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Sneakster the level 7 Halfling Rogue by Ghostz

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.7.4
Addons

Escorts Enhanced 1.7.0

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 1.7.0

Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.7.4

Official Expansion!

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

Features:

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

Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.7.4

Items Vault 1.7.0

Donators/Buyers bonus!
Items Vault 1.7.0

Better Item Description 1.7.4

This addon makes items description easier to read and determine on a glance it's usefulness
- sorts all stats by category - DPS/DEF/MISC
- item's passive power always the same blue color (not a random blue-yellow-pink-green)
- item's usable power - always yellow
- all rarity categories are displayed
- encumbrance value moved to the right under item name
- "on hit" powers always green
- "Stats" have an ornage highlight and placed before others because it's most important one
- Removed many extra-explain details, which any veteran player would not want to read each time
for example, stat "S.pwr/crit" shorten from "Spellpower on spell critical (stacks up to 3 times)"
means you do remember that it can stack only 3 times, and is not so super important anyway
- DLC supported - Orcs/Ashes
- few bug-fixes along the way

Most important thing to remember
- Requirements only shown for those you don't meet. If you want to see all reqs - hold CTRL
- "Phasing" stat means - "Damage Shield penetration", the name was taken from the source and looks good to me, and short enough
- The "-" minus sign at the end of stat mean immunity or reduction of some sort, for example "Blind-" = "Blindness immunity",
- "Max.summ" = Max wilder summons
- "Summ.HP.reg" = Life regen bonus (wilder-summons)
- "Def/telep" = Defense after a teleport
- "Res/telep" = Resist all after a teleport
- "Dur/telep" = New effects duration reduction after a teleport

it's not recommended to use this mod if you'r new to the game

Better Item Description 1.7.4

Possessor Bonus Class 1.7.4

Donators/Buyers bonus!
Possessor Bonus Class 1.7.4

Embers of Rage 1.7.4

Official Expansion!

One year has passed since the one the Orcs call the "Scourge from the West" came and single-handedly crushed the Orc Prides of Grushnak, Vor, Gorbat, and Rak'Shor.  The Allied Kingdoms, now linked by farportal to their distant, long-lost Sunwall allies, have helped them conquer most of Var'Eyal.  The few remnants of the ravaged Prides are caged...  but one Pride remains.  Kruk Pride, isolated on an island, is the last orcish settlement that stands; they, too, face their impending doom.  The Sunwall has blockaded the only exit point from the island, and now, the technologically advanced civilization of Steam Giants have come down from the mountains to take their homeland with machines and weaponry unlike anything else on Eyal.  Kruk Pride has reverse-engineered their technology before; their only hope is to do it again and rise up against the Pride's foes.
 

Features:

