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[p]IMPORTANT: While this update is compatible with old saves (v0.9+), for optimal experience we recommend starting a new game.[/p]

MAIN FEATURES

[p]Added “Arcanistics”, a new magic school consisting of 14 abilities: teleport yourself and your enemies, manipulate the battlefield in various ways, and even summon allies to aid you in combat.[/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/28578038/b948db496ea1bd5fe34477e218a7cce27e18a805.png"][/img][/p][/*]
[p]Added a new Dungeon type, Caves, divided into three variants: Regular, Overgrown, and Mines. These serve as optional exploration sites, independent of the Contract System, and are usually located a moderate distance away from settlements.[/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/28578038/78e098662d747e4d2831c982994fba12bf092543.png"][/img][/p][/*]
[p]Added 14 new enemies (6 of them Mini-Bosses), most of which are tied to Caves including a new mini-faction, the Hive.

Brigands:

The Hive:

Beasts:

[p]Added 8 rare plants with unique effects that can be found in Caves and near some Dens and Hunting Grounds. [/p][p][/p][p] [img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/28578038/a0c0a89134da0cbd69036618c55a95f3d64fc293.png"][/img][/p][p][/p][/*]
[p]Caves will frequently contain a few Ore Veins that can be mined with a pickaxe. Apart from the existing Gold and Silver Nuggets, you'll also be able to harvest chunks of Copper and Iron.[/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/28578038/ad1e7c7953cc87c031de81e5a82e4b0556f2c4b5.gif"][/img][/p][p][/p][/*]
[p]Psyche System overhaul: added 3 new Psyche states and reworked every existing one. Both Morale and Sanity are now divided into three segments, each maintained separately the details are listed in this devlog.[/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/28578038/c983daf81978e8a59ee374c000dbb68629a5627f.png"][/img][/p][/*]
[p]Added 27 Caravan Events: 6 for Darrel, 10 for Leif, and 11 for Alda. This includes repeatable Gift Events and Opportunities.[/p][p][/p][/*]
[p]Added 25 new pieces of gear:[/p][p]7 new belts (including 3 uniques)
[p]Added 4 new dishes: Miner Stew, Truffle Salad, Truffled Steak, Maen-Style Honeyed Azurecap.
[p]Added a new quest to the Mannshire Winery: “Stolen Wine's Always Bitter”.
[p]Added 3 new Steam achievements.
[p]Added Steam Community Items: trading cards, emoticons, backgrounds, etc. [/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/28578038/c9743257ddafa1da8316d42a5604ed2333490afb.png"][/img][/p][/*]

[p]Special thanks to @Mindwitness @xenofite @qbuben @RedOrder @Kay_Win @das @Fight Me @Lymetel @THACO @Soldapeine @scrappy7483 @funkmonster7 @okmall @mustache @DacianDraco @djxput @Gura @Psojed for taking part in the Closed Beta Test.[/p][p][/p]

GAMEPLAY

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[p]Protection is now applied proportionally when receiving mixed damage. This change aims to make hybrid-damage weapons and other multi-type damage sources noticeably more effective.
[p]Expanded the Hostage Rescue contracts in Bastions: to complete them, the Captive must now be successfully escorted to the surface.[/p][/*]
[p]Enemies will now produce a certain amount of Noise when entering the Hostile state.[/p][/*]
[p]Reworked Giant Bats into Bat Swarms, which will function similarly to traps in some Caves.[/p][/*]
[p]Reworked a certain Point of Interest...[/p][/*]
[p]Increased the chance of successfully acquiring leads and rumors.[/p][/*]
[p]Reduced the price of paid rumors by half.[/p][/*]
[p]Hilda's “Wild Hunt”: added an option to empower her Bone Charm with Rockeater Glands for a bonus to Fatigue Resistance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Bloom” Settlement Situation: added a slight chance for rare plants to spawn outside of Caves,[/p][/*]
[p]Dens, and Hunting Grounds.

