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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.7.4
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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

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Ignore Race/Class Locks 1.7.0

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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

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
ModeNormal Roguelike
SexMale
RaceCornac
ClassCursed
Level / Exp7 / 43%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by fire drake hatchling at level 7 on the 6th Mirth 122nd year of Ascendancy at 13:03
/ 1

Primary Stats

Strength26 (base 24)
Dexterity10 (base 10)
Constitution10 (base 10)
Magic12 (base 10)
Willpower22 (base 24)
Cunning10 (base 10)

Resources

Life-15/197
Hate93/100
Healing Factor0.99497265648064
Regeneration0.24874316412016

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement+25%
Spell0%
Global+100%

Vision

Sight10
Lite5
Infravision1

Offense: Mainhand

Damage52
Accuracy29
Crit Chance2%
APR7
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower7.5
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower27
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

Light+13%
Darkness+10%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)14 (30%)
Defense21
Ranged Defense21
Fatigue0
Physical Save12
Spell Save16
Mental Save16

Defense: Resistances

Lightning+ 15%( 70%)
Light+ 41%( 70%)
Blight+ 10%( 70%)
Darkness+ 20%( 70%)
Cold+ 10%( 70%)
Nature+ 12%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Stun Resistance28%
Confusion Resistance28%
Fear Resistance28%
Instadeath Resistance100%
Knockback Resistance28%

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)
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

Cursed / Gloom1.30
  • Effective talent level: 5.2
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: 3
    Cooldown: 0
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a mind power
    Description: A terrible gloom surrounds you, affecting all those who approach to within radius 3. At the end of each game turn, those caught in your gloom must save against your Mindpower, or have a 14% chance to suffer from slowness (30%), stun or confusion (30%) for 3 turns.
    The chance increases with your mind speed.
    This ability is innate, and carries no cost to activate or deactivate.
    Each point in Gloom talents increases your Mindpower (current total: 16).
    Gloom
4/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Each turn, those caught in your gloom must save against your Mindpower, or have a 8% chance to be crippled by fear for 3 turns, reducing damage they inflict by -14%. The first time you melee strike a foe after they have been weakened will give you 2 hate.
    The chance increases with your mind speed.
    Each point in Gloom talents increases your Mindpower (current total: 16).
    Weakness
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Every turn, all enemies in your gloom take 0.51 mind damage and 0.56 darkness damage.
    This damage is increased by your global speed but only happens ever game turn.
    The damage scales with your Mindpower.
    Each point in Gloom talents increases your Mindpower (current total: 16).
    Mindrot
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Your gloom has become a sanctuary from the outside world. Damage from any attack that originates beyond the boundary of your gloom is reduced by 0%.
    Each point in Gloom talents increases your Mindpower (current total: 16).
    Sanctuary
0/5
Cursed / Predator1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improve your predation by learning from past hunts. You gain 0.00 accuracy and 0.00 armor penetration against foes for each foe of that type you have previously slain, to a maximum of 0 accuracy and 0 apr.
    Predator
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Upon making a critical melee attack the savagery of your predation causes a Cursed Miasma to begin permeating your hunting grounds.
    The miasma will seep from 1 locations, including your own, within radius 4, deals 1.74 damage split between Darkness and Mind and blocks sight.
    Prey lost within your miasma have a 0% chance to lose track of you and may mistake friends for foe.
    Savage Hunter costs     8 Hate on trigger and does not trigger when you're in Cursed Miasma.
    Savage Hunter
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: While shrouded in cursed miasma you gain stealth (2 power) and 3 physical power.
    The stealth power and physical power will increase with your mindpower.
    Shrouded Hunter
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Focus your predation on the most worthy prey. Upon entering a level for the first time, up to 1 foes are marked as your prey. You gain vision of them, wherever they are. Additionally, all damage you receive from their subtype is reduced by 0%.
    Mark Prey
0/5
Cursed / Rampage1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 15
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 24
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You enter a terrible rampage for 5 turns (up to a maximum of 8 turns), destroying everything in your path. Starting a rampage is instantaneous. You may also enter a rampage (50% chance) when you are hit for more than 8% of your max life.
    Any talent, rune or infusion you use while rampaging becomes a distraction, and reduces the duration of the rampage by 1. Your first movement while rampaging increases the rampage duration by 1.
    Rampage Bonus: +100% movement speed.
    Rampage Bonus: +20% attack speed.
    Rampage Bonus: +20% mind speed.
    Rampage
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You attack with mindless brutality. The first critical hit inflicted while rampaging increases the rampage duration by 1.
    Rampage Bonus: Your physical damage increases by 15%.
    Rampage Bonus: Your Physical Save increases by 7 and Mental Save increases by 7.
    Brutality
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Nothing will stop your rampage.
    Rampage Bonus: You shrug off up to 3 damage each turn during your rampage. If you shrug off more than 13 damage, the rampage duration increases by 1.
    The amount of damage you can shrug off improves with your Strength.
    Tenacity
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 3
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: While rampaging, you slam up to 2 adjacent opponents, stunning them for 2 turns and damaging them for between 3 and 7 physical damage. Your first slam of at least two opponents increases the rampage duration by 1.
    Damage increases with your Physical Power.
    Slam
0/5
Cursed / Strife1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 4
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Turn your attention to a nearby foe, and dominate them with your overwhelming presence. If the target fails to save versus your Mindpower, it will be unable to move for 3 turns and vulnerable to attacks. They will lose 4 Armour, 6 Defense and your attacks will gain 10% resistance penetration. If the target is adjacent to you, your domination will include a melee attack.
    Effects will improve with your Willpower.

