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Karkul the level 6 Dwarf Cursed by Crysten

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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!

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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!
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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
ModeInsane Adventure
SexMale
RaceDwarf
ClassCursed
Level / Exp6 / 76%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by Mayiserin the drem master at level 6 on the 20th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 10:01
Killed by Karkul at level 6 on the 20th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 10:07
2 / 2

Primary Stats

Strength32 (base 26)
Dexterity8 (base 10)
Constitution15 (base 10)
Magic8 (base 10)
Willpower22 (base 21)
Cunning10 (base 10)

Resources

Life226/226
Hate100/100
Healing Factor1.039067807554
Regeneration0.25976695188851

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement-66.666666666667%
Spell0%
Global+100%

Vision

Sight10
Lite4
See Stealth10

Offense: Mainhand

Damage46
Accuracy2
Crit Chance2%
APR2
Speed1.00

Offense: Offhand

Damage
Accuracy
Crit Chance
APR
Speed

Offense: Spell

Spellpower8
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower20
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

All0%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)14.522593642275 (62.32946707186%)
Defense0
Ranged Defense0
Fatigue21
Physical Save16
Spell Save10
Mental Save11

Defense: Resistances

Temporal+ 10%( 70%)
Cold+ 6%( 70%)
Fire+ 5%( 70%)
All 0%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Pinning Resistance20%
Instadeath Resistance100%
Knockback Resistance20%

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: 1.3
    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 8% 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: 2).
    Gloom
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Each turn, those caught in your gloom must save against your Mindpower, or have a 2% 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: 2).
    Weakness
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Every turn, all enemies in your gloom take 0.39 mind damage and 0.39 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: 2).
    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: 2).
    Sanctuary
0/5
Cursed / Predator1.30
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improve your predation by learning from past hunts. You gain 0.98 accuracy and 0.49 armor penetration against foes for each foe of that type you have previously slain, to a maximum of 49 accuracy and 25 apr.
    Predator
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    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 3 locations, including your own, within radius 4, deals 7.24 damage split between Darkness and Mind and blocks sight.
    Prey lost within your miasma have a 6% 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
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: While shrouded in cursed miasma you gain stealth (2 power) and 2 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 / Strife1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 4.8
    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 2 turns and vulnerable to attacks. They will lose 1 Armour, 1 Defense and your attacks will gain 2% 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
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your preternatural senses aid you in your hunt for the next victim. You sense foes in a radius of 0.0. You will always sense a stalked victim in a radius of 10.
    Also increases stealth detection by 0 and invisibility detection by 0.
    Stealth and invisibility detection improves with your Willpower
    Preternatural Senses
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 4.8
    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 24% 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: 2.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You slash wildly at your target for 118% (at 0 Hate) to 159% (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: 3.9
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 2.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Assault nearby foes with 4 fast attacks for 26% (at 0 Hate) to 52% (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 -18 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
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 6.1
    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 0% (at 0 hate) to 0% (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, +12% 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: 6.1
    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: 2.4
    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

Race / Dwarf1.00
  • 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 legendary resilience of the Dwarven race to increase armour (+9), armour hardiness (+20%), spell (+13) and physical (+13) saves for 8 turns.
    The bonuses will increase with your Constitution.
    Resilience of the Dwarves
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Dwarf skin is a complex structure; it can automatically react to physical blows and harden itself.
    When you are hit in melee, you have a 15% chance to increase your armour total by 0 for 5 turns and fully ignore the attack triggering it.
    There is no cooldown to this effect; it can happen while already active.
    Stoneskin
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Money is the heart of the Dwarven Empire; it rules over all other considerations.
    Increases Physical, Mental and Spell Saves based on the amount of gold you possess.
    +1 save every 95 gold, up to +0. (currently +0)
    Power is Money
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 53
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: While the origins of the dwarves remain clouded in mystery to the other races, it is obvious that they share strong ties to the stone.
    You can target any wall and immediately enter it, appearing on the other side.
    This can pass through up to 1 tiles (increases with Constitution and talent level).
    Stone Walking
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 30 at any time). You can heal no more than 8.7 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: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Your thirst for blood drives your movements. You gain +11% confusion, fear, knockback and stun immunity.
    Relentless
0/5
  • 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
Cursed / Cursed aura1.00
  • Effective talent level: 2.0
    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
2/5
  • 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
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: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 0.
    Combat Accuracy
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 59% and physical power by 30 when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
3/5
  • 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

Your escape from Reknor got your heart pounding and your desire for wealth and power increased tenfold.
Maybe it is time for you to start an adventurer's career. Deep below the Iron Throne mountains lies the Deep Bellow.
It has been long sealed away but still, from time to time adventurers go there looking for wealth.
None that you know of has come back yet, but you did survive Reknor. You are great.
From bellow, it devours		active
It is time to explore some new places -- dark, forgotten and dangerous ones.
The Old Forest is just south-east of the town of Derth.
The Maze is west of Derth.
The Sandworm Lair is to the far west of Derth, near the sea.
The Daikara is on the eastern borders of the Thaloren forest.
* You must explore the Old Forest and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Maze and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Sandworm Lair and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Daikara and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
Into the darkness		active
You were part of a group of dwarves sent to investigate the situation of the kingdom of Reknor.
When you arrived there you found nothing but orcs, well organized and very powerful.
Most of your team was killed there and now you and Norgan (the sole survivor besides you) must hurry back to the Iron Council to bring the news.
Let nothing stop you.
Reknor is lost!		done

