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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.4.6
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Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.4.0

Official Expansion!

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

Features:

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

Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.4.0

Escorts Enhanced 1.3.1

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

Escorts Enhanced 1.3.1

Stone Wardens Bonus Class 1.2.3

Donators/Buyers bonus!
Stone Wardens Bonus Class 1.2.3

Items Vault 1.3.0

Donators/Buyers bonus!
Items Vault 1.3.0

Die in Obscurity 1.3.0

Adds an option to the Online tab that can disable the broadcasting of death messages. Additionally, can suppress death messages for characters under a specific level.

Die in Obscurity 1.3.0

Talent Point Planner 1.3.0

The Talent Point Planner allows you to plan how to spend your character's future talent points (hence the name).  Bound to the <alt-shift-g> key by default [which can be changed in the usual manner], the planner makes a temporary copy of your character, levels it up to level 50, and opens the level-up dialog for you to set up your point plan.  When you're finished, the plan will be saved and displayed as annotations in the regular level-up dialog.

    Also provides various small improvements and bugfixes for the levelup dialog:

    • New game option "[ZOmnibus] | Sort unlearnt talent trees by name", with settings "None", "Unlearnt" or "All".
    • New game option "[ZOmnibus] | Verbose talent requirements", which adds a warning message to talent descriptions in the levelup dialog if you cannot use a talent due to not wielding appropriate equipment or similar requirements.
    • In the planner levelup dialog, press <Ctrl-U> to dump the current point plan to a file.
    • Improves "advanced display" mode for talents with maximum level greater than 5.
    • Updates stat display when increasing or decreasing level of talents that passively improve stats.

    Also available as part of the ZOmnibus Addon Pack and ZOmnibus Lite.

      Frequently Asked Questions:

      Talent Point Planner 1.3.0

      Improved Auto-explore and Rest 1.4.5

      Quality of Life improvements for resting and auto-exploring.

      v3.5.0 *** FOR ToME v1.6.5 ***
      This is a fork (with permission) of Marson's auto-explore and rest tweaks. It includes as well C.Lowe/CaptainTrip's improvements as well. It does not include, but recommends also using Johnny0's Faster RRE add-on for even better rest and auto-explore experience. This add-on contains numerous Quality of Life improvements designed to make resting and auto-exploring easier to use, brings the add-on overall up to being compatible with 1.6.x, and generally seeks to remove it being more optimal to do timed rests or manual recovery (particularly to help higher difficulty level and players without Faster RRE). Cleaned up feature list in this take, to make it easier to see what it does.

      It is recommended to turn off Marson's Rest and Auto-Explore as well as C.Lowe's Rest Tweaks if using. This addon is meant to include all of them.

      Latest Update Notes:
      • Changed steam sustain behavior to match current gameplay. Before sustains tended to shut off when available resource was 0, now they don't seem to do so. This will now only turn off sustains that drain steam if steam is going below 0, so as to get to a steady finish state.
      • Fix minor bug where stealth enabling was always on if you had it.
      • Added new option to ignore quest members when resting or exploring. It defaults to off but for those folks that know they want to ignore those quest allies and rest a bit.

