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CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Roguelike
SexMale
RaceHalfling
ClassArcher
Level / Exp5 / 27%
Sizesmall
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by gladiator at level 5 on the 76th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 21:28
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Primary Stats

Strength10 (base 13)
Dexterity30 (base 27)
Constitution13 (base 12)
Magic10 (base 10)
Willpower10 (base 10)
Cunning15 (base 12)

Resources

Life-10/179
Stamina104/112
Healing Factor1.0283363011315
Regeneration0.25708407528288

Speed

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

Vision

Sight10
Lite3

Offense: Mainhand

Damage28
Accuracy40
Crit Chance4%
APR5
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower10
Crit Chance4%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower13
Crit Chance4%
Speed1

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)2 (30%)
Defense19
Ranged Defense19
Fatigue6
Physical Save8
Spell Save7
Mental Save9

Defense: Immunities

Instadeath Resistance100%

Inscriptions (3/3)

Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 10
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 100 life over 5 turns.
Infusion: Regeneration
Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 14
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to cure yourself of one random physical effect and reduce all damage taken by 14% for 4 turns.
Also removes cross-tier effects of the affected types for free.
Infusion: Wild
Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 12
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to instantly heal yourself for 50 then cleanse 1 wound, poison, and disease effect.
Infusion: Healing

Class Talents

Technique / Archery prowess1.30
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 0
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Archery (100% of a turn)
    Description: Fire a precise shot dealing 216% weapon damage, with 100 increased accuracy. This shot will bypass other enemies between you and your target.
    Only usable against marked targets, and consumes the mark on hit.
    Headshot
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 17
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Archery (100% of a turn)
    Description: You fire countless shots into the sky to rain down around your target, inflicting 60% weapon damage to all within radius 0.
    If the primary target is marked, you consume the mark to fire a second volley of arrows for 45% damage at no ammo cost.
    Volley
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26.5
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Archery (100% of a turn)
    Description: You fire a disabling shot at a target's throat (or equivalent), dealing 40% weapon damage and silencing them for 0 turns.
    If the target is marked, you consume the mark to fire two secondary shots at their arms and legs (or other appendages) dealing 10% damage, reducing their movement speed by 50% and disarming them for the duration.
    The status chance increases with your Accuracy.
    Called Shots
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Each time you consume a mark, you gain 0% increased attack speed for 2 turns and the cooldown of -2 random techniques are reduced by -1 turns.
    Bullseye
0/5
Technique / Combat techniques1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 23.3
    Range: 3
    Cooldown: 46
    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
0/5
  • 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 2%.
    The effects will increase with your Dexterity.
    Precise Strikes
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26.5
    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: 26.5
    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 / Reflexes1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 8.5
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 4
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Your reflexes are lightning-fast, if you spot a projectile (arrow, shot, spell, ...) you can instantly shoot at it without taking a turn to take it down.
    You can shoot down up to 1 projectiles.
    In addition, your heightened senses also reduce the speed of incoming projectiles by 0%, and prevents your own projectiles from striking you.
    Shoot Down
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Activating this talent enhances your reflexes to incredible levels. Each time you are attacked in melee, you have a 4% chance to fire off a defensive shot off in time to intercept the attack, evading it and dealing 20% archery damage.
    This cannot damage the same target more than once per turn.
    Intuitive Shots
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26.5
    Range: 6
    Fixed Cooldown: 13
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You take close notice of the target for the next 5 turns. If they attempt to use a non-instant talent you react with incredible speed, firing a shot dealing 25% damage that causes the talent to fail and go on cooldown.
    This shot is instant, cannot miss, and puts 0 other talents on cooldown for 0 turns.
    Sentinel
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You put all your focus into escaping combat for 4 turns. While under this effect you gain 16% increased resistance to all damage, 2.2 increased stamina regeneration, immunity to stun, pin, daze and slowing effects and 39% increased movement speed.
    Any action other than movement will cancel this effect.
    Escape
0/5
Technique / Archery training1.30
  • Effective talent level: 5.2
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Archery (100% of a turn)
    Description: Fire a steady shot, doing 182% damage with a 30% chance to mark the target.
    If Steady Shot is not on cooldown, this talent will automatically replace your normal attacks (and trigger the cooldown).
    Steady Shot
4/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 10.6
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 9
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Archery (100% of a turn)
    Description: You fire a shot for 129% damage that attempts to pin your target to the ground for 3 turns, as well as giving your next Steady Shot or Shoot 100% increased chance to critically hit and mark (regardless of whether the pin succeeds).
    This shot has a 20% chance to mark the target.
    The chance to pin increases with your Accuracy.
    Pin Down
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 12.7
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Archery (100% of a turn)
    Description: Fires a shot that explodes into a radius 0 ball of razor sharp fragments on impact, dealing 100% weapon damage and leaving targets crippled for 0 turns, reducing their attack, spell and mind speed by -2%.
    Each target struck has a 20% chance to be marked.
    The status chance increases with your Accuracy.
    Fragmentation Shot
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 15.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Archery (100% of a turn)
    Description: Fires a wave of projectiles in a radius 4 cone, dealing 70% weapon damage. All targets struck by this will be knocked back to the maximum range of the cone and stunned for 2 turns.
    Each target struck has a 20% chance to be marked.
    The chance to knockback and stun increases with your Accuracy.
    Scatter Shot
0/5
Technique / Combat veteran1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate stamina faster (+0.0 stamina/turn).
    Quick Recovery
0/5
  • 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 / Marksmanship1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 34% and physical power by 30 when using bows or slings, as well as your reload rate by 0.
    In addition, your Shoot has a 15% chance to mark targets on hit.
    The mark lasts for 5 turns, grants you visibility of the target (even through walls and other concealment), and causes them to become vulnerable to Headshot, Volley and Called Shots.
    Master Marksman
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You take advantage of unwary foes (those at or above 90% life). Against these targets, Shoot, Steady Shot and Headshot bleed targets for 0% additional damage over 5 turns and have a 50% increased chance to mark (if capable of marking).
    In addition, your Steady Shot, Shoot and Headshot now restore 0.0 stamina on hit.
    First Blood
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 4.2
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 7
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Fire a shot at the target tile that blinds enemies for 0 turns, marks them for 2 turns and illuminates the area within radius 2 for 2 turns. Enemies within the illuminated area lose 1 defence and stealth power and cannot benefit from concealment.
    The status chance increases with your Accuracy, and the defense reduction with your Dexterity.
    Flare
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 31.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Enter a state of heightened focus for 2 turns. While in this state your ranged attack speed is increased by 3%, your shots do not consume ammo, and all shots capable of marking have their chance to mark increased by 12%.
    Trueshot
0/5

