Pips increase their owner's life or spirit over time. Life/Spirit Degeneration or Life/Spirit Regeneration can modify the number of pips. Pips are represented by arrows on the life bar or spirit bar.
A life pip increases or decreases the character's life by 2 every regen_tick (1 second), while a spirit pip increases the character's spirit by 3.
A character starts with 2 spirit pips by default.
Each character has a regen timer for their life and another for their spirit.