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Elana the level 14 Higher Archmage by mgkmike

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.3.1
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Escorts Enhanced 1.2.3

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 1.2.3

Items Vault 1.3.0

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Items Vault 1.3.0

Faster Run/Rest/Explore 1.0.6

Important: this addon will have no effect if left unconfigured! Please read the description!

Recommended settings:

hit escape -> video options
  • Requested FPS: 30
  • Resting divider: 10
  • Running divider: 5

Description:

Enables faster run/resting by use of FPS dividers.

These dividers simply divide the game's requested FPS by their respective values while resting or running. After starting a new game or loading a saved character, configure this addon by hitting escape -> video options. Setting these dividers to something greater than one can substantially reduce the amount of time required to finish resting/running on older computers.

Just be careful when resting on an escort mission...

Changelog:

See the forum discussion for the changelog.

Faster Run/Rest/Explore 1.0.6
CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Adventure
SexFemale
RaceHigher
ClassArchmage
Level / Exp14 / 100%
Sizebig
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by enthralled slave at level 13 on the 75th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 16:53
Killed by snow giant boulder thrower at level 14 on the 77th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 09:48
Killed by teluvorta at level 14 on the 1st Haze 122nd year of Ascendancy at 03:50
Killed by teluvorta at level 14 on the 1st Haze 122nd year of Ascendancy at 05:42
Killed by dredge at level 14 on the 3rd Haze 122nd year of Ascendancy at 18:27
Killed by Rantha the Abomination at level 14 on the 3rd Haze 122nd year of Ascendancy at 22:09
0 / 6

Primary Stats

Strength16 (base 11)
Dexterity14 (base 13)
Constitution15 (base 15)
Magic38 (base 34)
Willpower36 (base 26)
Cunning14 (base 12)

Resources

Life-114/228
Mana12/340
Healing Factor1.2
Regeneration2.52

Speed

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

Vision

Sight11
Lite2
Infravision5
See Invisible7

Offense: Mainhand

Damage21
Accuracy8
Crit Chance5%
APR4
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower40.666666666667
Crit Chance10%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower30.4
Crit Chance4%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

All0%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)9 (30%)
Defense21.2
Ranged Defense21.2
Fatigue0
Physical Save22.925
Spell Save33.95
Mental Save29.25

Defense: Immunities

Confusion Resistance10%
Instadeath Resistance100%
Blind Resistance10%

Inscriptions (3/3)

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 cure yourself of one random physical effect and reduce all damage taken by 14% for 4 turns.

Also removes cross-tier effects of the affected types for free.
Infusion: Wild
Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 10
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 60 life over 5 turns.
Infusion: Regeneration
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 26
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to unleash a manasurge upon yourself, increasing mana regeneration by 620% over 10 turns and instantly restoring 31 mana.
Also when resting your mana will regenerate at 0.5 per turn.
Rune: Manasurge

