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Character
Game | Tales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.7.4 |
Addons | Ignore Campaign/Difficulty Locks 1.1.0Modifies the character creation dialog to bypass the lock check for campaigns and difficulty levels, allowing characters to play campaigns and difficulty levels that you haven't unlocked. Doesn't actually unlock anything. Adventurer Mastery 1.7.2Changes the mastery of the Adventurer's talents to 1.3 and gives it 1 more category point, 2 extra talents points and 2 extra generics. Now, there are quite a few addons that do similar things, however they tend to overwrite the adventurer birth data, making them incompatible with other changes to the class. This addon should be compatible with either : Slightly More Adventurous : - https://te4.org/games/addons/tome/adven_addon - allows adventurer to use talents from classes that don't spawn on randbosses - still checks race/class compatibility so stonewarden talents are only for dwarf and undead cant get wilder talents Much More Adventurous : - temporarily incompatible (use previous version of this addon instead) - https://te4.org/games/addons/tome/every_tree - allows the adventurer to use every talents, including monster only and debug talent trees. - tends to have issues with classes from other addons due to the way it loads their data. Improved Adventurer : - https://te4.org/games/addons/tome/Improved_Adventurer - my own adventurer skill addon. - allows the adventurer to use talents from every race and class, including locked ones and those normaly incompatible with your character. - use this one if you use addons that add new classes/races and want their talents on an adventurer Note : use only one of those three. They are not compatible with eachother Possessor Bonus Class 1.7.4Donators/Buyers bonus! Eoland's Vampire Race 1.7.4This is my own spin on a vampire race. It has some large benefits but also some very strong drawbacks. Class: Fallen 1.7.0Fallen has been added to the base game as an evolution for Sun Paladins This addon contains the original version, a base class afflicted/celestial hybrid. Fallen are unlocked alongside Sun Paladins. Please report any bugs on the forum thread. This class is originally inspired by the enemies John and Aluin, Afflicted Sun Paladins. Fallen have a mix of old and new trees. Celestial Combat Celestial Light Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.7.0Official 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:
Swordsmaster Class 1.7.4Adds a swordsmaster class to the game. CHANGELOG1.6.0 - Added a new talent tree, Technique/Fencing which has defensive talents related to parrying. - The talent Web of Steel has been moved from Swordsmanship to Fencing. It's place in the Swordsmanship tree has been taken by a new talent, Vorpal, which gives Physical Power and Armor Penetration. - The talent Crescent Sweep has been reworked. It deals more damage, inflicts bleed, moves before attacking, no longer allows swapping places, and has a cooldown. It's usage as a spammable movement talent for swapping places has been filled by the new Mist Step talent on the Fencing tree. - Lightspeed Draw can now attack enemies adjacent to any tiles you pass through in addition to enemies that you pass through directly. These additional targets count when determining whether you can use Lightspeed Draw or not. It still can only hit one enemy per tile you travel through though. - Fixed Swordsmanship not functioning for daggers - Fixed Swordsmanship to not permanently replace a weapon's strength damage mod with dexterity - Harrying blows no longer requires your spring attacks to hit the target; instead it only requires that you attempt them. - Harrying blows's finishing blow now bypasses evasion/repulsion talents that the target possesses - Harrying blows's finishing blow no longer ignores ALL armor and resistances. It ignores 50% of the target's resistances, and has set bonus armor penetration. - Spring Attack now functions immediately when activated instead of only after an action is performed after it is activated. - Surgical Strikes's stun and interference effects are now separate (so you get the full stun regardless of what the target does on its next turn). It's cooldown has also been increased from 6 to 8. - Added clarifying text to the descriptions of Will to Live and Unfetter to give a better idea of how effective they are when leveled up without requiring