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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.7.6
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Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.7.4

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 1.7.4

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Embers of Rage 1.7.4

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 1.7.4

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Forbidden Cults 1.7.4

Official Expansion!

Not all adventurers seek fortune, not all that defend the world have good deeds in mind.
Lately the number of sightings of horrors have grown tremendously. People wander off the beaten paths only to be found years later, horribly mutated and partly insane, if they are found at all. It is becoming evident something is stirring deep below Maj'Eyal.
That something is you.

Forbidden Cults is a big expansion for Tales of Maj'Eyal to let you explore the horrors that lurk beneath the surface, to delve in long lost knowledge and lore and as usual to die a lot!


Forbidden Cults makes two new classes available to play:

  • Writhing One: Give in to the corrupting forces and turn yourself gradually into an horror, summon horrors to do your bidding, shed your skin and melt your face to assault your foes. With your arm already turned into a tentacle, what creature can stop you?
  • Cultist of Entropy: Using its insanity and control of entropic forces to unravel the normal laws of physic this caster class can turn healing into attacks and call upon the forces of the void to reduce its foes to dust.

Both those classes use a new resource called Insanity that gradually makes you both more chaotic and powerful as it fills up.


Forbidden Cults makes two new races available to play:

  • Drem: A corrupt subrace of dwarves, that somehow managed to keep a shred of sanity to not fully devolve into mindless horrors. They can enter a frenzy and even learn to summon horrors.
  • Krog: Ogres transformed by the very thing that should kill them. Their powerful attacks can stun their foes and they are so strong they can dual wield any one handed weapons.


Forbidden Cults adds many new zones for you to explore and die in:

  • Kroshkkur: An ancient Sher'tul Fortress laying half in ruins that serves as a focal point, and home, for all kinds of creatures seeking lost knowledge.
  • The Maggot: A huge living corrupted worm about to destroy Kroshkkur! Teleport inside and save your sanctuary of horrors!
  • The Godfeaster: Deep undergroud the ground shakes as ... -- redacted by corrupt forces --
  • The Scourge Pits: On the south of the Iron Throne lays a fool pit of ... -- redacted by corrupt forces --
  • Forbidden Tomes: Find special artifact books of ancient lore. But, read at your own peril, for the story they tell may very well suck you in... quite literally.
    Maybe you will even find The One That Writes...
  • Occult Egress: A strange, extremely old, contraption of unknown origin. It seems to require some kind of code sequence to activate. Maybe you will find some during your adventures?
  • The Entropic Void: So you think you are strong? Powerful? Invulnerable? In the end, entropy always wins, as you will learn...


What would an expansion about horrors be without a bunch of new horrors to torment you with? Please give a warm welcome to:

  • Searing Horrors: You liked luminous horrors? You loved radiant horrors? You will absolutely adore their searing big brothers!
  • Nethergates: It sleeps. Maybe it should stay that way.
  • Netherworms: Vampiric worm masses that are bound to tickle your fancy! And tickle hard.
  • Fearful Symmetry: Geometry has never been so lively!
  • Entropic Shards: Take an entropic crystal, shatter it with tentacles. And die.
  • : And more ...


"DarkGod, is that all?" Obviously not! You will also find your usual addition of:

  • Lore: Delve into the dark forgotten secrets of the world, where sanity is a very tenuous idea.
  • Artifacts: Discover new objects of power and use them to further your own goals.
  • New wyrmic tree: Unlock the scourge drake for your wyrmics.
  • Glass Golem: Unlock the glass golem option for your alchemists.
  • Events: Discover new strange contraptions in familiar zones. What could go wrong?
  • Achievements: Because there can never be enough!
Forbidden Cults 1.7.4
CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Roguelike
SexMale
RaceHigher
ClassParadox Mage
Level / Exp11 / 37%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
no deaths recorded
/ 0

Primary Stats

Strength11 (base 10)
Dexterity13 (base 10)
Constitution30 (base 23)
Magic36 (base 32)
Willpower20 (base 12)
Cunning20 (base 12)