      Existing Features:
      • removed First Sighting and Reset on Rest. Someone can patch them in if they'd like it back, but I'm not really keeping them alive.
      • Fixed actor bugs causing Elemental Surge to never reset. Thanks Reca♥den.
      • Fixed bug with Paradox Spacetime Tuning from 1.5.5. This may rebreak posessors with paradox, hard to kinda test.
      • Mostly verified working on 1.6.0
      • Compatibility with restart sustains. Thanks zizzo.
      • When resting, it will check for infusions and runes that could be used to accelerate HP, Mana, or Equilibrium (via Ancestral Life or Meditation) recovery. If the acceleration appears significant, it will use them, rotating from first available infusion or rune outward. In experiment, I found this often reduced rest turn time by 50-80 percent, improving the more drained the resource was. Particularly helpful for Mana, as it avoids trade-off advantages of short term resting (for increased mana regen) + rune use by just handling that more optimal play for you automatically without breaking rest.
      • Support for steam implants, with usual checkboxes. This may not always be faster based on steam sustains that may disable after the initial round of rest and steam implants having very long cooldowns (30+ turns) and steam's resource max being pretty small. It tries to be conservative on that, so will most likely help for cases where your functional steam regen rate is < 2.00 and never activate for things much above it. I found I was often getting 5-20 steam per turn, which makes the implant support useless.
      • Supports for medical healing salve injectors. Cooldown measurements are a bit odd here, since they can range from 5-20 depending on injector. Went with 10 as a happy medium for how many turns of natural regen is considered to be equal to the cooldown cost of using it.
      • Adding support to auto-stealth if available and not stealthed.
      • Option for ignoring small damage when moving and resting, basically if it is <5%, it will ignore it by default, prevent small DoTs from preventing rest.
      • Options added to control whether or not to use inscriptions to accelerate recovery of things.
      • Fixes a ToME bug that can cause autoexplore or running to move only a single square and hang if used immediately after killing an enemy.
      • Lore discovery will only stop autoexplore if it triggers a popup.
      • Autoexplore will ignore Exploratory/Infinite Farportal return portals until the entire level has been explored.
      • Ignores special terrain features such as Font of Healing after they are first discovered.
      • Ignores open chests and alt Maze floor cracks.
      • Rest and AE ask for confirmation if you have an escort in your party.
      • Ignore already activated pedestals.
      • Checks for and waits on any rechargeable items.
      • Checks for and reloads any ammo in offhand quiver.
      • Waits for cooldowns of talents set to auto-use.
      • Waits for depleted air to replenish.
      • Combines all checks into a single instance of rest, rather than having cooldowns etc. require a second resting phase.

      Determines how auto-explore and running respond to telepathy, including mouse moves. Regardless of the setting, hostiles seen via telepathy will not halt resting or the Rod of Recall, nor trigger automated talents. Unique or powerful monsters (rank > 3) will always trigger a halt to running when they are spotted via telepathy for any mode except 'Original'.

      Available modes:
      • 'Always Viligant' always stops running when a hostile creature is seen via telepathy.
      • 'Original' is standard ToME auto-explore behavior, which ignores telepathy when running or auto-exploring.

      • Compatible with ToME v1.6.0

      Notes:
      Folks who have helped with bugfixes over the years:
      Reca♥den
      St_ranger_er
      zizzo

      • Telepathy will not prevent auto-exploring the way normal sight will. If a halt is triggered by telepathy, hitting auto-explore again will move you at least one more square in the direction of the auto-explore path. If in 'Always Viligant' mode and a hostile is within telepathic sight (but not normal sight), you will auto-explore in 1 square per keypress increments.

      Improved Auto-explore and Rest 1.4.5

      Myth's Tactical Borders 1.3.1

      This addon replaces the default tactical borders with a verson that more clearly shows the healthbars while making target identification quick and easy.

      +++ This addon only works for new characters, unless you edit your save file+++

      Instructions for save file editing:

      Locate your save folder - (Generally in C:\users\*username*)

      ( The name of you save folder inside your *username* directory is T-Engine )

      BACKUP YOUR T-Engine folder TO A SAFE LOCATION - ( You can copy and paste it on your desktop )

      Inside your *username* directory, open your T-Engine folder
      Open the 4.0 Folder
      Open the Save Folder
      Look for the folder with your character's name you wish to edit and open it.
      Look for and open your desc.lua file ( You can use notepad, but it may be easier to download and install something like Notepad++ )

      Locate the line that looks like the following:
      addons = {'ashes-urhrok', 'items-vault', 'steamui', 'stone-wardens'}

      Add inside the { } the following 'myth-minimalist-ui' so that it now looks like:
      addons = {'ashes-urhrok', 'items-vault', 'steamui', 'myth-tactical-borders', 'stone-wardens'}

      ( Keep in mind the above will look different based on what addons you have installed )

      Save your desc.lua and exit the file.

