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Kelsier the level 3 Cornac Shadowblade by shahrdar

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.4.3
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CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeMadness Roguelike
SexMale
RaceCornac
ClassShadowblade
Level / Exp3 / 45%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by degenerated skeleton warrior at level 3 on the 75th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 12:29
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Primary Stats

Strength12 (base 10)
Dexterity13 (base 13)
Constitution10 (base 10)
Magic13 (base 13)
Willpower10 (base 10)
Cunning13 (base 13)

Resources

Life-6/123
Mana104/112
Stamina86/86
Healing Factor1
Regeneration0.25

Speed

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

Vision

Sight10
Lite2

Offense: Mainhand

Damage15
Accuracy19
Crit Chance9%
APR5
Speed1.00

Offense: Offhand

Damage8
Accuracy19
Crit Chance9%
APR5
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower13
Crit Chance2%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower12.2
Crit Chance2%
Speed1

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)3 (30%)
Defense2.05
Ranged Defense2.05
Fatigue6
Physical Save7.7
Spell Save8.05
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: 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: 25
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% for 10 turns and instantly restoring 31 mana.
Also when resting your mana will regenerate at 0.5 per turn.
Rune: Manasurge

Class Talents

Cunning / Shadow magic1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 5
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Channel raw magical energy into your melee attacks; each blow you land will do an additional 6.35 darkness damage and cost 2.00 mana.
    The damage will improve with your Spellpower.
    Shadow Combat
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your preparations give you greater magical capabilities. You gain a bonus to Spellpower equal to 11% of your Cunning.
    Shadow Cunning
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 40
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 5
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You draw energy from the depths of the shadows.
    While sustained, you regenerate 0.00 mana per turn, and your physical and spell attack speed increases by 0.0%.
    Shadow Feed
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 31.8
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Step through the shadows to your target, dazing it for 2 turns and hitting it with all your weapons for 120% darkness weapon damage.
    Dazed targets are significantly impaired, but any damage will free them.
    To Shadowstep, you need to be able to see the target.
    Shadowstep
0/5
Technique / Combat techniques1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 23.3
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 45
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Rush toward a target spot with incredible speed.
    If the spot is reached and occupied, you will perform a free melee attack against the target there.
    This attack does 120% weapon damage and can daze the target for 3 turns if it hits.
    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: 10.6
    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: 26.5
    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 / Dual techniques1.20
  • Effective talent level: 1.2
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 15.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Attack with your offhand weapon for 109% damage. If the attack hits, the target is stunned for 3 turns, and you hit it with your mainhand weapon doing 109% damage.
    The stun chance increases with your Accuracy.
    Dual Strike
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 15.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Lashes out with a flurry of blows, hitting your target three times with each weapon for 40% damage.
    Flurry
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 31.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Attack your foes in a frontal arc, doing 100% weapon damage and making your targets bleed for 7 each turn for 0 turns.
    The bleed damage increases with your main hand weapon damage and Dexterity.
    Sweep
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 31.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Spin around, damaging all targets around you with both weapons for 120% weapon damage.
    Whirlwind
0/5
Technique / Dual weapons1.20
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the damage of your off-hand weapon to 48%.
    Dual Weapon Training
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You have learned to block incoming blows with your weapons. When dual wielding, your defense is increased by 4.
    The Defense bonus scales with your Dexterity.At talent levels higher than 5, you may parry melee attacks with your offhand weapon (except mindstars).
    (You currently have a 0% chance to deflect up to 0 damage (0% of your offhand weapon damage) from approximately 0.1 melee attacks (based on your Cunning) each turn.)
    Dual Weapon Defense
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You have learned to hit the right spot, increasing your armor penetration by 4 when dual wielding.
    The Armour penetration bonus will increase with your Dexterity.
    Precision
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 50
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: When dual wielding, increases attack speed by 0%, but drains stamina quickly (-6 stamina/turn).
    Momentum
0/5
Cunning / Dirty fighting1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 10.6
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You hit your target doing 20% damage, trying to stun it instead of damaging it. If your attack hits, the target is stunned for 0 turns.
    Stun chance increase with your Accuracy.
    If you fail to stun the target (or if it shrugs off the effect), you quickly recover; the use of the skill does not take a turn.
    Dirty Fighting
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your quick wit gives you a big advantage against stunned targets; all your hits will have a 0% greater chance of being critical.
    Also, your melee critical strikes have -1% chance to stun the target for 3 turns.
    Backstab
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 15.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Using a series of tricks and maneuvers, you switch places with your target.
    Switching places will confuse your foes, granting you Evasion (50%) for 0 turns.
    While switching places, your weapon(s) will connect with the target; this will not do weapon damage, but on hit effects of the weapons can trigger.
    Switch Place
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 21.2
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You hit your target, doing 100% damage. If your attack connects, the target is crippled for 0 turns, losing 21% melee, spellcasting and mind speed.
    The chance to land the status improves with Accuracy, and the status power improves with Cunning.
    Cripple
0/5
Spell / Phantasm1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 5.6
    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 2 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 6.22 light damage.
    Illuminate
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    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 0 bonus to Defense.
    The bonus will increase with your Spellpower.
    Blur Sight
0/5
  • 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 3 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 1 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
Cunning / Lethality1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You have learned to find and hit weak spots. All your strikes have a 2.78% greater chance to be critical hits, and your critical hits do 9.1% more damage.
    Also, when using knives, you now use your Cunning instead of your Strength for bonus damage.
    Lethality
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 15.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You hit your target, doing 80% damage. If your attack hits, you gain 1 armour penetration for 0 turns.
    The APR will increase with your Cunning.
    Deadly Strikes
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26.5
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 60
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: For 3 turns, you put all your will into your blows, adding 10 physical power to each strike.
    The effect will improve with your Cunning and Willpower stats.
    Willful Combat
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 53
    Range: melee/personal
    Fixed Cooldown: 50
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Combat (100% of a turn)
    Description: Your quick wits allow you to reset the cooldown of up to 2 of your combat talents (cunning or technique) of tier 0 or less.
    Snap
0/5

