Character
| Game | Tales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.4.8 |
| Addons | Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.4.0Official 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:
Inventory Squelching 1.2.5Clear up inventory clutter and focus on the items that matter. This addon allows you to hide items that aren't any use to your character so you can carefully inspect those that do, and suffer from less inventory fatigue over the course of a playthrough. This addon adds an extra dialog which is opened using Ctrl+D by default. The options should be fairly self-explanatory and mostly cover squelching individual item types, along with a few options useful to antimagic and undead characters, as well as the ability to squelch the mostly useless white items. Note that these options are tied to your character, so you'll need to set this up for each character you create. It also only applies to the transmogrification chest tab in your inventory; squelched items get their own special tab due to a variety of technical details. Items will be shown when they are picked up in the log, and artifacts will still show their lore popups. Squelched items will also be transmogrified when you leave the level, as normal. Stone Wardens Bonus Class 1.2.3Donators/Buyers bonus! Better ASCII 1.2.3Improves the ASCII display to be more useable overall. Designed for the regular ASCII display; if you use ASCII with backgrounds this may not help at all. Currently all this does is change monsters and traps that are difficult to see on a black background to be more readable. I've done this manually, so if you notice any I've missed please let me know. This also involved making a relatively invasive change to the Doomed, Summoner, and Necromancer classes, so please report any strange behavior with those classes, or with NPCs that have talents from those classes. Potential future plans include fixing the colors of some of the more problematic items and events such as Fearscape Portals, understanding what the shader field is supposed to do for monsters (i.e. are multicolored monsters supposed to actually shimmer), finding a higher-quality monospace font that looks better when blown up on the character page and other similar places, and trying to fix the various display bugs associated with putting an item's ability on the hotbar. Embers of Rage 1.4.4Official 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:
Fixed-Duration Resting 1.2.3Allows the player to rest for a specified duration, instead of just to full. This behavior is bound to Ctrl-R by default. Supplying 0 as the number of turns to rest for will fall back to the default resting behavior. Important mechanical note: I created this addon because I wanted to be able to rest until a talent came off cooldown (and no more). To facilitate this, the number of turns you specify will be a duration in *global* turns. This will cause the "Rested for X turns" message to have a different value if your global speed is not 1. However, if you're waiting for a talent to come off cooldown, you can just enter the number of turns and you will rest exactly long enough (rounding up) for the talent to become available again. If there's demand, I could include a setting (or alternate keybinding) to instead rest for a fixed number of player turns, but I'm not sure what the use for that would be. Items Vault 1.4.8Donators/Buyers bonus! |
| Campaign | Maj'Eyal |
| Mode | Normal Adventure |
| Sex | Male |
| Race | Skeleton |
| Class | Cursed |
| Level / Exp | 6 / 80% |
| Size | medium |
| Lifes / Deaths | no deaths recorded 3 / 0 |
Primary Stats
| Strength | 30 (base 24) |
| Dexterity | 17 (base 10) |
| Constitution | 10 (base 10) |
| Magic | 10 (base 10) |
| Willpower | 24 (base 23) |
| Cunning | 10 (base 10) |
Resources
| Life | 194/194 |
| Hate | 32/100 |
| Healing Factor | 0.95929589517897 |
| Regeneration | 3.1177116593316 |
Speed
| Mental | 0% |
| Attack | 0% |
| Movement | 0% |
| Spell | 0% |
| Global | +100% |
Vision
| Sight | 10 |
| Lite | 5 |
| See Stealth | 10 |
Offense: Mainhand
| Damage | 46 |
| Accuracy | 22 |
| Crit Chance | 0% |
| APR | 2 |
| Speed | 1.00 |
Offense: Spell
| Spellpower | 15 |
| Crit Chance | 1% |
| Speed | 1 |
Offense: Mind
| Mindpower | 23 |
| Crit Chance | 3% |
| Speed | 1 |
Defense: Base
| Armour (hardiness) | 8.73 (48.103448275862%) |
| Defense | 5 |
| Ranged Defense | 5 |
| Fatigue | 13 |
| Physical Save | 14 |
