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This page details the negotiation process in the Devil Children series.
Overview
Negotiation is not performed by the protagonist, but rather by a demon ally of the player's choice. The outcome of the negotiation is entirely random, but a set of factors inherent to the two demons involved will positively or negatively affect the outcome.
It is also possible, if negotiation fails, for another party member to insert themselves in the negotiation and try again.
As a result of negotiation, the enemy demon will either: join the protagonist, attack the party, hand out an item, hand out Macca, fully heal the demon performing the negotiation, or escape.
Mechanics
Black Book & Red Book
The following factors affect the negotiation outcome: Class, Type, and Race.
Class
Demons in the game are classified under one of the four classes: Common, Elite, General, and King.
| Talker | Subject | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | Elite | General | King | |
| Common | ◎ | ✕ | ○ | △ |
| Elite | ○ | ◎ | ✕ | △ |
| General | ✕ | ○ | ◎ | △ |
| King | △ | △ | △ | △ |
Type
Each demon in-game belongs to one of the following Types: Fire, Water, Earth, Metal, Wood, Sun, and Moon.
| Talker | Subject | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | Water | Earth | Metal | Wood | Sun | Moon | |
| Fire | ◎ | ✕ | ○ | ◎ | △ | △ | △ |
| Water | ◎ | ◎ | ✕ | △ | ○ | △ | △ |
| Earth | △ | ◎ | ◎ | ○ | ✕ | △ | △ |
| Metal | ✕ | ○ | △ | ◎ | ◎ | △ | △ |
| Wood | ○ | △ | ◎ | ✕ | ◎ | △ | △ |
| Sun | △ | △ | △ | △ | △ | ◎ | ✕ |
| Moon | △ | △ | △ | △ | △ | ✕ | ◎ |
Race
Each demon in-game belongs to one of the following races: God, Devil, Divine, Ogre, Specter, Draco, Yoma, Mutant, Beast, and Boss. The latter two don't belong to any demon that can be encountered via random encounter.
Each Race has a set of three "disliked" races, so attempting to negotiate with them using a demon that belongs to one of those races will negatively impact the chances of negotiation.
| Race | Disliked Races | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | |
| God | Devil | Ogre | Boss |
| Devil | God | Divine | Boss |
| Divine | Devil | Mutant | Boss |
| Ogre | Specter | Draco | Boss |
| Specter | Ogre | Yoma | Boss |
| Draco | God | Devil | Boss |
| Yoma | Ogre | Specter | Boss |
| Mutant | God | Devil | Boss |
White Book
Negotiations mechanics are mostly unchanged from Black Book & Red Book, with one new element added.
Now, when selecting which demon to negotiate, the protagonist may now instruct their demon with how to approach negotiation. There are a total of eight different approaches, of which a random two will be selected. Depending on the target demon's speech pattern, certain approaches may positively or negatively impact the chances of success. Alternatively, certain approaches may yield a neutral result.
Approaches
Each demon in-game is assigned one of the following speech patterns: Normal Male, Normal Female, Proud Male, Proud Female, Evil Male, Evil Female, Beast, and Unintelligible.
The eight possible approaches to negotiation are: Plead, Soothe, Be Kind, Stare, Joke, Happily, Threaten, and Coerce.
| Speech Pattern | Approach | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plead | Soothe | Be Kind | Stare | Joke | Happily | Threaten | Coerce | |
| Normal Male | — | — | ✕ | ✕ | ◎ | ◎ | — | — |
| Normal Female | — | ✕ | ✕ | — | — | ◎ | ◎ | — |
| Proud Male | — | — | ◎ | ◎ | ✕ | ✕ | — | — |
| Proud Female | — | — | ✕ | ◎ | ◎ | ✕ | — | — |
| Evil Male | ✕ | ✕ | — | — | — | — | ◎ | ◎ |
| Evil Female | ◎ | ✕ | — | — | — | — | ✕ | ◎ |
| Beast | ◎ | ◎ | — | — | — | — | ✕ | ✕ |
| Unintelligible | — | ◎ | — | — | — | ✕ | ✕ | — |