arithmetic. - Buffed Spring Attack stamina restoration - Cunning/Tactical is once again locked by default - Added translation support to timed effects 1.5.2 - Fixed bug with pre-use talent for swordsmanship talents when npc does not have an inventory 1.5.0 - Added a new talent tree, Technique/Two-handed Bladework, which serves as a Dexterity-based replacement for Technique/Two-handed Assault - As it has now been replaced, Technique/Two-handed Assault has been removed from the Swordsmaster class. - Cunning/Tactical is now unlocked by default 1.4.1 - Lightspeed Fatigue duration changed from 40 turns to a lower value which is based on effective talent level - (with 1.3 mastery: 24, 21, 18, 16, 14) - Lightspeed Fatigue now increases stamina cost of Lightspeed Draw linearly instead of quadratically. - (20 -> 40 -> 60 -> 80) instead of (20 -> 40 -> 80 -> 160) - Removed cooldown from Spring Attack, making it fully toggleable. 1.4.0 - Changed Moving Target to reduce direct damage taken by 30% instead of giving 15% all resist. - Buffed pin resistance of Slippery to 100% from 50% - Buffed movement speed granted by Slippery to 50% from 20% - Spring Attack once again restores stamina when wielding one-handed weapons - Lowered the maximum number of attacks per turn at ETL 5 for Spring Attack from 3 to 2 - Fixed typo in Harrying Blows description - Fixed Swordsmanship talents still being usable even when disarmed - Removed Duelist tree from Swordsmaster class, as it is mostly extraneous at this point 1.3.1 - Fixed infinite loop caused when reflecting certain spells like Invoke Darkness with Web of Steel 1.3.0 - Updated for version 1.7.2 - Raised stamina cost and cooldown for "Never Give Up" - Added offhand damage increase to "Swordsmanship" for swords and daggers - Changed format calls to tformat calls to support potential translation 1.2.0 - Added tactical data to talents for npcs - Swordsmanship mastery and str/dex scaling swap now works with daggers as well as swords - Determination now always takes 15 turns to reach maximum regeneration instead of taking fewer turns with a higher talent level. - Fixed logic of projectile selffire to correctly function as indicated by comments (for web of steel) - Fixed Vapor Blade knocking back even when it misses 1.1.0 - Swordsmanship now completely exchanges strength scaling for dexterity scaling on swords instead of giving -100% str mod and +100% dex mod - Fixed bug that prevented critical hits from occurring (oops!) - Unfetter and Never Give Up now have stamina costs - Harrying Blows fixed to only require Spring Attack to hit once per global turn instead of once per target's turn - Lightspeed Draw now has a fixed cooldown. - Spring Attack now only restores stamina if you are wielding a two-handed weapon - Will to Live changed to provide a health regen bonus equal to a flat amount per percent missing health rather than an amount equal to a percent of missing health. Also, now scales with Willpower. 1.0.0 - Initial Release Point Credits 1.7.2Allows you to spend an unlimited amount of class, generic, stat, category and prodigy points by digging into negative values, as deep as you want to. This addon presents an unique approach to the "I want more (insert type here) points for my character!" problem. Instead of simply adding +N more points to spend each level, it allows you to use as many points as you wish - you'll simply go into negative values if you don't have any points at the moment, effectively "loaning" them. From whom? For what fee? What's the due date? Who knows! Maybe the Eidolon's feeling like doing some commerce, or maybe the divines are smiling at you! All that matters is that all those points are yours to spend *now*! If you want, you can get those elusive talents up to survive in early game and compensate for them later as you level up, eventually balancing out... or get yourself all these cool talents you really wanted to have and learn than the build of your dream will forever be short of 24 generics, 6 class points, inscription and a prodigy. :> No actual penalties for loaning the points are implemented or intended to be implemented. Design premisesWhile there's already a lot of addons that grant characters more points, they are often found suffering from some significant flaws - like surplus points dangling when all desired talents have already been developed, or still insufficient amount of points despite all the extra ones, or an uneven point gain curve when one's struggling with point deficit in the early game but has a large surplus of unused points in the late game, or the difficulty to gauge the unbalanceness of the current build at a given moment of time... and so on. With point loaning, however, you can have as many or as few extra points as you wish, and always know how strongly you deviate from the intended game balance curve. I love this particular approach, and it is my hope that it will appeal to many other players, as well. :> Compatibility