| Spell Save | 11 |
| Mental Save | 11 |
Defense: Resistances
| All | 0%( 70%) |
Defense: Immunities
| Stun Resistance | 37% |
| Bleed Resistance | 100% |
| Confusion Resistance | 37% |
| Fear Resistance | 100% |
| Instadeath Resistance | 100% |
| Poison Resistance | 100% |
| Knockback Resistance | 37% |
Inscriptions (3/3)
| Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: Heat BeamUse mode: Activated Range: 8 Cooldown: 18 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to fire a beam of heat, doing 40.00 fire damage over 5 turns The intensity of the heat will also remove one random detrimental physical effect from you. |
| Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: ShieldingUse mode: Activated Range: melee/personal Cooldown: 14 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to create a protective shield absorbing at most 130 damage for 5 turns. |
| Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: Phase DoorUse mode: Activated Range: melee/personal Cooldown: 7 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to teleport randomly in a range of 10. Afterwards you stay out of phase for 5 turns. In this state all new negative status effects duration is reduced by 15%, your defense is increased by 15 and all your resistances by 15%. |
Class Talents
| Cursed / Strife | 1.30 |
| 3/5 |
| 2/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Cursed / Slaughter | 1.30 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Cursed / Endless hunt | 1.30 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Cursed / Gloom | 1.30 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
Generic Talents
| Cursed / Cursed aura | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Cursed / Cursed form | 1.00 |
| 3/5 |
| 3/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Undead / Skeleton | 1.10 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Technique / Combat training | 1.30 |
| 0/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 2/5 |
| 0/5 |
Effects
| talent | Stalk |
| talent | Gloom |
| beneficial effect | The target is under the effect of the cloak of deception, making it look human. Cloak of Deception |
| beneficial effect | An aura of death surrounds you. Curse of Corpses (power 1.0)Penalty : Fear of Death: -2% resistance against damage from the undead. Power 1+: Power over Death: +4% damage against the undead. Power 2+: -1 Luck, +2 Strength, +2 Magic Power 3+: Corpselight: Each death you cause leaves behind a trace of itself, an eerie light of radius 4. Power 4+: Reprieve from Death: Humanoids you slay have a 35% chance to rise to fight beside you as ghouls for 6 turns. |
Quests
You failed to protect the repented thief from death by Eluwyn the giant eel. Escort: repented thief (level 2 of Trollmire) | failed |
You have found all the clues leading to the hidden treasure. There should be a way on the third level of the Trollmire. Hidden treasureIt looks extremely dangerous, however - beware. | active |
It is time to explore some new places -- dark, forgotten and dangerous ones. Into the darknessThe Old Forest is just south-east of the town of Derth. The Maze is west of Derth. The Sandworm Lair is to the far west of Derth, near the sea. The Daikara is on the eastern borders of the Thaloren forest. * You must explore the Old Forest and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained! * You must explore the Maze and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained! * You must explore the Sandworm Lair and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained! * You must explore the Daikara and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained! | active |
Various alchemists around Maj'Eyal are competing to gain entry into the great Brotherhood of Alchemists, and one or more have enlisted your aid. The Brotherhood of AlchemistsStire of Derth needs your help making an elixir of precision. He has given you some notes on the ingredients: * 'Needed: one ice wyrm tooth. Ice Wyrms lose teeth fairly often, so you might get lucky and not have to do battle with one. But dress warm just in case.' * 'Needed: one pouch of luminous horror dust. Not to be confused with radiant horrors. If you encounter the latter, then I suppose there are always more adventurers.' * 'Needed: one vampire lord fang. You should definitely consider not pricking yourself with it.' | active |
You were asked to prove your worth as a fighter by a rogue, in order to participate in the arena The agent of the arena | done |
