SPELLCAST News

[h2]General[/h2]

• [p]Lots of backend updates to libraries. Due to this, some existing runs may be incompatible with the new version.[/p]
• [p]Some visual updates to environments, effects, and floating text, with more to come![/p]
• [p]When viewing upgrades for a rune, the upgrade descriptions are summarized to just the "delta" of what is being changed. You can toggle between showing the summaries or the full descriptions.[/p]
• [p]The deckbuilder now sorts items alphabetically and gives audio/visual feedback when adding/removing items.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Enemies[/h2]

• [p]Hieroglyph and the corresponding enemies have been reworked - Hieroglyph is now a status applied to your letters instead of the grid. Playing or exchanging a letter with a Hieroglyph has positive or negative effects depending on the enemy:[/p]
  • [p]Serkite - Now always gains bonus damage equal to your Poison. You gain 3 Poison whenever you play or exchange a letter with Hieroglyph.[/p]
  • [p]Khunemos - Whenever you play or exchange more than 1 letter with Hieroglyph at a time, Knunemos gains 1 Empowered.[/p]
  • [p]Maaten - Whenever you play or exchange a letter with Hieroglyph, you gain 1 Dismantle.[/p]
  • [p]Seth - Attacks deal a very large amount of damage. Rerolling or playing a letter with a Hieroglyph reduces Seth's damage to 0 for the round.[/p]
  • [p]Anubis - Gains Doom (at the start of the enemy's turn, you take damage equal to the enemy's Doom). Playing letters with Hieroglyphs removes Doom.[/p]
• [p]Anubis' base health increased by 30.[/p]
• [p]Time Lord Decimus' base health reduced by 20.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Scenarios[/h2]

• [p]Caustic Caverns - Starting deck changed to 2x BURN, 2x SPARK, 2x FIREWALL, 1x CHANNEL, 1x WILDFIRE[/p]
• [p]Treasure Coast - Starting deck changed to 2x SHOCK, 1x JOLT, 1x BOLT, 2x INSULATE, 1x TASER, 1x REFLEX[/p]
• [p]Wychkin Lair - Starting deck changed to 2x FLURRY, 1x ICICLE, 1x BLIZZARD, 1x FROSTBITE, 1x GLACIER, 2x CRYSTALLIZE[/p]
• [p]The Summit- Starting deck changed to 2x FRENZY, 2x WILDFIRE, 2x INSULATE, 1x REFLEX[/p]
• [p]Forgotten City[/p]
  • [p]Note: Due to the changes, existing runs for this scenario at Danger Level 1 or higher will be lost.[/p]
  • [p]Danger Level 1 - You now get the BLOATED demerit (Minimum word length is 3)[/p]
  • [p]Danger Level 2 - Spellbook events after the first will now give 3 tiles for the spellbook you don't have (i.e. if you have Zephyrian Codex, you will get a Q, J, and X)[/p]
• [p]Chronosands - Starting deck changed to 2x SHOCK, 1x JOLT, 1x BOLT, 2x INSULATE, 1x REFLEX[/p]
• [p]Spirit's Hollow - Starting deck changed to 2x FLURRY, 2x FROSTBITE, 2x CRYSTALLIZE, 1x SUSPEND[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Campaign[/h2]

• [p]Mana starter deck changed to 2x MISSILE, 1x TRANSMUTE, 1x BARRAGE, 3x CHANNEL[/p]
• [p]Burn starter deck changed to 2x BURN, 2x SPARK, 3x FIREWALL[/p]
• [p]Chill starter deck changed to 2x FLURRY, 1x FROSTBITE, 1x BLIZZARD, 3x CRYSTALLIZE[/p]
• [p]Storm starter deck changed to 2x SHOCK, 1x JOLT, 1x BOLT, 3x INSULATE[/p]
• [p]Bosses have an increased chance of dropping rare runes.[/p]
• [p]Shop items increase in level as you defeat bosses.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Bounties[/h2]

• [p]Language Barrier is now: Play 5 Hieroglyphs at once.[/p]
• [p]Death Defied is now: Allow Seth to attack without being Depleted.[/p]
• [p]Turnabout is now: Remove a total of 150 Doom against Anubis.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Artifacts[/h2]