“Deathstinger Infestation”

[p]Throwing a Smoke Bomb in populated areas is now considered an act of aggression.

ECONOMY

[p]Increased the base price of most valuables.[/p][/*]
[p]Increased the price multipliers when selling food, beverages, medicines, tools, bags, and additives. [/p][/*]
[p]Lowered the price multipliers when selling ammunition.[/p][/*]
[p]Increased the Repair Prices of the Brynn Jeweler and made it possible to sell broken jewelry to him. [/p][/*]
[p]Added Fodder to the stock of one of the Rotten Willow traders.[/p][/*]
[p]Increased the amount of vegetables sold by vegetable traders.[/p][/*]
[p]Added apples to the stock of the Mannshire Wine Merchant.[/p][/*]
[p]The Gatherers appearing during the “Bloom” Situation can now sell rare plants. [/p][/*]
[p]Meat Salting now requires only a single handful of Salt instead of two.[/p][/*]
[p]The Pancakes recipe can now be purchased in the Mannshire tavern.[/p][/*]
[p]Simplified the recipe for the Healing Salve, but it now only produces one salve instead of three.[/p][/*]
[p]Rebalanced the amount of Experience granted for crafting most consumables.[/p][/*]
[p]Deathstinger Hives now always drop Hornet Honey.[/p][/*]
[p]Increased the amount of Experience and loot gained from destroying Harpy and Crawler nests.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the incorrect prices for non-butchered small game and birds.[/p][p][/p][/*]

CARAVAN

[p]Increased Followers' passive Loyalty gain by 50%.[/p][/*]
[p]Reduced the cost of some Caravan Upgrades.[/p][/*]
[p]Partially redistributed the bonuses for achieving “Devotion” across earlier Loyalty thresholds. In addition to its usual benefits, “Solidarity” will now grant +5% Trade Favorability and -10% Repair Prices with the Follower, while “Friendship” will yield +5% Trade Favorability and -10% Perks Cost.[/p][/*]
[p]“Supply Run”: Upon return, Leif will now also double his own and other Followers' stock sizes, and provide +10% Trade Favorability and -10% Repair Prices for 2 days across the entire Caravan.[/p][/*]
[p]The randomised loot granted by Followers (for example, Alda's trophies after using “Reconnaissance”) is now predetermined ahead of time, rather than being generated right before appearing in the reward window.[/p][p] [/p][/*]

BALANCE

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CHARACTERS:

[p]“Vow of the Feat” (Arna): Improves the bonuses of positive Psyche states by \[3% for each character level > 40%, then 2% for each character level]. \[Decreases the cooldown between positive Psyche state activations by 50% > Increases the duration of positive Psyche states by 100%]. \[+5% chance to trigger “Second Wind” for each enemy within Vision > While affected by "Second Wind", with 50% chance allows the character to avoid death an unlimited number of times]. [/p][/*]
[p]“Ranger's Grit” (Dirwin): [/p][p]Each visited Den or Hunting Ground grants +1% chance to harvest a pelt with “Butchering” and +1% Experience Gain (up to \[20% > 15%]).
[p]“Magical Erudition” (Jonna):
[p]“With Great Vengeance” (Velmir):[/p][p]If there's a Boss, Mini-Boss, \[or more than four enemies] within Vision, applies all enemies within Vision with +1.5% Damage Taken for each Mini-Boss killed for the first time. \[Killing a Mini-Boss applies all enemies on the location with half of this penalty (doesn't stack with the full penalty) and replenishes Morale and Sanity].
[p]“Gore and Glory” (Jorgrim):
[p]“Might and Magic” (Leosthenes):
[p]“Lifelong Journey” (Mahir)
[p]“Wild Hunt” (Hilda)

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GENERAL:

