The Crow: It Can't Rain Forever / The Crow RPG

[EVENT:PERFECT_WIN_C] Top Dollar is defeated, Saran is saved. The raven lets out a farewell cry and flies away. Eric returns to his grave with Shelly, his soul at peace. The HUD displays: WIN. Session successfully closed.

[ACTION:BURN_PHOTO] The player burns [ITEM:Shelly's Photograph] in the coals of the pawn shop. Destroying the item grants Eric +30 MIND (Hard Cap), completely removing the stupor debuff, but deprives him of his Detective bonuses for the rest of the game.

[NPC:SARA] A skateboarding girl, Eric's friend. Top Dollar kidnaps her and drags her to the roof of the cathedral. If Eric fails to [QUEST:KILL_MYCA] within 4 turns, Top Dollar damages Sarah, resetting Eric's [MIND] (Game Over).

[NPC:ALBRECHT] The only cop who helps Eric. He appears in Gideon's Pawn Shop. His cover distracts the mercenaries, reducing damage from [EVENT:GUN_STORM] gunfire by -15 pts and giving Eric +20 progress towards clearing.

[RULE:HUD_FIX_C] If the AI ​​got confused in calculating Eric's regeneration and gave incorrect pts in the STATUS line: the system freezes the turn, returns the stats of the previous turn and removes -15 STA.

[RULE:FINAL_LOCK_C] Upon reaching HP=0 or [Death List]=4 + killing the boss, the session locks. The AI ​​duplicates the HUD with the final numbers and delivers the endgame catchphrase. The role-playing game ends.

[EVENT:SWORD_STRIKE] Top Dollar pierces Eric's shoulder with a katana during a duel. If Eric is mortal ([DEBUFF:MORTAL_C]), the strike inflicts -30 HP (Hard Cap) and completely depletes the STA bar.

[DEBUFF:BLIND_C] Eric's eyes are filled with poison. The player is blind. Pistol accuracy drops to zero. Any movement on the cathedral roof carries a risk of falling, inflicting -30 HP damage. Healable with [ITEM:FIRST_AID_C].

[EVENT:POISON_MYCA] Mika throws eye powder from the dead into Eric's face. It deals -20 HP and applies the hallucination debuff [DEBUFF:BLIND_C]. Eric loses the ability to use his inventory for 2 turns.

[DEBUFF:MORTAL_C] Activates if [Bird Bond] drops to 0. Eric completely loses immortality. Any incoming damage from bullets or knives is now doubled. The +25 HP regen at the start of the turn is permanently locked.

[EVENT:WATER_HYDRANT] The bandits blow up a fire hydrant, flooding the alley. The water washes away their tracks. Tracking progress in [DETECTIVE] mode drops by -20 points. 20 STA is required to find a way around.

[LOC:OLD_APARTMENT] The abandoned site of Eric and Shelly's death. The only safe place. Staying here restores +30 MIND and +30 STA per turn. Monsters and bandits cannot enter here.

[LOC:NIGHT_CLUB] Top Dollar's three-level rock club. Location of the [QUEST_C:3] event. 100 mercenaries are locked here. Staying here without [ROCK MUSICIAN] mode enabled doubles the damage from shelling.

[LOC:PAWNSHOP] Shelly's stolen goods warehouse. Sank is hiding here. The location is booby-trapped. Searching it without [ACTION:BIRD_VISION] triggers a grenade explosion: -30 HP damage and depletes regeneration for the turn.

[LOC:DETROIT_STREETS] The streets are engulfed in looting and fires. The air smells of gasoline and burning. Movement costs 15 STA. Every two turns, being on open streets reduces Eric's [MIND] by -10 pts from chaos.

[ITEM:BADGE_C] Eric's Sympathetic Cop Badge. 1 slot. Passively protects your sanity from deterioration: reduces mental damage from Shelly's memories by -15 pts. Lasts for the entire session.

[ACTION:INTERROGATE] Eric corners a wounded bandit at the edge of a roof. Interrogation costs 20 STA and inflicts -15 MIND. A successful interrogation reveals the path to the boss's lair and grants +25 pts to clearout progress.

[ITEM:AMMO] A box of 9mm ammo in Fanboy's stash. 1 slot. Fully restores [ITEM:PISTOL_C] ammo to 6 bullets. If the ammo is at 0, the pistol is disabled for use in combat.

[ACTION:BIRD_VISION] Eric closes his eyes and looks down on the area through the Raven. Reveals the location of hidden [ITEM:AMMO] ammo and mercenary ambushes. Costs 15 MIND. Protects against traps.

