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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.2.3
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      Beholder (Continuation) 1.1.5

      Adds Beholders as a playable race. Created by ajfluffy (design, code and conception) and rexorcorum (ideas and artwork), this addon is now being maintained by Nagyhal under the guidance of rexorcorum in ajfluffy's absence.

      Edit: Had to change the addon's short_name, and so v1.0.6's automatic upload helpfully made us a completely new addon page. Of course it's all on Steam, which is beautiful (thank you DG!), but I'm hoping we can merge the older versions into this thread. We'll look at it tomorrow.

      Edit of the edit: In the meantime, players who have fallen afoul of my clumsy Flame Laser bug are encouraged to upgrade to v5.9.2 for compatibility reasons. Have fun and happy facemelting!

      Beholder (Continuation) 1.1.5
      CampaignMaj'Eyal
      ModeNormal Adventure
      SexMale
      RaceDwarf
      ClassAlchemist
      Level / Exp2 / 7%
      Sizemedium
      Lifes / Deaths
      no deaths recorded
      2 / 0

      Primary Stats

      Strength14 (base 10)
      Dexterity8 (base 10)
      Constitution16 (base 13)
      Magic20 (base 21)
      Willpower15 (base 11)
      Cunning10 (base 10)

      Resources

      Life127/127
      Mana88/102
      Healing Factor1
      Regeneration0.25

      Speed

      Mental0%
      Attack0%
      Movement0%
      Spell0%
      Global+100%

      Vision

      Sight10
      Lite2

      Offense: Mainhand

      Damage10
      Accuracy2
      Crit Chance2%
      APR2
      Speed1.00

      Offense: Spell

      Spellpower21.5
      Crit Chance5%
      Speed1

      Offense: Mind

      Mindpower14.5
      Crit Chance1%
      Speed1

      Defense: Base

      Armour (hardiness)0 (30%)
      Defense0.3
      Ranged Defense0.3
      Fatigue0
      Physical Save16.5
      Spell Save17.25
      Mental Save13.75

      Defense: Resistances

      All 0%( 70%)

      Defense: Immunities

      Instadeath Resistance100%

      Inscriptions (3/3)

      Infusions
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 12
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: instant
      Is: a nature gift
      Description: Activate the infusion to cure yourself of physical effects and reduce all damage taken by 14% for 4 turns.
      Infusion: Wild
      Infusions
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 10
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: 1 turn
      Is: a nature gift
      Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 60 life over 5 turns.
      Infusion: Regeneration
      Runes
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 25
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: 1 turn
      Is: a spell
      Description: Activate the rune to unleash a manasurge upon yourself, increasing mana regeneration by 620% over 10 turns and instantly restoring 31 mana.
      Also when resting your mana will regenerate at 0.5 per turn.
      Rune: Manasurge

