PAGAN HOPE - Seek & Obliterate

Random or not random

The game is a combination of randomization and planned ideas. The maps, the drops, and sometimes even the monsters stats (hp and dmg) have random elements but based on a planning system. The game wants to keep the feeling of random but in same time to allow the player to have logic in using skills, level-ing and jumping from one map to another. For example, you might follow a planned path from Baka to Narcosis and suddenly to arrive in a Mystery place where everything seems to be random.

Even if the game has fame, leveling, rune choices and skill rank systems which are meant to create the feeling of an RPG, the complexity of the systems and the player dexterity is not high, so that the main purpose of the game (walk and shoot) to remain in place.

Map Types

Pagan Hope has 5 map design types:

village/city area

forest area

cave area

house room

tower/dungeon room

To walk from one map to another you have to use the doors, the gates or the portals. The doors and the gates will be opened once you kill all the creatures from the map.

You might find doors or gates that require a specific level, in order for you to pass through, or doors that require specific crystals.
A door or gate that require a crystal will have 2 burning flames, in front of it:

Flame	Crystal needed
		Sun Crystal
		Leaf Crystal
		Blood Crystal

Portals, however, in most cases can be used right away, by simple walking through it. Sometimes a portal migth have an unknown destination: you can appear in the next room, between the treese of a mistery forest, into another city or in the dark places of Ja`han.

There are also hidden maps, which have no door, gate or portal. You discover them by luck or by patience. When you will discover a hidden place, you will be anounced by a red message. The treasures inside hidden maps will re-appear after a specific amount of time.

Level System

The game has a fame based level system. This means that you will receive specific fame points when killing monsters; once the needed fame amount is made, the hero`s level is increased by one, the maximum level being 200.

For each new level, you will be rewarded with 3 stats points. Also, if your level is below 18 you will receive 1 skill point from 2 in 2 levels, while after level 18 you will receive 1 skill point per level.

Ways to get stat points:
1. when you make a new level.
2. with rare occasions when you clear a map.
3. on gamble NPC.
4. as reward when you win specific achievements.

Ways to get skill points:
1. from 2 in 2 levels till level 18, after that 1 point per level.
2. on gamble NPC.
3. as reward when you win specific achievements.
4. with rare occasions in drop.
5. you can buy them from Bana NPC.

Fame needed from 10 in 10 levels (this table has an informative purpose):

Lvl	Fame
10	540
20	2280
30	5220
40	9360
50	14700
60	21240
70	28980
80	37920
90	48060
100	59400
110	71940
120	85680
130	100620
140	116760
150	134100
160	152640
170	172380
180	193320
190	215460
200	238800

Note: to see the amount of fame rewarded, see the Creatures chapter.

Hero Statistics

Level	Each level will have an impact over Max Health, Max Soul, Walk Speed, Soul Verso and Revive Price
Vigor	This attribute has an impact on your Max Health, Damage and Attack Range.
Anima	This attribute has an impact on your Total Soul, Attack Speed and Restoration Rate.
Max Health	This is the maximum amount of health your hero has. If your hero is male, you will receive 5 Health points per Vigor If your hero is female, you will receive 3 Health points per Vigor
Max Soul	This is the maximum amount of souls your hero has. The soul is used for skills` casting. If your hero is male, you will receive 3 Soul points per Anima If your hero is female, you will receive 5 Soul points per Vigor
Walk Speed	This affects how fast your hero walks. This can only be increased with level or by using specific items (see Items chapter). - this is a hidden attribute, you cannot see it`s value. By default, your walking speed will be increased after level 15.
Soul Verso	This attribute lowers the amount of soul needed to cast the skills. This can be increased only with level. - this is a hidden attribute, you cannot see it`s value. You can calculate this value like so: (0.045hero_level)% from your Max Soul Example: if your selected skill require 17 soul, your level is 40 and max soul is 430 means that to use your skill you will need: skill_needed_soul - soul_verso = 17 - (0.04540)/100 * 430 = 17 - 7 = 10 soul
Damage	Your basic damage is based on Vigor and Anima points, while the total damage is based on the basic damage, Critical%, Selected skill`s damage and Vigor Magis skill. The basic damage formula is: 15 + Vigor/2 + Anima/5
Critical%	This attribute is achieved by enchanting your bow. To do this you need to find Decebal NPC, who for a specific amount of gold will enchant your bow. The critical value represents a percent from your basic damage and the chance to be applied. Example: if your basic damage is 120 and your bow has 33 critical means that with a probability of 33% your damage will become 120 + 33/100*120 = 159
Helath Steal	Health Steal value is the amount of health you can steal from monsters per hit. This value is based on your bow enhancements and/or skill used, while the success is depending on the monster type (see Enchanhement chapter for details).
Soul Steal	Soul Steal value is the amount of soul energy you can steal from monsters per hit. This value is based on your bow enhancements and/or skill used, while the success is depending on the monster type (see Enchanhement chapter for details).
Attack Speed	This value represents the speed of your arrows and magic spells. Not to be mistaken with skill`s cooldown which means how often you can cast a skill. Attack speed is based on your Anima.
Attack Range	This represents how far your arrows and magfic bullets will go. This value is based on Vigor and it`s max value can be 500 (pixels in terms of screen size).
Restore Rate	This value represents how fast you can restore your health and soul when using Potentia Creo skill or Restoration Altars. The amount of restored health and soul per second is based on your Anima and the Runes you wear. The maximum can be 60 / second.
Revive Price	When you die, you can pay a price to be resurected in same map. Higher your level is, higher the required gold will be. The price in gold is 28 + 4 times your level.

