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Mr Bones the level 4 Skeleton Necromancer by JakeParade

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.6.7
Addons

Escorts Enhanced 1.3.1

Various enhancements to escort quest NPCs:
- Escorts now follow the player when not close to the portal.
- Escorts occasionally say useful things.
- Escorts heal 5% of their maximum health per turn.

Escorts Enhanced 1.3.1

Items Vault 1.6.0

Donators/Buyers bonus!
Items Vault 1.6.0

Possessor Bonus Class 1.6.6

Donators/Buyers bonus!
Possessor Bonus Class 1.6.6

New Gem Types 1.5.10

Adds several new gem types and attempts to fill in some gaps in Tiered gem colors; also adds the Crystal race.

This is a continuation of jayseesee's original addon. It's my hope that the gems in this release are balanced, consistent across tiers, and useful to a variety of different characters.

Also hopefully all the Crystal's balance issues have been worked out: it should be an interesting tactical challenge to make best use of its unique mobility, find the right time to exploit its Runic Saturation status clear Stasis talent, and optimal self-imbued gemstone for each dungeon.

As always, please let me know if you find any issues in terms of bugs, game mechanics, or interface!

New Gem Types 1.5.10

Improved Combat Text 1.4.0

This addon replaces ToME's floating combat text:
- Shows the damage type (lightning, etc.) as icons or text!
- Text moves in a consistent direction and should be much easier to read than ToME's default for a variety of reasons.
- Can group damage for an entire player turn, or by every action taken - choose how much information you want to see!
- Various font sizes to choose from
- Various font coloring options (color by major damage type, use the default red / green, etc.)
- Text duration can be changed to fit your play style.
Icon credit for this addon goes to Lorc.

(if you like this addon, be sure to also check out my Map UI improvement, Easy Map!)

Improved Combat Text 1.4.0

Ignore Race/Class Locks 1.1.0

Modifies 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:

Ignore Race/Class Locks 1.1.0

ZOmnibus Addon Pack 1.6.0

Combines several smaller utility addons, both for convenience and potentially reduced resource usage on smaller machines.

    Includes the following addons:

    A superset of ZOmnibus Lite.

      Frequently Asked Questions:

      ZOmnibus Addon Pack 1.6.0

      Proper Possession 1.5.0

      • Allows healing and regeneration while in a possessed body.
      • Removes restrictions on the number of creature types that can be possessed.
      • Adds useful information to various Possessor-related dialogs and talent tooltips.

      Frequently Asked Questions:

      Proper Possession 1.5.0

      Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.6.7

      Official Expansion!

      Many in Maj'Eyal have heard of "demons", sadistic creatures who appear seemingly from nowhere, leaving a trail of suffering and destruction whereever they go. Their Fearscape floats far above the skies, watching and waiting, but not idly; their agents scout the land, their legions build up their forces, and their scholars develop new spells and strategies. As the barrier between our worlds begins to crack under their scrutiny, helpless Eyalites have begun to disappear, whisked up to serve as their slaves and playthings. They imbue these victims with magical powers to better survive the ensuing stresses - can you use your new-found abilities to escape the legions of Mal'Rok?

      Features:

      • Start with a new class, the Doombringer! These avatars of demonic destruction charge into battle with massive two-handed weapons, cutting swaths of firey devastation through hordes of opponents. Armed with flame magic and demonic strength, they delight in fighting against overwhelming odds, softening up the crowd with waves of fire, then feeding on the flames and suffering of their surroundings to stay alive while quickly reducing any group to a pile of ash and gore.
      • Unlock a new class, the Demonologist, with an all-new item enhancement mechanic! Bearing a shield and the magic of the Spellblaze itself, these melee-fighting casters can grow demonic seeds from their fallen enemies. Imbue these seeds onto your items to gain a wide array of new talents and passive benefits, and summon the demons within them to fight on your side! Ever looked at a gigantic demon-cursed minotaur and wished it was on your side for once? Well, now you CAN summon one to pound your foes into paste while you cast devastating spells from afar, or call forth a squad of Fire Imps to pelt your enemies to death while they exhaust themselves on your impenetrable defenses! Demons have persistent health, making them a little more precious than disposable necromancer skeletons or summoner beasts, but can be revived from death nonetheless.
      • Two new zones, with all-new art, foes, and bosses! You've seen the plains of the Fearscape before, now see the lairs and headquarters of the demons themselves!
      • Over 10,000 words of written lore to find! The demons were once an enlightened, peaceful race, hailing from a distant planet known as Mal'Rok; learn what drove them to plot Eyal's eternal torture! Discover monuments to each of the demonic species and noteworthy individuals, showing the place of honor each has among them! Get a glimpse into the culture and daily lives of these sadistic invaders and their brainwashed thralls!
      • Unlock a new race, Doomelves: Shalore who've taken to the demonic alterations especially well, corrupting their typical abilities into a darker form. Blink away to safety, transform into a shadowy dúathedlen to hide in the shadows or prey on your foes with blasts of darkness, use your new resilience to soak up status effects and critical hits, and assault your enemies' minds to leave them unsteady in combat!
      • Between the aforementioned classes and Doomelves, a whopping 75 new talents!
      • Unlock two new cosmetic options! You know you've always wanted demon-horns.
      • Two new events, appearing anywhere in Eyal!
      • 20 new artifacts, with unique and interesting effects. Collect the Obsidian Treasures to amass more and more power! Slip your hands into the Will of Ul'Gruth and watch your sweeping blows smash down walls! Wear a giant hideous hell-mouth as a fashionable belt!
      • 7 new achievements! Conquer the worst Urh'Rok's forces can throw at you, and hang their metaphorical skulls from your profile page!

      Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.6.7

      Embers of Rage 1.6.7

      Official Expansion!

      One year has passed since the one the Orcs call the "Scourge from the West" came and single-handedly crushed the Orc Prides of Grushnak, Vor, Gorbat, and Rak'Shor.  The Allied Kingdoms, now linked by farportal to their distant, long-lost Sunwall allies, have helped them conquer most of Var'Eyal.  The few remnants of the ravaged Prides are caged...  but one Pride remains.  Kruk Pride, isolated on an island, is the last orcish settlement that stands; they, too, face their impending doom.  The Sunwall has blockaded the only exit point from the island, and now, the technologically advanced civilization of Steam Giants have come down from the mountains to take their homeland with machines and weaponry unlike anything else on Eyal.  Kruk Pride has reverse-engineered their technology before; their only hope is to do it again and rise up against the Pride's foes.
       

      Features:

      • Explore a whole new campaign from level 1 to 50, one year after the events of the original Tales of Maj'Eyal campaign. Liberate the Orcs (or die trying) by rising up against the Sunwall, the Steam Giants of Atmos, and other dangers that may lie in wait...
      • Play as one of three new races: the battle-hardened Orcs, the brutal Yetis, and the unstoppable Whitehooves. Discover their stories, their pains, their hopes... and their awesome racial powers!
      • Risk your life in over 20 unique zones! Explore the ruins of a lost city, lay siege to the Sunwall forces at the Gates of Morning, and raid the Steam Giants' mining quarry - each has its own unique foes and hazards, leading each to feel and play different from the others.
      • Play as one of the four new tinker classes: Gunslingers, Sawbutchers, Psyshots and Annihilators! Plus a class evolution: Technomancers! Crush and rend your foes with heavy metal, electrocute and immolate them with your gadgets, charge across the battlefield or nimbly strafe in style - each plays differently, and none provide any shortage of ways to slay your foes.
      • Master steam technology to build powerful tinkers to augment your equipment. Need to close in a bit quicker? Turn your boots into rocket boots! Having a hard time deciding whether to shoot someone or stab them? Build a Hand Cannon into your gloves, or deploy a Weapon Automaton to do the stabbing for you! If you have a problem, steamtech has a solution, usually involving explosions; with over 80 different powerful contraptions to craft, enjoy unparalleled versatility and trying something different with every playthrough.
      • Master the tactical uses of over 140 talents! Fire bouncing trick-shots and psychic-infused shots, use your steamsaws as shields or wheels, terrify your foes with long mechanical arms - there are no "boring" talents here, everything has its own special applications and properties!
      • Use advanced technology in the world of Eyal! Burrow through sand, plant bombs to destroy tunnels, and discover that you aren't alone in using it...
      • Infusions and runes are for puny humans; implant new medical injectors to pump an array of experimental chemicals into your body! Injectors can use any (infinitely reusable) salve in your inventory as long as they're off their cooldown, giving you versatility you've wished you could get with a couple of inscriptions.
      • Loot over 70 new and powerful artifacts. Pump lead into foes with big guns, quick guns, and explosive guns! Shred them with saws that maim, saws that thirst for blood, and saws that aren't really saws! Violate common sense by strapping a rocket to your back and calling it a jetpack!
      • Enjoy dying in horrible and exotic ways at the hands (or claws, jaws, guns...) of over 140 new creatures! Not mere piles of stats and chain-stuns, these foes will provide unique challenges - suffer the Sunwall's newest cosmic spells, the new breeds of ritches that infest and multiply, the Steam Giants' elaborate defense systems, and find new strategies to adapt to each!
      • Earn a trunkload of achievements! Have your accomplishments recognized for liberating the Orcish people, displaying exceptional mercy or cruelty, or showing your prowess with impressive feats! Give a boss a fate worse than death, show Sunwall forces how frustrating it is to fight a Radiant Horror as a paladin, come out on top against impossible odds, display a suicidal lack of situational awareness, and wear a badge of pride or shame for each!
      • Read roughly 27,000 words of new lore to immerse yourself in the world! Learn how things have changed since the Scourge's campaign, feel hatred and/or pity for your foes, uncover grand schemes and sinister plots, and notice the elaborate connections between Var'Eyal's numerous factions. Every zone has a story behind it, and every story ties into a bigger picture; enjoy a tale of horror and humor, of intrigue and glory, of despair and hope.
      • Earn the right to use the classic (and Ashes of Urh'Rok) classes in Embers of Rage, and the new tinker classes in Maj'Eyal! Play a Brawler in the East to fulfill your life-long dream of suplexing an entire nation of giants, or play a Sawbutcher in Maj'Eyal to shred through Dreadfell in a whirlwind of sawblades and steam!
      Embers of Rage 1.6.7

