Evil Simulator in Fantasy World (RPG)

So, you are the lord of your own dungeon. Your task is to fight Heroes, Adventurers and other inhabitants of the surface who come to you in order to "conquer the dungeon" for treasures and honor. How you will do this is strictly your personal business. BUT there is one very important point. The game has an RPG system and mechanics of turn-based battles very similar to the computer game Darkest Dungeon.

When the battle begins, the playing field is divided into YOURS and ENEMY'S. Each field includes 4 cells and the enemy, as well as your "squad" can have no more than 4 participants. During the turn, your and the enemy squad exchange the use of abilities, which include both weapon attacks and the use of spells, or various devices, mechanisms, and so on. During his turn, a combatant can use only 1 ability (if he does not have special passive abilities to increase the number of turns per round). The abilities themselves can hit the target and cause different types of damage, and depending on the type of ability, the targets can be not only 1 enemy, but also, for example, several at once, or even all. A simple example: Blade Strike (the Warrior hits the target in 1 position and causes 10-15 units of damage) or Thundercloud (the Wizard calls a thundercloud on the entire enemy squad, damaging all enemies with 5-10 units of damage), or here is another Shot at a glance (the Archer shoots two arrows from a bow and causes 10-20 units of damage to two random targets in the enemy squad.). Attacks can also impose various effects, for example: Poisoning and Ignition causing periodic damage, Stun - forcing the target to skip the next turn, Blindness - forcing the target to always use their abilities on a random target, for example, with some chance to attack allies or heal enemies. And so on.

It may be that during the invasion of the dungeon, several squads of Adventurers will descend on you at once. And if you have planned a Raid on the surface, then you are guaranteed to encounter several squads of enemies and then the efforts of only your main character may not be enough. What to do? The right thing is to create minions.

How? There are several ways to do this.

1. By killing opponents, you receive their souls and depending on what skills you want to place in the minion you are creating, you will need the souls of heroes of a particular class. So, for example, if the minion has 4 attack abilities, he will need 4 warrior souls to create it. If it is a ranged unit with only ranged skills - 4 archer souls, and so on. If the minion has a mixed list of abilities, then he may need to create, for example, a warrior soul for a melee ability, an archer soul for a ranged ability, a priest soul for a healing skill, a fire wizard soul for a fire attack ability, and so on, I think that the principle of constructing minions is clear. In order to increase the level of their abilities, then having chosen the ability to increase, you need to feed the minion with souls.2) During the event to explore the depths of the underworld or a raid on the surface, you can meet some dark creatures who want to live in your dungeon. By accepting their service, you can get a new minion.3) You can attack during the raid on all sorts of prisons for dark creatures and other similar objects where "evil spirits" are held in order to free them and call them to your service. But this is pure randomness, so you can find yourself a minion that may not match the theme of your dungeon.

In addition to health points, your targets, whether it is a squad of heroes, adventurers, guards and other inhabitants of the surface or monsters hostile to you, have another parameter called will. Will works the same as health points, the use of some types of attacks and abilities is aimed at inflicting damage by will. As soon as the will scale of the targets drops to 0, they do not die, but lose combat ability and either lose consciousness, or panic, or beg for mercy and fall into a stupor. What to do with an enemy with a broken Will - decide for yourself. You can send them to the dungeons, you can carry out a finishing move, you can let them go to increase the level of your threat on the surface, and so on. By the way, you and your minions do not have such a parameter and no one can lower your will.

In addition to souls, your main resource can be ... money, of course. How to earn it? By killing heroes and appropriating their equipment, of course. Or - you can arrange a Raid. Raid - This is your attack on some lands on the surface, you can open a portal from the underworld at absolutely any point and attack whoever you want and for whatever reason. BUT - unlike the invasion of your dungeon, there are much more opponents here and you WILL HAVE to fight with more than 1 squad of 4 characters. And what's more, the raid location can have its own Boss (Not always) - the Famous Hero. Even more dangerous - the Legendary Hero. For you, the Raid is a chance to collect more souls and riches, as well as acquire valuable artifacts and ... scare the inhabitants of the surface. And the dark deity secretly watching you for such a prank can very generously reward you. The only problem is that by doing Raids you fill up the anxiety scale, and as soon as it rises to a certain level, a squad of Famous Heroes may start hunting you and a squad consisting entirely of 4 hero bosses will invade you.

By the way, the souls of such strong heroes allow you to create very strong minions, one might say - full-fledged bosses of your dungeon. Speaking of money and souls, where else can they be used? In trade, of course... but the road to the cities on the surface is closed to you. BUT - there are actually many dungeon lords and in the underworld there are full-fledged cities for them and other dark creatures hiding from the forces of the surface. In such cities, you can exchange souls and wealth for new artifacts, unique minions-mercenaries, services for your dungeon and you personally, and so on.And also - character pumping. Yes - unlike your minions, you can level up even without absorbing souls directly, simply by winning battles or performing some kind of activity. But you can also develop by eating souls, especially valuable in this regard are the souls of famous and legendary heroes.

Important note to the combat system: 1 and 2 positions in the squad are intended for characters capable of close combat, and 3 and 4 - for ranged characters and those with support abilities. Finding themselves in 1 or 2 positions, various mages and archers sharply lose combat effectiveness and are able to use only the weakest attacking abilities, but do not lose the ability to use support skills. BUT - realizing the disadvantage of their position, they may prefer to spend their turn moving 1 position back, trying to reach at least 3 positions to use their best skills. The same applies to various classes for close combat, because from 3 and 4 positions you CANNOT use weapon attacks, the only exceptions to this rule are characters of the rogue or assassin class.