Various enhancements to escort quest NPCs:
- Escorts now follow the player when not close to the portal.
- Escorts occasionally say useful things.
- Escorts heal 5% of their maximum health per turn.

Adds a full-screen shader for the Sun's Vengeance proc.

Changes to make ToME faster to play without providing gameplay advantages.

You may freely modify and redistribute this addon and its contents, except where otherwise indicated in the Credits section below.

Weight: 216890

Full list of effects

- After generating the world map, using zone exits or recalling allows you to teleport to most reachable zones, instead of having to walk through the world map. Recalling can still drag doomelves/doombringers/demonologists to the Anteroom of Agony, and the teleportation won't let you bypass Crypt of Kryl'Feijan, Godfeaster, or the Dreadfell ambush.

- Maj'Eyal characters start with the Orb of Communication, which can be used to contact the alchemists, Elder of Last Hope, Protector Myssil, and Zemekkys when appropriate.

- Achievement pop-ups and announcing your own achievements in chat can be disabled in the game UI and Online options, respectively.

- Added an easily toggleable "digging mode" that automatically uses your Dig talent when you move into a diggable wall with no hostiles in sight.

Credits

The icon used for Toggle Digging Mode is licensed under CC-BY 3.0: https://game-icons.net/1x1/delapouite/war-pick.html
The sprite used for Orb of Communication is based on existing Tales of Maj'Eyal graphics and may not be used in other games.

Changelog

1.1.0

- This version is not compatible with savegames from previous versions!
- Rolled Orb of Communication, No Achievement Pop-Ups, and Convenient Digging into this addon with improvements, and renamed "QuickTome QoL Changes" (previously "QuickTome: Improved Recall")
- Updated for ToME4 version 1.6.7
- Bug fix: Recall teleportation and Orb of Communication can no longer be screwed up by triggering them while controlling e.g. a golem instead of the player character
- Bug fix: Recall teleportation no longer allows teleporting to Derth when you shouldn't be able to
- Bug fix: Recall teleportation will no longer crash in custom campaigns. (do any of these exist?)
- Bug fix: Recall teleportation finally deals with Ruined Halfling Complex, Sher-Tul Fortress, and Unremarkable Cave wilderness position setting.
- Bug fix: Recall teleportation falls back to vanilla behaviour in "sub-zones" such as intimidating caves.
- Bug fix: The Kruk Pride zone exit and similar exits now offer teleportation (after you've generated the world map, of course!).
- Recall teleportation no longer allows you to postpone encountering Crypt of Kryl'Feijan or Godfeaster.
- Recall teleportation no longer allows you to teleport to Thieves' Tunnels or Tempest Peak.
- Recall teleportation can now only be used after you've generated the world map by visiting it once (campaigns often expect you to generate the world map before entering some zones).
- Orb of Communication is now instant to use
- Orb of Communication can no longer be used in areas where Rod of Recall cannot be used
- Orb of Communication finally has a custom sprite
- Orb of Communication no longer offers combat/staff/mindstar training (the conditions for when you can get staff training are too complicated...)
- Safeguarded against Orb of Communication being used while not controlling the character
- Convenient Digging is no longer implemented as a sustained talent (since it interacted with Entropy and such). Instead, digging mode is indicated in the effect area like Cloak of Deception.
- Convenient Digging now automatically uses the Dig talent instead of replacing the talent. This fixes all digging time disparities.
- Convenient Digging now only digs when you try to move into a feature that is actually diggable and there are no hostiles in sight.
- You can now toggle achievement pop-ups in the UI options.

1.0.16

- Fixed Drem being able to teleport to Dwarf starting zones
- Updated Zigur conditions for ToME 1.5.10 (took me long enough...)
- Allowed teleporting to Ruined Dungeon in Embers of Rage
- Allowed teleporting to Occult Egress

1.0.15

- Updated for qt-zone-overhaul version 1.0.32

1.0.14

- Updated for qt-zone-overhaul version 1.0.27

1.0.13

- Updated for qt-zone-overhaul version 1.0.22

1.0.12

- Updated for qt-zone-overhaul version 1.0.18
- Capitalization fix (cosmetic only): Rak'Shor Pride -> Rak'shor Pride

1.0.11

- Updated for ToME4 version 1.4.8
- Added Orcs: Embers of Rage support
- Cleaned up some dead code and clarified a comment