      Myth's Tactical Borders 1.3.1
      CampaignArena
      ModeNightmare Roguelike
      SexMale
      RaceHalfling
      ClassBulwark
      Level / Exp27 / 69%
      Sizesmall
      Lifes / Deaths
      Killed by skeleton mage at level 27 on the 78th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 08:50
      / 1

      Primary Stats

      Strength57 (base 58)
      Dexterity42 (base 34)
      Constitution29 (base 23)
      Magic13 (base 10)
      Willpower10 (base 10)
      Cunning23 (base 15)

      Resources

      Life-178/810
      Stamina4/198
      Healing Factor1.11
      Regeneration7.7339771438987

      Speed

      Mental0%
      Attack0%
      Movement0%
      Spell0%
      Global+146.32028230852%

      Vision

      Sight10
      Lite2
      Infravision7

      Offense: Mainhand

      Damage107
      Accuracy52
      Crit Chance8%
      APR13
      Speed1.00

      Offense: Offhand

      Damage
      Accuracy
      Crit Chance
      APR
      Speed

      Offense: Spell

      Spellpower26
      Crit Chance6%
      Speed1

      Offense: Mind

      Mindpower25
      Crit Chance6%
      Speed1

      Defense: Base

      Armour (hardiness)35.56 (88.454810495627%)
      Defense27
      Ranged Defense32
      Fatigue38
      Physical Save32
      Spell Save27
      Mental Save27

      Defense: Resistances

      All+ 18%( 70%)

      Defense: Immunities

      Confusion Resistance26%
      Stun Resistance0%
      Instadeath Resistance100%
      Blind Resistance100%

      Inscriptions (3/3)

      Infusions
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 14
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
      Is: a 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: 16
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
      Is: a nature gift
      Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 225 life over 5 turns.
      Infusion: Regeneration
      Runes
      Effective talent level: 1.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 16
      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 139 damage for 6 turns.
      Rune: Shielding

      Class Talents

      Technique / Combat techniques1.30
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 30.4
        Range: 6
        Cooldown: 34
        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
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        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 15 and critical chance by 7%.
        The effects will increase with your Dexterity.
        Precise Strikes
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 13.8
        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 +46 accuracy and allowing you to attack creatures you cannot see without penalty for the next 2 turns.
        Perfect Strike
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 5.2
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 34.5
        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 46% for 5 turns.
        Blinding Speed
      		4/5
      Technique / Battle tactics1.30
      • Effective talent level: 3.9
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 34.5
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Concentrate on your blows; each strike has a 39% chance to deal another, similar, blow for 9 turns.
        This works for all blows, even ones from other talents and from shield bashes.
        The chance increases with your Dexterity.
        Greater Weapon Focus
      		3/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: After killing a foe, you have a 20% chance to gain a 1000% movement speed bonus for 1 game turn.
        The bonus disappears as soon as any action other than moving is done.
        Note: since you will be moving very fast, game turns will pass very slowly.
        Step Up
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 33.1
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 12
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Lashes at the target, doing 136% weapon damage.
        If the attack hits, the target will bleed for 261% weapon damage over 7 turns, and all healing will be reduced by 21%.
        Bleeding Edge
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain stamina cost: 70
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Take a defensive stance to resist the onslaught of your foes.
        While wounded, you gain all damage resistance equal to 27% of your missing health.
        (So if you have lost 70% of your life, you gain 19% all resistance.)
        In addition, your all damage resistance cap increases 19.2% closer to 100%.
        This consumes stamina rapidly (-13 stamina/turn).
        The effects are refreshed at the start of each turn.
        True Grit
      		1/5
      Technique / Shield defense1.30
      • Effective talent level: 5.2
        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 22 and Armour by 23 at the cost of -20% physical damage. The Defense and Armor increase is based on your Dexterity.
        It also grants 51% resistance to stunning and knockback.
        Shield Wall
      		4/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 41.4
        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 8 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 16, 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 -16 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 / 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: 1.3
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate life faster (+3.4 life/turn).
        Fast Metabolism
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Rigorous training allows you to be more resistant to some spell effects (+12 spell save).
        Spell Shield
      		1/5
      • 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
      Technique / Shield offense1.30
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 11
        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: 5.2
        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 2 turns.
        Increases the number of counterstrikes you can perform on a target while they're vulnerable by 2.
        Increases the crit chance of counterstrikes by 25%. This increase scales with your Dexterity.
        Riposte
      		4/5
      • Effective talent level: 6.5
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 20.7
        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 90% damage then quickly return to a blocking position. The bonus block will not check or trigger Block cooldown.
        Shield Slam
      		5/5
      • Effective talent level: 6.5
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 22.1
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 6
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
        Description: Hits the target with your shield, doing 157% damage. If it hits, you follow up with two automatic critical hits with your weapon, doing 157% base damage each.
        Assault
      		5/5

