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‎Commands Glossary

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 *<#> is the aid level, either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.<br>
 *<Stat> must be either Power, Precision, Endurance, or Mitigation.<br>
-Aids an ally, granting stacks of ''Moderate'' stat bonuses in exchange for you taking on equal penalties to the sister stat.<br>
+Aids an ally, granting stacks of ''Moderate'' stat bonuses in exchange for you spending 3 Drive per level.<br>
 '''>support <Target>'''<br>
 *<Target> is the name of the ally you wish to support.<br>

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 '''>edefense <Target>=<Type>'''<br>
 *Fields are identical to >defend.<br>
-Defends against an incoming attack with a Massive bonus, costing 3 Drive per level of the attack. Otherwise functions identically to any other defense.<br>
+Defends against an incoming attack with a ''Massive'' bonus, costing 3 Drive per level of the attack. Otherwise functions identically to any other defense.<br>
 '''>aid <Target>/<#>:<Stat>'''<br>
 *<Target> is the name of the character you are aiding.<br>

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 *<Type> must be either Guard, Maneuver, Bolster, Focus, or Rally. G, M, B, F, and R work.<br>
 Defends against an incoming attack. The attack resolves at this step. Your turn "begins" when the attack is resolved.<br>
 '''>aid <Target>/<#>:<Stat>'''<br>
 *<Target> is the name of the character you are aiding.<br>

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 After each defense, the defender regains Drive and Hype at their passive rate, up to their maximum.
-Players may choose to respond with a more powerful 'Emergency Defense' as well. Using the '''>edefense'' command in place of '''>defend''', their defense gains a Massive bonus against the attack, but in exchange, they lose 3 Drive per level of the attack that they defend against. The Drive cost of an Emergency Defense is ''intentionally'' higher than a strictly balanced value; it is meant to be used when a decisive defensive maneuver is truly necessary.
+Players may choose to respond with a more powerful 'Emergency Defense' as well. Using the '''>edefense''' command in place of '''>defend''', their defense gains a Massive bonus against the attack, but in exchange, they lose 3 Drive per level of the attack that they defend against. The Drive cost of an Emergency Defense is ''intentionally'' higher than a strictly balanced value; it is meant to be used when a decisive defensive maneuver is truly necessary.
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 :Rally: The defense takes a Minor penalty to both Endurance and Mitigation against the attack, but you gain 5 Drive.
 After each defense, the defender regains Drive and Hype at their passive rate, up to their maximum.
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 '''4: Pushes:''' Pushes are various action modifiers and special moves that can be activated by spending Hype. They encompass effects such as buffs, debuffs, Drive gain and drain, healing, damage reduction, super attacks, etc. Any Push can be activated at any time, including right before an attack or defense. Some Pushes have an instantaneous effect and kick in immediately, announcing their result. Most Pushes are instead loaded into a queue, where they will trigger once an attack/defense exchange is resolved. Queuing up more Pushes than you have Hype will result in Pushes at the end of the list failing to activate. Using these Pushes creates a visible notification, which will tell anyone in the room that you have used one, but most don't name the specific Push itself. This allows players to anticipate which attacks and defenses are the most heavily enhanced, without divulging all details. The command '''>push/list''' displays the complete list of Pushes, their effects, and their associated Hype cost. To activate one, the command is '''>push <name>/<cost>''', sometimes followed with '''=<option>''' in the case of Buff and Debuff.<br>
-'''5: Aid:''' Aid actions are the primary means by which players can lend support to one another in combat when working as a team. Aid commands range from levels 1-5 just like attacks, but cost no Drive to use, and can be used any time, as many times as a player wishes. Using the '''>aid <name>/<level>:<stat>''' command grants the designated ally a number of stacking ''Moderate'' bonuses to the chosen stat equal to the aid's level. In exchange, the user takes on an equal number of stacking ''Moderate'' penalties to the ''sister'' stat. ex. An aid of 3:Power grants an ally 3 stacks of Power bonus, but the user takes on 3 stacks of Precision penalty. A number of stacks are ''applied to and consumed by'' the attacks or defenses the player makes equal to the attack's level. Light attacks will be less affected by, and take longer to consume, a bonus or penalty compared to Heavy attacks, and so on. A player can have any number of Aid stacks at once.
+'''5: Aid:''' Aid actions are the primary means by which players can lend support to one another in combat when working as a team. Aid commands range from levels 1-5 just like attacks, costing 3 Drive per level, and can be used any time, as many times as a player wishes. Using the '''>aid <name>/<level>:<stat>''' command grants the designated ally a number of stacking ''Moderate'' bonuses to the chosen stat equal to the aid's level. A number of stacks are ''applied to and consumed by'' the attacks or defenses the player makes equal to the attack's level. Light attacks will be less affected by, and take longer to consume, a bonus or penalty compared to Heavy attacks, and so on. A player can have any number of Aid stacks at once.
 '''EX: Support Actions:''' Some Archetypes have the ability to further support and empower teammates in battle. These Archetypes have access to the >support command, which makes an ally the recipient of that Archetype's special Support Action benefits. If no target is selected, the benefits of '''>support''' are applied to your own character until one is. The Support target can be changed in battle, but cannot be changed a second time until the character has attacked and defended again; it isn't possible to cycle through every single character in a Party to give them all the benefit of a Support Action in the same turn.<br>

