First step in becoming a skillful fighter is gaining the knowledge of the five elements and their relations. There exist three possible types of relations between a given pair of elements:
Dominating (thick black line)
Overcoming (thin black line)
Generating (gray line)
Relations between the five elements. Thick black lines denote dominating relation, thin black lines overcoming relation, and gray lines denote generating relation.
The Acolyte's mastery of a certain element is determined in the number of attribute points invested in that element. With each level Acolytes earn additional attribute points that can be spent as their Master sees best fit. The attribute points determine the damage bonus and skill power for the specific element.
Actions and the Elements
Each element has an associated action that the fighters can perform during the battle to deal damage to the opponent:
Earth -> Punch
Fire -> Kick
Wood -> Block
Water -> Sweep
Metal -> Charge
Elemental bonuses
Additionally, each element is associated with specific bonus:
Earth -> Bonus health (+1 max HP per attribute level)
Fire -> Bonus physical damage (+0.06 base physical damage per attribute level)
Wood -> Bonus heal (+0.1 HP heal per turn per attribute level)
Water -> Bonus defense (+0.2 physical damage reduction per attribute level)
Metal -> Bonus focus (+0.1 base FP per turn per attribute level)
