Module 9.0: notes de mise à jour du Module (4 août 2009)

Favored Soul Smiting III

• Benefit: Grants an additional 10% increase to the effectiveness of your light and alignment based (good, evil, lawful, and chaotic) spells, bringing the total increase to 30%.

Favored Soul Smiting IV

• Benefit: Grants an additional 10% increase to the effectiveness of your light and alignment based (good, evil, lawful, and chaotic) spells, bringing the total increase to 40%.

Favored Soul Prayer of Smiting I

• Benefit: Grants a 3% chance for your light and alignment based (good, evil, lawful, and chaotic) spells to generate a critical hit for 1.5 times normal damage. (Base spell critical chance is 0% and base critical damage multiplier is 1.5.)

Favored Soul Prayer of Smiting II

• Benefit: Grants a 6% chance for your light and alignment based (good, evil, lawful, and chaotic) spells to generate a critical hit for 1.5 times normal damage.

Favored Soul Prayer of Smiting III

• Benefit: Grants a 9% chance for your light and alignment based (good, evil, lawful, and chaotic) spells to generate a critical hit for 1.5 times normal damage.

Favored Soul Prayer of Incredible Smiting I

• Benefit: Your light and alignment based (good, evil, lawful, and chaotic) spell critical multipliers are increased by an additional 0.25, bringing your base critical multiplier for these spells to 1.75.

Favored Soul Prayer of Incredible Smiting II

• Benefit: Your light and alignment based (good, evil, lawful, and chaotic) spell critical multipliers are increased by an additional 0.25, bringing your base critical multiplier for these spells to 2.00.

Favored Soul Prayer of Incredible Smiting III

• Benefit: Your light and alignment based (good, evil, lawful, and chaotic) spell critical multipliers are increased by an additional 0.25, bringing your base critical multiplier for these spells to 2.25.

Favored Soul Concentration I

• Benefit: Grants a +1 bonus to your Concentration skill.

Favored Soul Concentration II

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Concentration skill, bringing the total increase to 2.

Favored Soul Concentration III

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Concentration skill, bringing the total increase to 3.

Favored Soul Concentration IV

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Concentration skill, bringing the total increase to 4.

Favored Soul Heal I

• Benefit: Grants a +1 bonus to your Heal skill.

Favored Soul Heal II

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Heal skill, bringing the total increase to 2.

Favored Soul Heal III

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Heal skill, bringing the total increase to 3.

Favored Soul Heal IV

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Heal skill, bringing the total increase to 4.

Favored Soul Diplomacy I

• Benefit: Grants a +1 bonus to your Diplomacy skill.

Favored Soul Diplomacy II

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Diplomacy skill, bringing the total increase to 2.

Favored Soul Diplomacy III

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Diplomacy skill, bringing the total increase to 3.

Favored Soul Diplomacy IV

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Diplomacy skill, bringing the total increase to 4.

Favored Soul Jump I

• Benefit: Grants a +1 bonus to your Jump skill.

Favored Soul Jump II

• Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Jump skill, bringing the total increase to 2.

Favored Soul Jump III

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Jump skill, bringing the total increase to 3.

Favored Soul Jump IV

• Benefit: Grants an additional +1 bonus to your Jump skill, bringing the total increase to 4.

Silver Flame Exorcism

• Benefit: You are a devoted follower of the Silver Flame, and your faith has been rewarded. Activate this ability to attempt to exorcise an extraplanar creature, which is entirely consumed in holy fire on a failed Will save or savagely burned by the light of the Silver Flame. A successful Fortitude save reduces the damage to half. The Save DC for this ability is 10 + Cleric Level + Charisma Modifier.

Unyielding Sovereignty

• Benefit: You are a devoted follower of the Sovereign Host, and your faith has been rewarded. Activate this ability to fully heal hit point damage done to a targeted ally, remove ability damage, death penalty effects, negative levels, and the conditions blinded, confused, dazed, dazzled, deafened, diseased, exhausted, fatigued, feebleminded, insanity, nauseated, poisoned, and stunned.

Undying Call

• Benefit: You are a devoted follower of the Undying Court, and your faith has been rewarded. Activate this ability to lead a dead ally's spirit back to this world, acting as a True Resurrection on high elven spirits or a Raise Dead for others.

Bladesworn Transformation

• Benefit: You are a devoted follower of the Lord of Blades, and your faith has been rewarded. Activate this ability to become a juggernaut of destruction for 60 seconds.

Vulkoor's Avatar

• Benefit: You are a devoted follower of Vulkoor the Hunter, and your faith has been rewarded. Activate this ability to ask Vulkoor to send one of his servants to destroy your enemies.

