
Dexterity increases as characters level up, and may be modified by certain skills, techniques, and equipment.Īttack power increases the damage dealt by weapon attacks and some skills. Agility increases as characters level up, and may be modified by certain skills, techniques, and equipment.ĭexterity increases the chance to hit enemies with attacks and some skills, and increases the chance for critical hits. Mental increases as characters level up, except for Demi and Wren, and may be modified by certain equipment.Īgility increases priority in combat order, increases the chance to evade many enemy attacks, and determines base defense power. Mental increases the effectiveness of techniques and some skills, and determines base mental defense power. Strength increases as characters level up, and may be modified by certain equipment. Strength increases the effectiveness of some skills, and determines base attack power. Maximum TP increases as characters level up, except for Demi, Wren, and Seth. Characters cannot use a technique if its cost exceeds their current TP. TP are expended by using techniques and increased by using the ataraxia skill or staying at an inn. Maximum HP increases as characters level up. Dying status is inflicted if HP reaches 0.

HP are reduced by taking damage and increased by using curative items, skills, or techniques, or staying at an inn. Stat gains at each level are not randomized, but differ from character to character. Stats are largely determined by a character's level gaining experience in battles is the only way to increase in level. It also has a number of illustrated scenes displaying comic style sequential panels, such as Alys questioning the academy director.Ĭharacters have a number of stats which determine their effectiveness in battle. Like other console RPGs of its era, Phantasy Star IV includes some sprite animated scenes, such as the monster sneaking away in the academy basement. The party can also run away from most battles. Macros force the party to take their turns in the order specified, which assists in executing combos. The player can also use macros to issue commands to the entire party at once. The ryuka technique, telepipes, and saving the game are disabled inside dungeons, but the hinas technique or an escapipe can teleport the party outside.Ĭombat in Phantasy Star IV is turn based, with a party of up to five using attacks, techniques, skills, items and the ability to defend. Some dungeons have safe entrance areas, but inside dungeons, there are random encounters, as with the overworld maps. Inside towns and certain other areas, the party can travel without interruption, but on the overworld maps, randomized encounters with enemies can be triggered at any step.ĭungeons are like in the previous games, each playing a major role in the game. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.The party can move in four directions on two dimensional maps, including overworld maps for each planet. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.

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