Affinity

Affinity is the element that a unit is naturally attuned to. These affinities come with a unit at creation (decided at birth), and can never be changed. Affinities are important in a game as they can bring bonuses to units that share support bonds when within a range of three spaces. During character creation, the player/GM must roll to decide a unit's affinity. When deciding an affinity, follow this table:

Die Result	Affinity
1	Fire
2	Ice
3	Wind
4	Thunder
5	Earth
6	Dark
7	Light
8	Anima

Based on a unit's support with another unit within range, the unit will gain bonuses when entering battle. When entering battle, units with the following supports within the three space range are as follows:

	Attack	Defense	Hit	Avoid	Critical	Critical Evade
Fire C	+0.5		+2.5%	+2.5%	+2.5%
Fire B	+1.0		+5.0%	+5.0%	+5.0%
Fire A	+1.5		+7.5%	+7.5%	+7.5%
Fire S	+2.0		+10.0%	+10.0%	+10.0%
Ice C		+0.5	+2.5%	+2.5%		+2.5%
Ice B		+1.0	+5.0%	+5.0%		+5.0%
Ice A		+1.5	+7.5%	+7.5%		+7.5%
Ice S		+2.0	+10.0%	+10.0%		+10.0%
Wind C	+0.5		+2.5%		+2.5%	+2.5%
Wind B	+1.0		+5.0%		+5.0%	+5.0%
Wind A	+1.5		+7.5%		+7.5%	+7.5%
Wind S	+2.0		+10.0%		+10.0%	+10.0%
Thunder C		+0.5	+2.5%		+2.5%	+2.5%
Thunder B		+1.0	+5.0%		+5.0%	+5.0%
Thunder A		+1.5	+7.5%		+7.5%	+7.5%
Thunder S		+2.0	+10.0%		+10.0%	+10.0%
Earth C		+0.5		+2.5%	+2.5%	+2.5%
Earth B		+1.0		+5.0%	+5.0%	+5.0%
Earth A		+1.5		+7.5%	+7.5%	+7.5%
Earth S		+2.0		+10.0%	+10.0%	+10.0%
Dark C			+2.5%	+2.5%	+2.5%	+2.5%
Dark B			+5.0%	+5.0%	+5.0%	+5.0%
Dark A			+7.5%	+7.5%	+7.5%	+7.5%
Dark S			+10.0%	+10.0%	+10.0%	+10.0%
Light C	+0.5	+0.5	+2.5%		+2.5%
Light B	+1.0	+1.0	+5.0%		+5.0%
Light A	+1.5	+1.5	+7.5%		+7.5%
Light S	+2.0	+2.0	+10.0%		+10.0%
Anima C	+0.5	+0.5		+2.5%		+2.5%
Anima B	+1.0	+1.0		+5.0%		+5.0%
Anima A	+1.5	+1.5		+7.5%		+7.5%
Anima S	+2.0	+2.0		+10.0%		+10.0%

For example, Unit #1 has an affinity of Fire. Unit #2 has an affinity of Thunder. When these two units have a support rank of B, the following battle stats go up:
* Unit #1 gains +1 defense/resistance (depending on type of attack), a +5% chance to make a successful hit, a +5% chance to make a critical hit and a +5% chance to avoid a critical hit.
* Unit #2 gains +1 strength/magic *depending on type of attack), a +5% chance to make a successful hit, a +5% chance to dodge an attack, and a +5% chance to make a critical hit.

So, if Unit #1 would originally have an 85 hit rate and 3 crit rate against an enemy, and would deal 7 damage, the supports would cause these stats to rise to a 90 hit rate, 8 crit rate, and 7 damage. The enemy Unit #1 faces deals 1 less damage, and crit rate is lowered by 5.

More about support bonuses can be found in the battle section.