Patch Notes - 17/12 # 1.049.7

• Infused cards with Echo weren't working correctly. Ie. Shard of Rebirth.
  
• Doom and Contract could, in some rare cases, bypass (temporarily) the Summon Limit.
  
• Fixed some card typos.
  

• In the Journal: Attuned Gateways will be marked with a Checkmark in their name and a bold text in their Journal description saying, "You are attuned to this Gateway."
  
• The AP cost of cards while in the Deckbuilder UI will include Fatigue if any.
  
• The Teleportation Stone charge will now get refunded if the process is canceled.
  
• Recharge:Cardname can be used as an event reward to recharge a card fully.
  

• Mythical Treasures will no longer offer equipment the player already has in their inventory.
  
• From the 4 possible slots, the first will prefer items from the skills the player has at least 10 ranks, the second items from the skills the player knows and the remainder two among all skills. Once both the 'preferred' & 'biased' slots come out empty (because the player already has all the items they could offer), a 'Memoirs of a Legend' card is provided instead.
  

• Reverted the change from 1.049.5: "While in Gauntlet mode, the PC location is set to 'Gauntlet.'" Instead, the PC's current location in Gauntlet will match the "Starting Location" set by their Species.
  
• The current location name will display instead of "Settlement" in the Town UI.
  
• In Guilds and Secret Societies: The available NPC for the run are fixed to the NPCs living in the equivalent Sandbox town. The extra Blacksmith for the Gauntlet mode settlements will only appear if that location doesn't already have one.
  
• The Town Tier in Gauntlets will now improve like this: S2&S3 -> Tier 1, S4&S5 -> Tier 2, S6&S7 -> Tier 3, S8&S9 -> Tier 4, ..., etc.
  
• The Stage completion reward will improve the further down the Gauntlet. Stages 5 to 9: 2x Tome of Greater Knowledge. Stage 10 and higher: 1x Tome of Greater Knowledge and 1x Memoirs of a Hero
  

Patch Notes - 12/12 # 1.049.5

• Replaced the "Loiter" option in Towns with a Skip Time option. Skip Time allows the advancing of the world clock from 1 to 24 hours for the cost of 5 Farthings per hour.
  
• While in Gauntlet mode, the PC location is set to "Gauntlet"; both Events and NPC DBs can check this. In NPCs DB files: Setting the location as "Gauntlet" will make these NPCs appear in the Gauntlet mode towns.
  
• In "Guilds and Secret Societies" expansion: Added a Blacksmith for the Gauntlet mode settlements.
  
• In GameMode rules: DisableWorldmapFatigue:true, it can be used to disable accumulating Fatigue while traveling through the World map. Fatigue will still be accumulated while doing camp activities like hunting and gathering herbs. Encounters in the wilderness will still occur.
  
• Fixed a few cards and perk typos.
  

• Fixed an issue with Alert & Ally related effects causing the turn not to advance.
  

• Fixed a few cards and perk typos.
  
• Fixed an issue with Multiply Status that could occur on certain rare occasions.
  
• Misc code optimizations.
  
• Chaos & DChaos will automatically create their ExtraRule on cards without Spell Component.
  

• Fixed an issue with Adventure cards not getting fetched (i.e., by Adventurer's Journal).
  
• Fixed an issue with Autosync expertise with space in their name, ie. Nature Magic rank was not calculating correctly in Ink events while trying to increase the skill in a trainer.
  
• The following command can be used inside an ink story: >>>>Join>>{Organization} to have the PC join {Organization}. (Don't run this command multiple times for different organizations, i.e., add a check to ensure that the PC is Unaligned. Otherwise, it can keep granting other organizations to the player.)
  
• In "Guilds and Secret Societies" Expansion:
  
  
  
  • Fixed a few typos in a few cards.
    
  • 'Unaligned' characters can join an organization mid-game by talking to that organization's contact.
    
  • Contacts that can no longer teach the player will say, "You already know everything I can teach." instead of the cost to upgrade this skill.
    
  
  

DLC Contents

• 320+ new Cards: Recruit new Allies; take advantage of many new mechanics and high-expertise Organization cards.
  
• 100+ new NPC: NPCs serve a utility function. They can teach new skills and sell cards from that skill or their organization (if you are also a member).
  
• 50+ new Perks: To make your epic level character stronger (plus 50+ more to access the new organization contacts).
  