  • Explore a whole new campaign from level 1 to 50, one year after the events of the original Tales of Maj'Eyal campaign. Liberate the Orcs (or die trying) by rising up against the Sunwall, the Steam Giants of Atmos, and other dangers that may lie in wait...
  • Play as one of three new races: the battle-hardened Orcs, the brutal Yetis, and the unstoppable Whitehooves. Discover their stories, their pains, their hopes... and their awesome racial powers!
  • Risk your life in over 20 unique zones! Explore the ruins of a lost city, lay siege to the Sunwall forces at the Gates of Morning, and raid the Steam Giants' mining quarry - each has its own unique foes and hazards, leading each to feel and play different from the others.
  • Play as one of the four new tinker classes: Gunslingers, Sawbutchers, Psyshots and Annihilators! Plus a class evolution: Technomancers! Crush and rend your foes with heavy metal, electrocute and immolate them with your gadgets, charge across the battlefield or nimbly strafe in style - each plays differently, and none provide any shortage of ways to slay your foes.
  • Master steam technology to build powerful tinkers to augment your equipment. Need to close in a bit quicker? Turn your boots into rocket boots! Having a hard time deciding whether to shoot someone or stab them? Build a Hand Cannon into your gloves, or deploy a Weapon Automaton to do the stabbing for you! If you have a problem, steamtech has a solution, usually involving explosions; with over 80 different powerful contraptions to craft, enjoy unparalleled versatility and trying something different with every playthrough.
  • Master the tactical uses of over 140 talents! Fire bouncing trick-shots and psychic-infused shots, use your steamsaws as shields or wheels, terrify your foes with long mechanical arms - there are no "boring" talents here, everything has its own special applications and properties!
  • Use advanced technology in the world of Eyal! Burrow through sand, plant bombs to destroy tunnels, and discover that you aren't alone in using it...
  • Infusions and runes are for puny humans; implant new medical injectors to pump an array of experimental chemicals into your body! Injectors can use any (infinitely reusable) salve in your inventory as long as they're off their cooldown, giving you versatility you've wished you could get with a couple of inscriptions.
  • Loot over 70 new and powerful artifacts. Pump lead into foes with big guns, quick guns, and explosive guns! Shred them with saws that maim, saws that thirst for blood, and saws that aren't really saws! Violate common sense by strapping a rocket to your back and calling it a jetpack!
  • Enjoy dying in horrible and exotic ways at the hands (or claws, jaws, guns...) of over 140 new creatures! Not mere piles of stats and chain-stuns, these foes will provide unique challenges - suffer the Sunwall's newest cosmic spells, the new breeds of ritches that infest and multiply, the Steam Giants' elaborate defense systems, and find new strategies to adapt to each!
  • Earn a trunkload of achievements! Have your accomplishments recognized for liberating the Orcish people, displaying exceptional mercy or cruelty, or showing your prowess with impressive feats! Give a boss a fate worse than death, show Sunwall forces how frustrating it is to fight a Radiant Horror as a paladin, come out on top against impossible odds, display a suicidal lack of situational awareness, and wear a badge of pride or shame for each!
  • Read roughly 27,000 words of new lore to immerse yourself in the world! Learn how things have changed since the Scourge's campaign, feel hatred and/or pity for your foes, uncover grand schemes and sinister plots, and notice the elaborate connections between Var'Eyal's numerous factions. Every zone has a story behind it, and every story ties into a bigger picture; enjoy a tale of horror and humor, of intrigue and glory, of despair and hope.
  • Earn the right to use the classic (and Ashes of Urh'Rok) classes in Embers of Rage, and the new tinker classes in Maj'Eyal! Play a Brawler in the East to fulfill your life-long dream of suplexing an entire nation of giants, or play a Sawbutcher in Maj'Eyal to shred through Dreadfell in a whirlwind of sawblades and steam!
Embers of Rage 1.7.4

ZOmnibus Addon Pack 1.7.4

Combines several smaller utility addons, both for convenience and potentially reduced resource usage on smaller machines.

    Includes the following addons:

    A superset of ZOmnibus Lite.

      Frequently Asked Questions:

      ZOmnibus Addon Pack 1.7.4

      Forbidden Cults 1.7.4

      Official Expansion!

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

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


      Forbidden Cults makes two new classes available to play:

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

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


      Forbidden Cults makes two new races available to play:

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


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

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


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

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


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

      • Lore: Delve into the dark forgotten secrets of the world, where sanity is a very tenuous idea.
      • Artifacts: Discover new objects of power and use them to further your own goals.
      • New wyrmic tree: Unlock the scourge drake for your wyrmics.
      • Glass Golem: Unlock the glass golem option for your alchemists.
      • Events: Discover new strange contraptions in familiar zones. What could go wrong?
      • Achievements: Because there can never be enough!
      Forbidden Cults 1.7.4
      CampaignMaj'Eyal
      ModeNightmare Roguelike
      SexMale
      RaceHalfling
      ClassRogue
      Level / Exp7 / 2%
      Sizesmall
      Lifes / Deaths
      no deaths recorded
      / 0

      Primary Stats

      Strength10 (base 13)
      Dexterity23 (base 20)
      Constitution11 (base 10)
      Magic10 (base 10)
      Willpower10 (base 10)
      Cunning34 (base 21)

      Resources

      Life211/211
      Stamina108/108
      Healing Factor1.0097162075846
      Regeneration0.25242905189615

      Speed

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

      Vision

      Sight10
      Lite-994
      Infravision3
      Stealth29

      Offense: Mainhand

      Damage23
      Accuracy36
      Crit Chance13%
      APR5
      Speed1.00

      Offense: Offhand

      Damage12
      Accuracy36
      Crit Chance13%
      APR5
      Speed1.00

      Offense: Spell

      Spellpower19
      Crit Chance12%
      Speed1

      Offense: Mind

      Mindpower20
      Crit Chance10%
      Speed1

      Defense: Base

      Armour (hardiness)3 (49.007671158813%)
      Defense29
      Ranged Defense29
      Fatigue0
      Physical Save8
      Spell Save7
      Mental Save16