[p]Reduced the amount of Experience granted for killing most enemies to better align with reworked character traits.[/p][/*]
[p]Adjusted the Experience formula to factor in the difference between enemy Danger and the player character's level. The greater the difference, the less Experience you receive.[/p][/*]
[p]Learning spells will now penalize the Backfire Chance of other Schools' spells, rather than their Magic Power.[/p][/*]
[p]Raised the minimum Backfire Damage threshold from 0% to 5%.[/p][/*]
[p]Reduced the Armor Penetration of Backfire Damage from 100% to 90%. Backfire Damage now also affects the Durability of equipped armor, making it consistent with other damage sources.[/p][/*]
[p]Enemy spells' Armor Penetration now scales with Perception, just like it does for the player character. [/p][/*]

ENEMIES:

[p]Rebalanced some Undead and Proselyte Mini-Bosses.[/p][/*]
[p]Nerfed the Harpy's stats to better match its stated Danger level.[/p][/*]

ITEMS:

[p]Rebalanced some weapon and armor categories to increase the impact of investing into Weaponry skills.[/p][/*]
[p]Paregoric: replaced Immunity to Coughing with a 50% reduction of Coughing penalties.[/p][/*]

STATUS EFFECTS:

[p]“Confusion”: the chance to take a step in a random direction now triggers only when moving, rather than every turn.[/p][/*]
[p]“Ancestors' Gaze” : the effect loses a stack every \[90 > 60] turns and is removed when Health drops below \[25% > 30%].[/p][/*]
[p]“Blessing”: +\[3% > +9%] Crit Avoidance. Added: \[+9% Fortitude]. [/p][/*]
[p]“Peace of Mind”: receiving Experience now has a greater impact on the effect's duration. [/p][/*]

ABILITIES:

[p]Increased the starting duration of most Stances (\[8 > 10] turns) and decreased their maximum duration (\[12 > 10] turns).[/p][/*]
[p]“Keeping Distance” is now also considered an Attack skill. [/p][/*]

SWORDS:

[p]“Cleaving Strike”: increased the scaling of the Bodypart Damage and Bleed Chance bonuses.[/p][/*]
[p]“Keeping Distance”: increased the base Stagger Chance and Crit Chance bonuses.[/p][/*]
[p]“Onrush”: increased the base Weapon Damage and Armor Penetration bonuses. Increased the scaling of the Bleed Resistance debuff.[/p][/*]
[p]“Blade Maintenance”: \[+5% > +7%] Bleed Chance. \[-20% > -25%] Durability loss on Sword attacks.
[p]“Honed Edge”: \[+5% > +6%] Bleed Chance, \[+3% > +4%] Armor Penetration. [/p][/*]

AXES:

[p]“Mutilating Lunge”: increased the scaling of the Bodypart Damage bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Cut Through”: increased the scaling of the Block Chance debuff. Increased the base value and scaling of the Weapon Damage bonus. Increased the base Armor Penetration bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Execution”: \[+4% > +5%] Crit Chance and \[+15% > +20%] Crit Efficiency.[/p][/*]
[p]“Reprisal”: the duration of the Bodypart Damage bonus \[4 > 5] turns.[/p][/*]
[p]“Tormenting Swings”: \[-4% > -5%] Max Health and \[-6% > -7%] Bleed Resistance. [/p][/*]

MACES:

[p]“Onslaught”: increased the scaling of the Knockback Chance bonus and the Control Resistance debuff.[/p][/*]
[p]“Armor Break”: increased the base value and scaling of the Stagger Chance bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Knock Out”: increased the base values of all bonuses. Increased the scaling of the Crit Chance and Stagger Chance bonuses.[/p][/*]
[p]“Dazing Strikes”: debuff duration \[5 > 6] turns.[/p][/*]
[p]“Moment of Weakness”: \[+15 > +25%] Bodypart Damage and \[+5% > +10%] Stagger Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Concussion”: \[-5% > -6%] Control Resistance and \[-7% > -8%] Move Resistance. [/p][/*]

TWO-HANDED SWORDS:

[p]“Hewing Strike”: increased the base value and scaling of the Bleed Chance bonus. Increased the scaling of the Bodypart Damage bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Parry”: counters grant \[+3% > +2%] Crit Chance. The effect stacks up to \[3 > 4] times.[/p][/*]
[p]“Revanche”: counters replenish \[5% > 4%] Max Energy.