    This talent will also attack with your shield, if you have one equipped.
    Dominate
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your preternatural senses aid you in your hunt for the next victim. You sense foes in a radius of 2.0. You will always sense a stalked victim in a radius of 10.
    Also increases stealth detection by 26 and invisibility detection by 26.
    Stealth and invisibility detection improves with your Willpower
    Preternatural Senses
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 4
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 13
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: With blinding speed, you suddenly appear next to a target up to 6 spaces away and attack for 21% (at 0 Hate) to 70% (at 100+ Hate) damage. Your sudden appearance catches everyone off-guard, giving you 2 extra Defense for 1 turn.
    The Defense boost improves with your Strength.
    Blindside
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Rather than hide from the onslaught, you face down every threat. While active you have a 3% chance of repelling a melee attack. The recklessness of your defense brings you bad luck (Luck -3).
    Cleave, Repel and Surge cannot be active simultaneously, and activating one will place the others in cooldown.
    Repel chance increases with your Strength and by 20% when equipped with a shield.
    Repel
0/5
Cursed / Slaughter1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 2
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You slash wildly at your target for 117% (at 0 Hate) to 156% (at 100+ Hate) damage.
    At level 3, any wound you inflict with this carries a part of your curse, reducing the effectiveness of healing by 34% for 15 turns. The effect will stack.
    The damage multiplier increases with your Strength.

    This talent will also attack with your shield, if you have one equipped.
    Slash
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 2
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Assault nearby foes with 4 fast attacks for 19% (at 0 Hate) to 38% (at 100+ Hate) damage each. Stalked prey are always targeted if nearby.
    At level 3 the intensity of your assault overwhelms anyone who is struck, reducing their Defense by -12 for 4 turns.
    The damage multiplier and Defense reduction increase with your Strength.

    This talent will also attack with your shield, if you have one equipped.
    Frenzy
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 5
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Charge through your opponents, attacking anyone near your path for 35% (at 0 Hate) to 70% (at 100+ Hate) damage. Small opponents may be knocked away from your path. You can attack a maximum of 2 times, and can hit targets along your path more than once.
    Reckless Charge
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: While active, every swing of your weapon strikes strikes other adjacent enemies for 25% (at 0 hate) to 25% (at 100 hate) physical damage. The recklessness of your attacks brings you bad luck (luck -3).
    Cleave, Repel and Surge cannot be active simultaneously, and activating one will place the others in cooldown.
    Cleave will deal 25% additional damage while using a two-handed weapon.
    The Cleave damage increases with your Strength.
    Cleave
0/5
Cursed / Endless hunt1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 0
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: When you focus your attacks on a single foe and strike them in melee for two consecutive turns, your hatred of them overcomes you and you begin to stalk them with single-minded purpose. The effect will last for 40 turns, or until your prey is dead. Stalking gives you bonuses against your foe that grow each turn you hit them, and diminish each turn you don't.
    Bonus level 1: +4 Accuracy, +6% melee damage, +0.50 hate/turn prey was hit
    Bonus level 2: +5 Accuracy, +11% melee damage, +1.00 hate/turn prey was hit
    Bonus level 3: +7 Accuracy, +17% melee damage, +1.50 hate/turn prey was hit
    The accuracy bonus improves with your Willpower, and the melee damage bonus with your Strength.
    Stalk
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 5
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Harass your stalked victim with two quick attacks for 35% (at 0 Hate) to 67% (at 100+ Hate) damage each. Each attack that scores a hit disrupts one talent, rune or infusion for 1 turns. Your opponent will be unnerved by the attacks, reducing the damage they deal by 41% for 2 turns.