      Mighty Level Up Cheat 1.3.0

      Greatly enhances rate of point gain for talents, generics, stats, categories and even prodigies.

      Mighty Level Up Cheat 1.3.0

      Doctornull's Class Pack 1.5.10

      This pack compiles several classes, with an emphasis on hybrid design. Not all classes are complete: the ones which I'm not satisfied with are marked as either INCOMPLETE or "in BETA".

      The classes included in this pack are:
      - The Transcendent Fist is an unarmed Psionic warrior, using a gem in his TK slot to hit with flexible energy types.
      - The Storm Warden is a melee-and-ranged skirmisher with magical mobility and support spells.
      - The Striker is a cunning and covert class, with a focus on delivering shock-and-awe thunderbolts from stealth.
      - The Gravitic Infantry is a melee-focused Chronomancy user (formerly named the Heavy).
      - The Creep is a stalker in the dark, cunning and covert in his hate.
      - The Vector uses disease and debilitation to keep his foes at range while he snipes them to death.
      - The Flenser is a Defiler whose knives debilitate and torture his victims.
      - The Blood Mage is a Vim-based caster with a mild dip into staff-melee combat.
      - ... and more!

      (BETA) Shield Hero is an Adventurer who starts with heavy armor and a shield. Not very exciting unless you were annoyed about not being able to equip your Adventurer's shield right away.
      (BETA) Prototype Hero is an Adventurer who starts with 1.3 mastery in every category. Not very useful for players, but it might be interesting for addon writers to spitball new category combinations.

      (INCOMPLETE) The Flux Marauder is a Paradox thug, stealing time from his enemies.

      x (Removed): The human-only Embers of Gerlyk are fire-using magical martial artists. Removed pending new content / 1.6 features.
      x (Removed): The skeleton-only Fossils are geomantic martial artists. Removed pending new content / 1.6 features.

      Doctornull's Class Pack 1.5.10
      CampaignMaj'Eyal
      ModeNormal Adventure
      SexMale
      RaceSkeleton
      ClassNecromancer
      Level / Exp4 / 54%
      Sizemedium
      Lifes / Deaths
      Killed by armoured skeleton warrior at level 2 on the 76th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 20:05
      Killed by armoured skeleton warrior at level 2 on the 76th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 20:09
      Killed by skeleton mage at level 4 on the 78th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 11:35
      0 / 3

      Primary Stats

      Strength30 (base 10)
      Dexterity31 (base 10)
      Constitution21 (base 19)
      Magic19 (base 19)
      Willpower15 (base 15)
      Cunning11 (base 11)

      Resources

      Life-8/166
      Mana138/146
      Soul10/10
      Healing Factor1.086387434555
      Regeneration0.27159685863874

      Speed

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

      Vision

      Sight10
      Lite1
      Infravision6

      Offense: Mainhand

      Damage14
      Accuracy22
      Crit Chance3%
      APR2
      Speed1.00

      Offense: Spell

      Spellpower12
      Crit Chance5%
      Speed1

      Offense: Mind

      Mindpower19
      Crit Chance1%
      Speed1

      Offense: Damage Bonus

      Light+10%

      Defense: Base

      Armour (hardiness)1 (30%)
      Defense14
      Ranged Defense14
      Fatigue1
      Physical Save17
      Spell Save24
      Mental Save9

      Defense: Resistances

      Blight+ 13%( 70%)
      Nature+ 12%( 70%)
      All+ 7%( 70%)

      Defense: Immunities

      Fear Resistance100%
      Instadeath Resistance100%
      Poison Resistance100%
      Bleed Resistance100%

      Inscriptions (3/3)

