Holy Beast Online

"Holy Beast Online" is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed by Easyfun Entertainment of Taiwan. The main gameplay feature is the ability of player characters to switch back and forth from an animal form into a human form at will.It is currently in a beta phase.

Characters

When creating a character in Holy Beast Online the player can choose one of six animals. The effect of each animal is similar to choosing a race in other MMORPG games. In addition, the player can choose the gender, hair style and hair color.

* Bird 鳥族- Quick and dexterous. Good race for archers.
* Wolf/Dog 犬族- Strong with good offense. Good race for fighters or warriors- but not strongly recommended, good with every possibility.
* Dragon 龍族- High magic skill. They can choose 3 different magic classes.
* Tiger 虎族- Strong and dexterous. They make ideal assassins.
* Bull 牛族- Defensive with high HP. Good as a tank.
* Monkey 猿族- Low amount of HP, but very agile and dexterous, make perfect assassins or archers.

Classes

Once a player reaches level 5, a class can be chosen from what is available to that players chosen animal/race.

* Archer 狩人- Bow and crossbow user. Good ranged attacks but low defense.
* Warrior 戦士- Typically sword and shield user, but can use many melee weapons. Good short range attacks and high HP and defense.
* Assassin 盗賊- Uses claws, chakrams or two swords, one in each hand. Great short range attacks and can cause status effects like poison.
* Support/Healer 治療師- A magical class focusing on healing and support. Low HP and defense.
* Elemental 仙法師- A magical class that uses the four elements great damage to a single target or group of targets. Low HP and defense.
* Buff/Debuff 幻術師- A magical class that weakens stats of enemies. Use of Damage over Time (DoT) and debuff skills. Low HP and defense.

the following list details what class can be what animal/race.
*warrior - bull, wolf, dragon (highly not recommended), monkey (highly recommended) and tiger.
*support - bird, bull or dragon (recommended).
*debuff - bird, wolf and dragon (recommended).
*archer - bull (recommended), wolf or tiger.
*elemental - dragon (recommended), monkey or tiger.
*assassin - monkey (not really recommended), or tiger (HIGHLY recommended).

Beasts

The following list details what animal/race can choose what class.
* Bird - Archer, Support, or Debuff
* Bull - Warrior, Archer, Support
* Wolf/Dog - Warrior, Archer, Debuff
* Dragon - Warrior, Support, Elemental, Debuff
* Monkey - Warrior, Assassin, Elemental
* Tiger - Warrior, Assassin, Archer, Elemental

Character stats

The following is a list of the stats from the Japanese version.

* レベル - Level
* 体力 - Physical Strength - Relative to HP
* 力量 - Ability - Physical attack power
* 知性 - Intelligence - Magical attack power, MP
* 敏捷 - Agility - Physical hit rate and evade
* 精神 - Mind - Magical hit rate, evade and defense
* 根性 - Nature - Concentration and natural recovery
* 物理攻撃 - Physical Attack
* 物理防御 - Physical Defense
* クリティカル - Critical
* 魔法攻撃 - Magical Attack
* 魔法防御 - Magical Defense
* 魔法クリティカル - Magical Critical
* SP - Skill Points - Used to learn skills
* 元素耐性 - Element Resist
* 秘法耐性 - Secret Method Resist
* 光耐性 - Light Resist
* 闇耐性 - Dark Resist

[http://holy.gamania.co.jp/play/images/play01/09_02.gifImage of stat screen]

External links

* [http://www.hbonline.com.tw/ Official Taiwan Website]
* [https://holy.gamania.co.jp/ Official Japanese Website]
* [http://feature.mmosite.com/content/2007-03-27/20070327181229231,1.shtml mmosite.com play guide for JP version]