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Edal the level 3 Thalore Adventurer by planetus

Character

GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.0.1
AddonsItems Vault 1.0.1
Stone Wardens DLC Class 1.0.1
Celestial Avatar Class 1.0.1
CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Roguelike
SexMale
RaceThalore
ClassAdventurer
Level / Exp3 / 4%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
no deaths recorded
/ 0

Primary Stats

Strength14 (base 12)
Dexterity15 (base 12)
Constitution13 (base 12)
Magic11 (base 12)
Willpower18 (base 16)
Cunning14 (base 14)

Resources

Hate87/100
Equilibrium15
Life138/138
Stamina126/126
Psi78/78
Healing Factor1
Regeneration0.85

Speed

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

Vision

Sight10
Lite2

Offense: Mainhand

Damage6
Accuracy12
Crit Chance10%
APR12
Speed1.00

Offense: Offhand

Damage6
Accuracy12
Crit Chance10%
APR12
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower5.5
Crit Chance2%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower20.1
Crit Chance4%
Speed1

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)2 (30%)
Defense8.75
Ranged Defense8.75
Fatigue6
Physical Save9.45
Spell Save10.15
Mental Save11.2

Defense: Resistances

Lightning+ 15%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Instadeath Resistance100%

Inscriptions (2/3)

Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 12
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: instant
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to cure yourself of physical effects and reduce all damage taken by 14% for 4 turns.
Infusion: Wild
Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 10
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: 1 turn
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 60 life over 5 turns.
Infusion: Regeneration