      Generic Talents

      Race / Halfling1.00
      • Effective talent level: 2.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 37
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: Call upon the luck and cunning of the Little Folk to increase your physical, mental, and spell critical strike chance by 23% and your saves by 23 for 5 turns.
        The bonus will increase with your Cunning.
        Luck of the Little Folk
      		2/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Your incredible luck kicks in at just the right moment to save your skin.
        Whenever you take 14% or more of your life from a single attack, you gain Evasion (50%) and 8 additional defense (based on your luck and other defensive stats) for the next 2 turns.
        Duck and Dodge
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 5.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Halflings have always been a very organised and methodical race; the more foes they face, the more organised they are.
        If two or more foes are in sight your Physical Power, Physical Save, Spellpower, Spell Save, Mental Save, and Mindpower are increased by 7.5 per foe (up to 5 foes).
        Militant Mind
      		5/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 45
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: Halflings have one of the most powerful military forces in the known world and they have been at war with most other races for thousand of years.
        Removes 2 stun, daze, or pin effects, and makes you immune to stuns, dazes and pins for 2 turns.
        Indomitable
      		1/5
      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 (120% of a turn)
        Description: Your quick wit allows you to see attacks before they land, granting you a 17% 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
      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 17.0 health plus 1.0% of your maximum life (currently 25.2 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: 2.6
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You've learned to recover quickly from effects that would disable you. Each turn, you have a 28% 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
      		2/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        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 1 will be intimidated, reducing their Physical Power, Mindpower, and Spellpower by 15 for 4 turns.
        If your health drops below 339, 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
      		1/5
      • 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 1 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: 1.3
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Your skin becomes more resilient to damage. Increases resistance to all damage by 4.0%.
        Thick Skin
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 5.2
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You become better at using your armour to deflect blows and protect your vital areas. Increases Armour value by 15, Armour hardiness by 58%, and reduces chance to be critically hit by 22% 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
      		4/5
      • Effective talent level: 5.2
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 51.
        Combat Accuracy
      		4/5
      • Effective talent level: 6.5
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Increases Physical Power by 65, and increases weapon damage by 57% when using swords, axes or maces.
        Weapons Mastery
      		5/5
      • 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 target is on fire, taking 32.19 fire damage per turn.
      Burning
      beneficial effect
      Increases physical power, physical save, spellpower, spell save, mindpower, and mental save by 15.
      Militant Mind
      detrimental effect
      The more you use infusions, the longer they will take to recharge (+2 cooldowns).
      Infusion Saturation
      beneficial effect
      Increases global action speed by 46%.
      Speed
      detrimental effect
      The more you use runes, the longer they will take to recharge (+1 cooldowns).
      Runic Saturation
      beneficial effect
      The target ignores pain, reducing all damage taken by 14%.
      Pain Suppression
      beneficial effect
      The target has 50% chance to evade melee attacks and gains 8 defense.
      Evasion

      Quests

      Seeking wealth, glory, and a great fight, you challenge the Arena!
      Can you defeat your foes and become Master of Arena?
      The Arena      		active

      Equipment

      On feet
      pair of dwarven-steel boots of tirelessness (0 def, 4 armour)
      Requires:
      - Talent Armour Training

      Crafted by       a master
      3.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / feet ; tier 3

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +4
      Fatigue:       +3%
      Stamina each turn:       +0.50
      Maximum stamina:       +20.00


      Heavy boots, with metal strips at the toes, heels and other vulnerable parts, to better protect the wearer's feet from harm.
      pair of dwarven-steel boots of tirelessness (0 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
      On head
      miner's rough leather cap of strength (+2) (0 def, 2 armour)
      Crafted by       a master
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / head ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +2
      Fatigue:       +1%
      Changes stats:       +2 Str
      Infravision radius:       +1