      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: 10
      Travel Speed: instantaneous
      Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
      Won't Break Stealth: 100%
      Is: a nature gift
      Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 100 life over 5 turns.
      Infusion: Regeneration
      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: 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 then cleanse 1 wound, poison, and disease effect.
      Infusion: Healing

      Class Talents

      Technique / Duelist1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Your offhand weapon damage penalty is reduced to 54%.
        Up to 2.4 times a turn, you have a 2% chance to parry up to 6 damage (based on your offhand weapon damage) from a melee or ranged attack. The number of parries increases with your Cunning. (A fractional parry has a reduced chance to succeed.)
        A successful parry reduces damage like armour (before any attack multipliers) and prevents critical strikes. It is difficult to parry attacks from unseen attackers and you cannot parry with a mindstar.
        Dual Weapon Mastery
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: The flow of battle invigorates you, allowing you to press your advantage as the fight progresses.
        Up to once each per turn, while dual wielding, you may:
        Riposte -- If a melee or archery attack misses you or you parry it, you instantly restore 0.9 stamina and gain 0% of a turn.
        Recover -- On performing a critical strike with your offhand weapon, you instantly restore 0.9 stamina.
        Tempo
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 6
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 8
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Make a cunning feint that tricks your target into swapping places with you. While moving, you take the opportunity to trip them, pinning and dazing them for 2 turns.
        Switching places distracts your foes and allows you to improve your defenses: For 0 turns, Dual Weapon Mastery yields one extra parry each turn and you are 4% less likely to miss your parry opportunities.
        The chance to pin and to daze increases with your Accuracy
        Feint
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 12
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 18
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Exploiting a gap in your target's defenses, you make a lethal strike with your offhand weapon for 180% damage that causes them to drop their weapon, disarming them for 0 turns.
        Tempo will reduce the cooldown of this talent by 1 turn each time it is triggered defensively.
        The chance to disarm increases with your Accuracy.
        Lunge
      		0/5
      Cunning / Stealth1.30
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Sustained
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: Enters stealth mode (power 29, based on Cunning), making you harder to detect.
        If successful (re-checked each turn), enemies will not know exactly where you are, or may not notice you at all.
        Stealth reduces your light radius to 0, increases your infravision by 3, and will not work with heavy or massive armours.
        You cannot enter stealth if there are foes in sight within range 9.
        Any non-instant, non-movement action will break stealth if not otherwise specified.

        Enemies uncertain of your location will still make educated guesses at it.
        While stealthed, enemies cannot share information about your location with each other and will be delayed in telling their allies that you exist at all.
        Stealth
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 1.3
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You know how to make the most out of being unseen.
        When striking from stealth, your attacks are automatically critical if the target does not notice you just before you land it. (Spell and mind attacks critically strike even if the target notices you.)
        Your critical multiplier against targets that cannot see you is increased by up to 19%. (You must be able to see your target and the bonus is reduced from its full value at range 3 to 0 at range 10.)
        Also, after exiting stealth for any reason, the critical multiplier persists for 3 turns (with no range limitation).
        Shadowstrike
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You have a special affinity for darkness and shadows.
        When standing in an unlit grid, the minimum range to your foes for activating stealth or for maintaining it after a Shadow Dance is reduced by 0.
        While stealthed, your life regeneration is increased by 2.0 (based on your Cunning) and your stamina regeneration is increased by 0.2. The regeneration effects persist for 3 turns after exiting stealth, with 5 times the normal rate.
        Soothing Darkness
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 30
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 41
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: Your mastery of stealth allows you to vanish from sight at any time.
        You automatically enter stealth and cause it to not break from unstealthy actions for 0 turns.
        Shadow Dance
      		0/5
      Cunning / Trapping1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
        Description: This talent allows you to prepare up to 1 different trap(s) of tier 0 or less for later deployment. (Use this ability to select which to prepare.)
        Designs known:

        Tier 1: Disarming Trap
        Deals 86.83 acid damage, disarms for 0 turns.
        Tier 1: Bear Trap
        Deals 45.61 physical damage and pins, slows (30%), and wounds for an additional 45.61 damage over 5 turns).
        Tier 2: Springrazor Trap
        Shrapnel (radius 2) deals 64.03 physical damage, reduces accuracy, armour, and defence by 7.
        Tier 3: Pitfall Trap
        Deals 74.03 physical damage. Target removed from combat or pinned 5 turns.
        Tier 4: Flash Bang Trap
        Explodes (radius 2) for 89.03 physical damage, 50% blind/daze for 4 turns.
        Tier 5: Bladestorm Trap
        Construct attacks all adjacent enemies each turn for 4 turns.

