Character
| Game | Tales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.3.1 |
| Addons | Glutton 1.2.3Gluttons are cursed with insatiable Hunger, which they use as a resource. It increases over time, and gives benefits and penalties depending on the current amount they have. They can Devour creatures, which they can then Digest to gain bonuses, sometimes permanent, including stat points and even talents. Since Gluttons can gain stat points from Devouring creatures, they gain no stat points per level. Since they can gain talents as well, they start with few categories. This is the basic class concept, and I hope you have fun with it. Disclaimer: the Glutton is very unbalanced right now (hence the alpha status). I welcome and encourage any feedback. Thanks to all of #tome for their help. Special thanks to FlarePusher and Draknodred for helping me flesh out the class concept and for developing talent ideas, and to natev for a lot of help but especially for letting me build off his resource code. Werebeast Class 1.0.5Add a Werebeast class to the Wilder metaclass. Cursed by Nature to become an avenger against all who harm her. Its a bit Cursed, a bit Wyrmic and a bit Rogue. Contains 6 mostly unique Wild-Curse talent categories. Forum link: http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=35100&start=0 Weapons Pack 1.2.4This adds new weapon types and egos to the game. - Tridents are unchanged, but generate more often. Most of the stuff here can be individually turned on/off in the Game Options menu. So you could use this addon just for the extra tridents if you really wanted to. Bunny Horde Race 1.0.5Notice: All Icons are placeholder. --- This addon adds in the Bunny Horde race. Ghost Race 1.2.3Adds in a new Undead race, Ghost. Ghosts have a life rating lower than that of yeeks, but ghosts make up for this by sharing damage with their mana pool. Original Class idea and design by Faeryan Tourist Class (Example Addon for ToME) 1.0.5Example addon, adds Tourist class.
Ambush Escape 1.3.0Gives the player an option to escape the orc ambush without fighting. Arcanum Class Pack 1.2.5Primary Features: Arcanist Features: Elementist Features: Enchanter Features: Archmage Features: Alchemist Features: Tomes of Knowledge 1.2.4Do you dislike it, when your escortees die on harder difficulties at the zone in, without you being able to help them? Do you sometimes feel as if money was worth little to nothing in Maj'Eyal? If so, this addon might help you. The library of Last Hope now sells seven Tomes with on-use-rewards, that mirror those of seven escort-types. The library of Elvala sells two (very expensive) tomes, that lead to even greater rewards after using them. Fixed: talent types are now known, but not learned Wraith Race 1.2.5Adds a new race for the undead: Wraiths. Wraiths are incorporeal creatures born of evil and darkness. Features custom racial talents. Infinite Farportal 1.1.3"Weeks ago, you arrived into the Shertul Fortress, following the collapse of Nur right behind you. Weeks later, as the town is coming together, you hear a loud growling sound coming from the south. Alongside the only possibilty of escaping from this place... Steeling your resolve, you have choosen to explore the portal, and look for a way out." --- In this addon, you attempt to complete the farportal as many times as possible. You are given access to a town in the north. In the Town, you can find a multitude of shops, and a Merchant. He can craft you tier 1-5 artifacts, for fair(or so he says) prices, to offer you a boost when you find yourself struggling. Lastly, and most dangerously, you can ask him to break 'Seals' of the Farportal, which will directly summon Farportal Bosses into the fortress. Additionally, you gain 10% of your current gold every time you complete a farportal, alongside an experience boost. --- Dive into the Infinite Farportal, and pray, or you will never again see the light of day. Bazaar 1.2.5- This addon introduces a new variant of vault, the bazaar, where you don't fight for items, but rather buy (or steal) them. - A central aspect of this addon is a new questline (consisting of 3 follow-up-quests), which introduces the player to the bazaar-system. The questline starts in the Village of Elvala (look out for a special npc - he will lookout for you as well). - I took the idea to this addon from starsapphire (Idea : Markets in dungeons! - http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=42553) ------ Details: ------ (1) Bazaars can appear in most dungeons and outdoor zones, which happen to also generate vaults; chances for regular vault-generation aren't being limited. Bazaars won't appear in the East however - tradesmen haven't made it there yet. (2) Each bazaar contains a shopkeeper and a limited amount of items, which can't be pickuped by normal means (they are chained to the ground). Instead, you either have to pay to be able to pick up such an item - or you try to unchain it (success chances scale with cunning, dexterity and talent points in Heightened Senses and Stealth). Failure to unchain