Generic Talents

Race / Halfling1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 45
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Call upon the luck and cunning of the Little Folk to increase your critical strike chance by 18% and your saves by 18 for 5 turns.
    The bonus will increase with your Cunning.
    Luck of the Little Folk
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Halfling's incredible luck always kicks in at just the right moment to save their skin.
    Whenever you take 15% or more of your life from a single attack, you gain 50% Evasion and 5 additional defense for the next 1 turns. The defense increases based on your luck and other defensive stats.
    Duck and Dodge
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Halflings have always been a very organised and methodical race; the more foes they face, the more organised they are.
    If two or more foes are in sight your Physical Power, Physical Save, Spellpower, Spell Save, Mental Save, and Mindpower are increased by 0.0 per foe (up to 5 foes).
    Militant Mind
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 53
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Halflings have one of the most powerful military forces in the known world and have been at war with most other races for thousands of years.
    Removes 0 stun, daze, or pin effects and grants immunity to stuns, dazes and pins for 2 turns.
    Indomitable
0/5
Cunning / 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 / Combat training1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your skin becomes more resilient to damage. Increases resistance to all damage by 0.0%.
    Thick Skin
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You become better at using your armour to deflect blows and protect your vital areas. Increases Armour value by 0, Armour hardiness by 0%, and reduces the chance melee or ranged attacks critically hit you by 0% with your current body armour.
    (This talent only provides bonuses for heavy mail or massive plate armour.)
    At level 1, it allows you to wear heavy mail armour, gauntlets, helms, and heavy boots.
    At level 2, it allows you to wear shields.
    At level 3, it allows you to wear massive plate armour.
    Heavy Armour Training
0/5
  • 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: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 0% and physical power by 30 when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 0% and physical power by 30 when using daggers.
    Dagger Mastery
0/5
Technique / Mobility1.00
  • Effective talent level: 2.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 8.5
    Range: 7
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Jump back up to 4 grids from your target, springing over any creatures in your way.
    You must disengage in a nearly straight line directly away from your target (which you must be able to see).
    After moving, you gain 128% increased movement speed for 3 turns (which ends if you take any actions other than movement), and you may reload your ammo (if any).
    The extra speed and maximum distance you can move are reduced by your Fatigue level.
    Disengage
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26.5
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Your quick wit and reflexes allow you to anticipate attacks against you, granting you a 21% chance to evade melee and ranged attacks and 11 increased defense for 4 turns.
    The chance to evade and defense bonus increase with your Dexterity.
    Evasion
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 21.2
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 17
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: In an extreme feat of agility, you move to a spot you can see within range, bounding around, over, or through any enemies in the way.
    This talent cannot be used while wearing heavy armor, and leaves you exhausted. The exhaustion increases the cost of your activated Mobility talents by 97% (stacking), but fades over 30 turns.
    Tumble
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 10
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 5
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You have trained to be very light on your feet and have conditioned your reflexes to react faster than thought to damage you take.
    While this talent is active, you instantly react to any direct damage (not from status effects, etc.) that would hit you for at least 44% of your maximum life.
    This requires 2.1 stamina and reduces the damage by 4%.
    Your reactions are too slow for this if you are wearing heavy armour.
    The damage reduction improves with your Defense.
    Trained Reactions
0/5