Death System

When you die you can resurrect in Baka, or if you have enough gold, you can pay Erra to be resurrected in the current map. In both cases, your progress will not be lost.
The price in gold is 28 + 4 times your level.

To die is easy:
1. forgot to pay attention to hero`s health.
2. didn`t use Vigor Magics or Potentia Creo in time.
3. not enough health steal per hit.
4. walking in traps.
5. being killed by monsters hits or
6. getting too close on monsters

Skills

The game has 7 skills which you can learn and level up: 3 attack skills, 1 AOE, 1 teleport/blink and 2 buffs.

	Apple Pierce This is your basic combat skill. Level-ing this skill will make it more powerful and faster. Starting with level 7, this skill will use 3 arrows at once making slightly more damage, but if you wear the hunter rune with a level greater then 3, the skill will use 2 arrows only. On the last level, the skill, using the power of Artemis, will reduce the hit target speed. Also, killing enemies with this skill will give you more fame.
	Fury of Gebel Gebel uses his powers to create arrows of energy so that you do not need wooden arrows for casting this spell. Also, if you have any health steal on your bow, Gebel will steal more health from the enemies, by a percent depending on the skill level. This magic uses a percent of your total soul. Increasing the level of this skill will give me more damage and more health steal percentage, but also the needed soul will be higher. Starting with level 5, the skill will slow down the enemies when hit; starting with level 7 the needed soul will be reduced while on the last level Gebel will grant you the ability to shoot arrows in 4 directions.
	Marduk Bolt As written in the books of Druria, Marduk will use his magic to enchant your arrows with a magical fire that will badly damage the enemy. This magic requires 3 arrows, but if you use the Hunter Rune with a level above 5, then 1 arrow will be enough. When using this skill, if your bow is enchanted, the amount of health stolen will be increased.
	Fireball This magic will create a powerful fireball that will shake the ground when hit. Nabu`s wisdom will enchant this magic and create a fire that will burn all the targets around, but pay attention as the Nabu`s fire will damage yourself as well. Leveling this skill will increase the hit range and the duration of Nabu`s fire. After level 5 you will be able to cast the magic over obstacles. If you wear the Restoration Rune, this skill will restore 2% of your total health and soul per hit.
	Blink With this magic, you can fire an invisible arrow into the air and materialize yourself on the arrow`s landing spot. But be careful because with this skill you can materialize over obstacles or inside them. If you use this skill in the direction of an enemy, you will swap the place with the enemy.
	Vigor Magis This magic uses the power of water and fire (Tiamat and Sin) to heal the wounds at an extreme speed and to increase your damage. For the duration of this skill, Tiamat will heal your wounds so fast that it will look like you receive less damage. While Sin will increase your damage. Level this skill to increase the magic duration and the amount of healing and damage that you receive.
	Potentia Creo This magic borrows energy from Amun to restore your health and soul. After you reach level 50, if the skill level is 9 and your health is lower than half, then each time you finish to kill all the enemies from a map, the skill will auto cast 1 time. If you do not want this behavior, keep it level 8. Level this magic to be able to restore more health and more soul, but be careful as this skill uses almost all your soul energy; even if some of your soul will be restored, try to use this skill only when you are on the verge of dying. And keep in mind: always pay attention to your arrows.

Items & Helpers

Rare Artifacts

This artifacts are avaiable for the current map only. When you load a map, on a very rare occasion, one of the rare artifacts might be dropped in the middle of the map.

	Magis Celeritas Artifact will make you walk faster in the current map.
	Dracula Artifact will reduce the health of all map`s monsters to half.
	Donum Experientia artifact will reward you with double experience when you kill monsters.
	Fraus Mortem artifact will kill all monsters in the current map.
	Sesame Artifact will open all closed doors / gates from the specific map, with out the need to kill all monsters. However, the entrances that require a crystal or a specific level, will not be opened.
	Animus Grande artifact will increase your total soul by half.
	Cruour Grande artifact will increase your total health by half.

