XOCLAT HILLS - Let's Play 「 Lawmage Academy (Demo v0.6) 」 - 3
6Lawmage Academy
Developed by Verinius w/RPG Maker MV
Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377710/Lawmage_Academy/
Itch Link: https://verinius.itch.io/lawmage-academy
Description:
Lawmage Academy is a school for training mages that act as law enforcement and monster exterminators. Some see this institution as a force for good while others see it as a means for the government to limit humanity's magical potential. As your silent protagonist studies here, they find that there are things worse than monsters and school schedules.
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Walkthrough/Playthrough/Let's Play
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTpePONC4QaM-jUZWWHyy5zRsuH_qPu6_
Previous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVrokr6E8ok
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0:00 Bonding More w/Ein
I used the post-mission night to bond with Ein, and this requires me to pick the laid-back answers.
3:19 Day 12
Before talking to Alyssa at the entrance, be sure to return Sharlec's book. Turns out he already bought another copy, so he transfers ownership of the original book, revealing it to be an illegal spellbook teaching Enaqua.
8:03 Befriending Alyssa and Mastering Enaqua
Afterwards, talk to Alyssa, who is still upset about the gang of bullies. She always protected Ponpon from bullies, but this trio is going to require us to form a party. I'm glad she isn't mutually exclusive with Ein after all.
I guess for Alyssa's answers, you should focus more on self-improvement type answers?
24:11 Day 15 & Itemcraft Charms
All you have to do for this class is to make a specific charm, but don't leave the classroom, or you'll be locked out!
Afterwards, a priest from the chapel will ask you to visit later.
At night, you can do letter-based bonding events to increase your relationship value with students from other houses.
31:37 Alyssa's Aura Skill Event
If you did enough bonding with Alyssa, you can start an event with her to unlock her first aura skill. I suspect the answers you give changes the skill you get. She also states that she originally wanted to go to an art academy.
I also managed to bond some more with Ein at night, activating his aura event too.
37:25 Chapel Mission
The priest will ask you for specific charms to donate to villages. He'll give you an Enfrost Crystal for delivering the goods.
40:40 Ein's Aura Skill Event
Somehow, Ein's aura event can teach him a blunt skill, despite how he starts with a pierce weapon. I wonder if different answers would have gotten a pierce skill. Either way, this is good because it means he can access both damage types right now.
45:11 Aura Skills Class
Aura Skills use up AP, which is like TP from other RPG Maker games. The skills are more personal than the cookie-cutter spells and can allow further damage types to be used.
As you leave, you and Jin spot a girl, Lunelle, being attacked by a golem. The golem itself is easy and shows up as a random enemy later. There's an ongoing conversation in the battle, but I killed the golem before it could finish. The last part of the dialogue would have confirmed that the player character isn't supposed to learn their aura yet, but since I missed that part, I got confused and mistook it for a glitch.
Afterwards, you have to answer some questions to get closer with Jin, though I don't think he can join in the demo. If he and Lunelle join, we'd have one ally from each house.
52:14 Aura Break Class
If you haven't figured out the Octopath break system, Zelka will explain it for you and break a student's aura to demonstrate. Yes, player characters can be broken if they have weaknesses!
For the next mission, we have to go through Xoclat Hills. You're given a choice of a hard route with more foes or an easy route with less. I have no idea which route is better, but I went with the harder route with the assumption of better rewards. Plus, you can't backtrack to the previous map after making the choice, so the harder route means more level up opportunities.
1:04:41 Boss: Ogre Dun
As long as everyone has a decent variety of elements, it should be easy to break even this brute's 7 layered aura.
1:06:34 Game Over YEAH
Save before entering the next area, since the game won't let you backtrack. There won't be any enemies as you travel, but you'll eventually find Sylvia, Julius, and Basi blocking a bridge, despite how they're not even in this class. They mention something about experiments, and whether or not you try to fight them, Basi will eventually use an AOE wind spell that knocks the MC into the river. Maybe Rean Coldsteel is an appropriate name after all?
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