Pecks
Ignore Race/Class Locks 1.7.0Modifies the character creation dialog to bypass the lock check for races and classes, allowing characters to be created using locked races and classes. Doesn't actually unlock anything. Frequently Asked Questions: Monsters tiles set 1.5.10Description Installation: Remove: or make it easy in game: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: РУС ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Описание Этот аддон позволит вам играть за Существо. Добавляет дополнительный сет тайлов, состоящий из слизней, шмелей, варгов, кошачьих и призраков в меню 'Custom tiles' Не меняет ветки скиллов или характеристики! Установка: Удаление: или в игре: Better Sandworm Lair 1.5.10This addon aims to make Sandworm Lair less terrible. It does so by doing four things: Enabling natural tunnels, disabling burrowers, replacing the walls with their stable counterparts, and removing the alt version. These changes are accomplished by overloading the zone and npc files with edits and commented out sections. Please consider checking out the following addons that are probably better at dealing with the annoyance offered by SWL: codyfun123's "Sandworm Lair Tweaks" Updates: 1.0.1 |
Campaign | Maj'Eyal |
Mode | Insane Adventure |
Sex | Male |
Race | Vampire |
Class | Adventurer |
Level / Exp | 1 / 31% |
Size | medium |
Lifes / Deaths | no deaths recorded 1 / 0 |
Primary Stats
Strength | 19 (base 12) |
Dexterity | 20 (base 15) |
Constitution | 19 (base 12) |
Magic | 17 (base 12) |
Willpower | 17 (base 12) |
Cunning | 17 (base 12) |
Resources
Life | 116/128 |
Mana | 135/135 |
Stamina | 118/118 |
Healing Factor | 1.0791723257555 |
Regeneration | 0.26979308143887 |
Speed
Mental | 0% |
Attack | 0% |
Movement | 0% |
Spell | 0% |
Global | +100% |
Vision
Sight | 10 |
Lite | 3 |
Offense: Mainhand
Damage | 31 |
Accuracy | 24 |
Crit Chance | 5% |
APR | 1 |
Speed | 1.00 |
Offense: Spell
Spellpower | 21 |
Crit Chance | 3% |
Speed | 1 |
Offense: Mind
Mindpower | 21 |
Crit Chance | 3% |
Speed | 1 |
Defense: Base
Armour (hardiness) | 3 (30%) |
Defense | 10 |
Ranged Defense | 10 |
Fatigue | 6 |
Physical Save | 13 |
Spell Save | 11 |
Mental Save | 11 |
Defense: Resistances
Light | -30%( 70%) |
All | 0%( 70%) |
Defense: Immunities
Fear Resistance | 100% |
Instadeath Resistance | 100% |
Poison Resistance | 100% |
Bleed Resistance | 100% |
Inscriptions (3/3)
Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: ShieldingUse 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 130 damage for 5 turns. |
Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: Shatter AfflictionsUse mode: Activated Range: melee/personal Cooldown: 18 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 50 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. |
Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: BlinkUse mode: Activated Range: 4 Cooldown: 18 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to teleport up to 4 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 10%, your defense is increased by 10 and all your resistances by 10%. |
Class Talents
Technique / Swordsmanship | 1.20 |
| 1/5 |
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Spell / Temporal | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
Technique / Combat veteran | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
Technique / Combat techniques | 1.00 |
| 2/5 |
| 0/5 |
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| 0/5 |
Generic Talents
Spell / Aegis | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
Undead / Vampire | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
Spell / Divination | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
Spell / Conveyance | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
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Technique / Combat training | 1.00 |
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| 1/5 |
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Effects