    This talent will also attack with your shield, if you have one equipped.
    Harass Prey
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 2
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Mind (100% of a turn)
    Is: a mind power
    Description: The connection between predator and prey allows you to speak to the mind of your target and beckon them closer. For 5 turns, they will try to come to you, even pushing others aside to do so. They will move towards you instead of acting 5% of the time, but can save verses Mindpower to slow the effect. If they take significant damage, the beckoning may be overcome altogether. The effect makes concentration difficult for your target, reducing Spellpower and Mindpower by 1 until they reach you.
    The Spellpower and Mindpower reduction increases with your Willpower.
    Beckon
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Let hate fuel your movements. While active, you gain 3% movement speed. The recklessness of your movement brings you bad luck (Luck -3).
    Cleave, Repel and Surge cannot be active simultaneously, and activating one will place the others in cooldown.
    Sustaining Surge while Dual Wielding grants 1 additional Defense.
    Movement speed and dual-wielding Defense both increase with the Willpower stat.
    Surge
0/5

Generic Talents

Cursed / Cursed aura1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 0
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Your defiling touch permeates everything around you, permanently imparting a random curse on each item you find. When you equip a cursed item, you gain the effects of that curse (shown as a beneficial effect). Each item with the same curse that is equipped increases the curse's power. Initially curses are harmful, but powerful benefits accumulate as the power of the curse increases.
    The Dark Gifts talent unlocks higher level curse effects and increases their power.
    Your aura permeates your equipment more thoroughly with talent level and can affect items as follows:
    Level 1 -- weapons
    Level 2 -- body armor and cloaks
    Level 3 -- shields and helmets
    Level 4 -- gloves, boots and belts
    Level 6 -- rings
    Level 7 -- amulets/necklaces
    Level 8 -- lites
    Level 9 -- tools/totems/torques/wands
    level 10 -- ammunition
    At level 5, you can activate this talent to surround yourself with an aura that adds 2 levels to a curse of your choosing. (None chosen)
    Also, talent levels above 5 reduce the negative effects of your curses (currently 0% reduction).
    Defiling Touch
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Your curses bring you dark gifts. Unlocks bonus level 2 effects on all of your curses, allowing you to gain that effect when the power level of your curse reaches that level. At talent level 5, the luck penalty of cursed effects is reduced to 1.
    Talent levels above 5 add bonus power levels to your curses, increasing their effects (currently 0.2).
    Dark Gifts
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Mind (100% of a turn)
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Curse the earth around you in a radius of 2 for 3 turns. Any who stand upon it are weakened, reducing the damage they inflict by -1%
    Ruined Earth
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 5
    Cooldown: 40
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Mind (100% of a turn)
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Instill a part of your living curse into a weapon in your inventory, and toss it nearby. This nearly impervious sentry will attack all nearby enemies for 3 turns. When the curse ends, the weapon will drop to the ground.
    Cursed Sentry attack speed (currently 16%) will improve with talent level.
    When you first select a weapon, it will be remembered and used as long as it's in your inventory. Use Choose Cursed Sentry talent to alter your selection.
    At talent level 3, you get the ability to afflict powerful mundane objects (greater egos).
    At talent level 5, you can corrupt artifacts.
    Cursed Sentry
0/5
Cursed / Cursed form1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Your body's strength is fed by your hatred. This causes most forms of healing to be between 50% effective (at 0 Hate) to 100% effective (at 100+ Hate). In addition, after each kill, you store the waning life force to invigorate yourself, restoring 12 life (limited by the foe's maximum life, up to a maximum of 29 at any time). You can heal no more than 8.8 life per turn this way, and it is not affected by your hatred level or other effects.
    Healing from kills improves with your Willpower.
    Unnatural Body
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Your thirst for blood drives your movements. You gain +28% confusion, fear, knockback and stun immunity.
    Relentless
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: You have learned to hold onto your hate and use your suffering to fuel your body's rage. Every turn you take damage, the damage you inflict increases, until it reaches a maximum of +17% after 5 turns. Any turn in which you do not take damage will reduce the bonus.
    Seethe
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: You rise to meet the pain that others would inflict on you. Every turn you take damage, your Strength and Willpower increase until they reach a maximum of +1 after 5 turns. Any turn in which you do not take damage will reduce the bonus. While in effect, your body also has a 5% chance to overcome poisons and diseases each turn.
    Grim Resolve
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: 3.9
    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.
    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: 2.6
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 34.
    Combat Accuracy
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 48% 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

Quests

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
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
miner's pair of iron boots of tirelessness (0 def, 4 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training