1.0.10

- Greatly improve worldmap position handling: zone entrance positions are now auto-detected instead of enumerated, multiple onLevelLoads are no longer added
- Wilderness position is now set for randomly placed zones

1.0.9

- Fix Murgol Lair exit position

1.0.8

- Fix regression in tier 1 zone teleports for non-Zone Overhaul games
- Fix "Never Look Back And There Again" achievement being awarded when it shouldn't
- Fix teleport conditions to give the proper results for Sunwall characters that haven't gone west
- Updated for future Zone Overhaul version

1.0.7

- Don't try to teleport when exiting damp/intimidating caves, Rat Lich crypt, etc. via the stairs

1.0.6

- Allowed teleporting via zone exits, not just the Rod
- Removed the Thieves' Tunnels and Crypt of Kryl-Feijan as worldmap encounters, since you would always prefer to teleport to them instead anyway
- Added Shatur and Elvala to the teleport list
- Made wilderness position adjustment a little safer, and clarified a comment about it
- Don't allow teleporting to Tempest Peak without meeting the prerequisites

1.0.5

- Updated for qt-zone-overhaul 1.0.13

1.0.4

- Fix typo that caused Briagh's Lair to be accessible when it shouldn't

1.0.3

- Updated for qt-zone-overhaul 1.0.11

1.0.2

- Fixed serialization bug that could leave player with nil wilderness position (requiring save editing to continue) if they teleported with the rod of recall, then saved and reloaded the game, then visited the worldmap without teleporting anywhere else.

1.0.1

- Updated for qt-zone-overhaul 1.0.4
- Added compatibility section (really wanted to get 1.0.0 out as soon as possible!)

1.0.0

- Initial release

• Allows healing and regeneration while in a possessed body.
• Removes restrictions on the number of creature types that can be possessed.
• Adds useful information to various Possessor-related dialogs and talent tooltips.

Frequently Asked Questions:

• What's the difference between Proper Possession and Possessor Tweaks? Can I use both?
• What extra information does this addon provide?

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!

Modifies Celestials' Bathe in Light talent to affect only the caster and actors not hostile to the caster.

Improvements to the escort system. Adds a bunch of new types of escorts, and increases the power and number of options for existing escorts. Additionally learning new categories unlocks them by default, or can improve your mastery if you already know them. This is a fork of Movarc'h's Impoved Escorts by mannendake. Credit to Disnag for necromancer escort and Movarc'h for the base addon.

A variation on wyrmics, as a multi-elemental debuff-centered class.
Rather than having their abilities scattered among the elements, they'll rank up melee attacks, mental attacks, and elements separately.

The core of Wyrmic is:
Combat Techniques
Draconic Combat - provides weapon attacks.
Draconic Energy - provides mindpower attacks.
Draconic Body - provides mobility and survivability.

Then, a wyrmic picks one of the six natural elements: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Sand, Acid, or Poison. Each element has a single ability available right away, and a set of advanced skills that require a category point to access.
Finally, the advanced Prismatic Tree rewards you for changing elements.

Apex Predator - new generic tree that fills in a few gaps and lets you wear gems.
Please leave feedback and bug reports in the linked Forum Discussion thread.

Credits
As in vanilla, all talent icons are from http://game-icons.net/ .
The particle-effect coloring system is taken from minmay's Crystalist.
Sounds remixed from samples by Mike Koenig under CC-BY 3.0

Compatibility
Will be incompatible with other Wyrmic replacements.
Incompatible with some addons that change gems, especially Alchemist reworks.

Other
Acid and Venom have been separated into two different aspects.
This addon does not let you turn into a dragon.
This addon does not let you summon dragons to help you.

This mod should allow you to possess all ranks.

At the highest level of the Possess talent, it enables you to possess any rank of enemy, including Elite Bosses.

I recommend the excellent Proper Possession, as well.

Slightly adjust the random level selection for escort quests to avoid levels with zone bosses.

Summoner rework!
Removed useless summons. Now there are only 4 kinds of basic summons available.
Added 3 categories, one for a melee summoner, one for a ranged weapon summoner, one for a pure summoner.
Reworked advanced summoning and augmentation tree. And many more.

1.1.8
- Reduced resistance gain from 'Bear Roar'
- Reduced equilibrium gain from 'Commune with Nature'
- Reduced the amount of damage share from 'Damage Resonance'
- Now 'Detonate' will target every summons regardless of range.

