Gameplay

This article will focus on important aspects of the gameplay in Monster Girl Dreams.

Core Gameplay
Monster Girl Dreams (MGD) is a single-player turn-based roleplaying game where the player must proceed through the continent of Lucidia by defeating various monster girls in battle. To do so, the player does not use conventional combat, as violence is impossible in the continent; rather, conflict is resolved through sexual battles, with the combatants sexually pleasuring one another until their enemy climaxes. This leads the game being referred to as a "battle-fuck RPG".

Arousal
Arousal is the game's equivalent of a health bar. As the fighting does not involve any violence, rather it is determined by how sexually aroused you are. It starts at zero and, when full, you lose 1 Spirit.

Energy
Energy is the game's equivalent of a mana/magic bar. Most skills need Energy to use.

Spirit
Spirit represents the player's life energy, as well as how many times they can ejaculate. If the player runs out of Spirit, they are defeated and the battle ends.

Stats
There are six primary stats in MGD: Power, Technique, Willpower, Intelligence, Allure and Luck.


 * Power represents the player character's physical strength, allows them to break free of restrains and helps stay or get out of sexual stances. Every 5 points gained naturally increase your max arousal by 10.
 * Technique represents the player's dexterity, influencing their initiative, evading blows, escaping combat and their sexual finesse.
 * Willpower represents your ability to resists temptations, influencing your resistance to status effects and reduction of arousal. Every 5 points gained naturally increases your max energy and max arousal by 5.
 * Intelligence represents your magical potential, your ability to apply status effects, and the duration of status effects. Every 5 points gained naturally increase your max energy by 10.
 * Allure represents your ability to seduce and charm foes, increasing all damage delivered and recoil damage from enemy actions.
 * Luck adds benefits across the board, increasing the chance for critical hits and to find rarer items.

Skills
Skills are your means of combat in MGD. They come in a wide variety of forms, including caressing your enemy's breasts, spanking their butts, whipping them, debuffing them with status effects or penetrative sex. Expert use of your skills is key to progress, as all enemies possess resistances and weaknesses to certain kinds of attacks.

Items
MGD possesses four types of items. They come as consumables, which are used during combat for a variety of effects, as well as equipment, which take the form of equippable runes and accessories, for a total of four equipped items in total. There are also various key items which symbolize your progress or allow you to explore entire new portions of the game's content.

Perks
Perks are traits which either enhance or decrease your stats in various ways. They are earned by leveling up, by equipping items or by completing certain character storylines.

Eros
Eros serve as the game's currency, being virtually identical to "gold" from other RPGs and having the same functions. It is used for purchasing items or services and can be obtained as post-battle loot or through various activities.

Sensitivities
Both your skills and those of the monster girls you are fighting affect your sensitivities. These are damage multipliers which affect how much damage you take when a certain body part is affected by an attack. For the sake of progressing through the game, you want all of them as to be as low as possible. There are a total of seven:


 * Cock sensitivity is the most important, signifying how sensitive your penis is. Most monster girls will target here. Such is its importance that it takes 2 level-up points to lower it, unlike the others.
 * Ass sensitivity shows how vulnerable you are to attacks aimed at both your anus and your buttocks. Monster girls who target this area are rare.
 * Nipple sensitivity affects damage received when the breasts are the target. Very few monster girls target the player's nipples, but many are vulnerable to you targeting theirs.
 * Mouth sensitivity affects oral attacks, including kissing and oral sex. Many monster girls are hungry for your cock, and some might sit on your face too.
 * Seduction sensitivity shows how vulnerable you are to being teased or swayed by honeyed words.
 * Magic sensitivity affects damage taken from spells. Spellcasting is mostly focused on buffs and debuffs, and monster girls who use offensive spells are few and in-between.
 * Pain sensitivity plays on the fact pain is converted into pleasure in this world. It affects skills with sadomasochistic inclinations.

Sensitivity is increased by being defeated in battle or through certain sex scenes.