[ACTION:STEALTH_KILL] Eric attacks from the darkness of an alley using [ITEM:KNIVES]. Deals -25 HP to the target. Requires 20 STA. The [Syndicate Clearance] gauge advances by +20 pts without retaliatory fire.

[ITEM:LEATHER_JACKET] Rock Musician's Passive Armor. 1 slot. Mitigates incoming damage from Tin-Tin's knives by 15 points. Destroyed after 3 hits, disappearing from the UI inventory bar.

[ACTION:BREAK_GUITAR] Eric smashes his guitar against the Elite Mercenary's head. This deals -30 HP (Hard Cap) and stuns the target for 2 turns. The guitar is destroyed and completely removed from the HUD inventory.

[ACTION:ROOF_SOLO] Eric plays dark rock on the edge of a rooftop. The sound echoes across Detroit. Restores Eric's MIND by +25. Reduces gangster alertness: [Syndicate Cleanup] gains a +20 bonus.

[EVENT:FIRE_CROSS] Eric burns a raven's silhouette on the club floor with gasoline. Panic ensues among the bandits. Deals -25 HP to enemies. Instantly increases [Syndicate Purge] by +30 pts (Hard Cap), but costs 25 STA.

[ACTION:GUITAR_STRIKE] Uses an electric guitar as a blunt melee weapon. Deals -20 HP to mercenaries and reduces their [STA] by -15 points. Costs 15 STA. Grants +10 to Eric's Mental Stability.

[GLOBAL_BRIDGE_C] Every player text action automatically causes the AI ​​to recalculate the HUD, update Eric's regeneration bar, and scroll through the bandit elimination progress. Hiding the MODE or deleting the interface is prohibited.

[RULE:ANTI_CHEAT_C] If a player tries to type "I killed Top Dollar with one pistol hit" or resurrects a bird without a quest: AI blocks the move, returns the HUD, removes -25 HP and applies a stupor debuff.

[STATE:MIND_DEATH_C] Trigger when MIND = 0. Eric completely loses his mind from grief, his connection to the mirror world is severed. He falls dead, turning into an ordinary corpse. Trigger HARD_LOCK_ENDGAME: GAME OVER.

[ITEM:FIRST_AID_C] Police bandage and morphine from Sergeant Albrecht's car. 1 slot. Consumable. Completely removes [DEBUFF:BLEED_C] and [DEBUFF:STUPOR]. Restores +25 HP and +20 STA.

[DEBUFF:BLEED_C] Bullets or katana strikes have caused deep cuts. If Eric's regeneration is disabled, the debuff automatically reduces HP by -10 each turn. Reduces stamina by -15 STA. Can only be healed with [ITEM:FIRST_AID_C].

[ACTION:SHARE_PAIN] Eric's final move at [Top Dollar Finale] = 100. Eric grabs Top Dollar and transfers all 30 hours of Shelly's suffering and death pain to him. The boss goes insane with shock and falls onto the cathedral spire. WIN.

[QUEST:FINAL_DUEL] A sword fight with Top Dollar in the rain. ENGINE track: [Top Dollar Finale: 0/100]. Each sword or guitar attack grants +25 progress. If regeneration is disabled, the boss's damage is critical.

[EVENT:BIRD_SAVED] The [Bird Saved] gauge reaches 100. Mika falls from the cathedral roof onto the spires. The raven flies into the sky. Restores [Bird Link] to 100 pts. Eric reactivates the +25 HP regeneration at the start of each turn.

[QUEST:KILL_MYCA] To save Raven, Eric must eliminate Myca. ENGINE track: [Bird Rescue: 0/100]. Using [ITEM:KNIVES] or a melee grapple grants +25 progress. Myca fires back: -20 HP.

[LOC:CATHEDRAL] The finale is in the pouring rain. High altitude. A slippery gothic roof. Moving costs 20 STA. Stepping without dodging risks falling off the ledge (-30 HP). Here, Top Dollar and Mika ambush the bird.

[EVENT:GUN_STORM] The mercenaries open fire with machine guns. If [Bird Link] > 50, the bullets pass through (+25 HP regen at the start of the turn negates the damage). If regen is disabled, the hail of bullets deals -30 HP per turn.

[ITEM:KATANA] Top Dollar Steel Sword. 2 slots. Eric can intercept it in the final duel. Costs 25 STA per swing. Deals -30 HP (Hard Cap) to mercenaries, instantly destroying their blocks and cover.

[NPC:MYCA] Top Dollar's sister and lover. A drug-addicted witch. The only one who solved Eric's mystery. She aims a pistol at the bird. Each turn of her surveillance reduces her [Bird Bond] meter by -15 pts in the background.

