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Forbidden Cults 1.7.4

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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
RaceOgre
ClassWrithing One
Level / Exp15 / 80%
Sizebig
Lifes / Deaths
no deaths recorded
/ 0

Primary Stats

Strength40 (base 23)
Dexterity14 (base 10)
Constitution31 (base 20)
Magic44 (base 41)
Willpower15 (base 10)
Cunning21 (base 10)

Resources

Life438/438
Insanity0/100
Healing Factor1.4658714593978
Regeneration14.585421021008

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement+32.60995032651%
Spell0%
Global+100%

Vision

Sight10
Lite8

Offense: Mainhand

Damage57
Accuracy23
Crit Chance8%
APR2
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower33
Crit Chance4%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower15
Crit Chance4%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

Lightning+10%
Light+10%
Nature+8%
Physical+8%
Cold+10%
All0%

Offense: Damage Penetration

Darkness+10%
Fire+5%
Temporal+10%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)14.413408721348 (65.897138898113%)
Defense5
Ranged Defense5
Fatigue9
Physical Save26
Spell Save30
Mental Save12

Defense: Resistances

Nature+ 13%( 70%)
Acid+ 12%( 70%)
Light+ 35%( 70%)
Temporal+ 9%( 70%)
Darkness+ 6%( 70%)
Lightning+ 18%( 70%)
Cold+ 30%( 70%)
All+ 3%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Instadeath Resistance100%

Inscriptions (3/3)

Runes
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 spell
Description: Activate the rune to create a protective shield absorbing at most 108 damage for 4 turns.
Its effects scale with your Willpower stat.
Rune: Shielding
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 instantly dissipate the energy of your ailments, cleansing all cross tier effects and 1 physical, mental, and magical effect.
You use the dissipated energy to create a shield lasting 3 turns and blocking 103 damage per debuff cleansed (not counting cross-tier ones).
If there were only cross-tier effects to cleanse, no shield is created and the rune goes on a 75% reduced cooldown.
Its effects scale with your Strength stat.
Rune: Shatter Afflictions
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: 6
Cooldown: 20
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to teleport up to 6 spaces within line of sight. Afterwards you stay out of phase for 3 turns. In this state all new negative status effects duration is reduced by 24%, your defense is increased by 24 and all your resistances by 24%.
Its effects scale with your Strength stat.
Rune: Blink

Class Talents

Demented / Friend of the worm1.30
  • Effective talent level: 5.2
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 40
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You invoke a long standing pact with a fellow horror, a Worm that Walks, to help you in your travels.
    You can fully control, level, and equip it.
    Using this spell will ressurect your friendly horror if it died, giving it back 42% life.
    Higher raw talent levels will give your horror more equipment slots:

    Level 1: Mainhand, Offhand
    Level 2: Body
    Level 3: Belt
    Level 4: Ring, Ring
    Level 5: Ring, Ring, Trinket

    To change your horror's equipment and talents first transfer the equipment from your inventory then take control of it.
    Worm that Walks
4/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity gain: 30
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 41
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You and your Worm that Walks both teleport to an enemy in range 10 and make a melee attack for 70% damage.
    Your Worm that Walks' Blindside talent cooldown is reduced by -1.
    Foul Convergence
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: You establish a powerful mental link with your Worm that Walks.
    As long as you remain within radius 3 of your worm that walks each of you gains 9% all resistance for 5 turns.
    Additionally, your Worm that Walks permanently gains an inscription slot every 2 raw talent levels (0).
    Shared Insanity
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 10
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: While within range 3 of your Worm that Walks you can project an aura of terror.
    At the sight of two maddening horrors fighting together all your foes in radius 1 must make a physical save against your spellpower or be stunned for -3 turns.