      A cap made of leather.
      miner's rough leather cap of strength (+2) (0 def, 2 armour)
      On hands
      dwarven-steel gauntlets of archery (0 def, 2 armour)
      Requires:
      - Talent Armour Training

      Crafted by       a master
      1.50 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / hands ; tier 3

      When wielded/worn:
      Accuracy:       +7 (+2 eff.)
      Armour penetration:       +8
      Armour:       +2
      Changes stats:       +5 Cun / +5 Dex
      It can be used to activate talent Steady Shot, placing all other charms into a 20 cooldown :
      Effective talent level: 3.3
      Power cost: 20 out of 20/20.
      Range: melee/personal
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Description: A steady shot, doing 199% damage.

      Metal gloves protecting the hands up to the middle of the lower arm.
      dwarven-steel gauntlets of archery (0 def, 2 armour)
      Tool
      warded yew wand of conjuration [power 241] (10 cooldown)
      Powered by       arcane forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: charm / wand ; tier 3

      When wielded/worn:
      Maximum wards:       +2 lightning / +3 temporal / +3 blight / +3 fire / +3 cold
      Talent granted:       +1 Ward
      It can be used to fire a bolt of a random element with (base) damage 120 to 241, putting all charms on cooldown for 10 turns.

      Magical wands are made by powerful Alchemists and Archmagi to store spells. Anybody can use them to release the spells.
      warded yew wand of conjuration [power 241] (10 cooldown)
      On fingers
      stralite ring of life
      Infused by       nature
      0.10 Encumbrance.

      Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 4

      When wielded/worn:
      Life regen:       +1.20
      Maximum life:       +82.00
      Healing mod.:       +11%


      Rings can have magical properties.
      stralite ring of life
      On fingers
      gold ring of clarity
      Infused by       psionic forces
      0.10 Encumbrance.

      Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 3

      When wielded/worn:
      Mental save:       +8 (+4 eff.)
      Confusion immunity:       +26%


      Rings can have magical properties.
      gold ring of clarity
      Around neck
      The Black Core
      Powered by       arcane forces
      0.10 Encumbrance.

      [Unique]
      Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 2

      When wielded/worn:
      Changes resistances:       +15% darkness
      Talent mastery:       +0.20 Corruption / Black-magic
      Blindness immunity:       +100%
      Only die when reaching:       -100.00 life
      Spellpower:       +5 (+3 eff.)
      Infravision radius:       +6
      Shadow Power:       +5
      Grants spellpower equal to your Shadow Power.


      "Lock your soul away, and death will never reach you."
      The Black Core
      In main hand
      acidic stralite mace of massacre (45.5-63.7 power, 5 apr)
      Requires:
      - Strength 35

      Powered by       arcane forces
      Crafted by       a master
      3.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / mace ; tier 4

      Base power: 45.5 - 63.7
      Uses stat: 100% Str
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Weapons Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +0.1% dam / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +5
      Physical crit. chance:       +2.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      On weapon crit:
      * splashes the target with acid
      Damage (Melee):       +9 acid


      Blunt and deadly.
      acidic stralite mace of massacre (45.5-63.7 power, 5 apr)
      Around waist
      insulating rough leather belt
      Crafted by       a master
      1.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / belt ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Changes resistances:       +5% fire / +6% cold


      A belt that goes around your waist.
      insulating rough leather belt
      In off hand
      reinforced stralite shield of radiance (10 def, 6 armour, 46-55.2 power, 201 block)
      Requires:
      - Strength 35
      - Talent Armour Training (level 2)

      Powered by       arcane forces
      Crafted by       a master
      7.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / shield ; tier 4

      When used to attack (with talents):
      Base power: 46.0 - 55.2
      Uses stat: 100% Str
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Stoneshield
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% procs dam / acc
      Physical crit. chance:       +4.5%
      Block value:       +201
      Damage (Melee):       +14 light
      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +6
      Defense:       +10 (+5 eff.)
      Ranged Defense:       +10 (+5 eff.)
      Fatigue:       +14%
      Effects when hit in melee:
      *       14% chance to blind
      Changes stats:       +3 Mag / +5 Con
      Changes resistances:       +10% light
      Talent granted:       +4 Block


      Handheld deflection devices.
      reinforced stralite shield of radiance (10 def, 6 armour, 46-55.2 power, 201 block)
      Cloak
      cashmere cloak (2 def, 0 armour)
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / cloak ; tier 3

      When wielded/worn:
      Defense:       +2 (+1 eff.)


