Comhartha (PC-Game)

***Comhartha*** is a free-to-play online tactical role-playing game with Gacha-mechanics developed by Forbróir Computing Limited of Wembury. The game is playable on most commercially available laptops and PC at the time of its release, which was in 2020. In 2023, the game was made available for download in English.

Development-Lead is Gwenda Arwenydd of the Tribe of Monaghan.

Set in the fantasy world of Ilchroch, the tutorial campaign follows Captain Gwydion Sidan of the Marchanadd City Guard in his mission to defend the city, its citizens and the surrounding lands from the Onye Ohi Bandits. Completing the tutorial campaign of ten missions unlocks the main campaign (which is told in chapters of several missions, downloadable for free, also adding new characters) and the Outrealm Campaigns, as well as the gacha-system.

*OOC: OOC-wise, I plan this to be the starting point of Project Comhartha, which will hopefully be a fun starting point for many entertaining RPs.*

Characters - Gwydion Sidan - The Strategist

Ilchroch: Marchanadd - Red Dragon Empire - Order of the Malig Dragon - Dark Strongholds - Order of Etain - Gwinity-Tribes - Ajala - Frozen North - Ove Trading Company

The End of the Onye Ohi Bandits

Comhartha Sensha-Do Project

Developer: Forbróir Computing Limited - Publisher: Foilsitheoir Printing House

## Setting

*Also see main article: Ilchroch.*
* World Ilchroch, continent Cyfandir, Penrhynna-Peninsula
* techlevel around 15/16th century: Lances, swords, primitive firearms, etc.
* magic and alchemy

## Plot

### Tutorial Campaign

The Tutorial Campaign follows Captain Gwydion Sidan of the Marchanadd City Guard in his mission to defend the city, its citizens and the surrounding lands from the Onye Ohi Bandits. He, leading the infamous Marchanadd City Guard Gwydra Banner, manages to defeat the bandits, who's leader hints at a threat far greater then they are: The Red Dragon Empire.

* T-1. Training Grounds:
* T-2.
* T-3. The Gwydra Banner:
* T-4.
* T-5.
* T-6.
* T-7.
* T-8.
* T-9.
* T-10. The End of the Onye Ohi Bandits: Gwydion and the Gwydra Banner lay siege to the coastal hideout of the Onye Ohi Bandits and ultimately surmount their enemies, killing their head, the Robber Baron Maazi.

### Main Campaign

#### Chapter 8: The Plains of Wind

The Gwydra Banner must traverse the Plains of Wind, home to the Gwinity-Tribes - semi-nomadic herdsmen, a few small towns strewn along the plains. The tribes oftentimes trade and war with each other, but also against outsiders, most notably against the Dark Strongholds to the North. While the Order of Etain is on friendly terms with most of the Tribes, but especially in religious questions, the Sun-worshipping Order and the nature-worshipping Tribes clash frequently.

The chapter was written by Nia Radarc of the Tribe of Westmeath.

#### Chapter 11: Ajala

* trip to the homeland of the Onye Ohi Bandits, Ajala

### Outrealm Campaigns

* can be played as co-op missions
* includes, but is not limited to, event campaigns

## Gameplay

*Also see main articles: Comhartha: Rules and Comhartha: Classes.*
At the start of the game, the player is requested to create a character and choose a name, which will act as the nickname in the online modes, as well as the players avatar. Officially referred to as The Strategist, the player character does not participate in battle - instead, he is, as the name implies, the strategist responsible for the army's movements, logistics and similar tasks.

The character creator allows a wide range of options, including free selection of gender, but the default character has become known as Anwen Gotiau (female) or Arawn Gotiau (male). Users of the default settings are usually called Gotiauans in online interactions.

### During Missions

Missions usually require the player to set up a Banner (online usually referred to as The Team or an army) of characters to tackle. These are then put onto the field, freely to be distributed in the Deployment Zone - usually a quarter or a third of the map. The map itself is divided into a grid of squares, which are the tiles. Tiles come with different effects, from being impassible for certain units to defensive bonuses.

The opposing Banner, Army or Team outnumbers the own Banner especially in the later stages.

As a turn-based game, the own movement phase (called the Player Phase) comes first, during which he player can move his units, heal, attack and use items. This is followed by the Ally Phase, then the Enemy Phase before the next turn starts.

As specific units have specific advantages or disadvantages on terrain, against certain enemies or in other constellations, the player is well-advised to balance his team, to look for synergies in their Banners and to utilize their army to the full advantage. *Comharta*, according to the Development Lead Gwenda Arwenydd, is not designed for the quick gratification, but for working out a plan and optimizing the own strategy to match it.

### Between Missions

#### Training Grounds

The Training Grounds serve as a way to level up Skills. This is done by the payment of Darnarians.

## The Gacha and the Characters

*Also see Category: Comhartha: Characters.*
Characters, safe for the characters of the Marchanadd City Guard Gwydra Banner (which are received in the tutorial), are obtained via The Gacha. In-game currency, the so called Darnarians, are used to 'pay' for chances at pulling characters out of a random pool. Characters are divided into several rarity levels (Common, Rare, Super-Rare, Ultra-Rare, Secret-Rare, Gold-Rare) with increasingly small chance of pulling them from the set pools (Infantry Pool, Cavalry Pool, Special Pool and event-exclusive Event Pools).

*Comharta* has a pity-system, which, after rolling 100 times without receiving a character of Super-Rare Status or higher, allows the player to freely select one character of any rarity of the corresponding pool.

## Monetization

*Comharta* features various means of spend money - none of which have any effect on the gameplay, the game thus being counted as a play-to-win title rather then a pay-to-win title. Most of these are paid for by the in-game currency, Darnarians (or gold coins), which can be either earned via in-game activities (like clearning missions) or via in-game purchases.

Darnarians can be used to buy additional character slots, to summon new characters via the Gacha (see above), for new custumes for the characters (so-called skins),

## Reception

### The Comhartha Sensha-Do Project

* mod
* technically not authorized at first, but approved later on