''See [[Character - Old|here]] for older article.''

You are the player and you will guide your hero/adventurer/character through the [[dungeon]]s of IVAN. You can only have a single hero at a time , but the [[Ghost|bone files]] can provide a kind of a limited interaction with former characters.

Your adventurer has [[Hit Points]], [[attributes]], an [[alignment]] and [[skills]]. He also has a purse (to hold your his [[Gold]]) and a backpack (or inventory). The adventurer can gain various magical [[Status Effects]] and has to deal with [[Nutrition|hunger]], [[Encumbernace]] and [[Stamina|fatigue]].

You always start the game accompained by a [[Pets|pet]] Kenny the [[Puppy]] , who is intended to help you, especially in the early stages of the game(especially against the thrice damned [[Hedgehog]]s).

== Attributes Background ==

''"I remember still clearly when we first found you in the jungle. You have nine basic attributes, showing your physical or mental capabilities. All attributes can be trained were five and lost, as well as gained through [[:Category:Ommel fluids|other]] [[Holy banana|means]]had seemingly been raised by hippos since birth.''

There ''Even though you have lived here, you are also two attributes unused as of somehow different from the [[Version History|current version]]Tweraifians, Willpower (Wil) and ManaI can sense it. They are defined in the game files, nonetheless, Is it your aggressive and the latter one wild character or your stupidity that separates us? Or is it just that your skin is confirmed to be prepared here for an upcoming magic system.white and our black?"''

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"| colspan="2" <div style="backgroundtext-align:#ccc"|Name| style="background:#ccc"|Effect|-! width="50"|AStr | width="100"|[[Arm Strength]] || width="350right;"|Ability to wield heavy [[weapon]]s and do more damage in melee.|-! LStr | [[Leg Strength]] || Increased kick damage, ability to carry heavy [[items]].|-! Dex | [[Dexterity]] || Ability to place [[trap]]s, attack fast and block attacks.|-! Agi | [[Agility]] || Increased movement speed and ability to dodge attacks.|-! End| [[Endurance]] || Increased hit points and rate at which you heal.|-! Per | [[Perception]] || Ability to see longer distances away, also affects dodging.|-! Int | [[Intelligence]] || Ability to cause magical effects and use magical tools.|-! Wis | [[Wisdom]] || Ability to interact with [[gods]].|-! Cha | [[Charisma]] || Increased social skills, better prices in shops.|-! Size| [[Size]] || Affects how hard is it for your enemies to hit you.>|-! HP | [[Hit PointsKaethos]] || Whenever the HP of one of your body parts falls to 0, that body part is destroyed. You can loose limbs that way, but if a vital body part of yours (your head, torso or groin) is destroyed, you die.village elder|-| colspan="2"| [[Talent|Talents and Weaknesses]] || How easy</hard is it for you to improve attributes.|}  == Status Effects == During your exploration, your character may get various status effects. Depending on how you got the status, it may be permanent. Permanent states are written in blue below your character sheet, otherwise they are written in white. Not all status effects are shown by default, you may have to use a [[Tools|stethoscope]] to find out all the effects that influence you.  {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"| style="background:#ccc"|Name| style="background:#ccc"|Effect| style="background:#ccc"|Can be permanent?|-| width="140"|Diseases| width="355"|There are several [[Diseases|diseases]] in the game, most with specific cures and no status to report the infection.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[ESP]]| width="355"|Ability to detect intelligent creatures around you, even if they are invisible or behind a wall.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Haste|Hasted]]| width="355"|You are faster.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Infravision]]| width="355"|Ability to detect warm-blooded creatures around you, even if they are invisible or behind a wall.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Invisibility|Invisible]]| width="355"|You're invisible. Creatures need to have ESP or Infravision to detect you.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Levitation|Levitating]]| width="355"|You hover above the ground.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Polymorph#PolyControl|PolyControl]]| width="355"|Ability to choose which creature you polymorph into.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Polymorph]]| width="355"|You get polymorphed randomly.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Poison|Poisoned]]| width="355"|You are poisoned - your HP will slowly decrease.| width="30"|No|-| width="140"|[[Search|Searching]]| width="355"|Ability to detect hidden things, such as traps or mines.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Slow|Slowed]]| width="355"|You are slower| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Teleport#TeleControl|TeleControl]]| width="355"|Ability to choose where you are landing when you teleport.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Teleport|Teleportitis]]| width="355"|You get teleported randomly.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Ethereal]]| width="355"|You can pass through solid objects and over water.| width="30"|No|-| width="140"|[[Gass Immunity]]| width="355"|You are immune to the effects of various clouds.| width="30"|Yes|-| width="140"|[[Life Saved]]| width="355"|You will survive your own death once.| width="30"|Yes|}  == Physical States == These are not induced by magic but rather by the way you treat your body. Most of the physical states relates to your [[hunger]], [[encumberance]] and [[stamina]]. Several other descriptive states can appear in your status line, such as Reading or Resting. They doesn't mean anything more or less than what they say.  {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"| style="background:#ccc"|Name| style="background:#ccc"|Effect|-| width="140"|Overfed!| width="385"||-| width="140"|Bloated| width="385"||-| width="140"|Satiated| width="385"||-| width="140"|Hungry| width="385"||-| width="140"|Very Hungry| width="385"||-| width="140"|Starving!| width="385"||-| width="140"|Burdened| width="385"||-| width="140"|Stressed| width="385"||-| width="140"|Overload!| width="385"||-| width="140"|Running| width="385"||-| width="140"|[[Panicked]]| width="385"|State during which you are running and can't stop, rest or attack.|-| width="140"|Exhausted| width="385"||-| width="140"|Fainting!| width="385"||-| width="140"|[[Unconscious]]| width="385"||-|}  == Alignments == [[Alignment]] in IVAN is a trichotomy: * Lawful* Neutral* Chaotic It mostly describes your personality, but also relates to your ability to interact with [[gods]].div>