Favored Soul Attack Boost I

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +2 bonus to attack for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Damage Boost I

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +2 bonus to weapon damage for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Saves Boost I

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +2 bonus to saves for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Attack Boost II

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +3 bonus to attack for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Damage Boost II

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +3 bonus to weapon damage for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Saves Boost II

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +3 bonus to saves for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Attack Boost III

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +4 bonus to attack for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Damage Boost III

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +4 bonus to weapon damage for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Saves Boost III

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +4 bonus to saves for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Attack Boost IV

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +5 bonus to attack for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Damage Boost IV

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +5 bonus to weapon damage for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Saves Boost IV

• Benefit: Activate this ability to receive a +5 bonus to saves for 20 seconds.

Favored Soul Extra Action Boost I

• Benefit: You can use each of your action boosts 1 additional time per rest.

Favored Soul Extra Action Boost II

• Benefit: You can use each of your action boosts 1 additional time per rest, bringing the total increase to 2.

Favored Soul Greatsword Specialization I

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Greatsword.

Favored Soul Longbow Specialization I

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Longbow.

Favored Soul Longsword Specialization I

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Longsword.

Favored Soul Scimitar Specialization I

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Scimitar.

Favored Soul Shortsword Specialization I

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Shortsword.

Favored Soul Greatsword Specialization II

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Greatsword, for a total bonus of +2.

Favored Soul Longbow Specialization II

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Longbow, for a total bonus of +2.

Favored Soul Longsword Specialization II

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Longsword, for a total bonus of +2.

Favored Soul Scimitar Specialization II

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Scimitar, for a total bonus of +2.

Favored Soul Shortsword Specialization II

• Benefit: You gain an additional +1 bonus to damage rolls when using a Shortsword, for a total bonus of +2.

Favored Soul Toughness I

• Benefit: Grants you 10 additional hit points if you have the Toughness feat.

Favored Soul Toughness II

• Benefit: Grants you 10 additional hit points if you have the Toughness feat, bringing the total increase to 20 hit points.

Favored Soul Toughness III

• Benefit: Grants you 10 additional hit points if you have the Toughness feat, bringing the total increase to 30 hit points.

Favored Soul Toughness IV

• Benefit: Grants you 10 additional hit points if you have the Toughness feat, bringing the total increase to 40 hit points.

Monk Grandmaster of Mountains

• Prerequisites: Level 18 Monk, Constitution 18
• Benefit: The mountain is eternal, as are you.
• Ultimate Mountain Stance: The mountain stance focuses on endurance and defense, granting increased Constitution, damage reduction, and improved blocking ability at the cost of reducing your Dexterity and movement speed. While in mountain stance, you generate Ki when struck by opponents. (+4 Blocking DR; DR 8/-; +1 Ki on Get HIT; +5 Ki on Get Crit; -2 Dex; +4 Con; -7% Run Speed)
• Strike of the Enduring IV: You strike an opponent, backed with the strength of the earth. Your attack deals 12 additional damage, and 3d6 acid damage on critical hits.

Monk Grandmaster of Oceans

• Prerequisites: Level 18 Monk, Wisdom 18.
• Benefit: The sea is always in motion, as are you.
• Ultimate Ocean Stance: The ocean stance focuses on redirection and the supernatural, granting increased Wisdom and saves at the cost of decreased Strength. While in ocean stance, you receive a bonus to armor class while tumbling. (+8 AC when tumbling; +5 to Saves; -2 Str; +4 Wis)
• Flowing Water Strike IV: You strike an opponent, backed with the power of the sea. Your attack will deal 3d6 additional cold damage, with an additional 3d6 damage on critical hits.

Monk Grandmaster of Storms

• Prerequisites: Level 18 Monk, Dexterity 18
• Benefit: The wind is untouchable, as are you.
• Ultimate Wind Stance: The wind stance focuses on movement, granting increased Dexterity and melee and thrown attack speed at the cost of reducing your Constitution while the stance is active. (15% Enhancement Bonus to attack speed; 10% Insight Bonus to attack speed; +4 Dex; -2 Con)
• Storm Strike IV: You strike an opponent, backed with the power of lightning. Your attack will deal 3d6 additional lightning damage, with an additional 3d6 damage on critical hits.

Monk Grandmaster of the SUN

• Prerequisites: Level 18 Monk, Strength 18
• Benefit: The sun burns with an eternal fire, as do you.
• Ultimate Sun Stance: The sun stance focuses on an aggressive offense, granting increased Strength at the cost of decreased Wisdom. While in sun stance, you generate additional Ki when you successfully strike opponents. (+1 Ki on Hit; +5 Ki on Crit; +4 Str; -2 Wis)
• Fires of Purity IV: You strike an opponent, backed with the power of flame. Your attack will deal 3d6 additional fire damage, with an additional 3d6 damage on critical hits.

Paladin Divine Might IV

• Prerequisites: Level 20 Paladin, Charisma 20
• Benefit:Activate this ability to gain a +8 Sacred bonus to damage for one minute. Consumes a use of your turn undead ability.

