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Aramundo the level 20 Cornac Berserker by Aramundo

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.7.6
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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!

Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.7.4

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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!
Embers of Rage 1.7.4

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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
ModeNormal Adventure
SexMale
RaceCornac
ClassBerserker
Level / Exp20 / 66%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by skeleton magus at level 7 on the 79th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 09:08
Killed by arcane crystal at level 7 on the 79th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 09:19
Killed by The Possessed at level 9 on the 7th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 07:42
Killed by The Possessed at level 9 on the 7th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 09:45
Killed by Aramundo at level 14 on the 24th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 14:47
Killed by ultimate gwelgoroth at level 14 on the 24th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 15:44
Killed by Zubynor the wolf at level 18 on the 69th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 08:18
Killed by Lisymith the netherworm mass at level 20 on the 11st Haze 122nd year of Ascendancy at 08:12
0 / 8

Primary Stats

Strength56 (base 48)
Dexterity21 (base 11)
Constitution56 (base 38)
Magic10 (base 10)
Willpower19 (base 10)
Cunning22 (base 12)

Resources

Life-114/664
Stamina129/230
Healing Factor1.8100460901467
Regeneration0.45251152253665

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement0%
Spell0%
Global+121.88948431535%

Vision

Sight10
Lite5
Infravision5
See Stealth22.531537443297
See Invisible22.531537443297

Offense: Mainhand

Damage127
Accuracy15
Crit Chance9%
APR2
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower10
Crit Chance5%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower21
Crit Chance5%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

Cold+21%
Light+10%
All0%

Offense: Damage Penetration

Acid+5%
Mind+5%
Physical+5%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)26.08934837382 (81.151787968034%)
Defense12
Ranged Defense12
Fatigue9
Physical Save40
Spell Save27
Mental Save10

Defense: Resistances

Darkness+ 41%( 70%)
Acid+ 26%( 70%)
Light+ 39%( 70%)
Nature+ 55%( 70%)
Blight+ 46%( 70%)
Physical+ 15%( 70%)
Cold+ 68%( 70%)
All+ 13%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Instadeath Resistance100%
Disarm Resistance20%

Inscriptions (4/4)

Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 13
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 183 life over 5 turns.
Its effects scale with your Willpower stat.
Infusion: Regeneration
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 18
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to create a shield for 6 turns blocking several instances of damage of the following types: 5 lightning, 3 physical, 4 blight, 4 temporal, 5 nature, 4 acid
Rune: Prismatic
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: 6
Cooldown: 19
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to teleport up to 6 spaces within line of sight. Afterwards you stay out of phase for 3 turns. In this state all new negative status effects duration is reduced by 17%, your defense is increased by 17 and all your resistances by 17%.
Its effects scale with your Constitution stat.
Rune: Blink
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: 6
Cooldown: 14
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Inflicts 226.00 temporal damage. If your target survives, it will be sent 4 turns into the future.
It will also lower your paradox by 25 (if you have any).
Note that messing with the spacetime continuum may have unforeseen consequences.
Rune of the Rift

