Update 78 Release Notes

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News and Notes:

Small features & balance changes:

• [p]Force damage now interacts with Magic Resistance Rating normally.[/p][/*]
• [p]Sweeping Strikes for Thief Acrobat now uses the highest of STR/DEX/INT.[/p][/*]
• [p]Dark Ascendant Bite in Dhampir and Dark Bargainer now has a standardized DC (DC 16 + Highest of STR/CON/INT/CHA Mod + Stunning Bonuses + Enchantment Bonuses)[/p][/*]
• [p]Chain Missile Update: [/p][list]
• [p]The Chain Missile spell has been revamped to fire 3 mini AOE blasts instead of a long chain of single target hits.[/p][/*]
• [p]New Spell Description: "Fires a cluster of three magical energy darts that unerringly strikes its target inflicting 4 to 5 force damage. Each missile striking your target explodes outwards, striking other creatures near the primary target in a small radius. D&D Dice: Each missile deals 1d2+3 force damage."[/p][/*]

Engineering Changes:

• [p]The Doubleshot bonus from Shuriken Expertise and Advanced Ninja Training is now visible on your character sheet.[/p][/*]
• [p]Items in Barter Boxes now properly display their minimum levels.[/p][/*]
• [p]The buff bar now extends all the way across your screen regardless of screen resolution.[/p][/*]

General Bug Fixes:

• [p]The Earthgrab SLA in Earth Savant now correctly states that it is a Conjuration spell.[/p][/*]
• [p]DC and cooldown on Light and Dark versions of Stunning Blow now match base stunning blow.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Mystical Band now correctly drops in Isle of Dread.[/p][/*]
• [p]The character sheet no longer displays a baseline of -1% Ranged Attack Speed.[/p][/*]
• [p]Warlock's Fog Cloud now lasts its intended duration.[/p][/*]
• [p]Stormrage no longer displays out of date duration info in its tooltip.[/p][/*]
• [p]Reaper's Arcanum VI now awards its proper amount of Spell Points.[/p][/*]
• [p]Dire Thaumaturge icons that offer a split between INT/WIS/CHA now have their proper icons.[/p][/*]
• [p]The feat Sneak of Shadows now grants its proper Sneak Attack to-hit and damage.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a typo in the text of Plague Wolf.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a typo in the Sorcerer Savant Awaken Elemental Weakness abilities.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Red augments from Vecna Unleashed now properly apply their effects to your weapon and not to you.[/p][/*]
• [p]Lingering instances where the Helm of the Warblade's Crown of Summer effect does not work have been fixed.[/p][/*]
• [p]Control Undead now properly works with Eschew Materials and abilities that otherwise allow you to ignore material components.[/p][/*]
• [p]Tenuous Relationship With Death in Dhampir and Dark Bargainer no longer drops on Death.[/p][/*]
• [p]Dhampir Traits no longer drop on death.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed the icons for a lot of Dhampir and Dark Bargainer Abilities.[/p][/*]
• [p]Adjusted the tooltips of Shuriken Expertise and Advanced Ninja Training to make it clear that they cap at Dexterity 100 / Doubleshot 100%. (Note: this is what they do currently.)[/p][/*]
• [p]Flash Freeze's tool tip now correctly indicates this spell has recurring saves, and the recurring save frequency is now correctly set to 3 seconds.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Fire Seeds Spell has some physics bugs fixed.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Nothic's eye beam visuals should more reliably disappear when it is killed during the attack.[/p][/*]
• [p]Divine Crusader ability 'Law of Divine' now properly grants 2 Imbue Dice when you did not previously have the feat Embodiment of Law.[/p][/*]
• [p]Bladeforged no longer drops through the ground when using 'Smite Evil'.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a typo in The Golden Curse effect.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Song Hunter Fey Hound now has its proper name.[/p][/*]
• [p]The shield The Vengeance Manifest now provides its shield bash % chance.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Ruby Eye red augments now correctly proc.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a spelling mistake in The Necronomicannon.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a typo in Thorn Knight form.[/p][/*]
• [p]Adjusted the icons of Blightcaster's Wild Shape forms in the buff bar to better match the forms granting those buffs.[/p][/*]
• [p]Blighted Bite now lasts its listed duration of 1 minute per caster level.[/p][/*]
• [p]Blighted Bite now has its correct icon.[/p][/*]
• [p]A planter floating in the air in House Jorasco has been moved to the ground.[/p][/*]
• [p]Beloved of the Divine no longer instantly dispels its own martial weapon bonus buff for no reason and instead just works like it normally should.[/p][/*]
• [p]Epic Spell Power: Poison can now be properly taken at level 22.[/p][/*]
• [p]Wild Magics in Shiradi Champion now properly grants its Force, Chaos, and Universal Spell Power.[/p][/*]
• [p]Some Robe icons have been updated to allow for item border colors to appear.[/p][/*]
• [p]Blighted Charge and Jaws of Doom now correctly state that they use Conjuration for their DCs.[/p][/*]
• [p]Heretical Lore and Penetrating Blast now have more accurate tooltips.[/p][/*]
• [p]Elemental Words: Static Charge now has its proper name in your character sheet.[/p][/*]
• [p]Dismissing Strike no longer requires Grandmaster of Flowers Core 4 AND Dark Philosophy, just one or the other.[/p][/*]
• [p]Ninja Spy Core 1 and 2 now have proper spacing in their tooltips.[/p][/*]
• [p]Insightful Alluring Skills Bonus now grants Insight bonuses to all of its skill types.[/p][/*]
• [p]Might's Reward in Beacon of Hope now grants its proper positive Spell Power.[/p][/*]
• [p]The display DC for Necrotic Ray SLA in Death Domain is now accurate.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a small typo in the Pendant of the Stormreaver.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Curse of Butterflies no longer sticks a bad effect in your buff bar.[/p][/*]
• [p]Mass Confusion in Tainted Scholar now costs the correct amount of Depravity to activate.[/p][/*]
• [p]Zero Degree Comet and Moon's Shadow in Magus of the Eclipse now properly save for half damage instead of being totally negated.[/p][/*]
• [p]Arcane Insight now displays its correct duration of 30 seconds.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Purity Filigree Set now properly protects against all variants of Mummy Rot.[/p][/*]
• [p]Moonlance and Gloomspear can now be cast while Quelled.[/p][/*]
• [p]Bleed the Weak in Dark Hunter now properly scales with Double Strike and Double Shot.[/p][/*]
• [p]Brawnpits now always shows up as he promised in Madness of Crowds.[/p][/*]