Resources

Life309/309
Paradox300
Healing Factor1.1592147729953
Regeneration0.28980369324882

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement-2.2204460492503E-14%
Spell0%
Global+100%

Vision

Sight11
Lite3
Infravision2
See Stealth5
See Invisible9

Offense: Mainhand

Damage17
Accuracy7
Crit Chance4%
APR0
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower31
Crit Chance12%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower22
Crit Chance4%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

Darkness+10%
Acid+10%
Light+10%
Temporal+7%
Blight+10%
Physical+11%
Fire+26%
All0%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)17.31664661358 (30%)
Defense22
Ranged Defense22
Fatigue0
Physical Save19
Spell Save22
Mental Save19

Defense: Resistances

Darkness+ 12%( 70%)
Light+ 30%( 70%)
Temporal+ 17%( 70%)
Physical+ 17%( 70%)
Fire+ 31%( 70%)
All+ 7%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Stun Resistance29%
Bleed Resistance29%
Pinning Resistance21%
Knockback Resistance21%
Instadeath Resistance100%
Blind Resistance15%

Inscriptions (4/4)

Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 16
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 112 life over 5 turns.
Its effects scale with your Strength stat.
Infusion: Regeneration
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 21
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 41 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.
Its effects scale with your Cunning stat.
Rune: Shatter Afflictions
Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 12
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to instantly heal yourself for 82 then cleanse 1 wound, poison, and disease effect.
Its effects scale with your Willpower stat.
Infusion: Healing
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 18
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to create a shield for 6 turns blocking several instances of damage of the following types: 2 physical, 3 fire, 3 mind, 3 nature
Rune: Prismatic

Class Talents

Chronomancy / Speed Control1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: When you move you gain 12% movement speed for 1 turns. This effect stacks up to three times but can only occur once per turn.
    Celerity
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: When you use a non-instant chronomancy spell you gain 0% attack, spell, and mind speed for 1 turns. This effect stacks up to three times but can only occur once per turn.
    Time Dilation
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 24
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Increases your global speed by 0% for 6 game turns.
    Haste
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 48
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 56
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Gain 1 turns. During this time your damage will be reduced by 100%.
    Time Stop
0/5
Chronomancy / Spacetime Folding1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: Learn to lay Warp Mines in a radius of 1. Warp Mines teleport targets that trigger them either toward you or away from you depending on the type of mine used and inflict 30.79 physical and 29.68 temporal (warp) damage.
    The mines are hidden traps (18 detection and 23 disarm power based on your Magic), last for 6 turns, and each have a ten turn cooldown.
    Investing in this talent improves the range of all Spacetime Folding talents and the damage caused by your Warp Mines will improve with your Spellpower.