Class Talents

Cursed / Shadows1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Hate cost: 0
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: While this ability is active, you will continually call up to 1 level 3 shadows to aid you in battle. Each shadow costs 6 hate to summon. Shadows are weak combatants that can: Use Arcane Reconstruction to heal themselves (level 1), Blindside their opponents (level 1), and Phase Door from place to place.
    Call Shadows
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Instill hate in your shadows, strengthening their attacks. They gain -12% extra Accuracy and -18% extra damage. The fury of their attacks gives them the ability to try to Dominate their foes, increasing all damage taken by that foe for 4 turns (level 0, 0% chance at range 1). They also gain the ability to Fade when hit, avoiding all damage until their next turn (8 turn cooldown).
    Shadow Warriors
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Infuse magic into your shadows to give them fearsome spells. Your shadows receive a bonus of 0 to their Spellpower.
    Your shadows can strike adjacent foes with Lightning (level 0, 0% chance at range 1).
    At level 3 your shadows can sear their enemies from a distance with Flames (level 0, 0% chance at range 2 to 6).
    At level 5 when your shadows are struck down they will attempt to Reform, becoming whole again (50% chance).
    Shadow Mages
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Hate cost: 0
    Range: 6.00
    Cooldown: 6
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Focus your shadows on a single target. Friendly targets will be defended for 3 turns. Hostile targets will be attacked, with a 30% chance the shadows will blindside the target.
    This talent has no cost.
    Focus Shadows
0/5
Psionic / Absorption1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain psi cost: 30
    Range: 10.00
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Surround yourself with a shield that will absorb 54% of any physical or acidic attack, up to a maximum of 10 damage per attack. Deactivating the shield spikes it up to a temporary (five turns) 109 point shield.
    Every time your shield absorbs damage, you gain two points of Psi, plus an additional point for every 30 points of damage absorbed. Spiked shields absorb energy as Psi more efficiently.
    These values scale with your Mindpower.
    Kinetic Shield
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain psi cost: 30
    Range: 10.00
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Surround yourself with a shield that will absorb 54% of any fire or cold attack, up to a maximum of 7 damage per attack. Deactivating the shield spikes it up to a temporary (five turns) 20 point shield.
    Every time your shield absorbs damage, you gain two points of Psi, plus an additional point for every 30 points of damage absorbed. Spiked shields absorb energy as Psi more efficiently.
    These values scale with your Mindpower.
    Thermal Shield
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain psi cost: 30
    Range: 10.00
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Surround yourself with a shield that will absorb 54% of any lightning or blight attack, up to a maximum of 7 damage per attack. Deactivating the shield spikes it up to a temporary (five turns) 20 point shield.
    Every time your shield absorbs damage, you gain two points of Psi, plus an additional point for every 30 points of damage absorbed. Spiked shields absorb energy as Psi more efficiently.
    These values scale with your Mindpower.
    Charged Shield
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Psi cost: 16.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 120
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: When activated, brings all shields off cooldown. Additional talent points spent in Absorption Mastery allow it to be used more frequently.
    At level 3 and 6, your shields gain new elemental absorption:
    - Kinetic Shield: Nature at level 3, Temporal at level 6
    - Thermal Shield: Light at level 3, Arcane at level 6
    - Charged Shield: Darkness at level 3, Mind at level 6
    Absorption Mastery
0/5
Cursed / Gloom1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: 3.00
    Cooldown: 0
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: A terrible gloom surrounds you, affecting all those who approach to within radius 3. Each turn, those caught in your gloom must save against your Mindpower, or have an 7% chance to suffer from slowness, stun or confusion for 3 turns.
    This ability is innate, and carries no cost to activate or deactivate. Each point in Gloom increases the mindpower of all gloom effects (current: +1).
    Gloom
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Each turn, those caught in your gloom must save against your Mindpower, or have an 0% chance to be crippled by fear for 3 turns, reducing damage they inflict by 0%. The first time you melee strike a foe after they have been weakened will give you 2 hate.
    Each point in Weakness increases the Mindpower of all gloom effects (current: +1).
    Weakness
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Each turn, those caught in your gloom must save against your Mindpower or have an 0.0% chance of becoming dismayed for 3 turns. When dismayed, the first melee attack against the foe will result in a critical hit.
    Each point in Dismay increases the Mindpower of all gloom effects (current: +1).
    Dismay
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your gloom has become a sanctuary from the outside world. Damage from any attack that originates beyond the boundary of your gloom is reduced by 0%.
    Each point in Sanctuary increases the Mindpower of all gloom effects (current: +1).
    Sanctuary
0/5
Cunning / Stealth1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: Enters stealth mode (power 5, based on Cunning), making you harder to detect.
    If successful (re-checked each turn), enemies will not know exactly where you are, or may not notice you at all.
    Stealth reduces your light radius to 0, and will not work with heavy or massive armours.
    You cannot enter stealth if there are foes in sight within range 8.
    Stealth
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: When striking from stealth, hits are automatically criticals if the target does not notice you just before you land the blow.
    Shadowstrikes do +0.00% damage versus a normal critical hit.
    Shadowstrike
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 21.2
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 40
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: You have learned how to be stealthy even when in plain sight of your foes, with a 40% chance of success. This also resets the cooldown of your Stealth talent.
    All creatures currently following you will lose all track.
    Hide in Plain Sight
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: When you perform an action from stealth (attacking, using objects, ...) you have a 10% chance to not break stealth.
    Unseen Actions
0/5
Technique / Dual techniques1.00
  • Effective talent level: 2.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 15.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Attack with your offhand weapon for 121% damage. If the attack hits, the target is stunned for 4 turns, and you hit it with your mainhand weapon doing 121% damage.
    The stun chance increases with your Accuracy.
    Dual Strike
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 15.9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Lashes out with a flurry of blows, hitting your target three times with each weapon for 40% damage.
    Flurry
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 31.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Attack your foes in a frontal arc, doing 100% weapon damage and making your targets bleed for 8 each turn for 3 turns.
    Sweep
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 31.8
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Spin around, damaging all targets around you with both weapons for 120% weapon damage.
    Whirlwind
0/5

