Ericanskinsmonsters

Story Overview 

Help Erica, the skinner's daughter, gather her three dysfunctional companions before embarking on an epic quest to slay powerful God-Beasts and reap vengeance on an old Necromancer foe! Who else will save the realm from monsterkind!!?

Unfortunately, her companions include a drunken knight with a fractured personality, an elf obsessed with hunting/firearms, and a goblin healer whose desire for power grows with every slain God-Beast's power he consumes.

Someone has to save the world...

How can THESE people possibly survive what is to come?

Game Overview 

An Apocalyptic story-rich single-player JRPG featuring strategic turn-based combat, handcrafted exploration, deep progression, and brutal boss encounters.

Maps/Size: 
Explore over 90 handcrafted locations including towns, dungeons, world maps, inns, hidden areas, and dangerous wilderness.

Combat: 
Master deep tactical combat featuring over 200 abilities, 100 status effects, cooldown management, armor and spell resistances, dodge, bleeding, stuns, instant death, and countless enemy mechanics. Every encounter demands careful planning, not just stronger equipment alone.

Nightfall and The Undead

The undead become stronger, more numerous, and far deadlier once the day turns to night. I built in a day night cycle that will spawn more undead npcs.

Rest at campsites (if you have collected enough wood) to recover or skip the dangerous night...if you dare.
A brutal dark fantasy adventure featuring mature themes, violence, strong language, and difficult choices.

Are you ready to save a dying world?

[Nutshell] - This game is a story I wrote called "Ericanskinsmonsters" using rpgmakermv to build this JRPG into a fun turn-based rpg like I used to play as a kid. I used a lot of scripts/custom(purchased and original), artwork, music, sounds, audios, and really tried to focus/balance the combat system to the best of my ability.  I wanted to make it challenging, kinda chaotic, but fun. There is no joke a lot of mechanics built into the combat; it took me quite a while to build this game. I put in all the fun stuff like* - shops, mazes, secret content, hidden legendary gear, puzzles, traps, and an evolving story and class system.

Classes

Once assembled, your four-member party will feature five distinct classes alongside a powerful summoned flesh golem. Customize your team by purchasing spells from shops to fill gaps in your strategy and tailor your gameplay to your preferred style, but be careful of the weapon requirements of specific skills and limitations of mana.

Flaymancer - Uses rogue-like attacks to deal massive dmg to target causing bleeding.(Also studied Golemancy and uses 20 flesh to summon a formidable golem named Drippy when in dire need)

Markswoman - Uses firearms and explosives to deal heavy damage and inflict status effects on enemies. Lucy has had some rough times as a child and shares no love for animals. Lucy has the ability to scale her attacks early on with a permanent stat increase buff and is vital in keeping the team focused on the right targets with the use of one of her late game skills.

Knight-errant - A banished knight with a grim past who has sworn to protect you and will sacrifice himself to defend his allies. He uses heavy armor, shields, swords/axes and has abilities which allow him to bolster defense/taunt/shatter enemy defenses/and stun opponents. -(Grimlock's host body)

Bloodzerker - Adam's other personality is a character named Grimlock. Grimlock disregards safety and focuses on inflicting brutal damage as if his life depends on it.  Grimlock starts with 0 mana and sacrifices his own life in order to increase his power before he unleashes devastating blows. Due to Grimlock's nature, he is immune to light based effects including heals from his fellow members. The Bloodzerker may not be able to receive holy heals, however he can still heal off his life-steal attacks/potions/and any regeneration effects stacked on him. Switching between Grimlock and Adam fully restores their health in combat and can be a vital tactic in keeping the team alive.

Sorceror - Highly magic based class that uses healing/cleansing spells to restore the party. Grendel is also the major spell damage user of the group, so choose wisely when you prioritize your damage over the healing sustainment of your team. His roll is vital due to some enemies taking increased dmg from specific elements, the light dmg he can inflict on undead, and the amount of support he provides the team(single target heal does massive dmg to undead/also gains revive later, so you don't have to use consumables to revive). As the adventures progress into slaying the powerful Ancient monsters, Grendel syphons the bosses ability as he absorbs their energy.

GOLEM SUMMON

                                                                    DRIPPY

Erica's golem summon has incredible resilience and power. You must collect 20 skins from battle drops in order to summon him, and while he brings devastation....his time is limited and is only around for a handful of rounds. Drippy truly brings the pain, so utilize him for clutch moments such as times of great peril, or challenging boss fights! 

Quest system

A quest system is implemented to keep the player's targets of revenge in mind and highlights the main quest only. There are hidden quest, secret treasures, and clues for legendary weapons and armor scattered throughout Strifestav which would greatly aid you in journey if you choose to seek them out. These hidden events are not tracked on a quest log. Due to this loose guidance it gives the game a less linear feel, but ultimately specific things must be accomplished or killed to increase progression. If you get lost and are unsure what you are supposed to do, just simply review quest logs/read road signs/talk to npcs/or feel free to check out the walk-through guide I built on my website.

Contains

This game is created with RPG MAKER MV and is compatible with Mouse/Keyboard(I also added ASDW controls), and Xbox type controller features along with Steam Deck devices. (When the user is playing with a controller, move the mouse cursor off-screen for a better gaming experience.) The game also uses many JavaScript addons by Yanfly/Terrax/TheUnproPro to include Battle Engine Core/Quest Journal/Shop Menu Core/and many others.

This purchase includes the Windows PC version of the game Ericanskinsmonsters.

This game contains a large variety of music/sound/audio tracks by Eric Black(SmirkSmileGrin Games), RPG Maker MV,  Karugamo, and other artist

Artwork by Eric Black, Machaela Black, RPG Maker MV, Tyler Warren, Hibiki Katakura, Andy Chen, Dream Circle, finalbossblues, Plueschkatze, and REFMAP

FAQ - Game Length? - Currently avg playtime is estimated to be 15-20 hrs. This number may massively get longer depending on the player.