    Additionally your Shared Insanity effect will cause enemies in radius 3 to lose 2 spell save and 2 defense for 3 turns.
    Terrible Sight
0/5
Demented / Horrific body1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 10
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You shed the outer layer of your mutated skin and empower it to act as a damage shield for 7 turns.
    The shield can absorb up to 121 damage before it crumbles.
    Shed Skin
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: Each time your shed skin looses 45% of its max power or you take damage over 15% of your maximum life a black putrescent pustule grows on your body for 5 turns.
    Each pustule increases all your resistances by 2%. You can have up to 3 pustules at once.
    Resistance scales with your Spellpower.
    Pustulent Growth
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You make all your putrescent pustules explode at once, splashing all creatures in radius 0 with black fluids that deal 2.87 darkness damage per pustule and healing you for 2.3 per pustule.
    Pustulent Fulmination
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: When you make your pustules explode you leave a pool of defiled blood on the ground for 5 turns.
    Foes caught inside get assaulted by black tentacles every turn, dealing 10% darkness tentacle damage and covering them in your black blood for 2 turns.
    Creatures that hit you while covered in your blood heal you for 1% of the damage done.
    The healing received increases with your Spellpower.
    Defiled Blood
0/5
Demented / Controlled horrors1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 20
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You use your bond with horrors to summon three decaying devourers for 1 turns.
    The decaying horrors cannot move and will attack all hostile creatures around them. They possess the talents Bloodbath, Gnashing Teeth and Frenzied Bite.
    All its primary stats will be set to 44 (based on your Magic stat), life rating increased by 0, and all talent levels set to 0. Many other stats will scale with level.
    Your increased damage, damage penetration, critical strike chance, and critical strike multiplier stats will all be inherited.
    Decayed Devourers
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 20
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You use your bond with horrors to summon a decaying bloated horror for 1 turns.
    The decaying horror cannot move and will attack all hostile creatures in range of it. It possesses the talents Mind Disruption and Mind Sear.
    All its primary stats will be set to 44 (based on your Magic stat), life rating increased by 0, and all talent levels set to 0. Many other stats will scale with level.
    Your increased damage, damage penetration, critical strike chance, and critical strike multiplier stats will all be inherited.
    Decayed Bloated Horror
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 10
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You forcefully try to turn a creature into an horror.
    If the target fails a magical save against your Spellpower, its appearance turns into that of a horror for 2 turns, making all other creatures hostile to it.
    Enemies near the target will have their target cleared on application.
    This spell does not work on horrors.
    Horrific Display
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: You attune your horrors to the dead god Amakthel, increasing your summoned horrors damage by 2%.
    At talent level 3, your Decaying Devourers spell will summon 4 additional Devourers adjacent to random enemies nearby and your Bloated Horror will learn the Agony talent.
    At talent level 5, victims of your Horrific Display spell will pull enemies in radius 10 1 space towards them each turn.
    The damage increase is based on your Spellpower.
    Call of Amakthel
0/5
Demented / Tentacles1.30
  • Effective talent level: 5.2
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: Your left hand mutates into a disgusting mass of tentacles.
    When you have your offhand empty you automatically hit your target and those on the side whenever you hit with a basic attack.
    Also increases Physical Power by 30, and increases weapon damage by 68% for your tentacles attacks.
    Each time you make an attack with your tentacle you gain 10 insanity.
    You generate a low power psionic field around you when around     'civilized people' that prevents them from seeing you for the horror you are.

    Your tentacle hand currently has these stats:
    Base power: 41.1 - 57.5
    Uses stat: 100% Mag
    Damage type:     Darkness
    Mastery:     Mutated Hand
    Crit. chance:     +10.5%
    Attack speed:     100%
    Mutated Hand
4/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Spin around, extending your weapon and damaging all targets around you for 176% weapon damage while your tentacle hand extends and hits all targets in radius 3 for 156% tentacle damage.

    If the mainhand attack hits at least one enemy you gain 15 insanity.
    If the tentacle attack hits at least one enemy you gain 5 insanity.