Class Talents

Spell / Arcane1.30
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 25
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Your mastery of magic allows you to enter a state of deep concentration, increasing your Spellpower by 16 and arcane resistance by 19%.
    Arcane Power
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 10
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Conjures up mana into a powerful bolt doing 81.45 arcane damage.
    At level 3, it becomes a beam.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Manathrust
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 35
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Creates a vortex of arcane energies on the target for 6 turns. Each turn the vortex will look for another foe in sight and fire a manathrust doing 20.38 arcane damage to all foes in line.
    If no foes are found, the target will take 50% more arcane damage.
    If the target dies, the vortex explodes, releasing all remaining damage in a radius 2 ball of arcane force.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Arcane Vortex
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 10
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Surround yourself with arcane forces, disrupting any attempts to harm you and instead generating mana.
    Generates 2.90 mana per damage point taken (Aegis Shielding talent affects the ratio).
    If your mana is brought too high by the shield, it will de-activate and the chain reaction will release a deadly arcane storm around you with radius 3 for 10 turns, dealing 10% of the damage absorbed over the sustain's duration each turn, up to a maximum of 680 total damage.
    While the arcane storm rages, you also get 53% arcane resistance.
    Only usable when below 25% mana.
    The damage to mana ratio increases with your Spellpower.
    Disruption Shield
0/5
Spell / Phantasm1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 5
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 14
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    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 63.34 light damage.
    Illuminate
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: The caster's image blurs, granting a 19 bonus to Defense.
    The bonus will increase with your Spellpower.
    Blur Sight
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: The caster is surrounded by a phantasmal shield. If hit in melee, the shield will deal 7 light damage to the attacker.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Phantasmal Shield
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: a spell
    Description: The caster fades from sight, granting 2 bonus to invisibility.
    Beware -- you should take off your light, or you will still be easily spotted.
    As you become invisible, you fade out of phase with reality. All your damage is reduced by 70%.
    This powerful spell constantly drains your mana (2 per turn) while active.
    The invisibility bonus will increase with your Spellpower.
    Invisibility
0/5
Spell / Earth1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: The caster's skin grows as hard as stone, granting a 6 bonus to Armour.
    The bonus to Armour will increase with your Spellpower.
    Stone Skin
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 15
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Fire a powerful beam of stone shaterring forces, digging out any walls in its path up to 1.
    The beam also affect any creatures in its path, dealing 19.81 physical damage to all.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Pulverizing Auger
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 40
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Conjures a mudslide, dealing 13.79 physical damage in a radius of 0. Any creatures caught inside will be knocked back.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Mudslide
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 50
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 40
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Entomb yourself in a wall of stone for 3 turns.
    At level 4, it becomes targetable.
    Any hostile creature caught in the radius will also suffer 15.20 physical damage.
    Duration and damage will improve with your Spellpower.
    Stone Wall
0/5
Spell / Fire1.30
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 12
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: 2000% of base
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Conjures up a bolt of fire, setting the target ablaze and doing 153.12 fire damage over 3 turns.
    At level 5, it will create a beam of flames.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Flame
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 18
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Conjures up a cone of flame with radius 0. Any targets caught in the area will suffer Burning Shock, stunning them and dealing 14.18 fire damage over 0 turns.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Flameshock
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 40
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: 400% of base
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Conjures up a bolt of fire that moves toward the target and explodes into a flash of fire, doing 18.69 fire damage in a radius of 0.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Fireflash
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 100
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Raging flames burn foes and allies alike, doing 4.56 fire damage in a radius of 5 each turn for 2 turns.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Inferno
0/5
Spell / Water1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 12
    Range: 8
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Glacial fumes rise from the ground, doing 2.81 cold damage in a radius of 3 each turn for 0 turns.
    Creatures that are wet will take 30% more damage and have 15% chance to get frozen.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Glacial Vapour
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 14
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Condenses ambient water on a target, freezing it for 0 turns and damaging it for 11.68.
    If this is used on a friendly target the cooldown is halved.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Freeze
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 25
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: A wall of water rushes out from the caster with an initial radius of 1, increasing 1 per turn to a maximum eventual radius of 3, doing 2.62 cold damage and 2.25 physical damage to all inside, as well as knocking back targets each turn.
    The tidal wave lasts for 3 turns.
    All creatures hit gain the wet effect which reduces their stun/freeze resistance by half of their value and interracts with other cold spells.
    The damage and duration will increase with your Spellpower.
    Tidal Wave
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 25
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You absorb latent cold around you, turning into an ice elemental - a shivgoroth - for 4 turns.
    While transformed, you do not need to breathe, gain access to the Ice Storm talent at level 0, gain 16% resistance to cuts and stuns, gain 8% cold resistance, and all cold damage heals you for 66% of the damage done.
    The power will increase with your Spellpower.
    Shivgoroth Form
0/5
Spell / Air1.30
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 10
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Conjures up mana into a powerful beam of lightning, doing 62.32 to 186.97 damage
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Lightning
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 6.5
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 40
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Invokes a forking beam of lightning doing 60.91 to 182.73 damage and forking to another target.
    It can hit up to 8 targets up to 10 grids apart, and will never hit the same one twice; nor will it hit the caster.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Chain Lightning
5/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 10
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: A gentle wind circles around the caster, increasing carrying capacity by 32 and increasing defense against projectiles by 8.
    At level 4 it also makes you levitate slightly above the ground, allowing you to ignore some traps.
    At level 5 it also grants 7% movement speed and removes 3 fatigue.
    Feather Wind
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 100
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Conjures a furious, raging lightning storm with a radius of 6 that follows you as long as this spell is active.
    Each turn, a random lightning bolt will hit up to 0 of your foes for 1 to 4.77 damage in a radius of 1.
    This powerful spell will drain 0.00 mana with each hit.
    The damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Thunderstorm
0/5

