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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.7.6
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CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Adventure
SexMale
RaceGhoul
ClassBulwark
Level / Exp2 / 64%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
no deaths recorded
2 / 0

Primary Stats

Strength27 (base 17)
Dexterity15 (base 14)
Constitution26 (base 14)
Magic10 (base 10)
Willpower11 (base 10)
Cunning13 (base 10)

Resources

Life195/195
Stamina76/76
Healing Factor1.1316586254954
Regeneration0.28291465637386

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement0%
Spell0%
Global+80%

Vision

Sight10
Lite3

Offense: Mainhand

Damage32
Accuracy23
Crit Chance3%
APR2
Speed1.00

Offense: Offhand

Damage
Accuracy
Crit Chance
APR
Speed

Offense: Spell

Spellpower15
Crit Chance2%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower17
Crit Chance2%
Speed1

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)21.22249869296 (62.32946707186%)
Defense5
Ranged Defense5
Fatigue20
Physical Save18
Spell Save7
Mental Save8

Defense: Resistances

All 0%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Stun Resistance82%
Bleed Resistance100%
Fear Resistance100%
Instadeath Resistance100%
Poison Resistance80%
Knockback Resistance32%

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 130 damage for 5 turns.
Rune: Shielding
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use 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.
Rune: Shatter Afflictions
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use 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%.
Rune: Blink

Class Talents

Technique / Combat veteran1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate stamina faster (+0.8 stamina/turn).
    Quick Recovery
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate life faster (+1.4 life/turn).
    Fast Metabolism
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Rigorous training allows you to be more resistant to some spell effects (+0 spell save).
    Spell Shield
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You revel in the death of your foes, regaining 0.0 stamina with each death you cause.
    Unending Frenzy
0/5
Technique / Shield offense1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 9.6
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hits the target with two shield strikes, doing 136% and 166% shield damage. If it hits a second time, it stuns the target for 2 turns.
    The stun chance increases with your Accuracy and your Strength.
    Shield Pummel
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improves your ability to perform counterstrikes after blocks in the following ways:
    Allows counterstrikes after incomplete blocks.
    Increases the number of counterstrikes you can perform on a target while they're vulnerable by 0.
    Increases the crit chance of counterstrikes by 10%. This increase scales with your Dexterity.
    Riposte
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 14.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hit your target with your shield 3 times for 30% damage then quickly return to a blocking position. The bonus block will not check or trigger Block cooldown.
    Shield Slam
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 19.2
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hits the target with your shield, doing 80% damage. If it hits, you follow up with two automatic critical hits with your weapon, doing 80% base damage each.
    Assault
0/5
Technique / Combat techniques1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26.4
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 35
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Rush toward a target enemy with incredible speed and perform a melee attack for 120% weapon damage that can daze the target for 3 turns if it hits.
    You must rush from at least 2 tiles away.
    Rush
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You focus your strikes, reducing your attack speed by 10% and increasing your Accuracy by 4 and critical chance by 3%.
    The effects will increase with your Dexterity.
    Precise Strikes
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You have learned to focus your blows to hit your target, granting +19 accuracy and allowing you to attack creatures you cannot see without penalty for the next 1 turns.
    Perfect Strike
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 55
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Through rigorous training, you have learned to focus your actions for a short while, increasing your speed by 0% for 5 turns.
    Blinding Speed
0/5
Technique / Shield defense1.30
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Enter a protective battle stance allowing you to defend yourself more proficiently while using a shield.
    Increases Armour by 10, Block value by 30, and reduces Block cooldown by 2.
    Increases stun and knockback resistance by 32%.
    The Armor and Block bonuses increase equally with your Dexterity and Strength.
    Shield Wall
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 24
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Smash your shield into the face of all adjacent foes dealing 100% shield damage and knocking them back 0 grids.
    In addition, all creatures knocked back will also be dazed for 5 turns.
    If known, activating this talent will refresh your Rush cooldown if the attack hits.
    The distance increases with your talent level, and the Daze duration with your Strength.
    Repulsion
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improves your damage with shield-based skills, and increases your Spell (+1) and Physical (+0) Saves.
    Shield Expertise
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You brace yourself for the final stand, increasing Defense and Armor by 0, maximum and current life by 15, but making you unable to move.
    Your stand lets you concentrate on every blow, allowing you to avoid death from normally fatal wounds. You can only die when reaching -15 life.
    If your life is below 0 when Last Stand ends it will be set to 1.
    The increase in Defense and Armor is based on your Dexterity, and the increase in life is based on your Constitution and normal maximum life.
    Last Stand
0/5