You have been resurrected as an undead by some dark powers. The rotting stench of the deadHowever, the ritual failed in some way and you retain your own mind. You need to get out of this dark place and try to carve a place for yourself in the world. You have found a very special cloak that will help you walk among the living without trouble. | done |
Equipment
| On feet | Maligas (0 def, 1 armour) Maligas (0 def, 1 armour)Infused by nature 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / feet ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour penetration: +1 Armour: +1 Fatigue: +1% Changes resistances: +5% lightning / +5% temporal Stamina each turn: +0.40 A pair of boots made of leather. |
| On hands | restful iron gauntlets (0 def, 1 armour) restful iron gauntlets (0 def, 1 armour)Requires: - Talent Armour Training Infused by psionic forces 1.50 Encumbrance. Type: armor / hands ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour: +1 Life regen: +1.00 Stamina each turn: +0.60 Maximum stamina: +13.00 Metal gloves protecting the hands up to the middle of the lower arm. |
| On head | mindwoven linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour) mindwoven linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour)Infused by psionic forces 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / head ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Defense: +1 (+1 eff.) Psi each turn: +0.11 Mindpower: +2 (+1 eff.) Mental crit. chance: +2% A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly... |
| Tool | Imp Claw Imp ClawPowered by arcane forces 2.00 Encumbrance. [Unique] Type: tool / misc ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Light radius: +1 See stealth: +10 It can be used to activate talent Flame (costing 9 power out of 9/9) : Effective talent level: 2.0 Power cost: 9 out of 9/9. Range: 10 Travel Speed: 2000% of base Is: a spell Description: Conjures up a bolt of fire, setting the target ablaze and doing 73.28 fire damage over 3 turns. At level 5, it will create a beam of flames. The damage will increase with your Spellpower. The battered remains of a flame imp's hand. It still burns with that unnatural flame. |
| Around waist | Girdle of the Calm Waters Girdle of the Calm WatersInfused by nature 1.00 Encumbrance. [Unique] Type: armor / belt ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Changes stats: +3 Wil Changes resistances: +20% blight / +20% cold / +20% nature Healing mod.: +30% A belt rumoured to have been worn by the Conclave healers. |
| Main armor | rejuvenating iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour) rejuvenating iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)Requires: - Strength 14 - Talent Armour Training Infused by nature 14.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour: +4 Defense: +2 (+2 eff.) Fatigue: +12% Life regen: +2.00 Stamina each turn: +0.60 A suit of armour made of mail. |
| In main hand | flaming iron greatmaul of massacre (Corpses) (25-37.5 power, 1 apr) flaming iron greatmaul of massacre (Corpses) (25-37.5 power, 1 apr)Requires: - Strength 11 Powered by arcane forces Crafted by a master 5.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / greatmaul ; tier 1 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 25.0 - 37.5 Uses stat: 120% Str Damage type: Physical Mastery: Weapons Mastery Accuracy bonus: +0.1% dam / acc Armour Penetration: +1 Physical crit. chance: +0.5% Attack speed: 100% Burst (radius 1) on hit: +9 fire Curse of Corpses Massive two-handed mauls. |
| Light source | bright brass lantern bright brass lanternCrafted by a master 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: lite / lite ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Light radius: +4 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. |
| Cloak | Cloak of Deception Cloak of DeceptionPowered by arcane forces 1.00 Encumbrance. [Plot Item] Type: armor / cloak When wielded/worn: Physical power: +5 (+2 eff.) Spellpower: +5 (+5 eff.) Mindpower: +5 (+3 eff.) A black cloak, with subtle illusion enchantments woven into its very fabric. |
| Around neck | copper amulet 'Goriatira' copper amulet 'Goriatira'Infused by nature 0.10 Encumbrance. Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Changes resistances: +3% temporal / +6% physical Stamina each turn: +0.30 Amulets can have magical properties. |
Inventory