Equipment

On feet
pair of rough leather boots of tirelessness (0 def, 1 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Stamina each turn: +0.30
Maximum stamina: +10.00


A pair of boots made of leather.
pair of rough leather boots of tirelessness (0 def, 1 armour)
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
On head
insulating rough leather cap of constitution (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / head ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Fatigue: +1%
Changes stats: +2 Con
Changes resistances: +5% fire / +6% cold


A cap made of leather.
insulating rough leather cap of constitution (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)
Tool
Imp Claw
Powered by arcane forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: tool / misc ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Light radius: +1
See stealth: +10
It can be used to activate talent Flame (costing 9 power out of 6/9) :
Effective talent level: 2.0
Power cost: 9 out of 6/9.
Range: 10
Travel Speed: 2000% of base
Is: a spell
Description: Conjures up a bolt of fire, setting the target ablaze and doing 59.99 fire damage over 3 turns.
At level 5, it will create a beam of flames.
The damage will increase with your Spellpower.

The battered remains of a flame imp's hand. It still burns with that unnatural flame.
Imp Claw
Around waist
rough leather belt
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1



A belt that goes around your waist.
rough leather belt
In main hand
iron longsword of massacre (Madness) (18-24 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

Crafted by a master
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1

Base power: 17.5 - 24.5
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%
Curse of Madness


Sharp, long, and deadly.
iron longsword of massacre (Madness) (18-24 power, 2 apr)
In off hand
reinforced iron shield (0 def, 3 armour, 10-11 power, 40 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: 9.5 - 11.4
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Block value: +40
When wielded/worn:
Armour: +3
Fatigue: +8%
Talent granted: +1 Block


Handheld deflection devices.
reinforced iron shield (0 def, 3 armour, 10-11 power, 40 block)
Main armor
iron mail armour (Misfortune) (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%
Curse of Misfortune


A suit of armour made of mail.
iron mail armour (Misfortune) (2 def, 4 armour)
Around neck
stabilizing copper amulet of strength (+2)
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +2 Str
Changes resistances: +10% temporal
Pinning immunity: +20%
Knockback immunity: +20%


Amulets make your neck look great!
stabilizing copper amulet of strength (+2)

Inventory

This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
Rootquencher
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Effects on melee hit:
* 10% chance to slow global speed by 39%
Damage when hit (Melee): 8 blight
Changes resistances: +20% acid
Changes damage: +10% acid
Mental save: +3 (+3 eff.)
Only die when reaching: -40.00 life


Rings make your fingers look great!
Rootquencher
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
Ce'Nitira the iron dagger (Nightmares) (10-12 power, 5 apr)
Requires:
- Dexterity 11

Crafted by a master
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / dagger ; tier 1

Base power: 9.5 - 12.3
Uses stats: 50% Dex, 50% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%)
Armour Penetration: +5
Crit. chance: +4.0%
Attack speed: 100%
On weapon crit:
* Cripple the target reducing mind, spell, and combat action speeds by 30%
When wielded/worn:
Physical crit. chance: +5.0%
Armour: +4
Changes resistances: +3% light
Physical save: +6 (+5 eff.)
Mental save: +3 (+3 eff.)
Curse of Nightmares


Sharp, short and deadly.
Ce'Nitira the iron dagger (Nightmares) (10-12 power, 5 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
iron dagger (Madness) (10-12 power, 5 apr)
Requires:
- Dexterity 11

1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / dagger ; tier 1

Base power: 9.5 - 12.3
Uses stats: 50% Str, 50% Dex
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%)
Armour Penetration: +5
Crit. chance: +4.0%
Attack speed: 100%
Curse of Madness


Sharp, short and deadly.
iron dagger (Madness) (10-12 power, 5 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
Zubomina (Madness) (18-28 power, 1 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

Powered by arcane forces
3.00 Encumbrance.

