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Merydias the level 2 Skeleton Bulwark by The Selfish Gene

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.1.5
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CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Roguelike
SexMale
RaceSkeleton
ClassBulwark
Level / Exp2 / 30%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by skeleton mage at level 2 on the 76th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 19:39
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Primary Stats

Strength22.752612745299 (base 15)
Dexterity20.752612745299 (base 12)
Constitution12 (base 12)
Magic10 (base 10)
Willpower10 (base 10)
Cunning10 (base 10)

Resources

Life-7/144
Stamina73/73
Healing Factor1
Regeneration0.25

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement0%
Spell0%
Global+100%

Vision

Sight10
Lite2

Offense: Mainhand

Damage16
Accuracy24
Crit Chance4%
APR2
Speed1.00

Offense: Offhand

Damage
Accuracy
Crit Chance
APR
Speed

Offense: Spell

Spellpower7.5
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower16
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

Physical-20%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)27.158613808071 (63.098591549296%)
Defense28.667534995295
Ranged Defense30.667534995295
Fatigue18
Physical Save12.163414460855
Spell Save7
Mental Save7

Defense: Resistances

Physical+ 19%( 70%)
All+ 15%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Stun Resistance34%
Bleed Resistance100%
Fear Resistance100%
Instadeath Resistance100%
Poison Resistance100%
Knockback Resistance34%

Inscriptions (2/3)

Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 9
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: 1 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%.
Rune: Phase Door
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 16
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: instant
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to create a protective shield absorbing at most 100 damage for 5 turns.
Rune: Shielding

Class Talents

Technique / Combat veteran1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate stamina faster (+0.65 stamina/turn).
    Quick Recovery
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate life faster (+0.00 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 stamina with each death.
    Unending Frenzy
0/5
Technique / Shield offense1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 9.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Hits the target with two shield strikes, doing 136% and 166% shield damage. If it hits a second time, it stuns the target for 2 turns.
    The stun chance increases with your Accuracy and your Strength.
    Shield Pummel
1/5
  • 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 duration of the counterstrike debuff on attackers by 0 turn.
    Increases the number of counterstrikes you can perform on a target while they're vulnerable by 0.
    Increases the crit chance of counterstrikes by 11%. This increase scales with your Dexterity.
    Riposte
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Hits the target with your weapon doing 80% damage and two shield strikes doing 80% damage, trying to overpower your target.
    If the last attack hits, the target is knocked back. The chance for knockback increases with your Accuracy.
    Overpower
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 18.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Hits the target with your shield, doing 100% damage. If it hits, you follow up with two automatic critical hits with your weapon, doing 100% base damage each.
    Assault
0/5
Technique / Combat techniques1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 26
    Range: 2.0
    Cooldown: 45
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Rushes toward your target with incredible speed. If the target is reached, you get a free attack doing 120% weapon damage.
    If the attack hits, the target is dazed for 3 turns.
    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: 1 turn
    Description: You focus your strikes, reducing your attack speed by 10% and increasing your Accuracy by 4 and critical chance by 2%.
    The effects will increase with your Dexterity.
    Precise Strikes
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 11.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: You have learned to focus your blows to hit your target, granting +14 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: 29.5
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 55
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: Through rigorous training, you have learned to focus your actions for a short while, increasing your speed by 1% for 5 turns.
    Blinding Speed
0/5
Technique / Shield defense1.30
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Enter a protective battle stance, increasing Defense by 13 and Armour by 16 at the cost of -20% physical damage. The Defense and Armor increase is based on your Dexterity.
    It also grants 34% resistance to stunning and knockback.
    Shield Wall
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 35.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Let all your foes pile up on your shield, then put all your strength in one mighty thrust and repel them all away 0 grids.
    In addition, all creatures knocked back will also be dazed for 5 turns.
    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 and defense with shield-based skills, and increases your Spell (+0) and Physical (+0) Saves.
    Shield Expertise
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 50
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: You brace yourself for the final stand, increasing Defense by 5, maximum and current life by 12, 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 -12 life; however below 0 life you can not see how much you have left.
    The increase in Defense is based on your Dexterity, and the increase in life is based on your Constitution and normal maximum life.
    Last Stand
0/5