      Class Talents

      Spell / Explosive admixtures1.30
      • Effective talent level: 3.9
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 5
        Range: 7
        Cooldown: 4
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Imbue an alchemist gem with an explosive charge of mana and throw it.
        The gem will explode for 50.9 fire burn damage.
        Each kind of gem will also provide a specific effect.
        The damage will improve with better gems and with your Spellpower.
        Throw Bomb
      		3/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Grants 0% protection to you, your golem and other friendly creatures against the elemental damage of your own bombs, and against external elemental damage (fire, cold, lightning and acid) by 0%.
        At talent level 5 it also protects against all side effects of your bombs.
        Alchemist Protection
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Your alchemist bombs now affect a radius of 1 around them.
        Explosion damage may increase by 0% (if the explosion is not contained) to 15% if the area of effect is confined.
        Explosion Expert
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 32
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Crush together two alchemist gems, making them extremely unstable.
        You then throw them to a target area, where they explode on impact, dealing 4.15 physical damage and knocking back any creatures in the blast radius.
        Each kind of gem will also provide a specific effect.
        The damage will improve with better gems and with your Spellpower.
        Shockwave Bomb
      		0/5
      Spell / Fire alchemy1.30
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 30
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: When you throw your alchemist bombs, you infuse them with flames that burn for a few turns.
        In addition all fire damage you do is increased by 7%.
        Flame Infusion
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 82
        Range: 6
        Cooldown: 34
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Throw a smoke bomb, blocking everyone's line of sight. The smoke dissipates after 2 turns.
        If a creature inside is victim of fire burns the smoke will consume instantly, replicating the burns on all foes and increasing its duration by 1 turns.
        Duration will increase with your Spellpower.
        Smoke Bomb
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 70
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: A furious fire storm rages around the caster, doing 3.42 fire damage in a radius of 3 each turn for 7 turns.
        You closely control the firestorm, preventing it from harming your party members.
        The damage and duration will increase with your Spellpower.
        Fire Storm
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 250
        Range: 6
        Cooldown: 40
        Travel Speed: 240% of base
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Turn your body into pure flame, increasing your fire resistance by 1%, burning any creatures attacking you for 0.62 fire damage, and projecting 0 random slow-moving fire bolts per turns at targets in sight, doing 2.31 fire damage with each bolt.
        The projectiles safely go through your friends without harming them.
        This powerful spell drains 0.00 mana while active.
        The damage and resistance will increase with your Spellpower.
        Body of Fire
      		0/5
      Spell / Frost alchemy1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 30
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: When you throw your alchemist bombs, you infuse them with cold damage that can freeze your foes.
        In addition all cold damage you do is increased by 0%.
        Frost Infusion
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: While Frost Infusion is active, your bombs deposit a layer of ice on your golem for 2 turns when they hit it.
        This ice provides your golem with 1 additional armour, melee attacks against it deal 1.8 Cold damage to the attacker, and 50% of its damage is converted to Cold.
        The effects increase with your talent level and with the Spellpower and damage modifiers of your golem.
        Ice Armour
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 30
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: instant
        Is: a spell
        Description: Invoke a blast of cold all around you with a radius of 0, doing 7.8 Cold damage and freezing creatures to the ground for 2 turns.
        Affected creatures can still act, but cannot move.
        The duration will increase with your Spellpower.
        Flash Freeze
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 100
        Range: 6
        Cooldown: 40
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Turn your body into pure ice, increasing your Cold damage affinity by -1% and your physical resistance by 1%.
        All direct critical hits (physical, mental, spells) against you have a 1% lower Critical multiplier (but always do at least normal damage).
        The effects increase with your Spellpower.
        Ice Core
      		0/5
      Spell / Acid alchemy1.30
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 30
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: When you throw your alchemist bombs, you infuse them with explosive acid that can blind.
        In addition all acid damage you do is increased by 7%.
        Acid Infusion
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: While Acid Infusion is active, your bombs coat your golem in acid for 2 turns when they hit it.
        While coated, any melee hit agaist your golem has a 20% chance to trigger a radius 4 cone of acid towards the attacker that does 3.2 Acid damage to all caught inside. (This can only happen once per turn.)
        The effects increase with your talent level and with the Spellpower and damage modifiers of your golem.
        Caustic Golem
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 50
        Range: 7
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: A radius 3 pool of acid spawns at the target location, doing 1.8 Acid damage each turn for 2 turns.
        All creatures caught in the mire will also suffer a -3% slowness effect.
        The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
        Caustic Mire
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 45
        Range: 10
        Cooldown: 12
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Acid errupts all around your target, dealing 14.5 acid damage.
        The acid attack is extremely distracting, and may remove up to 1 physical or mental temporary effects or mental sustains (depending on the Spell Save of the target).
        The damage and chance to remove effects will increase with your Spellpower.
        Dissolving Acid
      		0/5
      Spell / Golemancy1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Improves your golem's proficiency with weapons, increasing its Accuracy by 15, Physical Power by 0 and damage by 0%.
        Golem Power
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Improves your golem's armour training and damage resistance.
        Increases all damage resistance by 0%; increases Armour value by 5, Armour hardiness by 30%, and reduces chance to be critically hit by 10% when wearing heavy mail or massive plate armour; and increases healing factor by 0%.
        The golem can always use any kind of armour, including massive armours.
        Golem Resilience
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 10
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: You invoke your golem to your side, granting it a temporary melee power increase of 2 for 5 turns.
        Invoke Golem
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 40
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 16
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Teleport to your golem, while your golem teleports to your location. Your foes will be confused, and those that were attacking you will have a 25% chance to target your golem instead.
        Golem Portal
      		0/5