        Traps prepared this way are difficult to detect (1 detection 'power') and disarm (1 disarm 'power') based on your Cunning. They gain +0% effectiveness, and can be deployed without breaking stealth 26% of the time.
        You are immune to the damage and negative effects of your traps, and traps may critically strike based on your physical crit chance.
        Most traps last 6 turns if not triggered, and refund 80% of their stamina cost on expiration.
        More designs may be discovered via disarming or learned from special instructors in the world.
        Trap Mastery
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 15
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 15
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Combat (100% of a turn)
        Won't Break Stealth: 100%
        Description: Deploy a noisy lure that attracts all creatures within radius 1 to it for 0 turns.
        It has 38 life (based on your Cunning) and is very durable, with 1 armor and 61% resistance to non-physical damage.
        At level 5, when the lure is destroyed, it will trigger some traps in a radius of 2 around it (check individual trap descriptions to see if they are triggered).
        Use of this talent will not break stealth.
        Lure
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You learn new techniques for setting traps.
        Deploying one of your traps is possible up to 1 grids from you, takes 0% less time than normal, and has 0% less chance to break stealth.
        Advanced Trap Deployment
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
        Description: You prepare an additional trap (up to tier 0) with a special primed trigger that causes it to activate immediately when deployed. (Use this ability to select the trap.)
        Not all traps can be prepared this way and each trap can have only one type of preparation.
        Known primable designs:

        Tier 1: Bear Trap
        Deals 45.61 physical damage and pins, slows (30%), and wounds for an additional 45.61 damage over 5 turns).
        Tier 2: Springrazor Trap
        Shrapnel (radius 2) deals 64.03 physical damage, reduces accuracy, armour, and defence by 7.
        Tier 4: Flash Bang Trap
        Explodes (radius 2) for 89.03 physical damage, 50% blind/daze for 4 turns.

        A trap with a primed trigger gains +0% effectiveness (replacing the normal bonus from Trap Mastery) and won't break stealth 26% of the time.
        Current primed trap: none
        Trap Priming
      		0/5
      Cunning / Poisons1.30
      • Effective talent level: 5.2
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain stamina cost: 10
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
        Won't Break Stealth: 100%
        Description: Learn how to coat your melee weapons, throwing knives, sling and bow ammo with poison, giving your attacks a 47% chance to poison the target for 19 nature damage per turn for 7 turns. Every application of the poison stacks, up to a maximum of 76 nature damage per turn.
        The damage scales with your Cunning.
        Apply Poison
      		4/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: When you kill a creature, all of your poisons affecting it will spread to foes in a radius of 0.
        Toxic Death
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Learn how to enhance your Deadly Poison, adding additional effects. Each level, you will learn a new kind of poison enhancement:
        Level 1: Numbing Poison
        Level 2: Insidious Poison
        Level 3: Crippling Poison
        Level 4: Leeching Poison
        Level 5: Volatile Poison
        New poison enhancements can also be learned from special teachers in the world.
        Also increases the effectiveness of your poisons by 0%. (The effect varies for each poison.)
        Adjusting your weapon coating takes no time and does not break stealth.
        You may only have two poison enhancements active at once; applying a third will randomly cause one of the existing ones to be cancelled.
        Vile Poisons
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 14
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: You strike your target with your melee or ranged weapon, doing 120% weapon damage as nature and inflicting additional effects based on your active vile poisons:

        Numbing Poison - Reduces global speed by 13% for 5 turns.
        Insidious Poison - Applies a standard poison that deals 23.04 nature damage over 5 turns.
        Crippling Poison - Places 1 talents on cooldown for 1 turns.
        Leeching Poison - Heals you for 23.
        Volatile Poison - Deals a further 13.83 nature damage to foes in a radius 1 ball.

