Elin:Mani of Machine

Name	<Mani of Machine>

名前	『機械のマニ』

He is a cold-hearted heretic who, while still retaining his humanity in his machine body, has taken the throne from the ancient Gods through trickery and intrigue. His power is still immeasurable. To him, the existence of God and providence are irrational, and his plan is to destroy Gods and eventually achieve a society ruled entirely 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 ruled by mani's faith effects. It also grants God bane, but this is mostly a flavor factor for now. 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 favor

Gaining favour with Mani is best achieved by heading to Aqui Teola and buying out the gunsmith's stock of guns, then heading to the cyber altar nearby and sacrificing them all. Since he now also accepts drugs such as Crim powder and sleeping pills as offerings, growing or harvesting crim and grinding it into crim powder is also alternatives.

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."