      A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
      cashmere cloak (2 def, 0 armour)
      Main armor
      rejuvenating iron plate armour (3 def, 7 armour)
      Requires:
      - Strength 22
      - Talent Armour Training (level 3)

      Infused by       nature
      17.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / massive ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +7
      Defense:       +3 (+2 eff.)
      Fatigue:       +20%
      Life regen:       +2.10
      Stamina each turn:       +0.50


      A suit of armour made of metal plates.
      rejuvenating iron plate armour (3 def, 7 armour)

      Inventory

      heroism infusion (+7 for 12 turns, die at -270)
      Infused by       nature
      0.10 Encumbrance.

      Type: scroll / infusion ; tier 3

      When inscribed on your body:
      Effective talent level: 0.0
      Use mode: Activated
      Range: melee/personal
      Cooldown: 32
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
      Is: a nature gift
      Description: Activate the infusion to increase three of your primary stats by 7 for 12 turns.
      While Heroism is active, you will only die when reaching -270 life. However, when below 0 you cannot see how much life you have left.
      It will always increase your three highest stats.
      If your life is below 0 when this effect wears off it will be set to 1.
      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.
      heroism infusion (+7 for 12 turns, die at -270)
      mule's gold ring of corrosion (+20%)
      Infused by       nature
      Crafted by       a master
      0.10 Encumbrance.

      Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 3

      When wielded/worn:
      Fatigue:       -6%
      Changes resistances:       +20% acid
      Changes damage:       +10% acid
      Maximum encumbrance:       +20


      Rings can have magical properties.
      mule's gold ring of corrosion (+20%)
      steel ring of lightning (+22%)
      Infused by       nature
      0.10 Encumbrance.

      Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 2

      When wielded/worn:
      Changes resistances:       +22% lightning
      Changes damage:       +11% lightning


      Rings can have magical properties.
      steel ring of lightning (+22%)
      stralite battleaxe of shearing (42.5-63.75 power, 3 apr)
      Requires:
      - Strength 35

      Crafted by       a master
      3.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / battleaxe ; tier 4
      It must be held with both hands.

      Base power: 42.5 - 63.8
      Uses stat: 120% Str
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Weapons Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +0.2% crit / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +3
      Physical crit. chance:       +7.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Armour penetration:       +7
      Changes resistances penetration:       +13% physical
      Changes damage:       +10% physical


      Massive two-handed battleaxes.
      stralite battleaxe of shearing (42.5-63.75 power, 3 apr)
      flaming stralite mace (36-50.4 power, 5 apr)
      Requires:
      - Strength 35

      Powered by       arcane forces
      3.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / mace ; tier 4

      Base power: 36.0 - 50.4
      Uses stat: 100% Str
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Weapons Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +0.1% dam / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +5
      Physical crit. chance:       +2.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      Burst (radius 1) on hit:       +13 fire


      Blunt and deadly.
      flaming stralite mace (36-50.4 power, 5 apr)
      ash starstaff of wizardry (15-18 power, 3 apr, physical element)
      Requires:
      - Magic 16

      Powered by       arcane forces
      5.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / staff ; tier 2
      It must be held with both hands.

      Base power: 15.0 - 18.0
      Uses stat: 80% Mag
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Staff Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% procs dam / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +3
      Physical crit. chance:       +3.0%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Changes stats:       +2 Mag / +2 Wil
      Changes damage:       +15% physical
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Maximum mana:       +13.00
      Spellpower:       +11 (+6 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +2%


      Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
      ash starstaff of wizardry (15-18 power, 3 apr, physical element)
      blighted elven-wood starstaff of fate (25-30 power, 5 apr, physical element)
      Requires:
      - Magic 35

      Powered by       arcane forces
      5.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / staff ; tier 4
      It must be held with both hands.

