Mercenary Skirmish

Mercenary Skirmish is a third-person RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. You develop your character according to your strategy and can play in two modes: team deathmatch or hero defense.

Team vs Team

Team vs Team (TvT) consists of three-minute rounds. You have the first 10 seconds of each round to buy items, then fight to defeat all enemy players or activate the tower to win. Sessions remain open for players to join throughout. You can play alone against bots or online or over a local network against other players.

Four classes are available: Warrior, Archer, Mage and Priest. Warrior and Archer are skill masters, while Mage and Priest are spell masters. Each class has a distinct set of skills involving three elements, as well as elements for mastery. The game currently has over 100 skills; any class can learn from skill books, subject to profession restrictions. Skill masters such as Warrior and Archer cannot turn spells into area-of-effect skills, and casters such as Mage and Priest cannot turn skills into area-of-effect spells.

TvT also includes a hardcore rule: when you die, you drop one random item slot and part of your gold, and lose all learned skills. You can release neutral characters on the map to assist in battle. Buy equipment at your home base, and use a crystal found in a chest to activate the tower. The crystal drops when you die.

Hero defense

In Hero Defense (HD), you defend the King NPC and try to keep him alive. Released characters follow you, and you use the numbered keys at the door to open it. You can buy new allied characters or upgrade them anywhere on the map.