• [p]Hailstrom now adds 3 ICICLE runes to the grid instead of FROSTBITE.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Runes[/h2]

• [p]MISSILE changed:[/p]
  • [p]Base - Bonus damage increased to 5.[/p]
  • [p]MISSILE α - Bonus damage increased to 5.[/p]
  • [p]MISSILE β - Effect is now 10 Mana: Deal double damage.[/p]
  • [p]MISSILE γ - Effect is now 10 Mana: Heal for half of the damage dealt.[/p]

• [p]FROSTBITE - each variation now also deals stagger equal to double your word score.[/p]
• [p]FROSTBITE β effect changed to: Deal stagger equal to double your word score. The enemy gains 5 Chill and 1 Weakened.[/p]
• [p]CRYSTALLIZE γ effect changed to: Gain block equal to your word score. You do not lose block between rounds. (Gridbound)[/p]
• [p]BURN rarity changed to common.[/p]

[p][/p][p]New runes added:[/p]

• [p]SPARK (common) - Deal damage equal to your word score. Enemy gains Burn equal to the length of your longest word.[/p]
• [p]BRAND (uncommon) - Gain Brand equal to your word score (at the start of the next round, the enemy gains Burn equal to your Brand).[/p]
• [p]HEARTH (uncommon) - Whenever the enemy gains Burn, you gain an equal amount of block. (Gridbound, Priority)[/p]
• [p]INFERNO (rare) - Gain 5 Inferno (Whenever the enemy would take damage from Burn, they take bonus damage equal to your Inferno)[/p]

[p][/p]

• [p]TRANSMUTE (common) - Vertical: Deal damage equal to your word score. Horizontal: Gain Mana equal to your word score. (Vertical/Horizontal trigger based on the orientation of your active word)[/p]
• [p]REPEL (common) - Gain block equal to your word score. 6 Mana: Gain 10 additional block.[/p]
• [p]FATHOM (uncommon) - 20 Mana: Gain Power equal to the length of your longest word.[/p]
• [p]MIRROR (rare) - 25 Mana: Add a copy of all non-activated runes and bonuses to the grid.[/p]
• [p]BEAM (rare) - Deal damage equal to your Mana, up to 30.[/p]

[p][/p]

• [p]FLURRY (common) - Deal damage equal to your word score. If the enemy is staggered, deal 50% more damage.[/p]
• [p]SUSPEND (common) - Gain block equal to your word score at the start of the next round.[/p]
• [p]AVALANCHE (rare) - Enemy gains 20 Chill. When the enemy is staggered, they lose 20 Chill.[/p]
• [p]CRYOGEN (rare) - Reduce the enemy's maximum stagger by 10.[/p]

[p][/p]

• [p]SHOCK (common) - Deal damage equal to your word score. Amplify: Gain 1 Charge[/p]
• [p]RESISTANCE (uncommon) - Gain block equal to half your word score. (Storm)[/p]
• [p]BOLT (uncommon) - Consume 1 Charge to deal 24 damage.[/p]
• [p]UPCHARGE (rare) - Permanently upgrade a random letter. (Storm)[/p]
• [p]DISCHARGE (rare) - Gain 2 Discharge (whenever you activate Storm, the enemy takes damage equal to your Discharge)[/p]

[p][/p]

• [p]FRENZY (unommon) - Deal damage equal to your word score. Deal bonus damage equal to 2x the letter score of all wildcards played.[/p]
• [p]BASH (uncommon) - Deal damage equal to your word score. If you have any block, deal bonus damage equal to half your block. (Deadweight)[/p]
• [p]CLEANSE (uncommon) - Remove all of your non-permanent buffs.[/p]
• [p]THIRST (rare) - Whenever you take damage, gain Power equal to the damage taken. (Gridbound)[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Bonuses[/h2][p]New bonus added:[/p]

• [p]True Damage (rare) - Your runes deal true damage this round. (True damage cannot be blocked or evaded)[/p]

[p][/p][h3]General[/h3]

• [p]Battles now have a Battle Log which details what happened in the battle such as damage taken, buffs gained or lost, etc. There may be some incorrect messages due to complex interactions, so please report any issues that you find! Also, any feedback on anything you feel is missing or excessive - the end goal is for the log to provide enough detail without being a huge chore to sift through.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where an enemy's attack would keep going even if they died in the middle of it.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with Crow Fiends breaking the game on Scenario 4 Danger Level 2.[/p]