Paladin Divine Sacrifice III

• Prerequisites: Level 19 Paladin
• Benefit:Giving up some of your life force to win the battle, you empower your next blow against your foe. This attack deals an additional 9d6 Light damage and increases the critical multiplier of your weapon by 1, but costs you 5 hp and 1 sp, whether or not the attack is successful.

Paladin Exalted Smite IV

• Prerequisites: Level 18 Paladin
• Benefit: Using this attack, you call on the paladin's ability to strike down evil creatures, gaining twice your Charisma bonus to your attack roll, a damage bonus based on your paladin level, and +2 to your weapon's critical threat range and damage multiplier. This enhancement also decreases your cooldown between smites to 2 seconds.

Paladin Redemption III

• Prerequisites: Level 19 Paladin
• Benefit: Activate this ability and expend one use of Lay on Hands to true resurrect the dead, returning your target to life at 100% health.

Capstone Enhancements

• Barbarian Might
  • Prerequisites: Level 20 Barbarian, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your biceps are frequently mistaken for slabs of ham. Your strength is increased by 2, and when wielding two handed weapons you have increased glancing blow damage and an increased chance of applying weapon special effects on glancing blows.
• Bard Musical Prodigy
  • Prerequisites: Level 20 Bard, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: You gain +2 Charisma, two additional uses of Bardic Music, as well as +2 to Spell Penetration checks and the DC's of your Enchantment spells. Your beneficial songs last 20% longer.
• Cleric Divine Intervention
  • Prerequisites: Level 20 Cleric, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: You are a strong conduit of positive energy, and can expend a turn attempt to ward your target for five minutes against mortal damage - hit point damage will not lower their hit point total below -9. If the target is knocked unconscious, this effect will heal the target after a few seconds and then fade.
• Favored Soul Ascendancy: Light of the Flame
  • Benefit: Your faith in the Silver Flame allows you to produce a Searing Light effect at will.
• Favored Soul Ascendancy: Healing Word
  • Benefit:Your faith in the Sovereign Host allows you to produce a Cure Light Wounds effect at will.
• Favored Soul Ascendancy: Voice of the Deathless
  • Benefit:Your faith in the Undying Court allows you to produce a Command Undead effect at will.
• Favored Soul Ascendancy: Protection of the Blade
  • Benefit:Your faith in the Lord of Blades allows you to produce a Shield effect at will.
• Favored Soul Ascendancy: Stealth of the Hunter
  • Benefit:Your faith in Vulkoor the Hunter allows you to produce an Invisibility effect at will.
• Fighter Weapon Alacrity
  • Prerequisites: Fighter level 20, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your mastery with all weapons is such that you are able to attack faster than normal. Grants a 10% Competence bonus to attack speed with all combat styles.
• Monk Serenity
  • Prerequisites: Level 20 Monk, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: You are a paragon of understanding and serenity. Your Concentration is increased by 10 and your centered ki generation is increased by 1.
• Paladin Weapons of Good
  • Prerequisites: Level 20 Paladin, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Any weapon you wield is considered Good aligned for purposes of bypassing damage reduction, deal 1d6 additional holy damage against all evil opponents and an additional 2d6 light damage against evil undead or evil outsiders.
• Ranger Master of Archery
  • Prerequisites: Level 20 Ranger, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: The speed at which you can fire any ranged weapon is legendary.
• Rogue Cheat Death
  • Prerequisites: Level 20 Rogue, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: A master rogue can defy even death if their luck holds out. You have a chance of self-resurrection should you die, but this chance drops each time you die between rests. Maruts have a particular dislike for you.
• Sorcerer Power Surge
  • Prerequisites: Sorcerer Level 20, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: All of your damage dealing spells deal 10% more damage, have their critical chance increased by 3%, and their critical multipliers increased by an additional 0.25.
• Wizard Master of Magic
  • Prerequisites: Level 20 Wizard, 74 Action points spent
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Grants +2 Intelligence and all metamagics you possess cost 1 fewer spell point to use. (Heighten Spell costs 1 fewer spell point per level of heightening.)