Generic Talents

Spell / Aegis1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 25
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 16
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Imbues your body with arcane forces, reconstructing it to a default state, healing for 203 life.
    The life healed will increase with your Spellpower.
    Arcane Reconstruction
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 40
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 14
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Surround yourself with strengthening arcane forces.
    Every damage shield, time shield, displacement shield, and disruption shield affecting you has its power increased by 39%.
    At level 5, it also increases the duration of all shields by 1 turn.
    The shield value will increase with your Spellpower.
    Shielding
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 50
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Surround yourself with protective arcane forces.
    Each time you receive a direct heal (not a life regeneration effect), you automatically get a damage shield of 40% of the heal value for 3 turns.
    The shield value will increase with your Spellpower.
    Arcane Shield
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 50
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Release arcane energies into any magical shield currently protecting you, further charging it by 42% of its max absorb value.
    It will affect at most 3 shield effects.
    Affected shields are: Damage Shield, Time Shield, Displacement Shield, and Disruption Shield.
    The charging will increase with your Spellpower.
    Aegis
0/5
Race / Higher1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 45
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Call upon the gift of the highborn to regenerate your body for 23 life every turn for 10 turns.
    The life healed will increase with your Willpower.
    Gift 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 10%, maximum sight range by 1, and increases existing infravision, and heightened senses range by 1.
    Overseer of Nations
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Cooldown: 34
    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 15% 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: 54
    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
Spell / Divination1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 15
    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: 2.6
    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 +16, to see through stealth by +7, and to perform a critical spell cast by +4%.
    The effects will improve with your Spellpower.
    Keen Senses
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 20
    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 8
    Vision
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    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 16% 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
1/5
Spell / Conveyance1.43
  • Effective talent level: 1.4
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 10
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Teleports you randomly within a small range of up to 9 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 4). If the target area is not in line of sight, there is a chance the spell will fizzle.
    The range will increase with your Spellpower.
    Phase Door
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.4
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 20
    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 (141), with a minimum range of 15.
    At level 4, it allows you to specify which creature to teleport.
    At level 5, it allows you to choose the target area (radius 19).
    The range will increase with your Spellpower.
    Teleport
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.9
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 40
    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 54% chance that it will instead be warped by the shield and hit the designated target.
    Once the maximum damage (243) is absorbed, the time runs out (18 turns), or the target dies, the shield will crumble.
    The max damage the shield can absorb will increase with your Spellpower.
    Displacement Shield
2/5
  • 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

Effects

beneficial effect
The mana surge engulfs the target, regenerating 3.10 mana per turn.
Surging mana
detrimental effect
The more you use runes, the longer they will take to recharge (+1 cooldowns).
Runic Saturation

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		done
Ungrol of Last Hope asked you to look for his wife's friend Celia, who has been reported missing. She frequently visits her late husband's mausoleum, in the graveyard near Last Hope.
And now for a grave		active
After passing through some kind of time anomaly you met a temporal warden who told you to destroy the abominations of this alternate timeline.
Back and Back and Back to the Future		active
You successfully escorted the repented thief to the recall portal on level 1 of Daikara.
As a reward you improved talent Heightened Senses (+1 level(s)).
Escort: repented thief (level 1 of Daikara)		done
You failed to protect the repented thief from death by Spellblaze Crystal.
Escort: repented thief (level 3 of Scintillating Caves)		failed
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.
You have slain Bill. His treasure is yours for the taking.
Hidden treasure		done
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
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 have explored the ruins of Kor'Pul and vanquished the Possessed.
Of trolls and damp caves		done
The Abashed Expanse is a part of Eyal torn apart by the Spellblaze and thrown into the void between the stars.

It has recently begun to destabilize, threatening to crash onto Eyal, destroying everything in its path.

You have entered it and must now stabilize three wormholes by firing any spell at them.

Remember, the floating islands are not stable and might teleport randomly. However, the disturbances also help you: your Phase Door spell is fully controllable even if not of high level yet.

