I mean if you noticed there is an empty bar filler just right below our libido bar while we are in combat mode, I have a feeling it could be a mana bar in the future, not sure about where would the mana bubble go since the libido took place tho-... But I'm sure Hyao knows ways to cooks
(still it would be funny just by thinking about a herbalist wandering around with their magic wand causing chaos LOL )
cannot lie never really noticed it was there because I was always too focused on... other things. but whether that is just a blank spot Hyao left cause of design choices or a way to hint towards a mana bar in the future, we'll have to find out. but can't lie now I'm a little hopeful lmao.
but off that, what do you think most of us would want as a first spell? seduction type thing to sleep with someone easier/more or a fireball/meteor/anything that could cause mass destruction? also who would teach us? Viccoria? new person? the witch? the Nameless?... Feliar???
from my guess, The witch and Victoria have the most potential to teach us spells and I think most of them would be self-defense spell or stat-boost spell in general, I don't think they would have a reason to teach us destruction spell beside Nameless.
(SPOILER ALERT...maybe) I have a theory that if we served Nameless we could learn spells/blesses of destruction but also could lead to bad ending forever (since he blocked us from changing decisions)
But i also think we can learn harmful spells from new character or just by looting stuffs, it would be cool too. And I don't think if we could learn something like meteor that would break the game (unless we turned into the final boss lmao). Seduce spell also sounds great, if Hyao let us use it outside of combat and inside of combat (but i'd prefer it to give "charm effect" to the opponent rather than a convenience lust potion spell to raise the libido or love potion...)
they would make the most sense, but at the same time thinking on it could we even use the magic they have? Vicoria is a succubus and the witch is.... special in ways explaining would spoil one of the biggest plot twists I semi saw coming but still loved because it was executed FLAWLESSLY, and the nameless is straight up just a eldritch abomination that's painfully hot lmao. so considering that maybe the most likely person to teach us magic would either be not a person but some random spell books we can find across the world like you said or an entirely new NPC we have yet to meet whose either important and we befriend during one of our chaos filled adventures so they decide to teach us magic as thanks or one of us seeks the other and asks to be taught or to teach us because either we want to learn it or they see great potential in us.
but if we do learn from them I feel like the witch would teach us buffs for ourselves and allies and maybe some magic to enhance our potions effects like making a strength potion boost 15 points instead of 10, or causing a lust potion to linger as like lusty mana and become like a semi-permanent (long as you got mana) lust powder.
Vicoria I don't think would teach us actual defense magic like a barrier or anything physical but more like how to toughen our mind to resist other succubus/incubus powers, or how to wield the powers of a succubus/incubus ourselves to make fights end quicker and potential fun start faster.
nameless I think would be pure debuff spells since we don't know if he has any physical weapons or offensive magic that doesn't include corruption or mind control. actually maybe he could teach us a spell to make lures useless and just mind control them into following us home lol.
and more for Nameless, his magic causing a bad end is actually a fucking sick concept! like the more we learn or use it the more something changes, maybe it would slowly corrupt us and make us appear more demonlike or maybe more like the nameless just also kinda human since we know so little about him we don't know if he was always that way or not lmao.
also off topic, maybe the spell books could also have lore involved? like some of the spells we don't learn directly from someone else explains certain things they don't exactly care to explain? like what the Nameless' limit's are and how his powers work, or how the spoilers were born and how long they've been actually been around! it also could finally help me decide whether or not I can trust nameless..... he so hot it's hard not to but I'm scared my friends and the other hot men I sleep with everyday cherish with all my heart could get hurt :(
Oh my lordy lord.... This aged like milk lmao, I just completed the current Orc War right now,(INCOME SPOILER) and I would love to take back what I just said about Mirage aka (The Witch) and Victoria, LMAO, it hurt my heart seeing Feliar's death tho- He is such a sweet heart despite forced to be our enemy. Also about the lore of spell books would sounds very cool, i hope it could be related to the shapeshifter as Thorne has mentioned about Seth's brother current state and also the gem stone we got from the Lizard folks too (which i have high hope since it's also what Nameless was trying to find).