    When constricting: Your tentacle attack is centered around your constricted target (but not your weapon attack) and only in radius 1 but it also dazes anything hit for 5 turns.
    Lash Out
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 18
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You plant your tentacle hand in the ground where it splits up and extends to a target zone of radius 3.
    The zone will erupt with many black tendrils to hit all foes caught inside dealing 241% tentacle damage.
    Any creature hit by the tentacle must save against spell or be numbed by the attack, reducing its damage by 25% for 5 turns.

    If at least one enemy is hit you gain 20 insanity.

    When constricting:The tendrils pummel your constricted target for 362% tentacle damage and if adjacent you make an additional mainhand weapon attack. Talent cooldown reduced to 10.
    Tendrils Eruption
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Insanity cost: 10
    Drains insanity: 3
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 7
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You extend your tentacle to grab a distant target, pulling it to you.
    As long as Constrict stays active the target is bound by your tentacle, it can try to move away but each turn you pull it back in 1 tile.
    While constricting you cannot use your tentacle to enhance your normal attacks but you deal 131% tentacle damage each turn to your target.
    Enemies can resist the attempt to pull them but Constrict will always work for purposes of modifying your talents.
    Your other tentacle talents may act differently when used while constricting (check their descriptions).
    Constrict
1/5
Demented / Path of horror1.30
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity gain: 10
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Your feet start to continuously produce carrion worms that are constantly crushed as you walk, passively increasing movement speed by 23%.
    You can also activate this talent to instantly destroy more worms, letting you jump in range 7 to visible terrain.
    Upon landing you crush more worms, creating a radius 2 cone of gore; any creatures caught inside deals 70% less damage for one turn.
    If at least 1 enemy is effected by the cone you gain an additional 20 insanity.
    Carrion Feet
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: Your mutations have enhanced your offense even farther.
    You gain 11 Accuracy and 11 Spellpower.
    The effects will increase with your Magic stat.
    Horrific Evolution
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 35
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You trigger a cascade of rapidly mutating cells in your body for -1 turns.
    Your body grows much bigger, gaining 2 size categories, making you able to walk through walls and increasing all your damage by 0% and all your resistances by 0%.
    Each time you take a step your monstrous form causes a small quake destroying and rearranging nearby terrain.
    Overgrowth
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: At last you unlock the true power of your mutated body!
    You gain 8% stun immunity, 0% chances to ignore critical strikes and your darkness and blight damage are increased by 0%.
    Writhing One
0/5
Demented / Disfigured face1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 5
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Your tongue turns into a diseased tentacle that you use to lick enemies in a cone.
    Licked creatures take 100% tentacle damage that ignores armor and get sick, gaining a random disease for 6 turns that deals 11.53 blight damage per turn and reduces strength, dexterity or constitution by 6.

    If at least one enemy is hit you gain 10 insanity.

    Disease damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Diseased Tongue
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 10
    Range: 8
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Your face melts, exploding in a targeted gush of blood and gore dealing 22.58 darkness damage (112.88 total) in a cone over 5 turns.
    Each turn the target will be dealt an additional 15.80 blight damage per disease.
    Damage will increase with your Spellpower.
    Dissolved Face
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 10
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: For a brief moment horrific hairs grow on your head, each of them ending with a creepy eye.
    You use those eyes to gaze upon a target area, creatures caught inside partially turn to stone reducing their movement speed by 44% and making them brittle for 7 turns.
    Brittle targets have a 35% chance for any damage they take to be increased by 45%.
    This cannot be saved against.
    Writhing Hairs
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: Whenever you use a disfigured face power you show a glimpse of what True Horror is.
    If the affected targets fail a spell save they become frightened for 2 turns, giving them a 8% chances to fail using talents.
    When a target becomes afraid it bolsters you to see their anguish, increasing your darkness and blight damage penetration by 13% for 2 turns.
    The values will increase with your Spellpower.
    Glimpse of True Horror
1/5