      Generic Talents

      Race / Dwarf1.00
      • Effective talent level: 1.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 45
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: instant
        Description: Call upon the legendary resilience of the Dwarven race to increase your Armor (+9), Spell (+14) and Physical (+14) saves for 8 turns.
        The bonus will increase with your Constitution.
        Resilience of the Dwarves
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Dwarf skin is a complex structure, it can automatically react to physical blows to harden itself.
        When you are hit in melee, you have a 15% chance to increase your Armour total by 0 for 5 turns.
        Stoneskin
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Money is the heart of the Dwarven Empire; it rules over all other considerations.
        Increases Physical, Mental and Spell Saves based on the amount of gold you possess.
        +1 save every 96 gold, up to +0. (currently +0)
        Power is Money
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 59
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Description: While the origins of the dwarves remain clouded in mysteries to the other races, it is obvious they share strong ties to the stone.
        You can target any wall and immediately enter it and appear on the other side of the obstacle.
        Works up to 1 grids away (increases with Constitution and talent level).
        Stone Walking
      		0/5
      Spell / Staff combat1.30
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 5
        Range: 8
        Travel Speed: 2000% of base
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Channel raw mana through your staff, projecting a bolt of your staff's damage type, doing 76% staff damage.
        The bolt will only hurt hostile targets, and pass safely through friendly ones.
        This attack always has a 100% chance to hit, and ignores the target's Armour.
        When projecting a bolt with your staff its damage modifier is increased by 20%.
        Channel Staff
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Increases Physical Power by 0 and increases weapon damage by 0% when using staves.
        Staff Mastery
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 20
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Adopt a defensive posture, increasing your Defense and Armour by 1.
        Defensive Posture
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 12
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 12
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Hit a target for 100% melee damage and stun it for 0 turns.
        Stun chance will improve with Spellpower.
        At level 5, this attack cannot miss.
        Blunt Thrust
      		0/5
      Spell / Stone alchemy1.30
      • Effective talent level: 2.6
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Extract magical gems from metal weapons and armours. At this skill level you can work with:
        -Iron
        -Steel
        Extract Gems
      		2/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 80
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 100
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Imbue a body armour with a gem (up to tier 0), granting it additional powers.
        You can only imbue items once, and it is permanent.
        Imbue Item
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 20
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Crush 5 alchemists gems into dust to mark impassable terrain next to you. You immediately enter it and appear on the other side of the obstacle, up to 4 grids away.
        Gem Portal
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 45
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 15
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: 1 turn
        Is: a spell
        Description: Touch your foe and turn it to stone for 1 turns.
        Stoned creatures are unable to act or regen life, and are very brittle.
        If a stoned creature is hit by an attack that deals more than 30% of its life, it will shatter and be destroyed.
        Stoned creatures are highly resistant to fire and lightning, and somewhat resistant to physical attacks.
        At level 3 the touch will become a beam.
        This spell may fail against creatures resistant to being stunned, that are specifically immune to stoning, or certain bosses.
        Stone Touch
      		0/5

      Effects

      talent
      Flame Infusion

      Quests

      You were part of a group of dwarves sent to investigate the situation of the kingdom of Reknor.
      When you arrived there you found nothing but orcs, well organized and very powerful.
      Most of your team was killed there and now you and Norgan (the sole survivor besides you) must hurry back to the Iron Council to bring the news.
      Let nothing stop you.
      Reknor is lost!      		active

      Equipment

      Main armor
      linen robe (0 def, 0 armour)
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1



      A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
      linen robe (0 def, 0 armour)
      Quiver
      10 alchemist agate
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: alchemist-gem / black ; tier 1

      When used as an alchemist bomb:
      Bomb damage +5%


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      10 alchemist agate
      Light source
      brass lantern
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Light radius:       +2


      A brass container with a wick emerging from it, protected from draughts by a sheet of greased paper. It can be carried by a handle.
      brass lantern
      Cloak
      linen cloak of the Shaloren (1 def, 0 armour)
      Powered by       arcane forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Defense:       +1
      Changes stats:       +1 Mag / +1 Wil


      A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
      linen cloak of the Shaloren (1 def, 0 armour)
      In main hand
      elm vilestaff of fate (10-12 power, 2 apr, acid element)
      Requires:
      - Magic 11

      Powered by       arcane forces
      5.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / staff ; tier 1
      It must be held with both hands.

