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''Faria'' is a fantasy ActionRPG for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem developed by Creator/GameArts, best known for the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'' series. It was published in Japan in 1989 by Hi-Score Media Work and brought to the US in 1991 by Nexoft with TheForeignSubtitle ''A World of Mystery & Danger!''.
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''Faria'' is a fantasy ActionRPG for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem developed by Creator/GameArts, best known for the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'' series. It was published in Japan in 1989 by Hi-Score Media Work and brought to the US in 1991 by Nexoft with TheForeignSubtitle ''A World of Mystery & Danger!''.
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* GenderBender: [[spoiler:The player character is female, but was male until being cursed by a wizard. [[TomatoSurprise The player doesn't find this out]] until defeating the wizard undoes the curse.]]
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: The princess has butterfly-like wings and a picture of her as a child depicts a caterpillar, and a couple of the kingdom's other NPCs have very minor insect-like features such as telescoping eyes, but this is never elaborated on.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: The princess has butterfly-like wings and a picture of her as a child depicts a caterpillar, and a couple of the kingdom's other NPCs [=NPCs=] have very minor insect-like features such as telescoping eyes, but this is never elaborated on.
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* EvilSorcerer: The BigBad is a nameless Wizard who was formerly a SealedEvilInACan. This Wizard has two horns and a scarlet body, though he otherwise doesn't look much like a BigRedDevil. He magically disguises himself to obtain the King's scrolls that were used to subdue him long ago, and [[spoiler:uses them to [[ScaledUp turn into a dragon]]]]. His evil magic is also responsible for [[spoiler:transforming all men in the player character's kingdom into women]].
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* EvilSorcerer: The BigBad is a nameless Wizard who was formerly a SealedEvilInACan. This Wizard has two horns horns, six arms, and a scarlet body, though he otherwise doesn't look much like a BigRedDevil. He magically disguises himself to obtain the King's scrolls that were used to subdue him long ago, and [[spoiler:uses them to [[ScaledUp turn into a dragon]]]]. His evil magic is also responsible for [[spoiler:transforming all men in the player character's kingdom into women]].
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''Faria'' is a fantasy ActionRPG for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem developed by Creator/GameArts. It was published in Japan in 1989 by Hi-Score Media Work and brought to the US in 1991 by Nexoft with TheForeignSubtitle ''A World of Mystery & Danger!''.
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''Faria'' is a fantasy ActionRPG for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem developed by Creator/GameArts.Creator/GameArts, best known for the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'' series. It was published in Japan in 1989 by Hi-Score Media Work and brought to the US in 1991 by Nexoft with TheForeignSubtitle ''A World of Mystery & Danger!''.
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* VendorTrash: Collecting jewels and selling them to the jeweler in Somusa is a good way to make money, since jewels, unlike useful items, can be sold for 90% of their regular purchase value.
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* FakeKing: You rescue the Princess quite early on, but she seems less concerned about the danger posed by the Evil Wizard and more concerned with the location of the King's Scrolls. Aftet [[TakenForGranite the King mysteriously turns to stone]], she completely bars you from entering the castle. It's not until you find and rescue the actual Princess that the guards will allow you back in.
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* FakeKing: You rescue the Princess quite early on, but she seems less concerned about the danger posed by the Evil Wizard and more concerned with the location of the King's Scrolls. Aftet After [[TakenForGranite the King mysteriously turns to stone]], she completely bars you from entering the castle. It's not until you find and rescue the actual Princess that the guards will allow you back in.
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Long ago, the Kingdom of Faria was saved by magical means from a cruel Wizard, and its security rested within the Legendary Sword and set of scrolls kept in royal hands for generations. But troubling signs have recently appeared, and the King's daughter has been kidnapped. You play as a foreign warrior and hasten to his aid, but all is not what it seems.
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Long ago, the Kingdom of Faria was saved by magical means from a cruel Wizard, and its security rested within the Legendary Sword and set of scrolls kept in royal hands for generations. But troubling signs have recently appeared, and the King's daughter has been kidnapped. kidnapped.
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** The Muramasa, the most powerful sword, is also by far the most expensive item in the game. The Super Armor can't be purchased; for that, you have to find Zelos and be able to talk to [[LizardFolk his kind]].
** The Legendary Sword is, in fact, the strongest weapon in the game, but since you only get it after defeating the final boss (which then disables all random encounters and possible battles) it's a moot point.