      Base power: 25.0 - 30.0
      Uses stat: 80% Mag
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Staff Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% procs dam / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +5
      Physical crit. chance:       +4.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Effects on melee hit:
      *       11% chance to disease
      Changes damage:       +25% physical
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Physical save:       +7 (+4 eff.)
      Spell save:       +11 (+6 eff.)
      Mental save:       +9 (+5 eff.)
      Vim when firing critical spell:       +2.00
      Maximum vim:       +22.00
      Spellpower:       +12 (+6 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +9%


      Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
      blighted elven-wood starstaff of fate (25-30 power, 5 apr, physical element)
      elven-wood vilestaff of breaching (25-30 power, 5 apr, darkness element)
      Requires:
      - Magic 35

      Powered by       arcane forces
      5.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / staff ; tier 4
      It must be held with both hands.

      Base power: 25.0 - 30.0
      Uses stat: 80% Mag
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Staff Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% procs dam / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +5
      Physical crit. chance:       +4.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Changes resistances penetration:       +12% darkness
      Changes damage:       +25% darkness
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Spellpower:       +12 (+6 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +4%


      Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
      elven-wood vilestaff of breaching (25-30 power, 5 apr, darkness element)
      magewarrior's short elven-wood starstaff (25-30 power, 5 apr, temporal element)
      Requires:
      - Magic 35

      Crafted by       a master
      5.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / staff ; tier 4

      Base power: 25.0 - 30.0
      Uses stat: 80% Mag
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Staff Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +2.5% procs dam / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +5
      Physical crit. chance:       +4.5%
      Attack speed:       100%
      When wielded/worn:
      Accuracy:       +9 (+3 eff.)
      Physical crit. chance:       +7.0%
      Physical power:       +8 (+2 eff.)
      Changes damage:       +25% temporal
      Talent granted:       +1 Command Staff
      Critical mult.:       +10.00%
      Spellpower:       +18 (+9 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +7%


      Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
      magewarrior's short elven-wood starstaff (25-30 power, 5 apr, temporal element)
      voratun waraxe (39.5-55.3 power, 6 apr)
      Requires:
      - Strength 48

      3.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: weapon / waraxe ; tier 5

      Base power: 39.5 - 55.3
      Uses stat: 100% Str
      Damage type:       Physical
      Mastery:       Weapons Mastery
      Accuracy bonus:       +0.2% crit / acc
      Armour Penetration:       +6
      Physical crit. chance:       +7.0%
      Attack speed:       100%


      One-handed war axes.
      voratun waraxe (39.5-55.3 power, 6 apr)
      stargazer's linen robe of power (0 def, 0 armour)
      Powered by       arcane forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Changes stats:       +2 Cun
      Changes damage:       +6% darkness / +6% light / +7% all
      Spellpower:       +17 (+9 eff.)
      Spell crit. chance:       +6%


      A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
      stargazer's linen robe of power (0 def, 0 armour)
      miner's pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 6 armour)
      Crafted by       a master
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

      When wielded/worn:
      Armour:       +6
      Fatigue:       +1%
      Infravision radius:       +1


      A pair of boots made of leather.
      miner's pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 6 armour)
      dwarven-steel gauntlets of the nighthunter (0 def, 2 armour)
      Requires:
      - Talent Armour Training

      Infused by       psionic forces
      1.50 Encumbrance.

      Type: armor / hands ; tier 3

      When wielded/worn:
      Accuracy:       +7 (+2 eff.)
      Armour:       +2
      Changes stats:       +2 Cun
      Changes resistances:       +9% darkness
      Infravision radius:       +2
      It can be used to activate talent Track, placing all other charms into a 15 cooldown :
      Effective talent level: 2.0
      Power cost: 15 out of 15/15.
      Range: melee/personal
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Description: Sense foes around you in a radius of 20 for 5 turns.
      The radius will increase with your Cunning.

