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Chook the level 1 Dwarf Bulwark by Hydrak

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.7.6
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Genuine Veteran 1.6.6

A Combat Veteran tree rework, because the base tree isn't very attractive. Full details in the forum thread.

Quick Recovery: Quick Recovery and Fast Metabolism merged. Lifegain scales with CON.
Warrior's Determination: If more than one enemy is visible, take reduced damage, improving as you see more enemies.
Spell Shield: Spell save unchanged. 4-15% Arcane/Fire/Cold/Lightning resist added. When you save against a magical effect, daze the caster for 1-3 turns.
Unending Frenzy: Once a turn when you hit an enemy in melee you gain a 3 turn 0.7%-2.5% combat speed bonus which stacks up to 10 times. Kills restore life/stamina, lifegain scales with CON and occurs once per turn.

This version has seen a complete playthrough main AoA campaign on insane roguelike without major issues, however it's still being tested and subject to change.

This addon overloads the combat techniques tree, and is therefore incompatible with any addon or future versions which change that file.

0.9.5: Tooltips clarified, small numerical adjustments.

Genuine Veteran 1.6.6
CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Adventure
SexMale
RaceDwarf
ClassBulwark
Level / Exp1 / 39%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by orc archer at level 1 on the 16th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 13:14
0 / 1

Primary Stats

Strength22 (base 18)
Dexterity10 (base 12)
Constitution15 (base 12)
Magic8 (base 10)
Willpower13 (base 10)
Cunning10 (base 10)

Resources

Life140/140
Stamina108/108
Healing Factor1.0460311219418
Regeneration3.7469919096685

Speed

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

Vision

Sight10
Lite3

Offense: Mainhand

Damage27
Accuracy21
Crit Chance2%
APR2
Speed1.00

Offense: Offhand

Damage
Accuracy
Crit Chance
APR
Speed

Offense: Spell

Spellpower8
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower13
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)11.522593642275 (62.32946707186%)
Defense2
Ranged Defense2
Fatigue20
Physical Save12
Spell Save7
Mental Save8

Defense: Immunities

Instadeath Resistance100%

Inscriptions (3/3)

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

Class Talents

Technique / Combat techniques1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26.4
    Range: 3
    Cooldown: 44
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Rush toward a target enemy with incredible speed and perform a melee attack for 120% weapon damage that can daze the target for 3 turns if it hits.
    You must rush from at least 2 tiles away.
    Rush
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You focus your strikes, reducing your attack speed by 10% and increasing your Accuracy by 4 and critical chance by 4%.
    The effects will increase with your Dexterity.
    Precise Strikes
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You have learned to focus your blows to hit your target, granting +19 accuracy and allowing you to attack creatures you cannot see without penalty for the next 0 turns.
    Perfect Strike
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 55
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Through rigorous training, you have learned to focus your actions for a short while, increasing your speed by 3% for 5 turns.
    Blinding Speed
0/5
Technique / Shield defense1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Enter a protective battle stance allowing you to defend yourself more proficiently while using a shield.
    Increases Armour by 6, Block value by 20, and reduces Block cooldown by 2.
    Increases stun and knockback resistance by 20%.
    The Armor and Block bonuses increase equally with your Dexterity and Strength.
    Shield Wall
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 24
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Smash your shield into the face of all adjacent foes dealing 100% shield damage and knocking them back 0 grids.
    In addition, all creatures knocked back will also be dazed for 5 turns.
    If known, activating this talent will refresh your Rush cooldown if the attack hits.
    The distance increases with your talent level, and the Daze duration with your Strength.
    Repulsion
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improves your damage with shield-based skills, and increases your Spell (+1) and Physical (+0) Saves.
    Shield Expertise
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You brace yourself for the final stand, increasing Defense and Armor by 0, maximum and current life by 13, but making you unable to move.
    Your stand lets you concentrate on every blow, allowing you to avoid death from normally fatal wounds. You can only die when reaching -13 life.
    If your life is below 0 when Last Stand ends it will be set to 1.
    The increase in Defense and Armor is based on your Dexterity, and the increase in life is based on your Constitution and normal maximum life.
    Last Stand
0/5
Technique / Shield offense1.30
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 9.6
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hits the target with two shield strikes, doing 150% and 185% shield damage. If it hits a second time, it stuns the target for 3 turns.
    The stun chance increases with your Accuracy and your Strength.
    Shield Pummel
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improves your ability to perform counterstrikes after blocks in the following ways:
    Allows counterstrikes after incomplete blocks.
    Increases the number of counterstrikes you can perform on a target while they're vulnerable by 0.
    Increases the crit chance of counterstrikes by 10%. This increase scales with your Dexterity.
    Riposte
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 14.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hit your target with your shield 3 times for 30% damage then quickly return to a blocking position. The bonus block will not check or trigger Block cooldown.
    Shield Slam
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 19.2
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Shield (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hits the target with your shield, doing 80% damage. If it hits, you follow up with two automatic critical hits with your weapon, doing 80% base damage each.
    Assault
0/5
Technique / Combat veteran1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate life (+3.3 life/turn) and stamina (+0.8 stamina/turn) faster.
    The life gain will scale with your Constitution.
    Quick Recovery
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Survivor of a hundred battles, you know how to fight while outnumbered and live to tell the tale. For each visible enemy beyond the first, you gain 0.2% reduction to all damage. This bonus caps at 5 enemies (1.0% reduced damage).
    Warriors Determination
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Experience combating hostile mages has strengthened your body against magic, granting 0.0% fire/cold/lightning/arcane resistance and allowing you to be more resistant to some spell effects (+0 spell save).
    Additionally, when you successfully shrug off a magical effect, you violently expel the magical energy towards the caster, dazing them for 1 turns.
    Spell Shield
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Once per turn, whenever you land a melee strike, you become increasingly frenzied, gaining 0.00% combat speed for 3 turns, stacking up to 10 times.
    Your frenzy causes you revel in the death of your foes. When you kill an enemy while frenzying, you regain 3.8 life and 0.0 stamina.
    The life gain will scale with your Constitution and can trigger once per turn.
    Unending Frenzy
0/5