Crafted by a master
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Fatigue: +2%
Stamina each turn: +0.40
Maximum stamina: +11.00
Infravision radius: +1


Heavy boots, with metal strips at the toes, heels and other vulnerable parts, to better protect the wearer's feet from harm.
miner's pair of iron boots of tirelessness (0 def, 4 armour)
On hands
radiant iron gauntlets of strength (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training

Powered by arcane forces
Crafted by a master
1.50 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +6 (+2 eff.)
Armour: +1
Fatigue: +1%
Damage (Melee): 6 light
Changes stats: +2 Str
Changes resistances: +5% light
Changes damage: +3% light
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.
radiant iron gauntlets of strength (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
On head
shielding linen wizard hat of darkness (+15%) (1 def, 0 armour)
Powered by arcane forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / head ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+1 eff.)
Changes stats: +2 Mag
Changes resistances: +15% darkness
Changes damage: +10% darkness
Spell save: +5 (+4 eff.)


A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly...
shielding linen wizard hat of darkness (+15%) (1 def, 0 armour)
Around waist
nightruned rough leather belt of the mystic
Powered by arcane forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +6% light / +5% darkness
Mental save: +5 (+4 eff.)
Spellpower: +3 (+2 eff.)


A belt that goes around your waist.
nightruned rough leather belt of the mystic
Main armor
cleansing cured leather armour of lightning resistance (6 def, 4 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 14

Infused by arcane disrupting forces
Crafted by a master
9.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / light ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Defense: +6 (+3 eff.)
Fatigue: +7%
Changes resistances: +10% blight / +12% nature / +15% lightning


A suit of armour made of leather.
cleansing cured leather armour of lightning resistance (6 def, 4 armour)
In main hand
Bill's Tree Trunk (Nightmares) (30-51 power, 7 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 25

Crafted by a master
5.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: weapon / greatmaul ; tier 1
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 30.0 - 51.0
Uses stat: 130% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% base dam (max 20%)
Armour Penetration: +7
Crit. chance: +1.5%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Curse of Nightmares
It can be used to activate talent Shattering Blow (costing 20 power out of 6/20) :
Effective talent level: 2.0
Power cost: 20 out of 6/20.
Range: melee/personal
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Description: Hits the target with your weapon, doing 124% damage. If the attack hits, the target's armour and saves are reduced by 11 for 6 turns.
Also if the target is protected by a temporary damage shield there is 36% chance to shatter it.
Armor reduction chance increases with your Physical Power.

This is a big, nasty-looking tree trunk that Bill the Troll used as a weapon. It could still serve this purpose, should you be strong enough to wield it!
Bill's Tree Trunk (Nightmares) (30-51 power, 7 apr)
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.(72 power, based on Willpower)

Activation costs 10 power out of 15/15.

A small crystal phial that captured Sunlight during the Summertide.
Summertide Phial
Cloak
thick linen cloak (1 def, 5 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +5
Defense: +1 (+1 eff.)
Changes resistances: +10% cold


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
thick linen cloak (1 def, 5 armour)
Around neck
Feathersteel Amulet
Crafted by a master
0.10 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +15 (+8 eff.)
Fatigue: -20%
Maximum encumbrance: +20
Movement speed: +25%
Slows Projectiles: +15%
Avoid Pressure Traps: The wearer never triggers traps that require pressure.


The weight of the world seems a little lighter with this amulet around your neck.
Feathersteel Amulet

Inventory

movement infusion (speed 400%; cd 18)
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: 18
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to increase movement speed by 400% for 1 game turn.
You gain 100% stun, daze, and pin immunity during the effect.
Any actions other than movement will cancel the effect.
Note: since you will be moving very fast, game turns will pass very slowly.
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.
movement infusion (speed 400%; cd 18)
balanced steel battleaxe of massacre (Shrouds) (34-50 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 16

Crafted by a master
3.00 Encumbrance.

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

Base power: 33.5 - 50.2
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%
When wielded/worn:
Accuracy: +9 (+5 eff.)
Defense: +10 (+5 eff.)
Disarm immunity: +28%
Curse of Shrouds


Massive two-handed battleaxes.
balanced steel battleaxe of massacre (Shrouds) (34-50 power, 2 apr)
iron battleaxe (Nightmares) (14-22 power, 1 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / battleaxe ; tier 1
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 14.5 - 21.8
Uses stat: 120% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%)
Armour Penetration: +1
Crit. chance: +4.5%
Attack speed: 100%
Curse of Nightmares


