Quote from Devour

I've got all the calculations down already :) But I'm definitely lacking in the spells and abilities department. Any kind of offensive and defensive spell that works with one of the eight elements that you can think of (mind you, no mortals are able to use Death because doing so would kill them), I'll write it down to implement into the game. Especially if you wanted to emphasize what each spell was capable of doing in fights.

Quote from Devour

What I'll need will probably change a lot as the game progresses. Right at this moment, what I'd need the most is definitely a dark dungeon environment. One that you'd find underneath a large castle, with walls and floors made of stone, guttering torches and lots of hallways. Everything else is being worked on by the other three wonderful people <3

Quote from Hewitt

Alright.


I know you said you don't need combat formulas, but I just put mine in there so you can get perspective into why I made things that way. For example, in the notation "ACC - 50 vs EVA to SLEEP for 6 turns", it just means that if the EVA of the opponent is higher than the player's ACC - 50, then the SLEEP status effect happens for 6 turns. You can easily just translate this to "inflicts 30% chance to SLEEP" if you want to and be done with it. I operate on the principle of mastery; that lower levels do not make the spell effective as if you were to use it later on. You can also use the formula to transpose numbers for when you need to balance things later on. Anyways, onwards:

Stat Meanings:
ACC - Accuracy; i don't know if you have 2 stats for magic and physical accuracy so lets just assume you apply whatever is best
EVA - Evasion; like accuracy, you might have 2 stats for evasion so same thing applies.
MDEF / DEF - Magic Defense / Defense; as with the above. you might have a phys def and a magic def. apply which one you think applies best. I only wrote MDEF in particular because its common to have 2 kinds of defenses. still, its your game so use what you think works.
MAG - Magic
STR - Strength
VIT - Vitality, the stat that affects HP

***It goes without saying that magic attacks will be defended by magic defenses/evasion and physical-type attacks to physical type defenses/evasion unless mentioned.

Status Effect Explanations:
TRAP - EVA decreased by 20
BLIND - ACC is reduced by 50% and character is incapable of crits. weapons' default chance to hit is reduced to 75% if it's lower than that, then use that instead.
SLEEP - EVA is reduced to 0 until hit or woken up
POISON - loses 10% of its current (not total) HP every turn
PDOWN - either the STR or the Damage inflicted is reduced by 25%
ZOMBIE - target is immune to DEATH elemental attacks, target is hurt when applied with healing potions, and outright killed if REVIVE effects are used. anyone that tries to outright attack a zombified person is drained of HP instead. that HP goes to the zombified
ARMDOWN - Armor decreased by 25%
MDOWN - Spell damage decreased by 25%
CURSE - counterattacking and fast attacks are disabled. VIT and MAG are also reduced by 50%


For spells, I've added a brief description of what possibly happens. None of this is set in stone, you may use them to manipulate as you wish. The number beside the spell is the proposed MP cost. You can easily make MP formulas if you know what the most expensive spell is. Also, it shows that I've based my suggestions on Final Fantasy. You can see it because I treat Air spells as Ice spells. I (or anyone) can change them anyway so once again none of these are set in stone so you can just rearrange/rename them as you wish.

Note that this is very incomplete, I haven't touched on non-combative spells yet so you're going to see some huge disparities in the spell selections.

Spell List version 1 (Click to Show)

Fire
Fireball 7 - a fireball duh; MDEF - [ (4 x MAG) + d8 ] Fire Damage
Volcano 22 - Single/Group attack. the ground erupts beneath the target as a pillar of flame engulfs him; MDEF - [ (12 x MAG) + 3d8 ] Fire Damage
Smokescreen 35 - dark black fuming smoke surrounds the target, choking them into despair; ACC - 50 vs EVA to inflict ARMDOWN and MDOWN for 4 turns each

Water
Aqua Sphere 18 - a ball of solid water bursts into a torrent when it hits the target; MDEF - [ (4 x MAG) + 2d8 ] Water Damage
Tidal Wave 38 - Single/Group attack. huge ass tidal wave. like surf from pokemon; MDEF - [ (15 x MAG) + 4d8 ] Water Damage