• 85+ new Enemies: Face unique bosses with new deadly tactic cards and survive dangerous Enemies making higher-level campaigns more lethal and more challenging.
  
• 25+ new Challenges: Discover new epic-level quest chains, each with exclusive rewards you can't get anywhere elsewhere in the world.
  
• 4 new Arenas and a new Endgame Challenge: Test your mettle in new Arenas and fight your way to the most challenging Endgame yet, suitable for epic-level characters.
  
• New crafting Recipes & Blacksmiths: Craft the new Clockworks in your Workshop, raise the new Undead minions in your Necromantic Altar and have town Blacksmiths upgrade your equipment to the next rarity for a fee.
  

Patch Notes - 02/12 # 1.049.1

• Unique Rule addon: "Unique permanents are impervious to Unsummon but lose Health if targeted by such a card. Unique Soulmates lose 10 HP when targeted by an Unsummon effect, while all other permanent types 40 HP."
  
• Added 10 new Graphic Sets: Elven Ruins (Forest & Dungeon), Necromancer's Lair (Dungeon), Standing Stones (Arid & Dungeon), Red Forest (Mountain & Forest), Cave (Mountain & Dungeon), Underwater Shipwreck (Underwater), Graveyard (Netherworld & Dungeon), Arena (Urban & Dungeon), Throne Room (Urban) & City Square (Urban)
  
• Updated the graphics of several older Graphic sets.
  
• Improved the algorithm of scaling up bosses in Endless Gauntlets and Sandbox Arenas.
  
• Temp ripple effects on cards will update to reflect eligible bonuses from [All Actions] perks. (Ripple effect doesn't receive expertise bonuses, as they no longer belong in any particular expertise after they activate, but they may benefit from perk bonuses that affect [All Actions].)
  
• Note to modders: The second part of their ExtraRule is overwritten by automatically generated text based on the TempState effects. ie. in TempStateRippleEffectEnemy Acts>ResistPhysical=-2:1, ExtraRule:Whenever an Enemy acts this turn; Resist -2. The part "Resist -2." is now generated automatically from ">ResistPhysical=-2:1" and is redundant to include; you may want, though, to improve the card readability a bit for other modders looking at your cards. Including the ;[space] part is essential for the text to be parsed accurately.
  
• Added new resources and graphics assets for the "Guilds and Secret Societies" expansion.
  

• Fixed a potential issue when Controlling enemies through Channel spells.
  

• AddAllyType, can now also be used in Control spells through Channel.
  
• In Ink script:
  
  
  
  • VAR PCExpertise[Expertise] = 0 will automatically sync with the current expertise value of the player.
    
  • The following commands can be used inside an ink story:
    
  • >>>>Actions_Store>>{Organization}>>{xRank}, opens a store of {Organization} actions up to x rank.
    
  • >>>>Actions_Store>>{Expertise}>>{xRank}, opens a store of {Expertise} actions up to x rank.
    
  • >>>>Consumables_Store>>{Organization}>>{xRank}, opens a store of {Organization} consumables up to x rank.
    
  • >>>>Consumables_Store>>{Expertise}>>{xRank}, opens a store of {Expertise} consumables up to x rank.
    
  • >>>>Allies_Store>>{Organization}>>{xRank}, opens a store of {Organization} allies up to x rank.
    
  • >>>>Allies_Store>>{Expertise}>>{xRank}, opens a store of {Expertise} allies up to x rank.
    
  • >>>>Increase_Expertise>>{Expertise}, increases {Expertise} by 1
    
  • >>>>Pay>>{aFee}, pays {aFee} Farthings
    
  
  
• Note to Modders:
  
  
  
  • These functions are for use in conjunction with Ink variables. You don't need to use the {} if you have fixed values. Ie. >>>>Actions_Store>>Pirate Coalition>>4
    
  • Rank will be capped by the Game Mode's MerchantsSellUpToExpertise:x value.
    
  
  

Guilds and Secret Societies

Patch Notes - 23/11 # 1.048.5

Misc Changes and Additions

• Added a button under the Specter to display the cards in the Discard pile.
  
  
  
  • Cards with no instances in the player's deck are displayed with purple names.
    
  • Discard piles for existing characters will appear empty till they start playing & discard cards on this build.
    
  
  
• Replicate will display a combat log message on Failure. (The verbose log will additionally show the roll.)
  
