The Player

In Masters of Raana, you take the role of a male protagonist that's recently inherited a large house from his disappeared brother. That makes you one of the lucky ones. The world of Raana is harsh and unforgiving, where might and influence determine who you are and how the future will remember you.

And the future is truly yours. Masters of Raana is an open-world with endless possibilities. There are no guiding hands or set goals and there is no end except when you choose to quit. Your background is also highly customizable during the character creation progress and your choices there affect how the inhabitants of Ikaanos perceive and remember you.

Masters of Raana features an advanced old-school skill system. There are no levels - you get better at the skills you actually use, and you can further tune your character's focus with skill books, personal trainers, and by taking courses at the academy.

Attributes

Attributes are six defining statistics that represent the core of your main character (MC) and have a significant impact on many of the things you undertake in Masters of Raana. Each Skill is dependent on an attribute, and in some cases, attributes give a small boost to every skill check you undertake during gameplay. Basic actions such as breaking down a door (Strength), jumping or climbing (Dexterity), or enduring a sexual orgy (Stamina) are all determined solely by an attribute check, whereas more advanced actions such as gambling, hacking computers, or firing a weapon are determined by a skill check.

Strength

Strength is a metric that indicates your physical prowess and muscular build. The ATTRIBUTE is mostly used to modify the damage dealt in melee combat. Additionally, you employ Strength to break through barriers and improve the efficiency of heavier weaponry. Maintaining a trim body is critical if you want to get laid. A high Strength value provides a small bonus when seducing the opposite sex.

• A Strength score of less than 40 represents a typical Ikaanos individual. You will have difficulty performing relatively simple strength-based jobs and should avoid anybody who is trained or naturally skilled.
• A Strength score of 40 to 75 indicates that the individual has begun to work on honing their physique. You can easily overcome average individuals but will face a challenge from those who have invested their own effort.
• A Strength score of between 74 and 99 indicates a well-trained body in an aspiring warrior. However, there are further extremes, particularly for individuals who have embraced cybernetics.
• A Strength score of 100 or above indicates a body that is operating at the extreme limits of human performance.

Increase Strength:

• By performing an at-home workout.
• Through critical success rolls (ie, working a physically demanding job, story events, etc).
• Through the use of melee weapons in combat.

Strength can be negatively affected by:

• Injuries
• Aging

Stamina, and Stamina Points

Stamina affects the amount of damage you take in combat. Additionally, it impacts how quickly you heal from injuries, how rapidly you replenish Stamina Points, and how athletic you are when it comes to sustaining prolonged sessions of sexual activity. Lastly, this ATTRIBUTE has a minor influence on the result of physical training sessions.

• A Stamina score of less than 40 indicates a typical Ikaanos individual.
• A Stamina score of 40 to 74 indicates that the individual has begun to work on honing their physique. You'll be able to return home after a hard day's work and still perform strenuous activities.
• A Stamina rating of 79 to 99 indicates an inexhaustible warrior with a well-trained body. Individuals that attempt to flee you will eventually succumb to exhaustion unless they are one of the rare elites or possess cybernetics.
• A Stamina score of 100 or more indicates that the body is operating at the extreme limits of the human body.

Increase Stamina:

• By performing a home workout.
• Through prolonged sessions of sexual interaction.

Stamina can be negatively affected by:

• Injuries
• Aging

Stamina Points (Stamina pool) are not technically an ATTRIBUTE or Skill, they are a critical metric to monitor. Each complex action, such as trekking through a thunderstorm, hunting in the woods, engaging in sexual activities, or working at a chemical processing factory, depletes your Stamina Point pool. When all of your Stamina Points are depleted, you become exhausted and must immediately rest. A restful night's sleep restores the majority of your Stamina Points and prepares you for another day of activity.

Restore Stamina Points:

• A good night's rest.
• Taking a shower (additional bonuses for showering with your slave).
• Getting a massage (either from slaves or prostitutes).
• Taking a short (<1hr) rest "camp" when you are in an area which permits Camping.
• Various relaxing and enjoyable activities.