Prestige Enhancements

Barbarian

• Barbarian Frenzied Berserker I
  • Prerequisites: Level 6 Barbarian, Power Attack, Cleave, Barbarian Damage Boost II, Barbarian Power Attack I, Barbarian Power Rage I.
  • Cost: 4 Action Points
  • Benefit: You gain the effects of the diehard feat while raging, and your glancing blows have a chance of applying magical weapon effects. You also gain the ability to expend 10 hit points to enter a frenzy, which increases your strength by 2 and adds the 'Vicious' property to your melee weapons.
• Barbarian Frenzied Berserker II
  • Prerequisites: Level 12 Barbarian, Barbarian Frenzied Berserker 1, Barbarian Damage Boost III, Barbarian Power Attack II, Barbarian Power Rage II.
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: While raging, increases the critical multiplier of all weapons you use by 1 when you roll a natural 19 or 20. Your two handed weapon glancing blows have an increased chance of applying magical weapon effects. You also gain the ability to expend 10 hp to Supreme Cleave.
  • Frenzied Berserker Supreme Cleave
    • Benefit: Expend 10 hit points to attack all nearby enemies.
• Barbarian Frenzied Berserker III
  • Prerequisites: Level 18 Barbarian, Barbarian Frenzied Berserker 2, Barbarian Damage Boost IV, Barbarian Power Attack III, Barbarian Power Rage III.
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: While raging, increases the critical multiplier of all weapons you use by an additional 1 when you roll a natural 19 or 20, bringing the total bonus to 2. Your two handed weapon glancing blows have an increased chance of applying magical weapon effects. You also gain the ability to expend 20 hit points to enter a death frenzy (which can stack with your basic rage and frenzy), increasing your strength by 4 and adding the 'Greater Vicious' property to your melee weapons. (+4d6 damage / +1d3 damage to self)

Fighter

• Fighter Kensai I
  • Prerequisites: Level 6 Fighter, Fighter Attack Boost II, Fighter Critical Accuracy II, any Weapon Specialization feat.
  • Cost: 4 Action Points
  • Benefit: You are the unrivaled master of your chosen weapon. Your focus and training grant you a +1 bonus to Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, and Intimidate skills, Combat Feat DC's, saves against magic, and number of Action Boosts per day. If you possess a Ki bar, you gain 1 additional Ki on criticals and when meditating. You can select a single weapon type as your signature weapon.
• Kensai Mastery I
  • Prerequisites: 6 Fighter, Fighter Kensai I, Weapon Specialization:
  • Cost: 1 Action Point
  • Benefit: (One handed, ranged, or thrown weapons) You gain an additional +1 bonus to hit and damage, and +2 to confirm criticals and critical damage (before multipliers) when using a .
  • Benefit: (Two handed weapons) You gain an additional +1 bonus to hit, +2 to damage and to confirm criticals and +4 to critical damage (before multipliers), as well as improved glancing blows that have a chance of applying magical weapon effects when using a .
• Fighter Kensai II
  • Prerequisites: Level 12 Fighter, Fighter Kensai I, Fighter Attack Boost III, Fighter Critical Accuracy III, any Greater Weapon Specialization feat.
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your focus and training improve, granting an additional +1 bonus to Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, and Intimidate skills, Combat Feat DC's, saves against magic, and number of Action Boosts per day. If you possess a Ki bar, you gain 1 additional Ki on criticals and when meditating.
  • Kensai Power Surge
    • Benefit: You may expend a Fighter attack boost to focus your energy and spirit, gaining a +8 Insight bonus to strength for a short period of time. If you possess the ability to generate Ki, you generate an additional 2 ki on successful attacks during your surge.
• KensaiMastery II
  • Prerequisites: Level 12 Fighter, Fighter Kensai II, FighterSpecialization I, KensaiMastery I, Greater Weapon Specialization:
  • Cost: 1 Action Point
  • Benefit: (One handed, ranged, or thrown weapons) You gain an additional +1 bonus to hit and damage, and +2 to confirm criticals and critical damage (before multipliers) when using a .
