Bulwark

Bulwark is a special status effect that acts like a shield.

Mechanics

A demon with an active Bulwark will display a blue bar above their HP bar.

Each Bulwark has an HP amount. When a demon with a Bulwark is attacked, the Bulwark will absorb as much of that damage as possible, and then the demon receives the remaining damage.

• For example: if a demon would receive 750 damage but has a 500 HP Bulwark, the Bulwark will absorb 500 damage, and the demon will then take the remaining 250 damage.

Bulwarks can absorb all types of damage received, including Fractional Damage.

• Since Recarmdra deals damage to the user equal to their max HP, a Bulwark can prevent that demon from dying, if their current HP + Bulwark sums to more than their max HP. The Bulwark absorbs some of that damage, reducing the "real" damage that the demon receives.

The HP of a Bulwark can stack (for example: 500 + 500 = 1000), but the Bulwark's total HP cannot exceed the affected demon's maximum HP.

The HP of a Bulwark does not count as "real" HP for purposes of healing skills or Fractional Damage. The demon's actual HP is used for those calculations.

Bulwark Appliers

Skills that apply Bulwark

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points
Almighty	My Harvest!	5 MP	All Allies	-
Almighty	Stout Horn	6 MP	All Allies	-
Passive	Aqua Grace	Passive	All Allies	-
Passive	Bifrost Keeper	Passive	Self	-
Passive	Demonic Flame's Aid	Passive	Self	-
Passive	Drunken Giant	Passive	All Allies	-
Passive	Elusis's Blessing	Passive	All Allies
Passive	King of Vengeance	Passive	Self	-
Passive	Strength Blessing	Passive	Random Ally	-

Demon Panels that apply Bulwark

Demon	Panel #	Effect
Anahita	Panel 2	Activates the following Chain Effect at the beginning of own turn: Adds a Bulwark of approximately 400 HP to all party members. (1 turn)
Barong	Panel 4	Activates the following Chain Effect when Barong Dance is activated: Adds a Bulwark of approximately 500 HP to all party members. (1 turn)
Demeter	Panel 2	Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of enemy turn: Grants all party members a Bulwark with 20% of their respective HP for 1 turn, and reduces ATK of all enemies by 20% for 1 turn.
Melchizedek	Panel 2	Activates the following Chain Effect when a party member (including the one with this skill) revives: Adds a Bulwark with an HP equivalent to 15% of Max HP to all party members. (1 turn)
Orcus	Panel 4	+50% to max HP. Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of the first turn: Adds a Bulwark of approximately 1,000 HP to self. (1 turn). The demon with this skill takes -15% damage when own weak point is attacked.

Additional Effects while Bulwarked

Skills that grant additional effects while Bulwarked

Type	Name	MP Cost	Target	Skill Points
Passive	Aqua Grace	Passive	All Allies	-
Passive	Elusis's Blessing	Passive	All Allies

Demon Panels that grant additional effects while Bulwarked

Demon	Panel #	Effect
Amon	Panel 2	+20% to Max HP. -30% to all damage received while the one with this skill has Bulwark.
Arioch	Panel 2	+20% to max HP. While being the recipient of Bulwark, -30% to damage received.
Demeter	Panel 1	-20% to all damage received by the one with this skill while their Bulwark is active.