• Recurring cards Codex addendum: "Once played (or discarded), Recurring cards skip the Discard Pile but remain in your Deck."
  
• Supplies, Clairvoyance, Rally & Recoup rule change: The unpicked cards skip the Discard Pile but remain in your Deck. Ie. The clairvoyance rule now reads: "Remove the top x Card(s) from your Draw pile. Choose & Draw one and set the rest aside (they skip the Discard Pile but remain in your Deck)."
  
• Added a third color indicator for challenging quests in the World map activities.
  
• Expanding the Codex entry on the World map interaction to include the difficulty color indicators.
  
• In Journal:
  
  
  
  • Added a completed/total quests counter.
    
  • Normal filter will show Quests of equal or +1 level higher than the PC
    
  • Challenging filter will show Quests of +2, +3 levels higher than the PC
    
  • Added a filter to show hard quests (4+ levels higher than the PC)
    
  • Added colors to Journal filters matching the area difficulty indicators.
    
  
  
• Codex Appendix will now include keyword links from Ripple Effects.
  
• Added graphic assets and resources for the "Guilds and Secret Societies" Expansion.
  
• Several cards updated to use Reach (Spears, Lances, Staffs, etc.)
  
• Tweaked/Buffed the organization 'signature' cards.
  
• Updated the graphics of all the "Contact" cards with improved versions.
  
• Updated Unity version to LTS 2021.3.13
  

Modding Additions

• New Card effects
  
  
  
  • Reach:1, cards with Reach ignore Spiked Armor and Counter Attack. (Difference with Ranged:1 They can't harm fliers and can harm targets in Cover, unlike Ranged.)
    
  • Presence:x, Increase the magnitude of a Control or Befriend action by x this turn. If this effect modifies an Action, you lose all Presence.
    
  • Hostile:1 can be added in cards (or bonus effects) to prevent auto-casting them if no enemies are around. This effect doesn't display on cards.
    
  • Recall:x, Return the top x card(s) of your Discard Pile to your Hand.
    
  • Rebirth:x, Remove the top x Ally Card(s) from your Discard pile. Choose & Return one in your Hand; then set the rest aside (they don't return in the Discard Pile but remain in your Deck).
    
  • Rebirth:x, LookFor[Type]:1, Remove the top x Ally Card(s) of [Type] from your Discard pile. Choose & Return one in your Hand; then set the rest aside (they don't return in the Discard Pile but remain in your Deck).
    
  • SkipDiscardPile:1, This card doesn't go into your Discard Pile.
    
  • DecayApply[Debuff]:x, can be used to apply a debuff if Decay harms the enemy, ie. DecayApplyEnvenomed:2 will also apply 2 Venom counters if Decay hurts its target, regardless of resistance.
    
  • BlessedApply[Debuff]:x, can be used to apply a debuff if Blessed harms the enemy, ie. BlessedApplyBurning:2 will also apply 2 Burn counters if Blessed harms its target, regardless of resistance.
    
  • BanishApply[Debuff]:x, can apply a debuff if Banish harms the enemy, ie. BanishApplyVulnerable:2 will also apply 2 Vulnerable counters if Banish damages its target, regardless of resistance.
    
  • SilverApply[Debuff]:x, can be used to apply a debuff if Silver harms the enemy, ie. SilverApplyMark:2 will also apply 2 Mark counters if Silver harms its target, regardless of resistance.
    
  • BaneApply[Debuff]:x, can be used to apply a debuff if Enemy Bane (Punish) harms the enemy, ie. BaneApplyVulnerable:2 will also apply 2 Vulnerable counters if Enemy Bane (Punish) hurts its target, regardless of resistance.
    
  • ShadowShiftApply[Debuff]:x, can be used to apply a debuff if Shadow Shift harms the enemy, ie. ShadowShiftApplyVulnerable:2 will also apply 2 Vulnerable counters if Shadow Shift hurts its target, regardless of resistance.
    
  • DrainApply[Debuff]:x, can be used to apply a debuff if Drain harms the enemy, ie. DrainApplyImmobilized:2 will also apply 2 Stun counters if Drain hurts its target, regardless of resistance.
    
  • Debuffs applied with DecayApply, BlessedApply & BanishApply are in addition to any debuffs that generally apply with these effects.
    