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

Base power: 17.5 - 28.0
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%
On weapon crit:
* Splash the target with acid dealing 15 damage over 5 turns and reducing armor and accuracy by 2
When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +1 Str / +1 Mag / +1 Con
Changes damage: +12% arcane
Curse of Madness


Massive two-handed swords.
Zubomina (Madness) (18-28 power, 1 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
elm longbow (Madness)
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
Curse of Madness


Longbows are used to shoot arrows at your foes.
elm longbow (Madness)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
flaming iron mace (Madness) (12-17 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

Powered by arcane forces
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / mace ; tier 1

Base power: 12.0 - 16.8
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% base dam (max 20%)
Armour Penetration: +2
Crit. chance: +0.5%
Attack speed: 100%
Damage (radius 1) on hit: +5 fire
Curse of Madness


Blunt and deadly.
flaming iron mace (Madness) (12-17 power, 2 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
rough leather sling (Corpses)
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
Curse of Corpses


Slings are used to hurl stones or metal shots at your foes.
rough leather sling (Corpses)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
Bethyressra the Glitterwisp (Misfortune) (10-12 power, 2 apr, acid element)
Requires:
- Magic 11

Infused by nature
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:
Defense: +6 (+6 eff.)
Changes stats: +4 Cun
Changes resistances: +3% nature
Changes resistances penetration: +15% light
Changes damage: +10% acid
Talent granted: +1 Command Staff
Spellpower: +3 (+3 eff.)
Spell crit. chance: +1%
Light radius: +3
Curse of Misfortune
It can be used to activate talent Illuminate, placing all other charms into a 6 cooldown :
Effective talent level: 1.0
Power cost: 6 out of 6/6.
Range: melee/personal
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Is: a spell
Description: Creates a globe of pure light within a radius of 6 that illuminates the area and deals 34.01 damage to all creatures.
At level 3, it also blinds all who see it (except the caster) for 3 turns.

Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
Bethyressra the Glitterwisp (Misfortune) (10-12 power, 2 apr, acid element)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
Iviriamira the Arcpulverizer (Corpses) (10-12 power, 2 apr, fire element)
Requires:
- Magic 11

Powered by arcane forces
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:
Armour: +3
Armour Hardiness: +2%
Damage when hit (Melee): 2 arcane
Changes stats: +3 Mag
Changes resistances penetration: +10% lightning / +5% arcane
Changes damage: +10% fire
Talent granted: +1 Command Staff
Physical save: +3 (+3 eff.)
Spellpower: +3 (+3 eff.)
Spell crit. chance: +1%
Curse of Corpses


Staves designed for wielders of magic, by the greats of the art.
Iviriamira the Arcpulverizer (Corpses) (10-12 power, 2 apr, fire element)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
Lightningnaught (0 def, 3 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training

Powered by arcane forces
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +3
Fatigue: +2%
Effects on melee hit:
* 10% chance to reduce armor by 13%
Changes stats: +3 Mag / +2 Wil
Changes resistances: +6% lightning
Changes damage: +3% acid / +6% blight
It can be used to blink to a nearby random location (rad 7)

Activation puts all charms on cooldown for 25 turns.

Heavy boots, with metal strips at the toes, heels and other vulnerable parts, to better protect the wearer's feet from harm.
Lightningnaught (0 def, 3 armour)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
cleansing rough leather armour of cold resistance (Corpses) (3 def, 2 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 10

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

Type: armor / light ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Defense: +3 (+3 eff.)
Fatigue: +6%
Changes resistances: +11% blight / +15% cold / +11% nature
Curse of Corpses


A suit of armour made of leather.
cleansing rough leather armour of cold resistance (Corpses) (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
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
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

Squadmate (Insane (Adventure) difficulty) Escaped from Reknor alive with your squadmate Norgan.
By Karkul the Dwarf Cursed level 6
19th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 01:48 see stats
Utterly Destroyed (Insane (Adventure) difficulty) Died on the Eidolon Plane.
By Karkul the Dwarf Cursed level 6
20th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 10:07 see stats

Log

Burning from Karkul hits Mayiserin the drem master for 4 fire damage.
Karkul uses Infusion: Healing.
Karkul receives 37 healing from Infusion: Healing.
Karkul hits Mayiserin the drem master for 54 physical damage.
Mayiserin the drem master performs a melee critical strike against Karkul!
Mayiserin the drem master hits Karkul for 18 physical, 2 blight, 11 darkness, 6 physical, 11 darkness (48 total damage).
Talent Infusion: Regeneration is ready to use.
Talent Slash is ready to use.
Acid Splash from Mayiserin the drem master hits Karkul for 5 acid damage.
Drem hits Karkul for 15 physical damage.

Burning from Karkul hits Mayiserin the drem master for 4 fire damage.
Karkul uses Infusion: Regeneration.
Karkul starts regenerating health quickly.
Mayiserin the drem master performs a melee critical strike against Karkul!
Mayiserin the drem master hits Karkul for 11 physical, 2 blight, 11 darkness, 11 physical, 11 darkness (45 total damage).
Acid Splash from Mayiserin the drem master hits Karkul for 5 acid damage.
Drem hits Karkul for 19 physical damage.

Burning from Karkul hits Mayiserin the drem master for 5 fire damage.
Mayiserin the drem master hits Karkul for 13 physical, 2 blight, 11 darkness, 13 lightning (39 total damage).
Karkul the level 6 dwarf cursed was volted to death by Mayiserin the drem master on level 1 of The Deep Bellow.
You have 2 life(s) left.
You enter a zero gravity zone, beware!
From the brink of death you seem to be yanked to another plane.
Mayiserin the drem master killed Karkul!
Saving game...
Saving done.

Personal New Achievement: Utterly Destroyed (Insane (Adventure) difficulty)!