Generic Talents

Undead / Skeleton1.10
  • Effective talent level: 2.2
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improves your skeletal condition, increasing Strength and Dexterity by 5.
    Skeleton
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Creates a shield of bones, absorbing 71 damage. Lasts for 10 turns.
    The total damage the shield can absorb increases with your Dexterity.
    Bone Armour
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your undead bones are very resilient, reducing the duration of all detrimental effects on you by up to -4%.
    Resilient Bones
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 53
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Re-position some of your bones, healing yourself for -2.
    At level 5, you will gain the ability to completely re-assemble your body should it be destroyed (can only be used once)
    Re-assemble
0/5
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 1 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 allows you to detect traps around you (0 detection 'power').
    At level 3, you learn to disarm known traps (0 disarm 'power').
    The trap detection and disarming ability improves with your Cunning.
    Heightened Senses
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your cunning manipulations allows you to use charms (wands, totems and torques) more efficiently, reducing their cooldowns by 0%.
    Charm Mastery
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You look at your surroundings with more intensity than most people, allowing you to see stealthed or invisible creatures.
    Increases stealth detection by 5 and invisibility detection by 5.
    The detection power increases with your Cunning.
    Piercing Sight
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Your quick wit allows you to see attacks before they land, granting you a 7% chance to completely evade them and granting you 0 defense for 6 turns.
    Duration increases with Willpower, and chance to evade and defense with Cunning and Dexterity.
    Evasion
0/5
Technique / Conditioning1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You recover faster from poisons, diseases and wounds, reducing the duration of all such effects by 1%. Additionally, you gain 0.43 life regen and 1% healing modifier for 0 turns when your life drops below 50%.
    The healing modifier and life regen will scale with your Constitution.
    Vitality
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Enemies are intimidated by how composed you remain under fire. When you take more then 5% of your maximum life in a single hit, all enemies in a radius of 0 will be intimidated, reducing their Physical Power, Mindpower, and Spellpower by 1 for 4 turns.
    If your health drops below 90, you'll be unable to maintain your daunting presence, and the sustain will deactivate.
    The power of the intimidation effect improves with your Physical power, and it's chance to affect your enemies improves with your Strength.
    Daunting Presence
0/5
  • 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 -11% chance to recover from a single stun effect.
    At talent level 2 you may also recover from blindness, at level 3 confusion, level 4 pins, and level 5 slows.
    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: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 24
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: You release a surge of adrenaline that increases your Physical Power by 0 for 1 turns. While the effect is active, you may continue to fight beyond the point of exhaustion.
    Your stamina based sustains will not be disabled if your stamina reaches zero, and 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%.
    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 5, Armour hardiness by 33%, and reduces chance to be critically hit by 11% 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.
    Armour Training
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 13.
    Combat Accuracy
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases Physical Power by 0, and increases weapon damage by 0% when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases Physical Power by 0, and increases weapon damage by 0% when using daggers.
    Dagger Mastery
0/5

Effects

talent
Shield Wall
beneficial effect
The target is under the effect of the cloak of deception, making it look alive.
Cloak of Deception
beneficial effect
The target is out of phase with reality, increasing defense by 15, resist all by 15%, and the duration of all timed effects by 15%.
Out of Phase
detrimental effect
The target is on fire, taking 11.32 fire damage per turn.
Burning
detrimental effect
Your arcane powers are disrupted by your antimagic equipment.
Antimagic Disruption
detrimental effect
The more you use runes, the longer they will take to recharge (+2 cooldowns).
Runic Saturation

Quests

You have been resurrected as an undead by some dark powers.
However, 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.
The rotting stench of the dead		active

Equipment

Around neck
warrior's copper amulet
Infused by nature
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +5% physical
Stamina each turn: +0.30


Amulets can have magical properties.
warrior's copper amulet
In main hand
manaburning iron waraxe of massacre (11.5-16.1 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

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

Type: weapon / waraxe ; tier 1

Base power: 11.5 - 16.1
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% crit / acc
Armour Penetration: +2
Physical crit. chance: +3.5%
Attack speed: 100%
Damage when this weapon hits: +10 manaburn arcane


One-handed war axes.
manaburning iron waraxe of massacre (11.5-16.1 power, 2 apr)
Main armor
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
Fatigue: +12%


A suit of armour made of mail.
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
Light source
brass lantern
2.00 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.
brass lantern
Cloak
Cloak of Deception
Powered by arcane forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: armor / cloak

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +5
Spellpower: +5
Mindpower: +5


A black cloak, with subtle illusion enchantments woven in its very fabric.
Cloak of Deception
In off hand
iron shield (4 def, 2 armour, 8 dam, 22 block)
Requires:
- Strength 11
- Talent Armour Training (level 2)

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: +4.0% procs dam / acc
Physical crit. chance: +2.5%
Block value: +22
When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Defense: +4
Ranged Defense: +4
Fatigue: +6%
Talent granted: +1 Block