  
  
• Ripple effects extensions
  
  
  
  • "Recall Card", this ripple effect triggers each time Recall draws a card from your Discard pile. (In contrast, the "Recall" ripple effect would trigger once per card having the Recall effect.) Recommended wording is: "Whenever you Recall a card from your Discard Pile, "
    
  • "Discard Card", this ripple effect triggers each time the player chooses and discards a card, i.e., with Ctrl+Click, pointing the card arrow to the Specter, clicking the discard button, etc. (In contrast, the "Discard" ripple effect, would trigger once per card having the random Discard effect.) Recommended wording is: "Whenever you choose to Discard a card, "
    
  • 'Consecrate Harms', this ripple effect triggers each time Aura of Light harms the PC. Recommended wording is: "If Aura of Light harms you this turn, " or "Whenever Aura of Light harms you, "
    
  • 'Consecrate Heals', this ripple effect triggers each time Aura of Light heals the PC. Recommended wording is: "If Aura of Light heals you this turn, " or "Whenever Aura of Light heals you, "
    
  • 'Desecrate Heals', this ripple effect triggers each time Aura of Darkness heals the PC. Recommended wording is: "If Aura of Darkness heals you this turn, " or "Whenever Aura of Darkness heals you, "
    
  • 'Desecrate Harms', this ripple effect triggers each time Aura of Darkness harms the PC. Recommended wording is: "If Aura of Darkness harms you this turn, " or "Whenever Aura of Darkness harms you, "
    
  • 'Coven Unity', this ripple effect triggers each time Coven exhausts a Witch. Recommended wording is: "Whenever Coven exhausts a Witch Ally this turn, "
    
  • 'Living Shadows', this ripple effect triggers each time Shadow Shift damages an Enemy. Recommended wording is: "Whenever Shadow Shift harms an Enemy this turn, "
    
  
  
• Channel extensions
  
  
  
  • Channel now supports Attributes: Strength, Resilience, Agility, Intellect, Willpower, and Charisma, ie. Channel>Charisma>ControlArchetypeEnemy:100
    
  • Channel now supports the Draw Pile count or the Discard Pile count. Channel>Draw Pile>Damage:100
    
  • The magnitude of these properties (for the card) can increase by adding Property:x, i.e., to have the player's Charisma count as +10 points higher for this card: Channel>Charisma>ControlArchetypeEnemy:100, Charisma:10
    
  • These properties aren't consumed and remain unchanged. Ie. Channel>Discard Pile>Damage:100, won't empty your Discard Pile.
    
  
  
• Added support for BloodTribute effects in Morph.
  

• Fixed an issue with FailedDebuffsFracture applying multiple instances of fracture in cards with the DChaos effect.
  
• Added a click blocker in the Loading screen to prevent accidental clicks to the main menu while the game is loading.
  

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Patch Notes - 27/10 # 1.046.6

• Enemy reinforcements will appear every 6 turns (changed EnemyReinforcementsEveryXTurns:6 in all Vanilla modes). [instead of after 4 turns].
  
• Enemy reinforcements will appear if there are 2 or fewer enemies on the battlefield. (changed ReinforcementsIfEnemiesLessThan:2 for all Vanilla modes). If PunishingReinforcements:true, this setting is ignored after 12 turns (2 x EnemyReinforcementsEveryXTurns) [instead of after 8 turns].
  
• If PunishingReinforcements:true, Reinforcements will progressively become increasingly deadlier than before as the player's level increases and every 12 levels.
  
• Note: If the reinforcements are something that stresses you out, you can modify them quickly (and permanently) in the mode of your choice through the console: f10, then, i.e., for Conquest type:
  
• ModifyGM Conquest=>EnemyReinforcementsEveryXTurns=>60
  
• ModifyGM command creates a modded copy of the vanilla mode with any flags you set through this command, so you only need to do it once. In this case, it tells Conquest mode reinforcements to arrive every 60 turns.
  
• (If you typed the command correctly, it will return something like: "New Value Set: EnemyReinforcementsEveryXTurns => 60. (Feel free to modify a different value)".
  

• Modes of 4 skulls or lower have the "FailedDebuffsFracture":5; this means that each time an enemy resists a debuff, they automatically get 5% Fracture, which will make subsequent Debuffs easier.
  
