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Welcome to our preview for the Liar's Night Event Augments!

Our second Year 8 Event launches on Wednesday, October 2nd, and marks the debut of our first Augment to become a permanent Event feature! Liar's Night 8 will feature two returning Augments and two new Augments. For more information about which Event Augments will be active, read on!

[h2]Event Augment Graduation Ceremony[/h2]
Event Augments are unique modifiers to each event that can enhance almost any aspect. When M-M-M-ulti-Tier hit the scene on Ahghairon's Day, it was clear that this upgrade was exactly what the Augment system was made for. Player sentiment reinforced our gut feeling that M-M-M-ulti-Tier was an Augment that needed to stay. It remained as an Augment in Highharvestide, and as of Liar's Night next week, it has graduated to become a permanent Event feature!

• Permanent Event Feature: M-M-M-ulti-Tier
  
  Description: Completing an event variant in a high enough area will award multiple tiers of progress.

[h2]Liar's Night Year 8 Event Augments[/h2]

• Augment 1: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
  Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases gems dropped from bosses.

• Augment 2: Auto-Equip (New Augment)
  Description: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots, if they don't already have better.

• Augment 3: Auto-Blacksmith (New Augment)
  Description: Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!

• Augment 4: Worth The Wait (Returning Augment)
  Description: Rebalanced Champion Voronika will unlock at the start of week two of this event, and completing her tier 2+ variants awards double chests!

Note: Similar to our rollouts in August and September, the spotlight blogs for the two Featured Champions next month will also be spread out, with Kas the Bloody Handed releasing tomorrow, September 27th, and Voronika's releasing next Friday, October 4th.

We hope you enjoy these Event Augments! Please tell us about your experiences with Augments in Idle Champions. The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

• The Official Idle Champions Discord
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After braving the dangers of sailing the Astral Sea and exploring the floating corpse of a dead god, the Champions have managed to find and secure a second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts.

For the next Vecna: Eve of Ruin adventures, the Champions will help a Vecna find a 'new' hand and eye(!) before traveling to one of the most dangerous and cursed regions in the multiverse in search of another piece of the Rod of Seven Parts: the former nation of Cyre, better known as The Mournland...

Note: You will need to have completed the previous two Vecna: Eve of Ruin adventures, Havock's Zenith and The Heart of Havock, in order to access these new adventures.

[h2]A Cause for Kas[/h2]
Help Vecna find a new hand and eye, even if Kas thinks it's a bad idea!

The Champions have some time while the Wizards Three attune to the most recent piece of the Rod of Seven Parts - and Vecna has a quest for them! He's tired of not having an eye and hand since they were destroyed the last time they fought, and he wants "new" ones...

[h2]Variant[/h2]

Lend a Hand - Help Vecna find a new hand and eye while overrun by hands.

• Only Champions with a Melee base attack can be used.
  
• Every time an enemy is defeated a Crawling Claw spawns in its place.
  
• These Crawling Claws can not be slowed or stunned. The also don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  
• Complete area 650

[h2]The Ruined Colossus[/h2]
Travel to Eberron to find a piece of the rod inside a ruined warforged colossus!

The Wizards Three have located the next piece of the rod. It's in Eberron! Specifically in the Mournland. More specifically, in the rotting remains of a ruined Warforged Colossus...

[h2]Variant[/h2]

No Good Options - Travel to Eberron to find a piece of the rod with a custom set of evil Champions!

• Only Evil Champions can be used.
  
• Each Chaotic Champion in the formation increases enemy health by 100%.
  
• Each Neutral Champion in the formation increases enemy speed by 100%.
  
• Each Lawful Champion in the formation increases enemy damage by 100%.
  
• Each of the above effects stack multiplicatively.
  
• Complete area 700

We would love to hear about your experiences in the Eberron! Your feedback is important to us, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

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Weighing in at just under 30 pounds and with a grandmotherly demeanor befitting her advanced age, Rosie Beestinger is easily mistaken for someone on the wrong side of the 'aggressor/victim' relationship. But this is a mix-up that few people make more than once.

Originally released in March 2019, Rosie Beestinger is a sassy Halfling Shadow Monk created by Kate Welch for Acquisitions Inc: The "C" Team. And now it is time for a Rosie rework!

Rosie has been significantly reworked to better lean into her niches - adventures with ranged enemies, and formations with younger Champions. In addition, she has been given a new niche as the first Champion who can affect the BUD decay rate. For more information about Rosie's updated design, read on...

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Elminster (until September 11th, 2027)

[h2]Abilities[/h2]
[h3]Basic Attack[/h3]

• Shadow Step - Rosie Shadow Steps behind one of the three closest enemies at random and hits them with a flurry of blows.