TWO-HANDED MACES:

[p]“Mighty Swing”: \[+50% > +40%] Weapon Damage, \[+25% > +20%] Stun Chance, \[+50% > +40%] Bodypart Damage, \[+50% > +40%] Armor Damage, \[+50% > +40%] Stagger Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Striker Stance”: \[+5% > +3%] Crit Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Unbalance”: applies the target with \[-10% > -5%] Control Resistance upon Knocking it back \[or Staggering it]. [/p][/*]

TWO-HANDED AXES:

[p]“Hooking Chop”: increased the base Armor Penetration and Bleed Chance bonuses.[/p][/*]
[p]“Reign in Blood”: increased the base Knockback Chance and Bleed Chance bonuses. Increased the scaling of the Bodypart Damage bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Rampage”: \[+3% > +4%] Crit Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Make Space”: increased the scaling of the Weapon Damage bonus. Increased the base Armor Penetration bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finish 'Em!”: \[+8% > +10%] Weapon Damage.[/p][/*]
[p]“Fatal Strike”: \[-10% > -15%] Skills Energy Cost.[/p][/*]
[p]“Tool of Execution”: \[+6% > +10%] Bodypart Damage. [/p][/*]

SPEARS:

[p]“Nail Down”: increased the base Weapon Damage and Bodypart Damage bonuses. Increased the scaling of the Immobilization Chance bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Impaling Lunge”: increased the scaling of the Armor Penetration bonus. Increased the base Bleed Chance bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Determination”: reworked into a visible status effect. [/p][/*]
[p]“Stay Back!”: \[+25% > +30%] Knockback Chance. [/p][/*]

RANGED COMBAT:

[p]“Distracting Shot”: reduced the base Immobilization Chance bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Startling Volley”: reduced the base Daze Chance bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Hunter's Mark”: \[+5% > +3%] Crit Chance, \[+15% > +10%] Crit Efficiency.[/p][/*]
[p]“Headshot”: reduced the base Crit Chance bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Spot Weakness”: added \[+5% Armor Penetration].[/p][/*]
[p]“Anticipation”: \[+3% > +2%] Accuracy.[/p][/*]
[p]“Precision”: \[+4% > +5%] Weapon Damage for \[5 > 8] turns.[/p][/*]
[p]“Shoot to Kill”: \[+15% > +12%] Bodypart Damage, \[+15% > +10%] Crit Efficiency. [/p][/*]

SHIELDS:

[p]“Raise Shield”: added a Crit Avoidance bonus.
[p]“Breakthrough”: \[-15% > -20%] Control Resistance debuff.[/p][/*]
[p]“Shield Bash”: Heavy shield: replenishes Block Power for \[25% > 30%] of the damage dealt.[/p][/*]
[p]“Hold the Line!”: \[-4% > -5%] Damage Taken, \[+4% > +5%] Block Power Recovery. [/p][/*]
[p]“Embodiment of Resilience”: reduces the ability tree's cooldowns by \[1 > 2] turns.[/p][/*]
[p]“Retaliation”: \[-10% > -15%] Weapon Damage penalty. All bonuses last for \[4 > 5] turns.[/p][/*]

ARMORED COMBAT:

[p]“Brace for Impact!”: \[+10% > +12%] Dodge Chance and Block Chance. Increased the base penalty to the attacker's Fumble Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Unyielding Defense”: lasts for \[6 > 8] turns. \[+5% > +6%] Protection of all body parts, \[+3% > +4%] Block Power Recovery, \[+5% > +4%] Fortitude.[/p][/*]
[p]“Battle-Forged”: Heavy armor: \[-2% > -3%] Abilities Energy Cost. Added \[+3% Crit Avoidance]. [/p][/*]
[p]“Custom Adjustments”: Heavy armor: \[+2 > +3] Energy. Added \[-2% to the equipped armor's Durability loss rate].[/p][/*]