Class Talents

Technique / Combat techniques1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 24
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 35
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Rush toward a target enemy with incredible speed and perform a melee attack for 120% weapon damage that can daze the target for 3 turns if it hits.
    You must rush from at least 2 tiles away.
    Rush
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    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 12 and critical chance by 5%.
    The effects will increase with your Dexterity.
    Precise Strikes
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 27.3
    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 +46 accuracy and allowing you to attack creatures you cannot see without penalty for the next 3 turns.
    Perfect Strike
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 6.5
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 27.3
    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 47% for 5 turns.
    Blinding Speed
5/5
Technique / Berserker's strength1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 32.7
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 18
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Shout your warcry in a frontal cone of radius 4. Any targets caught inside will be confused (50% confusion power) for 4 turns.
    Warshout
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You enter an aggressive battle rage, increasing Accuracy by 17 and Physical Power by 24 and making you nearly unstoppable, granting 35% stun and pinning resistance.
    Sustaining this rage takes its toll on your body, decreasing your life by 2% each turn, but for every 1% of life missing you gain 0.5% critical hit chance.
    Even when sustained, this talent is only active when foes are in sight.
    The Accuracy bonus increases with your Dexterity, and the Physical Power bonus with your Strength.
    Berserker Rage
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 13.1
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hits the target with your weapon, doing 142% damage. If the attack hits, the target's armour and saves are reduced by 20 for 8 turns.
    Also if the target is protected by any temporary magical or psionic damage absorbing shields there is 69% chance to shatter a random shield.
    Armor reduction chance increases with your Physical Power.
    Shattering Blow
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Search your inner strength for a surge of power.
    For 2 turns you gain 17 stamina per turn and 7% movement and attack speed.
    Only usable at 30% or lower stamina.
    Stamina regeneration is based on your Constitution stat.
    Relentless Fury
0/5
Technique / Bloodthirst1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your mighty blows inspire utter terror on your foes. Any melee strike you do that deals more than 45% of the target's total life puts them in a mortal terror, dazing them for 5 turns.
    Your critical strike chance also increase by 4%.
    The daze chance increase with your Physical Power.
    Mortal Terror
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 6.5
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Delight in spilling the blood of your foes. After scoring a critical hit, your maximum hit points will be increased by 14%, your life regeneration by 5.84 per turn, and your stamina regeneration by 1.17 per turn for 11 turns.
    The life and stamina regeneration will stack up to five times, for a maximum of 29.18 and 5.84 each turn, respectively.
    Bloodbath
5/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You delight in the inflicting of wounds, providing 16 physical power.
    In addition when you make a creature bleed its physical damage resistance is reduced by 13% (but never below 0%).
    Physical power depends on your Strength stat.
    Bloody Butcher
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 130.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Fixed Cooldown: 45
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You enter a battle frenzy for 1 turns. During that time, you can not use items, healing has no effect, and your health cannot drop below 1.
    At the end of the frenzy, you regain -1% of your health per foe slain during the frenzy.
    While Unstoppable is active, Berserker Rage critical bonus is disabled as you lose the thrill of the risk of death.
    Unstoppable
0/5
Technique / Two-handed assault1.30
  • Effective talent level: 6.5
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 8.7
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hit the target twice with your two-handed weapon, doing 73% damage. Each hit will try to stun the target for 8 turns.
    The stun chance increases with your Physical Power.
    Stunning Blow
5/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 21.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 0
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Take a step toward your foes then use the momentum to cleave all creatures adjacent to you for 120% weapon damage.
    Fearless Cleave
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 32.7
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Spin around, extending your weapon in radius 2 and damaging all targets around you for 176% weapon damage.
    At level 3 all damage done will also make the targets bleed for an additional 38% damage over 5 turns
    Death Dance
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 27.3
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Takes advantage of a wounded foe to perform a killing strike. This attack is an automatic critical hit that does 1.2% extra weapon damage for each % of life the target is below maximum.
    (A victim with 30% remaining life (70% damaged) would take 187.1% weapon damage.)
    If an enemy dies from this attack then two of your talent cooldowns are reduced by 2 turns and Execution's cooldown is reset.
    Execution
1/5
Cunning / Dirty fighting1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 13.1
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You make a low blow against a sensitive point on the target, dealing 177% unarmed damage. If your attack hits, the target is left reeling and vulnerable, reducing their physical save by 5 and their stun, blind, confusion and pin immunities to 50% of normal for 4 turns.
    This effect bypasses saves.
    Dirty Fighting
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your quick wit gives you a big advantage against disabled targets, increasing your damage by 1% for each disabling effect the target is under, to a maximum of 2%.
    For this purpose, disabling effects are stun, blind, daze, confuse, pin, disarm, cripple and silence.
    In addition, for each disabling effect the target is under, your melee attacks have a 1% (to a maximum of 2%) chance to inflict a new effect on them (that they do not already have): either disarm, cripple (25% power) or pin for 2 turns.
    The chance to further disable the target increases with your Accuracy.
    Backstab
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 19.6
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: Throw a cloud of blinding dust in a radius 0 cone. Enemies within will be blinded, as well as having their accuracy reduced by 3 and movement speed decreased by 15% for 1 turns.
    The chance to inflict these effects increase with your Accuracy.
    Blinding Powder
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 21.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Fixed Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Make a painful strike dealing 100% weapon damage that increases the duration of up to 0 negative effect(s) on the target by 0 turns. For each negative effect extended this way, the duration of a beneficial effect is reduced by the same amount, possibly canceling it.
    Twist the Knife
0/5
Technique / Combat veteran1.30
  • 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