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)
    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 / Ogre1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 4
    Cooldown: 45
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You enter an ogric wrath for 8 turns, increasing your stun and pinning resistances by 20% and all damage done by 10%.
    In addition, whenever you use an infusion or rune, miss a melee attack, or any damage you deal is reduced by a damage shield (or similar effect) you gain a charge of Ogre Fury (up to 5 charges total, each lasting 7 turns).
    Each charge grants 20% critical damage power and 5% critical strike chance.
    You lose a charge each time you deal a critical strike.
    The duration will increase with your Strength.
    Ogric Wrath
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 5.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: An ogre's body is acclimated to spells and inscriptions.
    Increases spell save by 20 and improves the contribution of primary stats on infusions and runes by 30%.
    At level 5 your body is so strong you can use a two handed weapon in your main hand while still using an offhand item.
    When using a two handed weapon this way you suffer a 20% accuracy, physical power, spellpower and mindpower penalty, decreasing by 5% per size category above     big; further, all damage procs from your weapons are reduced by 50%.
    Grisly Constitution
5/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a spell
    Description: When you crit you have a 17% chance to reduce by 1 the remaining cooldown of one of your inscriptions and of any saturations effects.
    This effect can only happen once per turn.
    Scar-Scripted Flesh
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)
    Is: a spell
    Description: Instantly removes runic and infusion saturations.
    For 3 turns your inscriptions cool down twice as fast.
    At level 5 your command over inscriptions is so good that you can use one more (you still need a category point to unlock it; you need to exit the levelup screen to validate it).
    Writ Large
0/5
Demented / Beyond sanity1.30
  • Effective talent level: 5.2
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You harness the chaos created by high insanity.
    Each time you trigger an insanity chaotic effect with a power higher than 10 or lower than -10 you gain a chaos orb for 10 turns (this effect can only happen once per turn).
    Each orb increases your damage by 3% and can stack up to 6.
    Chaos Orbs
4/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 15
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You consume the chaotic forces of 2 chaos orbs, randomly teleporting you in a general direction up to 8 tiles away.
    You will always travel at least 1 tiles away if possible.
    Anarchic Walk
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Insanity cost: 15
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 16
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You trigger an explosion of your chaos orbs on a target.
    The orbs do no damage but confuse it for 5 turns with a confusion power of 10% per orb.
    Your effective spellpower used to overcome the target's mental save is also increased by 10% per orb.
    All your orbs are always spent.
    Disjointed Mind
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a spell
    Description: You lean to alter chaotic forces to your advantage.
    Your maximum negative insanity effect is reduced from 50% to 54%.
    You may activate this talent to consume any Chaos Orbs you have, gaining 10 insanity per orb.
    Controlled Chaos
0/5
Technique / Combat training1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your skin becomes more resilient to damage. Increases resistance to all damage by 3.2%.
    Thick Skin
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 3.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You become better at using your armour to deflect blows and protect your vital areas. Increases Armour value by 6, Armour hardiness by 36%, and reduces the chance melee or ranged attacks critically hit you by 9% 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.
    Heavy Armour Training
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    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 4 Defense, 0% Armour hardiness, and 5% reduced Fatigue.
    In addition, when you step adjacent to a (visible) enemy, you use the juxtaposition to increase your total Defense by 2 for 2 turns.
    The Defense bonus scales with your Dexterity.
    Light Armour Training
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 14.
    Combat Accuracy
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 42% and physical power by 30 when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 0% and physical power by 30 when using daggers.
    Dagger Mastery
0/5

Effects

talent
Chaos Orbs
detrimental effect
The target is using a two handed weapon in a single hand, reducing accuracy, physical power, spellpower and mindpower by 20% (based on size); also all damage procs from your offhand are reduced by 50%.
Hit Penalty

Quests

You met a novice mage who was tasked to collect an arcane powered artifact.
He asked for your help, should you collect some that you do not need.
* Collect an artifact arcane powered item.
An apprentice task		done
You have heard that within the scintillating caves lie strange crystals imbued with Spellblaze energies.

