As a magic attack, Onmyouji ignore Ashigaru defense bonuses. Offense-Shikigami is a large-scale AOE attack which hits all 6 enemies, but requires preparation (ie: can be stopped by a Ninja attack).
For example, a 6-INT Ashigaru will Ally Guard at 120% (which will last for 3-hits. They can "Ally Guard", creating a INT% x2 chance of defending an ally within their column.
While an army of size 2000 will only deal 200% the damage of an army size 500. In effect, an army with size 1000 will deal only 150% the damage of an army of size 500. The "Adjusted Troop Size" grows at 50% rate after 500 troops, and only grows 25% rate after 1000 troops.
However, instead of scaling all the way to 9999, there is a quirk in the calculation. ), which means an army with troop count 300 will do 2x damage (and take 1/2 damage) from an army with 150. Battles on a field have a 10% advantage towards the defender, while battles in a castle start with a 90% advantage towards the defender.Īrmy battles follow roughly Lanchester's laws: ( Losing troops will reduce your advantage, while killing enemy troops will raise your advantage. The goal of combat is to achieve more than 50% "Advantage". For example, Rance's magical slave Sill will heal Rance after every action. Although unique units, such as Rance, have unique attacks and skills. Every unit has a set of skills, largely determined by their class. As a fictional setting, this includes Texas, Morraco, and South Africa (some territories of JAPAN that don't match up to the real world Japan).īattles take place in a 2x3 vs 2x3 region. With only 5 commanders (and only a few hundred soldiers per commander), Rance (the main character of Alicesoft's long running series) sets off to conquest all of JAPAN (roughly 31 territories). The game starts in Oda Nobunaga's home territory of Owari. There are also a few "foreigner" classes from the Rance main series: Mages, Cannoneers, and Knights. There are a large number of classes: such as Ashigaru (Japanese Infantry / Spearmen), Samurai, Musketeers, Sohei, Archers, Ninja, Tacticians, Onmyouji, Cavalry, and Miko. Sengoku Rance is a hentai Strategy-RPG that takes place in the fictional world of JAPAN.