Generic Talents

Cunning / Survival1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You notice the small things others do not notice, allowing you to "see" creatures in a 5 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 23, and you gain the ability to detect traps (+15 detect 'power').
    The detection abilities improve with Cunning.
    Heightened Senses
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.0
    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 24%.
    In addition your knowledge of devices allows you to disarm known traps (28 disarm 'power', improves with Cunning).
    Device Mastery
2/5
  • 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
Race / Parasite1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 49
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You try to bite off your foe with your head for 113% blight weapon damage.
    If the target falls under 20% life you have 52% chances to outright kill it (bosses are immune).
    Whenever you succesfully bite a foe you regenerate 16.9 life per turn for 5 turns.
    Instant kill chances and regeneration increase with your Constitution stat and weapon damage increases with the highest of your Strength, Dexterity or Magic stat.
    Take a Bite
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 5.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Without the distraction of thoughts or self your body reacts faster and better to aggressions.
    Increases global speed by 22%.
    Ultra Instinct
5/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: The parasite corruption seeps into your body, strengthening it.
    Increases blight, darkness, temporal and acid resistances by -3% but decreases nature and light resistances by -1%.
    Corrupting Influence
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 39
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: Creates a shell around you, absorbing 194 damage. Lasts for 10 turns.
    The total damage the shield can absorb increases with your Constitution.
    Horror Shell
0/5
Technique / Conditioning1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Cooldown: 15
    Description: You recover faster from poisons, diseases and wounds, reducing the duration of all such effects by 22%.
    Whenever your life falls below 50%, your life regeneration increases by 44.2 for 8 turns (353 total). This effect can only happen once every 15 turns.
    The regeneration scales with your Constitution.
    Vitality
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 5.2
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You've learned to recover quickly from effects that would disable you. Each turn, you have a 46% chance to recover from a single stun effect.
    At talent level 2 you may also recover from Blindness, at level 3 Confusion and Pins, and level 4 Disarms and Slows.
    Effects will be cleansed with the priority order Stun > Blind > Confusion > Pin > Disarm > Slow.
    Only one effect may be recovered from each turn, and the chance to recover from an effect scales with your Constitution.
    Unflinching Resolve
4/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Enemies are intimidated by your very presence.
    Enemies within radius 6 have their Physical Power, Mindpower, and Spellpower reduced by 2.
    The power of the intimidation effect improves with your Physical power
    Daunting Presence
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 24
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You release a surge of adrenaline that increases your Physical Power by 2 for 2 turns. While the effect is active, you may continue to fight beyond the point of exhaustion.
    You may continue to use stamina based talents while at zero stamina at the cost of life.
    The Physical Power increase will scale with your Constitution.
    Using this talent does not take a turn.
    Adrenaline Surge
0/5
Technique / Combat training1.30
  • Effective talent level: 5.2
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your skin becomes more resilient to damage. Increases resistance to all damage by 12.6%.
    Thick Skin
4/5
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You become better at using your armour to deflect blows and protect your vital areas. Increases Armour value by 11, Armour hardiness by 51%, and reduces the chance melee or ranged attacks critically hit you by 15% 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
3/5
  • 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: 6.5
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 76% and physical power by 30 when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
5/5
  • 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

