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Dwarven Meat Shield the level 2 Dwarf Bulwark by John Hadley

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.3.1
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CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNightmare Roguelike
SexMale
RaceDwarf
ClassBulwark
Level / Exp2 / 57%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by orc soldier at level 2 on the 18th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 09:30
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Primary Stats

Strength25 (base 21)
Dexterity10 (base 12)
Constitution15 (base 12)
Magic8 (base 10)
Willpower13 (base 10)
Cunning10 (base 10)

Resources

Life-30/156
Stamina110/110
Healing Factor1
Regeneration12.25

Speed

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

Vision

Sight10
Lite2

Offense: Barehand

Damage10
Accuracy18
Crit Chance0%
APR0
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower8
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower13.1
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)9.46 (63.098591549296%)
Defense2
Ranged Defense2
Fatigue12
Physical Save14
Spell Save7.35
Mental Save8.05

Defense: Resistances

All 0%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Instadeath Resistance100%

Inscriptions (3/3)

Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 15
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: 13
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: 23
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to create a protective shield absorbing at most 50 damage for 4 turns.
Rune: Shielding

Class Talents

Technique / Combat techniques1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 24.6
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 45
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Rushes toward your target with incredible speed. If the target is reached, you get a free attack doing 120% weapon damage.
    If the attack hits, the target is dazed for 3 turns.
    You must rush from at least 2 tiles away.
    Rush
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You focus your strikes, reducing your attack speed by 10% and increasing your Accuracy by 4 and critical chance by 3%.
    The effects will increase with your Dexterity.
    Precise Strikes
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 11.2
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You have learned to focus your blows to hit your target, granting +14 accuracy and allowing you to attack creatures you cannot see without penalty for the next 0 turns.
    Perfect Strike
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 28
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 55
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Through rigorous training, you have learned to focus your actions for a short while, increasing your speed by 1% for 5 turns.
    Blinding Speed
0/5
Technique / Shield defense1.30
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Enter a protective battle stance, increasing Defense by 14 and Armour by 17 at the cost of -20% physical damage. The Defense and Armor increase is based on your Dexterity.
    It also grants 44% resistance to stunning and knockback.
    Shield Wall
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 33.6
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Let all your foes pile up on your shield, then put all your strength in one mighty thrust and repel them all away 0 grids.
    In addition, all creatures knocked back will also be dazed for 5 turns.
    The distance increases with your talent level, and the Daze duration with your Strength.
    Repulsion
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improves your damage and defense with shield-based skills, and increases your Spell (+0) and Physical (+0) Saves.
    Shield Expertise
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 50
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: You brace yourself for the final stand, increasing Defense by 5, maximum and current life by 13, but making you unable to move.
    Your stand lets you concentrate on every blow, allowing you to avoid death from normally fatal wounds. You can only die when reaching -13 life; however below 0 life you can not see how much you have left.
    The increase in Defense is based on your Dexterity, and the increase in life is based on your Constitution and normal maximum life.
    Last Stand
0/5
Technique / Shield offense1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hits the target with two shield strikes, doing 136% and 166% shield damage. If it hits a second time, it stuns the target for 2 turns.
    The stun chance increases with your Accuracy and your Strength.
    Shield Pummel
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improves your ability to perform counterstrikes after blocks in the following ways:
    Allows counterstrikes after incomplete blocks.
    Increases the duration of the counterstrike debuff on attackers by 0 turn.
    Increases the number of counterstrikes you can perform on a target while they're vulnerable by 0.
    Increases the crit chance of counterstrikes by 10%. This increase scales with your Dexterity.
    Riposte
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 16.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hit your target with your shield 3 times for 10% damage then quickly return to a blocking position. The bonus block will not check or trigger Block cooldown.
    Shield Slam
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 17.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hits the target with your shield, doing 100% damage. If it hits, you follow up with two automatic critical hits with your weapon, doing 100% base damage each.
    Assault
0/5
Technique / Combat veteran1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate stamina faster (+0.8 stamina/turn).
    Quick Recovery
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate life faster (+1.1 life/turn).
    Fast Metabolism
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Rigorous training allows you to be more resistant to some spell effects (+0 spell save).
    Spell Shield
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You revel in the death of your foes, regaining 0.0 stamina with each death you cause.
    Unending Frenzy
0/5