There are also rumours of a renegade Shaloren camp to the west.

* You have explored the scintillating caves and destroyed the Spellblaze Crystal.
* You have explored the Rhaloren camp and killed the Inquisitor.
Echoes of the Spellblaze		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
It is time to explore some new places -- dark, forgotten and dangerous ones.
The Old Forest is just south-east of the town of Derth.
The Maze is west of Derth.
The Sandworm Lair is to the far west of Derth, near the sea.
The Daikara is on the eastern borders of the Thaloren forest.
* You must explore the Old Forest and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Maze and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Sandworm Lair and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Daikara and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
Into the darkness		active
As you approached Derth you saw a huge dark cloud over the small town.
When you entered you were greeted by an army of air elementals slaughtering the population.
* You have dispatched the elementals but the cloud lingers still. You must find a powerful ally to remove it. There are rumours of a secret town in the mountains, to the southwest. You could also check out the Ziguranth group that is supposed to fight magic.
Storming the city		active
Various alchemists around Maj'Eyal are competing to gain entry into the great Brotherhood of Alchemists, and one or more have enlisted your aid.
Stire of Derth needs your help making an elixir of the fox. He has given you some notes on the ingredients:
 * You've found the needed length of troll intestine.
 * You've found the needed bloated horror heart.
 * 'Needed: one wretchling eyeball. Evil little things, wretchlings. Feel free to kill as many as you can, though I just need the one intact eyeball.'
Marus of Elvala needs your help making an elixir of mysticism. He has given you some notes on the ingredients:
 * 'Needed: one vial of elder vampire blood. Once you've gotten it, cross some moving water on your way back.'
 * 'Needed: one storm wyrm claw. I recommend severing one of their dewclaws. They're smaller and easier to remove, but they've never been blunted by use, so be careful you don't poke yourself. Oh yes, and don't get eaten.'
 * You've found the needed xorn fragment.
The Brotherhood of Alchemists		active
A huge mindless and corrupted worm is heading toward Kroshkkur!
It has to be stopped or the Sanctuary will fall, digested in the bowels of giant worm, its forbidden knowledge lost forever.
* You have destroyed the Worm's neural spine, preventing the doom of the Sanctuary.
The Worm That Devours		done
You were asked to prove your worth as a fighter by a rogue, in order to participate in the arena
The agent of the arena		done

Equipment

On feet
Emota the Glittersnake (0 def, 3 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training

Powered by arcane forces
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +3
Fatigue: +2%
Effects on melee hit:
* 10% chance to gain 10% of a turn (3/turn limit)
Damage when hit (Melee): 2 temporal
Changes resistances penetration: +10% temporal
Spellpower: +3 (+1 eff.)
Light radius: +3


Heavy boots, with metal strips at the toes, heels and other vulnerable parts, to better protect the wearer's feet from harm.
Emota the Glittersnake (0 def, 3 armour)
Light source
Summertide Phial
Infused by nature
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Damage (Melee): 15 Lite Light Burst (radius 1)
Changes resistances: +30% light
Changes damage: +10% light
Light radius: +5
Healing mod.: +10%
When attacking in melee, deals 15 light damage and lights tiles in radius 1.
It can be used to call light, dispelling darkness and lighting tiles in radius 20.(60 power, based on Willpower)

Activation costs 10 power out of 15/15.

A small crystal phial that captured Sunlight during the Summertide.
Summertide Phial
On head
Cloud Caller (0 def, 0 armour)
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: armor / head ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +10% lightning / +10% cold
Changes damage: +10% lightning / +10% cold
A small storm cloud follows you, dealing 15 lightning damage to all enemies in a radius of 3 each turn.
It can be used to activate talent Call Lightning (costing 15 power out of 30/30) :
Effective talent level: 1.0
Power cost: 15 out of 30/30.
Range: 10
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Is: a nature gift
Description: Calls forth a powerful beam of lightning doing 22.03 to 66.09 lightning damage (44.06 average).
The damage will increase with your Mindpower.