acidic iron battleaxe (Corpses) (14.5-21.75 power, 1 apr) acidic iron battleaxe (Corpses) (14.5-21.75 power, 1 apr)Requires: - Strength 11 Powered by arcane forces 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / battleaxe ; tier 1 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 14.5 - 21.8 Uses stat: 120% Str Damage type: Physical Mastery: Weapons Mastery Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit / acc Armour Penetration: +1 Physical crit. chance: +4.5% Attack speed: 100% On weapon crit: * splashes the target with acid Damage (Melee): +9 acid Curse of Corpses Massive two-handed battleaxes. |
iron battleaxe (Misfortune) (14.5-21.75 power, 1 apr) iron battleaxe (Misfortune) (14.5-21.75 power, 1 apr)Requires: - Strength 11 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / battleaxe ; tier 1 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 14.5 - 21.8 Uses stat: 120% Str Damage type: Physical Mastery: Weapons Mastery Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit / acc Armour Penetration: +1 Physical crit. chance: +4.5% Attack speed: 100% Curse of Misfortune Massive two-handed battleaxes. |
flaming iron greatmaul of paradox (Nightmares) (20-30 power, 1 apr) flaming iron greatmaul of paradox (Nightmares) (20-30 power, 1 apr)Requires: - Strength 11 Powered by arcane forces 5.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / greatmaul ; tier 1 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 20.0 - 30.0 Uses stat: 120% Str Damage type: Physical Mastery: Weapons Mastery Accuracy bonus: +0.1% dam / acc Armour Penetration: +1 Physical crit. chance: +0.5% Attack speed: 100% Damage (Melee): +9 temporal Burst (radius 1) on hit: +9 fire When wielded/worn: Damage when hit (Melee): 7 temporal Changes resistances: +7% temporal Curse of Nightmares Massive two-handed mauls. |
voratun greatmaul 'Ce'Notira' (Misfortune) (71-106.5 power, 4 apr) voratun greatmaul 'Ce'Notira' (Misfortune) (71-106.5 power, 4 apr)Requires: - Strength 48 Crafted by a master Infused by psionic forces 5.00 Encumbrance. [Random Unique] Type: weapon / greatmaul ; tier 5 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 71.0 - 106.5 Uses stat: 120% Str Damage type: Physical Mastery: Weapons Mastery Accuracy bonus: +0.1% dam / acc Armour Penetration: +4 Physical crit. chance: +3.0% Attack speed: 100% Damage Shield penetration (this weapon only): +20% Damage (Melee): +10 darkness Damage against: +12% Living When wielded/worn: Armour penetration: +9 Changes stats: +1 Wil Changes resistances penetration: +9% physical Changes damage: +9% physical Critical mult.: +5.00% Damage Shield penetration: +20% Curse of Misfortune Massive two-handed mauls. |
iron greatsword of daylight (Madness) (16-25.6 power, 1 apr) iron greatsword of daylight (Madness) (16-25.6 power, 1 apr)Requires: - Strength 11 Powered by arcane forces 3.00 Encumbrance. Type: weapon / greatsword ; tier 1 It must be held with both hands. Base power: 16.0 - 25.6 Uses stat: 120% Str Damage type: Physical Mastery: Weapons Mastery Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit.pwr / acc Armour Penetration: +1 Physical crit. chance: +2.5% Attack speed: 100% Damage (Melee): +9 light Damage against: +7% Undead Curse of Madness Massive two-handed swords. |
grounding rough leather belt grounding rough leather beltInfused by nature 1.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / belt ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Changes resistances: +5% lightning / +5% temporal A belt that goes around your waist. |
Sludgegrip (0 def, 0 armour) Sludgegrip (0 def, 0 armour)Infused by nature 1.00 Encumbrance. [Unique] Type: armor / hands ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Changes stats: +4 Cun / +4 Wil Changes resistances: +10% nature Changes damage: +5% nature Talent mastery: +0.20 Wild-gift / Slime Poison immunity: +20% Mindpower: +2 (+1 eff.) These gloves are coated with a thick, green liquid. |
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour) iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)Requires: - Strength 14 - Talent Armour Training 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 'Neretha' (2 def, 4 armour) iron mail armour 'Neretha' (2 def, 4 armour)Requires: - Strength 14 - Talent Armour Training Crafted by a master 14.00 Encumbrance. Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Armour: +4 Defense: +2 (+2 eff.) Fatigue: +12% Changes stats: +2 Cun Changes resistances: +15% cold Disease immunity: +5% A suit of armour made of mail. |