Generic Talents

Undead / Ghoul1.10
  • Effective talent level: 2.2
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improves your ghoulish body, increasing Strength and Constitution by 7.
    Your body also becomes incredibly resilient to damage; you can never take a blow that deals more than 50% of your maximum life.
    Ghoul
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 3
    Fixed Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: Leap toward your target.
    When you land your global speed is increased by 15% for 4 turns.
    Ghoulish Leap
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: Vomit on the ground around you, healing any undead in the area and damaging anyone else.
    Lasts 10 turns and deals 12 blight damage or heals 18 life.
    Creatures standing in the retch also have 3% chance to remove a physical effect each turn; undeads will be stripped from a detrimental effect while others will be stripped from a beneficial effect.
    When you stand in your own retch your racial -20% global speed is cancelled.
    Retch
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Gnaw your target for 67% damage. If your attack hits, the target may be infected with Ghoul Rot for 1 turns.
    Each turn, Ghoul Rot inflicts 2.09 blight damage.
    Targets suffering from Ghoul Rot rise as friendly ghouls when slain.
    Ghouls last for 1 turns and can use Gnaw, Ghoulish Leap, Stun, and Rotting Disease.
    The blight damage scales with your Constitution.
    Gnaw
0/5
Cunning / Survival1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You notice the small things others do not notice, allowing you to "see" creatures in a 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
Technique / Conditioning1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Cooldown: 15
    Description: You recover faster from poisons, diseases and wounds, reducing the duration of all such effects by 22%.
    Whenever your life falls below 50%, your life regeneration increases by 22.3 for 8 turns (178 total). This effect can only happen once every 15 turns.
    The regeneration scales with your Constitution.
    Vitality
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You've learned to recover quickly from effects that would disable you. Each turn, you have a 11% chance to recover from a single stun effect.
    At talent level 2 you may also recover from Blindness, at level 3 Confusion and Pins, and level 4 Disarms and Slows.
    Effects will be cleansed with the priority order Stun > Blind > Confusion > Pin > Disarm > Slow.
    Only one effect may be recovered from each turn, and the chance to recover from an effect scales with your Constitution.
    Unflinching Resolve
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Enemies are intimidated by your very presence.
    Enemies within radius 6 have their Physical Power, Mindpower, and Spellpower reduced by 2.
    The power of the intimidation effect improves with your Physical power
    Daunting Presence
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 24
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You release a surge of adrenaline that increases your Physical Power by 1 for 2 turns. While the effect is active, you may continue to fight beyond the point of exhaustion.
    You may continue to use stamina based talents while at zero stamina at the cost of life.
    The Physical Power increase will scale with your Constitution.
    Using this talent does not take a turn.
    Adrenaline Surge
0/5
Technique / Combat training1.30
  • Effective talent level: 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: 2.6
    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 32%, and reduces the chance melee or ranged attacks critically hit you by 7% 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
2/5
  • 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: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 18.
    Combat Accuracy
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 34% and physical power by 30 when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
1/5
  • 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
Shield Wall
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.
However, 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.
The rotting stench of the dead		active

Equipment

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
Main armor
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 (+2 eff.)
Fatigue: +12%


A suit of armour made of mail.
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
In main hand
iron longsword (11-15 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1

Base power: 11.0 - 15.4
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit mult (max 40%)
Armour Penetration: +2
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%


Sharp, long, and deadly.
iron longsword (11-15 power, 2 apr)
In off hand
iron shield (0 def, 2 armour, 10-11 power, 21.5 block)
Requires:
- Shield usage training
- Strength 11

7.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / shield ; tier 1

When used to attack (with talents):
Base power: 9.5 - 11.4
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Block value: +22
When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Fatigue: +8%
Talent granted: +1 Block


Handheld deflection devices.
iron shield (0 def, 2 armour, 10-11 power, 21.5 block)
Cloak
Cloak of Deception
Powered by arcane forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: armor / cloak

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +5 (+2 eff.)
Spellpower: +5 (+5 eff.)
Mindpower: +5 (+4 eff.)


A black cloak, with subtle illusion enchantments woven into its very fabric.
Cloak of Deception
Light source
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

Inventory

This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
blink rune of the titan (range 5; phase 13; cd 10)
Powered by arcane forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / rune ; tier 1

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: 5
Cooldown: 10
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to teleport up to 5 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 13%, your defense is increased by 13 and all your resistances by 13%.
Its effects scale with your Constitution stat.
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.
blink rune of the titan (range 5; phase 13; cd 10)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
mossy mindstar (3-3 power, 12 apr, mind damage)
Requires:
- Willpower 11

Infused by nature
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / mindstar ; tier 1

Base power: 3.0 - 3.3
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 (+2 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 (3-3 power, 12 apr, mind damage)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
elm starstaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, light 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% light
Talent granted: +1 Command Staff
Spellpower: +3 (+3 eff.)
Spell crit. chance: +1%


Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
elm starstaff (10-12 power, 2 apr, light element)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
cleansing rough leather belt
Infused by arcane disrupting forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +5% acid / +5% blight


A belt that goes around your waist.
cleansing rough leather belt
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
rough leather belt of life
Infused by nature
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Life regen: +0.60
Healing mod.: +10%


A belt that goes around your waist.
rough leather belt of life
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
prismatic rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 10

Powered by arcane forces
9.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / light ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Defense: +3 (+3 eff.)
Fatigue: +6%
Changes resistances: +10% light / +10% darkness


A suit of armour made of leather.
prismatic rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
spinel
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / green ; tier 1

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


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

Achievements

Log

Sanguine experiment casts Blood Grasp.

Sanguine experiment steals life from iii!
Sanguine experiment receives 2 healing from Sanguine experiment's Blood Grasp.
Sanguine experiment's Blood Grasp hits iii for 17 blight damage.
Sanguine experiment receives 1 healing from iii.
Sanguine experiment steals life from iii!
Sanguine experiment hits iii for 2 blight damage.

iii hits Sanguine experiment for 29 physical damage.
Sanguine experiment steals life from iii!
Sanguine experiment hits iii for 2 blight damage.

iii hits Sanguine experiment for 37 physical damage.
iii killed Sanguine experiment!

Resting starts...
Rested for 20 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).

Ran for 3 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the southwest (boney experiment)).

Resting starts...
Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the southwest (boney experiment)).
Resting starts...
Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the southwest (boney experiment)).
Resting starts...
Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the southwest (boney experiment)).
Resting starts...
Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the southwest (boney experiment)).