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** The Muramasa, the second most powerful sword, is also by far the most expensive item in the game. However, if you grind out the money for it, it will take out any enemy in one shot, with the exception of the FinalBoss, [[AnticlimaxBoss who takes three hits.]] It would qualify as the InfinityMinusOneSword, since technically, the Legendary Sword is stronger, but since you only get that sword by beating the final boss, which then disables all random encounters and battles for the rest of the game, it doesn't count.
** The Super Armor can't be purchased; for that, you have to find Zelos and be able to talk to [[LizardFolk hiskind]].
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* FakeKing: A fake Princess unusually concerned with knowing where the royal scrolls bars you from the castle after [[TakenForGranite the King mysteriously turns to stone]]. The guards will let you in again if the real Princess is with you.
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* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Muramasa, the most powerful sword, is also by far the most expensive item in the game. The Super Armor can't be purchased; for that, you have to find Zelos and be able to talk to [[LizardFolk his kind]].
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** The Muramasa, the most powerful sword, is also by far the most expensive item in the game. The Super Armor can't be purchased; for that, you have to find Zelos and be able to talk to [[LizardFolk his kind]].
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* HonestAxe: An NPC in Somusa tells the axe legend about the goddess in the nearby lake, into which you have to drop one of your arrows to get the golden arrow you need to defeat the next boss.
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* HonestAxe: An NPC in Somusa tells the axe legend about the goddess in the nearby lake, into which you have to drop one of your arrows to get the golden arrow you need to defeat the next boss. The town doesn't take kindly to litterbugs, so if you throw anything that isn't an arrow into the lake, you'll get fined 100 gold pieces.
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* SprintShoes: There are three types of Hyperspeed items. All of them make you walk faster in battle; the difference between the types is how long they last. The permanent type can be LostForever.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: the final boss, a dragon, is extremely powerful, but can only spit fire that is easily dodged with jump shoes, and if you took the time to get the Muramasa Sword, dies in three hits.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: the final boss, a dragon, is extremely powerful, but can only spit fire that is easily dodged with jump shoes, and if you took the time to get the Muramasa Sword, dies in three hits.
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* SamusIsAGirl: The player character is only called by a [[HelloInsertNameHere player-given name]] and represented by an androgynous SuperDeformed sprite, and the gender is not revealed until the king explains that he can't give her the StandardHeroReward for having saved the princess ([[spoiler:the fake one, that is]]). [[spoiler:However, it turns out he's really a handsome prince under a curse.]]
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* SamusIsAGirl: The In the US version the player character is only called by a [[HelloInsertNameHere player-given name]] and represented by an androgynous SuperDeformed sprite, and the gender is not revealed until the king explains that he can't give her the StandardHeroReward for having saved the princess ([[spoiler:the fake one, that is]]). [[spoiler:However, it turns out he's really a handsome prince under a curse.]]]] Averted in the Japanese version, since [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/587271-faria-a-world-of-mystery-and-danger/images/box-3392 the box art clearly depicts a girl]].
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* BlackoutBasement: The game has dark mazelike caves where you need a flashlight running on limited battery power to see a small area around you, except when trapped in the constantly occurring RandomEncounters.
* BossCorridor: All tower bosses but the final one lie on the top floor at the end of longish corridors, usually with one-way doors, running straight upward.
* BrokenBridge: A guard won't let you cross the bridge to the second town without the king's permission, though [[WhatsUpKingDude that can be easily obtained]]. Later in the game, the broken bridge leading to Riria has to be repaired by using a Mysterious Seed (don't ask why).
* BubblyClouds: Once you get the Sky Shoes, you can go up to the Sky World, which consists almost entirely of walkable clouds and RandomEncounters. There is no EdgeGravity when walking around up there.
* {{Cap}}: The player character's level maxes out at 30, and hit points, ammo and magic stats are all capped at 250.
* ChokepointGeography: While the game mostly uses {{Broken Bridge}}s, ocean crossings and unscalable cliffs to restrict travel between areas, the Second Cave somehow connects two widely separated continents, and the last town, which won't let you enter it until the endgame, blocks off the only way to the final area.
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* CollapsingLair: After you defeat the boss of a tower (invariably on the highest floor) and use the convenient exit located one screen up from it, the tower inexplicably crumbles to ruins.
* CriticalAnnoyance: A klaxon plays every few seconds when you run low on health.
* CriticalAnnoyance: A klaxon plays every few seconds when you run low on health.
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: If you die, you get brought back to life where you last saved with half your gold. This isn't too painful, as getting killed can often be blamed on missing an item you should have already bought or losing your way in a GuideDangIt [[TheMaze maze]].
* EscapeRope: The Flash Ball gets you out of any tower or cave.