Generic Talents

Cunning / Survival1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You notice the small things others do not notice, allowing you to "see" creatures in a 2 radius even outside of light radius.
    This is not telepathy, however, and it is still limited to line of sight.
    Also, your attention to detail increases stealth detection and invisibility detection by 0, and you gain the ability to detect traps (+0 detect 'power').
    The detection abilities improve with Cunning.
    Heightened Senses
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your cunning manipulations allow you to use charms (wands, totems and torques) more efficiently, reducing their cooldowns and the power cost of all usable items by 8%.
    In addition your knowledge of devices allows you to disarm known traps (0 disarm 'power', improves with Cunning).
    Device Mastery
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: Sense foes around you in a radius of 5 for 1 turns.
    The radius will increase with your Cunning.
    Track
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You have an enhanced sense of self preservation, and your keen intuition allows you to sense dangers others miss.
    Your ability to detect traps is enhanced (+0 detect 'power').
    Critical attacks against you have 0.0% reduced bonus damage, and damage bonuses attackers gain against you for being unseen are reduced by 10%.
    You also gain an additional chance (at your normal save -20, effective) to resist detrimental status effects that can be resisted.
    The detection and additional save chance improve with Cunning.
    Danger Sense
0/5
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
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 13.8 for 8 turns (110 total). This effect can only happen once every 15 turns.
    The regeneration scales with your Constitution.
    Vitality
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You've learned to recover quickly from effects that would disable you. Each turn, you have a 8% chance to recover from a single stun effect.
    At talent level 2 you may also recover from Blindness, at level 3 Confusion and Pins, and level 4 Disarms and Slows.
    Effects will be cleansed with the priority order Stun > Blind > Confusion > Pin > Disarm > Slow.
    Only one effect may be recovered from each turn, and the chance to recover from an effect scales with your Constitution.
    Unflinching Resolve
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Enemies are intimidated by your very presence.
    Enemies within radius 6 have their Physical Power, Mindpower, and Spellpower reduced by 1.
    The power of the intimidation effect improves with your Physical power
    Daunting Presence
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 24
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You release a surge of adrenaline that increases your Physical Power by 1 for 2 turns. While the effect is active, you may continue to fight beyond the point of exhaustion.
    You may continue to use stamina based talents while at zero stamina at the cost of life.
    The Physical Power increase will scale with your Constitution.
    Using this talent does not take a turn.
    Adrenaline Surge
0/5
Technique / Combat training1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your skin becomes more resilient to damage. Increases resistance to all damage by 0.0%.
    Thick Skin
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You become better at using your armour to deflect blows and protect your vital areas. Increases Armour value by 6, Armour hardiness by 32%, and reduces the chance melee or ranged attacks critically hit you by 7% with your current body armour.
    (This talent only provides bonuses for heavy mail or massive plate armour.)
    At level 1, it allows you to wear heavy mail armour, gauntlets, helms, and heavy boots.
    At level 2, it allows you to wear shields.
    At level 3, it allows you to wear massive plate armour.
    Heavy Armour Training
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You learn to maintain your agility and manage your combat posture while wearing robes or light armour. When wearing armour no heavier than leather in your main body slot, you gain 4 Defense, 0% Armour hardiness, and 5% reduced Fatigue.
    In addition, when you step adjacent to a (visible) enemy, you use the juxtaposition to increase your total Defense by 2 for 2 turns.
    The Defense bonus scales with your Dexterity.
    Light Armour Training
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 18.
    Combat Accuracy
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 34% and physical power by 30 when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 0% and physical power by 30 when using daggers.
    Dagger Mastery
0/5