  • Benefit: (Two handed weapons) You gain an additional +1 bonus to hit, +2 to damage and to confirm criticals and +4 to critical damage (before multipliers), as well as improved glancing blows that have an increased chance of applying magical weapon effects when using a .
• Fighter Kensai III
  • Prerequisites: Level 18 Fighter, Fighter Kensai II, Fighter Attack Boost IV, Fighter Critical Accuracy IV, any Superior Weapon Focus.
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your focus and training are complete, granting an additional +1 bonus to Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, and Intimidate skills, Combat Feat DC's, saves against magic, and number of Action Boosts per day. If you possess a Ki bar, you gain 1 additional Ki on criticals and when meditating.
• KensaiMastery III
  • Prerequisites: Level 18 Fighter, Fighter Kensai III, FighterSpecialization II, KensaiMastery II, Superior Weapon Focus:
  • Cost: 1 Action Point
  • Benefit: You gain +1 critical threat range with your signature weapon.
• Fighter Stalwart Defender I
  • Prerequisites: Level 6 Fighter, Fighter Skill Intimidate 2, Fighter Armor Boost 1, Toughness, and any one of: Shield Mastery, Combat Expertise, Diehard, Dodge, or Least Dragonmark of Sentinel.
  • Cost: 4 Action Points
  • Benefit: While the flesh may be weak, you place your trust in the strength of steel. This prestige enhancement increases your armor class by 1, grants +2 to intimidate, increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by shields, and grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield. You may expend a use of Fighter action boost to to enter a defensive stance. When using a shield, you possess DR 2/-.
  • Stalwart Defender I: Defensive Stance
    • Benefit: You may expend a Fighter armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +2 Competence bonus to Strength and Constitution, a +1 Competence bonus on all saves, a +2 Dodge bonus to Armor Class, and produce 50% more hate with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move at one quarter speed.
• Fighter Stalwart Defender II
  • Prerequisites: Level 12 Fighter, Fighter Stalwart Defender I, Fighter Item Defense I, Fighter Armor Boost II, and any one of: Fighter Toughness II, Fighter Armored Agility II, Fighter Armor Mastery II, Fighter Tower Shield Mastery II, or Lesser Dragonmark of Sentinel.
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your defensive mastery continues to grow. This prestige enhancement increases your armor class by 1, grants +2 to intimidate, increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by heavy armor and shields, and grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield. You may expend a use of Fighter action boost to to enter a defensive stance. When using a shield, you possess DR 4/-.
  • Stalwart Defender II: Improved Defensive Stance
    • Benefit: You may expend a Fighter armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +3 Competence bonus to Strength and Constitution, a +2 Competence bonus on all saves, a +3 Dodge bonus to Armor Class, and produce 100% more hate with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move at one third speed.
• Fighter Stalwart Defender III
  • Prerequisites: Level 18 Fighter, Fighter Stalwart Defender II, Fighter Item Defense II, Fighter Armor Boost III, and any one of: Fighter Toughness III, Fighter Armored Agility III, Fighter Armor Mastery III, Fighter Tower Shield Mastery III, or Greater Dragonmark of Sentinel.
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your defensive mastery is complete. This prestige enhancement increases your armor class by 1, grants +2 to intimidate, increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by medium or heavy armor and shields, and grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield. You may expend a use of Fighter action boost to to enter a defensive stance. When using a shield, you possess DR 6/-.
  • Stalwart Defender III: Superior Defensive Stance
    • Benefit: You may expend a Fighter armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +4 Competence bonus to Strength and Constitution, a +3 Competence bonus on all saves, a +4 Dodge bonus to Armor Class, and produce 200% more hate with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move at half speed.