    Current Spacetime Folding Range: 5
    Warp Mines
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 12
    Range: 5
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Tether the target to the location for 4 turns.
    Each turn the target has a 15% chance per tile it's travelled away from the tether to be teleported back, inflicting 5.17 physical and 4.98 temporal (warp) damage to all enemies in a radius of 0 at both the entrance and exit locations.
    The damage will scale with your Spellpower.
    Spatial Tether
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 12
    Range: 5
    Cooldown: 4
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Randomly teleports all enemies within a radius of three. Enemies will be teleported between 2 and 3 tiles from you and may be stunned, blinded, confused, or pinned for 1 turns.
    The chance of teleportion will scale with your Spellpower.
    Banish
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 20
    Range: 5
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Create a radius three anti-teleport field for 3 turns and daze all enemies in the area of effect for two turns.
    Enemies attempting to teleport while anchored take 5.98 physical and 5.76 temporal (warp) damage.
    The damage will scale with your Spellpower.
    Dimensional Anchor
0/5
Chronomancy / Timetravel1.30
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 10
    Range: 10
    Fixed Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: 300% of base
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Pull a bolt of temporal energy back through time. The bolt will home in on your location, dealing 67.38 temporal damage to targets, and reducing the cooldown of one chronomancy talent on cooldown by one turn per enemy hit.
    The bolt gains 5% damage each time it moves and the damage will scale with your Spellpower.
    At talent level five cooldowns are reduced by two.
    Temporal Bolt
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 20
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Inflicts 79.07 temporal damage. If your target survives, it may be removed from time for 3 turns.
    The damage will scale with your Spellpower.
    Time Skip
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 40
    Range: melee/personal
    Fixed Cooldown: 40
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Transport yourself to a safe place for 2 turns.
    Temporal Reprieve
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 24
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Creates a temporal echo in a radius of 1 around you. Affected targets take 11.00 temporal damage, as well as up to 11% of the difference between their current life and max life as additional temporal damage.
    The additional damage will be divided by the target's rank and the damage scales with your Spellpower.
    Echoes From The Past
0/5
Chronomancy / Matter1.30
  • Effective talent level: 6.5
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 10
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Fires a beam that turns matter into dust, inflicting 71.07 temporal damage and 73.73 physical (warp) damage.
    Alternatively you may target yourself, creating a field of radius 3 around you that will inflict the damage over three turns.
    The damage will scale with your Spellpower.
    Dust to Dust
5/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain paradox cost: 24
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Weave matter into your flesh, becoming incredibly resilient to damage. While active you gain 12 armour, 29% resistance to stunning, and 29% resistance to cuts.
    The bonus to armour will scale with your Magic.
    Matter Weaving
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 15
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 14
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Create a tightly bound matter wall of up to a length of 3 that lasts 4 turns.
    If any part of this wall is dug out it will explode, causing targets in a radius of 0 to bleed for 10.34 physical damage over six turns.
    Materialize Barrier
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain paradox cost: 24
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: While active your physical and temporal damage has a -11% chance to remove one beneficial physical or magical temporary effect (respectively) from targets you hit.
    Only one physical and one magical effect may be removed per turn from each target.
    Additionally your Dust to Dust spell now digs up to 1 tiles into walls.
    Disintegration
0/5
Chronomancy / Gravity1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 10
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 4
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Sends out a blast wave of gravity in a radius 4 cone, dealing 64.78 base physical (gravity) damage and knocking back targets caught in the area.
    Targets knocked into walls or other targets take 25% additional damage and deal 25% damage to targets they're knocked into.
    Closer targets will be knocked back further and the damage will scale with your Spellpower.
    Repulsion Blast
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 15
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Creates a gravity spike in a radius of 1 that moves all targets towards the spell's center and inflicts 12.63 physical (gravity) damage.
    Each target moved beyond the first increases the damage by 1.58 (up to a maximum of 6.31 bonus damage).
    Targets take reduced damage the further they are from the epicenter (20% less per tile).
    The damage dealt will scale with your Spellpower.
    Gravity Spike
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain paradox cost: 24
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Create a gravity field around you that converts -3% all damage you deal into physical damage, slows incoming projectiles by -11%, and protects you from all gravity damage and effects.
    Additionally, damage dealt by Repulsion Blast has a -33% chance to reduce the target's knockback resistance by half for two turns.
    Gravity Locus
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 20
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Increases local gravity in a radius of 4 for 1 turns, dealing 2.58 physical (gravity) damage as well as decreasing the global speed of all affected targets by 1%.
    The damage done will scale with your Spellpower.
    Gravity Well
0/5

Generic Talents

Chronomancy / Chronomancy1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 10
    Range: 13
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You peer into the future, sensing creatures and traps in a radius of 13 for 2 turns.
    If you know Foresight you'll gain additional defense and chance to shrug off critical hits (equal to your Foresight bonuses) while Precognition is active.
    Precognition
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: Gain 9 defense and 2% chance to shrug off critical hits.
    If you have Precognition or See the Threads active these bonuses will be added to those effects, granting additional defense and chance to shrug off critical hits.
    These bonuses scale with your Magic stat.
    Foresight
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain paradox cost: 36
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 50
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Choose an activatable spell that affects only you, does not require a target, and does not have a fixed cooldown. When you take damage that reduces your life below 27% the spell will automatically cast.
    This spell will cast even if it is currently on cooldown, will not consume a turn or resources, and uses the talent level of Contingency or its own, whichever is lower.
    This effect can only occur once every 50 turns and takes place after the damage is resolved.