Runes

The rune is the single wear-able item in Pagan Hope. When you find a rune it will be equipped right away, or its level will be increase in case you already have it. In case you already have a different rune, Enki will ask you if you want to replace it or not.
To view information about what rune you have, open the Hero window and move the mouse over the Rune.

A rune maximum level is 6 and can be leveled only by collecting the same rune, buying same rune from NPC or winning a rune level in gambling.

	Hunter Rune This rune will increase the chance of finding arrows.
	Gold Rune This rune will increase the chance of finding gold.
	Restoration Rune This rune will give you more restoration power when using altars
	Wind Rune This rune will make you walk faster. Your speed will increase on rune level 4 and one more time on level 7.

Monster`s Drops

	Gold Coins You will need lot of them so be sure you won`t miss any.
	Arrows Apple Pierce and Marduk Bolt use arrows pretty fast. Make sure you have a lot of them.
	Blood Bottle Drink it to restore some of your health. This item is not collectible - it will be used right away
	Soul Bottle Drink it to restore some of your soul energy. This item is not collectible - it will be used right away
	Sun Crystal Used to unlock sealed paths (gates with yellow flames).
	Leaf Crystal Used to unlock sealed paths (gates with green flames).
	Blood Crystal Used to unlock sealed paths (gates with red flames).
	Money Bag You will collect more gold as a reward.

Altars

	Book Altars will show you information about game, monsters, portals and different hints.
	Soul Altars will restore your soul if you stay on it. The amount of soul restored depend on your Restoration Rate and Restoration Rune.
	Blood Altars will restore your health if you stay on it. The amount of soul restored depend on your Restoration Rate and Restoration Rune.

Special

The 3 pieces of Stone Tablet of Dwarfs. Find all of them to complete your misson.

Creatures

The creature`s type and stats (health and damage) depend on the region you are in. Based on the story, there are some creatures which their power is to clone the hero `s stats. Be careful on those as those can be annoying.
Note: creatures can also harm you if you get too closer to them.

Creatures

	The Undead These demons can be found in Baka and Necrosis regions. Some of the humans` souls are kept between the 2 worlds; the purpose is unknown but we call them The Undeads.
	Children of Amon These demons can be found in Baka and Necrosis regions. They attack with pebbles so be careful on their throw.
	Menhunter Those creatures can be seen in Necrosis, Dorum, and Roasis regions. They are predators whose main purpose is to hunt us. They are animals which souls were possessed by the demons of Ja`han. Stay away from them as they bite pretty hard.
	Succubus Females demons which attack ignore your Vigor Magic skill. They can be found in Necrosis, Dorum, and Roasis regions.
	Lamia Those female demons are annoying as their attack reduces your walking speed and they also make nice damage. They can be found in Dorum, Kora, Roasis, and Seraphom regions.
	The Unseen They are half visible creatures. Not only they are hard to be spotted but their attack is savage. They will teleport around summoning fierce flames around you that steal 2% from your soul energy and 7% from your maximum health. Also, the creature`s normal damage equals to yours. You can find them in Dorum, Kora, Roasis, and Seraphom regions.
	Fallen Monk Not even the monks who spread the names of God were saved from the demons. Their attacks steal a percent of your current soul energy. You can find the monks in Kora, Roasis, Thulia, and Seraphom regions.
	Hellbones Even the deads were summoned by Ja`han priests to rule over men-realm. Skeletons with the ability to increase their attack damage with one 3rd from your total damage. They roam the lands of Kora, Roasis, Thulia, and Seraphom.
	The Digger Miners whos skeletons were summoned back to life from Ja`han to help with the invasion of mankind. They devastate the lands from Roasis, Thulia, Druria, and Seraphom.
	Zardemon In the lands of Druria a hell`s creature which flesh is made of green lava, rape the souls of any life form. They can tank most of the magical attacks but they are weak against your wooden arrows.
	Avas`cul Demons with portions of their flesh invisible which can steal 2% from your maximum health per hit. They terrorize the city of Lore, but you might find them in other regions as well.
	Shaded`cul A much more invisible version of Avas`cul. They have the ability to summon other demons. Even if they are not hard to kill be aware of their summons. You can find them anywhere in the north-west side of Hondol.
	Fire Gargoyle Flying demons which attacks with fire. You can find them in the lands of Druria, Lore, Ursanab, Seraphom, and Nabu.
	Frost Gargoyle Unlike the fire demons, this Frost Gargoyle`s attack ignores your Vigor Magic reduce buf.
	Forest Goblin They terrorize the cities of Lore and Ursanab. Their axes are sharp and heavy.
	Stone Goblin Be careful about the stones they throw at you.
	Blood Priest This is a priest of Ja`han. He has high damage and health, but nothing that you cannot kill.
	Forest Priest These are the forest priests of Ja`han. Their attacks slow down your movement speed. Both priest demons can be found in Seraphom and Nabu regions.