beneficial effect | The target is under the effect of the cloak of deception, making it look human. Cloak of Deception |
Quests
You have been resurrected as an undead by some dark powers. The rotting stench of the deadHowever, the ritual failed in some way and you retain your own mind. You need to get out of this dark place and try to carve a place for yourself in the world. You have found a very special cloak that will help you walk among the living without trouble. | active |
Equipment
Main armor | ![]() Requires: - Strength 10 9.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / light ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour: +2 Defense: +3 (+3 eff.) Fatigue: +6% A suit of armour made of leather. |
On hands | ![]() 1.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / hands ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour: +1 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. |
Light source | ![]() 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. |
Cloak | ![]() Powered by arcane forces 1.00 Encumbrance. [Plot Item] Type: armor / cloak When wielded/worn: Physical power: +5 (+2 eff.) Spellpower: +5 (+2 eff.) Mindpower: +5 (+3 eff.) A black cloak, with subtle illusion enchantments woven into its very fabric. |
In main hand | ![]() Requires: - Dexterity 11 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / greatsword ; tier 1 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 14.5 - 23.2 Uses stat: 120% Dex Damage type: Physical Mastery: Swordsmanship Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit mult (max 40%) Armour Penetration: +1 Crit. chance: +2.5% Attack speed: 100% Massive two-handed swords. |
Inventory
![]() Powered by arcane forces 0.10 Encumbrance. Type: scroll / rune When inscribed on your body: Effective talent level: 0.0 Use mode: Activated Range: melee/personal Cooldown: 17 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn) Is: a spell and usable during Aether Avatar Description: Activate the rune to unleash a manasurge upon yourself, increasing mana regeneration by 697% for 10 turns (17 total) and instantly restoring 35 mana. Also when resting your mana will regenerate at 0.5 per turn. It can be used to inscribe your skin with the rune. Magical runes may be inscribed onto your body, granting you an on-demand spell talent. |
![]() iron dagger (10-13 power, 5 apr) Requires: - Dexterity 11 1.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / dagger ; tier 1 Base power: 10.0 - 13.0 Uses stat: 100% Dex Damage type: Physical Mastery: Swordsmanship Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%) Armour Penetration: +5 Crit. chance: +4.0% Attack speed: 100% Sharp, short and deadly. |
![]() iron dagger (10-14 power, 5 apr) Requires: - Dexterity 11 1.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / dagger ; tier 1 Base power: 10.5 - 13.7 Uses stat: 100% Dex Damage type: Physical Mastery: Swordsmanship Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%) Armour Penetration: +5 Crit. chance: +4.0% Attack speed: 100% Sharp, short and deadly. |
![]() elm longbow Requires: - Dexterity 11 - Talent Shoot 4.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / longbow ; tier 1 It must be held with both hands. Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%) Attack speed: 100% Firing range: +6 Longbows are used to shoot arrows at your foes. |
![]() iron longsword (10-14 power, 2 apr) Requires: - Dexterity 11 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1 Base power: 10.0 - 14.0 Uses stat: 100% Dex Damage type: Physical Mastery: Swordsmanship Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit mult (max 40%) Armour Penetration: +2 Crit. chance: +2.5% Attack speed: 100% Sharp, long, and deadly. |
![]() iron longsword (13-18 power, 2 apr) Requires: - Dexterity 11 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1 Base power: 13.0 - 18.2 Uses stat: 100% Dex Damage type: Physical Mastery: Swordsmanship Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit mult (max 40%) Armour Penetration: +2 Crit. chance: +2.5% Attack speed: 100% Sharp, long, and deadly. |
![]() mossy mindstar (2-3 power, 12 apr, nature damage) Requires: - Willpower 11 Infused by nature 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / mindstar ; tier 1 Base power: 2.5 - 2.8 Uses stats: 50% Wil, 30% Cun Damage type: Nature Mastery: Psiblades Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%) Accuracy is based on willpower for this weapon. Armour Penetration: +12 Crit. chance: +2.5% Attack speed: 100% When wielded/worn: Talent granted: +1 Attune Mindstar Mindpower: +2 (+1 eff.) Mental crit. chance: +1% Mindstars are natural products. Natural gems covered in living matter, they are used to focus the mental powers of all nature defenders and psionics. Using mindstars in the offhand does not incur the normal offhand damage penalty. |