Effects

Quests

You failed to protect the repented thief from death by degenerated skeleton warrior.
Escort: repented thief (level 2 of Trollmire)		failed
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.
Hidden treasure		active
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
Various alchemists around Maj'Eyal are competing to gain entry into the great Brotherhood of Alchemists, and one or more have enlisted your aid.
Stire of Derth needs your help making an elixir of precision. He has given you some notes on the ingredients:
 * 'Needed: one electric eel tail. I know, I know. Where does the eel stop and the tail start? It doesn't much matter. The last ten inches or so should do nicely.'
 * 'Needed: one red crystal shard. I hear these can be found in a cave near Elvala. I also hear that they can cause you to spontaneously combust, so no need to explain if you come back hideously scarred.'
 * 'Needed: one ice ant stinger. If you've the means to eliminate the little venom problem, these make miraculous instant drink-chilling straws.'
The Brotherhood of Alchemists		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		active

Equipment

Quiver
quiver of elm arrows (19/19, 15-21 power, 5 apr)
Requires:
- Dexterity 11

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: ammo / arrow ; tier 1

Base power: 15.0 - 21.0
Uses stats: 50% Str, 70% Dex
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Master Marksman
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.
quiver of elm arrows (19/19, 15-21 power, 5 apr)
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
Main armor
rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 10

9.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / light ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Defense: +3 (+2 eff.)
Fatigue: +6%


A suit of armour made of leather.
rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
In main hand
elm longbow
Requires:
- Dexterity 11
- Talent Shoot

4.00 Encumbrance.

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

Mastery: Master Marksman
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%)
Attack speed: 100%
Firing range: +6


Longbows are used to shoot arrows at your foes.
elm longbow

Inventory

rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 10

9.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / light ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Defense: +3 (+2 eff.)
Fatigue: +6%


A suit of armour made of leather.
rough leather armour (3 def, 2 armour)
woodsman's iron pickaxe (dig speed 39 turns)
Infused by nature
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: tool / digger ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +1 Str
Changes resistances: +11% nature
Changes damage: +5% nature
When carried:
Talent granted: +1 Dig


Allows you to dig a wall, remove a tree, create ways.
woodsman's iron pickaxe (dig speed 39 turns)
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 379/400.

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

Achievements

Log

Gladiator hits Gorpo for 20 physical, 24 physical (44 total damage).

Talent Disengage is ready to use.
Talent Dig is ready to use.
Talent Headshot is ready to use.
Talent Steady Shot is ready to use.

Gorpo uses Steady Shot.
Gorpo's Steady Shot performs a ranged critical strike against Gladiator!
Gorpo's Steady Shot hits Gladiator for 31 physical damage.
Gladiator is no longer pinned.
Gorpo is not stunned anymore.

Gorpo uses Headshot.
Gorpo's Headshot hits Gladiator for 52 physical damage.
Gladiator uses Block.

Talent Steady Shot is ready to use.

Gladiator uses Shield Pummel.
Gorpo is stunned!
Gladiator hits Gorpo for 20 physical, 30 physical (50 total damage).

Talent Infusion: Regeneration is ready to use.
Talent Disengage is ready to use.
Talent Headshot is ready to use.
Gladiator uses Repulsion.
Gorpo is dazed!
Gladiator hits Gorpo for 27 physical damage.
Gorpo the level 5 halfling archer was sliced to death by a gladiator on level 1 of Derth (Southeast).