Effects

detrimental effect
There is no gravity here; you float in the air. Movement is three times as slow, and any melee or archery blows have a chance to knockback. Maximum encumbrance is greatly increased.
Zero Gravity

Quests

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!		active

Equipment

Main armor
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training
- Strength 14

14.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Defense: +2 (+2 eff.)
Fatigue: +12%


A suit of armour made of mail.
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
In off hand
iron shield (0 def, 2 armour, 8-10 power, 19.5 block)
Requires:
- Shield usage training
- Strength 11

7.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / shield ; tier 1

When used to attack (with talents):
Base power: 8.0 - 9.6
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Block value: +20
When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Fatigue: +8%
Talent granted: +1 Block


Handheld deflection devices.
iron shield (0 def, 2 armour, 8-10 power, 19.5 block)
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
In main hand
iron longsword (10-15 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1

Base power: 10.5 - 14.7
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit mult (max 40%)
Armour Penetration: +2
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%


Sharp, long, and deadly.
iron longsword (10-15 power, 2 apr)

Inventory

This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
iron shield (0 def, 2 armour, 8-10 power, 15.5 block)
Requires:
- Shield usage training
- Strength 11

7.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / shield ; tier 1

When used to attack (with talents):
Base power: 8.0 - 9.6
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Accuracy bonus: +2.0% proc dam (max 200%)
Crit. chance: +2.5%
Block value: +16
When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Fatigue: +8%
Talent granted: +1 Block


Handheld deflection devices.
iron shield (0 def, 2 armour, 8-10 power, 15.5 block)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
reinforced iron shield (0 def, 3 armour, 8-10 power, 40.5 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: 8.5 - 10.2
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, 8-10 power, 40.5 block)
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
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
ametrine
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical crit. chance: +1.0%
Changes damage: +2% all
Spell crit. chance: +1%
Mental crit. chance: +1%
When used to imbue an object:
Physical crit. chance: +1.0%
Changes damage: +2% all
Spell crit. chance: +1%
Mental crit. chance: +1%
Latent Damage Type: Light


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

Achievements

Log

Orc archer shoots!
Norgan uses Stunning Blow.
Orc warrior is stunned!
Norgan hits Orc warrior for 52 physical damage.
Chook is recovering from the damage!
Orc archer's Shoot hits Chook for 6 physical, 11 blight, 10 fire, 14 lightning (41 total damage).

Orc warrior hits Chook for 3 physical, 3 fire (6 total damage).
Orc warrior hits Norgan for 3 fire damage.
Orc archer shoots!
You collect a new ingredient: orc heart (1).
Norgan hits Orc warrior for 34 physical damage.
Norgan killed Orc warrior!
Orc archer's Shoot hits Chook for 5 physical, 11 blight, 10 fire, 14 lightning (40 total damage).

Orc archer shoots!
Orc archer's Shoot hits Chook for 8 physical, 11 blight, 10 fire, 14 lightning (43 total damage).
Chook the level 1 dwarf bulwark was shocked to death by an orc archer on level 1 of Escape from Reknor.
You have no more lives left.
Norgan's skin returns to normal.
You enter a zero gravity zone, beware!
From the brink of death you seem to be yanked to another plane.
Orc archer's Shoot killed Chook!
Saving game...
Saving done.

Talent Shield Wall is ready to use.

Talent Vitality is ready to use.