You met a novice mage who was tasked to collect an arcane powered artifact.
He asked for your help, should you collect some that you do not need.
* Collect an artifact arcane powered item.
An apprentice task		done
After passing through some kind of time anomaly you met a temporal warden who told you to destroy the abominations of this alternate timeline.
Back and Back and Back to the Future		done
You failed to protect the injured seer from death by Aramundo.
Escort: injured seer (level 1 of Old Forest)		failed
You failed to protect the injured seer from death by stone troll.
Escort: injured seer (level 3 of Trollmire)		failed
You successfully escorted the lone alchemist to the recall portal on level 1 of Ruins of Kor'Pul.
As a reward you improved Dexterity by +5.
Escort: lone alchemist (level 1 of Ruins of Kor'Pul)		done
You failed to protect the lone alchemist from death by Aramundo.
Escort: lone alchemist (level 2 of Old Forest)		failed
You failed to protect the lost defiler from death by Aramundo.
Escort: lost defiler (level 4 of Old Forest)		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.
You have slain Bill. His treasure is yours for the taking.
Hidden treasure		done
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 have explored the Old Forest and vanquished Wrathroot.
* You have explored the Maze and vanquished the Minotaur.
* You must explore the Sandworm Lair and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You have explored the Daikara and vanquished the huge ice dragon that dwelled there.
Into the darkness		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 have explored the ruins of Kor'Pul and vanquished the Possessed.
Of trolls and damp caves		done
You found notes from an explorer inside the Old Forest. He spoke about Sher'Tul ruins sunken below the surface of the lake of Nur, at the forest's center.
With one of the notes there was a small gem that looks like a key.
Sher'Tul Fortress		active
As you approached Derth you saw a huge dark cloud over the small town.
When you entered you were greeted by an army of air elementals slaughtering the population.
* You have dispatched the elementals but the cloud lingers still. You must find a powerful ally to remove it. There are rumours of a secret town in the mountains, to the southwest. You could also check out the Ziguranth group that is supposed to fight magic.
Storming the city		active
You met a half-mad lumberjack fleeing a small village, rambling about an untold horror lurking there, slaughtering people.
2 lumberjacks have died.
The beast within		done

Equipment

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

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Fatigue: -5%
Changes resistances: +3% blight
Changes resistances penetration: +5% mind
Maximum encumbrance: +20
Physical save: +6 (+2 eff.)
Spell save: +9 (+4 eff.)
Mental save: +3 (+3 eff.)
Equilibrium when hit: +0.04
Hate when firing a critical mind attack: +2.00


A pair of boots made of leather.
Emelita the pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 1 armour)
Light source
Summertide Phial
Infused by nature
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Damage (Melee): 15 Lite Light Burst (radius 1)
Changes resistances: +30% light
Changes damage: +10% light
Light radius: +5
Healing mod.: +10%
When attacking in melee, deals 15 light damage and lights tiles in radius 1.
It can be used to call light, dispelling darkness and lighting tiles in radius 20.(68 power, based on Willpower)

Activation costs 8 power out of 15/15.

A small crystal phial that captured Sunlight during the Summertide.
Summertide Phial
On head
Fanged Collar
0.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: armor / head ; tier 4



It's a head... but is it yours?
Fanged Collar
Tool
soothing ash totem of healing [power 170] (1/12 cooldown)
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: charm / totem ; tier 2

It can be used to heal yourself and all friendly characters within 10 spaces for 170

Activation puts all charms on cooldown for 12 turns.
When used:
* Heal for 42.


Natural totems are made by powerful wilders to store nature power.
soothing ash totem of healing [power 170] (1/12 cooldown)
On fingers
copper ring 'Frozenmarrow'
Crafted by a master
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +16 (+4 eff.)
Changes stats: +4 Str / +2 Dex / +5 Con
Changes damage: +6% cold
Stamina each turn: +3.00
Maximum stamina: +10.00


Rings make your fingers look great!
copper ring 'Frozenmarrow'
On fingers
Vargh Redemption
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +4 Wil / +6 Con
Changes resistances: +10% nature / +25% cold
Changes damage: +15% cold
Maximum mana: +20.00
Maximum stamina: +20.00
Maximum psi: +20.00
Maximum air capacity: +50.00
It can be used to summon a radius 4 tidal wave that expands slowly over 7 turns, dealing 11.72 cold and 9.69 physical damage (based on Willpower) each turn, knocking opponents back, and lowering their stun resistance

Activation costs 46 power out of 60/60.