* You have explored the expanse and closed all three wormholes.
Spellblaze Fallouts		done
Various alchemists around Maj'Eyal are competing to gain entry into the great Brotherhood of Alchemists, and one or more have enlisted your aid.
Stire of Derth needs your help making an elixir of avoidance. He has given you some notes on the ingredients:
 * 'Needed: one vial of wight ectoplasm. If you ingest any of this, never mind coming back here. Please.'
 * You've found the needed orc heart.
 * You've found the needed sandworm tooth.
Marus of Elvala needs your help making an elixir of the savior. He has given you some notes on the ingredients:
 * 'Needed: one mummified bone. That is, a bone from a corpse that's undergone mummification. Actually, any bit of the body would do, but the bones are the only parts you're certain to find when you kick a mummy apart. I recommend finding one that doesn't apply curses.'
 * 'Needed: one pouch of bone giant dust. Never, ever to be confused with garlic powder. Trust me.'
 * 'Needed: one vial of squid ink. However annoying this will be for you to gather, I promise that the reek it produces in my lab will prove even more annoying.'
Agrimley the hermit needs your help making an elixir of focus. He has given you some notes on the ingredients:
 * You've found the needed snow giant kidney.
 * 'Needed: one electric eel tail. I know, I know. Where does the eel stop and the tail start? It doesn't much matter. The last ten inches or so should do nicely.'
 * 'Needed: one ice wyrm tooth. Ice Wyrms lose teeth fairly often, so you might get lucky and not have to do battle with one. But dress warm just in case.'
Ungrol of Last Hope needs your help making an elixir of foundations. He has given you some notes on the ingredients:
 * 'Needed: one ice ant stinger. If you've the means to eliminate the little venom problem, these make miraculous instant drink-chilling straws.'
 * You've found the needed warg claw.
 * 'Needed: one multi-hued wyrm scale. If you think collecting one of these is hard, try liquefying one.'
The Brotherhood of Alchemists		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
You met a half-mad lumberjack fleeing a small village, rambling about an untold horror lurking there, slaughtering people.
11 lumberjacks have died.
The beast within		done
You have found a slavers' compound and entered it.
Till the Blood Runs Clear		active
You heard a plea for help and decided to investigate...
Only to find yourself trapped inside an unknown tunnel complex.
Trapped!		done

Equipment

On feet
miner's pair of rough leather boots of evasion (12 def, 5 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +5
Defense: +12 (+6 eff.)
Fatigue: +1%
Infravision radius: +1
It can be used to activate talent Evasion, placing all other charms into a 30 cooldown :
Effective talent level: 2.7
Power cost: 30 out of 30/30.
Range: melee/personal
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Description: Your quick wit allows you to see attacks before they land, granting you a 20% chance to completely evade them and granting you 8 defense for 9 turns.
Duration increases with Willpower, and chance to evade and defense with Cunning and Dexterity.

A pair of boots made of leather.
miner's pair of rough leather boots of evasion (12 def, 5 armour)
Light source
Void Star
Powered by arcane forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: lite / lite ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes damage: +6% acid / +6% lightning / +6% fire / +6% arcane / +6% cold
Spell crit. chance: +5%
Light radius: +2
It can be used to activate talent Echoes From The Void (costing 70 power out of 62/70) :
Effective talent level: 2.0
Power cost: 70 out of 62/70.
Range: 10
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Description: Shows the target the madness of the void. Each turn for 6 turns the target must make a mental save or suffer 27.95 mind damage as well as resource damage (based off the mind damage and nature of the resource).

It looks like a very tiny star -- deep black -- and yet it somehow shines.
Void Star
On head
shielding linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour)
Powered by arcane forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / head ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+0 eff.)
Changes stats: +2 Mag
Spell save: +6 (+3 eff.)


A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly...
shielding linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour)
Tool
Tarrerim the steel torque of kinetic psionic shield [power 49] (20 cooldown)
Infused by psionic forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: charm / torque ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Changes resistances: +3% blight
Confusion immunity: +10%
It can be used to setup a psionic shield, reducing all physical, nature, temporal and acid damage by 49 for 7 turns, putting all charms on cooldown for 20 turns.
When used:
100% chance to regenerate 3 hate.