      Runes
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 14
      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.
      Rune: Shielding
      Runes
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 18
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
      Is: a spell
      Description: Activate the rune to instantly dissipate the energy of your ailments, cleansing all cross tier effects and 1 physical, mental, and magical effect.
      You use the dissipated energy to create a shield lasting 3 turns and blocking 50 damage per debuff cleansed (not counting cross-tier ones).
      If there were only cross-tier effects to cleanse, no shield is created and the rune goes on a 75% reduced cooldown.
      Rune: Shatter Afflictions
      Runes
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 15
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
      Is: a spell and usable during Aether Avatar
      Description: Activate the rune to unleash a manasurge upon yourself, increasing mana regeneration by 820% for 10 turns (41 total) and instantly restoring 41 mana.
      Also when resting your mana will regenerate at 0.5 per turn.
      Rune: Manasurge

      Class Talents

      Spell / Animus1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Souls cost: 1
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Crush and consume one of your captured souls, healing you for 51 life and restoring 17 mana.
        The life and mana healed will increase with your Spellpower.
        Consume Soul
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Your hunger for souls grows ever more. When you kill a creature you rip away its animus with great force, granting you a -146% chance to gain one additional soul.
        In addition you are able to store 0 more souls.
        Animus Hoarder
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 45.9
        Souls cost: 2
        Range: 6
        Cooldown: 15
        Travel Speed: 2000% of base
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Try to crush the soul of your foe, doing 12.74 darkness damage (that can never kill the target).
        If the target is left with less than 4% life you try to take control of its body.
        Should this succeed the target becomes your permanent minion (unaffected by your aura) and you regain 2 souls.
        Husks prossess the same abilities as they had in life (affected by Dark Empathy), are healed to full when created but can never heal or be healed by any means.
        Only one husk can be controlled at any time, if this spell is cast again it will dispell the previous husk, even if no new one is created.
        Bosses, other undeads and summoned creatures can not be turned into husks.
        The damage and chance will increase with your Spellpower.
        Animus Purge
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 20.4
        Souls cost: 2
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Crush and consume two souls to empower your next 0 spells, granting them a special effect.
        Affected spells are:
        - Undeath Link: in addition to the heal a shield is created for half the heal power
        - Create Minions: allows you to summon 2 more minions
        - Assemble: allows you to summon a second bone golem
        - Invoke Darkness: becomes a cone of darkness
        - Shadow Tunnel: teleported minions will also be healed for 30% of their max life
        - Cold Flames: freeze chance increased to 100%
        - Freeze: becomes a ball of radius 2 and makes all targets wet
        - Consume Soul: effect increased by 50%
        Essence of the Dead
      		0/5
      Spell / Nightfall1.30
      • Effective talent level: 5.2
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 10.2
        Range: 10
        Cooldown: 3
        Travel Speed: 2000% of base
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Conjures up a bolt of darkness, doing 82.09 darkness damage.
        At level 3, it will create a beam of shadows.
        At level 5, none of your Nightfall spells will hurt your minions.
        The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
        Invoke Darkness
      		4/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 40.8
        Range: 6
        Cooldown: 16
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Dark fumes erupt from the ground for 5 turns. Any creature entering the circle will receive either a bane of confusion or a bane of blindness.
        Only one bane can affect a creature.
        Banes last for 3 turns, and also deal 0.94 darkness damage.
        The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
        Circle of Death
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 30.6
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Invoke a cone dealing 4.92 darkness damage in a radius of 1. Any creatures caught inside must make check against their Mental Save or be knocked back 4 grids away.
        The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
        Fear the Night
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 61.2
        Range: 7
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Invoke a ball of darkness that deals 9.60 darkness damage in a radius of 1. Every creature hit will start to become closer to death, reducing their global speed by 0%.
        Necrotic minions' damage against those creatures is increased by 11%.
        The effects last for 2 turns.
        The damage done and the minions' damage increase will increase with your Spellpower.
        Rigor Mortis
      		0/5
      Spell / Necrotic minions1.30
      • Effective talent level: 5.2
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 5.1
        Souls cost: 5
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 14
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Fires powerful undead energies through your necrotic aura. For each recent death that happened inside your aura, you will raise an undead minion (up to 5 minions). These minions will be raised within a cone that extends to the edge of your necrotic aura.
        The minions level is your level +2.
        Each minion has a chance to be:
        Degenerated skeleton warrior: 6%