• Modes with 5+ skulls difficulty that are aimed at advanced players have this setting = 0 (off) and assume that the player will instead use all the tools at their disposal [i.e., Fracture, Resolve, Inevitable/Delayed, Adjust/Multiply, Effects that apply inevitable Debuffs, Switching Decks, etc. to bypass those resistances (and any need for luck) through skillful planning of their build.]
  
• Custom modes of 4 skulls or lower created through the Custom Modes UI (from now on) will also include "FailedDebuffsFracture":5.
  
• Note: You can further modify this setting (permanently) in the mode of your choice through the console: f10, then, i.e., for Conquest type:
  
• ModifyGM Conquest=>FailedDebuffsFracture=>25, or whatever percentage you feel should be there.
  
• The value of FailedDebuffsFracture will always display at the end of the mode rules, even if it's 0. (Resisted Debuffs apply x% Fracture.)
  

• Cards can craft random Maladies, using: 'Invoke:x, InvokeDiscipline:Malady'
  
• Treasure Map, Adventurer's Journal, Knapsack, Adventurer's Knapsack, Tome of Knowledge, Tome of Greater Knowledge, Memoirs of a Hero & Schematics will now all Ignore Synergies.
  
• Added 3 early Enemy kills progression perks at 30, 60 & 120 kills for earning fast some extra Schematics (for your Equipment upgrades)
  
• Completing the Ironman Gauntlet will also give the 'Quest Complete!' achievement.
  

• Fixed some card and perk typos.
  

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Patch Notes - 24/10 # 1.046.5

New Content

• Necromantic Altar: You can use the Necromantic Altar to create various undead minion cards.
  
• Blacksmith's Forge (498 auto-generated recipes): You can use the Blacksmith's Forge facility to upgrade items to their next quality. normal->Masterwork->Superior->Exquisite. The old item's XP is not retained.
  

• You can choose to construct a Workshop in Forest Lodge, Hunter's Lodge, and Misthold Cottage instead of the Alchemy Lab. (Or an Alchemy Lab instead of the Workshop)
  
• You can choose to construct a Necromantic Altar in Mournvale's Mausoleum instead of the Alchemy Lab. (Or an Alchemy Lab instead of the Necromantic Altar)
  
• You can construct a Basement in Ravensburg Manor under your Wine Cellar after cleaning it up from Vermins. You can then build a Blacksmith's Forge, Necromantic Altar, and a Treasury.
  
• You can construct a Blacksmith's Forge in Fort Aghdab & Fort Holrgardr.
  
• Added new Recipes to craft certain Undead cards using your Necromantic Altars in Mournvale's Mausoleum & Ravensburg Manor.
  

• Added 2 new Endgame quests in Veara'acthon (DLC1) & Ship Graveyard (DLC2) for high-level characters. The 4 Endgame options in order of difficulty are now: Deimos Chasm (Easy), Jorunfjord (Normal), Veara'acthon (Challenging) & Ship Graveyard (Hard).
  
• (You can use your Journal and search for Endgame to locate those Challenges in your Map.)
  

Misc Changes and Additions

• In the Overworld Map: Removed the radial menu from the PC token and moved the overworld actions menu to the bottom-left part of the screen. You can "click-through" the PC token to open the location you are currently in. Additionally, you'll find a button for the locations with purchased properties to access your property faster.
  
• Repairing, Purchasing, and Expanding Properties will now award a small to medium amount of XP related to the Farthings spent.
  
• Increased the font size of several texts to improve legibility.
  
• Tweaked various UI elements to improve their overall presentation.
  
• Added a tooltip for Karma & Order in the Character Sheet.
  

Bugfixes

• Events could close (get skipped) with X while they shouldn't.
  
• Fixed some card and perk typos.
  

Modding Additions

• ExecuteFunc:Blacksmith's Forge, can be used in Events to open the Crafting UI in item upgrading mode. The actual recipes to upgrade these items are generated automatically (from the card database) the first time the 'Blacksmith's Forge' function runs. If a recipe already exists, the existing recipe is used instead.
  
• ExecuteFunc:Blacksmith, can be used in Events to open the Crafting UI in item upgrading mode, which now includes a Farthings cost. I.e., for crafting NPCs.
  
• Modders can allow X to skip specific events by setting AllowSkipping:true in the Event JSON file. Default, if omitted, is false. The vanilla setting for all events is omitted/false.
  