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−	Additionally, a character may voluntarily Stress or Break some of their own Continuity, using '''>continuity/<~~stress~~/break> <#>'''. This provides no mechanical benefit, but is useful to underscore a dramatic moment in RP and indicate that a character is willing to expend extra resources and suffer meaningful harm to achieve something. GMs and other players are naturally encouraged to respect voluntary strain, within the bounds of reason.<br>	+	Additionally, a character may voluntarily Stress or Break some of their own Continuity, using '''>continuity/<strain/break> <#>'''. This provides no mechanical benefit, but is useful to underscore a dramatic moment in RP and indicate that a character is willing to expend extra resources and suffer meaningful harm to achieve something. GMs and other players are naturally encouraged to respect voluntary strain, within the bounds of reason.<br>

	A character's maximum Continuity may grow by one per point of total Enhancement that character has. This extra Continuity has no special benefits; the character is still penalized for losing it, and requires the same amount of time and scenes to get it back. Finally, because Continuity is publicly visible, it is acceptable for characters to be able to recognize that another character in the scene is not at the top of their game, and act accordingly; Continuity loss is a meaningful consequence that stems from the result of roleplay, and shouldn't just be ignored.<br>		A character's maximum Continuity may grow by one per point of total Enhancement that character has. This extra Continuity has no special benefits; the character is still penalized for losing it, and requires the same amount of time and scenes to get it back. Finally, because Continuity is publicly visible, it is acceptable for characters to be able to recognize that another character in the scene is not at the top of their game, and act accordingly; Continuity loss is a meaningful consequence that stems from the result of roleplay, and shouldn't just be ignored.<br>

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-'''>strain/keeps''' switches a character to "Playing for Keeps" mode. It ''upgrades a character's Weight class'' by one step, slightly increases the random accuracy and damage of their attacks, and slightly decreases the random accuracy and damage of attacks against them. It provides a very substantial and visible power up, and traditionally represents when the character is ready to push themselves much further and accept much more bodily harm than usual. Playing for Keeps Breaks and Stresses 1 point of Continuity for every ''15%'' of your maximum HP you have remaining, plus 2. Fractional increments of 15 become an equivalent chance to lose that point of Continuity. Since Playing for Keeps gives large benefits every single turn, getting more turns of use has a higher cost. When you >reset, you ''get back'' 1 Strained and 1 Broken point of Continuity for each 15% of your maximum HP you still have, in the same way. When are KO'd while playing for Keeps, you incur 1 Stress and 1 Break.<br>
+'''>strain/keeps''' switches a character to "Playing for Keeps" mode. It ''upgrades a character's Weight class'' by one step, slightly increases the random accuracy and damage of their attacks, and slightly decreases the random accuracy and damage of attacks against them. It provides a very substantial and visible power up, and traditionally represents when the character is ready to push themselves much further and accept much more bodily harm than usual. Playing for Keeps Breaks and Stresses 1 point of Continuity for every ''15%'' of your maximum HP you have remaining, plus 2. Fractional increments of 15 become an equivalent chance to lose that point of Continuity. Since Playing for Keeps gives large benefits every single turn, getting more turns of use has a higher cost. When you >reset, you ''get back'' 1 Stressed and 1 Broken point of Continuity for each 15% of your maximum HP you still have, in the same way. When are KO'd while playing for Keeps, you incur 1 Stress and 1 Break.<br>
 '''>strain/stat <stat>''' empowers either Power, Precision, Mitigation, or Endurance for the rest of the fight. The chosen stat gains a ''Minor'' bonus, and an associated minor benefit: Power slightly increases the random damage of your attacks, Precision slightly increases the random accuracy of your attacks, Mitigation slightly decreases the random accuracy of attacks against you, and Endurance slightly decreases the random damage of attacks against you. Any stat strain Breaks 1 and Stresses 2 Continuity. Upon >reset, another 1 Continuity is Broken and another 1 Continuity is Stressed. Multiple stats can be strain-enhanced at once, but the same one cannot be strain-enhanced multiple times.<br>
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-Additionally, a character may voluntarily Stress or Break some of their own Continuity, using '''>continuity/<strain/break> <#>'''. This provides no mechanical benefit, but is useful to underscore a dramatic moment in RP and indicate that a character is willing to expend extra resources and suffer meaningful harm to achieve something. GMs and other players are naturally encouraged to respect voluntary strain, within the bounds of reason.<br>
+Additionally, a character may voluntarily Stress or Break some of their own Continuity, using '''>continuity/<stress/break> <#>'''. This provides no mechanical benefit, but is useful to underscore a dramatic moment in RP and indicate that a character is willing to expend extra resources and suffer meaningful harm to achieve something. GMs and other players are naturally encouraged to respect voluntary strain, within the bounds of reason.<br>
 A character's maximum Continuity may grow by one per point of total Enhancement that character has. This extra Continuity has no special benefits; the character is still penalized for losing it, and requires the same amount of time and scenes to get it back. Finally, because Continuity is publicly visible, it is acceptable for characters to be able to recognize that another character in the scene is not at the top of their game, and act accordingly; Continuity loss is a meaningful consequence that stems from the result of roleplay, and shouldn't just be ignored.<br>