agate agate0.00 Encumbrance. Type: gem / black ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Changes stats: +1 Str / +1 Dex / +1 Mag / +1 Wil / +1 Cun / +1 Con When used to imbue an object: Changes stats: +1 Str / +1 Dex / +1 Mag / +1 Wil / +1 Cun / +1 Con Latent Damage Type: Acid Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals. |
Wintertide Phial Wintertide PhialPowered by arcane forces 2.00 Encumbrance. [Unique] Type: lite / lite ; tier 2 When wielded/worn: Light radius: +1 Infravision radius: +6 It can be used to cleanse your mind of up to 2 (based on Magic) detrimental mental effects, costing 40 power out of 60/60. This phial seems filled with darkness, yet it cleanses your thoughts. |
brass lantern brass lantern2.00 Encumbrance. Type: lite / lite ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Light radius: +2 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. |
Rod of Recall (1/1) Rod of Recall (1/1)Powered by unknown forces 2.00 Encumbrance. [Plot Item] Type: charm / rod It can be used to recall the user to the worldmap after 40 turns, costing 202 power out of 400/400. This rod is made entirely of voratun, infused with raw magical energies that can bend space itself. You have heard of such items before. They are very useful to adventurers, allowing faster travel. |
Transmogrification Chest Transmogrification ChestPowered 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), costing 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. |
iron torque of kinetic psionic shield [power 23] (20 cooldown) iron torque of kinetic psionic shield [power 23] (20 cooldown)Infused by psionic forces 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: charm / torque ; tier 1 It can be used to setup a psionic shield, reducing all physical, nature, temporal and acid damage by 23 for 7 turns, putting all charms on cooldown for 20 turns. Torques are made by powerful psionics to store psionic powers. |
iron torque of kinetic psionic shield 'Chargegasher' [power 15] (13 cooldown) iron torque of kinetic psionic shield 'Chargegasher' [power 15] (13 cooldown)Infused by psionic forces 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: charm / torque ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Effects on melee hit: * 30% chance to blind Changes damage: +3% lightning It can be used to setup a psionic shield, reducing all physical, nature, temporal and acid damage by 15 for 7 turns, putting all charms on cooldown for 13 turns. Torques are made by powerful psionics to store psionic powers. |
iron torque of thermal psionic shield 'Brenigen' [power 13] (16 cooldown) iron torque of thermal psionic shield 'Brenigen' [power 13] (16 cooldown)Infused by psionic forces 2.00 Encumbrance. Type: charm / torque ; tier 1 When wielded/worn: Effects on melee hit: * 10% chance to gain 10% of a turn Critical mult.: +5.00% It can be used to setup a psionic shield, reducing all fire, cold, light, and arcane damage by 13 for 7 turns, putting all charms on cooldown for 16 turns. Torques are made by powerful psionics to store psionic powers. |
ametrine ametrine0.00 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. |
Achievements
The Arena
Unlocked Arena mode.By Delogadig the Skeleton Cursed level 6
7th Mirth 122nd year of Ascendancy at 23:57 see stats
Log
Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: terrain change on left side).
Ran for 3 turns (stop reason: terrain change on right side).
Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: terrain change on right side).
Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: terrain change on left side).
Ran for 20 turns (stop reason: terrain change on right side).
Ran for 4 turns (stop reason: terrain change on right side).
Ran for 19 turns (stop reason: terrain change on right side).
Ran for 9 turns (stop reason: terrain change on right side).
Delogadig deactivates Gloom.
Delogadig activates Gloom.
Delogadig deactivates Stalk.
Delogadig activates Stalk.
You can check the ingredients you possess by pressing Escape and selecting 'Show ingredients'.
Accepted quest 'The Brotherhood of Alchemists'! (Press 'j' to see the quest log)
Quest 'The Brotherhood of Alchemists' status updated! (Press 'j' to see the quest log)
There is an exit to the worldmap here (press '' or right click to use).
Ran for 30 turns (stop reason: at exit).
Delogadig deactivates Stalk.
Delogadig deactivates Gloom.