• Recipes can support a Farthings cost as an Ingredient (i.e., to be crafted by someone else). This can be declared as Farthings(amount), ie. Recipe:Farthings(125)+*=Iron Sword. A recipe can have a single Farthings cost.
  

Patch Notes - 17/10 # 1.046.1

New Content

• Constructed mode mixes Collector & Pariah with a few twists.
  
• You lose all your Starting cards and receive (up to) 45 new cards from your Expertise fields. (Including Background-specific cards, all Starting Kit cards, etc.)
  
• You can have (up to) 4 copies of each card.
  
• All settlements will deny you entry till your Influence improves.
  
• You start the game at a random location.
  
• Leveling up requires more XP.
  
• Negative leylines are incredibly unforgiving.
  

• Picking either the perk Multiclass or Expert backgrounds will let you choose a second class and specialization instead of a Starting Kit.
  
• Multiclass requires an Unaligned character and will increase the XP needed to level up by +25 x Level.
  
• Expert can be used by all characters but will increase the XP required to level up by +50 x Level and offer additional bonuses.
  
• My Workshop mod (Rs Multiclass) can still be used to overwrite the new vanilla Multiclass Background if you prefer the old version of Multiclass without requirements and the level-up nerf. It's highly recommended, though, to use the new vanilla version or the Expert background, as it is better balanced.
  

Misc Changes/Additions

• The player's status effect panel has been divided into positive & negative effects.
  
• You can Double-click on your Avatar to keep its status effects panel open. While open, you can click its hyperlinks to the glossary or scroll if there are too many effects.
  
• Player status effects panel (if made sticky) can also close by clicking on it.
  
• Modified the Town UI to support Exploration events and NPCs.
  
  
  
  
• In Journal: Gateways moved from Contacts & Assets to a separate tab.
  
• Added some extra options in the Custom Modes editor. It can also create 7 skulls difficulties.
  
• Tweaked the algorithm of Constructed Cubes to only offer cards with 1+ Expertise requirements for archetype cards and
• cards for 'non-archetype' cards.
  
• Minor tweaks in the Mod Manager UI.
  
• Loot cards like Knapsack, Strongbox, etc., will fall back to a broader card pool if fewer than 4 cards are in the initially stricter card pool.
  
• Added 2 new backgrounds Unremarkable (req. Human) & Connoisseur (req. Vampire, Celestial, Avian or Aristocrat).
  
• Decluttered the Codex entries. All additional info can be found by clicking the link in the Appendix (instead of selectively expanding some of them).
  
• After toggling 'Fetch from Backpack' on or off, the Card options will automatically close as a visual indication that the change was stored.
  
• Attuning to an Ancient Gateway will award 25 XP.
  

Bugfixes

• Diplomat background gave the Diplomat's Coat in the player's Stash instead of their inventory. (Fix can apply only to new characters.)
  
• Exploration:: & Kills:: progression perks were visible in the Active Perks section, while they shouldn't.
  
• Updating card options through the 'Card Options' filter in Deckbuilder wasn't working correctly.
  

Modding Additions

• Modders can attach a unique or generic event to each town.
  
• The Explore option appears automatically if a valid Event with ID "Explore_[Location name]" exists. Ie. Explore_Lanmerih.
  
• The Explore option can also fall back to a generic Event with ID "Explore_Generic" if such an event exists.
  
• (While the framework code is fully functional, there aren't any such vanilla event files at the moment).
  

• Modders can now define NPCs and attach them to any town without modifying the location DB files.
  
• NPCs are declared in their own DB files in the ModLoaderUser.conf using >> NPC & the DB name ie. NPCDB.Chronicles.tdb
  
• To declare an NPC, you can use the following syntax:
  
  
  
  • ID:NPC ID, Name:NPC Name, Location:NPC Location, Tale:Tale Name {, Special: Requirements for the NPC to appear in Location's Town}
    
  • , ie. ID:Kaellecyn the Maleficent, Name:Kaellecyn the Maleficent, Location:Grysbog, Tale:Witch Hut
    
  • 'ID' should be unique, as is the key of the DB, and is also used as the NPC portrait.
    
  • 'Tale Name' is the name of a valid ink Event to attach.
    
  • 'Special' is optional. Requirements should be declared using => instead of : & + instead of , ie. Special:Class=>Seelie+Level=>2
    
  • NPC special requirements will be re-checked each time anything changes in Town (time, farthings, rations, cards are purchased or sold, etc.), i.e., you may want some NPCs available only at Night (Special:Night=>1). Not meeting an NPC's special requirements removes them from the list.
    