Massive two-handed battleaxes.
iron battleaxe (Nightmares) (14-22 power, 1 apr)
iron greatsword (Corpses) (16-26 power, 1 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / greatsword ; tier 1
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 16.0 - 25.6
Uses stat: 120% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit mult (max 40%)
Armour Penetration: +1
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%
Curse of Corpses


Massive two-handed swords.
iron greatsword (Corpses) (16-26 power, 1 apr)
polar rough leather gloves of dexterity (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Accuracy: +10 (+5 eff.)
Armour: +1
Damage (Melee): 6 cold
Changes stats: +2 Dex
Changes resistances: +5% cold
Changes damage: +3% cold
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.
polar rough leather gloves of dexterity (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
storm rough leather gloves of dexterity (+3) (0 def, 1 armour)
Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / hands ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Accuracy: +10 (+5 eff.)
Armour: +1
Damage (Melee): 6 lightning
Changes stats: +3 Dex
Changes resistances: +6% lightning
Changes damage: +3% lightning
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.
storm rough leather gloves of dexterity (+3) (0 def, 1 armour)
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training
- Strength 14

14.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Defense: +2 (+1 eff.)
Fatigue: +12%


A suit of armour made of mail.
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
reinforced iron shield of cold resistance (+15%) (0 def, 4 armour, 8-10 power, 38.5 block)
Requires:
- Shield usage training
- Strength 11

Crafted by a master
7.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / shield ; tier 1

When used to attack (with talents):
Base power: 8.0 - 9.6
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Block value: +38
When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Fatigue: +8%
Changes resistances: +15% cold
Talent granted: +1 Block


Handheld deflection devices.
reinforced iron shield of cold resistance (+15%) (0 def, 4 armour, 8-10 power, 38.5 block)
reinforced iron shield of lightning resistance (+16%) (0 def, 3 armour, 9-11 power, 41 block)
Requires:
- Shield usage training
- Strength 11

Crafted by a master
7.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / shield ; tier 1

When used to attack (with talents):
Base power: 9.0 - 10.8
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Block value: +41
When wielded/worn:
Armour: +3
Fatigue: +8%
Changes resistances: +16% lightning
Talent granted: +1 Block


Handheld deflection devices.
reinforced iron shield of lightning resistance (+16%) (0 def, 3 armour, 9-11 power, 41 block)
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.
agate
Demonic Soul
Powered by arcane forces
0.00 Encumbrance.

[Legendary]
Type: misc / demonic ; tier 3

15% chances once per turn, when you deal damage to do a burst of fire damage in radius 1 equal to your spellpower


A tiny, jagged gem, dredged up from the very core of Mal'Rok, the homeworld of demons. It still burns with the fires of the Spellblaze that blew it apart.
Demonic Soul
brass lantern
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Light radius: +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
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
6 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.
6 ametrine
4 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.
4 citrine
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.
zircon

Achievements

The Arena (Roguelike) Unlocked Arena mode.
By Desruc the Cornac Cursed level 7
78th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 23:11 see stats

Log

Desruc uses Infusion: Healing.
Desruc receives 46 healing from Infusion: Healing.
Desruc uses Frenzy.
Desruc hits Fire drake hatchling for 17 light, 17 light (34 total damage).
Desruc hits Fire drake hatchling for 27 physical, 7 light, 17 light, 18 physical, 7 light (75 total damage).
Desruc hits Fire drake hatchling for 17 light, 17 light (34 total damage).
Melee retaliation hits Desruc for 2 fire, 2 fire, 2 fire, 2 fire (8 total damage).
Desruc killed Fire drake hatchling!
Burning from Red crystal hits Desruc for 12 fire damage.
Desruc receives 9 healing from Unnatural Body.

Desruc uses Slash.
Desruc hits Fire drake hatchling for 17 light damage.
Desruc hits Fire drake hatchling for 82 physical, 7 light, 17 light (105 total damage).
Melee retaliation hits Desruc for 2 fire damage.
Red crystal casts Flame Bolt.
Burning from Red crystal hits Desruc for 12 fire damage.
Desruc receives 3 healing from Unnatural Body.
Desruc begins rampaging!
Red crystal's Flame Bolt hits Desruc for 36 fire damage.
Fire drake hatchling hits Desruc for 32 physical damage.
Fire drake hatchling hits Desruc for 29 physical damage.

Desruc uses Infusion: Regeneration.
Desruc starts regenerating health quickly.
You feel your rampage slowing down. (-1 duration)
Burning from Red crystal hits Desruc for 18 fire damage.
Fire drake hatchling hits Desruc for 29 physical damage.
Fire drake hatchling hits Desruc for 32 physical damage.
Desruc the level 7 cornac cursed was minced to death by a fire drake hatchling on level 1 of Scintillating Caves.