Generic Talents

Wild-gift / Fungus1.00
  • Effective talent level: 4.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain equilibrium cost: 15
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a mind power and a nature gift
    Description: Surround yourself with a myriad of tiny, nearly invisible, healing fungus.
    Any regeneration effect active on you will have its duration increased by +4 turns.
    Wild Growth
4/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Improve your fungus to allow it to take a part of any healing you receive and improve it.
    Each time you are healed, you get a regeneration effect for 6 turns that heals you for 21% of the direct heal you received.
    The effect will increase with your Mindpower.
    Fungal Growth
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your fungus can reach into the primordial ages of the world, granting you ancient instincts.
    Each time a regeneration effect is used on you, you gain 51% of a turn.
    Also, regeneration effects on you will decrease your equilibrium by 1 each turn.
    The turn gain increases with your Mindpower.
    Ancestral Life
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Equilibrium cost: 22
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a mind power and a nature gift
    Description: A wave of energy passes through your fungus, making it release immediate healing energies on you, healing you for 500% of your current life regeneration rate.
    Sudden Growth
0/5
Cursed / Gestures1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Use a gesture of pain in place of an normal attack to strike into the minds of your enemies, inflicting between 7.3 and 14.6 mind damage. If you strike your target, there is a 10% chance to stun your opponent for 3 turns.
    This strike replaces your melee physical and checks Mindpower versus Mental Save, and is thus not affected by your Accuracy or the enemy's Defense. It also does not trigger any physical on-hit effects. However, the base damage and the critical chance of Mindstars equipped is added in when this attack is performed.
    25% chance of cross tier effects. Requires two free or mindstar-equipped hands. Can cause critical hits with cross tier effects. The damage will increase with your Mindpower. Mindstars bonuses from damage and physical criticals: (+5 damage, +5 critical chance)
    Gesture of Pain
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Enhance your Gesture of Pain with a malicious curse that causes any victim that is struck to have all resistances lowered by -6% for 5 turns.
    Gesture of Malice
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Enhance your mental attacks with a single gesture. You gain +0 mindpower and +0% chance to inflict critical damage with mind-based attacks (current chance is 4%).
    Requires two free or mindstar-equipped hands; does not require Gesture of Pain to be sustained.
    Gesture of Power
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Cooldown: 10
    Description: You guard against melee damage with a sweep of you hand. All damage from melee attacks is reduced by 0%. There is also a 0% chance of counterattacking while Gesture of Pain is active.
    Requires two free or mindstar-equipped hands; does not require Gesture of Pain to be sustained.
    Gesture of Guarding
0/5
Race / Thalore1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 45
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a nature gift
    Description: Call upon the power of the Eternals, increasing all damage by 12% and reducing all damage taken by 12% for 5 turns.
    The bonus will increase with your Willpower.
    Wrath of the Woods
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Thaloren have always been a free people, living in their beloved forest and never caring much about the world outside.
    Increase Physical and Mental Save by +0.
    Unshackled
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You are part of the wood; it shields you from corruption.
    Increase disease immunity by 0%, blight resistance by 0%, and all resistances by 0%.
    Guardian of the Wood
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 4.00
    Cooldown: 50
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a nature gift
    Description: Nature is with you; you can always feel the call of the woods.
    Summons two elite Treants to your side for 8 turns.
    The treants have a global resistance equal to your blight resistance, and can stun, knockback and taunt your foes.
    Their power increases with your Willpower.
    Nature's Pride
0/5

Effects

talent
Gesture of Pain
talent
Wild Growth
talent
Gloom
talent
Beyond the Flesh
talent
Kinetic Shield

Quests

The Thaloren forest is disrupted. Corruption is spreading. Norgos the guardian bear is said to have gone mad.

On the western border of the forest a gloomy aura has been set up. Things inside are... twisted.

* You must explore Norgos' Lair.
* You must explore the Heart of the Gloom.
Madness of the Ages		active

Equipment

Psionic focus
slime-covered steel greatsword of crippling (24-38.4 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 16

Infused by arcane disrupting forces
Crafted by a master
3.00 Encumbrance.
1.20 Ego Multiplier.