This hat's broad brim protects you from biting colds and sudden storms.
Cloud Caller (0 def, 0 armour)
Tool
The Cog
Powered by unknown forces
0.00 Encumbrance.

[Legendary]
Type: cog / mechanical ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +5 Cun / +3 Wil
10% chances when you are hurt to negate the blow entirely.


A tiny set of metal pieces. It seems to move on its own.
The Cog
On fingers
Ring of Growth
Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
0.10 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +4 Str / +4 Wil
Changes resistances: +10% nature
Changes damage: +8% nature / +8% physical
Physical save: +8 (+4 eff.)
Life regen: +3.00
Healing mod.: +20%


This small wooden ring has a single green stem wrapped around it. Thin leaves still seem to be growing from it.
Ring of Growth
On fingers
copper ring 'Lightbiter'
Crafted by a master
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +6 (+2 eff.)
Damage when hit (Melee): 2 light
Changes stats: +5 Str / +1 Mag / +6 Con
Changes resistances: +18% cold


Rings make your fingers look great!
copper ring 'Lightbiter'
Around waist
Darkfoe
Infused by nature
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Effects on melee hit:
* 20 arcane resource burn
Damage when hit (Melee): 2 darkness
Changes resistances: +5% lightning / +6% temporal / +3% light / +6% acid
Changes resistances penetration: +5% darkness / +5% fire


A belt that goes around your waist.
Darkfoe
In main hand
Xerosenne the Rimemonster (26-39 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 16

Powered by arcane forces
Crafted by a master
3.00 Encumbrance.

[Random Unique]
Type: weapon / battleaxe ; tier 2
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 26.0 - 39.0
Uses stat: 120% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%)
Armour Penetration: +2
Crit. chance: +5.0%
Attack speed: 100%
On weapon hit:
* 10% chance to gain 10% of a turn (3/turn limit)
Damage (Melee): +7 light
Damage (radius 1) on hit: +4 cold / +7 fire
Damage against: +10% Undead


Massive two-handed battleaxes.
Xerosenne the Rimemonster (26-39 power, 2 apr)
On hands
restful rough leather gloves of strength (+3) (0 def, 1 armour)
Crafted by a master
Infused by psionic forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +5 (+1 eff.)
Armour: +1
Changes stats: +3 Str
Life regen: +2.00
Stamina each turn: +0.60
Maximum stamina: +10.00
Learn an unarmed attack talent or enable 'Always show glove combat' to see combat stats.


Light gloves which do not seriously hinder finger movements, while still protecting the hands somewhat.
restful rough leather gloves of strength (+3) (0 def, 1 armour)
Main armor
rejuvenating iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training
- Strength 14

Infused by nature
14.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Defense: +2 (+2 eff.)
Fatigue: +12%
Life regen: +2.70
Stamina each turn: +0.60


A suit of armour made of mail.
rejuvenating iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
Cloak
Sootbolt (1 def, 0 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+1 eff.)
Effects on melee hit:
* 10% chance to slow global speed by 35%
* 20% chance to reduce all saves and defense by 10
Damage when hit (Melee): 4 darkness
Changes stats: +2 Str / +1 Con
Changes resistances: +3% acid / +3% darkness
Changes resistances penetration: +5% darkness


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
Sootbolt (1 def, 0 armour)
Around neck
wanderer's copper amulet of dexterity (+5)
Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Fatigue: -5%
Changes stats: +5 Dex / +4 Cun / +4 Con
Life regen: +2.00
Stamina each turn: +0.40
Movement speed: +10%


Amulets make your neck look great!
wanderer's copper amulet of dexterity (+5)

Inventory

regeneration infusion of the duelist (heal 191; 12 cd)
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / infusion

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 12
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 191 life over 5 turns.
Its effects scale with your Dexterity stat.
It can be used to inscribe your skin with the infusion.