        Learning this talent in addition to the Throwing Knives talent allows you to learn the Venomous Throw talent, which can be used to throw poisoned daggers at your foes, but is put on cooldown when this talent is used.
        Venomous Strike
      		0/5
      Cunning / Dirty fighting1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 12
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: You make a low blow against a sensitive point on the target, dealing 150% unarmed damage. If your attack hits, the target is left reeling and vulnerable, reducing their physical save by 0 and their stun, blind, confusion and pin immunities to 50% of normal for 4 turns.
        This effect bypasses saves.
        Dirty Fighting
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Your quick wit gives you a big advantage against disabled targets, increasing your damage by 1% for each disabling effect the target is under, to a maximum of 2%.
        For this purpose, disabling effects are stun, blind, daze, confuse, pin, disarm, cripple and silence.
        In addition, for each disabling effect the target is under, your melee attacks have a 1% (to a maximum of 2%) chance to inflict a new effect on them (that they do not already have): either disarm, cripple (25% power) or pin for 2 turns.
        The chance to further disable the target increases with your Accuracy.
        Backstab
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 18
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 12
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
        Description: Throw a cloud of blinding dust in a radius 0 cone. Enemies within will be blinded, as well as having their accuracy reduced by 3 and movement speed decreased by 15% for 1 turns.
        The chance to inflict these effects increase with your Accuracy.
        Blinding Powder
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 20
        Range: melee/personal
        Fixed Cooldown: 15
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Make a painful strike dealing 100% weapon damage that increases the duration of up to 0 negative effect(s) on the target by 0 turns. For each negative effect extended this way, the duration of a beneficial effect is reduced by the same amount, possibly canceling it.
        Twist the Knife
      		0/5
      Technique / Dual techniques1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 15
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 6
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Attack with your offhand weapon for 70% damage. If the attack hits, the target is stunned for 0 turns, and you hit it with your mainhand weapon doing 70% damage.
        The stun chance increases with your Accuracy.
        Dual Strike
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 30
        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: 10
        Range: 2
        Cooldown: 8
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Swiftly leap to your target and strike at their vital points with both weapons, dealing 100% weapon damage. This attack deals 1% increased critical strike damage.
        Heartseeker
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 10
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: 2000% of base
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: You quickly move up to 1 tiles to arrive adjacent to a target location you can see, leaping around or over anyone in your way. During your movement, you attack all foes within one grid of your path with both weapons for 60% weapon damage, causing those struck to bleed for 50% of the damage dealt over 5 turns.
        Whirlwind
      		0/5
      Technique / Throwing knives1.30
      • Effective talent level: 2.6
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: 5
        Travel Speed: 1000% of base
        Usage Speed: Throwing (100% of a turn)
        Won't Break Stealth: 100%
        Description: Equip a bandolier holding up to 7 throwing knives, allowing you to attack from range. You automatically reload 2 knives per turn while resting, or half as many while moving.
        The base power, Armour penetration, and critical strike chance of your knives increase with talent level, accuracy increase with your accuracy, and damage is improved with Dagger Mastery.
        Throwing Knives count as melee attacks for the purpose of on-hit effects.
        Effective Throwing Knife Stats:

        Range: 5
        Net Damage: 33 - 46
        Accuracy: 50 (knife)
        APR: 6
        Crit Chance: +12%
        Crit mult: 150%
        Uses Stats: 70% Dex, 50% Str
        Throwing Knives
      		2/5
      • Effective talent level: 2.6
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 20
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: 1000% of base
        Usage Speed: Throwing (100% of a turn)
        Description: You keep a special stash of 13 throwing knives in your bandolier, which you can throw all at once at enemies within a radius 5 cone, for 55% damage each.
        Each target can be hit up to 5 times, if the number of knives exceeds the number of enemies. Creatures block knives from hitting targets behind them.
        Fan of Knives
      		2/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You are able to target your throwing knives with pinpoint accuracy, increasing their critical strike chance by 0% and critical strike damage by 0%.
        In addition, your critical strikes with throwing knives have a 10% chance to randomly disable your target, possibly disarming, silencing or pinning them for 2 turns.
        Precise Aim
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain stamina cost: 30
        Range: 7
        Cooldown: 50
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: You can throw knives with lightning speed, increasing your attack speed with them by 8% and giving you a 5% chance when striking a target in melee to throw a knife at a random foe within 7 tiles for 100% damage.
        This bonus attack can only trigger once per turn, and does not trigger from throwing knife attacks.
        Quickdraw
      		0/5

