Elin:Mani of Machine

Name	<Mani of Machine>
Gender	Male

名前	『機械のマニ』
性別	男性

He is a cold-hearted heretic, part human and machine, who, through trickery and intrigue, seized the throne from the ancient God. His power is still beyond measure. To him, the existence of gods and providence are illogical, and his immediate goal is the slaying of gods, ultimately aiming to establish a society entirely governed by machines.

Overview

Are you really a chunni if you have the skills to back it up?

Worship of Mani is best reserved for gunners, as dexterity and perception are suited for ranged combat, and gun boosts, well, guns. Characters who favour bows are more advised to worship his ex Lulwy instead, as she provides bonuses to bows and crossbows.

While Mani's combat niche may be considered narrow, he does grant several generic dungeoneering bonuses to spot hidden, appraisal, strategy and lock picking. Worship of Mani can help ease early-game woes when these skills are low, but it may be better to switch to another god later on when these skills hit diminishing returns and the bonuses become extraneous.

Apostle

The android is a strong contender for an offensive pet with its triple ranged attack and ability to reboot. Compared to magic attackers such as Izpalt 's Exile and Kizuami's White Vixen, the android's advantages are that its damage is not reduced by the enemy's faith-bonus elemental resistance and that its guns are highly customizable through modification tools. Compared to Lulwy's Black Angel, which is also a shooting attacker, the android has the advantage of its high number of shots and durability, while the Black Angel has the advantage of its versatility in using obstruction and auxiliary skills and its explosive power with boosts.

Ring of Void

Since faction effects cannot be applied to ranged weapons that cannot be equipped, in addition to the Winchester Premium, Mani gave me a back gear artifact called the Ring of Void, which grants the faction effects of Mani's faith. The Ring of Void grants sound resistance, neck-hunting immunity, and bonuses to gun skills as faction effects, and upgrades mechanical races and androids to enhance their speed and PV/DV. This upgrade includes machines dominated by mani's faith effects. It also grants God bane, this is less of a target and more of a flavor factor, but it is worth remembering that it is effective for Big Daddy. The benefits available only to those equipped with the ring of void include Elemental Damage Reduction, a bonus to the perception, and levitation. When considered as a piece of armor, it has the disadvantage of not having PV/DV. Machines can use this equipment effectively because of their race's ability to have Physical Damage Reduction and Lightning Weakness.

Winchester Premium

The Winchester Premium is the only shotgun in Elin that can also hit the target and enemies in one square around it. The damage of this gun is converted into the rare element of impact, as well as having the effect of activating the magic of silence. This weapon does not have a faction effect and is equally powerful with a change of faith. The best range is 1, which is somewhat unwieldy for a remote weapon, but in Elin it is easy to use multiple guns depending on the situation, and damage decay can be reduced by attaching modification tools.

How to gain piety

In addition to guns and Mech furniture, Mani can now also receive powder medicine, making it much easier to collect offerings.

The easiest way to gain mani's piety is to pipes, which can be crafted from ingots and scrap. If you don't have the recipe for pipes, an alternative is to mass-produce and offer medicines such as bone powder and Crim powder. You can produce large quantities of powdered medicines by cultivating and gathering crims, collecting bones in Nefia and wildness maps, and grinding them in a millstone.

It is also alternative that Heading to Aqui Teola and buying out the gunsmith's stock of guns, then heading to the cyber altar nearby and sacrificing them all, but guns are rather expensive, so you will need to be financially prepared.

Mechanics

Machine Domination

Machine-type creatures which are hostile have a chance to be dominated by a believer of Mani and become the believer's follower; the dominated machine is considered a summon. The domination check is made when a machine targets a believer in its combat turn. Neutral machines may be attacked to turn them hostile and hence be dominated.

Machines which are residents at the player's home can not be dominated. However, as with the player, allies and enemies who profess faith in Mani can also dominate some machines who attack them.

Signals from God

Action	Message
Converting	"Oh, someone comes to me finally. Devote yourself to my tasks, you'll be rewarded greatly, maybe."
Turning Apostate	"Great, a traitor."
Taking Over An Altar	"Well done. After all, you might be useful than I thought."
Failing to take over Mani's altar	"Heh, Nice try."
Offering items worth high value	"Cool. I like it." "I'll accept it." "Not bad, thanks." "Good work."
Load Game/Entering Home	"Ah, you've returned. You're tougher than I thought."
Sleeping	"Flesh and blood, how pathetic to waste much of your limited life sleeping. But rest well for now, for you will need to serve me again."
Praying	"You should mechanize your body." "Always behave true to my name." "No need to hurry. The day machines dominate the world is much closer than you think." "The evolution of civilization has always brought disappointment to humanity itself." "A part of my body is still intact and remains in the lower realm, surprising. " "What's this? Are you slacking off?" "Praying is a completely irrational act, don't you think?" "Governance by machines is the salvation of mankind."
Killing	"Nice kill." "Don't you want to decompose it?" "Ah, this soul could be a good component for a new machine."
Activating Ability	N/A
Giving Pet	"Android, this mortal will take care of your maintenance."
Giving Artifacts	"You've been a faithful servant of me. Here, use it wisely."
Using ★Mani's Body Pillow	"Wake up."
Using ★Statue Of Machine	"Very well, use it."