This azure ring seems to be always moist to the touch.
Vargh Redemption
Around waist
Girdle of the Calm Waters
Infused by nature
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: armor / belt ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +3 Wil
Changes resistances: +20% blight / +20% cold / +20% nature
Healing mod.: +15%


A belt rumoured to have been worn by the Conclave healers.
Girdle of the Calm Waters
In main hand
arcing dwarven-steel greatmaul of massacre (54-81 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 24

Powered by arcane forces
Crafted by a master
5.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / greatmaul ; tier 3
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 54.0 - 81.0
Uses stat: 120% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% base dam (max 20%)
Armour Penetration: +2
Crit. chance: +1.5%
Attack speed: 100%
On weapon hit:
* 25% chance for lightning to strike from the target to a second target dealing 15 damage


Massive two-handed mauls.
arcing dwarven-steel greatmaul of massacre (54-81 power, 2 apr)
On hands
Arada the hardened leather gloves (0 def, 2 armour)
Crafted by a master
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / hands ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Changes stats: +3 Str / +4 Wil / +3 Con
Changes resistances: +3% physical
Changes resistances penetration: +5% acid / +5% physical
Talent mastery: +0.20 Technique / Grappling
Critical mult.: +15.00%
Disarm immunity: +20%
Maximum stamina: +20.00
Learn an unarmed attack talent or enable 'Always show glove combat' to see combat stats.


Light gloves which do not seriously hinder finger movements, while still protecting the hands somewhat.
Arada the hardened leather gloves (0 def, 2 armour)
Main armor
Thalore-Wood Cuirass (4 def, 12 armour)
Requires:
- Massive armour training
- Strength 26

Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
12.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: armor / massive ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +12
Defense: +4 (+4 eff.)
Fatigue: +14%
Changes stats: +3 Dex / +3 Wil / +3 Con
Changes resistances: +18% cold / +18% darkness / +18% nature
Healing mod.: +25%


Expertly hewn from the bark of trees, this wooden armor provides excellent protection at a low weight.
Thalore-Wood Cuirass (4 def, 12 armour)
Cloak
linen cloak of Iron Throne (1 def, 0 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1 (+1 eff.)
Changes stats: +1 Str / +1 Con


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
linen cloak of Iron Throne (1 def, 0 armour)
Around neck
Fanged Collar
Powered by unknown forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +10 Cun / -5 Wil
Changes resistances: +15% blight / +15% darkness / +15% acid
Physical save: +15 (+5 eff.)
Spell save: +15 (+7 eff.)
Mental save: -7 (-7 eff.)
Maximum life: +20.00
You have died, but that does not bother the collar at all...


This strange creature seems to melt around your neck, keeping its mouth open just wide enough so that its teeth do not touch you. You suspect that in the case your head somehow goes missing, the creature is going to make itself at home in your neck stump.
Fanged Collar

Inventory

This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
cleansing gold amulet of dexterity (+5)
Infused by nature
Infused by arcane disrupting forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +5 Dex
Changes resistances: +10% nature / +13% blight
Poison immunity: +20%
Disease immunity: +20%


Amulets make your neck look great!
cleansing gold amulet of dexterity (+5)
steel amulet of strength (+4)
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +4 Str


Amulets make your neck look great!
steel amulet of strength (+4)
chilling dwarven-steel greatmaul of daylight (44-65 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 24

Powered by arcane forces
5.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / greatmaul ; tier 3
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 43.5 - 65.2
Uses stat: 120% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% base dam (max 20%)
Armour Penetration: +2
Crit. chance: +1.5%
Attack speed: 100%
Damage (Melee): +12 light / +28 cold
Damage against: +7% Undead


Massive two-handed mauls.
chilling dwarven-steel greatmaul of daylight (44-65 power, 2 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
dwarven-steel waraxe (22-31 power, 4 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 24

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / waraxe ; tier 3

Base power: 22.0 - 30.8
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit chance (max 25%)
Armour Penetration: +4
Crit. chance: +4.5%
Attack speed: 100%


One-handed war axes.
dwarven-steel waraxe (22-31 power, 4 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
cashmere robe (0 def, 0 armour)
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloth ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +11% all


A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
cashmere robe (0 def, 0 armour)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
dwarven-steel plate armour (0 def, 11 armour)
Requires:
- Massive armour training
- Strength 35

17.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / massive ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +11
Fatigue: +22%