* EvilSorcerer: The BigBad is a nameless Wizard who was formerly a SealedEvilInACan. This Wizard has two horns and a scarlet body, though he otherwise doesn't look much like a BigRedDevil. He magically disguises himself to obtain the King's scrolls that were used to subdue him long ago, and [[spoiler:uses them to [[ScaledUp turn into a dragon]]]]. His evil magic is also responsible for [[spoiler:transforming all men in the player character's kingdom into women]].
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Every tower in the game can be considered ominous, given how often townspeople mention that they're terrified of the monsters there. The tallest of the towers is the lair of the FinalBoss.
* FakeKing: A fake Princess unusually concerned with knowing where the royal scrolls bars you from the castle after [[TakenForGranite the King mysteriously turns to stone]]. The guards will let you in again if the real Princess is with you.
* {{Fireballs}}: Fireballs are stationary, invincible hazards that appear completely at random in some tower rooms.
* FirstTown: The player begins in Ehdo, "the biggest town in the Kingdom of Faria."
* FlipScreenScrolling: This is used in the tower areas.
* EscapeRope: The Flash Ball gets you out of any tower or cave.
* EvilSorcerer: The BigBad is a nameless Wizard who was formerly a SealedEvilInACan. This Wizard has two horns and a scarlet body, though he otherwise doesn't look much like a BigRedDevil. He magically disguises himself to obtain the King's scrolls that were used to subdue him long ago, and [[spoiler:uses them to [[ScaledUp turn into a dragon]]]]. His evil magic is also responsible for [[spoiler:transforming all men in the player character's kingdom into women]].
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Every tower in the game can be considered ominous, given how often townspeople mention that they're terrified of the monsters there. The tallest of the towers is the lair of the FinalBoss.
* FakeKing: A fake Princess unusually concerned with knowing where the royal scrolls bars you from the castle after [[TakenForGranite the King mysteriously turns to stone]]. The guards will let you in again if the real Princess is with you.
* {{Fireballs}}: Fireballs are stationary, invincible hazards that appear completely at random in some tower rooms.
* FirstTown: The player begins in Ehdo, "the biggest town in the Kingdom of Faria."
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* FrictionlessIce: Several of the towers have rooms covered with icy floors. You can get Jump Shoes that allow you to get around these without slipping, and you'll need them for the final tower, which mixes icy floors up with pitfalls.
* GetOnTheBoat: Subverted. There are three boats in the game, and even though two of them open up new continents to the player, all of them travel fixed routes.
* GhostButler: Doors in the towers will often slam shut as you pass through them, either to set you up for an InescapableAmbush or just to enforce one-way movement.
* GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed: Characters have super-deformed sprites that stay within size limits, but they are drawn with more normal proportions in dialogue windows.
* HonestAxe: An NPC in Somusa tells the axe legend about the goddess in the nearby lake, into which you have to drop one of your arrows to get the golden arrow you need to defeat the next boss.
* GetOnTheBoat: Subverted. There are three boats in the game, and even though two of them open up new continents to the player, all of them travel fixed routes.
* GhostButler: Doors in the towers will often slam shut as you pass through them, either to set you up for an InescapableAmbush or just to enforce one-way movement.
* GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed: Characters have super-deformed sprites that stay within size limits, but they are drawn with more normal proportions in dialogue windows.
* HonestAxe: An NPC in Somusa tells the axe legend about the goddess in the nearby lake, into which you have to drop one of your arrows to get the golden arrow you need to defeat the next boss.
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* InescapableAmbush: Some tower rooms have doors that [[GhostButler slam shut]] until all the enemies are defeated.
* InfallibleBabble: Townspeople often drop accurate hints about things they should have no reason to be concerned about, like how many statues are in the nearest tower or what the boss's weakness is.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Muramasa, the most powerful sword, is also by far the most expensive item in the game. The Super Armor can't be purchased; for that, you have to find Zelos and be able to talk to [[LizardFolk his kind]].
* InvisibleMonsters: Invisible enemies make RandomEncounters annoying and towers treacherous long before you get the [[SeeThruSpecs Magic Glasses]] that let you see them.
* InfallibleBabble: Townspeople often drop accurate hints about things they should have no reason to be concerned about, like how many statues are in the nearest tower or what the boss's weakness is.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Muramasa, the most powerful sword, is also by far the most expensive item in the game. The Super Armor can't be purchased; for that, you have to find Zelos and be able to talk to [[LizardFolk his kind]].
* InvisibleMonsters: Invisible enemies make RandomEncounters annoying and towers treacherous long before you get the [[SeeThruSpecs Magic Glasses]] that let you see them.