Paladin

• Defender of Siberys I
  • Prerequisites: Level 6 Paladin, Paladin Bulwark of Good I, Paladin Resistance of Good I, Paladin Courage of Good I, Paladin Focus of Good I, Paladin Paladin Armor Class Boost I, and any one of the following: Tower Shield Proficiency, Shield Mastery, or Combat Expertise.
  • Cost: 4 Action Points
  • Benefit: Protecting the weak from the depredations of the strong, you become a paragon of defense. This prestige enhancement grants you 2 additional Turn attempts, additional armor class when blocking with a shield, increases the maximum dexterity bonus allowed by tower shields by 1, and the ability to enter a defensive stance or to create a Magic Circle Against Evil effect.
  • Defender of Siberys I: Defensive Stance
    • Benefit: You may expend a Paladin armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +2 Sacred bonus to Strength and Constitution, a +1 Sacred bonus on all saves, a +2 Dodge bonus to Armor Class, and produce 50% more hate with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move at one quarter speed.
  • Defender of Siberys I: Magic Circle
    • Benefit: You may expend a turn attempt to produce a Magic Circle Against Evil effect.
• Paladin Defender of Siberys II
  • Prerequisites: Level 12 Paladin, Defender of Siberys I, Paladin Bulwark of Good II, Paladin Resistance of Good II, and any of: Paladin Rally I, Paladin Divine Righteousness I, Paladin Toughness II
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Protecting the weak from the depredations of the strong, you become a paragon of defense. This prestige enhancement grants you an additional Lay on Hands use per rest, 25% increased hate generation, increases the maximum dexterity bonus allowed by tower shields and heavy armor by 1, and the ability to enter an improved defensive stance or to produce a Mass Shield of Faith effect.
  • Defender of Siberys II: Improved Defensive Stance
    • Benefit: You may expend a Paladin armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +3 Sacred bonus to Strength and Constitution, a +2 Sacred bonus on all saves, a +3 Dodge bonus to Armor Class, and produce 100% more hate with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move at one third speed.
  • Defender of Siberys II: Mass Shield of Faith
    • Benefit: You may expend a turn attempt to produce a Mass Shield of Faith effect.
  • Paladin Defender of Siberys III
    • Prerequisites: : Level 18 Paladin, Defender of Siberys II, Paladin Bulwark of Good III, Paladin Resistance of Good III, and any Paladin Faith II enhancement.
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Protecting the weak from the depredations of the strong, you become a paragon of defense. This prestige enhancement increases the strength of all of your defensive auras, increases the maximum dexterity bonus allowed by tower shields and medium or heavy armor by 1, and grants the ability to enter a superior defensive stance or to defy your enemies in a glorious stand against evil.
  • Defender of Siberys III: Superior Defensive Stance
    • Benefits: You may expend a Paladin armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +4 Sacred bonus to Strength and Constitution, a +3 Sacred bonus on all saves, a +4 Dodge bonus to Armor Class, and produce 200% more hate with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move at half speed.
  • Defender of Siberys III: Glorious Stand
    • Benefits: You may expend a turn attempt to make a glorious stand against your enemies. For a short duration of time, you gain DR 20/epic, take reduced damage from elemental and negative energy, receive double healing from positive energy, and are immune to secondary effects of attacks such as 'wounding' or 'vorpal'. Each time you take damage, you gain the effects of a Cure Light Wounds spell.
• Paladin Hunter of the Dead I
  • Prerequisites: Level 6 Paladin, Paladin Extra Turning I, Paladin Improved Turning I, and any one of Paladin Divine Light I or Paladin Extra Lay on Hands I
  • Cost: 4 Action Points
  • Benefit: Devoted to the destruction of the undead, you gain 2 additional turning and remove disease attempts per rest, +1 to your level when turning, a +2 bonus on saving throws against spells and effects produced by undead, and all of your attacks are considered Ghost Touch, ignoring the chance to miss incorporeal creatures. Positive energy effects heal you for more and you take less damage from negative energy effects. You are able to expend a use of your Paladin Remove Disease ability to produce a Lesser Restoration effect.
• Paladin Hunter of the Dead II
  • Prerequisites: Level 12 Paladin, Paladin Hunter of the Dead I, Paladin Extra Turning II, Paladin Improved Turning II, and any one of Paladin Divine Light II, Paladin Extra Lay on Hands II, or Paladin Redemption I
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Devoted to the destruction of the undead, you gain 2 additional turning and remove disease attempts per rest, +1 to your level when turning, a +2 bonus on saving throws against spells and effects produced by undead, and your spirit is sealed - you are now immune to energy drain from any source and effects that create spawn on death. Positive energy effects heal you for more and you take less damage from negative energy effects. You are able to expend a use of your Paladin Remove Disease ability to produce a Restoration effect.
• Paladin Hunter of the Dead III
  • Prerequisites: Level 18 Paladin, Paladin Hunter of the Dead II, Paladin Extra Turning III, Paladin Improved Turning III, any Paladin Faith II enhancement
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Devoted to the destruction of the undead, you gain 2 additional turning and remove disease attempts per rest, +1 to your level when turning, a +2 bonus on saving throws against spells and effects produced by undead, and all attacks you make (melee, ranged, or unarmed) have a chance of destroying undead instantly on what would be a Vorpal strike. (Natural 20 followed by confirmation, Will DC: 30 partial, deals Light damage to targets immune to instant destruction effects or save.) Positive energy effects heal you for more and you take less damage from negative energy effects. You are able to expend a use of your Paladin Remove Disease ability to produce a Greater Restoration effect.
• Paladin Knight of the Chalice I
  • Prerequisites: Paladin 6, Paladin Courage of Good I, Paladin Energy of the Templar I, Paladin Extra Smite Evil II, and any one of: Paladin Divine Sacrifice I, Paladin Divine Might I, or Paladin Exalted Smite I.
  • Cost: 4 Action Points
  • Benefit: You are devoted to fighting demons and other evil outsiders, driving them from Eberron forever. Your maximum number of Smites is increased by one, your anti-fear aura is improved, and you have +1 to attack Evil Outsiders and deal 1d6 additional damage with melee and unarmed attacks against them. You resist evil influences particularly well, gaining a +2 bonus to saves against spells and effects produced by Evil Outsiders.
• Paladin Knight of the Chalice II
  • Prerequisites: Paladin 12, Paladin Knight of the Chalice I, Paladin Courage of Good II, Paladin Energy of the Templar II
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: You are devoted to fighting demons and other evil outsiders, driving them from Eberron forever. Your maximum number of Smites is increased by one, your anti-fear aura is improved, and you have +2 to attack Evil Outsiders and deal 2d6 additional damage with melee and unarmed attacks against them. You resist evil influences particularly well, gaining a +3 bonus to saves against spells and effects produced by Evil Outsiders.
  • Knight of the Chalice Censure Demons
    • Benefit: You may expend a turn undead attempt to stun a targetted demon or other Chaotic Evil outsider. A successful Will save DC: 10 + Paladin Level + Charisma Modifier negates this effect. The target gains repeated saves to break free of this effect.
• Paladin Knight of the Chalice III
  • Prerequisites: Paladin 18, Paladin Knight of the Chalice II, any Paladin Faith II enhancement
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: You are devoted to fighting demons and other evil outsiders, driving them from Eberron forever. Your maximum number of Smites is increased by one, your anti-fear aura is improved, and you have +4 to attack Evil Outsiders and deal 4d6 additional damage with melee and unarmed attacks against them. You resist evil influences particularly well, gaining a +4 bonus to saves against spells and effects produced by Evil Outsiders.