      Generic Talents

      Cunning / Survival1.30
      • 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 2 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 increases stealth detection and invisibility detection by 0, and you gain the ability to detect traps (+0 detect 'power').
        The detection abilities improve with 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 and the power cost of all usable items by 8%.
        In addition your knowledge of devices allows you to disarm known traps (0 disarm 'power', improves with Cunning).
        Device Mastery
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 20
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
        Won't Break Stealth: 100%
        Description: Sense foes around you in a radius of 5 for 1 turns.
        The radius will increase with your Cunning.
        Track
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You have an enhanced sense of self preservation, and your keen intuition allows you to sense dangers others miss.
        Your ability to detect traps is enhanced (+0 detect 'power').
        Critical attacks against you have 0.0% reduced bonus damage, and damage bonuses attackers gain against you for being unseen are reduced by 10%.
        You also gain an additional chance (at your normal save -20, effective) to resist detrimental status effects that can be resisted.
        The detection and additional save chance improve with Cunning.
        Danger Sense
      		0/5
      Race / Halfling1.00
      • Effective talent level: 1.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 46
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: Call upon the luck and cunning of the Little Folk to increase your critical strike chance by 30% and your saves by 30 for 5 turns.
        The bonus will increase with your Cunning.
        Luck of the Little Folk
      		1/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Halfling's incredible luck always kicks in at just the right moment to save their skin.
        Whenever you take 15% or more of your life from a single attack, you gain 50% Evasion and 10 additional defense for the next 1 turns. The defense increases based on your luck and other defensive stats.
        Duck and Dodge
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        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 0.0 per foe (up to 5 foes).
        Militant Mind
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 53
        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 have been at war with most other races for thousands of years.
        Removes 0 stun, daze, or pin effects and grants immunity to stuns, dazes and pins for 2 turns.
        Indomitable
      		0/5
      Cunning / Lethality1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You have learned to find and hit weak spots. All your strikes have a 0.0% greater chance to be critical hits, and your critical hits do 0.0% more damage.
        Also, when using knives and throwing knives, you now use your Cunning instead of your Strength for bonus damage.
        Lethality
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 20
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 6
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Focus on a single target and perform a probing attack to find flaws in its defences, striking with your melee weapon(s) for 80% damage.
        For 3 turns thereafter, you gain 9 armor penetration, 13 accuracy, and 30% all damage peneration.
        Learning this technique allows you to permanently gain 1 armour penetration with all melee and archery attacks.
        The temporary armor penetration and accuracy bonuses increase with Cunning.
        Expose Weakness
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain stamina cost: 30
        Drains stamina: 4
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 30
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: Become a whirling storm of blades, increasing attack speed by 0% and causing melee attacks to strike an additional adjacent target other than your primary target for 100% weapon damage.
        This talent is exhausting to use, draining 4 stamina each turn.
        Blade Flurry
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 25
        Range: melee/personal
        Fixed Cooldown: 30
        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 1 or less.
        Snap
      		0/5
      Technique / Mobility1.30
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 8
        Range: 7
        Cooldown: 10
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
        Description: Jump back up to 1 grids from your target, springing over any creatures in your way.
        You must disengage in a nearly straight line directly away from your target (which you must be able to see).
        After moving, you gain 100% increased movement speed for 3 turns (which ends if you take any actions other than movement), and you may reload your ammo (if any).
        The extra speed and maximum distance you can move are reduced by your Fatigue level.
        Disengage
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 25
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 37
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: Your quick wit and reflexes allow you to anticipate attacks against you, granting you a 11% chance to evade melee and ranged attacks and 0 increased defense for 4 turns.
        The chance to evade and defense bonus increase with your Dexterity.
        Evasion
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Activated
        Stamina cost: 20
        Range: 2
        Cooldown: 17
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: In an extreme feat of agility, you move to a spot you can see within range, bounding around, over, or through any enemies in the way.
        This talent cannot be used while wearing heavy armor, and leaves you exhausted. The exhaustion increases the cost of your activated Mobility talents by 97% (stacking), but fades over 30 turns.
        Tumble
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Sustained
        Sustain stamina cost: 10
        Range: melee/personal
        Cooldown: 5
        Travel Speed: instantaneous
        Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
        Description: You have trained to be very light on your feet and have conditioned your reflexes to react faster than thought to damage you take.
        While this talent is active, you instantly react to any direct damage (not from status effects, etc.) that would hit you for at least 44% of your maximum life.
        This requires 2.0 stamina and reduces the damage by 5%.
        Your reactions are too slow for this if you are wearing heavy armour.
        The damage reduction improves with your Defense.
        Trained Reactions
      		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: 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 the chance melee or ranged attacks critically hit you 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.
        (Note that wearing mail or plate armour will interfere with stealth.)
        Heavy Armour Training
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 2.6
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: You learn to maintain your agility and manage your combat posture while wearing robes or light armour. When wearing armour no heavier than leather in your main body slot, you gain 24 Defense, 19% Armour hardiness, and 18% reduced Fatigue.
        In addition, when you step adjacent to a (visible) enemy, you use the juxtaposition to increase your total Defense by 12 for 2 turns.
        The Defense bonus scales with your Dexterity.
        Light Armour Training
      		2/5
      • Effective talent level: 2.6
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 34.
        Combat Accuracy
      		2/5
      • Effective talent level: 0.0
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Increases weapon damage by 0% and physical power by 30 when using swords, axes or maces.
        Weapons Mastery
      		0/5
      • Effective talent level: 2.6
        Use mode: Passive
        Description: Increases weapon damage by 48% and physical power by 30 when using daggers.
        Dagger Mastery
      		2/5

