Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness News

• New feature: Pass Time
  
• Jade is now properly bound to the wheel
  
• Several items (including throwing weapons) were rebalanced to be stronger
  
• Quest items can no longer be transferred to a container in the loot window
  
• Comparison tooltips now correctly show the Base Block Chance in both sides
  
• Lower interruption chance is now marked with green in comparison tooltips
  
• Completed quest filter checkbox now retains its setting
  
• Month names and historical year established
  
• The Brewing & Drying UI now has correct sound effects
  
• Hitting Sir Dalnor no longer makes whole Isilbright hostile
  
• Added camera shake to Blood and Ice Elemental hits
  
• Alenar no longer takes more than one enerant bark from party
  
• Increased damage of ordinary and plagued ghouls
  
• Second level of Alastor now has correct Blood Elemental version
  
• Mistress Tyrenne and her acolytes now attack the party after dialogue
  
• Fixed the price of Duskmarble and Star-Spangled Greatshield
  
• Fixed Teamster dialogue after ambush
  
• Claudio and Bonitia are now present in their house all the time
  
• Removed gold loot from Abyssal Hunters at Grandmaster Argos Agelas
  
• Crimson Wraith XP value increased to 500
  
• Summoned Wights now have the proper undead specific immunities
  
• Fixed the race of Wights and Posessed Robes (from Wraith to Revenant)
  
• Krag has now a soundset that fits his personality
  
• Tenebrous Grove travel marker added to minimap
  
• Added loot to many Crimson Crossing containers
  
• Iwor now holds a giant hammer instead of a spiked club
  

• Combat mode no longer gets stuck when moving far from enemies
  
• Demilich buffs himself even if you attack him before the dialogue
  
• Fancy Knife is now correctly a quest item
  
• Stephan no longer gives sick sounds in healed state
  
• Fixed some dialogue errors with Stephan and his wife
  

• Combat mode no longer gets stuck when moving far from enemies
  
• Defeating Lord Amanuel now gives correct XP
  
• Madruk now correctly appears at his home after curing him
  
• Looting containers in embassies is no longer possible without consequences
  
• Helgenhar no longer speaks in Amanuel dialogue if he is not in party
  
• Amanuel's lackeys now have the correct race set
  

• Added duration scaling to many buffs and debuffs
  
• Fixed some bugs related to the Scofarth bandits
  

• Performance improvements
  
• Combat log window now retains its height between areas
  
• Resolution related fixes with 8K support added
  
• Berthold now correctly appears so that you can report back to him
  
• Divine Aid no longer heals undead opponents
  
• Velianrick, Aldnar and War Council are correctly despawned when needed
  
• Power creation based on recipes now works correctly
  
• Amanuel's Hoard can now be visited even after its quest is completed
  
• Added more types of ammo to shops
  
• Added bigger stacks and restocks to shops
  
• Added throwing weapons to several shops
  
• Fixed an item-related bug that caused a big greed change incorrectly
  
• Changed Isla hair style to match her portrait
  

• Talgorn's Glen now always loads correctly
  
• Dead party member simulacrums are no longer lootable
  
• AoE targeting marker now works correctly near corpses and items on the ground
  
• Completed filter now works properly in Side quests journal
  
• Grendych now properly leaves after you save him
  
• Story mode was made easier (enemy damage and HP reduced)
  

• Savegames now get correct timestamps
  
• The Dryad's seed can no longer be planted on the wrong side of the river
  
• Royal Guard patrol route no longer includes the Palace execution scene
  
• Cultists now properly target party members in Frick's house
  
• More creatures die now in Scofarth due to the river poisoning
  
• Reordered Dalkivar hiding peasants reward reply options
  

• Bjalla romance cutscene fixed
  
• Resurrected companions now always come with their gear (Normal and Easy)
  
• Staff of Tree Warden no longer marked as a Metal item
  
• Some Alastor opponens rebalanced
  

• Player Handbook v1.0.1 (switched to final design)
  
• The combined quest ending of Old Beginnings and What Haunts the Ruins now works correctly
  
• Added proper loot to Alastor Castle
  
• Isla romance cutscene fixed
  

• Log now shows party greed increase/decrease correctly (earlier, it showed decrease incorrectly as increase too)
  
• Support for additional wide/ultrawide screen resolutions
  
• Tutorial highlights and panels no longer appear during cutscenes and dialogues
  
• Minor fixes in class descriptions in character creation screen
  

• All paths work now after getting the Pact Prophecy
  

• Animal pelt from Early Access save games no longer corrupts shops
  
• Generous reply option now works in Lord Frelsi dialogue
  
• Main quest no longer breaks when player helps Lorin
  
• Shop no longer breaks when selling a split stack of throwing knife
  
• Double-clicking a shield now correctly equips it to the 2nd weapon set as well
  
• Zoria Titan interrupt chance fixed
  

• Outlaw sneaking tutorial at Crone is now more user-friendly
  
• Compendium no longer contains duplicate/multiple entries
  
• Effect durations can no longer get stuck
  
• Fixed XP value and HP for Chimera and Lizard
  
• Hu'dai now spawns both day and night
  
• Krag and Smolf no longer have generic commoner dialogues
  

• Quick-save system can no longer freeze the gameplay
  
• Lorin now actively helps if the party carries the Alakai sword
  
• Removed duplicate heat resistance from Corrupted Gryphon
  
• Corrupted Gryphon XP value fixed
  
• Ruflodac's Simulacrum shaders fixed
  

• Dialogue skillcheck fixed in Bjalla's Mendelroth dialogue
  
• Dialogue reply options can now be scrolled while cursor is over a reply option
  
• Fixed Dalkivar peasants getting stuck during leaving cutscene
  
• Fixed several Hamlin side quest and dialogue bugs
  
• Stolen Painting cutscene now triggers even when scorpions are attacking
  

• Added grey color for inactive class skill calculation tooltips
  
• Fixed Miraculous Antidote heat level for brewing
  
• Sleepwalker dream ending cutscene fixed
  
• Alvimelkedic temple door condition fixed
  
• Fixed minor faction issue with Cult Fanatic
  

• Gershom no longer accepts less than 6 bones
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented leaving Alvimelkedic in some cases
  
• Spell scaling fixed for Severine's Sparkle
  
• Added loot and gold to intoxicated thieves
  
• Category and Race fixed for some Abyssal Knights and Archers
  

Sure, Elden Ring is tearing up the charts right now, but if you're more a fan of old-school RPG games like the original Baldur's Gate, it might not really hold the same adventuring appeal. Fortunately, Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness launched this week, and it's sure to scratch that Infinity Engine itch old-school cRPG fans developed many years ago.

Black Geyser is set in the war-torn world of Yerengal, which has been tormented for centuries by an evil god named Rothgor. Developer GrapeOcean says your task is to work out the secrets of your own legacy, while exploring a world full of pestilence, mysterious abductions, and a strange curse of greed.

In the classic tradition of RPGs, you can go about this any way you see fit. There are companions to recruit, skills to learn, and plenty of screen-filling giants to slay along the way. Of course, you can approach things more stealthily or diplomatically if you prefer, and it's your choice as to whether your character is a paragon of virtue or an evil manipulator whose only motivation is power.

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A party-based isometric RPG like the classics! Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness from GrapeOcean Technologies is out now with Linux support.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/isometric-party-based-rpg-black-geyser-couriers-of-darkness-has-launched