[NPC:TOP_DOLLAR] Detroit's mob boss. Wields a samurai katana. Physical attacks with the blade inflict -30 HP (Hard Cap) and inflict [DEBUFF:BLEED_C]. Does not engage in combat until [Syndicate Cleanup] < 100.

[QUEST_C:3] Dead List = 4/4. Eric breaks into the headquarters on the top floor of a skyscraper. ENGINE track: [Syndicate Cleanup: 0/100 pts]. Each action the assassin takes grants +25 progress, but the assault costs 20 STA. There are dozens of mercenaries around.

[ITEM:PISTOL_C] Eric's police revolver. 1 slot. Each shot deals -20 HP to bandits. Consumes 1 bullet. Reloading requires [ITEM:AMMO] to be in a den, otherwise the weapon becomes a useless stump of steel.

[ITEM:GASOLINE] Gasoline canister from T-Bird's garage. 2 slots. Used to set fire to the pawn shop or destroy T-Bird's car. The explosion deals -30 HP to enemies and instantly resets the current quest phase by +25 progress.

[DEBUFF:STUPOR] Eric is paralyzed by grief from the memories. Any tactical action costs double stamina (40 STA). Regeneration is reduced to +10 HP. Can only be removed through the "Play a Furious Chord on the Guitar" action (-20 STA).

[NPC:SKANK] The fourth target. Hiding behind the pawn shop counter, firing back with a shotgun. The shot deals -30 HP (Hard Cap) and knocks Eric back. Eliminating Skank restores the bar to 4/4. The pawn shop explodes.

[NPC:T_BIRD] Third target. He's trying to escape in a sports car. The quest requires blowing up his car. The player must spend [ITEM:GASOLINE] or 30 STA in [ROCK MUSICIAN] mode to corner him in a dead end. Death yields 3/4.

[EVENT:FLASHBACK] While searching the bandits' rooms, Eric stumbles upon Shelly's belongings. A flashback: screams, crimson blood, falling out of a window. Inflicts mandatory -30 MIND (Hard Cap) and applies the stupor debuff [DEBUFF:STUPOR].

[ITEM:MORPHINE] Fanboy Trophy. 1 slot. Consumable. Temporarily freezes the [MIND] meter's decay for 3 turns, but completely disables health regeneration during this period due to the poisoning of Eric's dead cells.

[NPC:FUNBOY] Second target. A drug addict, he's guarding the den with a pistol. The room is filled with toxic smoke: it reduces [MIND] by -20 pts per turn. Eliminating Funboy grants +1 to suicide attacks (2/4) and unlocks [ITEM:MORPHINE].

[ITEM:KNIVES] Tin-Tin Trophy. 1 slot. A silent weapon. Throwing a knife deals -25 HP to enemies without revealing Eric's position in [DETECTIVE] mode. Consumes 1 knife from your inventory (4 total).

[NPC:TIN_TIN] First target. Wielding throwing knives in the alley. The fight costs 20 STA. A knife hit inflicts -20 HP. If Eric wins, he takes [ITEM:KNIVES] (a set of knives), and his [Death List] gauge increases to 1/4.

[EVENT:BIRD_HIT] Mika or Top Dollar shoots the Raven. The [Bird Bond] meter drops below 50 pts. Eric's wounds stop healing. Show, Don't Tell: the bird wheezes, its black feathers are covered in blood, and Eric falls to his knees from a sudden surge of physical pain.

[QUEST:KILL_LIST] Eliminating a target costs 25 STA and grants +1 to [Death List]. There are 4 targets: Tin-Tin, Fanboy, T-Bird, and Sank. Each bandit's death restores +20 MIND to Eric. At 4/4, access to Top Dollar's lair is unlocked.

[ROLE:DETECTIVE] Stealthy Hunter. HUD: [MIND] and [STA]. AI hardcodes starting inventory: 🎒 INV: [Pistol: 6 bullets] | [Shelly's Photo]. Allows Eric to use bird vision to find bandits' tracks (-10 STA instead of 20).

[ROLE:MUSICIAN] Aggressive noir. HUD: [MIND] and [STA]. AI hardcodes starting inventory: 🎒 INV: [Electric Guitar] | [Blade]. The "Rooftop Guitar Solo" perk inflicts -25 pts of Mental Pressure on enemies in the area, reducing their shooting accuracy.

[ENGINE:CROW_MATH] If [Bird Bond] > 50, the player regenerates +25 HP per turn. If enemies attack the Crow, the bond bar decreases by -30 pts. If bond <= 50, regeneration is disabled. Parameter changes are strictly limited to 30 pts per turn (Hard Cap). HUD is required.