Ranger

• Ranger Tempest II
  • Prerequisites: Ranger level 12, Tempest I, Ranger Dexterity II, Greater Two Weapon Fighting
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your training has turned you into a whirling tempest of steel, granting a 10% competence bonus to dual wield attack speed, a +3 shield bonus to armor class when two weapon fighting, and your penalty to hit has been reduced by 1.
• Ranger Tempest III
  • Prerequisites: Ranger level 18, Tempest II, and any one of: Two Weapon Blocking, Two Weapon Defense, Oversized Two Weapon Fighting, or Lightning Reflexes.
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your skill with two weapons is unequaled - your training has turned you into a whirling tempest of steel, granting a 10% competence bonus to dual wield attack speed, a +4 shield bonus to armor class when two weapon fighting, your penalty to hit has been reduced by 2, and you have additional attacks when two weapon fighting.

Rogue

• Rogue Assassin III
  • Prerequisites: Rogue level 18, Assassin II, Sneak Attack Accuracy IV, Sneak Attack Training IV
  • Cost: 2 Action Points
  • Benefit: Your lethality is unmatched in battle. Grants an additional +2 bonus to damage on critical hits (before multipliers), +2 bonus to Bluff, Hide, and Move Silently skills and Fortitude saves against poison. Also, any sneak attack that also counts as a vorpal strike (natural 20 followed by critical confirmation) that you make will kill most living targets.

General Enhancement Changes

• The Enhancement UI has been updated.
  • Available enhancements now display in the left-hand side of the Enhancements panel.
  • You can now drag and drop enhancements into the right-hand side of the panel to select them them, or double click on the enhancement to select it. To undo your choice, you can use the undo button, double click the enhancement in the right-hand side of the panel, or drag the enhancement off the right side.
• Class specialties now indicate that you can only take a single specialty from a particular class.
• The time between additional saves on monk dark path finishers has been increased.
• The Feat 'Slicing Blow' now deals 1 point of Constitution damage in addition to the rest of its effects.
• The duration of Halfling Heroic Companion has been increased from 20 seconds to one minute.
• Barbarian Critical Rage I and II can no longer be trained. Characters that currently possess these enhancements will retain them until they reset their enhancements, and these enhancements count as their "Barbarian Specialty".
• Barbarian Intimidating Rage has had its prerequisites changed to "either Barbarian Intimidate 4 or Barbarian Frenzied Berserker 2".
• Cleric and Paladin Improved Turning have had their costs reduced to 1/2/3 action points from 2/4/6
• Rogue Way of the Assassin, Way of the Mechanic, and Way of the Thief-Acrobat have been renamed "Rogue: Assassin", "Rogue: Mechanic", and "Rogue: Thief-Acrobat" to remain consistent with the Prestige Enhancements from other classes.
• Rogue Assassin I and II have had the fortitude save bonus vs. Poison increased to +2 per rank.
• Rogue Mechanic II has gained the following active ability:
  • Rogue: Smite Construct
    • Benefit: Your mechanical knowledge grants you the ability to deal devastating blows in melee to constructs and living constructs. You gain twice your Intelligence bonus to your attack roll and a damage bonus based on your rogue level. Smites return at a rate of one every 90 seconds.
• The effect of Ranger (and Elf) Arcane Archer : Imbue Force Arrows has changed to:
  • Benefit: Imbues all missiles that you fire with arcane force, granting them the Force ability (+1d6 Force damage) and negating the incorporeal miss chance of ethereal creatures. This ability costs 10 spell points to activate, and triggers a lengthy cooldown of the Magic Missile spell. Only one Arcane Archer Imbue ability may be active at any time.
• The effect of Ranger Tempest I has been modified to:
  • Benefit: Your training has turned you into a whirling tempest of steel, granting a 10% competence bonus to dual wield attack speed and a +2 shield bonus to armor class when two weapon fighting.
• Corrected an error in the description of Paladin Redemption III.
• The duration of Halfling Heroic Companion has been increased from 20 seconds to one minute.