Torques are made by powerful psionics to store psionic powers.
Tarrerim the steel torque of kinetic psionic shield [power 49] (20 cooldown)
On fingers
copper ring of power
Powered by arcane forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +6 (+3 eff.)
Spellpower: +6 (+2 eff.)
Mindpower: +5 (+3 eff.)


Rings can have magical properties.
copper ring of power
On fingers
Ring of Growth
Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
0.10 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +4 Str / +4 Wil
Changes resistances: +10% nature
Changes damage: +8% nature / +8% physical
Physical save: +8 (+4 eff.)
Life regen: +0.15
Healing mod.: +20%


This small wooden ring has a single green stem wrapped around it. Thin leaves still seem to be growing from it.
Ring of Growth
Around waist
rough leather belt of the giants
Crafted by a master
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +2 (+1 eff.)
Spell save: +6 (+3 eff.)
Size category: +1


A belt that goes around your waist.
rough leather belt of the giants
In main hand
infernal yew magestaff of wizardry (20-24 power, 4 apr, cold element)
Requires:
- Magic 24

Powered by arcane forces
5.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / staff ; tier 3
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 20.0 - 24.0
Uses stat: 80% Mag
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Staff Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +2.5% procs dam / acc
Armour Penetration: +4
Physical crit. chance: +3.5%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Damage (Melee): 18 fire
Changes stats: +2 Wil / +1 Mag
Changes damage: +20% cold
Talent granted: +1 Command Staff
Critical mult.: +22.00%
Maximum mana: +19.00
Spellpower: +18 (+6 eff.)
Spell crit. chance: +3%
See invisible: +7


Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
infernal yew magestaff of wizardry (20-24 power, 4 apr, cold 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.)
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 43.48 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
mindwoven linen robe of lightning (+15%) (0 def, 0 armour)
Infused by nature
Infused by psionic forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +15% lightning
Changes damage: +10% lightning
Mental save: +16 (+8 eff.)
Mindpower: +3 (+2 eff.)
Mental crit. chance: +2%


A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
mindwoven linen robe of lightning (+15%) (0 def, 0 armour)
Cloak
enveloping cashmere cloak of protection (8 def, 0 armour)
Powered by arcane forces
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +8 (+4 eff.)
Physical save: +7 (+4 eff.)
Spell save: +10 (+5 eff.)
Mental save: +5 (+2 eff.)


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
enveloping cashmere cloak of protection (8 def, 0 armour)
Around neck
restful steel amulet of mastery (0.13 Spell / Conveyance)
Crafted by a master
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Fatigue: -5%
Talent mastery: +0.13 Spell / Conveyance
Life regen: +1.70


Amulets can have magical properties.
restful steel amulet of mastery (0.13 Spell / Conveyance)

Inventory

sun infusion of the wizard (rad 5; power 42; turns 3; dispells darkness)
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / infusion ; tier 1

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 13
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to brighten the area in a radius of 5 and illuminate stealthy creatures, possibly revealing them (reduces stealth power by 21).
The light is so powerful it will also banish magical darkness
It will also blind any creatures caught inside (power 42) for 3 turns.
Its effects scale with your Magic 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 ability.
sun infusion of the wizard (rad 5; power 42; turns 3; dispells darkness)
biting gale rune of the warrior (68 cold damage; 30 apply power)
Powered by arcane forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / rune ; tier 2

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
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 direct a cone of chilling stormwind doing 68.29 cold damage.
The storm will soak enemies hit reducing their resistance to stuns by 50% then attempt to freeze them for 3 turns with an apply power of 30.
The deep cold also crystalizes your mind, removing one random detrimental mental effect from you.
Its effects scale with your Strength stat.
It can be used to inscribe your skin with the rune..

Magical runes may be inscribed onto your body, granting you an on-demand ability.
biting gale rune of the warrior (68 cold damage; 30 apply power)
phase door rune of the titan (range 6; power 19; dur 3)
Powered by arcane forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / rune ; tier 1

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 9
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to teleport randomly in a range of 6.
Afterwards you stay out of phase for 3 turns. In this state all new negative status effects duration is reduced by 19%, your defense is increased by 19 and all your resistances by 19%.
Its effects scale with your Constitution stat.
It can be used to inscribe your skin with the rune..

