Category:Player System Manager

The Player System Manager consolidates a number of character skill systems in order to standardize behavior and make development and updates easier in these areas.

Skill Systems

• Combat Maneuvers - Skills with multiple facets and applications, including attack, defense and utility.
• Armor Specializations - Service and utility abilities that can be applied to a suit of armor by a warrior, rogue, or paladin.
• Shield Specializations - Shield skills similar to Combat Manuevers that are available to warriors, rogues, or paladins.
• Weapon Techniques - Techniques that are granted automatically as you gain weapon skill.
• Feats - Character defining skills that are not able to be unlearned without the use of a FIXSKILLS.
• Ascension - System that allows you to divert experience into an Ascension Training Point (ATP) pool, which can then be spent on Ascension Skills to further define your character.

Skill Types

• Buff - Skills that provide a buff to the user's attack or defense, and require a command to activate.
• Attack - Skills that utilize and enhance the user's normal attack.
• Martial Stance - Classification of CMAN and specialization skills that provide a significant "passive" benefit.
• Passive - Skills that provide a buff to the user's attack or defense once learned, and do not require a command to activate.
• Setup - Skills that are meant to disable a target in order to set them up for an attack.
• Assault - Attack skills similar to focused MSTRIKE. Damage is done to a single target over multiple rounds, and other buffs may apply per-round or upon completion. These can be STOPped.
• Concentration - Skills that are channeled over a duration and require concentration be maintained. These can be STOPped.
• Area of Effect - Skills that disable or damage multiple targets. The number of targets is increased by training in Multi Opponent Combat.
• Reaction - Skills that require a trigger to become available for use. These are faster than standard attacks, require no stamina, and can be used in self-inflicted roundtime.

Related Systems

• Effects and Conditions - Short-lived buffs and debuffs that can be applied by various skills and spells.

Resources

• PSM Phase 1 Design Document
  • PSM Phase 1 Additional Information
• PSM Phase 2 Design Document
• Player System Manager - Phase 3
• Saved posts
• Silverwood Manor Events - PSM3 Primer Prep Talk (log)