Low Magic Age Frequently Asked Questions



There are two ways to create a character:

1. From Pre-build:
For a new player, it's difficult to create a character from scratch. Race, class, abilities, feats, spells, there are too many terms and knowledge need to learn and consider.

At this point, choosing a pre-build from the list and creating a complete character by just one-step is a better solution. A pre-build character chooses all the above attributes automatically, and learns new feats and spells automatically when levelling up, no need to control manually. A perfect choice for new players.

You only need to create characters step by step when you're familiar with the game or existing pre-builds can not meet your requirements.

2. Customizing Step by Step:
When existing pre-builds can not meet your requirements, you can create your ideal character step by step from choosing race and class.



Uh, hard to say, too many uncertainties... About 2d6 months, I think;)



The whole adventure world will be hand-crafted. And most other adventure elements on the world are program generated, such as random dungeons, random side-quests.



You may browse the Low Magic Age game videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nQxj5F7i9w
http://www.bilibili.com/video/av7464856 (all in Chinese)



Please restart the game.



Select "Custom" when creating a character and you are on your own. The "Premade" characters are designed for beginner players.



Currently, there is no upper limit for levelling up in Arena mode. Nor does the Arena level.



Right-click on the action bar to replace and add new actions.
Right-click on battlefield to select all available actions.



Press the Alt key to see "Action sequence" and other infos.



All the game resources are open and you can edit/replace them freely.
gfx folder: graphics
sfx folder: music and sound effects
text folder: texts. en for Engligh, cs for Chinese, etc.


This is just how our world works ;)

About Hit Rate and Low Magic Age D20 Randomizer Test Data:
http://gtm.you1.cn/app/576770/discussions/0/135513421441567386/



Spells have "missed damage". You can find clues in combat logs. It's the most remarkable difference between spells and weapon attacks.

That is to say, a spell with damage rolls deals half damage when missed. And there are special missed damage rolls for instant death spells, too, like "Slay Living".



The Critical Hit Damage basically follows the dnd 3r rule:

Only base weapon damage and modifiers (from strength, feats...) are multiplied, weapon enhancements no included. Damage dices from enhancements are never multiplied.


It's OP if enhancements are multiplied which may bring more accidental deaths ;) In dnd 4e, no multiplying at all, only max the regular damage. It's better to avoid accidental deaths, but we prefer the 3r multiplying which is more breathtaking, especially when you're cosplaying the Death by wielding a scythe ;)

3r Critical Hit Damage Rule:

Multiplying Damage: Sometimes you multiply damage by some factor, such as on a critical hit. Roll the damage (with all modifiers) multiple times and total the results. Note: When you multiply damage more than once, each multiplier works off the original, unmultiplied damage.

Exception: Extra damage dice over and above a weapon’s normal damage are never multiplied.

4e Critical Hit Damage Rule:

Maximum Damage: Rather than roll damage, determine the maximum damage you can roll with your attack. This is your critical damage. (Attacks that don’t deal damage still don’t deal damage on a critical hit.)

Extra Damage: Magic weapons and implements, as well as high crit weapons, can increase the damage you deal when you score a critical hit. If this extra damage is a die roll, it’s not automatically maximum damage; you add the result of the roll.

Various base damage dices (including weapons, spells, and bonuses from Weapon Specialization, etc.) increased each tier.

But attacks, all defense types are relatively stable, 1 point always means 5% hit, even at high levels.



Backup weapons are used for the Swap Weapon action. So, in combat, you can switch to a backup weapon for different attack types (melee, ranged) or different damage types.

For example, a hammer with the Bludgeoning damage type can bypass the Damage Reduction of skeletons.



Good suggestion. The point is that clicking for reload is annoying, and popping-out opportunity attack warnings are worse. Thus the reloading action is removed together with Rapid Reload feat.

There will be more feats to distinguish bows and crossbows in future version: bows are better for rapid shot and multiple targets, and crossbows for higher damage and piecing attack.



Yes, they are one-hand weapons but require two-hands to reload. It is enough to have hand crossbows as the typical one-hand ranged weapons.



1. Same type enchantments do not stack, take max only. So if you equipped a shield, the Greater Defending (+4 Shield bonus) is useless.

2. The Greater Defending (+4 Shield bonus) takes effect only when you hold the throwing hammer in hand as a melee weapon.

You can not defend with a throwing weapon in your ammo slot ;)



You can hover on the Minion tag on the right panel for details.


There are 4 ranks of monsters: Standard, Elite, Solo and Minion.

Standard

Standard monsters have standard strength.

Elite

Elite monsters are tougher than standard monsters of the same role and level.

An elite monster counts as two standard monsters of its level, worth twice as many XP and are twice as dangerous.