WARFARE:

[p]“Seize the Initiative”: increased the scaling of the Dodge Chance and Block Chance penalties.[/p][/*]
[p]“War Cry”: reduced the base Confusion Chance. Added inverse scaling from the target's Will to Fight, affecting Confusion and Daze Chances. The base “Battle Rage” duration is \[4 > 6] turns.[/p][/*]
[p]“Defensive Tactic”: \[+4% > +3%] Dodge Chance and Block Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Offensive Tactic”: \[+4% > +3%] Accuracy, \[-4% > -3%] Abilities Energy Cost and Cooldowns Duration.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finisher”: killing the target instantly refreshes the cooldowns of \[all other abilities > all other Attack skills, Charges, and spells].[/p][/*]
[p]“Thirst for Battle”: \[+0.5% > +0.4%] Weapon Damage, \[+0.25% > +0.2%] Crit Chance, \[+0.33% > +0.25%] Health Drain, \[+0.5% > +0.4%] Energy Drain.[/p][/*]
[p]“Right on Target”: reduced the scaling of the Abilities Energy Cost bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Intimidation”: \[-5% > -4%] Fortitude. \[+50% > +33%] impact on enemies' Will to Fight.[/p][/*]
[p]“Tactical Advantage”: \[-20% > -15%] Cooldowns Duration and Energy Cost of all Maneuvers and Stances. \[+25% > +20%] Weapon Damage. Reduced the scaling of Health replenishment. Reduced the base Energy replenishment.[/p][/*]

ATHLETICS:

[p]“Elusiveness”: reduced the scaling of the Dodge Chance and Damage Taken bonuses, as well as the scaling of the Fumble Chance debuff.[/p][/*]
[p]“Sudden Lunge”: now requires an equipped melee weapon.[/p][/*]
[p]“Adrenaline Rush”: \[-5% > -3%] Damage Taken, \[-10% > -5%] Abilities Energy Cost, \[+5% > +3%] Crit Chance. [/p][/*]
[p]“Inner Reserves”: triggers when Energy drops below \[33% > 50%]. Increased the base Energy replenishment. Reduced the base cooldown between effect activations and added scaling from Vitality.[/p][/*]
[p]“No Time to Linger”: \[+5% > +4%] Accuracy and Crit Chance, \[-5% > -4%] Fumble Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Sprint Training”: \[-30% > -33%] Cooldowns Duration and Energy Cost of all Charge skills. [/p][/*]

DUAL WIELDING:

[p]“Flurry of Strikes”: each strike receives \[-20% > -25%] Hands Efficiency. Successful hits grant \[+3% > +2%] Hands Efficiency.[/p][/*]
[p]“Deflect”: grants bonuses for each block \[or full dodge].[/p][/*]
[p]“Enough for Everyone”: reduced the scaling of the Counter Chance, Dodge Chance, and Damage Taken bonuses.[/p][/*]
[p]“Concentration”: \[+5% > +4%] Hands Efficiency.[/p][/*]
[p]“Dual Wielding Training”: \[-5% > -3%] Fumble Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Berserk Tradition”: \[+4% > +3%] Counter Chance, \[+15% > +10%] Crit Efficiency.[/p][/*]
[p]“Unstoppable”: reduced the scaling of Health and Energy replenishment. Added: \[the free strike can only trigger once per turn].[/p][/*]
[p]“More Blood!”: \[-25% > -10%] Abilities Energy Cost. The effect stacks \[indefinitely > up to 2 times]. [/p][/*]

SURVIVAL:

[p]“Cauterize Wounds”: reduces the affected body parts' Condition by \[5% > 3%]. Grants +33% \[global Bleed Resistance > Bleed Resistance to the affected body parts. The effect doesn't stack]. If affected by Vigor, \[prolongs the effect's duration to 360 turns].[/p][/*]
[p]“First Aid”: reduced the base Healing Efficiency bonus.[/p][/*]
[p]“Will to Survive”: extensive rework:
[p]“Pathfinder”: allows the character to hear all enemies within \[150% > 120%] Vision range, applying them with \[+10% > +5%] Damage Taken. [/p][/*]

ELECTROMANCY:

[p]“Residual Charge”: the bonus to Shock Damage now scales with Willpower and Electromancy Power rather than with the equipped weapon's damage. \[The effect doesn't stack]. [/p][/*]

GEOMANCY:

[p]“Stone Armor”: \[+10% > +15%] Magic Resistance. The armor explosion now also deals flat Arcane Damage and has a cap on its Crushing Damage.[/p][/*]
[p]“Rune of Enfeeblement”: the effect from multiple boulders now stacks.[/p][/*]
[p]“Rune of Sustention”: \[+5% > +8%] Crit Avoidance, \[+5% > +10%] Energy Restoration. [/p][/*]
[p]“Rune of Binding”: reduces the ability tree's cooldowns by \[2 > 1] turn, \[+10% > +7.5%] Energy Restoration.[/p][/*]
[p]“Rune of Unity”: extensive rework:
[p]“Rune of Cycle”: the Arcane Damage dealt is equal to \[10% > 3% * number of “Runic Empowerment” stacks] of the current Energy.[/p][/*]
[p]“Rune of Absorption”: burns \[6 > 2% * number of “Runic Empowerment” stacks] Energy [/p][/*]

MAGIC MASTERY:

[p]“Seal of Finesse”: \[-5% > -3%] Backfire Damage Change.[/p][/*]
[p]“Seal of Power”: the bonus to Magic or Nature Damage now scales with Willpower and Power of the corresponding School rather than with the equipped weapon's damage.[/p][/*]
[p]“Seal of Insight”: \[+10% > +7%] Magic Power, \[-5% > -4%] Spells Energy Cost, \[+5% > +3%] Miracle Chance, \[+20% > +10%] Energy Restoration.[/p][/*]
[p]“Precise Movements”: \[-1% > -0.5%] Backfire Chance[/p][/*]
[p]“Dissipation”: the effect stacks up to \[20 > 15] times.[/p][/*]
[p]“Body and Spirit”: \[+8% > +5%] Weapon Damage, \[+3% > +2%] Crit Chance, \[+10% > +8%] Magic Power, \[-5% > -4%] Backfire Chance.[/p][/*]
[p]“Thaumaturgy”: \[+15% > +10%] Miracle Potency.[/p][/*]
[p]“Forgotten Lore”: extensive rework: \[Grants -0.5% Spells Energy Cost and -1% Cooldowns Duration for each learned spell. Grants +1% Magic Power and +1% Miracle Potency for each learned Sorcery passive, including those of Magic Mastery.] [/p][/*]

ENEMY ABILITIES:

[p]“Caustic Blood” now always creates a pool of acid on the dead Crawler's tile rather than occasionally spawning it on adjacent tiles. [/p][p][/p][/*]

FIXES

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GENERAL:

[p]Fixed the rare issue preventing unique items from spawning in Tier 5 Mini-Boss chests.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed enemies and vegetation never respawning on map tiles with Carts and Shrines.[/p][/*]
[p]Throwing a breakable or spillable water vessel should now correctly extinguish burning tiles.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the Orient Quiver never appearing in the Brynn Elven Merchant's stock.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed battle staves never appearing in Brynn NPCs' stock.[/p][/*]
[p]Interacting with a Point of Interest should now correctly gray out its icon on the global map.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed damage numbers and combat text appearing through the fog of war.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed repeated drops of certain items that are supposed to only drop once per playthrough (such as high tier treatises).[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the issue preventing more than one ongoing contract from being marked with an icon on the global map.[/p][/*]
[p]Drinking from external sources of water (wells, rivers, lakes, barrels, etc) now has the same effect and stacking rules as drinking from the Waterskin.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the issue with combined price modifiers being able to reduce the price of certain items to zero, which in turn would break the formula.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the state of campfires not being saved as intended. [/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the issue with partial progress on digging up graves and secret stashes not being saved correctly.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed shrine candles always being extinguished after loading a save.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the issue with enemies sometimes switching to an alternative sprite after loading a save.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the Prologue's earthquake cutscene failing to activate and block the way back when loading a save in the Waterfall cave.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the Archon leaving a glow effect after his death in the Prologue.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed graves losing collision after loading a save.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed two-tile bushes not blocking Vision as intended.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the duplication bug involving the backpack near the entrance to the Order's Prison.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the duplication bug involving the backpack near the entrance to the Order's Prison.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the player character losing Morale when extinguishing themselves with water.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed Leeches not reducing Morale.[/p][/*]
[p]Attacking in melee with a ranged weapon and no ammo will now count as a punch.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the visual overlap of stack and duration numbers on effect icons when inspecting enemies.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed Butter not having a duration assigned to some of its effects, preventing their application.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the issue with Zadok, the Brynn Drunkard, that was causing him to play drinking sound effects even while asleep.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the unintended activation of “on kill” speech lines when destroying inanimate objects, such as nests.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed Venemist not providing the intended rumor.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed Marlo not providing the intended rumor.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the possibility of re-rolling Skinflint Homs' leads. [/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the Knockback Hint appearing in situations where knockback failed to trigger or did not affect the player.[/p][/*]
[p]Improved the behavior and collisions of decorative particles (boards, rubble, etc.). [/p][/*]

AI:

[p]Fixed the issue causing Wolves to get stuck in the Alerted state for 3 turns when attacked during it.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed Wolves checking for incorrect conditions when using “Howl”.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed Drummers not acting as intended while in combat.[/p][/*]
[p]Improved enemy pathfinding when using Charge skills.[/p][/*]
[p]Improved AI and pathfinding for multi-tile enemies.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the incorrect event processing order in the Will to Fight system, which was causing enemies to flee less often than intended.[/p][/*]
[p]Improved the system for enemies transitioning between locations when chasing the player, and added restrictions for locations where enemies are not meant to follow. [/p][/*]

QUESTS:

[p]“Finding the Craftsman”: fixed the possibility of triggering the dialogue about the Craftsman's location after already completing the quest.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finding the Craftsman”: the “Head to the Guild Quarter” phase now automatically concludes after finding Darrel ahead of time.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finding the Ranger”: killing Alda now fails the quest.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finding the Quartermaster”: once bribed, the Mercenaries will no longer stay in the Sentian Company Camp if you leave the area before talking to Leif.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finding the Quartermaster”: the Mercenaries now react to thrown items and the use of certain consumables.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finding the Quartermaster”: fixed the softlock caused by blocking the tile intended for the player character to stand on during the cutscene.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finding the Quartermaster”: fixed the Mercenaries' reaction to hostile mobs.[/p][/*]
[p]“From the Cradle to the Grave”: fixed the missing dialogue for failing to deliver the Bone Cradle to l'Owcrey on time.[/p][/*]
[p]“From the Cradle to the Grave”: fixed the issue with quest logging.[/p][/*]
[p]“Brewery's Fate”: fixed Odar using an incorrect dialogue line when completing the quest via blackmail after clearing the Brewery.[/p][/*]
[p]“Fate of the Brewery”: fixed the Brewery NPCs not becoming hostile if one of them is killed before triggering the dialogue.[/p][/*]
[p]“Fate of the Brewery”: completing the quest in favor of the Brewery now sets its Reputation on the global map to “Respect” instead of “Neutrality.”[/p][/*]
[p]The Caravan events tied to a specific nearby location will now correctly reset after moving the Camp elsewhere. [/p][/*]