Magical runes may be inscribed onto your body, granting you an on-demand ability.
phase door rune of the titan (range 6; power 19; dur 3)
teleportation rune of the psychic (range 86)
Powered by arcane forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / rune ; tier 2

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 15
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to teleport randomly in a range of 86 with a minimum range of 15.
Its effects scale with your Willpower stat.
It can be used to inscribe your skin with the rune..

Magical runes may be inscribed onto your body, granting you an on-demand ability.
teleportation rune of the psychic (range 86)
psionicist's steel ring of fire (+26%)
Infused by nature
Infused by psionic forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +3 Wil
Changes resistances: +26% fire
Changes damage: +13% fire
Mental save: +6 (+3 eff.)


Rings can have magical properties.
psionicist's steel ring of fire (+26%)
regal linen cloak (1 def, 0 armour)
Infused by psionic forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+0 eff.)
Changes stats: +2 Wil
Mental save: +5 (+2 eff.)


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
regal linen cloak (1 def, 0 armour)
Sludgegrip (0 def, 0 armour)
Infused by nature
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +4 Cun / +4 Wil
Changes resistances: +10% nature
Changes damage: +5% nature
Talent mastery: +0.20 Wild-gift / Slime
Poison immunity: +20%
Mindpower: +2 (+1 eff.)


These gloves are coated with a thick, green liquid.
Sludgegrip (0 def, 0 armour)
Olulathadur the cashmere wizard hat (2 def, 0 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / head ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +2 (+1 eff.)
Damage when hit (Melee): 4 blight / 12 acid
Changes stats: +7 Wil
Changes resistances: +6% blight
Changes resistances penetration: +5% acid
Physical save: +6 (+3 eff.)


A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly...
Olulathadur the cashmere wizard hat (2 def, 0 armour)
spiked cured leather armour of the deep (2 def, 5 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 14

Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
9.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / light ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +5
Defense: +2 (+1 eff.)
Fatigue: +7%
Damage when hit (Melee): 11 physical
Changes resistances: +5% acid / +5% cold
Allows you to breathe in: water


A suit of armour made of leather.
spiked cured leather armour of the deep (2 def, 5 armour)
opal
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / blue ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +2 Str / +2 Dex / +2 Mag / +2 Wil / +2 Cun / +2 Con
When used to imbue an object:
Changes stats: +2 Str / +2 Dex / +2 Mag / +2 Wil / +2 Cun / +2 Con
Latent Damage Type: Lightning


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

Type: gem / blue ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +4 (+2 eff.)
Physical save: +4 (+2 eff.)
Spell save: +4 (+2 eff.)
Mental save: +4 (+2 eff.)
When used to imbue an object:
Defense: +4 (+2 eff.)
Physical save: +4 (+2 eff.)
Spell save: +4 (+2 eff.)
Mental save: +4 (+2 eff.)
Latent Damage Type: Lightning


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
topaz
Tooth of the Mouth (dig speed 12 turns)
Powered by unknown forces
3.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: tool / digger ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour penetration: +5
Damage when hit (Melee): 15 blight
Changes damage: +4% blight
When carried:
Talent granted: +1 Dig


A huge tooth taken from the Mouth, in the Deep Bellow.
Tooth of the Mouth (dig speed 12 turns)
Rainripper
Infused by psionic forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Armour penetration: +1
Physical crit. chance: +1.0%
Changes resistances penetration: +5% nature
Mental save: +7 (+4 eff.)
Only die when reaching: -80.00 life
Light radius: +3
See stealth: +11
See invisible: +5


A normal brass lantern, enhanced by alchemy to make it brighter.
Rainripper
Summertide Phial
Infused by nature
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: lite / lite

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +30% light
Changes damage: +10% light
Light radius: +4
Healing mod.: +10%
It can be used to call light (92 power, based on Willpower), costing 10 power out of 15/15.

