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Shrines and Balance

Hi there!

New update for the Lost For Swords demo, adding shrine and balancings!



Here are the details:
  • Shrines: neutral cards that have effects on both hero and monsters
  • stealth and teleport charges don’t stay between rooms anymore
  • nerfed Pocket Wormhole: gains 1 less Teleport Charge
  • nerfed Rearrangement: cannot be upgraded anymore
  • nerfed Force Multiplier: weapon also loses attack
  • buffed Spell Wand: triggers whenever a spell is prepared
  • buffed Foresight: replaces itself by drawing a card at origin
  • buffed Preparation: it also upgrades the Scroll it draws
  • buffed Ring Of Patience: triggers every 18 turns, not just on turn 20
  • buffed Bow Artisan: gives Bows Quick Equip
  • tweaked Powder Keg Bow: multiple uses, less base damage
  • tweaked various Hammers: Solomon’s, regular Hammer and Hammer Artisan
  • Potions and Sins are displayed separately in hero draw pile
  • show a card’s max HP when focussed and damaged
  • show a card’s requirements and provided tags in card library
  • performance improvements
  • bugfix: movement indicator was sometimes drawn over sleep indicator
  • bugfix: successful exert shows “exert”, not “blocked”
  • bugfix: fixed calculation for multiple ben’s keys
  • bugfix: for slow card interactions while sleeping: attacks get cancelled, scrolls and armor still triggers
  • bugfix: skipping rope does not skip second main floor anymore


New Cards:
  • Shrines
  • Wings Of Hypnos
  • Orion’s Blessing
  • Lesser Heal
  • Sacred Statue
  • Blasphemy


Thanks for reading and see you at the next update! :)

Bye! (ʘ‿ʘ)