INDEX

        Reference Sheet

        Damage Calculations

        MISS / GUARD Rate

        WAIT Time

        OVD / RAGE Generation

        Status Ailments / Buffs

        MOOD / TRUST

        Range Probability Distributions

        Other useful resources:

                Lacrima Castle (Has enemy stats, details on player skills, etc.)

                Walkthrough by Shifen (Clear and concise, a great help while routing.)

GLOSSARY

        UNIT: A player character or enemy in a battle.

        SKILL: What a character does when they use an item, or how an enemy spends their turn.

        OVD: Overdrive, Fills when attacking, being attacked or when a player character dies. Value ranges from 0 - 384. Has three levels, each 128 units.

        OSKILL: Overdrive skill, consumes OVD.

        RAGE: Fills when enemies are attacked or killed, affects what SKILL enemies use. Value ranges from 0 - 100

        Enemy skills have 4 classifications:

                NORMAL: RAGE < 60.

                RAGE: RAGE >= 60, < 100.

                MAX: RAGE = 100.

                ETC: Other conditions specific to the attack.

        ATTACK: A SKILL that does damage based on STR.

        MAGIC: A SKILL that does damage based on MAG.

        AFORM: Attack Formation, provides various bonuses to ATTACKs.

        MFORM: Magic Formation, provides various bonuses to MAGICs.

        COUNT: The units of time in battle.

        WAIT: The number of counts a character must wait after using a SKILL before their next turn.

Stats:        

        STR: Increases damage done by, and reduces damage taken from ATTACKs.

        MAG: Increases damage done by, and reduces damage taken from MAGICs.

        AGI: reduces WAIT of all skills used, increases chance of dodging.

        VIT: Reduces damage taken from all skills.

        GRD: Determines chance of guarding attacks. (Invisible stat)

        REC: Percent of max health restored per turn. (Invisible)

        RES: Resistances specific to the various elements. Can be negative.

        MOOD: Female characters only. Provides various small bonuses or detriments in combat. Ranges from -10 to 10. Resets to 0 between chapters. Three possible states. (Exact value is invisible, but state can be checked on status screen)

BAD: MOOD < 0

NEUTRAL: MOOD >= 0, < 6.

GOOD: MOOD >= 6.

        TRUST: Female characters only. Affects initial MOOD at the start of each chapter? Determines ending. Does not directly influence combat. (Exact value is invisible but it can be seen which character has the highest trust.)