ABILITIES:

[p]Fixed the incorrect target zone display for movement abilities.[/p][/*]
[p]“Sic!”: fixed Dogs being able to flee with the marked target still within their Vision.[/p][/*]
[p]“Petrification”: fixed Petrified targets not granting the intended bonus to Geomancy Power.[/p][/*]
[p]“Battering Ram”: fixed the unintended cooldown reduction when wearing a light chestpiece.[/p][/*]
[p]“Deadly Premonition”: the effect can now be redirected with “Seal of Reflection”.[/p][/*]
[p]“Finisher”: fixed the incorrect target zone.[/p][/*]
[p]“Offensive Tactic”: fixed the issue causing enemies to receive additional turns of the effect for each ally within Vision (while also failing to count the player character).[/p][p][/p][/*]

QOL

[p]Made it possible to advance “Continue conversation” dialogue prompts by pressing any number key, not just “1”.[/p][/*]
[p]The Brightness setting now uses gamma correction instead of linear increase, reducing color distortion at higher values.[/p][/*]
[p]Improved the display of save files in the menu. The saves made in Dungeons now show the location's name instead of just its type.[/p][p][/p][/*]

TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS

[p]Reworked the fog of war appearance and rendering to provide smoother visuals, better optimization, and resolve several persistent issues.[/p][/*]
[p]The animations occurring inside the fog of war will now be sped up or skipped altogether.[/p][p] [/p][/*]

VISUALS

[p]Improved and refined the Lighting System.[/p][/*]
[p]Updated the sprites for a large number of items.[/p][/*]
[p]Updated the sprites for a number of Proselytes.[/p][/*]
[p]Reworked the overlay system to account for certain visual effects when generating sprite outlines.[/p][/*]
[p]Added an alternate animation for the Ancient Troll that plays after bypassing the trigger for the usual starting cutscene.[/p][/*]
[p]The dialogue options involving “First Aid” or “Cauterize Wounds” now play an animation and put the corresponding ability on cooldown, just like on normal use.[/p][/*]
[p]The animation for “Seal of Insight” now plays only when gaining the buff, rather than every time the character gains a stack of the effect.[/p][/*]
[p]Fixed the Ornate Dagger displaying in the wrong hand on the player character sprite.[/p][/*]
[p]Added an icon for the “Ranger Brew” effect.[/p][p][/p][/*]

MISCELLANEOUS

[p]Added unique speech lines for spotting specific enemy types, used in addition to the universal “Enemy!” line.[/p][/*]
[p]Added speech lines for each Psyche state.[/p][/*]
[p]Added speech lines to certain NPCs.[/p][/*]
[p]Added an alternative dialogue line when speaking to the owner of the Brynn Printing House as an elf character.[/p][/*]
[p]Rewrote many ability hovers for clarity.[/p][/*]

News Liste Stoneshard

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MAIN FEATURES

GAMEPLAY

ECONOMY

CARAVAN

BALANCE

CHARACTERS:

GENERAL:

ENEMIES:

ITEMS:

STATUS EFFECTS:

ABILITIES:

SWORDS:

AXES:

MACES:

TWO-HANDED SWORDS:

TWO-HANDED MACES:

TWO-HANDED AXES:

SPEARS:

RANGED COMBAT:

SHIELDS:

ARMORED COMBAT:

WARFARE:

ATHLETICS:

DUAL WIELDING:

SURVIVAL:

ELECTROMANCY:

GEOMANCY:

MAGIC MASTERY:

ENEMY ABILITIES:

FIXES

GENERAL:

AI:

QUESTS:

ABILITIES:

QOL

TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS

VISUALS

MISCELLANEOUS

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