Generic Talents

Cunning / Survival1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You notice the small things others do not notice, allowing you to "see" creatures in a 1 radius even outside of light radius.
    This is not telepathy, however, and it is still limited to line of sight.
    Also, your attention to detail allows you to detect traps around you (0 detection 'power').
    At level 3, you learn to disarm known traps (0 disarm 'power').
    The trap detection and disarming ability improves with your Cunning.
    Heightened Senses
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your cunning manipulations allow you to use charms (wands, totems and torques) more efficiently, reducing their cooldowns by 0%.
    Charm Mastery
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You look at your surroundings with more intensity than most people, allowing you to see stealthed or invisible creatures.
    Increases stealth detection by 5 and invisibility detection by 5.
    The detection power increases with your Cunning.
    Piercing Sight
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Combat (100% of a turn)
    Description: Your quick wit allows you to see attacks before they land, granting you a 2% chance to completely evade them and granting you 0 defense for 6 turns.
    Duration increases with Willpower, and chance to evade and defense with Cunning and Dexterity.
    Evasion
0/5
Race / Dwarf1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 61
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Call upon the legendary resilience of the Dwarven race to increase your Armor (+9), Spell (+13) and Physical (+13) saves for 8 turns.
    The bonus will increase with your Constitution.
    Resilience of the Dwarves
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Dwarf skin is a complex structure, it can automatically react to physical blows to harden itself.
    When you are hit in melee, you have a 15% chance to increase your Armour total by 0 for 5 turns.
    Stoneskin
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Money is the heart of the Dwarven Empire; it rules over all other considerations.
    Increases Physical, Mental and Spell Saves based on the amount of gold you possess.
    +1 save every 96 gold, up to +0. (currently +0)
    Power is Money
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 59
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: While the origins of the dwarves remain clouded in mysteries to the other races, it is obvious they share strong ties to the stone.
    You can target any wall and immediately enter it and appear on the other side of the obstacle.
    Works up to 1 grids away (increases with Constitution and talent level).
    Stone Walking
0/5
Technique / Conditioning1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Cooldown: 15
    Description: You recover faster from poisons, diseases and wounds, reducing the duration of all such effects by 21%.
    Additionally, when your life falls below 50%, you heal for a base 15.7 health plus 1.0% of your maximum life (currently 17.3 total) each turn for 8 turns. This effect can only happen once every 15 turns.
    The base healing scales with your Constitution.
    Vitality
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You've learned to recover quickly from effects that would disable you. Each turn, you have a -12% chance to recover from a single stun effect.
    At talent level 2 you may also recover from blindness, at level 3 confusion, level 4 pins, and level 5 slows and wounds.
    Only one effect may be recovered from each turn, and the chance to recover from an effect scales with your Constitution.
    Unflinching Resolve
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Enemies are intimidated by how composed you remain under fire. When you take more then 5% of your maximum life in a single hit, all enemies in a radius of 0 will be intimidated, reducing their Physical Power, Mindpower, and Spellpower by 1 for 4 turns.
    If your health drops below 98, you'll be unable to maintain your daunting presence, and the sustain will deactivate.
    The power of the intimidation effect improves with your Physical power, and it's chance to affect your enemies improves with your Strength.
    Daunting Presence
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 24
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You release a surge of adrenaline that increases your Physical Power by 0 for 1 turns. While the effect is active, you may continue to fight beyond the point of exhaustion.
    Your stamina based sustains will not be disabled if your stamina reaches zero, and you may continue to use stamina based talents while at zero stamina at the cost of life.
    The Physical Power increase will scale with your Constitution.
    Using this talent does not take a turn.
    Adrenaline Surge
0/5
Technique / Combat training1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your skin becomes more resilient to damage. Increases resistance to all damage by 0.0%.
    Thick Skin
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You become better at using your armour to deflect blows and protect your vital areas. Increases Armour value by 5, Armour hardiness by 33%, and reduces chance to be critically hit by 11% with your current body armour.
    (This talent only provides bonuses for heavy mail or massive plate armour.)
    At level 1, it allows you to wear heavy mail armour, gauntlets, helms, and heavy boots.
    At level 2, it allows you to wear shields.
    At level 3, it allows you to wear massive plate armour.
    Armour Training
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 15.
    Combat Accuracy
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases Physical Power by 0, and increases weapon damage by 0% when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases Physical Power by 0, and increases weapon damage by 0% when using daggers.
    Dagger Mastery
0/5

