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How Virtues Work in Soulframe
Courage / Spirit / Grace · pips
How Virtues Work in Soulframe
Soulframe has three Virtues — Courage, Spirit, and Grace — that act like your core stats and damage scalers.
What each Virtue does
| Virtue | Weapons | Pact slot | |--------|---------|-----------| | Courage | Long blades, heavy, polearms, shields | 1st Arcanic | | Spirit | Magick staves | 2nd Arcanic | | Grace | Bows, short blades, rapiers | 3rd Arcanic |
You start with 16 points and gain +1 per Envoy Rank. Each loadout stores its own split. Virtue Lith (Preludes 14.5) lets you respec freely in the Arsenal.
Weapon attunement (pips)
Weapons show gold/silver pips per Virtue. Damage scales with:
Courage×(Courage pips÷2) + Spirit×(Spirit pips÷2) + Grace×(Grace pips÷2)
If your Virtue total is below the weapon requirement, you get no attunement bonus.
Why Virtues matter early
- Wulder wants Courage, Thistle Grace, Gwylen Spirit.
- Pact choice should follow the Virtue you plan to stack.
Full combat numbers, parry, and finishers: Combat mechanics.
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