[h3]Runes[/h3]

• [p]Burn β changed to: [/p]
  • [p]Enemy gains Burn equal to your word score. 10 Mana: Enemy gains 10 additional Burn.[/p]
• [p]Insulate γ: Now gains block equal to word score + 5 instead of a flat 15.[/p]

• [p]Siphon α no longer deals stagger when stealing health.[/p]

• [p]Siphon, Vacuum γ, Crystallize γ:[/p]
  • [p]These runes with "steal block" effects behaved inconsistently, with some being affected by your block modifiers and some not. These have been normalized to all be affected by your block modifiers (for example, Siphon with a 2X Block bonus will steal all of the enemy's block instead of half).[/p]
• [p]Gambler α: +1 minimum damage.[/p]

[h3]Buffs[/h3]

• [p]Hex of Draining effect changed to: At the end of the round, reduces the letter scores of the tiles on your rack to 1.[/p]

[h3]Demerits[/h3]

• [p]Fixed an issue where UNBREAKABLE prevented the player from resting.[/p]
• [p]FORGETFUL removed from the pool.[/p]

[h2]General[/h2]

• [p]Adjusted drop rates so gold items drop less often.[/p]
• [p]Enemy stagger scales more slowly with enemy level.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Prestige and Danger Levels[/h2][p]The previous scoring system has been removed, and the Prestige and Danger Level systems have been added:[/p]

• [p]After completing a scenario or campaign, you will unlock the ability to replay it at a higher Danger Level[/p]
• [p]Each Danger Level increases the difficulty in some way:[/p]
  • [p]Scenarios will have unique conditions, as well as increase the number of enemies and enemy levels.[/p]
  • [p]For campaigns, you will choose from a selection of negative conditions called Demerits as enemy levels increase.[/p]
• [p]Playing at a higher Danger Level also unlocks the Bounty Board, where you will be assigned a grid of bounties to complete. Earn Prestige by completing these bounties and filling out rows, columns, and diagonals.[/p]
• [p]Completing a Danger Level will unlock the next Danger Level, and the Prestige you earn is also multiplied based on your Danger Level. See how much danger you can handle, and how much prestige you can earn![/p]

[p] [/p][h2]Runes[/h2]

• [p]Stagger dealt by Chill is now capped at half of the enemy's maximum stagger.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with Gambler γ benefitting from damage scaling twice.[/p]
• [p]Barrier effect changed:[/p]
  • [p]Barrier - Gain 2 Barrier (Whenever you would take damage, lose Mana instead of health. At the start of the round, lose 1 Barrier)[/p]
  • [p]Barrier α - Gain 10 Mana and 2 Barrier[/p]
  • [p]Barrier β - Gain 3 Barrier[/p]
  • [p]Barrier γ - Gain Barrier γ (Whenever you would take damage, lose Mana instead of health. Gridbound)[/p]
• [p]Jolt - damage per hit on all variations increased by 1.[/p]
• [p]Fortress - Gain 4/6/4 Fortress instead of 6/9/6 for base/α/β variations.[/p]
• [p]Glacier now benefits from any +Chill bonuses activated for the round.[/p]
• [p]Snowball effect changed:[/p]
  • [p]Snowball - Consume the enemy's Chill and gain an equal amount of Snowball. Deal damage equal to your Snowball.[/p]
  • [p]Snowball α - Consume the enemy's Chill and gain an equal amount of Snowball. Deal damage equal to your Snowball + 5.[/p]
  • [p]Snowball β - Gain 10 Snowball, then deal damage equal to your Snowball.[/p]
  • [p]Snowball γ - Gain Snowball equal to the enemy's Chill. Deal damage equal to your Snowball.[/p]
• [p]Hypothermia now applies to the player instead of the enemy, allowing the effect to stay active across multiple enemies until you reroll.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Bonuses[/h2]

• [p]Added new bonuses:[/p]
  • [p]Minor Cheat - This word becomes valid if its length is 3 or less.[/p]
  • [p]Cheat - This word becomes valid if its length is 5 or less.[/p]
  • [p]Major Cheat - This word becomes valid.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Artifacts[/h2]

