Choose Your Path
Before your journey begins, choose a character type from the Character Select screen. Press Y to customize your character’s statistics, or press A to continue with the default stats.
Primary Abilities
Body, Spirit, and Mind work in harmony to create a unified whole, but each of the three determines a different aspect of your skills. You can increase each as you gain experience during your adventures.
To view your primary or secondary ability levels, press > to go to the
•Body: Measures your ability to withstand damage in battle. Influences your secondary ability of Health.
•Spirit: Demonstrates your ability to manipulate internal energies, called Chi. Influences your secondary ability of Chi.
•Mind: Reflects your ability to think on
your feet. Influences your secondary ability of Focus.
Secondary Abilities
In combat your secondary abilities of Health, Focus, and Chi come into play. These abilities are drawn directly from your primary abilities, but they also can be increased by special techniques and essence gems (see pg. 21).
•Health: Depletes when you take damage. You can press bto expend Chi and heal yourself quickly. To regain Health, grab Health
•Focus: Depletes when you enter Focus mode or when you
use a weapon style. When you press Yto focus your mind, your foes seem to slow down while you move at normal speed. To regain Focus energy, gather
•Chi: Depletes when you use Chi healing ( b),
To regain Chi, gather
Using and Increasing Chi
Use Chi to fuel magic styles, to add damage to your attacks, and to heal yourself. Increase your Chi by raising your Spirit when you gain levels (see pg. 15), or by using certain essence gems and techniques (see pg. 21).
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