Effects

detrimental effect
The more you use infusions, the longer they will take to recharge (+3 cooldowns).
Infusion Saturation
beneficial effect
A flow of life spins around the target, regenerating 12.00 life per turn.
Regeneration

Quests

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

Equipment

Main armor
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 14
- Talent Armour Training

14.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Defense: +2 (+2 eff.)
Fatigue: +12%


A suit of armour made of mail.
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
Light source
brass lantern
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Light radius: +2


A brass container with a wick emerging from it, protected from draughts by a sheet of greased paper. It can be carried by a handle.
brass lantern

Inventory

healing infusion (heal 50)
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: 15
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to instantly heal yourself for 50 and cleanse 1 wound and poison effect.
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.
healing infusion (heal 50)
iron longsword (12-16.8 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1

Base power: 12.0 - 16.8
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit.pwr / acc
Armour Penetration: +2
Physical crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%


Sharp, long, and deadly.
iron longsword (12-16.8 power, 2 apr)
quiver of elm arrows of paradox (18/18, 13-18.2 power, 5 apr)
Requires:
- Dexterity 11

Powered by arcane forces
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: ammo / arrow ; tier 1

Base power: 13.0 - 18.2
Uses stats: 70% Dex, 50% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit / acc
Armour Penetration: +5
Physical crit. chance: +1.0%
Capacity: 18
On weapon hit:
* 6% chance to gain 10% of a turn
Damage (Ranged): +5 temporal


Arrows are used with bows to pierce your foes to death.
quiver of elm arrows of paradox (18/18, 13-18.2 power, 5 apr)
Scrying Orb
Powered by unknown forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: orb / orb

When carried:


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

[Plot Item]
Type: chest / sher'tul

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

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

When you possess the chest all items you walk upon will automatically be put inside and transmogrified when you leave the level.
Simply go to your inventory to move them out of the chest if you wish to keep them.
Items in the chest will not encumber you.
Transmogrification Chest
2 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.
2 ametrine

Achievements

Log


Dwarven Meat Shield stops regenerating health quickly.
Poison from Green mold hits Dwarven Meat Shield for 5 nature damage.
Something hits Dwarven Meat Shield for 9 physical damage.

Poison from Green mold hits Dwarven Meat Shield for 5 nature damage.

Dwarven Meat Shield feels pain again.
Poison from Green mold hits Dwarven Meat Shield for 5 nature damage.

Dwarven Meat Shield stops being poisoned.

Dwarven Meat Shield recovers sight.
Dwarven Meat Shield is no longer illuminated.
Talent Infusion: Regeneration is ready to use.

Orc warrior recovers sight.
Orc warrior is no longer illuminated.
Orc soldier is no longer illuminated.
Orc soldier recovers sight.

Dwarven Meat Shield uses Infusion: Regeneration.
Dwarven Meat Shield starts regenerating health quickly.
Orc soldier misses Dwarven Meat Shield.

Dwarven Meat Shield misses Giant spider.
Giant spider hits Dwarven Meat Shield for 25 nature damage.
Saving done.
Saving done.
Saving game...