Puzzleboard

General Information
There are six elements in the game, and each of these is represented by a gem on the puzzleboard when you battle. The puzzleboard consists of a 6 x 6 grid of randomly placed elemental gems.

When you put your finger on a gem, you are then able to move it through the board to align 3 identical gems together in a straight line.

Each time you match 3 gems in the same element, all monsters in your team of that element will each attack one opponent.

If you match 5 gems in the same element,  all monsters in your team of that element will all attack every opponent. When matching 5 gems, there are three shapes of gem matches to consider: straight line, "T" shape, "L" shape and a "+" shape. In each non linear shape, there must be at least three gems in both a vertical and horizontal direction for them to be considered a 5-gem match.

Any time that you are able to match more than 3 gems in a single match, the associated attack will have an extra +20% bonus per additional gem.

By strategically moving the board, you can make more than one match in every turn. For each additional match, you will receive a +20% multiplier on your total damage from every monster, irrespective of which elements are matched.

During Space Pirates RPG Beta there will be no animations in puzzleboards features like this will be added later in the game.

Healing
Within Space Pirates, there is no way to heal your monsters directly through matching gems on the puzzleboard. Instead your monsters will start with high health. Armor will help prevent any damage from reducing your monsters' health at the beginning of each battle. In order to heal your monsters, you will need to have a monster with a healing active ability on your team.