[h3]Formation Abilities[/h3]

• Sassy - Rosie deals +400% increased damage for every Champion in the formation younger than she is, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Deflect Missiles - Rosie gains a deflect stack every time she attacks. She can store up to 100 deflect stacks at once. Whenever an enemy attacks the formation with a ranged/magic attack, Rosie consumes a deflect stack and reflects it back at the attacker. The reflected attack deals Rosie's damage with a 100% additively increased chance of dealing a critical hit. This effect can trigger as often as necessary, as long as Rosie has deflect stacks available.
  
• Timeless Body - Rosie gains a Timeless Body stack every time she successfully deflects a ranged/magic attack with Deflect Missiles. For each Timeless Body stack she has, Rosie increases the effect of Sassy by 1%, stacking additively. Stacks persist between adventures.
  
• Slow Decay - Whenever Rosie is your BUD-setting Champion, the rate of BUD decay is decreased by 50%.
  
• Shadow Arts - Rosie's critical hit damage is increased by 100% for every 100 levels she has been leveled up, stacking multiplicatively. Additionally, for every 4th attack, Rosie makes a Shadow Arts attack that deals 10 seconds worth of BUD damage to all enemies in a small area.

[h3]Specializations A[/h3]

• Matriarch - Increases the effect of Sassy by 100% for every Female or Nonbinary Champion in the formation who is younger than Rosie, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Familiar Friends - Increases the effect of Sassy by 100% for every Champion in the formation that belongs to the "C"-team, Acquisitions Incorporated, or Wafflecrew affiliations, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Grandmother Night - Increases the effect of Sassy by 100% for every Champion in the formation that is a Halfling, Rogue, or Monk, stacking multiplicatively.

[h3]Specializations B[/h3]

• Grandma-Bod - The damage bonus provided by Timeless Body stacks is increased by 200%, and whenever she deflects a ranged/magic attack with Deflect Missiles she gains 4 stacks of Timeless Body instead of 1.
  
• Busy Beestinger - Rosie's attack speed cooldown is lowered by 0.5 seconds (stacking additively) and her damage is increased by 400% (stacking multiplicatively) for each member of the "C"-Team in the formation, including herself.
  
• Slower Decay - Increases Rosie's critical hit damage by 600% and the effect of Slow Decay is set to 75%.

[h3]Ultimate Ability[/h3]

• Grammamancy - Rosie roots all enemies in place for 5 seconds and becomes a blur of movement, pummeling up to 10 enemies on screen for ultimate damage, and refilling her deflect stacks to max.

[h3]Equipment[/h3]

[h2]Feats[/h2]
[h3]Uncommon[/h3]

• Tavern Brawler
  Increases the damage of Rosie by 30%
  
  
• Grandmother Night
  Increases the effect of Rosie's Sassy ability by 20%
  
  
• Halfling from Toril
  Increases the effect of Rosie's Timeless Body ability by 20%
  
  
• Best Damn Grandma
  Increases the effect of Rosie's Matriarch, Familiar Friends, and Grandmother Night abilities by 20%
  
  
• Tactical Prowess
  Additively increases the Crit Chance of Rosie by 5%
  
  
• Devastating Impact
  Increases the Crit Damage of Rosie by 30%
  

[h3]Rare[/h3]

• Grappler
  Increases the damage of Rosie by 60%
  
  
• Sassiest Grandma
  Increases the effect of Rosie's Sassy ability by 40%
  
  
• These Hands Catch
  Increases max stacks of Deflect Missiles by 50
  
  
• Shadow Routine
  Increases the effect of Rosie's Timeless Body ability by 40%
  
  
• Beestinger Reunion
  Increases the effect of Rosie's Matriarch, Familiar Friends, and Grandmother Night abilities by 40%
  
  
• Not Your Grandma's Grandma
  Increases the effect of Rosie's Grandma-Bod, Busy Beestinger, and Slower Decay abilities by 40%
  
  
• Keen Mind
  Increases the Intelligence score of Rosie by 1
  
  
• Battle Expertise
  Additively increases the Crit Chance of Rosie by 10%
  
  
• Cataclysmic Strike
  Increases the Crit Damage of Rosie by 60%
  

[h3]Epic[/h3]

• G-Ma Workout Routine
  Increases the bonus Timeless Body stacks provided by Grandma-Bod by 100%
  Unlockable in the Harvestguard Rosie Theme Pack
  
  
• Tenacious
  Increases the Constitution score of Rosie by 2
  Unlockable as a Tier 3 Event Reward
  
  
• Heavy Lifter
  Increases the Strength score of Rosie by 2
  Unlockable as a Tier 4 Event Reward
  
  

[h3]We Want YOUR Feedback[/h3]
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Welcome to the 7th Anniversary of Idle Champions! It is the PERFECT time to revisit your formations!