Natural infusions may be grafted onto your body, granting you an on-demand nature talent.
regeneration infusion of the duelist (heal 191; 12 cd)
Withering Orbs
Infused by psionic forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Damage (Melee): 5 mind
Damage (Ranged): 5 mind
Mindpower: +5 (+4 eff.)
See stealth: +10
See invisible: +10
Blind-Fight: This item allows the wearer to attack unseen targets without any penalties.


These opalescent orbs stare at you with deathly knowledge, undeceived by your vanities and pretences. They have lived and died through horrors you could never imagine, and now they lie strung in black chords watching every twitch of the shadows.
If you close your eyes a moment, you can almost imagine what dread sights they see...
Withering Orbs
copper ring
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 1



Rings make your fingers look great!
copper ring
Branalelin the Sunbreeze (1 def, 0 armour)
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+1 eff.)
Changes resistances: +5% arcane
Changes damage: +3% mind
Disarm immunity: +10%
Only die when reaching: -60.00 life
Maximum life: +35.00
Light radius: +1


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
Branalelin the Sunbreeze (1 def, 0 armour)
pair of rough leather boots 'Starwaker' (0 def, 1 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Fatigue: -5%
Changes resistances: +5% arcane / +6% light
Changes resistances penetration: +10% arcane
Changes damage: +6% lightning
Maximum encumbrance: +21
Physical save: +5 (+2 eff.)
Light radius: +1


A pair of boots made of leather.
pair of rough leather boots 'Starwaker' (0 def, 1 armour)
temporal iron gauntlets of magic (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training

Powered by arcane forces
1.50 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Fatigue: +1%
Damage (Melee): 5 temporal
Damage (Ranged): 6 temporal
Changes stats: +2 Mag
Changes resistances: +7% temporal
Changes damage: +4% arcane / +4% temporal
Learn an unarmed attack talent or enable 'Always show glove combat' to see combat stats.


Metal gloves protecting the hands up to the middle of the lower arm.
temporal iron gauntlets of magic (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
2 agate
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / black ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +1 Str / +1 Dex / +1 Mag / +1 Wil / +1 Cun / +1 Con
When used to imbue an object:
Changes 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.
2 agate
62 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.
62 alchemist agate
iron pickaxe of endurance (dig speed 38 turns)
Crafted by a master
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: tool / digger ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Fatigue: -5%
Changes stats: +2 Str
When carried:
Talent granted: +1 Dig


Allows you to dig a wall, remove a tree, create ways.
iron pickaxe of endurance (dig speed 38 turns)
spinel
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / green ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +2 (+2 eff.)
Physical save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Spell save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Mental save: +2 (+2 eff.)
When used to imbue an object:
Defense: +2 (+2 eff.)
Physical save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Spell save: +2 (+1 eff.)
Mental save: +2 (+2 eff.)
Latent Damage Type: Nature


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
spinel
Coalwisp the brass lantern
Infused by psionic forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Effects on melee hit:
* 10% chance to reduce damage dealt by 9%
Changes resistances: +1% physical / +5% arcane / +6% temporal
Mental save: +6 (+6 eff.)
Blindness immunity: +10%
Light radius: +3
See stealth: +7
See invisible: +6
Defense after a teleport: +15
Resist all after a teleport: +15%
New effects duration reduction after a teleport: +15%


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.
Coalwisp the brass lantern
bright brass lantern of health
Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Maximum life: +40.00
Light radius: +6


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.
bright brass lantern of health
Eye of the Dreaming One
Infused by psionic forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: tool / misc ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +5 Wil
Mental save: +10 (+9 eff.)
Mindpower: +5 (+4 eff.)
The wearer is asleep.
Lucid Dreamer: This item allows the wearer to act while sleeping.
It can be used to activate talent Sleep (costing 20 power out of 25/25) :
Effective talent level: 3.0
Power cost: 20 out of 25/25.
Range: 7
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Is: a mind power
Description: Puts targets in a radius of 1 to sleep for 3 turns, rendering them unable to act. Every 5 points of damage the target suffers will reduce the effect duration by one turn.
When Sleep ends, the target will suffer from Insomnia for a number of turns equal to the amount of time it was asleep (up to ten turns max), granting it 20% sleep immunity for each turn of the Insomnia effect.
At talent level 5 Sleep will become contagious and has a 25% chance to spread to nearby targets each turn.
The damage threshold will scale with your Mindpower.