      Metal gloves protecting the hands up to the middle of the lower arm.
      dwarven-steel gauntlets of the nighthunter (0 def, 2 armour)
      218 alchemist agate
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: alchemist-gem / black ; tier 1

      When used as an alchemist bomb:
      Bomb damage +5%


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      218 alchemist agate
      turquoise
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / green ; tier 4

      When wielded/worn:
      See stealth:       +10
      See invisible:       +10
      When used to imbue an object:
      See stealth:       +10
      See invisible:       +10
      Latent Damage Type: Nature


      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      turquoise
      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
      tentacled elven-wood totem of thorny skin [power 53] (20 cooldown)
      Infused by       nature
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: charm / totem ; tier 4

      When wielded/worn:
      Talent cooldown: Invoke Tentacle (      +5 turn)
      Talent granted:       +1 Invoke Tentacle
      It can be used to harden the skin for 7 turns increasing armour by 53 and armour hardiness by 60%, putting all charms on cooldown for 20 turns.

      Natural totems are made by powerful wilders to store nature power.
      tentacled elven-wood totem of thorny skin [power 53] (20 cooldown)
      shadowy yew wand of conjuration [power 205] (10 cooldown)
      Powered by       arcane forces
      2.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: charm / wand ; tier 3

      It can be used to fire a bolt of a random element with (base) damage 102 to 205, putting all charms on cooldown for 10 turns.
      When used:
      100% chance to regenerate 4 negative energy.


      Magical wands are made by powerful Alchemists and Archmagi to store spells. Anybody can use them to release the spells.
      shadowy yew wand of conjuration [power 205] (10 cooldown)
      amber
      0.00 Encumbrance.

      Type: gem / yellow ; tier 4

      When wielded/worn:
      Physical crit. chance:       +4.0%
      Changes damage:       +8% all
      Spell crit. chance:       +4%
      Mental crit. chance:       +4%
      When used to imbue an object:
      Physical crit. chance:       +4.0%
      Changes damage:       +8% all
      Spell crit. chance:       +4%
      Mental crit. chance:       +4%
      Latent Damage Type: Light


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

      Achievements

      Arena Battler 20 (Nightmare (Roguelike) difficulty) Got to wave 20 in the arena.
      By Halfling Bulwark the Halfling Bulwark level 14
      76th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 05:03       see stats
      Level 10 (Nightmare (Roguelike) difficulty) Got a character to level 10.
      By Halfling Bulwark the Halfling Bulwark level 10
      75th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 14:33       see stats
      Level 20 (Nightmare (Roguelike) difficulty) Got a character to level 20.
      By Halfling Bulwark the Halfling Bulwark level 20
      77th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 01:45       see stats

      Log

      Burning from Skeleton mage hits Halfling Bulwark for 20 fire damage.
      Skeleton archer shoots!
      Skeleton archer's Shoot hits       Halfling Bulwark for 28 physical, 8 fire, 17 acid (53 total damage).
      Halfling Bulwark deactivates Shield Wall.
      Halfling Bulwark deactivates True Grit.

      Halfling Bulwark hits Skeleton archer for 234 physical, 9 acid (243 total damage).
      Halfling Bulwark is no longer evading attacks.
      Halfling Bulwark has finished recovering.
      Halfling Bulwark stops regenerating health quickly.
      Halfling Bulwark hits Skeleton archer for damage.
      Burning from Skeleton mage hits       Halfling Bulwark for 28 fire damage.

      Halfling Bulwark hits Skeleton archer for 208 physical damage.
      Halfling Bulwark killed Skeleton archer!
      Skeleton mage casts Manathrust.
      Halfling Bulwark tries to evade attacks.
      Skeleton mage hits Halfling Bulwark for 185 arcane damage.
      Talent Block is ready to use.

      Burning from Skeleton mage hits       Halfling Bulwark for 28 fire damage.
      Halfling Bulwark hits Skeleton mage for 130 physical, 9 acid (139 total damage).
      Skeleton mage casts Flame.
      Skeleton mage hits Halfling Bulwark for 84 fire damage.
      Halfling Bulwark the level 27 halfling bulwark was slowly cooked to death by a skeleton mage on level 40 of The Arena.
      Skeleton mage killed Halfling Bulwark!
      Halfling Bulwark is no longer evading attacks.
      Halfling Bulwark feels pain again.
      Halfling Bulwark slows down.
      Halfling Bulwark stops burning.