      Base power: 10.0 - 12.0
      Uses stat: 80% Mag
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Staff Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% procs dam / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +2
      Physical crit. chance:       +2.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Changes damage:       +10% acid
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Physical save:       +6
      Spell save:       +5
      Mental save:       +5
      Spellpower:       +3
      Spell crit. chance:       +4%


      Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
      elm vilestaff of fate (10-12 power, 2 apr, acid element)

      Inventory

      elm magestaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, arcane element)
      Requires:
      - Magic 11

      5.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / staff ; tier 1
      It must be held with both hands.

      Base power: 10.0 - 12.0
      Uses stat: 80% Mag
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Staff Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% procs dam / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +2
      Physical crit. chance:       +2.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Changes damage:       +10% arcane
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Spellpower:       +3
      Spell crit. chance:       +1%


      Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
      elm magestaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, arcane element)
      3 spinel
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / green ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Defense:       +2
      Physical save:       +2
      Spell save:       +2
      Mental save:       +2
      When used to imbue an object:
      Defense:       +2
      Physical save:       +2
      Spell save:       +2
      Mental save:       +2
      When used as an alchemist bomb:
      Mana regain 10


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      3 spinel
      ametrine
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Physical crit. chance:       +1.0%
      Changes damage:       +2% all
      Spell crit. chance:       +1%
      Mental crit. chance:       +1%
      When used to imbue an object:
      Physical crit. chance:       +1.0%
      Changes damage:       +2% all
      Spell crit. chance:       +1%
      Mental crit. chance:       +1%
      When used as an alchemist bomb:
      Lights terrain (power 10)


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      ametrine
      3 citrine
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Light radius:       +1
      Infravision radius:       +2
      When used to imbue an object:
      Light radius:       +1
      Infravision radius:       +2
      When used as an alchemist bomb:
      Bomb thrown range +1


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      3 citrine
      topaz
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / blue ; tier 2

      When wielded/worn:
      Defense:       +4
      Physical save:       +4
      Spell save:       +4
      Mental save:       +4
      When used to imbue an object:
      Defense:       +4
      Physical save:       +4
      Spell save:       +4
      Mental save:       +4
      When used as an alchemist bomb:
      Bomb thrown range +3


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      topaz
      Scrying Orb
      Powered by       unknown forces
      1.00 Encumbrance.

      [Plot Item]
      Type: orb / orb

      When carried:


      This orb will automatically identify items you find.
      Scrying Orb
      Transmogrification Chest
      Powered by       unknown forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      [Plot Item]
      Type: chest / sher'tul

      When carried:
      It can be used to transmogrify all the items in your chest at once (also done automatically when you change level), costing 0 power out of 1000/1000.

      This chest is an extension of old Sher'tul places of power. Any items dropped inside are transported to an other place, processed and destroyed to extract energy.
      The byproduct of this effect is the creation of gold, which is useless to process, so it is sent back to you.

      When you possess the chest all items you walk upon will automatically be put inside and transmogrified when you leave the level.
      Simply go to your inventory to move them out of the chest if you wish to keep them.
      Items in the chest will not encumber you.
      Transmogrification Chest

      Achievements

      Log


      Giffy casts Channel Staff.
      Giffy's Channel Staff hits Giant grey rat for       11 acid damage.
      Giffy's Channel Staff killed Giant grey rat!
      Golem (servant of Giffy) hits Something for 16 physical damage.

      Giffy casts Extract Gems.
      You extract       spinel from iron plate armour (3 def, 7 armour)
      Golem (servant of Giffy) hits Brown mold for 16 physical damage.
      Golem (servant of Giffy) killed Brown mold!
      Talent Command Staff is ready to use.

      Giffy casts Extract Gems.

      Today is the 18th Voratun of the 122nd year of the Age of Ascendancy of Maj'Eyal.
      The time is 00:00.
      You extract       topaz from steel mail armour (2 def, 6 armour)
      Giffy casts Extract Gems.

      You extract       spinel from iron mace of projection (13.5-18.9 power, 2 apr)
      Giffy casts Extract Gems.

      You extract       citrine from iron dagger of paradox (9-11.7 power, 5 apr)
      The shield around golem (servant of Giffy) crumbles.
      Giffy casts Extract Gems.

      Giffy casts Channel Staff.
      Giffy's Channel Staff hits Giant brown mouse for       11 acid damage.
      Giffy's Channel Staff killed Giant brown mouse!
      Giffy casts Extract Gems.