Glossary:PWC

PWC, or Power/Wisdom/Courage, is the way we determine how apt a character is at acquiring treasures. It is set on a scale between 1 and 5, with 5 being the height of proficiency in that area. Essentially, the higher the score, the easier it will be for a character to obtain a treasure associated with that aspect. While it is acceptable for you to use PWC as a sort of personal stat system, please bear in mind that its primary function is to determine a treasure's prices. Each treasure has five prices, one for each level of its aspect.

For example, Fire Breath has the the following costs:

P5: 40 rupees

P4: 50 rupees

P3: 60 rupees

P2: 70 rupees

P1: 80 rupees

You can see the importance of having a high score in Power when acquiring this treasure. It is advised that you consider what treasures fit your character most before setting his or her PWC. Note that some treasures always have the same cost, regardless of PWC.

• Power-based treasures usually involve brute force or martial techniques--such as those learned through practice and repetition. Explosives, armor, self-transformative magic, and melee weapons are usually associated with Power.
• Wisdom-based treasures usually involve intelligence, complexity, and intricate spells. Canes and many magical items are often associated with Wisdom.
• Courage-based treasures usually involve charisma, intuition, agility, and willpower. Many songs, mind-controlling abilities, illusions, and skills involving stealth or theft are associated with Courage.

Every character starts with one point in each virtue. Depending on what race and origin you choose, extra points will be awarded in specific attributes. For example, a Kokiri has an automatic racial bonus to Courage, so any Kokiri character will have a starting PWC score of 1/1/2. After race and origin have been chosen, distribute your extra points between the virtues however you wish. Know, however, that no virtue can go above five. If you are a Newcomer or Regular, you have four points, while a Veteran has five. Upon promotion to Veteran, you can give an extra point to all pre-existing characters. An individual character can also increase his PWC through the costly Permanent Increase treasure.

So, for example, Ben wants to create a grizzled old soldier character. He decides that the Power treasures will be best for him, so he wants to invest his points mostly in Power. His character is Hylian and has an origin of a Hyrule Castle Guard, so his starting PWC is 2/1/1. As Ben is a Regular, he gets 4 more PWC points to distribute. He chooses not pour them all in Power, but he cranks it up to 4 and uses the last couple points in Courage, since he wants his soldier to have some of the Courage-based treasures. His character is left with a PWC of 4/1/3. Several months later, Ben is promoted to Veteran; hooray! He decides to give that final nudge to his character's Power score, leaving him with a final PWC of 5/1/3.