Stamina Points are reduced by:

• Most activities that require effort on your part.

Dexterity

Dexterity is what defines your overall acrobatic abilities - such as scaling walls, racing through minefields, or fleeing from an adversary. The attribute is primarily used in battle, where a Dodge roll checks your Dexterity when someone tries to hit you with a melee weapon.

• A Dexterity score of less than 40 represents a typical Ikaanos individual.
• A Dexterity score of 40 to 74 indicates that the individual has begun to work on honing their physical abilities. If you pay attention and have a little bit of luck, you can evade enemy attacks.
• A Dexterity score of 75 to 99 reflects an agile fighter with a well-trained body. Even when wearing armor, you can be extremely difficult to hit. Nevertheless, a few masters and numerous cybernetics are still capable of hitting you.
• A Dexterity score of 100 or above indicates a body that is operating at the very top of its capabilities.

Increase Dexterity

• By performing a workout at home.
• Through critical success rolls.

Dexterity can be negatively affected by

• Injuries
• Aging

Intelligence

Intelligence is what defines a character's concentration, intellect, and sharpness of mind. This ATTRIBUTE provides a significant advantage while attempting to educate one of your slaves or extract skill points from a book.

A high Intelligence value will also assist you in manipulating other characters.

Increase Intelligence:

• By enrolling in classes at the Academy.
• By instructing students at the Academy.
• Through critical success rolls.
• Through the SpaceBall event (Arrange Event > ENSYS night) - 20% chance to increase INT up to a maximum of 70.
• By reading skill-books pertaining to academic/intellectual subjects.
• By completing an RPG campaign (Arrange Event > RPG night).
• By completing Ayden's RPG campaign.

Intelligence can be negatively affected by:

• Specific injuries

Willpower

Willpower is a measure of the player's sense of self-esteem, honor, and mental wellness. It amplifies his attempts at manipulation, seduction, and persuasion while engaging with other characters. Additionally, it is a beneficial ATTRIBUTE when gambling or carousing in a tavern.

Increase Willpower:

• By teaching at the Academy and resolving events with students.
• Through random events.
• By reading books pertaining to personal communication (like from "Shelves of Domination" at the Bookstore).
• Some benefit from Theoretical and Practical Bondage course at Devious Tools.
• Through morning blowjob events (cap: 90).

Willpower can be negatively affected by:

• Random events
• Assembly work

Health, and Health Points

Health primarily determines how much damage the player can take in combat and still function. It is a reflection primarily of physical size, but also theoretically fitness and willpower. It is hard to increase naturally.

Increase Health:

• Train up your Strength or Stamina.
• Health Implants significantly increase your maximum health level; these are expensive high-tech.

Health can be negatively affected by:

• Losing Strength points permanently to old age or debilitating injuries (getting knocked out in Combat.

Health Points (Health pool) are not technically an ATTRIBUTE or Skill, they are a critical metric to monitor. Each hit in combat depletes your Health Point pool. When you run out of health you become unconscious. On regaining consciousness you will have near zero Health and will be unable to do much more than rest and recover. Recovery is slow without medical assistance.

Restore Health Points:

• A good night's sleep will restore roughly 5% of your total (might be affected by a few factors)..
• Taking a luxurious bath (might restore 5?)
• Getting a professional massage (might restore 5?)
• Injecting Tendstims (restores 20, or maybe more if you have high Medicine skill).
• Healing Implants boost daily healing rate; these are expensive high-tech.

Note: Doctor's Kits can be used by the MC, but not on the MC.

Health Points are reduced by:

• Getting injured in combat.
• Poisoning, for example from food badly prepared by incompetent servants.
• Pushing yourself beyond your Stamina Point limit.
• Starvation.

Skills

(Work In Progress - the details of the 17 MC skills should be completed in the next few days. Excuse the mess.)

Academics

The Academics skill determines the MC's general knowledge about Raana, Earth, and general history. It's also used for library searches and as a bar for entering certain establishments (such as the historical society).

