The Crossroads

Hey there, Heroes!

The Crossroads north of Falconreach have now opened in Book 3! Head east out of Falconreach, and then head directly north to explore the area and see how it's changed. The path used to lead to Dragesvard, Lymcrest, and Willowshire... But how have things changed over the years?

Have Lymcrest and Willowshire recovered? What is the Rose up to? Find out in this week's travel exploration release!

Also, Teka has recovered a new book titled "A Collection of Lorian songs, rhymes and other things"! Check it out in the Libraseum.

Also also this week:

Character stats have been revisited!

NOTE: THIS WEEK ONLY- STAT TRAINING COSTS 1 GOLD TOTAL! STAT UNTRAINING STILL COSTS 1000 GOLD.

General:

• Glancing blows reduce damage to 25%, insteaed of 20%.

LUK:

• No longer increases base damage.
• No longer increases critical hit damage.
• Increases melee/pierce/magic defenses instead of block/parry/dodge.

STR:

• Increases Immobility resistance by 20% of STR.
• Increases stat bonus damage by (STR/5)%, multiplicative.
  • For example, at 250 STR, the stat bonus damage will be 50% greater.

DEX:

• Increases Bonus by 20% of DEX.
• Increases DoT damage (not including heals) by (DEX/10)%, multiplicative.

INT:

• Increases Critical Hit damage by (INT/10)%, additive.
  • This is the same as the old LUK bonus!
• Reduces glancing blow damage by (INT/10)%, additive.
  • For example, at 250 INT, glancing blows will do 0 damage!

The goal of these changes is to add much more variety to stat builds, while also reducing and refining the effectiveness of LUK. LUK is now about all or nothing- buffing direct hit chance (bypassing defenses), buffing MPM (bypassing damage), and buffing crit rate (bypasing BPD), and not so much about damage. This brings it more in line with CHA as a secondary stat.

STR, DEX, and INT recieved major effects to further cement them as primary stats. There are tons of interesting combinations to play with and explore! I hoped to make some old classes more viable with this, as well as adding more variety to builds.

Let us know on the forums or on twitter what you come up with!

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