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Griftlands is a game full of systems. The roguelike deck-builder non merely gives you lot two decks to tinker with across three characters, only you'll as well need to manage relationships and permanent upgrades. For the most function, those permanent upgrades take the form of passive effects y'all earn through earning and spending Mettle. However, another way y'all can improve your character is by unlocking new Flourishes.

A Flourish in Griftlands is a massive attack that y'all can do in either battles or negotiations. Unlike the game's normal card-based combat, you lot'll need to build up this ability over the course of a run. Each time you play a card, deal damage, or take downwards your foes, you'll gain points that go into your Flourish bar. Once yous learn 200 points, you lot tin activate your Flourish and do some existent harm.

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Y'all commencement the game with merely two options, but if you become to the Mettle Vendor at night, you can unlock new ones using Prestige Points. The only manner to unlock these points is to trounce bosses at each Prestige level. So, if yous have down one of the early mini-bosses on Prestige 1, yous'll need to upgrade to Prestige 2 to go points from them over again. Of form, to motion upwards a Prestige level, you have actually to beat the game on your current Prestige.

Each character has a total of eight different Flourishes you lot can unlock across battles and negotiations. You can also upgrade each of those once with more Prestige Points. These new Flourishes give you access to new abilities that tin can change the game in major means. For case, one of the battle Flourishes you can purchase lets you deal 16 Bleed damage beyond all enemies. Using that against a boss tin can take down a ton of health quickly.

The all-time part about unlocking new Flourishes is that you don't take to change them out in between runs. Once you unlock them, you have access to all of them each time you activate your Flourish. This ways you don't have to make your determination on which one you want to utilize until you're in the thick of things. That actress versatility really comes in handy in the middle of a fight.