  • Special:Daily=>1 is an exception and can be used to make certain NPCs available only once per game day. 'Daily' NPCs will remain visible in the list if all their other requirements are met but won't be interactable, and their tooltip will indicate they are 'Busy'.
    
  • Any location can be set using "Any". Ie. Location:Any
    
  • More than one location can be set using the following syntax: Location:+loc1+loc2+...+loc3+ ie. Location:+Lanmerih+Grysbog+
    
  
  
• (While the framework code is fully functional, there aren't any NPC definitions at the moment).
  

• new auto-sync variable (int) 'TownTier', will sync automatically to the current Town's Tier, after opening an Event through the Town UI.
  
  
  
  • ie. declare as VAR TownTier = 0
    
  • ie. use as {TownTier >= 3}
    
  
  
• new autosync variables (string) 'ActiveNPC' & (string) 'ActiveNPCID', will sync automatically to the current NPC's name & ID, as long as their event triggered through the Town UI
  
  
  
  • ie. declare as VAR ActiveNPC = ""
    
  • ie. use as {ActiveNPC == "Kaellecyn"}
    
  • While not interacting with NPC, values will default to the strings "No One" & "-1" respectively.
    
  • Note to Modders: You can use this to handle multiple NPCs with the same Event and branch according to who we are interacting with.
    
  
  

• Events can trigger the crafting UI using a custom Facility with ExecuteFunc: Facility:[Custom Facility], ie. ExecuteFunc: Facility:Blacksmith, only crafting recipes that require this Facility will be shown.
  
• Perks can increase (or reduce) the base XP level-up multiplier using ModifyEffectIncLevelXPMultiplier:y, The XP required to level up becomes: [ Base (50) + y] x Level.
  
• RandomizeStartingLocation:true, can be used in Game Modes to randomize the player's starting location in Sandbox modes among the locations defined in StartingLocations:["loc","loc", etc.]
  

Patch Notes - 12/10 # 1.045.4

• Random Encounters will get deadlier and include higher-level enemies (than the player) as the player's level increases.
  
• They will offer a completion reward with a few extra PP, XP & Farthings.
  
• They now have a good chance to offer a selection of cards from which you can pick 1 or 2 cards.
  

• Added Progression Rewards for exploring new locations & defeated enemies. A location, ie. Lanmerih, Lucina, etc., is considered explored if the player has at least 1 Influence.
  
• The Traveler perk tree, ie. Backpacker, Outdoors Specialist, Traveler, etc., perks are now acquired through the Exploration rewards progression. This change won't affect characters who already have any of these perks, but they won't be able to obtain additional perks from this tree, and their effects have changed slightly.
  
• The new progression rewards can be declared as perks with ExploreLocations:x & DefeatEnemies:x, respectively.
  
• Also revamped the Progression tab & added filters to view only Challenge, Exploration, Level, or Kills rewards.
  

• You can discover and attune to the 9 Ancient Gateways to teleport instantly between them.
  
• Activating the Gateways requires an Attunement Ritual which consumes a valuable gemstone.
  
• You can then travel freely to any attuned Gateway.
  
• The 9 Ancient Gateways are Jorunfjord Gateway, Geirsver Gateway, Tethyar Gateway, Llanvale Gateway, Hirdwood Gateway, Roverford Valley Gateway, Deimos Chasm Gateway, Veara'ylon Gateway (Relics & Armaments DLC), Nifolhelg Gateway (Relics & Armaments DLC).
  

• Overhauled various artworks (including all the location artworks on the World map).
  
  
  
  
• Changed the locations of a couple of Epic contacts to be more easily attainable.
  
• Updated the Area Rewards algorithm: Area rewards will include all possible cards of the preferred skills (as before) and cards from the least preferred skills (but only up to the player rank + 1 in that skill).
  
• When inspecting Areas: the Environment will also display along the leylines.
  
• While the player is Level 1, Normal Encounter (nodes) with 4 or more enemies will always have 1 enemy less.
  
• Improved the odds of low-level players finding lower-tier chests (unlocked or easier to unlock).
  

• In a couple of areas Graphic set was referencing the set incorrectly, causing the environment to fall back into Forest.