Special Creatures

	Village Monk This is not a demon, he was converted, kept in their human form, to serve Erebus, the ruler of Ja`han. His attacks steal a percent from your soul energy. You can find them almost everywhere in cities.
	Dwalin Small and fast goblins. They throw at you with stones. You can find these demons in the forests around Hondol.
	Skeleton When you are in dungeons, caves, or near graves, from time to time, these monsters will appear in maps. Pay attention to their attacks as they can teleport around you summoning fierce flames that steal 2% from your soul energy and 7% from your maximum health.

Boss(es)

	Forest Witch This boss appears in Baka region. She will hit you with damage equal with yours while your movement speed will be reduced.
	Eater of Soul Necrosis, Dorum, and Kora boss. This demon can steal 5% from your soul energy and reduce your movement speed.
	Death Succubus Found in Dorum, Kora, Roasis, and Thulia her attacks will reduce your movement speed.
	Ja`han Witch This boss is an expert in summoning. You can meet her in Kora, Roasis, Thulia, and Druria.
	Shadow Succubus You will find this boss on all the north-west side of Hondol.
	Bishop of Ja`han Be careful with this boss. His damage and health are increased, similar to yours and he can heal himself with a certain probability. He appears from time to time in the maps from the north-west of Hondol.
	Invisible Shaman Be careful with this boss. His damage and health are increased, similar to yours and he can heal himself with a certain probability. He appears from time to time in the maps from the north-west of Hondol.
	Shaman This boss has the ability to heal himself by a small percent.
	Urduja This creature is `designed` by players/viewers. The creature`s hp is equal with player current health * 1.2, while her damage is equal with player gold. Having, a balance based on player stats, Urduja can be tricky to kill as she is ment to be the boss of the bosses. You can find her around Baka village, in the Secret Den of Necrosis, in Thulia Village and in the Forest of Lore.

Traps

	Spikes Reduce your health by 8% per second. However, if you wear Restoration Rune with its level over 5, the damage dealt from traps will be reduced to 1%.
	Flames Reduce your health by 8% per second. However, if you wear Restoration Rune with its level over 5, the damage dealt from traps will be reduced to 1%.
	Power Rune This trap is meant to reduce the enemy`s stamina. But if you walk into it, you will lose a percent of your arrows.

NPCs

Shop NPC

There are 2 NPCs where you can buy items from Garra and Bana. They are randomly located in the world of Hondol.

From Garra you can buy:

	Heal 50% from your injuries. Example: if your maximum health is 400 and your current health is 100, buying this item will restore (400-100)/2 health.
	Restore 50% from your missing soul. Example: if your maximum soul is 400 and your current soul is 100, buying this item will restore (400-100)/2 soul.
	Buy 10 arrows.
	Buy a Sun Crystal to open slealed paths.
	Reset skill points. When you buy this, all skill levels will be rest. The cost of this potion depend on the number of skill points that have to be returned.
	Buy a Gold Rune. This rune will increase your chance to find gold. If you already wear this rune when, it`s level will be increased by 1.
	Drinking this potion will change the gender of your hero.

From Bana you can buy:

	Heal all injuries. This potion will resore your full health.
	Restore all soul. Drinking this will restore your total soul.
	Buy a Leaf Crystal to open a sealed path.
	Buy one skill point.
	Buy 1 hunter rune. The higher the level of the rune, the better the chance of finding arrows for your bow.
	Buy 1 gold rune. The higher the level of the rune, the better the chance of finding gold.
	Buy 1 restoration rune. This rune will increase the regeneration amount.
	Buy 1 wind rune. The higher level of this rune will increase your walking speed.

Gamble NPC

Norocel, the gamble NPC, appears randomly through the map of Hondol. For a small fee of 500 gold, he can give you different rewards, such as: injuries restore, arrows, crystals, stat points, skill points, bow enchantment, rune level increase (if you wear any) even get some of your gold back. On a very rare occasion, you can win anima and vigor points.

Bless NPC

The game allows you to enchant your bow for a specific price, in order to achieve Critical Damage, Health Steal, and Soul Steal attributes. The maximum level your bow can achieve is 100 and the price for each enchant will grow with the bow`s level. The success rate of enchanting is based on luck and planet movements.
To enchant your bow you need to find Decebal NPC.