• [p]Coldfire Charm now applies 1 Chill instead of 2.[/p]
• [p]Eiswein now heals 5 health instead of 2.[/p][p][/p]

[h2]Enemies[/h2]

• [p]Petrified now reduces the letter score of the drawn tile to 0 instead of reducing it by 2.[/p]
• [p]Medusa's Petrify now adds Petrified equal to your Poison instead of converting your Poison.[/p]
• [p]Charge now converts into 10 Void instead of 5.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Campaign[/h2]

• [p]At Danger Level 0, you now start with the Explorer's Handbook, which gives you additional starting AP and Gold, and gives you a one-time revive for 30 health.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Scenarios[/h2]

• [p]Forgotten City:[/p]
  • [p]The 5x Letter in the starting deck is now a 3x Letter.[/p]
  • [p]Enemy base level increased by 1.[/p]
• [p]Chronosands:[/p]
  • [p]Removed the 2x Letter from the starting deck.[/p]
• [p]Titan's Realm:[/p]
  • [p]The fourth battle is now always a miniboss at Danger Level 0.[/p]

[p]This update focuses on some bug fixes and significantly lowering the overall difficulty. If you liked the previous difficulty, don't worry - it will return when the Ranking system is added![/p][p][/p][h3]General Changes[/h3][p]- The Discard Pile is now shuffled back into the Letter Box whenever the Letter Box runs out of either vowels or consonants, instead of waiting until the Letter Box is completely empty. This should help prevent situations where you end up drawing only consonants or only vowels for multiple rounds.[/p][p]- Base gold bounty increased by 20. "Best Word" gold bonus removed.[/p][p][/p][h3]Campaign[/h3][p]Note: These changes will not effect existing Campaign runs.[/p][p]- Fixed an issue where you could immediately fight the Titans in a Campaign.[/p][p]- Lowered overall enemy strength by 1 level.[/p][p]- Early encounters have 1 less enemy.[/p][p]- Boss encounters have 1 less enemy.[/p][p]- Storm deck: 1 copy of Jolt is now Jolt β.[/p][p]- Chill deck: Now starts with an additional copy of Icicle.[/p][p]- Chaos deck: Starts with an additional attack rune, and 2 of the starting runes will now start with a random upgrade.[/p][p][/p][h3]Scenarios[/h3][p]Note: Due to the changes, existing Scenario runs will not be compatible with this version.[/p][p]- All scenarios have been adjusted to have fewer total enemies and higher level rewards from battles.[/p][p]- Forgotten City: [/p][p] - Starting deck changed to 2x Missile, 1x Rekindle, 1x Multihit, 3x Channel.[/p][p] - Starting bonuses changed to 3x 2X Letter, 1x 3X Letter, 1x 5X Letter.[/p][p]- Chronosands:[/p][p] - One copy of Jolt in the starting deck is now Jolt β.[/p][p] - The Crawler event battle is removed, and the event now always gives an Unstable Spark.[/p][p]- Spirit's Hollow[/p][p] - Starting deck changed to 2x Skirmish, 2x Frostbite, 1x Icicle, 2x Crystallize.[/p][p] - Starting bonuses changed to 2x +2 Chill, 1x +5 Damage, 1x 2X Block, 1x 2X Damage[/p][p] - Added a starting event that gives a Cryoblade artifact.[/p][p]- Voidlands:[/p][p] - Starting deck changed to 2x Burn, 1x Wildfire, 1x Convergence, 1x Smokescreen, 2x Insulate.[/p][p] - Starting bonuses changed to 2x 2X Letter, 2x +4 Burn, 1x +6 Word.[/p][p][/p][h3]Enemies[/h3][p]- All Elemental Spirit enemies have had their base stagger lowered.[/p][p]- Windwraith: Soul of Wind now applies Slowed instead of Dismantle.[/p][p]- Watergeist: Base stagger lowered.[/p][p]- Aqueon: Base stagger and damage lowered.[/p][p][/p][h3]Runes[/h3][p]- Channel: Increased Mana gained by 3 on all variations.[/p][p]- Fixed an issue with Insulate γ not being removed at the end of the round.[/p][p]- Fixed an issue with Drown causing the battle to get stuck indefinitely.[/p]

Fixed various UI issues with popup windows like the deckbuilder/victory screen.