Fetishes
Fetishes represent how much you are into certain types of moves. Like sensitivities, the higher your fetish, the more damage you will take from certain attacks. Additionally, having too high of a fetish may cause you to automatically lose certain skill checks due to being unable to resist the enemy's advances. There are a total of eight:


 * Sex fetish, for how much you like vaginas.
 * Oral fetish, for how much you appreciate oral sex.
 * Breasts fetish, for how much you are into titties.
 * Ass fetish, for how much you like butts.
 * Kissing fetish, for how much you like making out.
 * Leg fetish, for how much you like thighs.
 * Feet fetish, for how much you are into feet.
 * Monstrous fetish, for how much you appreciate the inhuman physiology of monster girls; this includes the likes of wings, fangs, tentacles and tails.

Fetishes are increased by being defeated in battle or through certain sex scenes.

Virility
Virility is a special stat which states how fertile your semen is, among other things. In gameplay terms, having higher virility increases the effect of some enemy monster girls' abilities to drain your energy or eat your semen, but it also increases the Arousal inflicted by Holy skills. Virility will also scale with both level and spirit as well, leaving higher level players in a compromising position against monsters with the Semen Eater perk due to the increased healing they will receive from it.

Stances
When using certain attacks, both the player and the monster girl are put in a stance. This allows both parties to gain access to other skills to continue attacking in a similar fashion. Once in a stance, the combatants are stuck in them until they make an active effort to escape them. Currently, the vast majority of stances cannot be initiated by the player.


 * Sex - Having vaginal sex with the monster girl. Can be initiated by the player.
 * Anal - Having anal sex with the monster girl. Can be initiated by the player.
 * Make Out - Deeply kissing the monster girl. Can be initiated by the player.
 * Blowjob - The monster girls assaults your erection with her mouth. Used by various enemies.
 * Tit Fuck - The monster girl traps your erection between her breasts. Used by many enemies with large-sized busts.
 * Thighjob - The monster girl traps your erection between her thighs. An uncommon stance, used by girls with generous thighs.
 * Face Sit - The monster girl sits on your face, pressing her nethers into your mouth. A rare stance, used only by a small number of monsters.
 * Footjob - The monster girl uses her feet to pleasure your erection. A rare stance, used only by a small number of monsters.
 * Breast Smother - The monster girl smothers your face between her breasts. A rare stance, used only by a small number of monsters.
 * Slimed - You are covered in the monster girl's slimy body. Exclusive to the Blue Slime and Perpetua.
 * Cuddle - The monster girl puts you in a mattress for cuddly sleepy sex. Exclusive to Ancilla.
 * Nursing - The monster girl keeps you suckling on her nipples. Exclusive to Nicci.
 * Tailjob - The monster girl strokes your erection with her tail. Exclusive to Mika.
 * Tail Fuck - The monster girl traps your erection in her monstrous tail-mouth. Exclusive to the Manticore.

Stat Checks
During encounters and certain scenes, stat checks will be rolled related to the player's stats and some other modifiers. These have a wide variety of effects - usually negative - if failed, such as your character failing to avoid a monster girl's attack and being forced into a stance as a result. On the other hand, succeeding in these checks may lead you to overpower the enemy, gaining an advantage or getting to see certain events you would have otherwise missed.

Day and Night Cycle
MGD possesses a day and night cycle. Enemies become stronger at night, but also give more experience points, eros and items when defeated. Certain characters and scenes can also only be found at night.

Relationship Progression
Certain characters possess relationship progression beyond simple talking; interacting with them enough will get you more content and scenes as you grow closer. Some of these culminate in full blown romances! Note that due to the current work-in-progress nature of the game, not every character possesses these relationships, and most of those who do are slated to still receive new content in the future.

The Grimoire
The Grimoire is a handy tool given to you by the Guild to aid you in your adventures. It allows you to visit areas you have already cleared, allowing you to choose between its monster girls, events and quests to experience them at your leisure. Progressing through the game and exploring these events may lead you to find even more options on your next visit to a location.

Rest Points
Rest Points are found scattered through the levels while exploring them. They allow you to restore some of your Arousal, Energy and Spirit at the cost of progressing the time.

Events
Events are special encounters which happen while exploring a location. Unlike normal encounters, they do not always result in a battle. See the page for a full list of events by location.

Quests
Quests are objectives which are fulfilled by reaching the end of a location, offering a reward for their completion. See the page for a full list of quests by location.