    Current Contingency Spell: None
    Contingency
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 24
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 50
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You peer into three possible futures, allowing you to explore each for 1 turns. When the effect expires, you'll choose which of the three futures becomes your present.
    If you know Foresight you'll gain additional defense and chance to shrug off critical hits (equal to your Foresight values) while See the Threads is active.
    This spell splits the timeline. Attempting to use another spell that also splits the timeline while this effect is active will be unsuccessful.
    If you die in any thread you'll revert the timeline to the point when you first cast the spell and the effect will end.
    This spell may only be used once per zone level.
    See the Threads
0/5
Chronomancy / Spacetime Weaving1.30
  • Effective talent level: 6.5
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 10
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Teleports you to up to 10 tiles away, to a targeted location in line of sight.
    At talent level 5 you may swap positions with a target creature.
    Dimensional Step
5/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: When you teleport you reduce the duration of a single detrimental effect by 2 turns.
    Dimensional Shift
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 10
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You fold the space between yourself and a second point within a range of 10, creating a pair of wormholes. Any creature stepping on either wormhole will be teleported near the other (radius 7 accuracy).
    The wormholes will last 3 turns and must be placed at least two tiles apart.
    The chance of teleporting enemies will scale with your Spellpower.
    Wormhole
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain paradox cost: 36
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: When you teleport you fire a pulse that jolts enemies out of phase in a radius of 0 around both the start and the destination point.
    Each target has a 2% chance per tile you travelled to be stunned, blinded, confused, or pinned for 1 turns.
    Phase Pulse
0/5
Race / Higher1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 48
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Call upon the power of the Highborn, increasing all damage by 17% and reducing all damage taken by 17% for 5 turns.
    The bonus will increase with your Magic.
    Wrath of the Highborn
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: While Highers are not meant to rule other humans - and show no particular will to do so - they are frequently called to higher duties.
    Their nature grants them better senses than other humans.
    Increase blindness immunity by 15%, maximum sight range by 1, and increases existing infravision, and heightened senses range by 1.
    At talent level 5, each time you hit a target you gain telepathy to all similar creatures in radius 15 for 5 turns.
    Overseer of Nations
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Cooldown: 20
    Description: Highers were originally created during the Age of Allure by the human Conclave. They are imbued with magic at the very core of their being.
    Increase spell save by 0 and arcane resistance by 0%.
    Also, when you cast a spell dealing damage, you gain a 20% bonus to the damage type for 5 turns. (This effect has a cooldown.)
    Born into Magic
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 52
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Activate some of your inner magic, using it to power your abilities. For the next 1 turns all active talents will be used without resource cost.
    Your resources must still be high enough to initially power the talent and failure rates (etc.) still apply.
    Highborn's Bloom
0/5
Chronomancy / Fate Weaving1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: Each time you would take damage from someone else you gain one Spin, increasing your defense and saves by 3 for three turns.
    This effect may occur once per turn and stacks up to three Spin (for a maximum bonus of 9).
    Spin Fate
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 10
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Activate to Seal Fate for 5 turns. When you damage a target while Seal Fate is active you gain Spin and have a -11% chance to increase the duration of one detrimental status effect on it by one turn.
    If you have Spin Fate active the chance will be increased by 33% per Spin (for -22% at three Spin.)
    The duration increase can occur up to 0 times per turn and the bonus Spin once per turn.
    Seal Fate
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: You now gain 0 combat accuracy, physical power, spellpower, and mindpower per Spin.
    Fateweaver
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Paradox cost: 24
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: For the next 5 turns you displace 1% of any damage you receive onto a random enemy.
    While Webs of Fate is active you may gain one additional Spin per turn and your maximum Spin is doubled.
    Webs of Fate
0/5

