The intent behind Sporia Plain is that you weave between the mushrooms' aggro circles to avoid an instant death. Naturally, here's an area full of encounters with two of each large mushroom. It can also breathe not-poison to deal 10 HP to the entire party, which is not a fun time either. If it does this twice, heaven help you - you're taking half your health bar in poison damage each round. If it does this, you're in for a rough fight. The second of the large mushroom family breathes poison over your entire party. I think this one is a Soniara, but I can't tell at a glance, and that's kind of a huge problem in terms of evaluating a battle's difficulty. Its nearly-identical cousin the Rasmaga is the second. I mentioned that the Soniara is the first reason to hate Sporia Forest.

If you're low on food, it can be worthwhile not to worry about the fatal wounds, since as long as a character has positive HP (HP can go as far negative as it can go positive, by the way), the character can still participate in battle. That's expensive, although food regrows on a clock, so it's not as bad as it sounds. If you do, then it takes a full 24 to get rid of them, as I mentioned in a past update. A full heal will take, at most, eight hours of food as long as you have no fatal wounds. Now, resting between every battle is wasteful, but it's not the worst thing. Food is one area where optimal play doesn't suck, which is good, because a bad food system can really turn a game into a chore. From that point, you can usually stay near the food cap without trying too hard. Later in the game, there are much more generous food sources, including one particular cornucopia that will eradicate any urge you had to spend your hard-earned coin on food. Cost-free recovery is a big deal (at least early on), lest you find yourself penniless. The bush in the forest is blocked by the three-mushroom encounter that's effectively impossible at level 1.) Once you can safely harvest the beach, food becomes self-sustaining, even though collecting it is sort of a pain. (Even the beach vines are technically accessible from the start, but you'll get murdered before you get there. With the exception of the beach vines and the forest bush, these are all instantly accessible.

One berry bush near the northwest entrance to town.

Two berry vines in the opening tutorial area.

This sounds costly, and it certainly has the potential to be costly, but even the opening area has a fair abundance of renewable food if you know where to look: I wouldn't have done it, but Cecil literally has zero evasion, which has led to him dying in way too many battles.Ī quick note about healing, since this party requires it between every single battle: I'm doing all my healing the natural way that is, by resting. At this point, I decide to get rid of all this pesky cash by getting rid of the party's afflictions.

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