Ally (no ontology)
From Mazeworld
Having an ally joining is one of the abilities of a contestant. This is a particular ability which affects the contestant's encounters, as he/she attempts to tame, convince, or hire one of them to help him/her out in his/her progress.
Attempting to perform this is based on roleplaying skills, and every monster has a different behavior; some may be completely insensitive to taming/convincing attempts, while others are much easier.
Causes and effects
- Being a special ability related to encounters and not the contestant himself/herself, it is not subject to any cooldown.
- Successful ally join allows the creature to follow the contestant around and provide him/her with a companion for chatting (if the creature can speak or understand human speech), helping according to the creature's abilities, as well as providing a battle partner, which will attack after the contestant, but before the enemy does.
- Not all creatures can join the contestant the same way. For example, certain animals (such as the german shepherd) can be tamed if offered certain foods, but humanoid creatures may be talked to and can be convinced, or paid. Refer yourself to every specific encounter's page to know more about ally joining methods.
- Depending on the creature that became the contestant's ally, they may need different forms of attention, and cannot use all items a contestant can use. For example, an animal ally (such as the german shepherd) that was tamed cannot be fitted with body armor or wield a weapon.
- Depending on the situation, an allied creature can turn into an enemy again if the contestant berates, irritates or deliberately attacks it, depending on what creature it is and what behavior it has.
Statistics
An ally may have different stats tracked according to what kind of creature it is.
- If it is a human, it will have full stats tracked, like a contestant. This includes clothing and armor, as well as weapons and backpack.
- If it is a humanoid youkai, same as above, except clothing, wounds, broken and severed limbs.
- For everything else, same as above with Backpack removed as well.
Co-op mode
Technically speaking, 2 contestants in a co-op mode session are already allied to each other; thus this is why they cannot have an ally.
See also
Abilities marked with a dagger † denotes an action that may not be described when a player is using the censored mode of the game.
