Incarnations

Incarnations is a turn-based RPG with roguelike elements heavily inspired by Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth and the Etrian Odyssey series. Like most umbrella games, it features an Author Appeal roster.
Its sequel is Incarnations: Umbral Endeavor.
==Story==
The game's story follows the exploits of a large cast of heroes and ruffians alike who, after being torn from their stories, band together to delve into their distorted worlds of origin, stopping their former allies and longtime enemies from abusing the bridges between worlds to wreak havoc and destruction, all the while trying to discover what cataclysmic event caused their worlds to get pulled together in the first place.
A more in-depth description of the story can be found here!
==Gameplay==
The game follows a party of up to five characters from various forms of fictional media inside of a sprawling labyrinth. The player has to guide them through the labyrinth and into its deepest floors while fending off powerful monsters.
===Exploring the Labyrinth===
====General Information====
When outside of combat, most of the gameplay consists of exploring maze-like Labyrinths. This maze is viewed from a first-person perspective, and most of its detail comes from descriptive events. Certain points on the map can be Searched to accumulate materials and resources, while others are events that can rejuvenate the party. A rough version of the map is created automatically as the player explores the labyrinth, but only the locations of the walls and floors are recorded this way, so it is up to them to perfect it by adding notes on special locations or secret passages.
====F.O.E.s====
F.O.E.s are powerful enemies that, rather than being encountered randomly, exist on the map itself. They are incredibly powerful, and players are usually much too weak to defeat one when they first cross paths; but by staying wary and moving carefully, the player can usually avoid having to confront them in battle. Once they're strong enough, though, players can challenge them to obtain rare materials or unique equipment.
===Battling Enemies===
====General Information====
While exploring, an indicator at the bottom-right corner of the screen will slowly change color, indicating how close the player is to the next enemy encounter. Once it's red, they will soon enter a random encounter with monsters. Combat is turn-based, and players can command Fighters to Attack, Guard, use Skills or Items, or attempt to Flee the battle.
There are two "rows" in combat - the front row, and the back row. Back-row fighters get damage penalties to their melee attacks, but also take less damage from enemies' melee attacks. Three fighters can be in one row at any time, but the player's party can only be five characters maximum, so there will always be at least one empty slot.
====Boosted====
Upon hitting an enemy with a Critical Hit or an element that they are weak to, the attacker becomes Boosted. Boosted characters act at the very start of the next turn, cannot be afflicted with Ailments and Binds, and get a discount to the HP and MP costs of any Skills they use. The Boost status is lost upon taking damage or using an attack. Both playable characters and enemies can become Boosted.
====Leader Powers====
When setting up a party, one party member must be designated as the Leader. The Leader gains the temporary privilege of wielding their Leader Power - a special passive boon that greatly affects gameplay. Your Leader also determines miscellaneous minor details, such as which character appears on the victory screen after battle, or which character participates the most in cutscenes.
====Ailments vs. Binds====
There are two types of status conditions - Ailments and Binds. Ailments are general conditions that debilitate the fighter. They are massively varied, but each fighter can only have one condition at a time, and attempting to inflict a second one will always result in failure. Binds, on the other hand, are a group of three special conditions that prevent fighters from using specific abilities and options. What makes Binds particularly dangerous, though, is that it is possible to inflict all three of them and an ailment on an enemy simultaneously.
===Character Growth===
====Stats====
Each character possesses five stats: Strength, Magic, Vitality, Agility, and Luck. Strength affects the power of physical attacks and physical Skills. Magic affects the power of magical Skills. Vitality affects defense against both physical and magical damage. Agility affects turn order and evasion rate. Luck affects Critical Hit rate and ailment affliction chance. These stats rise upon leveling up.
====Leveling Up====
Winning battles and completing quests will grant characters Experience Points, or XP. Once they've gained a set amount of XP, a character will gain a level. Every time a character levels up, they will gain eight points in their stats. Five of these points are distributed automatically based on the character, and the remaining three can be spent on whatever stats the player likes.
====Equipment====
Each character has four equipment slots. The first is devoted exclusively to their Weapons, and the second to their Bodywear. The last two are "blank" slots. Headgear, Armwear, Footwear, or Accessories can be equipped to these slots, but each character can only have one of each type equipped at a time.
Some pieces of equipment also have Skill Slots. These special slots can be equipped with Skill Stones - special items that grant the user access to new abilities in combat.
==Characters==
===Party Members===
The main heroes of Incarnations, and the characters that the player controls during gameplay.
====Vanilla Roster====
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Enemies===
A list of all the enemies in the game, including bosses and F.O.E.s, can be found here!
==Trivia==
* The game's original name, Monstrous Index, was in reference to its creator's original wikia username Monstermanchego. After their name change to IncarnateParanoia, the title was appropriately changed to a name suggested by to reflect this.
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