      Effects

      talent
      Stealth
      talent
      Apply Poison
      beneficial effect
      Has 7 throwing knives prepared:

      Range: 5
      Net Damage: 33 - 46
      Accuracy: 50 (knife)
      APR: 6
      Crit Chance: +12%
      Crit mult: 150%
      Uses Stats: 70% Dex, 50% Str
      7 Knives

      Quests

      You successfully escorted the lost sun paladin to the recall portal on level 2 of Trollmire.
      As a reward you improved Cunning by +5.
      Escort: lost sun paladin (level 2 of Trollmire)      		done
      You successfully escorted the lost sun paladin to the recall portal on level 3 of Trollmire.
      As a reward you improved Cunning by +5.
      Escort: lost sun paladin (level 3 of Trollmire)      		done
      You have found all the clues leading to the hidden treasure. There should be a way on the third level of the Trollmire.
      It looks extremely dangerous, however - beware.
      You have slain Bill. His treasure is yours for the taking.
      Hidden treasure      		done
      Explore the caves below the ruins of Kor'Pul and the Trollmire in search of treasure and glory!

      * You have explored the Trollmire and vanquished Prox the Troll.
      * You must explore the ruins of Kor'Pul and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
      Of trolls and damp caves      		active

      Equipment

      Tool
      elm totem of healing [power 110] (15 cooldown)
       2.0
      T1 totem charm
      [Ego]
      Nature

      Heal yourself and all friendly characters within 10 spaces for 110
      Puts all charms on 15 cooldown

      Natural totems are made by powerful wilders to store nature power.
      elm totem of healing [power 110] (15 cooldown)
      On feet
      Halykath the pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 1 armour)
       2.0
      T1 feet armor
      [Rare]
      Arcane

      While equipped:
      dps ----------
      Spell.crit       +2%
      Spell.pwr       +9 (+5 eff.)
      ----- def -----
      Armour       +1
      ---------- misc
      Light       +3

      A pair of boots made of leather.
      Halykath the pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 1 armour)
      Main armor
      rough leather armour of resilience (3 def, 2 armour)
       9.0
      T1 light armor
      [Ego]
      Nature

      While equipped:
      ----- def -----
      Armour       +2
      Defense       +3 (+1 eff.)
      Fatigue       +6%
      Max.HP       +20.00

      A suit of armour made of leather.
      rough leather armour of resilience (3 def, 2 armour)
      In off hand
      iron dagger (10-13 power, 5 apr)
       1.0
      T1 dagger 1H weapon
      [Normal]

      Power 10.0 - 13.0       Physical
      Uses 50% Str, 50% Dex
      Mastery       Dagger Mastery
      Acc+       +0.2% crit chance (max 25%)
      Apr       +5
      Crit       +4.0%
      Atk.spd       100%

      Sharp, short and deadly.
      iron dagger (10-13 power, 5 apr)
      In main hand
      iron dagger (10-13 power, 5 apr)
       1.0
      T1 dagger 1H weapon
      [Normal]