        Skeleton warrior: 22%
        Armoured skeleton warrior: 12%
        Skeleton archer: 15%
        Skeleton master archer: 8%
        Skeleton mage: 13%
        Ghoul: 7%
        Ghast: 8%
        Ghoulking: 8%
        Create Minions
      		4/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Your dark power radiates further as you grow stronger. Increases the radius of your necrotic aura by 0, and reduces the decay rate of your minions outside the aura by 0%.
        At level 3, necrotic minions inside your aura have a 25% chance to refund their soul on death. If a minion turns into a will o' the wisp then the wisp will have that chance instead.
        Aura Mastery
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 45.9
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: A surge of power radiates to all your minions, increasing their Physical Power, Spellpower and Accuracy by 1, their Armour penetration by 1 and their critical hit chance by 0 for 6 turns.
        The effects will increase with your Spellpower.
        Surge of Undeath
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: You share your powers with your minions, granting them 2% of your resistances and saves.
        In addition all damage done by your minions to you or your other minions is reduced by 0%.
        The effect will increase with your Spellpower.
        Dark Empathy
      		0/5
      Spell / Grave1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 30.6
        Range: 7
        Cooldown: 8
        Travel Speed: 400% of base
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Conjures up a bolt of cold that moves toward the target and explodes into a chilly circle of death, doing 9.60 cold damage in a radius of 0.
        The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
        Additionally, when Will o' the Wisp is sustained, minions killed by this spell will spawn Wisps.
        Chill of the Tomb
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 60
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Surround yourself with undead energies. When one of your minions is destroyed while inside your necrotic aura, it has a 30% chance to create a will o' the wisp.
        The will o' the wisp will take a random target in sight and home in on it. When it reaches the target, it will explode for 29.75 cold damage.
        The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
        Will o' the Wisp
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 40.8
        Range: 5
        Cooldown: 22
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Cold Flames slowly spread from 3 spots in a radius of 3 around the targeted location. The flames deal 1.85 cold damage, and have a chance of freezing.
        Damage improves with your Spellpower.
        Cold Flames
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 250
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Vampiric energies fill you; each time you deal damage, you have 18% chance to heal for 1% of the damage done.
        The absorption percent will increase with your Spellpower.
        Vampiric Gift
      		0/5
      Spell / Necrosis1.30
      • Effective talent level: 3.9
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 30
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: The line between life and death blurs for you; you can only die when you reach -157 life.
        Blurred Mortality
      		3/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 61.2
        Range: 7
        Cooldown: 25
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Your target's doom draws near. Its healing factor is reduced by 80%, and will take 56% of its remaining life (or 230.46, whichever is lower) over 10 turns as arcane damage.
        The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
        Impending Doom
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 30.6
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 18
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: Absorb up to 23% of the maximum life of each of your necrotic minions (even negative life, possibly destroying them). This will heal you for the greatest amount absorbed.
        The healing will increase with your Spellpower.
        Undeath Link
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 150
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: necromancy and a spell
        Description: This is your true goal and the purpose of all necromancy - to become a powerful and everliving Lich!
        If you are killed while this spell is active, the arcane forces you unleash will be able to rebuild your body into the desired Lichform.
        All liches gain the following intrinsics:
        - Poison, cut, and fear immunity.
        - 100% disease and stun resistance.
        - 20% cold and darkness resistance.
        - No need to breathe.
        - Infusions do not work.
        Also:
        At level 1: -3 to all stats, -10% to all resistances. Such meagre devotion!
        At level 2: Nothing.
        At level 3: +3 Magic and Willpower, +1 life rating (not retroactive).
        At level 4: +3 Magic and Willpower, +2 life rating (not retroactive), +10 spell and mental saves, Celestial/Star Fury category (0.7) and 0.1 negative energies regeneration.
        At level 5: +5 Magic and Willpower, +2 life rating (not retroactive), +10 spell and mental saves, all resistance caps raised by 10%, Celestial/Star Fury category (0.9) and 0.5 negative energy regeneration.
        At level 6: +6 Magic, Willpower and Cunning, +3 life rating (not retroactive), +15 spell and mental saves, all resistance caps raised by 15%, Celestial/Star Fury category (1.1) and 1.0 negative energy regeneration.
        At level 7:         Your power becomes overwhelming! +12 Magic, Willpower and Cunning, 60% chance to ignore critical hits, +4 life rating (not retroactive), +35 spell and mental saves, all resistance caps raised by 15%, Celestial/Star Fury category (1.3) and 1.0 negative energy regeneration.
        The undead cannot use this talent.
        While active, it will drain 4 mana per turn.
        Once you die and turn into a Lich you can not invest any more in this talent.
        Lichform
      		0/5