Increase Academics:

• Through attending courses at The Academy.
• Some benefit from Theoretical and Practical Bondage course at Devious Tools.
• Through random events and quests.
• By reading Books.
• By joining the Historical Society and visiting their library.

Medicine

The Medicine skill determines if the player is able to use Doctor's kits or not (40+), and at this same level will increase the amount of restored Health points from 20 to 30 when using a tendstim.

Increase Medicine:

• By reading books.
• By using the Doctor's kit to raise fallen followers after combat (33% chance, max. 90).
• Through random events.

Science

The Science skill determines the MC's knowledge of technology, computers, and natural history. It's a crucial skill when hacking gates and computers and solving domestic events at home that require electrical repair.

Increase Science:

• Through courses at The Academy.
• Through random events and quests.
• By reading books.
• By joining the Historical Society and visit the cigar room.

Melee Combat

You can increase your Melee Combat skill by:

Ranged Combat

You can increase your Ranged Combat skill by:

Stealth

Helps in the performance of certain quests, and affects chance of surprising or being surprised by an enemy. (Some enemies require sneaking up on else they get to fire first; others may ambush you, but not if you are stealthy).

Increase Stealth:

• Small chance when Hunting

Survival

Important contributor to your chance of successfully Hunting or Scavenging

Increase Survival:

• Small chance when Hunting

Gambling

The skill that determines the player's ability to win any form of gambling-related things.

To increase gambling skill:

• Participate in gambling games in taverns across Ikaanos
• Read the Book CPU Architecture, purchasable for $250 from The Secret Garden bookstore in Whitehaven (gives +3)

Artisan

To increase your Artisan skill:

• Read the Artisan's Guide and Ingot Secrets sold at The Secret Garden bookstore

Blacksmithing

To increase your Artisan skill:

• Read Ingot Secrets and the Artisan's Guide sold at The Secret Garden bookstore

Manipulate

The skill of persuading NPCs into doing something in the player's favor as well as making slaves more obedient to his command.

The player can do the following things to increase his manipulate skill:

• By teaching at The Academy.
• Read certain Books
• Attend certain Classes.
• Through successful/critical persuasion rolls.
• Through critical Explanation (chores/sex duties) rolls.
• Through several events and quests

Charm

Charm partly describes the MC's good looks but is also a sign of his good manners, behavior, and general masculine "force of attraction".

Increase Charm:

• By attending certain courses.
• By reading certain Books, including The Pain of Rose sold at Devious Tools, and three in the Shelves of Domination at the Secret Garden bookstore.
• By Caressing a partner during seduction events (cap: 70).
• Through plastic surgery at the Doctor's Hall in Crystal Heights.

Copulation

To increase your Copulation skill:

• Practice it

Bondage

To increase your Bondage skill:

• Practice it
• Read three Books sold at Devious Tools

• Attend the The Theoretical and Practical Bondage course at Devious Tools

Flagellation

To increase your Flagellation skill:

• Practice it
• Read three Books sold at Devious Tools

• Attend the The Theoretical and Practical Bondage course at Devious Tools

Kissing

Besides knowing his way inside a girl's mouth, this skill also executes when the MC is cuddling or performing cunnilingus on a member of the female sex. A devout master uses his Kissing skill to bring pleasure and arousal to his partner before and during sexual intercourse. It's a good and safe way to show your appreciation without being too invasive.

Increase Kissing:

• Through the seduction engine or by making out during sex (cap: 120).

Books

Books are available in a variety of areas to improve your skills and attributes, including the following: Intelligence, Academics, Medicine, Science, Gambling, Charm, Manipulate, Willpower, Bondage, Flagellation, Blacksmithing, and Artisan. Once obtained, books can be accessed via Training > Advanced Training.

Note that most skills can increase through practice as well as study (or surgery in the case of Charm), but some have caps in this regard (e.g. Medicine), so to reach maximum level in some skills it may be advisable to put off reading some or all of books until you have reached your practice cap.