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* JokeWeapon: The Paper Sword, which you can buy from a special hidden shop, is less powerful than the cheaper of the two weapons you can buy in the FirstTown.
* {{Knockback}}: Getting hit by enemies can make you slide quite a few yards backward.
* LawOfCartographicElegance: Every accessible land mass fits snugly within a rectangular world map, though this is AllThereInTheManual since you can only explore the world on foot.
* LevelUpFillUp: The game refills your HP when you gain a level.
* LizardFolk: The Lizard Men, whose language is practically unintelligible to anyone not using the Translation Machine from Teodoor.
* MagicalMysteryDoors: The last area before the final tower is a set of no less than thirty Magical Mystery Caves whose seventy-odd interconnected portals span several islands.
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* LawOfCartographicElegance: Every accessible land mass fits snugly within a rectangular world map, though this is AllThereInTheManual since you can only explore the world on foot.
* LevelUpFillUp: The game refills your HP when you gain a level.
* LizardFolk: The Lizard Men, whose language is practically unintelligible to anyone not using the Translation Machine from Teodoor.
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* NotHerself: A gardener in Teodoor says, "The princess hasn't been eating any of her favorite apples. I wonder if she is sick?" [[spoiler:The reason why, of course, is that she's been replaced by the BigBad in disguise.]]
* NoWomansLand: The town of Beig will outright deny you from entering due to your main character being female. [[spoiler:After you defeat the Wizard and break the curse that transformed you into a woman to prevent his prophesied defeat, you will be allowed to enter.]]
* NoWomansLand: The town of Beig will outright deny you from entering due to your main character being female. [[spoiler:After you defeat the Wizard and break the curse that transformed you into a woman to prevent his prophesied defeat, you will be allowed to enter.]]
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* TheChosenOne: Your player character is a warrior from a distant land whom an ancient prophecy identifies as the only one able to save the kingdom of Faria from the EvilSorcerer.
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: The inhabitants of Ehdo get sick from feasting on poisoned caviar, and the player has to do a FetchQuest to find the cure for them. This was all deliberately arranged by the BigBad.
* TheMaze: The towers are very difficult to get around at best, with most of them being full of dead ends, one-way passages and confusingly numerous staircases. (The Phantom Tower makes up for its lack of all these with a homogeneous WrapAround floor plan.) The caves (especially the first) are more classically mazelike, and the RandomEncounters and [[BlackoutBasement lack of lighting]] don't make them easier to get around. There's even one of the overworld's landmasses (the one containing Shilf) arranged as a topographically ridiculous maze of isthmuses.
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: The endgame has the EvilSorcerer magically blocking the sun's light from reaching Faria, whose inhabitants are freezing.
* RandomEncounters: There are random encounters on the overworld and in caves, which put you in a single-screen battlefield with a bunch of enemies to fight off.
* RegeneratingHealth: Your health will constantly but slowly regenerate in action sequences once you get the Ring.
* SamusIsAGirl: The player character is only called by a [[HelloInsertNameHere player-given name]] and represented by an androgynous SuperDeformed sprite, and the gender is not revealed until the king explains that he can't give her the StandardHeroReward for having saved the princess ([[spoiler:the fake one, that is]]). [[spoiler:However, it turns out he's really a handsome prince under a curse.]]
* SavePoint: There is an inn in each town where you can save the game.
* SaveThePrincess: The first mission you receive is to rescue a princess from a tower. However, [[spoiler:you can't marry her because [[SamusIsAGirl you're a girl]]]]. Moreover, [[spoiler:[[FakeKing this princess is a fake]], and you find the real princess in a later tower]].
* ScaledUp: After the BigBad's first form is defeated, he uses the powers of the King's scrolls to transfer his soul into a dragon.
* SealedEvilInACan: Long ago, when the EvilSorcerer was defeated with the magical scrolls, the King had him entombed within the Legendary Sword. Unfortunately, on a dark and stormy night a few months before gameplay begins, the spell on the sword was lifted.
* SeeThruSpecs: The MadScientist's Magic Glasses allow you to see InvisibleMonsters.
* ShearMenace: The Scissors Monster, a boss which spawns flying scissors. Gold beats scissors.
* SprintShoes: There are three types of Hyperspeed items. All of them make you walk faster in battle; the difference between the types is how long they last. The permanent type can be LostForever.
* TakenForGranite: The King gets turned into stone halfway through the game.
* TraumaInn: The hospitals in the towns will fully heal you for a price proportional to how many hit points you need to recover.
* VendorTrash: Collecting jewels and selling them to the jeweler in Somusa is a good way to make money, since jewels, unlike useful items, can be sold for 90% of their regular purchase value.
