Battle Brothers News

Enjoy your weekend.

• Changed 'Disarm' skill to cost 5 Action Points, up from 4.
  
• Fixed ambitions sometimes taking longer than intended to register as completed.
  
• Fixed issue with retreat behavior when surrounded.
  
• Fixed characters receiving the 'Split Nose' injury when their nose is missing altogether.
  
• Fixed 'Shieldwall' and 'Spearwall' skills not being usable a second time in the same turn after they get canceled while a character is waiting.
  
• Fixed glitch in AI positioning when protecting other units.
  
• Fixed some other minor issues.
  

Another small update.

• Added more detailed error messages in case some anti-virus software is messing with the game's saves.
  
• Changed some more appropriate character backgrounds to also be recruitable with the 'Peasant Militia' origin.
  
• Changed ambition of having a full roster of 12 men to having a full roster of 16 men when playing the 'Peasant Militia' origin.
  
• Fixed an ambition available with the 'Lone Wolf' origin that is in fact quite impossible to complete given the origin's limitations.
  
• Fixed issue with 'Hammer Mastery' ambition when having not a single character without the mastery at the time of completion.
  
• Fixed various minor things.
  

Some tweaks and fixes based on things that you guys reported over the weekend.

• Changed 'Cultists' origin to have an additional small chance to find cultists for hire in settlements.
  
• Changed some more events and random mentions to exclude the player character when playing the 'Lone Wolf' origin.
  
  
• Fixed some origin-specific campaign modifiers not resetting properly when loading from inside a campaign.
  
• Fixed cultists being in a bad mood after their companions died in battle when they shouldn't care.
  
• Fixed face part of tattoos not getting applied when changed at the barber.
  
• Fixed issue with a certain new legendary reward.
  
• Fixed infinite loading screen before combat with champions under certain conditions.
  
• Fixed champions potentially spawning with a shield but no weapon.
  
• Fixed 'Hook' skill being usable while disarmed.
  
• Fixed 'Duelist' perk applying when it shouldn't.
  
• Fixed potentially incorrect AP costs displayed in tooltip when switching items during battle and having the 'Quick Hands' perk.
  
• Fixed hitchance bonus/penalty not applying properly to throwing axes and javelins.
  
• Fixed missing visuals for Reinforced Throwing Net.
  
• Fixed potential save corruption when saving right after accepting a 'Barbarian King' type contract.
  
• Fixed Watermill location not triggering events under certain conditions.
  
• Fixed some other minor things.
  

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