      Generic Talents

      Cunning / Survival1.00
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You notice the small things others do not notice, allowing you to "see" creatures in a 2 radius even outside of light radius.
        This is not telepathy, however, and it is still limited to line of sight.
        Also, your attention to detail increases stealth detection and invisibility detection by 0, and you gain the ability to detect traps (+0 detect 'power').
        The detection abilities improve with Cunning.
        Heightened Senses
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Your cunning manipulations allow you to use charms (wands, totems and torques) more efficiently, reducing their cooldowns and the power cost of all usable items by -1%.
        In addition your knowledge of devices allows you to disarm known traps (0 disarm 'power', improves with Cunning).
        Device Mastery
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
        Description: Sense foes around you in a radius of 5 for 1 turns.
        The radius will increase with your Cunning.
        Track
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You have an enhanced sense of self preservation, and your keen intuition allows you to sense dangers others miss.
        Your ability to detect traps is enhanced (+0 detect 'power').
        Attacks against you have a 0.0% reduced chance to be critical hits, and damage bonuses attackers gain against you for being unseen are reduced by 6%.
        You also gain an additional chance (at your normal save -20, effective) to resist detrimental status effects that can be resisted.
        The detection and additional save chance improve with Cunning.
        Danger Sense
      		0/5
      Spell / Divination1.30
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 15.3
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Is: a spell
        Description: Summons an ethereal magical eye at the designated location that lasts for 13 turns.
        The eye cannot be seen or attacked by other creatures, and possesses magical vision that allows it to see any creature in a 5 range around it.
        It does not require light to do so, but it cannot see through walls.
        Casting the eye does not take a turn.
        Only one arcane eye can exist at any given time.
        At level 4, if cast on a creature it will follow it until it expires, or until the creature dies.
        At level 5, it will place a magical marker on the creatures, negating invisibility and stealth effects.
        Arcane Eye
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 40
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: a spell
        Description: You focus your senses, getting information from moments in the future.
        Improves your capacity to see invisible foes by +1, to see through stealth by +0, and to perform a critical spell cast by +0%.
        The effects will improve with your Spellpower.
        Keen Senses
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 20.4
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: a spell
        Description: Form a map of your surroundings in your mind in a radius of 5
        Vision
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 120
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: a spell
        Description: Echoes of the future flash before your eyes, allowing you to sense some incoming attacks.
        If the attack is not physical, you will erect a temporary shield that reduces all damage of this type by 10% for 5 turns.
        This effect can only happen once every 5 turns, and happens before damage is taken.
        The bonus will increase with your Spellpower.
        Premonition
      		0/5
      Spell / Conveyance1.30
      • Effective talent level: 2.6
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 30.6
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 12
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: a spell
        Description: Teleports you randomly within a small range of up to 7 grids.
        At level 4, it allows you to specify which creature to teleport.
        At level 5, it allows you to choose the target area (radius 3).
        If the target area is not in line of sight, there is a chance the spell will partially fail and teleport the target randomly.
        The range will increase with your Spellpower.
        Phase Door
      		2/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 20.4
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: a spell
        Description: Teleports you randomly within a large range (112).
        At level 4, it allows you to specify which creature to teleport.
        At level 5, it allows you to choose the target area (radius 21).
        If the target area is not in line of sight, there is a chance the spell will partially fail and teleport the target randomly.
        Random teleports have a minimum range of 15.
        The range will increase with your Spellpower.
        Teleport
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Mana cost: 40.8
        Range: 8
        Cooldown: 35
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: a spell
        Description: This intricate spell erects a space distortion around the caster that is linked to another distortion, placed around a target.
        Any time the caster should take damage, there is a 40% chance that it will instead be warped by the shield and hit the designated target.
        Once the maximum damage (62) is absorbed, the time runs out (10 turns), or the target dies, the shield will crumble.
        The max damage the shield can absorb will increase with your Spellpower.
        Displacement Shield
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain mana cost: 200
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 40
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
        Is: a spell
        Description: When you hit a solid surface, this spell tears down the laws of probability to make you instantly appear on the other side.
        Teleports up to 4 grids.
        After a successful probability travel you are left unstable, unable to do it again for a number of turns equal to 450% of the number of tiles you blinked through.
        The range will improve with your Spellpower.
        Probability Travel
      		0/5
      Undead / Skeleton1.10
      • Effective talent level: 5.5
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Improves your skeletal condition, increasing Strength and Dexterity by 17.
        Skeleton
      		5/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.1
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 29
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
        Description: Creates a shield of bones, absorbing 242 damage. Lasts for 10 turns.
        The total damage the shield can absorb increases with your Dexterity.
        Bone Armour
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Your undead bones are very resilient, reducing the duration of all detrimental effects on you by up to -3%.
        Resilient Bones
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 53
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
        Description: Reposition some of your bones, healing yourself for -2.
        At level 5, you will gain the ability to completely re-assemble your body should it be destroyed (can only be used once).
        Re-assemble
      		0/5

      Effects

      beneficial effect
      The target is under the effect of the cloak of deception, making it look human.
      Cloak of Deception
      detrimental effect
      The target is on fire, taking 23.49 fire damage per turn.
      Burning

      Quests

      It is time to explore some new places -- dark, forgotten and dangerous ones.
      The Old Forest is just south-east of the town of Derth.
      The Maze is west of Derth.
      The Sandworm Lair is to the far west of Derth, near the sea.
      The Daikara is on the eastern borders of the Thaloren forest.
      * You must explore the Old Forest and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
      * You must explore the Maze and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
      * You must explore the Sandworm Lair and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
      * You must explore the Daikara and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
      Into the darkness      		active
      You have been resurrected as an undead by some dark powers.
      However, the ritual failed in some way and you retain your own mind. You need to get out of this dark place and try to carve a place for yourself in the world.
      You have found a very special cloak that will help you walk among the living without trouble.
      The rotting stench of the dead      		done

      Equipment

      Tool
      elm totem of summon tentacle [power 95] (25 cooldown)
      Infused by       nature
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: charm / totem ; tier 1

      It can be used to summon a resilient tentacle up to 5 spaces away for 3 turns. Each turn the tentacle will strike a random enemy in range 3 dealing physical damage and attempting to pin them.

