un: Akatsuki

[horologia]

Good day.

Have most people had a chance to run a dungeon or two yet? I would like to hear about the experiences that everyone has had so far. I am probably not the only one, either.

The keywords used seem to have a rather esoteric or oblique link to the resulting generated area, for one thing.

Comments

[horologia]

Yes, actually:

The single commonality I can find is in the blessing we received after clearing the area, as we also received flight.

Otherwise, for us it was:

Keywords: Hidden Advice's Night Moon
Locale: volcanic wasteland
Architecture: a dungeon consisting of a tower in said area
Monsters: Deadly Presents, Flame Heads, Red Wyrms
Notable Events: Received [Blessing] effect at the end of run. Gained flight for 24 hours.
Drops: Standard weapons/armor for our level

[tablescraps]

I see. This is useful information. Should "Night Moon" in the final slot consistently grant the blessing of flight, it may be a useful buff to equip before heading into other endeavors (ie, other Area Explorations, accessing difficult-to-reach parts of Root Towns, or accessing more challenging, known Areas).

I wonder if the keyword in the final slot is always linked to a buff (or debuff) that occurs near the end of an Area. Considering there are several factors that appear to change from Area to Area, though, I suspect that may not be the only factor the final keyword affects.

[horologia]

That seems sound. There are three keywords slots, and at least four different parameters that seem to change per generated area.

First the environment, then the actual dungeon located within it, the enemy variation, and then possibly the bonus effect.

Though perhaps, if the enemies present are determined by some combination of the area and the dungeon, we are back down to three major parameters?