Air
Soothe 5 - clouds of calm and cool air surround the target, lulling him into a false sense of security; ACC - 50 vs EVA to SLEEP for 6 turns
Hail 7 - ice chunks (the size of medium rocks) fly at the target; MDEF - [ (4 x MAG) + d8 ] Air Damage
Reactive Sphere 16 - target surrounds himself with a barrier of a random element (except death and life). said barrier deals MAG x 2 of elemental damage to any Melee attack done against it. elemental damages, weaknesses, and strengths apply. Element doesnt change every turn. Lasts 6 turns. Note that this does not shield the target, but merely provides a variable damage against melee.
Frozen Pillar 22 - Single/Group attack. after a giant blizzard, a huge player-sized block of ice falls on top of the target; MDEF - [ (12 x MAG) + 3d8 ] Air Damage
Frost Winds 60 - Single/Group Attack. The entire air is full of ice and snow that it literally freezes the target into a block which promptly shatters; MDEF - [18 x MAG) + 5d8] Air Damage

Earth

Light
Thunder 7 - typical lightning bolt; MDEF - [ (4 x MAG)+ d8 ] Light Damage
Pinpoint 10 - circular energy wisps zone in on a target's weak spots; ACC - 50 vs EVA to TRAP for 6 turns
Dynamo 22 - Single/Group attack. A ball of lightning that contains many tinier bolts heads for the target's path; MDEF - [ (12 x MAG) + 3d8 ] Light Damage
Shatter 30 - ACC - 50 vs EVA to disable any kind of barrier or shield

Dark
Stigma 5 - chance to inflict BLIND on target; ACC - 50 vs EVA effect to BLIND for 6 turns
Shadow Ball 18 - what is says on the tin; (4 x MAG)+ 2d8 Dark Damage
Fatigue 15 - violet spheres enter a target, causing it to flicker to reduce MP by MDEF - [ (8 X MAG) + 2d8 ]
Phobia 30 - a screaming ghostlike thingie apparates near the target to scare the shit out of him; ACC - 50 vs EVA to PDOWN for 6 turns
Drain 34 - large pink orbs suck the energy out of the target and return to the caster to refill his MP. Cannot be reflected.; Inflicts MDEF - [ (15 x MAG) + 4d8 ] Dark Damage AND heals the caster's MP for the same amount.
Curse 55 - A sinister magic circle opens on the floor of teh target and steals away a piece of his soul as well as imbuing him a hungry black aura; Inflicts CURSE for 4 turns after ACC - 50 vs EVA.

Life

Death
Toxic Haze 9 - corrosive mist cloud thingie that has a chance to poison; MDEF - [ (4 x MAG) + d8 ] Death damage, ACC - 50 vs EVA chance to POISON until cured
Zombify 30 - green mists from the underworld transforms the target into an abomination; ACC - 50 vs EVA to ZOMBIE for 6 turns
Virulent Storm 44 - Single/Group attack. balls of giant green bubbles overwhelm the target. its just a stronger version of Toic Haze; MDEF - [ (15 x MAG) + 4d8 ] Death damage, ACC - 50 vs EVA chance to POISON until cured
Sap 34 - Blood Red Orbs suck the energy out of the target and return to the caster to refill his HP. Cannot be reflected.; Inflicts MDEF - [ (15 x MAG) + 4d8 ] Death Damage AND heals the caster's HP for the same amount.

I'll update it later with more non-combat spells and flesh out the elemental damages as well as suggest combat skills as well. Maybe.

Quote from Outcast

I would love to help develop the antagonists. Sidequests are good, too.

Quote from Xate

Hello. I'd like to pitch in help as an antagonist/side-quests writer. Tell me what I need to do, and I'll do it with grace.

Quote from Arch-Angel

I can into grate this in the first town I do fr you guy <3
I always add some type of dungeon to my places :p

Edit: I've been writing a plot to my small castle village. The player arrives at the town to discover that there have been a number of break ins within the local market stores after the king was murdered. The law enforcement of the town is too busy trying to figure out who killed the king. This isn't going to be your average mystery homicide story either. This is what I'm going to try to work on tonight <3

Quote from Ken_Rou

So, do you want to put a title to the game?

Quote from Ken_Rou

A'ight. Understood.

-Huge swords
-2-handed swords
-Shortswords
-Light duelist's sword

-Spears
-Short spears for multiple-enemy combat

-Gigantic Axes
-Battleaxes
-Axes


-Huge mauls
-Warhammers
-Hammers

-Daggers

-Spiked Gloves

-Mage's Staffs