Effects

talent
Matter Weaving

Quests

You met a novice mage who was tasked to collect an arcane powered artifact.
He asked for your help, should you collect some that you do not need.
* Collect an artifact arcane powered item.
An apprentice task		active
You successfully escorted the lost defiler to the recall portal on level 2 of Trollmire.
As a reward you improved Cunning by +5.
Escort: lost defiler (level 2 of Trollmire)		done
You successfully escorted the worried loremaster to the recall portal on level 2 of Norgos Lair.
As a reward you improved Constitution by +5.
Escort: worried loremaster (level 2 of Norgos Lair)		done
The unhallowed morass is the name of the 'zone' surrounding Point Zero.
The temporal spiders that inhabit it are growing restless and started attacking at random. You need to investigate what is going on.
* You have explored the morass and destroyed the weaver queen, finding strange traces on it.
* You have helped defend Point Zero.
Future Echoes		done
You have found all the clues leading to the hidden treasure. There should be a way on the third level of the Trollmire.
It looks extremely dangerous, however - beware.
Hidden treasure		active
Explore the caves below the ruins of Kor'Pul and the Trollmire in search of treasure and glory!

* You have explored the Trollmire and vanquished Prox the Troll.
* You must explore the ruins of Kor'Pul and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
Of trolls and damp caves		active
You were asked to prove your worth as a fighter by a rogue, in order to participate in the arena
The agent of the arena		done

Equipment

On feet
miner's pair of rough leather boots of tirelessness (0 def, 3 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +3
Stamina each turn: +0.30
Maximum stamina: +12.00
Infravision radius: +1


A pair of boots made of leather.
miner's pair of rough leather boots of tirelessness (0 def, 3 armour)
Light source
brass lantern of clarity
Infused by psionic forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Mental save: +5 (+3 eff.)
Light radius: +3
See stealth: +5
See invisible: +7


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 clarity
On head
linen wizard hat of the mountain (+11%) (1 def, 0 armour)
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / head ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+0 eff.)
Changes resistances: +11% physical
Changes damage: +11% physical


A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly...
linen wizard hat of the mountain (+11%) (1 def, 0 armour)
Tool
Shard of Crystalized Time
Powered by arcane forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: tool / misc ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +5 (+2 eff.)
Changes stats: +4 Wil / +2 Con
Changes damage: +7% temporal
Reduces paradox anomalies(equivalent to willpower): +10


An iridescent shard of violet crystal. Its light ebbs and flows, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, keeping pace with the chaotic streams of time itself. It makes you feel both old and young, a newborn child and an ancient being, your flesh simply one instance in a thousand refractions of a single timeless and eternal soul.
Shard of Crystalized Time
On fingers
wizard's copper ring of light (+20%)
Powered by arcane forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +3 Mag
Changes resistances: +20% light
Changes damage: +10% light
Spell save: +6 (+3 eff.)


Rings make your fingers look great!
wizard's copper ring of light (+20%)
Around waist
nightruned rough leather belt
Powered by arcane forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +5% light / +5% darkness


A belt that goes around your waist.
nightruned rough leather belt
In main hand
Kor's Fall (10-12 power, 0 apr, darkness element)
Requires:
- Magic 25

Powered by arcane forces
5.00 Encumbrance.

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

Base power: 10.0 - 12.0
Uses stat: 110% Mag
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Staff Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Crit. chance: +1.5%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Changes damage: +10% acid / +10% fire / +10% darkness / +10% blight
Talent mastery: +0.10 Corruption / Bone
Talent granted: +1 Command Staff
Spellpower: +7 (+4 eff.)
Spell crit. chance: +8%
See invisible: +2
It can be used to activate talent Bone Spear (costing 6 power out of 6/6) :
Effective talent level: 3.3
Power cost: 6 out of 6/6.
Range: 10
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Is: a spell
Description: Conjures up a spear of bones, doing 117.28 physical damage to all targets in a line. Each target takes an additional 20% damage for each magical debuff they are afflicted with up to a max of 100% (235).
The damage will increase with your Spellpower.