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	'''>strain/reinforce''' instantly Reinforces your Signature (as many times as you have opponents). This works identically in all respects to any other source of Reinforcement. You also gain an extremely small benefit to random accuracy and damage; this is a small bonus that mostly helps even out the utility of Reinforcing "honestly" and Reinforcing only right when you need to. You Break and Stress 3 points of Continuity for Reinforcing, and can only strain-Reinforce once per battle.<br>		'''>strain/reinforce''' instantly Reinforces your Signature (as many times as you have opponents). This works identically in all respects to any other source of Reinforcement. You also gain an extremely small benefit to random accuracy and damage; this is a small bonus that mostly helps even out the utility of Reinforcing "honestly" and Reinforcing only right when you need to. You Break and Stress 3 points of Continuity for Reinforcing, and can only strain-Reinforce once per battle.<br>

−	'''>strain/continue''' restores your HP and Drive at the cost of Continuity, which ''can revive you from a KO state''. When used, 15 points of Continuity are Broken from the top of your bar, and converted to ''20'' HP and ''1'' Drive each. ''A Stressed point of Continuity gives Peril HP''. Being defeated by a very large amount of damage does mean that you gain less effective HP when Continuing, due to the greater resources expended to take you out. After Continuing, you also gain a very small random accuracy and damage bonus equivalent to strain-Reinforcing. If you have 15 or less Continuity remaining, this command Breaks only as many points as would leave you with 1 Continuity. When you '''>reset''', every 40 points of HP you have remaining converts back to 1 Stressed Continuity, up to a maximum of how much was originally Broken. It should be noted that Continuing is an ''inefficient use of Continuity''. Using other >strain commands up front gives better returns for investment. This is to prevent "waiting to see if you lose and then hitting the Continue command" from being the best strategy.<br>	+	'''>strain/continue''' restores your HP and Drive at the cost of Continuity, which ''can revive you from a KO state''. When used, 15 points of Continuity are Broken from the top of your bar, and converted to ''40'' HP and ''1'' Drive each. ''A Stressed point of Continuity gives Peril HP''. Being defeated by a very large amount of damage does mean that you gain less effective HP when Continuing, due to the greater resources expended to take you out. After Continuing, you also gain a very small random accuracy and damage bonus equivalent to strain-Reinforcing. If you have 15 or less Continuity remaining, this command Breaks only as many points as would leave you with 1 Continuity. When you '''>reset''', every 40 points of HP you have remaining converts back to 1 Stressed Continuity, up to a maximum of how much was originally Broken. It should be noted that Continuing is an ''inefficient use of Continuity''. Using other >strain commands up front gives better returns for investment. This is to prevent "waiting to see if you lose and then hitting the Continue command" from being the best strategy.<br>

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 *<Type> can be Raw, Armor, Shield, Peril, or Fade HP. No Type defaults to regular "raw" HP.<br>
 You regain that much HP. Not useable with your personal Mantle. Use is logged..<br>
-'''>HPgrant/<Type> <Name> <#>'''<br>
+'''>HPgrant/<Type> <Name>=<#>'''<br>
 *<Type> can be Raw, Armor, Shield, Peril, or Fade HP. No Type defaults to regular HP.<br>
 *<Name> references the name of the targeted character.<br>

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 *<ID> references the number seen next to the Mantle in your armory.<br>
 Dons the specified Mantle. Will initialize upon >reset.<br>
 '''>armory/setmainassist <Assist>'''<br>
 *<Assist> references the name of the selected Assist.<br>