This ethereal eye stares eternally, as if seeing things that do not truly exist.
Eye of the Dreaming One
Prox's Lucky Halfling Foot
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: tool / misc ; tier 1

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


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

[Plot Item]
Type: orb / orb

When carried:


This orb will automatically identify items you find.
Scrying Orb
Rod of Recall (1/1)
Powered by unknown forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: charm / rod

It can be used to recall the user to the worldmap after 40 turns

Activation costs 202 power out of 400/400.

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

[Plot Item]
Type: chest / sher'tul

When carried:
It can be used to transmogrify all the items in your chest at once (also done automatically when you change level)

Activation costs 0 power out of 1000/1000.

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

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

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical crit. chance: +1.0%
Changes damage: +2% all
Spell crit. chance: +1%
Mental crit. chance: +1%
When used to imbue an object:
Physical crit. chance: +1.0%
Changes damage: +2% all
Spell crit. chance: +1%
Mental crit. chance: +1%
Latent Damage Type: Light


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
2 ametrine
citrine
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Light radius: +4
Infravision radius: +4
When used to imbue an object:
Light radius: +4
Infravision radius: +4
Latent Damage Type: Light


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
citrine
3 zircon
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Changes resistances: +1% all
When used to imbue an object:
Armour: +1
Changes resistances: +1% all
Latent Damage Type: Light


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

Achievements

Level 10 (Nightmare (Roguelike) difficulty) Got a character to level 10.
By I have watched enough hen the Ogre Writhing One level 10
1st Mirth 122nd year of Ascendancy at 03:15 see stats
The Arena (Nightmare (Roguelike) difficulty) Unlocked Arena mode.
By I have watched enough hen the Ogre Writhing One level 5
76th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 09:31 see stats
The secret city (Nightmare (Roguelike) difficulty) Discovered the truth about mages.
By I have watched enough hen the Ogre Writhing One level 11
5th Mirth 122nd year of Ascendancy at 02:25 see stats

Log

Greater gwelgoroth's Shock hits Worm that walks (servant of I have watched enough hen) for 55 lightning damage.
I have watched enough hen hits Greater gwelgoroth for 0 lightning damage.

Worm that walks (servant of I have watched enough hen) casts Rune: Prismatic.
Worm that walks (servant of I have watched enough hen) summons a prismatic shield for protection!
I have watched enough hen hits Greater gwelgoroth for 72 physical, 4 light, 11 arcane, 8 light, 2 cold (97 total damage).
Melee retaliation hits I have watched enough hen for (14 absorbed), 0 lightning, (14 absorbed), 0 lightning (0 total damage).
I have watched enough hen killed Greater gwelgoroth!

Quest 'Storming the city' status updated! (Press 'j' to see the quest log)

The shield around I have watched enough hen crumbles.

Worm that walks (servant of I have watched enough hen)'s prismatic shield fades.

I have watched enough hen calms down.
Talent Shed Skin is ready to use.

Resting starts...
Worm that walks (servant of I have watched enough hen) casts Rune: Prismatic.
Worm that walks (servant of I have watched enough hen) summons a prismatic shield for protection!
Worm that walks (servant of I have watched enough hen)'s prismatic shield fades.
Rested for 15 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).

Talent Ogric Wrath is ready to use.
There is an exit to the worldmap here (press '' or right click to use).
Ran for 34 turns (stop reason: at exit).

There is a Derth (Town) 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.