1.1.7
- Removed accuracy bonus on 'Together Stronger'
- If you learn 'Together Stronger', weapon damage calculation will use Willpower in place of Strength.
- Changed 'Bite Them' to use Willpower instead of Cunning in calculation of arrow damage.
- Minor bug fix

1.1.6
- Artifact 'Great Caller' now has proper mastery bonus.
- 'Strengthened Bond' now does not able to select 'Dragon' talent.
- Added accuracy bonus on 'Together Stronger'

1.1.5
-'Wild Senses' also provides 'see invisible' stat. And it also let your summon inherit your 'see invisible', 'see stealth'.
- Added damage on 'Mother Nature' talent. Knockback and damage from 'The World Tree' moved to 'Mother Nature' talent.
- Increased damage of 'The World Tree', 'Poison Ivy', 'Wasp Swarm'

1.1.4
- Now 'Bear' summoned with 'Strike Form' sustained.
- Resistance of 'Bear' reduced.
- Now summons does not have same resistance as a summoner, but they do have same resistance when a summoner has 'Blessing of Nature' sustain.
- Minor bug fix.

1.1.3
- Buffed 'Damage Resonance' a bit.
- Now Summons have same resistance as a summoner.
- Nerfed 'Bear' to match summons resistance buff.
- Fixed talent radius indication on several talents to match real radius.

1.1.0
- Added a new category - Force of Nature.

   -Innervate: Reset cooldown of summons' talent.
   -Blessing of Nature: Buff to surrounding summons.
   -Wasp Swarm: debilitating enemies & halving poison resistance
   -Force of Nature: Automatically refill dead summons.

1.0.9
- Now detonation does not cost any resources, and also get double charges from Blood and Iron
- Nerfed equilibrium gain from Blood and Iron to adjust the change
- The World Tree now gives 1 equilibrium regeneration
- Adjust some equilibrium cost of summons

1.0.8
- Detonation now also grants Meat shield at Raw talent level 5.
- Summons from 'Mark Target' are always summoned right next to the target.
- Minor bug fix.

1.0.7

- Arrow rain now summons ivy right next to the enemies (ignore range)
- Attack order does not ignore range now.
- Dragons now have light radius of 5
- Commune with Nature now counts allies correctly when Wild Senses is active.

1.0.6

- You can now move Dragons with Attack Order
- Minor bug fix

1.0.5

- Minor bug fix

1.0.4

- Summoner and SummonerR merged.
- Minor stat changes of summons
- Removed Recycle and added Attack Order.
- Damage of Detonate now depends on summons' stats.
- Nerfed Gardener of Eyal's cooldown.
- Some damage dealing talents are now dealt by summons not by summoner (to get benefit from Mark Target)

1.0.3

- Changed few particles (for performance)
- Removed companion hound.
- Nerfed The World Tree a bit. The World Tree now does not summon other animals and plants.
- Added new talent on Summon - animal tree, Wild Senses.
- Mark target now summons all animals and plants that are not on cooldown (Like the world tree did before)
- Meat shield can be used with other barriers.

Adds a new class evolution for Brawler, the Steel Monk.

As a Steel Monk, the Brawler can wield a weapon in their hands while still making unarmed attacks.

While wielding a weapon, they can gain Greatest Weapon Focus, causing them to follow up their unarmed attacks with weapon attacks and parrying the attacks of their enemies.

Taking this prodigy will refund any points in Weapon Mastery, then grant you Weapon Mastery based on your Unarmed Mastery.

Improvements to the Possessor class. Original by Velk, with fixes and tweaks by mannendake.
Specifically, full control grants 2 talent slots per level instead of 1, and will grant up to 24. This fits the "vanilla" maximum with 0.40 mastery amulet, a category point, and adept granting talent level 12.

Buffs talents for Sun Paladins, as well as their evolutions.

• Righteous Strength now gives +1 size category at level 5.

• Your attacks bypass bleed resists.
• Brutalize now hits around the user, and inflicts stun and confusion.
• Increase damage of Darkside and Dark Sun talents.
• Devourer Stance is now instant.
• Splatter Sigils also restores hate.

• You now have full Light conversion, and innate Light respen.
• Celestial/Light, Suncloak talents are instant.

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!

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!