A suit of armour made of metal plates.
dwarven-steel plate armour (0 def, 11 armour)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
rejuvenating dwarven-steel plate armour of the dragon (0 def, 11 armour)
Requires:
- Massive armour training
- Strength 35

Infused by nature
17.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / massive ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +11
Fatigue: +22%
Changes resistances: +9% acid / +7% physical / +9% cold / +7% lightning / +7% fire
Talent cooldown: Rush (-5 turns)
Disarm immunity: +25%
Stun/Freeze immunity: +22%
Knockback immunity: +26%
Life regen: +2.00
Stamina each turn: +0.50


A suit of armour made of metal plates.
rejuvenating dwarven-steel plate armour of the dragon (0 def, 11 armour)
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 (2/2)
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 153 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 (2/2)
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
quartz
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / white ; tier 3

When wielded/worn:
Stun/Freeze immunity: +30%
When used to imbue an object:
Stun/Freeze immunity: +30%
Latent Damage Type: Cold


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

Achievements

Curse Lifter Killed Ben Cruthdar the Cursed.
By Aramundo the Cornac Berserker level 8
7th Mirth 122nd year of Ascendancy at 21:02 see stats
Exterminator Killed 1000 creatures.
By Aramundo the Cornac Berserker level 18
68th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 17:04 see stats
Level 10 Got a character to level 10.
By Aramundo the Cornac Berserker level 10
7th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 20:52 see stats
Level 20 Got a character to level 20.
By Aramundo the Cornac Berserker level 20
72nd Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 03:48 see stats
The secret city Discovered the truth about mages.
By Aramundo the Cornac Berserker level 10
11st Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 09:27 see stats
Treasure Hunter Amassed 1000 gold pieces.
By Aramundo the Cornac Berserker level 16
41st Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 03:30 see stats
Unstoppable Returned from the dead.
By Aramundo the Cornac Berserker level 18
69th Dusk 122nd year of Ascendancy at 08:19 see stats

Log

Aramundo hits Lisymith the netherworm mass for 27 healing, 16 healing (0 total damage) [43 healing].
Bleeding from Lisymith the netherworm mass hits Aramundo for 11 physical damage.
Burning from Lisymith the netherworm mass hits Aramundo for 19 fire damage.

Aramundo hits Lisymith the netherworm mass for 103 physical, 14 light, 15 lightning (133 total damage).
Lisymith the netherworm mass performs a melee critical strike against Aramundo!
Lisymith the netherworm mass leeches life from Aramundo!
Aramundo hits Lisymith the netherworm mass for 106 healing, 9 healing, 40 healing, 74 healing, 9 healing, 40 healing (0 total damage) [279 healing].
Lisymith the netherworm mass hits Aramundo for 74 physical, 6 acid, 28 fire, 52 physical, 6 acid, 28 fire (195 total damage).
Aramundo no longer revels in blood quite so much.
Talent Stunning Blow is ready to use.
Lisymith the netherworm mass leeches life from Aramundo!
Rotting Disease from Ghast hits Aramundo for 13 blight damage.
Aramundo hits Lisymith the netherworm mass for 45 healing, 30 healing (0 total damage) [75 healing].
Bleeding from Lisymith the netherworm mass hits Aramundo for 21 physical damage.
Burning from Lisymith the netherworm mass hits Aramundo for 31 fire damage.

Aramundo performs a melee critical strike against Lisymith the netherworm mass!
Aramundo revels in the spilt blood and grows stronger!
Aramundo hits Lisymith the netherworm mass for 248 physical, 14 light (263 total damage).

Aramundo performs a melee critical strike against Lisymith the netherworm mass!
Aramundo's blood frenzy intensifies!
Aramundo hits Lisymith the netherworm mass for 189 physical, 14 light (204 total damage).
Lisymith the netherworm mass leeches life from Aramundo!
Lisymith the netherworm mass receives 64 healing from Aramundo.
Lisymith the netherworm mass hits Aramundo for 71 physical damage.
Aramundo the level 20 cornac berserker was maimed to death by Lisymith the netherworm mass on level 1 of Dreadfell.
Aramundo no longer revels in blood quite so much.
Aramundo's rage subsides!