Otherworldly Tales

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Otherworldly Tales
"A weapon that offers high Magic and combo reach."
Japanese		別世界の戦記
Rōmaji		Bessekai no Senki
Translation		Otherworldly War Records
Stats
Strength				Magic
Base	Unit	Ultima		Base	Unit
+64	+1	+36		+36	+1
Defense		Crit Rate		Crit Bonus
Base	Unit	Base	Unit	Base	Unit
+0	+3	+8	+3	+9	+1
Attack Speed		Approach Speed
		Ground		Air
1.0		1.0		1.0
Abilities
1: Chain Time 2: Offensive Block 3: Second Chance
Obtained
Champion Gear ⑤ (Zexion)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Otherworldly Tales+
"Upgraded Otherworldly Tales. Offers high Magic and combo reach."
Japanese		別世界の戦記+
Rōmaji		Bessekai no Senki+
Translation		Otherworldly War Records+
Stats
Strength				Magic
Base	Unit	Ultima		Base	Unit
+67	+1	+33		+37	+1
Defense		Crit Rate		Crit Bonus
Base	Unit	Base	Unit	Base	Unit
+0	+3	+8	+3	+9	+1
Attack Speed		Approach Speed
		Ground		Air
1.0		1.0		1.0
Abilities
1: Chain Power 2: Combo-Block 3: Second Chance
Obtained
Champion Gear+ ⑤ (Zexion)

The Otherworldly Tales is a Lexicon that can be wielded by Zexion in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It can be upgraded to the Otherworldly Tales+.

Design

The Otherworldly Tales lexicon has a vaguely rectangular shape with a small, triangular spike on the top and bottom of the spine. There is a black "X" shaped like the top half of the Nobody symbol on the spine, superimposed over a white diamond with a light grey outline. The rest of the book is orange with a thin, black border. The most distinctive feature of this lexicon is that the shape of each cover's far edge sports three large spikes that bear a striking resemblance to those on Sora's crown necklace.

"Otherworldly" means "not of the real world" or "unnatural". A tale is simply a type of story. Records are collections of information.

Gameplay

Otherworldly Tales's ground combo begins with Zexion placing the lexicon on the ground, slamming it closed on enemies, followed by a leftward/rightward swipe, with an illusion-spear forward thrust as the combo finisher. If is pressed, while pressing a directional button, the illusion spear appears from the lexicon, spinning clockwise twice over Zexion as he ducks.

Otherworldly Tales's aerial combo is extremely short, consisting merely of a diagonal slash from the bottom left to the top right followed by a forward spinning throw.

When Otherworldly Tales contacts an enemy, a purple star burst and yellow semicircles appear.

Combos
Ground Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? (Ground) Launch Hit 1 0.88 X ◯ X (Ground) Overhead Horizontal Spin Hit 1 0.75 X ◯ X (Ground) Left-Right Swing Hit 1 0.5 X X X Hit 1 0.5 X X X Hit 2 1.0 ◯ ◯ X Hit 2 0.63 X X X (Ground) Dagger Thrust Hit 1 0.25 X X ◯ Hit 2 1.5 ◯ ◯ ◯		Air Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? (Air) Upswing Hit 1 0.75 X X X (Air) Front Throw Hit 1 0.75 X X ◯ Hit 2 1.38 ◯ ◯ ◯