A small crystal phial that captured Sunlight during the Summertide.
Summertide Phial
Prox's Lucky Halfling Foot
Powered by arcane forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: tool / misc ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +5 (+2 eff.)
Changes stats: +5 Lck
Trap disarming bonus: +5
Detects traps.
Removes (25% chance) up to three stuns, pins, or dazes each turn


A large hairy foot, very recognizably a halfling's, is strung on a piece of thick twine. In its decomposed state it's hard to tell how long ago it parted with its owner, but from what look like teeth marks around the ankle you get the impression that it wasn't given willingly.
It has been kept somewhat intact with layers of salt and clay, but in spite of this it's clear that nature is beginning to take its toll on the dead flesh. Some say the foot of a halfling brings luck to its bearer - right now the only thing you can be sure of is that it stinks.
Prox's Lucky Halfling Foot
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 Annulment (1/1)
Powered by arcane forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: charm / rod ; tier 2

It can be used to put up to 3 of the target's runes, infusions or talents on cooldown for 3-5 turns (range 5), costing 30 power out of 30/30.

You can feel magic draining out around this rod. Even nature itself seems affected.
Rod of Annulment (1/1)
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, costing 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)
Transmogrification Chest
Powered by unknown forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: chest / sher'tul

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

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

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

[Unique]
Type: charm / torque ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +3 (+2 eff.)
Changes stats: +5 Wil
Changes resistances: +5% physical
Changes damage: +6% physical
Physical save: +12 (+6 eff.)
Mindpower: +3 (+2 eff.)
It can be used to activate talent Psionic Pull (costing 18 power out of 35/35) :
Effective talent level: 3.0
Power cost: 18 out of 35/35.
Range: melee/personal
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Description: Pull all foes toward you in radius 5 while dealing 50 physical damage.
The damage will increase with your mindpower.

This heavy torque appears to draw nearby matter towards it.
Telekinetic Core
natural ash totem of thorny skin [power 29] (20 cooldown)
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: charm / totem ; tier 2

It can be used to harden the skin for 7 turns increasing armour by 29 and armour hardiness by 40%, putting all charms on cooldown for 20 turns.
When used:
100% chance to regenerate 5 equilibrium.


Natural totems are made by powerful wilders to store nature power.
natural ash totem of thorny skin [power 29] (20 cooldown)
elm wand of trap destruction [power 18] (15 cooldown)
Powered by arcane forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: charm / wand ; tier 1

It can be used to disarm traps (18 disarm power, Magic) along a range 3 line, putting all charms on cooldown for 15 turns.

Magical wands are made by powerful Alchemists and Archmagi to store spells. Anybody can use them to release the spells.
elm wand of trap destruction [power 18] (15 cooldown)
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.
ametrine

Achievements

Curse Lifter Killed Ben Cruthdar the Cursed.
By Elana the Higher Archmage level 11
2nd Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 17:06 see stats
Level 10 Got a character to level 10.
By Elana the Higher Archmage level 10
3rd Flare 122nd year of Ascendancy at 21:03 see stats
Orbituary Stabilized the Abashed Expanse to maintain it in orbit.
By Elana the Higher Archmage level 2
75th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 07:56 see stats
Rescuer of the lost Rescued the merchant from the assassin lord.
By Elana the Higher Archmage level 13
46th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 00:29 see stats
The Arena Unlocked Arena mode.
By Elana the Higher Archmage level 11
8th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 03:06 see stats

Log


Elana casts Rune: Manasurge.
Elana starts to surge mana.

Something hits Dredge for 25 temporal, 25 physical (50 total damage).

Elana casts Lightning.
Elana hits Dredge for 111 lightning damage.
Shadow casts Shadow Flames.
Shadow hits Elana for 53 fire damage.
Talent Chain Lightning is ready to use.

Elana casts Flame.
Dredge is on fire!
Elana's Flame hits Dredge for 69 fire damage.

Burning from Elana hits Dredge for 23 fire damage.
Elana casts Phase Door.
Dredgling casts Dust to Dust.
Dredgling hits Shadow for 37 temporal, 37 physical (74 total damage).
Dredgling hits Elana for 37 temporal, 37 physical (74 total damage).
Dredgling hits Shadow for 37 temporal, 37 physical (74 total damage).
Talent Lightning is ready to use.
Dredge performs a melee critical strike against Elana!
Dredge hits Elana for 106 physical damage.

Burning from Elana hits Dredge for 23 fire damage.
Elana casts Teleport.
Rantha the Abomination casts Freeze.
Saving game...