Arbitrary Headcount Limit: Except for some special cases (such as Escort Missions and town defense), the player party cannot include more than five heroes.And the Adventure Continues: Each campaign ends with "One story ends." Whether any of the heroes from that campaign continue their heroics is at the player's whim.Certain transformation effects can result in the lost limb growing back, albeit not in the same form. At least one story event can also result in a hero sacrificing a limb to escape a grim situation. Maimed heroes rejoin the adventure after a period of recuperation, replacing any lost limb with a makeshift prosthesis such as a peg leg. An Arm and a Leg: A hero who is defeated in battle but not killed can sometimes lose a limb.Animorphism: Among the many changes the playable characters can undergo through events is to gain an animal trait, such as having their head and/or limbs transformed into those of a crow (complete with pecking attack), wolf, bear, or frog.Androcles' Lion: An injured Drauven bird can be nursed back to health and join a party member as a pet, providing a buff to a hero's melee and ranged accuracy.Ambidextrous Sprite: Lost or transformed limbs, scars and other asymmetrical features (such as the Gorgonoid Mark from the Age of Ulstryx campaign) will switch sides depending on what direction a character is facing, with the default being to the right based on the arms and legs being labeled L or R.In the Gorgon campaign, it is a warren of Deepists that ultimate provide a cure to restore the god Mo-Atona to the party.In another instance, the party may be trailed by a Drauven warband if they choose to explain why they're trespassing, the warband will leave them alone. If they choose to help the child and the child lives, a Drauvan calamity card will be removed. The party may encounter a wounded Drauven child.A party member may also be called by the Thrixl and choose to join them if they do, their companion will gain a history that notes the Thrixl will never threaten their home, their party, or their people again. Beyond a Thrixl calamity card, there is no ill-effect. The party can have a seemingly wandering Thrixl Seeker contact them in the hopes that the party will accept its aid in fighting the upcoming battle.even if the main threat is other Morthagi. It will then loyally follow and fight with the party for the rest of the campaign. The party can find a non-functional Morthagi Sommelier which they can choose to repair.All five of the main enemy types have random events - or in the case of the Morthagi, even an entire campaign - devoted to some of their less villainous traits. Alien Fair Folk: Thrixl are Master of Illusion Insectoid Aliens from a parallel world called Terrafact, who just don't get humans that well.While the player can reroll as many times as wanted or manually change names, the majority of NPCs will lean toward Aerith names. Aerith and Bob: The random name generator tends to put out mostly Aerith-style fantasy names, with a relatively small number of real names.The game is available via Steam and itch.io. The three-chapter "The Sunswallower's Wake", featuring Morthagi, Drauven, and Human foes (January 2022).The five-chapter "All the Bones of Summer", featuring the Drauven (1.0 release, June 2021).The five-chapter "Eluna and the Moth", featuring the Thrixl (October 2020).The five-chapter "Monarchs Under the Mountain", featuring the Deepists (March 2020).The five-chapter "Enduring War", featuring the Morthagi (late 2019).The three-chapter "Age of Ulstryx", featuring the Gorgons (late 2019).Wildermyth launched in an early-access beta in late 2019 and has the following story campaigns: Each hero in the legacy can return in later campaigns as player characters (and sometimes, NPCs), developing new legends and relationships (or resuming old ones), growing in myth and power with each campaign completed. They form relationships, are changed by their experiences, and craft a legend which is recorded into the player's ongoing legacy at the conclusion of each campaign. These characters, and any new recruits they pick up along the way, evolve through battles and story events. The player starts with a party of three aspiring heroes, each with their own randomly-generated (though customizable) personality traits and backgrounds. Featuring a 2D papercraft art style and comic-strip storytelling, the game takes place in a fantasy setting populated by gorgons, psychic insect-like dragons, machine-based undead, and many other strange entities and spirits. Wildermyth is a character-driven, procedurally-generated Strategy RPG for PC developed by Worldwalker Games.
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