Handheld deflection devices
iron shield (4 def, 2 armour, 8 dam, 22 block)

Inventory

This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
copper amulet
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 1



Amulets can have magical properties.
copper amulet
iron longsword (7-9.8 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1

Base power: 7.0 - 9.8
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit.pwr / acc
Armour Penetration: +2
Physical crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%


Sharp, long, and deadly.
iron longsword (7-9.8 power, 2 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
mossy mindstar (2.5-2.75 power, 12 apr, mind damage)
Requires:
- Willpower 11

Infused by nature
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / mindstar ; tier 1

Base power: 2.5 - 2.8
Uses stats: 30% Wil, 10% Cun
Damage type: Mind
Mastery: Psiblades
Accuracy is based on willpower for this weapon.
Armour Penetration: +12
Physical crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Mindpower: +1
Mental crit. chance: +1%


Mindstars are natural products. Natural gems covered in living matter, they are used to focus the mental powers of all nature defenders and psionics.
Using mindstars in the offhand does not incur the normal offhand damage penalty.
mossy mindstar (2.5-2.75 power, 12 apr, mind damage)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
pair of iron boots (0 def, 3 armour)
Requires:
- Talent Armour Training

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +3
Fatigue: +2%


Heavy boots, with metal strips at the toes, heels and other vulnerable parts, to better protect the wearer's feet from harm.
pair of iron boots (0 def, 3 armour)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
stabilizing linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / head ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1
Changes stats: +2 Wil
Physical save: +5


A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly...
stabilizing linen wizard hat (1 def, 0 armour)
prismatic iron plate armour (3 def, 7 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 22
- Talent Armour Training (level 3)

Powered by arcane forces
17.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / massive ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +7
Defense: +3
Fatigue: +20%
Changes resistances: +11% darkness / +11% light


A suit of armour made of metal plates.
prismatic iron plate armour (3 def, 7 armour)
topaz
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / blue ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +4
Physical save: +4
Spell save: +4
Mental save: +4
When used to imbue an object:
Defense: +4
Physical save: +4
Spell save: +4
Mental save: +4


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
topaz
2 spinel
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / green ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +2
Physical save: +2
Spell save: +2
Mental save: +2
When used to imbue an object:
Defense: +2
Physical save: +2
Spell save: +2
Mental save: +2


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
2 spinel
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), costing 0 power out of 1000/1000.

This chest is an extension of old Sher'tul places of power, any items dropped inside is 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
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
arcing pouch of iron shots of accuracy (20/20, 10.5-12.6 power, 1 apr)
Requires:
- Dexterity 11

Powered by arcane forces
Crafted by a master
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: ammo / shot ; tier 1

Base power: 10.5 - 12.6
Uses stats: 70% Dex, 50% Cun
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Sling Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.1% dam / acc
Accuracy: +5
Armour Penetration: +1
Physical crit. chance: +4.0%
Capacity: 20
Special effect when this weapon hits: 25% chance for lightning to arc to a second target
Damage when this weapon hits(ranged): +5 lightning


Shots are used with slings to pummel your foes to death.
arcing pouch of iron shots of accuracy (20/20, 10.5-12.6 power, 1 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
quick ash totem of cure poisons [power 1] (13 cooldown)
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: charm / totem ; tier 2

It can be used to remove up to 1 poisons from the target, placing all other charms into a 13 cooldown.

Natural totems are made by powerful wilders to store nature power.
quick ash totem of cure poisons [power 1] (13 cooldown)

Achievements

Log

Merydias is on fire!
Skeleton mage's Flame hits Merydias for 34 fire damage.

Burning from Skeleton mage hits Merydias for 11 fire damage.
Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: taken damage).

Burning from Skeleton mage hits Merydias for 11 fire damage.
Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: taken damage).
Something hits Merydias for 74 arcane damage.

Burning from Skeleton mage hits Merydias for 11 fire damage.
Merydias stops burning.
Merydias casts Rune: Shielding.
A shield forms around Merydias.
Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the southeast (skeleton mage)).

Merydias casts Rune: Phase Door.
Merydias is out of phase.
Skeleton mage casts Flame.
Merydias is on fire!
Skeleton mage's Flame hits Merydias for (29 absorbed), 0 fire (0 total damage).

Burning from Skeleton mage hits Merydias for (10 absorbed), 0 fire (0 total damage).
Skeleton mage casts Manathrust.
Your shield crumbles under the damage!
The shield around Merydias crumbles.
Skeleton mage hits Merydias for (62 absorbed), 1 arcane (1 total damage).
Saving done.
Saving done.
Saving game...