Off topic: I also found Nameless hot as hell with that "impressive size" and nice looking body, but i also have the same thought as you when it come to the safety of my very close-friends, If because of my action serving an unkown creature causing my close-friends to their death especially my competitive sweet heart lizard...coughs... Rhot, I would most likely gone through 7 stages of grief and start the whole damn game from the start again just to keep my favorite green lizard safe 💔.
for the orc war and Feliar dying, are you aware he could've been saved? and everything else, so like technically you might still be right if you choose to side with Mirage on the point on her teaching us stuff. Vicoria too since she can also be saved or if you side with the bad orcs maybe Vicoria/Feliar would teach us stuff at her mothers order if we asked? and also I was being vague but I also meant specifically info from spellbooks about the shapeshifters too lol. then with the Thorne, Seth and Lionel bit I never really thought about saving Lionel with the gem, but I don't think it can really do much, since it was the temple that protected the place from the nameless' direct influence not the gems. could be wrong though and maybe it could help Thorne maintain there memories if they ever got close to Lionel again?
also ikr?? he is like a living version of the apple from the tree of knowledge, on one hand you get knowledge and the other your banned from paradise, but in this case it's submitting to a hot guy but you risk literal lives lmao. and I would find a way to truly wipe all 500 pages of saves just to protect one of them XD
Also about the Orc war, I was also awared about saving feliar if I sided with Mirage but I starting to get paranoid to the point I afraid she isn't any better than Nameless, so I would prefer stay neutral as the best option just to keep my people safe. I don't know if sided with Mirage will put my people in danger or not but the only thing i'm very certain that if I sided with Mirage then Nameless will have another reason to be our most threaten enemy (since he's also has his own army).
I have to say, the first thought when i was starting to play this game, I thought it would just only be a silly horny adult game without much context, but HOLY SHIT, Hyao's team legit "pulled the rabbit out of the hat", I have never been so paranoid, horny and stressed so much at the same time, lmao (I also would like to know if I sided with Mirage would it break the relationship with the Chieftain of Iron Blood and causing the northcrest people at risk ?)
oh no I mean you can be against Mirage and save him. I chose to fight her and both Feliar and Vicoria are still alive and friends with me lol. plus staying neutral is fine but sometimes choosing neither side can be worse than choosing one. (also to answer your question, yes. it will ruin your relationship with all orcs excluding skullbreaker. but if you ask Mirage she's willing to leave Northcrest alone, so they'll be fine but the other orc tribes won't be.)
and ikr? i've been here a couple years now and it was also my introduction to adult games. no regrets whatsoever and if I had friends irl they would know everything about this game whether they wanted too or not with how obsessed I've become lmao. plus if I'm correct Hyao doesn't actually have a team he does everything except art and writing guest characters on his own. from what I remember at least.
Thanks for the helpful information, also the main reason i prefer staying neutral because i wasn't getting either of their nerves and sided with others could make the rest more hostile against our herbalist and their friend and i would not want that to happen. Kinda impressive that Hyao put all of his heart into this game to update it monthly. Anyways thanks, I will try to redo the Mirage fight again! :D
np, and I'm not saying your choice is wrong and you shouldn't stay on the fence, I'm just saying your wrong for stay neutral. just try and decide with path you'd like in case you get into a spot where you need to make a choice so it's not rushed. also it's nothing you do in the fight that saves them, you need to have Vicoria and Feliar's like at a certain amount and they side with you no matter what. I think it's 75 but I'm not sure since I just max it out when I like a character enough lol.
(also I happen to grind a fuck ton so I basically one shot everything but try and keep them alive in the fight if there on your side since idk if they can die when they side with us and lose all the health)