it will trigger a trap which teleports the player (and his party) to a parallel zone ("Mirrorscape"). --> To escape from the Mirrorscape, a special guardian needs to be killed. Alternatively, there are two hidden exit points. The Power of the Guardian scales extremely with the Base-Level of the Zone (Break-Points: Level 20, 30, 50, 70) and the item-quality the trap is based on (unique items are protected by stronger guardians). Killing the guardian allows the player to pick up the item in question. --> Killing the shopkeeper unchains all item in his shop. Shopkeepers are extremely strong, however. (3) Additionally, each shopkeeper has a rare ingredient for sale, and some of them also sell maps, which point to special treasure areas in a variety of zones. To find out about these special goods, chat with the vendor. (Again, treasuremaps point only to zones in the West.) (4)In Elvala starts a questline, which leads to the discovery of a new zone, The Bazaar. Follow-up quests then introduce more in depth to the bazaar system. (5) Most bazaar-vaults will also be generated inside the Infinite Dungeon - most Treasuremaps also work here. (6) From time to time, a caravan will spawn on the overworld map. Encountering a caravan is similar to an "Ambush", however without meeting hostile npcs - instead, two shopkeepers will offer their items. So, How to start? --> Go to Elvala, talk with a nice dwarf! Notable modifications to the core game: - added a new Faction ("Free Traders") Feedback about bugs, improvements, compatibility issues very welcome. Fixed: 24.11. 27.11 1.12 12.12 20.12. - removed an empty event file from the bazaar main zone, as it would trigger an error with the latest ashes update 01.02. A warning: you are trapped inside the mirrorscape until you defeat its guardian or find the exit Playable Vampire Race 1.3.0Adds Vampires as a playable race, as jack of all trades with access to necromantic trees. This addon is now DEPRECATED and might cause bugs. Instead, please use the Inferno Race Pack! Items Vault 1.3.0Donators/Buyers bonus! Damned Class 1.2.5Adds a new afflicted class. Midnight 1.3.0Adds two new shadowy Celestial classes. Now with a new starting zone: Save the Sunwall crops from a worm infestation. Currently there are nine new categories. It also grants Sun and Glyphs to Sun Paladin at 1.3 mastery. Forgeknight 1.2.5The basic idea behind the class of the Forge Knight is that of armor and weapon crafting. While item manipulation is already part of the game in form of some talents like Stone Alchemy's Imbue item or Finer energy manipulations' Reshape Weapon/Armour, class talents of the Forge Knight go one step further and allow the recreation of a piece of armour (body, helm, shield) or weapon (metallic, non-archery). The underlying crafting process is pretty simple: an existing item is being used as raw material for the creation of a new item of the same basic type and subtype. The original item is being consumed during the crafting process. Crafted items are initially basic items (white display colour) enhanced by certain bonuses like combat damage or armour and defense values. The development of passive talents allows for a broader spectrum of enhancements on the crafted weapon. Eventually, a Forge Knight learns to craft items with innate extra properties, like a developed ego (green/blue/violett display-colours) and powerful talents, which the Forge Knight gains access to while wielding the crafted item . In addition to two talent types dedicated to crafting (weapons, armours), the Forge Knight gets two additional unique talent types (class, generic) covering combat and passives, as well as several talent types from those normally available to members of the warrior classtree. The class idea was partly inspired by the concept of the Enchanter class in Arcanum from House Pet, which I had alot of fun with, and the desire to build a variation of a smith-class, which doesn't exist so far in Maj'Eyal. Addendum: - Fixed compatibility with grayswandirs weapons pack: alternative damage modificators are now enhanced too. Reduced Abuse: - any antimagic item that is being used for forging will result in forged items with an antimagic powersource Revision: - removed access to regular shield/dualwielding/2handed-talent-trees from the Forge Knight Refine & Restore: - Refine Items: Learning or putting a point into the talents "Armour Forging" or "Weapon Forging" gives access to a skill, that lets you upgrade your forged items towards your current skill level in the different talents of the forge group. Only properties that were put onto a forged item via the forge-skill previously will be affected and only items that have been forged after this patch can be refined. Forbid Nature / Arcane: - If you are too distant to nature (e.g. undead), you won't forge items which grant you wild-gift-talents anymore (unless you forge items powered by antimagic forces). Refinement Fix: - Fixed an issue, where after refining an equiped weapon or armor some properties (like resists) wouldn't be registered properly Small Fix (15.01.2015): Fix weapons_of_projection (24.01.2015): Ignore Race/Class Locks 1.1.0Modifies the character creation dialog to bypass the lock check for races and classes, allowing characters to be created using locked races and classes. Doesn't actually unlock anything. Frequently Asked Questions:
[License note: This addon uses a modified version of an image by Lorc from Game-icons.net, pursuant to the Creative Commons CC-BY-3.0 license.] Warlock Class 1.2.5Warlocks are masters of the demonic arts. Clothed in cloth, they excel in using curses, firing bolts of fire or shadow, and summoning demons to help them in combat. Warlocks, while being excellent spell casters, also excel in providing quirky buffs and utility. A warlock has very powerful abilities that, if used correctly, make them a very formidable opponent. Using their curses in combination with direct damage spells and fears, Warlocks wreak havoc and destruction. The class is in an alpha stage but is playable. AEther Operators 1.2.3Experiment addon based on Tourist example mod an Glutton Mod: More Taints 1.3.0Power comes at a price, but the price is worth paying... This addon adds more Taints to the game. Taints are Inscriptions powered by corrupt forces. As such, they are arcane so Oozemancers and other Zigur Zealots need not apply. Taintmarks are listed on your character sheet under stats. Current Taints are only a little more rare than normal inscriptions. In v1 they will be much rarer but certain bosses will have a guaranteed Taint drop. List of Taints: Verbose Enemies 1.3.1Makes the monsters of Eyal somewhat more talkative...and prone to insulting you. Featuring taunts from Gaslamp Games' roguelike Dungeons of Dredmor! Also now featuring the EXTENSIVE taunt collection from the iconic Dredmor mod, Death By A Thousand Taunts. This mod was created by Deeborm, and is only included with their approval. Three cheers for Deeborm! Relive your dredmor adventures in the world of Eyal. You can also add your own taunts! To do this create a file named verbose_user_defined_taunts.cfg and place it in your settings folder where it can be friends with all the other .cfg files. Inside this file put: All taunts (base Dredmor taunts, Deeborm's extended dredmor taunts, and custom taunts) can be toggled from the in-game settings, in the Misc tab. Bothersome unstoppable color removal 1.2.5Option in the UI tab to enable/disable the extremely annoying screen coloring for stealth, invisibility, unstoppable, lightning speed. Randventurer Class 1.2.3Adds a new character class to the game: The Randventurer! Randventurers are similar to Adventurers, they can get any talent tree - except they don't get to pick which ones! At character creation they are given many semi-random talent trees, selected so that (hopefully) every character is playable and viable. Any talent tree that can be learned in the game has a chance of appearing on your character. To keep characters playable, randventurer does several things: Prevents conflicting weapon styles, Limits the number of stats used, Makes sure any requirements are met, Ensures any resources the character has are usable and many other small things. See the forums for more detail about Randventurers. Most addons will work normally and have the talents chosen as part of the random character creation. The following addons have full support:
Mesmer 1.2.5A magical class based on creating and shattering illusions. Draconians 1.1.5Adds Draconians as playable race, with their own starting area. This addon was updated and forked by Aura of the Dawn, in the absence of ajfluffy. Second branch, due to upload system differences requring a new shortname. Slightly More Adventurous 1.1.0Allows Adventurer characters to use some talent trees from addon-provided classes that would otherwise be inaccessible. More specifically: Adventurers typically are allowed to use talent trees for classes added by addons, unless those classes are flagged as not for use on random bosses. This addon bypasses that check, making talent trees from classes so flagged available to Adventurers. |
| Campaign | Arena |
| Mode | Normal Roguelike |
| Sex | Male |
| Race | Ghost |
| Class | Adventurer |
| Level / Exp | 18 / 92% |
| Size | medium |
| Lifes / Deaths | Killed by golden crystal at level 18 on the 76th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 05:21 / 1 |
Primary Stats
| Strength | 11 (base 12) |
| Dexterity | 13 (base 12) |
| Constitution | 10 (base 13) |
| Magic | 54 (base 46) |
| Willpower | 35 (base 31) |
| Cunning | 17 (base 12) |
Resources
| Life | -33/231 |
| Mana | 1/137 |
| Positive | 86/101 |
| Healing Factor | 0.8 |
| Regeneration | 0.2 |
Speed
| Mental | 0% |
| Attack | 0% |
| Movement | 0% |
| Spell | 0% |
| Global | +100% |
Vision
| Sight | 10 |
| Lite | 2 |
Offense: Mainhand
| Damage | 18 |
| Accuracy | 17 |
| Crit Chance | 2% |
| APR | 2 |
| Speed | 1.00 |
Offense: Offhand
| Damage | |
| Accuracy | |
| Crit Chance | |
| APR | |
| Speed |
Offense: Spell
| Spellpower | 42.666666666667 |
| Crit Chance | 7% |
| Speed | 1 |
| Cooldown Reduction | 30 |