* WarpWhistle: Wings let you travel back to any previously visited town.
* WhatsUpKingDude: One of the player's first tasks is to walk into the King's castle and tell him you want to SaveThePrincess. [[AllThereInTheManual The manual]] {{Hand Wave}}s this by mentioning that the player is specifically responding to the King's summons. The one time you aren't allowed to just walk into the castle is when [[FakeKing an impostor has seized control]].
* TheChosenOne: Your player character is a warrior from a distant land whom an ancient prophecy identifies as the only one able to save the kingdom of Faria from the EvilSorcerer.
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: The inhabitants of Ehdo get sick from feasting on poisoned caviar, and the player has to do a FetchQuest to find the cure for them. This was all deliberately arranged by the BigBad.
* TheMaze: The towers are very difficult to get around at best, with most of them being full of dead ends, one-way passages and confusingly numerous staircases. (The Phantom Tower makes up for its lack of all these with a homogeneous WrapAround floor plan.) The caves (especially the first) are more classically mazelike, and the RandomEncounters and [[BlackoutBasement lack of lighting]] don't make them easier to get around. There's even one of the overworld's landmasses (the one containing Shilf) arranged as a topographically ridiculous maze of isthmuses.
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: The endgame has the EvilSorcerer magically blocking the sun's light from reaching Faria, whose inhabitants are freezing.
* RandomEncounters: There are random encounters on the overworld and in caves, which put you in a single-screen battlefield with a bunch of enemies to fight off.
* RegeneratingHealth: Your health will constantly but slowly regenerate in action sequences once you get the Ring.
* SamusIsAGirl: The player character is only called by a [[HelloInsertNameHere player-given name]] and represented by an androgynous SuperDeformed sprite, and the gender is not revealed until the king explains that he can't give her the StandardHeroReward for having saved the princess ([[spoiler:the fake one, that is]]). [[spoiler:However, it turns out he's really a handsome prince under a curse.]]
* SavePoint: There is an inn in each town where you can save the game.
* SaveThePrincess: The first mission you receive is to rescue a princess from a tower. However, [[spoiler:you can't marry her because [[SamusIsAGirl you're a girl]]]]. Moreover, [[spoiler:[[FakeKing this princess is a fake]], and you find the real princess in a later tower]].
* ScaledUp: After the BigBad's first form is defeated, he uses the powers of the King's scrolls to transfer his soul into a dragon.
* SealedEvilInACan: Long ago, when the EvilSorcerer was defeated with the magical scrolls, the King had him entombed within the Legendary Sword. Unfortunately, on a dark and stormy night a few months before gameplay begins, the spell on the sword was lifted.
* SeeThruSpecs: The MadScientist's Magic Glasses allow you to see InvisibleMonsters.
* ShearMenace: The Scissors Monster, a boss which spawns flying scissors. Gold beats scissors.
* SprintShoes: There are three types of Hyperspeed items. All of them make you walk faster in battle; the difference between the types is how long they last. The permanent type can be LostForever.
* TakenForGranite: The King gets turned into stone halfway through the game.
* TraumaInn: The hospitals in the towns will fully heal you for a price proportional to how many hit points you need to recover.
* VendorTrash: Collecting jewels and selling them to the jeweler in Somusa is a good way to make money, since jewels, unlike useful items, can be sold for 90% of their regular purchase value.
* WarpWhistle: Wings let you travel back to any previously visited town.
* WhatsUpKingDude: One of the player's first tasks is to walk into the King's castle and tell him you want to SaveThePrincess. [[AllThereInTheManual The manual]] {{Hand Wave}}s this by mentioning that the player is specifically responding to the King's summons. The one time you aren't allowed to just walk into the castle is when [[FakeKing an impostor has seized control]].
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''Faria'' is a fantasy ActionRPG for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem developed by Creator/GameArts. It was published in Japan in 1989 by Hi-Score Media Work and brought to the US in 1991 by Nexoft with TheForeignSubtitle ''A World of Mystery & Danger!''.
Long ago, the Kingdom of Faria was saved by magical means from a cruel Wizard, and its security rested within the Legendary Sword and set of scrolls kept in royal hands for generations. But troubling signs have recently appeared, and the King's daughter has been kidnapped. You play as a foreign warrior and hasten to his aid, but all is not what it seems.
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Long ago, the Kingdom of Faria was saved by magical means from a cruel Wizard, and its security rested within the Legendary Sword and set of scrolls kept in royal hands for generations. But troubling signs have recently appeared, and the King's daughter has been kidnapped. You play as a foreign warrior and hasten to his aid, but all is not what it seems.
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