Made from the bones of many creatures, this staff glows with power. You can feel its evil presence even from a distance.
Kor's Fall (10-12 power, 0 apr, darkness element)
On hands
Flamewrought (0 def, 2 armour)
Infused by nature
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Changes stats: +2 Cun / +3 Wil
Changes resistances: +10% fire
Changes damage: +5% fire
Mindpower: +2 (+1 eff.)
Learn an unarmed attack talent or enable 'Always show glove combat' to see combat stats.
It can be used to activate talent Flamespit (costing 8 power out of 24/24) :
Effective talent level: 3.0
Power cost: 8 out of 24/24.
Range: 10
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Is: a nature gift
Description: Spits a bolt of fire, doing 38.18 fire damage.
The damage will increase with your Mindpower.

These gloves seems to be made out of the exoskeletons of ritches. They are hot to the touch.
Flamewrought (0 def, 2 armour)
Main armor
linen robe of fire (+16%) (0 def, 0 armour)
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +7% all / +16% fire
Changes damage: +11% fire


A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
linen robe of fire (+16%) (0 def, 0 armour)
Cloak
enveloping linen cloak of Eldoral (7 def, 0 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +7 (+3 eff.)
Changes stats: +1 Cun / +2 Dex
Physical save: +5 (+3 eff.)


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
enveloping linen cloak of Eldoral (7 def, 0 armour)
Around neck
stabilizing copper amulet
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +11% temporal
Pinning immunity: +21%
Knockback immunity: +21%


Amulets make your neck look great!
stabilizing copper amulet

Inventory

movement infusion of the psychic (speed 460%; cd 13)
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / infusion

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 13
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to increase movement speed by 460% for 1 game turn.
You gain 100% stun, daze, and pin immunity during the effect.
Any actions other than movement will cancel the effect.
Note: since you will be moving very fast, game turns will pass very slowly.
Its effects scale with your Willpower stat.
It can be used to inscribe your skin with the infusion.

Natural infusions may be grafted onto your body, granting you an on-demand nature talent.
movement infusion of the psychic (speed 460%; cd 13)
copper amulet of willpower (+2)
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +2 Wil


Amulets make your neck look great!
copper amulet of willpower (+2)
elm starstaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, temporal 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: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Armour Penetration: +2
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Changes damage: +10% temporal
Talent granted: +1 Command Staff
Spellpower: +3 (+2 eff.)
Spell crit. chance: +1%


Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
elm starstaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, temporal element)
elm starstaff of fate (10-12 power, 2 apr, physical 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: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Armour Penetration: +2
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Changes damage: +10% physical
Talent granted: +1 Command Staff
Physical save: +5 (+3 eff.)
Spell save: +6 (+3 eff.)
Mental save: +6 (+3 eff.)
Spellpower: +3 (+2 eff.)
Spell crit. chance: +5%


Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
elm starstaff of fate (10-12 power, 2 apr, physical element)
enveloping linen cloak (6 def, 0 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +6 (+3 eff.)
Physical save: +5 (+3 eff.)


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
enveloping linen cloak (6 def, 0 armour)
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)
rough leather gloves (0 def, 1 armour)
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Learn an unarmed attack talent or enable 'Always show glove combat' to see combat stats.


Light gloves which do not seriously hinder finger movements, while still protecting the hands somewhat.
rough leather gloves (0 def, 1 armour)
insulating linen wizard hat of the mind (+6%) (1 def, 0 armour)
Infused by nature
Infused by psionic forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / head ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+0 eff.)
Changes resistances: +6% fire / +11% mind / +6% cold
Changes damage: +11% mind


A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly...
insulating linen wizard hat of the mind (+6%) (1 def, 0 armour)
stabilizing linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / head ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+0 eff.)
Changes stats: +3 Wil
Physical save: +5 (+3 eff.)