Offense: Mind
| Mindpower | 28.65 |
| Crit Chance | 3% |
| Speed | 1 |
Defense: Base
| Armour (hardiness) | 2 (30%) |
| Defense | 4.65 |
| Ranged Defense | 4.65 |
| Fatigue | 1 |
| Physical Save | 7.175 |
| Spell Save | 37.9875 |
| Mental Save | 22.0125 |
Defense: Resistances
| All | 0%( 70%) |
Defense: Immunities
| Instadeath Resistance | 100% |
| Poison Resistance | 100% |
| Bleed Resistance | 100% |
Inscriptions (3/3)
| Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: Heat BeamUse mode: Activated Range: 8 Cooldown: 14 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to fire a beam of heat, doing 40.00 fire damage over 5 turns The intensity of the heat will also remove one random detrimental physical effect from you. |
| Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: ShieldingUse mode: Activated Range: melee/personal Cooldown: 11 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to create a protective shield absorbing at most 130 damage for 5 turns. |
| Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: ManasurgeUse mode: Activated Range: melee/personal Cooldown: 19 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to unleash a manasurge upon yourself, increasing mana regeneration by 600% over 10 turns and instantly restoring 30 mana. Also when resting your mana will regenerate at 0.5 per turn. |
Class Talents
| Spell / Arcane | 1.00 |
| 2/5 |
| 3/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| Spell / Phantasm | 1.20 |
| 5/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 4/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Spell / Meta | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 5/5 |
| 1/5 |
Generic Talents
| Race / Ghost | 1.30 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Spell / Aegis | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 2/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Cunning / Herbalism | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Spell / Restoration | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| Celestial / Light | 1.00 |
| 2/5 |
| 2/5 |
| 2/5 |
| 2/5 |
Effects
| talent | Shielding |
| talent | Quicken Spells |
| talent | Arcane Shield |
| talent | Phantasmal Shield |
| detrimental effect | The more you use runes, the longer they will take to recharge (+1 cooldowns). Runic Saturation |
| beneficial effect | The mana surge engulfs the target, regenerating 1.50 mana per turn. Surging mana |
Quests
Seeking wealth, glory, and a great fight, you challenge the Arena! The ArenaCan you defeat your foes and become Master of Arena? | active |
Equipment
| On feet | pair of rough leather boots of tirelessness (0 def, 1 armour) pair of rough leather boots of tirelessness (0 def, 1 armour)Crafted by a master 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / feet ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour: +1 Fatigue: +1% Stamina each turn: +0.40 Maximum stamina: +10.00 A pair of boots made of leather. |
| Light source | brass lantern brass lantern2.00 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. |
| On head | linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour) linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour)2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / head ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Defense: +1 (+1 eff.) A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly... |
| On hands | psychic's rough leather gloves of dexterity (+3) (0 def, 1 armour) psychic's rough leather gloves of dexterity (+3) (0 def, 1 armour)Crafted by a master Infused by psionic forces 1.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / hands ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Accuracy: +10 (+5 eff.) Armour: +1 Damage (Melee): 6 mind Changes stats: +3 Dex Changes resistances: +6% mind Changes damage: +3% mind Light gloves which do not seriously hinder finger movements, while still protecting the hands somewhat. |
| Tool | iron torque of kinetic psionic shield [power 23] (20 cooldown) iron torque of kinetic psionic shield [power 23] (20 cooldown)Infused by psionic forces 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: charm / torque ; tier 1 It can be used to setup a psionic shield, reducing all physical, nature, temporal and acid damage by 23 for 7 turns, putting all charms on cooldown for 20 turns. Torques are made by powerful psionics to store psionic powers. |
| On fingers | wizard's steel ring of power wizard's steel ring of powerPowered by arcane forces 0.10 Encumbrance. Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 2 When wielded/worn: Physical power: +6 (+4 eff.) Changes stats: +4 Mag Spell save: +8 (+3 eff.) Spellpower: +5 (+2 eff.) Mindpower: +6 (+3 eff.) Rings can have magical properties. |
| Around neck | steel amulet of strength (+3) steel amulet of strength (+3)Infused by nature 0.10 Encumbrance. Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 2 When wielded/worn: Changes stats: +3 Str Amulets can have magical properties. |