Elite monsters make great "mini-bosses", e.g. a group of ogres led by an elite ogre, or two elite gnoll huntermasters lead a pack of gnolls.

Solo

Solo monsters are single opponents against a group of PCs of the same level.

They function, in effect, as a group of monsters. They have more hit points and deal more damage.

A solo monster is worth the same amount of XP as five monsters of its level. It provides the same level of challenge as five monsters, but it has the ability to stand and fight on its own.

Minion

Minions are serve as shock troops and cannon fodder for other monsters (standard, elite, or solo).

A fight against thirty minions is a grand cinematic battle. The players get to enjoy carving through the mob like a knife through butter, feeling confident and powerful.

Four minions are considered to be about the same as a standard monster of their level, but a minion is destroyed when it takes any amount of damage.

The Giant Ant Queen is the lowest level (lv5) solo monster. So you may encounter it frequently at low levels. After level 10, you will encounter more solo monsters:

Lv5 Giant Ant Queen
Lv10 Hobgoblin Warlord
Lv15 Orog Chieftain
Lv15 Ogre King
Lv15 Troll Great Mistress
Lv15 Iron Golem Defender
Lv20 Drow Mistress
Lv30 Demilich



It's an expression of Field of View and Fog of War.

A shooter is allowed to make a ranged attack at a guessing location out of sight and the attack target will be logged as "Invalid target".



Actually, every creature has two internal energy pools for the CD mechanism, one for spells and spell-like abilities, and another for military arts (i.e. exploits of 4E).

Once you cast a spell, the energy will be reset to 0, and increase 1 point per round. If the energy >= CD of a spell, you can cast it now.



We temporarily discarded the double-move of dnd because too high or dynamic movement speed may dilute tactics of limited area battlefields.

We may enable it once we found a good solution to solve the issue.

p.s. Multi-times moving will be implemented first.



We made the Sneak Attack in strict accordance with the original dnd 3r rule:
When you flank a target or the target lost his Dex bonus to AC...

So an enemy who flanked by your allies is not an eligible sneak attack target, including ranged sneak attacks.

An asleep or stunned foe is an eligible ranged sneak attack target.



Yes. We'll provide map, scenario, campaign editor and other MOD features in future updates.



TRUE.achievements need all victories without ever losing a battle (individual death allowed). You may check this information in the Arena by hovering on the Wave No.

Closing game in battle causes a defeat, just like Surrender.

Once suffered a defeat, you need to build a new party to obtain TRUE.achievements.



It seems that your save files were damaged by Steam Cloud or Low Magic Age itself, or just disk damage.

I think the worst case scenario is that your current playing party may be lost forever and you have to reset the arena to the original state with a lv1 default party.

Please follow me to do this:


1. Make sure Low Magic Age is not running.

2. All your save files and parties are in ...Steam\SteamApps\common\LowMagicAge\saves\arena folder. So please backup the folder first and send a copy to us, we’ll debug it and perhaps can restore your save and party.

3. Disable Steam Cloud for Low Magic Age in Steam Client by uncheck Low Magic Age –> Properties –> UPDATES –> Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for Low Magic Age. This step is necessary, otherwise Steam Cloud always overwrite your save files.

4. Delete the ...Steam\SteamApps\common\LowMagicAge\saves\arena folder.

5. Launch Low Magic Age and now you can enter arena with a lv1 default party.



Yes, it will be. Yet the main focus now is simple and straightforward combat. We're working on a complicated action series like the Combat Maneuvers system of Pathfinder, and other options have to be added gradually with careful measure.

More options are not always welcome when they require too much time to find the best solution. They may slow down the combat flow. In ADnD TRPG, such case happens even without so much options. Here is a REAL example:

The fighter: "Should I knock him down or push him away?"
The rogue: "No pushing, I need to flank."
The cleric: "That's risky. With one square shifting, we are all in his aura!"
The rogue: "You step back. I could make a swapping-position blow."
The wizard: "Or I can pull him closer."
The fighter: "No you can't. That's a solid corner."
The wizard: "I can move to here and pull. But the cleric should be off the line."
The cleric: "I step back and the rogue will be smashed."

Ten minutes later, they find the best move. The fighter rolls the dice with confidence. The result is MISS.

"Time to rethink..."

- From Sheepy, administrator of TRPG forum www.goddessfantasy.net.



Yes. You may enable the debug mode with a series of debug commands, including adding Gold, XP, and Glory Points, etc.

But these commands will seriously affect the normal game experience, only recommend to testers and players who have a strong self-control. Before deciding to enable it, please make sure you really need it.

To enable:
1. Exit the game, open ...Steam\SteamApps\common\LowMagicAge\config.ini
2. Add debug=1 to the end of the file and save it
3. Start the game and enter Arena, you will find the debug button on the bottom right.