Type: weapon / greatsword ; tier 2

Base power: 24.0 - 38.4
Uses stat: 120% Str
Damage type: Physical
Armour Penetration: +2
Physical crit. chance: +3.0%
Attack speed: 100%
Special effect when this weapon crits: cripple the target
Damage when this weapon hits: +6 slime
When wielded/worn:
Physical crit. chance: +6.0%


Massive two-handed swords.
slime-covered steel greatsword of crippling (24-38.4 power, 2 apr)
Around waist
rough leather belt of the titan
Crafted by a master
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +3


A belt that goes around your waist.
rough leather belt of the titan
In main hand
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
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)
Main armor
rejuvenating rough leather armour of lightning resistance (1 def, 2 armour)
Requires:
- Strength 10

Infused by nature
Crafted by a master
9.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / light ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Defense: +1
Fatigue: +6%
Changes resistances: +15% lightning
Life regen: +0.60
Stamina each turn: +0.70


A suit of armour made of leather.
rejuvenating rough leather armour of lightning resistance (1 def, 2 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
enveloping linen cloak of the Shaloren (6 def, 0 armour)
Powered by arcane forces
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +6
Changes stats: +1 Mag / +1 Wil


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
enveloping linen cloak of the Shaloren (6 def, 0 armour)
In off hand
mossy mindstar (2.5-2.75 power, 12 apr, nature 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: Nature
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, nature damage)

Inventory

manasurge rune (600% regen over 10 turns; 30 instant mana)
Powered by arcane forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / rune ; tier 1

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 22
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: 1 turn
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to unleash a manasurge upon yourself, increasing mana regeneration by 600% over 10 turns and instantly restoring 30 mana.
Also when resting your mana will regenerate at 0.5 per turn.
It can be used to inscribe your skin with the rune..

Magical runes may be inscribed onto your body, granting you an on-demand ability.
manasurge rune (600% regen over 10 turns; 30 instant mana)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
horrifying mossy mindstar (2.5-2.75 power, 12 apr, mind damage)
Requires:
- Willpower 11

Infused by nature
Infused by psionic forces
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / mindstar ; tier 1

Base power: 2.5 - 2.8
Uses stats: 30% Wil, 10% Cun
Damage type: Mind
Accuracy is based on willpower for this weapon.
Armour Penetration: +12
Physical crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Damage when the wearer is hit: 3 mind / 3 darkness
Changes damage: +2% mind / +2% darkness
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.
horrifying mossy mindstar (2.5-2.75 power, 12 apr, mind damage)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
miner's pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 5 armour)
Crafted by a master
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / feet ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +5
Fatigue: +1%


A pair of boots made of leather.
miner's pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 5 armour)
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.
spinel
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), costing 0 power out of 1000/1000.

This chest is an extension of Yiilkgur, any items dropped inside is transported to the Fortress, processed by the core and destroyed to extract energy.
The byproduct of this effect is the creation of gold, which is useless to the Fortress, 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
zircon
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Changes resistances: +1% all
When used to imbue an object:
Armour: +1
Changes resistances: +1% all


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

Achievements

Log

Edal hits rattlesnake for 13 mind damage.
Rattlesnake hits Edal for 2 physical damage.
Large brown snake hits Edal for 5 physical damage.
Rattlesnake is not stunned anymore.
Rattlesnake hits Edal for 5 physical damage.

Welcome to level 3 [Edal].
Edal has 3 stat point(s), 1 class talent point(s), 1 generic talent point(s) to spend. Press p to use them.
Edal hits large brown snake for 13 physical damage.
Edal killed large brown snake!
Edal hits rattlesnake for 18 mind damage.
Edal killed rattlesnake!
Talent Stealth is ready to use.
Edal activates Stealth.

Resting starts...
Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).
Edal picks up (c.): miner's pair of rough leather boots (0 def, 5 armour).
Ran for 2 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the northwest (wolf)).

Warning: You have increased some of your statistics or talent. Talent(s) actually sustained:
- Kinetic Shield
 - Stealth
If these are dependent on one of the stats you changed, you need to re-use them for the changes to take effect.
Edal deactivates Gesture of Pain.
Edal deactivates Stealth.
Edal activates Gesture of Pain.
Edal deactivates Wild Growth.
Edal activates Wild Growth.
Edal deactivates Gloom.
Edal activates Gloom.
Edal deactivates Beyond the Flesh.
Edal activates Beyond the Flesh.