Log in now for a FREE Steam Exclusive Giveaway!

• Unlock Dungeon Master (Seat 6)
  
• Unlock Diana (Seat 9)
  
• 7 Gold Dungeon Master Chests
  
• 7 Gold Diana Chests
  
• 7,777 Gems!
  

Until September 11th at Noon PT, log in every day to collect a daily anniversary chest packed full of goodies to help you push further and faster in your adventures! If you collect 4 of the 7 daily chests, you'll also unlock:

• Unlock Presto (Seat 2)
  
• 3 Gold Presto Chests
  
• An Epic Feat for Presto
  
• Presto's Harvestguard Skin
  

Thanks for playing, and here's to another 7 years of adventure!

Faerûn's Savage Frontier has no shortage of dangers, but that hasn't stopped the citizens of Triboar from carving out a living in this picturesque stretch of fertile northern farmland.

This year, however, the people of Triboar are in need of aid. As the Highharvestide Festival approaches, bandits have begun causing trouble for farmers attempting to bring in their harvests, and it's up to the Champions to put an end to it!

Highharvestide 8 marks the beginning of Year 8 Events in Idle Champions and the beginning of Idle Champions 7th Anniversary Celebration! That's not confusing, is it?

But wait, there's more -- today also marks the launch of our latest Saturday Morning Squad member: Bobby the Barbarian!

Bobby is the first of the Featured Champions for Highharvestide 8, with the second, Rosie Beestinger, launching on Wednesday, September 11. Rosie's rework has been a long time coming, and we are excited to finally share with you what we've done.

Read on to learn more about Highharvestide 8 and the 7th Anniversary Celebration!

[h2]7th Anniversary Celebration[/h2]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

We are excited to be celebrating the 7th Anniversary of Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms along with the launch of our first Year 8 Event. Huge thanks to everyone who has helped Idle Champions along the journey so far - and be sure to log in daily for the next week to unlock your free daily rewards!

Players who unlock at least four of the daily rewards during the 7th Anniversary Celebration will unlock Presto (if he hasn't been unlocked yet) along with the Harvestguard Presto Skin, 3 Gold Presto Chests and an Epic Feat!

[h2]Featured Champions[/h2]

[h3]Bobby the Barbarian[/h3]

Bobby is the youngest of the group that was transported to the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons. As a brave and loyal Barbarian, he wields a powerful magical club that enhances his strength. Bobby has close ties to his sister Sheila and his pet unicorn, Uni. Despite his impulsiveness, Bobby's courage and determination are key assets in the search to find the way back home.

Learn more about Bobby in his Champion Spotlight. Bobby arrives today with the launch of Highharvestide!


[h3]Rosie Beestinger[/h3]

Weighing in at just under 30 pounds and with a grandmotherly demeanor befitting her advanced age, Rosie Beestinger is easily mistaken for someone on the wrong side of the 'aggressor/victim' relationship. But this is a mix-up that few people make more than once.

Learn about Rosie's upcoming rebalance in her 2024 Champion Spotlight launching on Friday, September 6. The Rosie Rebalance arrives on Wednesday, September 11 at the beginning of Highharvestide Week 2.

[h2]Flex Champions[/h2]
Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired. This event's Flex Slot pool includes:

D'hani
SEAT 1

Stoki
SEAT 4

Certainty Dran
SEAT 5

Pwent
SEAT 5

Egbert
SEAT 7

Farideh
SEAT 7

Corazón
SEAT 8

Wulfgar
SEAT 10

Torogar
SEAT 10

[h2]Event Augments[/h2]

• Augment 1: M-M-M-ulti-Tier
  
  Description: Completing an event variant in a high enough area will award multiple tiers of progress.

• Augment 2: Boon Enhancements
  
  Description: Boons obtained during this event last until the beginning of the next event (October 2nd), rather than expiring when the event ends.

• Augment 3: Future Boons
  
  Description: If you obtain an event boon in this event, you'll start the next event (Liar's Night) with a level 1 event boon as well.

• Augment 4: Worth The Wait
  
  Description: Rebalanced Champion Rosie will unlock at the start of week two, and completing her tier 2+ variants awards double chests!

[h2]Feedback Wanted![/h2]

We want to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions! Your participation and feedback have brought us this far, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

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