      (Tentacle Stats)
      Life: 190
      Base Damage: 98
      Armor: 3
      All Resist: 0

      Activation puts all charms on cooldown for 25 turns.

      Natural totems are made by powerful wilders to store nature power.
      elm totem of summon tentacle [power 95] (25 cooldown)
      Main armor
      spellwoven linen robe (0 def, 0 armour)
      Powered by       arcane forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Changes resistances:       +7% all
      Spell save:       +17 (+8 eff.)
      Spellpower:       +2 (+0 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +3%


      A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
      spellwoven linen robe (0 def, 0 armour)
      On head
      cleansing rough leather cap of constitution (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
      Infused by       arcane disrupting forces
      Crafted by       a master
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / head ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +1
      Fatigue:       +1%
      Changes stats:       +2 Con
      Changes resistances:       +5% nature / +6% blight


      A cap made of leather.
      cleansing rough leather cap of constitution (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
      Light source
      Wintertide Phial
      Powered by       arcane forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      [Unique]
      Type: lite / lite ; tier 2

      When wielded/worn:
      Light radius:       +1
      Infravision radius:       +6
      It can be used to cleanse your mind of up to 3 (based on Magic) detrimental mental effects

      Activation costs 40 power out of 60/60.

      This phial seems filled with darkness, yet it cleanses your thoughts.
      Wintertide Phial
      Cloak
      Cloak of Deception
      Powered by       arcane forces
      1.00 Encumbrance.

      [Plot Item]
      Type: armor / cloak

      When wielded/worn:
      Physical power:       +5 (+3 eff.)
      Spellpower:       +5 (+2 eff.)
      Mindpower:       +5 (+3 eff.)


      A black cloak, with subtle illusion enchantments woven into its very fabric.
      Cloak of Deception
      In main hand
      elm starstaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, light 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
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% proc dam (max 200%)
      Armour Penetration:       +2
      Crit. chance:       +2.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Changes damage:       +10% light
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Spellpower:       +3 (+1 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +1%


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

      Inventory

      This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
      elm starstaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, darkness 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
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% proc dam (max 200%)
      Armour Penetration:       +2
      Crit. chance:       +2.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Changes damage:       +10% darkness
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Spellpower:       +3 (+1 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +1%


      Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
      elm starstaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, darkness element)
      This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
      elm vilestaff of illumination (10-12 power, 2 apr, blight element)
      Requires:
      - Magic 11

      Infused by       nature
      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
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% proc dam (max 200%)
      Armour Penetration:       +2
      Crit. chance:       +2.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Defense:       +6 (+6 eff.)
      Changes damage:       +10% blight
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Spellpower:       +3 (+1 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +1%
      Light radius:       +2
      It can be used to activate talent Illuminate, placing all other charms into a 6 cooldown :
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Power cost: 6 out of 6/6.
      Range: melee/personal
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Is: a spell
      Description: Creates a globe of pure light within a radius of 6 that illuminates the area.
      At level 3, it also blinds all who see it (except the caster) for 3 turns.
      At level 4, it also deals 35.56 light damage.

      Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
      elm vilestaff of illumination (10-12 power, 2 apr, blight element)
      This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
      acidic iron longsword of erosion (11-15.4 power, 2 apr)
      Requires:
      - Strength 11

      Powered by       arcane forces
      Infused by       nature
      3.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1

      Base power: 11.0 - 15.4
      Uses stat: 100% Str
      Damage type:       Physical
      Accuracy bonus:       +0.4% crit mult (max 40%)
      Armour Penetration:       +2
      Crit. chance:       +2.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      On weapon crit:
      * Splash the target with acid dealing 15 damage over 5 turns and reducing armor and accuracy by 2
      Damage (Melee):       +7 nature


      Sharp, long, and deadly.
      acidic iron longsword of erosion (11-15.4 power, 2 apr)
      This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
      quiver of elm arrows of wind (11/11, 14-19.6 power, 5 apr)
      Requires:
      - Dexterity 11

      Infused by       nature
      3.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: ammo / arrow ; tier 1