      Power 10.0 - 13.0       Physical
      Uses 50% Str, 50% Dex
      Mastery       Dagger Mastery
      Acc+       +0.2% crit chance (max 25%)
      Apr       +5
      Crit       +4.0%
      Atk.spd       100%

      Sharp, short and deadly.
      iron dagger (10-13 power, 5 apr)
      Light source
      brass lantern
       2.0
      T1 lite
      [Normal]

      While equipped:
      ---------- misc
      Light       +3

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

      Inventory

      rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
       9.0
      T1 light armor
      [Normal]

      While equipped:
      ----- def -----
      Armour       +2
      Defense       +3 (+1 eff.)
      Fatigue       +6%

      A suit of armour made of leather.
      rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
      3 agate
       0.0
      T1 black gem
      [Normal]

      While equipped:
      Stats +1 Str +1 Dex +1 Mag
      +1 Wil +1 Cun +1 Con
      Item imbue powers:
      Stats +1 Str +1 Dex +1 Mag
      +1 Wil +1 Cun +1 Con
      Latent Damage Type: Acid

      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      3 agate
      2 spinel
       0.0
      T1 green gem
      [Normal]

      While equipped:
      Defense       +2 (+1 eff.)
      Phys.save       +2 (+2 eff.)
      Spell.save       +2 (+2 eff.)
      Mind.save       +2 (+2 eff.)
      Item imbue powers:
      Defense       +2 (+1 eff.)
      Phys.save       +2 (+2 eff.)
      Spell.save       +2 (+2 eff.)
      Mind.save       +2 (+2 eff.)
      Latent Damage Type: Nature

      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      2 spinel
      2 ametrine
       0.0
      T1 yellow gem
      [Normal]

      While equipped:
      Phys.crit       +1.0%
      Spell.crit       +1%
      Mind.crit       +1%
      Dmg.mod       +2% all
      Item imbue powers:
      Phys.crit       +1.0%
      Spell.crit       +1%
      Mind.crit       +1%
      Dmg.mod       +2% all
      Latent Damage Type: Light

      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      2 ametrine
      zircon
       0.0
      T1 yellow gem
      [Normal]

      While equipped:
      Armour       +1
      Resists       +1% all
      Item imbue powers:
      Armour       +1
      Resists       +1% all
      Latent Damage Type: Light

      Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
      zircon
      Scrying Orb
       1.0
      orb
      [Plot Item]
      Unknown

      While carried:

      This orb will automatically identify items you find.
      Scrying Orb
      Transmogrification Chest
       2.0
      sher'tul chest
      [Plot Item]
      Unknown

      While carried:
      Transmogrify all the items in your chest at once (also done automatically when you change level).
      Uses 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
      Rod of Recall (1/1)
       2.0
      rod charm
      [Plot Item]
      Unknown

      Recall the user to the worldmap after 40 turns.
      Uses 202 power out of 240/400

      This rod is made entirely of voratun, infused with raw magical energies that can bend space itself.
      You have heard of such items before. They are very useful to adventurers, allowing faster travel.
      Rod of Recall (1/1)

      Achievements

      Log

      You pickup 0.65 gold pieces.
      There is a way to the previous level here (press '' or right click to use).
      Ran for 25 turns (stop reason: at exit).

      Resting starts...
      Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).
      Space around you starts to dissolve...
      Sneakster deactivates       Stealth.

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

      Talent Stealth is ready to use.
      Sneakster activates       Stealth.
      There is a way to the previous level here (press '' or right click to use).
      Ran for 24 turns (stop reason: at exit).

      Resting starts...
      Rested for 14 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).

      You are yanked out of this place!
      There is nowhere left to explore.
      Sneakster wears:       Halykath the pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 1 armour).

      You gain 5.25 gold from the transmogrification of       powerful elm wand of conjuration [power 100] (15 cooldown).
      You gain 0.83 gold from the transmogrification of       woodsman's iron pickaxe (dig speed 36 turns).
      You gain 3.05 gold from the transmogrification of       Stormlash (17-19 power, 7 apr).
      You gain 2.02 gold from the transmogrification of       movement infusion of the wizard (speed 448%; cd 14).
      There is a Passageway into the Trollmire here (press '' or right click to use).
      You stride into this area without a second thought, while stifling a yawn. You feel your time might be better spent elsewhere.