A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly...
stabilizing linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour)
iron pickaxe (dig speed 38 turns)
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: tool / digger ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +1 Str
When carried:
Talent granted: +1 Dig


Allows you to dig a wall, remove a tree, create ways.
iron pickaxe (dig speed 38 turns)
spinel
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / green ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +2 (+1 eff.)
Physical save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Spell save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Mental save: +2 (+1 eff.)
When used to imbue an object:
Defense: +2 (+1 eff.)
Physical save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Spell save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Mental save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Latent Damage Type: Nature


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
spinel
Planar Beacon
Powered by arcane forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: lite / lite

When wielded/worn:
Light radius: +3
It can be used to activate talent Fearscape Shift (costing 25 power out of 25/25) :
Effective talent level: 2.0
Power cost: 25 out of 25/25.
Range: 5
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Is: a spell
Description: Open a gateway to the Fearscape, stepping through it to a nearby location. As you step out, a burst of fire will leave with you, dealing 97.46 demonfire damage to everyone within 3 spaces and leaving flames which will deal an additional 97.46 demonfire damage over 4 turns.
Additionally, shifting through reality enhances your awareness, allowing you to see all enemies within 8 spaces for the next 3 turns.
The damage will scale with your Spellpower and the range will increase with the talent level.

A strange orb of demonic origins. It glows with a surreal red light.
Planar Beacon
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
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
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 242/400.

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)
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
3 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%
Latent Damage Type: Light


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

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Light radius: +4
Infravision radius: +4
When used to imbue an object:
Light radius: +4
Infravision radius: +4
Latent Damage Type: Light


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
2 citrine
5 zircon
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

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


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
5 zircon

Achievements

Level 10 (Roguelike) Got a character to level 10.
By Rufus the Higher Paradox Mage level 10
7th Mirth 122nd year of Ascendancy at 05:10 see stats
The Arena (Roguelike) Unlocked Arena mode.
By Rufus the Higher Paradox Mage level 5
78th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 22:47 see stats
Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff (Roguelike) Killed the weaver queen and the temporal defiler.
By Rufus the Higher Paradox Mage level 5
77th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 03:47 see stats

Log

Resting starts...
Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).
There is nowhere left to explore.
Space around you starts to dissolve...

Resting starts...
Rested for 3 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).

Resting starts...
You are yanked out of this place!
Rested for 37 turns (stop reason: dialog is displayed).

You gain 0.10 gold from the transmogrification of pouch of iron shots (17/17, 16-19 power, 1 apr).
You gain 1.11 gold from the transmogrification of iron mail armour of fire resistance (2 def, 4 armour).
You gain 0.10 gold from the transmogrification of rough leather cap (0 def, 1 armour).
You gain 1.38 gold from the transmogrification of slimy linen robe of nature (+19%) (0 def, 0 armour).
You gain 0.10 gold from the transmogrification of linen cloak (1 def, 0 armour).
You gain 7.48 gold from the transmogrification of Ebonyflash.
You gain 0.99 gold from the transmogrification of flaming iron waraxe (12-17 power, 2 apr).
You gain 1.31 gold from the transmogrification of elm vilestaff of might (10-12 power, 2 apr, acid element).
You gain 1.40 gold from the transmogrification of earthen elm starstaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, light element).
There is a Way into the heart of the gloom here (press '' or right click to use).
You stride into this area without a second thought, while stifling a yawn. You feel your time might be better spent elsewhere.
Saving game...
Saving done.

Today is the 10th Mirth of the 122nd year of the Age of Ascendancy of Maj'Eyal.
The time is 01:01.

Rufus deactivates Matter Weaving.
Rufus activates Matter Weaving.