort of worries me if an enemy matches my (the player) skill-for-skill, spell-for-spell or equipment-for-equipment. That sort of defeats the purpose of players finding rare or unique skills/spells/treasures, if the enemy gets the exact same, only better versions of them.

Has this been your experience also?
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Good to know, thanks.
. Sounds like the game has a lot of variety to discover for those that experiment. I'm getting more and more interested in the game.
. That sounds appropriate actually, I'd hate to think you can farm your own tamed creatures. I enjoy games, but I don't like to be cruel in games, even if the creatures/mobs are digital.

You never know when you get reincarnated or transmigrated to a game world, it could come back to haunt you! :)
. If I get the game, it'll be the Bundle version, so this shouldn't pose a problem for me. Unless I'm missing something else?
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Does Double Cast imply that the spell is cast twice on the same person/object? If so, shouldn't the total restore amount be 150% of target's HP? Or am I missing something obvious here?

Or is it because the target got revived (assuming the target died in the first place) and the 2nd cast no longer considers the target valid? Or is the spell/skill name Double Cast misleading and does something completely different?
. If I get the game, looks like I have some experimenting to do as well and again, thanks for the useful info. :)
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Good info! Most players wouldn't consider prolonging a battle to get different or better results. I probably would have missed this, unless there is a game manual that explains all this. Or is this game intuitive enough to encourage players to experiment?

I plan on reading the manual anyway before playing the game, just in case.
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Is this a bug you think or was it by design and working as intended?
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I'm going to stop here and @dtgreene thanks for posting all of your observations. And thanks to the other two posters (Kalanyr and Perfie666) as well, for their additional input on the game.

I have a couple of days to decide. I'm still 50/50 on whether to get it or not. On the one hand, it seems to have a lot of interesting mechanics. On the other hand, this also appears to have SO MANY things you can experiment with, I'm worried I'll get lost in it all and maybe get too caught up in it to properly advance the game.

But it did get me plenty of food for thought and the price right now is incredibly low, so there seems to be little risk of buyer's remorse.

Happy Holidays everyone and a upcoming Happy New year!
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IIRC, you get to cast two separate spells, choosing separate targets for each (but duplicate spells/targets are allowed).

I don't remember how Revive effects target, but I *think* you target from your list of dead characters, not on a tile like how you target living characters, so you can't target someone who isn't dead. (There are also effects that can prevent resurrection; those characters can't be targeted, either.)

There's a stronger version of the skill, available only to female generics, that doesn't get the 75% power reduction. It requires a special rare item to access, and that item is also used for a different class for male generics, as well as 2 of the most powerful monster variants (if DLC is installed). (Note that this item becomes more common as you progress.)


Another bit: I believe it's possible to revive a character in a spot they couldn't travel to normally; I think there's at least one chest that can be obtained this way if you don't have the proper movement trait available.

Wow, the game mechanics seem quite deep in this game. These days I try to stay away from games with large learning curves, but from your other reply, sounds like I shouldn't worry too much.

Between your replies and the two threads, I have a better handle on what to expect. Thanks again for sharing all your observations. I'll probably re-read them again, but now I'm at 75% of the way towards buying it thanks to all this insight. Which was a good bit more than the initial zero and forever being left in my Wishlist. :)
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