Generic Talents

Cunning / Survival1.10
  • 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 5% 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
Spell / Conveyance1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 11.2
    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 6 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 6).
    If the target area is not in line of sight, there is a chance the spell will partially fail and teleport the target randomly.
    The range will increase with your Spellpower.
    Phase Door
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 22.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Teleports you randomly within a large range (113).
    At level 4, it allows you to specify which creature to teleport.
    At level 5, it allows you to choose the target area (radius 21).
    Random teleports have a minimum range of 15.
    The range will increase with your Spellpower.
    Teleport
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Mana cost: 44.8
    Range: 8
    Cooldown: 35
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: This intricate spell erects a space distortion around the caster that is linked to another distortion, placed around a target.
    Any time the caster should take damage, there is a 40% chance that it will instead be warped by the shield and hit the designated target.
    Once the maximum damage (62) is absorbed, the time runs out (10 turns), or the target dies, the shield will crumble.
    The max damage the shield can absorb will increase with your Spellpower.
    Displacement Shield
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain mana cost: 200
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 40
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: When you hit a solid surface, this spell tears down the laws of probability to make you instantly appear on the other side.
    Teleports up to 4 grids.
    After a successful probability travel you are left unstable, unable to do it again for a number of turns equal to 450% of the number of tiles you blinked through.
    The range will improve with your Spellpower.
    Probability Travel
0/5
Technique / Combat training1.20
  • 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: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You become better at using your armour to deflect blows and protect your vital areas. Increases Armour value by 0, Armour hardiness by 0%, and reduces chance to be critically hit by 0% 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
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.2
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 13.
    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: 1.2
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases Physical Power by 12, and increases weapon damage by 24% when using daggers.
    Dagger Mastery
1/5

Effects

talent
Shadow Combat

Quests

Explore the caves below the ruins of Kor'Pul and the Trollmire in search of treasure and glory!

* You must explore the Trollmire and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* 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

Equipment

Main armor
rough leather armour (1 def, 2 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 10

9.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / light ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Defense: +1 (+1 eff.)
Fatigue: +6%


A suit of armour made of leather.
rough leather armour (1 def, 2 armour)
On hands
rough leather gloves of strength (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
Crafted by a master
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +6 (+3 eff.)
Armour: +1
Changes stats: +2 Str


Light gloves which do not seriously hinder finger movements, while still protecting the hands somewhat.
rough leather gloves of strength (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
In off hand
iron dagger (10-13 power, 5 apr)
Requires:
- Dexterity 11

1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / dagger ; tier 1

Base power: 10.0 - 13.0
Uses stats: 45% Cun, 45% Dex
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Dagger Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.5% APR / acc
Armour Penetration: +5
Physical crit. chance: +4.0%
Attack speed: 100%


Sharp, short and deadly.
iron dagger (10-13 power, 5 apr)
In main hand
iron dagger (10.5-13.65 power, 5 apr)
Requires:
- Dexterity 11

1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / dagger ; tier 1

Base power: 10.5 - 13.7
Uses stats: 45% Cun, 45% Dex
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Dagger Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.5% APR / acc
Armour Penetration: +5
Physical crit. chance: +4.0%
Attack speed: 100%


Sharp, short and deadly.
iron dagger (10.5-13.65 power, 5 apr)
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: 12
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)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
miner's iron pickaxe (dig speed 30 turns)
Crafted by a master
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: tool / digger ; tier 1

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


Allows you to dig a wall, remove a tree, create ways.
miner's iron pickaxe (dig speed 30 turns)
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

Achievements

Log


Giant grey mouse hits Kelsier for 5 physical damage.
Giant grey mouse misses Kelsier.

Kelsier misses Giant grey mouse.
Kelsier hits Giant grey mouse for 20 physical damage.
Kelsier killed Giant grey mouse!

Resting starts...
Rested for 11 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).

Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the southwest (degenerated skeleton warrior)).

Resting starts...
Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).
Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the southwest (degenerated skeleton warrior)).

Kelsier hits Degenerated skeleton warrior for 20 physical, 6 darkness, 9 physical, 6 darkness (42 total damage).

Degenerated skeleton warrior hits Kelsier for 23 physical, 9 lightning (32 total damage).
Kelsier hits Degenerated skeleton warrior for 16 physical, 6 darkness, 9 physical, 6 darkness (38 total damage).
Degenerated skeleton warrior misses Kelsier.

Giant grey rat hits Kelsier for 7 physical damage.

Degenerated skeleton warrior hits Kelsier for 33 physical, 9 lightning (42 total damage).
Giant grey rat hits Kelsier for 7 physical damage.
Degenerated skeleton warrior misses Kelsier.

Saving game...