| In main hand | potent iron sceptre of force (14-19.6 power, 2 apr) potent iron sceptre of force (14-19.6 power, 2 apr)Requires: - Magic 10 - Constitution 10 Powered by arcane forces 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / sceptre ; tier 1 Base power: 14.0 - 19.6 Uses stats: 50% Mag, 50% Con Damage type: Physical Accuracy bonus: +0.1% dam / acc Armour Penetration: +2 Physical crit. chance: +0.5% Attack speed: 100% Burst (radius 1) on hit: +5 physical When wielded/worn: Changes damage: +10% physical Spellpower: +5 (+2 eff.) Blunt and deadly. |
| Around waist | nightruned rough leather belt of the mystic nightruned rough leather belt of the mysticPowered by arcane forces 1.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / belt ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Changes resistances: +5% light / +6% darkness Mental save: +6 (+3 eff.) Spellpower: +2 (+1 eff.) A belt that goes around your waist. |
| In off hand | sandstone wardstone of lightning warding sandstone wardstone of lightning wardingRequires: - Magic 10 Infused by psionic forces 1.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / wardstone ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Defense: +2 (+2 eff.) Changes resistances: +11% lightning Reduce damage by fixed amount: +1 all Maximum wards: +1 lightning Changes damage: +10% lightning Talent granted: +2 Ward Slows Projectiles: +10% Handheld warding devices |
| Cloak | linen cloak of Eldoral (1 def, 0 armour) linen cloak of Eldoral (1 def, 0 armour)Crafted by a master 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Defense: +1 (+1 eff.) Changes stats: +2 Cun / +1 Dex A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour. |
| Main armor | spellwoven woollen robe of darkness (+15%) (0 def, 0 armour) spellwoven woollen robe of darkness (+15%) (0 def, 0 armour)Powered by arcane forces 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / cloth ; tier 2 When wielded/worn: Changes resistances: +15% darkness Changes damage: +10% darkness Spell save: +17 (+6 eff.) Spellpower: +2 (+1 eff.) Spell crit. chance: +4% A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted. |
Inventory
Newly picked up gifted ash greatclub of projection (29-43.5 power, 2 apr)gifted ash greatclub of projection (29-43.5 power, 2 apr) Requires: - Strength 16 Infused by nature Infused by psionic forces 5.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / greatclub ; tier 2 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 29.0 - 43.5 Uses stat: 120% Str Damage type: Physical Accuracy bonus: +0.1% dam / acc Armour Penetration: +2 Physical crit. chance: +1.0% Attack speed: 100% Damage (Melee): +6 mind When wielded/worn: Mindpower: +5 (+2 eff.) It can be used to project an attack as mind damage doing 150% weapon damage at range 10, putting all charms on cooldown for 6 turns. Massive two-handed clubs. |
Newly picked up linen cloak of fog (5 def, 0 armour)linen cloak of fog (5 def, 0 armour) Infused by nature 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Defense: +5 (+5 eff.) Changes resistances: +11% light / +11% fire Stealth bonus: +6 A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour. |
123 alchemist agate 123 alchemist agate0.00 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. |
Newly picked up ash wand of firewall [power 113] (6 cooldown)ash wand of firewall [power 113] (6 cooldown) Powered by arcane forces 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: charm / wand ; tier 2 It can be used to creates a wall of flames lasting for 4 turns (dam 113 overall), putting all charms on cooldown for 6 turns. Magical wands are made by powerful Alchemists and Archmagi to store spells. Anybody can use them to release the spells. |
Achievements
Level 10 (Roguelike)
Got a character to level 10.By ]]] the Ghost Adventurer level 10
75th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 01:05 see stats
Log
You collect a new ingredient: warg claw.
]]] converts some damage to Mana!
]]] hits Warg for 73 light damage.
Warg hits ]]] for (1 resist armour), 8 to mana, 14 physical (22 total damage).
White crystal casts Ice Bolt.
]]] killed Warg!
]]] seems more focused.
Talent Illuminate is ready to use.
]]] casts Rune: Manasurge.
]]] starts to surge mana.
Golden crystal casts Searing Light.
]]] converts some damage to Mana!
Golden crystal hits ]]] for (1 resist armour), 12 to mana, 22 light (34 total damage).
]]] converts some damage to Mana!
White crystal's Ice Bolt hits ]]] for (1 resist armour), 24 to mana, 89 cold (113 total damage).
Golden crystal casts Searing Light.
Golden crystal says: 'you are a tiny, tiny potato'
Golden crystal casts Searing Light.
]]] converts some damage to Mana!
Golden crystal hits ]]] for (1 resist armour), 34 light (34 total damage).
Golden crystal hits ]]] for (1 resist armour), 4 to mana, 31 light (35 total damage).
]]] the level 18 ghost adventurer was purified to death by a golden crystal on level 20 of The Arena.
Golden crystal killed ]]]!
]]] deactivates Quicken Spells.
]]] stops surging mana.
]]] deactivates Arcane Shield.
]]] deactivates Phantasmal Shield.
]]] deactivates Shielding.
