Player characters come from one of four distinct humanoid races, collectively called "homins". Each game season (spring, summer, fall, and winter) lasts four real-time days. Weather conditions can change minute by minute. For example, a certain type of sap may only be harvested during spring rains and be unattainable during other seasons or weather conditions. Tied to the season and weather changes are the movements of animals and the availability of harvestable materials. Weather effects include rain, snow, and wind. The game also features changing seasons and weather. Carnivores, for example, will attack specific animals for food, and certain animals hunt in packs. The various creatures in Ryzom have differing AI based upon their species that allows them to perform many realistic behaviors, such as migration and movement as a herd. Unlike normal planets, Atys is an enormous tree large enough to sustain an atmosphere and multiple ecosystems on its surface and within immense networks of branches and roots. It is also possible to engage other players in one-on-one combat (duels), this requires acceptance by both combatants. The exception is specifically marked zones, either smaller areas, like the PvP arena in the starting region, or larger regions, like the "Prime Roots" of Atys. In general, player characters are not allowed to attack other player characters or peaceful non-player characters.
The site's location and the harvester's own skill levels both affect the maximum possible quality of the extracted resource. If he does not have teammates to aid him, he may need to balance his work between extracting the resource and treating the extraction site to prevent it from collapsing prematurely or exploding.
The player must first locate the desired materials using prospecting skills, as resources give no visible sign of their presence. Harvesting is a complex and sometimes team-oriented procedure. Further complicating things is the fact that any ingredient may occur in one of five classes and with a quality from 1 to 250, all of which affect the attributes of the final product. For example, when crafting a mace, using a certain kind of animal bone for the head may produce a hard-hitting but slow weapon, while using a particular wood may produce a weapon that is fast and gives a large bonus to parrying enemy attacks, but causes less damage. Different ingredients provide varying benefits to different characteristics of the finished object. Players may assemble actions out of any legal combination of stanzas their character knows.Ĭomponents for crafting can come from the corpses of killed animals or from hidden resource deposits scattered throughout Atys. Each stanza defines one of the action's effects, costs, or usage restrictions. At later levels, these are also split, allowing higher level characters to specialize.Īll player actions are built of components called stanzas. After level 20, points are accumulated in either "offensive magic" or "defensive magic", and attack spells will add points to the former, while healing spells add to the latter category. For instance, a starting character casting spells will acquire points in the skill called "magic". Skill system Įach character gains levels independently in the fields of weapon-oriented fighting, magic, crafting, and harvesting simply by performing appropriate acts (killing enemies with a sword for fighting, assembling jewelry for crafting, etc.) Each level gained in one of these fields awards the character 10 skill points that can be spent on new abilities specific to that field, on general character improvements, or simply saved.Īs a character progresses in levels, the skills become more refined. Ryzom offers a scenario editor that lets players design their own areas that can be uploaded and played on the official server. Computer controlled entities ('mobs') display complex behaviors, and animals will, for example, graze in herds or hunt in packs. The game world is complex modeled, incorporating realistic effects like changing weather and seasons. Instead of character classes, it has a unique system for character abilities that allows players to construct custom actions like spells or attacks in detail.
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