Skill: Mana Shield -- when Focusing, automatically casts barrier, and damage is taken from mana before the barrier HP. Can face tank a lot with a mana build! Inspired by the old school Diablo 1 spell:

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Anyone know of other games with a crafting system like this?

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Skill: Master Cut - attacks now also count as a parry. Inspired by HEMA longsword fencing, where the best defense is a good offense.

Synergizes with other parry skills, such as "parry now counts as an attack" = double attack with the right timing:

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Skill showcase: Stormblade - on heavy attack, procs casts of equipped storm spell. I find this very satisfying😁 You might recognize the placeholder lightning VFX from FF3/6!

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GIF test - skill showcase: spell parry. You can now parry an enemy spell, absorb it, and deal a portion of the damage absorbed on next attack

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Gameplay of my first solo project Rune Knight, fully playable download at verdian.itch.io/rune-knight

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