      Base power: 14.0 - 19.6
      Uses stats: 50% Str, 70% Dex
      Damage type:       Physical
      Accuracy bonus:       +0.3% crit chance (max 25%)
      Armour Penetration:       +5
      Crit. chance:       +1.0%
      Capacity:       11
      On weapon hit:
      * 20% chance to create an air burst in radius 3 knocking enemies back 2 spaces and dealing 75 physical damage
      Travel speed:       +200%


      Arrows are used with bows to pierce your foes to death.
      quiver of elm arrows of wind (11/11, 14-19.6 power, 5 apr)
      linen robe (0 def, 0 armour)
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Changes resistances:       +7% all


      A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
      linen robe (0 def, 0 armour)
      linen robe of frost (+15%) (0 def, 0 armour)
      Infused by       nature
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Changes resistances:       +7% all / +15% cold
      Changes damage:       +10% cold


      A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
      linen robe of frost (+15%) (0 def, 0 armour)
      This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
      prismatic rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
      Requires:
      - Strength 10

      Powered by       arcane forces
      9.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / light ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +2
      Defense:       +3 (+3 eff.)
      Fatigue:       +6%
      Changes resistances:       +10% light / +12% darkness


      A suit of armour made of leather.
      prismatic rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
      This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
      prismatic rough leather armour of lightning resistance (3 def, 2 armour)
      Requires:
      - Strength 10

      Powered by       arcane forces
      Crafted by       a master
      9.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / light ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +2
      Defense:       +3 (+3 eff.)
      Fatigue:       +6%
      Changes resistances:       +16% lightning / +10% light / +11% darkness


      A suit of armour made of leather.
      prismatic rough leather armour of lightning resistance (3 def, 2 armour)
      This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
      cleansing rough leather cap (0 def, 1 armour)
      Infused by       arcane disrupting forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / head ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +1
      Fatigue:       +1%
      Changes resistances:       +5% nature / +5% blight


      A cap made of leather.
      cleansing rough leather cap (0 def, 1 armour)
      nuummite
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / black ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Stun/Freeze immunity:       +20%
      When used to imbue an object:
      Stun/Freeze immunity:       +20%
      Latent Damage Type: Darkness


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      nuummite
      verdite
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / green ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Defense:       +10 (+8 eff.)
      Changes damage:       +2% all
      When used to imbue an object:
      Defense:       +10 (+8 eff.)
      Changes damage:       +2% all
      Latent Damage Type: Nature


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      verdite
      quartz
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / white ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +5
      Changes resistances:       +1% all
      When used to imbue an object:
      Armour:       +5
      Changes resistances:       +1% all
      Latent Damage Type: Cold


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      quartz
      brass lantern
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Light radius:       +3


      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
      brass lantern of health
      Infused by       nature
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Maximum life:       +41.00
      Light radius:       +3


      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 of health
      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)

      Activation costs 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
      Rod of Recall (1/1)
      Powered by       unknown forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      [Plot Item]
      Type: charm / rod

      It can be used to recall the user to the worldmap after 40 turns

      Activation costs 202 power out of 400/400.

      This rod is made entirely of voratun, infused with raw magical energies that can bend space itself.
      You have heard of such items before. They are very useful to adventurers, allowing faster travel.
      Rod of Recall (1/1)
      The Cog
      Powered by       unknown forces
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      [Legendary]
      Type: cog / mechanical ; tier 3

      When wielded/worn:
      Changes stats:       +5 Cun / +3 Wil
      10% chances when you are hurt to negate the blow entirely.


      A tiny set of metal pieces. It seems to move on its own.
      The Cog

      Achievements

      Log

      Mr Bones hits Green worm mass for 82 darkness damage.
      Mr Bones killed Green worm mass!
      Mr Bones killed Green worm mass!

      Resting starts...
      Talent Invoke Darkness is ready to use.
      Rested for 10 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).

      Mr Bones picks up (l.):       quartz.
      Ran for 48 turns (stop reason: at door).

      Mr Bones casts       Invoke Darkness.
      Mr Bones hits Skeleton mage for 82 darkness damage.

      Mr Bones misses Skeleton mage.
      Skeleton mage casts       Flame.

      Mr Bones hits Skeleton mage for 13 physical damage.
      Mr Bones is on fire!
      Skeleton mage's Flame hits       Mr Bones for 72 fire damage.
      Talent Invoke Darkness is ready to use.
      Burning from Skeleton mage hits       Mr Bones for 24 fire damage.
      Skeleton mage misses Mr Bones.

      Mr Bones hits Skeleton mage for 15 physical damage.
      Burning from Skeleton mage hits       Mr Bones for 24 fire damage.
      Skeleton mage performs a melee critical strike against Mr Bones!
      Skeleton mage hits Mr Bones for 54 physical damage.
      Mr Bones the level 4 skeleton necromancer was minced to death by a skeleton mage on level 1 of Blighted Ruins.
      Mr Bones stops burning.