![]() mossy mindstar (2-3 power, 12 apr, mind damage) Requires: - Willpower 11 Infused by nature 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / mindstar ; tier 1 Base power: 2.5 - 2.8 Uses stats: 50% Wil, 30% Cun Damage type: Mind Mastery: Psiblades Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%) Accuracy is based on willpower for this weapon. Armour Penetration: +12 Crit. chance: +2.5% Attack speed: 100% When wielded/worn: Talent granted: +1 Attune Mindstar Mindpower: +2 (+1 eff.) Mental crit. chance: +1% Mindstars are natural products. Natural gems covered in living matter, they are used to focus the mental powers of all nature defenders and psionics. Using mindstars in the offhand does not incur the normal offhand damage penalty. |
![]() rough leather sling Requires: - Dexterity 11 - Talent Shoot 4.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / sling ; tier 1 Accuracy bonus: +0.2% base dam (max 20%) Attack speed: 100% Firing range: +6 Slings are used to hurl stones or metal shots at your foes. |
![]() elm magestaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, arcane element) Requires: - Magic 11 5.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / staff ; tier 1 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 10.0 - 12.0 Uses stat: 80% Mag Damage type: Physical Mastery: Staff Mastery Accuracy bonus: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%) Armour Penetration: +2 Crit. chance: +2.5% Attack speed: 100% When wielded/worn: Changes damage: +10% arcane Talent granted: +1 Command Staff Spellpower: +3 (+1 eff.) Spell crit. chance: +1% Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art. |
![]() linen cloak (1 def, 0 armour) 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Defense: +1 (+1 eff.) A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour. |
![]() linen robe (0 def, 0 armour) 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Changes resistances: +7% all A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted. |
![]() iron gauntlets (0 def, 1 armour) Requires: - Heavy armour training 1.50 Encumbrance. Type: armor / hands ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour: +1 Fatigue: +1% 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. |
![]() prismatic iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour) Requires: - Heavy armour training - Strength 14 Powered by arcane forces 14.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour: +4 Defense: +2 (+2 eff.) Fatigue: +12% Changes resistances: +11% light / +11% darkness A suit of armour made of mail. |
![]() iron shield (0 def, 2 armour, 20 block) Requires: - Shield usage training - Strength 11 7.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / shield ; tier 1 Learn shield attack talent or enable 'Always show shield combat' to see combat stats. When wielded/worn: Armour: +2 Fatigue: +8% Talent granted: +1 Block Handheld deflection devices. |
![]() iron shield (0 def, 2 armour, 19 block) Requires: - Shield usage training - Strength 11 7.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / shield ; tier 1 Learn shield attack talent or enable 'Always show shield combat' to see combat stats. When wielded/worn: Armour: +2 Fatigue: +8% Talent granted: +1 Block Handheld deflection devices. |
![]() quiver of elm arrows (19/19, 14-20 power, 5 apr) Requires: - Dexterity 11 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: ammo / arrow ; tier 1 Base power: 14.0 - 19.6 Uses stats: 50% Str, 70% Dex Damage type: Physical Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%) Armour Penetration: +5 Crit. chance: +1.0% Capacity: 19 Arrows are used with bows to pierce your foes to death. |
![]() 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. |
![]() pouch of iron shots (21/21, 16-19 power, 1 apr) Requires: - Dexterity 11 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: ammo / shot ; tier 1 Base power: 16.0 - 19.2 Uses stats: 50% Cun, 70% Dex Damage type: Physical Accuracy bonus: +0.2% base dam (max 20%) Armour Penetration: +1 Crit. chance: +4.0% Capacity: 21 Shots are used with slings to pummel your foes to death. |