Items

• Many pieces of gear have been improved, and named loot has been added to many quests.
• Minos Legens no longer grants the Toughness Feat. It now grants 20 additional hit points that stack with all other bonuses.
• Enchanted Darkleaf Banded Armor has been set 'medium' armor, rather than heavy.
• The Shroud greensteel raid loot effects that give regeneration (Lesser, Improved, and Greater Regeneration) have been upgraded to do 2 points of healing every interval instead of 1 point. The intervals remain the same. This was done mainly for our friends out there who are Warforged. Now even when they have their standard lesser sensitivity to healing they will get healed for 1 point instead of 0.
• The weapon effect called "Stench" has been renamed to "Sickening Stink". This was done to avoid confusion when simultaneously getting feedback about this effect and other stench effects like the stench from troglodytes. No changes have been made to the actual effect.
• Greensteel scimitars, great axes, heavy maces, and dwarven axes now show the animation for the effect they have applied like other greensteel weapons.
• A number of effects that work only with melee weapons have had their descriptions updated to reflect this fact. This includes armor that might add the destruction or crippling effects.
• After selecting thrown weapons from your hotbar, they will no longer disappear from your hot bar when you switch to another weapon set.
• Bags now display unique item capacity in their tooltip
• Collectable bags remember tree expand/collapsed state on item add/remove and bag open/close
• Wands can now be activated using the "attack" button. Autoattack does not autofire wands, though click-and-hold attacking will activate the wand each time the cooldown is up.
• When an item is repaired, if it is diminished to 0 max durability, the system will set it to 1 max durability and mark it as "broken beyond repair. Previously when an item was at 1 max durability, it was already "broken beyond repair" but it didn't appear to be, causing confusion. The durability is now set to 0 when the item is marked as "broken beyond repair" This means that items will end their life at the repair person and not at the hands of a monster.
• Dragon Essences are no longer subject to item damage. This change is retroactive, so that all previously damaged Dragon Essences will be repaired automatically.
• The Transmuting weapon enchantment is now: "This weapon transmutes into a form that is able to bypass any material based Damage Reduction. (Adamantine, Alchemical Silver, Byeshk, Cold Iron, or Mithril)"
• The Vicious weapon enchantment now deals 2d6 damage to opponents struck by the weapon and 1d3 damage back to the wielder instead of 1d6.
• Handwraps can now be vicious.
• In the New Player experience, the Ember Longbow has been trimmed, and is now an Ember Shortbow.
• Eternal Wands of Acid Splash, Finger of Fire, Magic Missile, and Cure Minor Wounds now have 50 maximum charges and recharge over time when not actively being fired. They also have faster cooldowns than normal wands.
• Certain handwraps were not applying Enfeebling effects correctly. If your handwrap is not currently working, please find a Stone of Change, and select "Activate Stone". This will fix your handwrap.
• The Eternal Titan Wand is more eternal; it is now immune to damage. All previous items that have been damaged will be retroactively repaired, and be Immune to damage.
• The plane of irian is waning! All permanent magic items that produce a "Resurrection" or "True Resurrection" effect now produce a "Raise Dead" effect. This includes items with the "Aspect of Positive Energy" effect from the Shroud.
• Items that are 'Bound' will now be listed as either 'Bound to Character' or 'Bound to Account' in the item examination window.
• It is now possible to find Mass Repair Damage scrolls as treasure.
• The contents of some collectable stations and lower level chests have been improved.
• Archivist Necklace has had it's items description changed. It was never intended to remove feeblemind, as it is a level 1 item, and the description no longer indicates that it will.
• The Apprentice's Robe from the Grotto now grants the Lesser Arcane Augmentation I ability, increasing the wearer's caster level by 1 when casting first level sorcerer or wizard spells.
• The durability of the Apprentice's Robe and Disciple's Robe from the Grotto have been increased from 5 to 25.
• To give people something to replace the Apprentice's Robe with later on, the Robe of the Duality in the Catacombs now grants +2 Caster Level when casting first level Sor/Wiz spells.
• Acid Splash, Finger of Fire, and Ray of Frost now deal 1d3 + Caster Level (Max +5) damage of the appropriate flavor. This improves the Finger of Fire and Acid Splash wands that can be found in the Grotto and the Waterworks.
• Enduring Conviction was not doing Lawful damage, now it will be.
• The rewards for several Lower level story arc quests are now Bind on Account. Please note this change is not retroactive, and will only effect newly acquired items.
• Siberys Dragonshards of all types can now stack up to 100. (Fragments continue to stack to 1000.)
• Dragonshards and dragonshard fragments are more commonly found in collectables and treasure.
• The contents of some collectable stations and lower level chests have been significantly improved.
• Bind-on-Acquire items no longer display a "are you sure you wish to pick this up?" dialogue if you are the only member in the party.

Crafting

• Additional recipes have been added to the Stone of Change, allowing combination of complete stacks of Siberys Dragonshards (or Fragments) of intermediate types into the appropriate number of the next size up.

Monsters

• The Bralani will no longer roll a save vs petrification since they are immune.
• Carcass Eaters are now effected by solid fog and other effects that slow monsters down.
• Living Spells now have focus orb images.
• Frost spiders can now be selected using the mouse.
• Sahuagin now speak Common and can be affected by effects which require that. This includes things like intimidate and diplomacy. Note that Sahuagin will still be immune to Charm Person and Hold Person because they are Monstrous Humanoids and not regular humanoids and are not affected by "person" spells.
• Spells cast by wight spellcasters will now render properly on players screens when cast.
• Pitfiends and Horned Devils recently went to the Shavarath Optometrist and Ear, Nose, & Throat specalist. They've discovered that their hearing and sight aren't as good as they used to be.
• Spiders will no longer give off and 'icy aura' unless they are actually ice spiders.
• Archers and spellcasting opponents now have improved mental abilities, and will no longer occasionally run headfirst forever into walls.
• Red-named bosses can now be affected by ability damage. They can take up to 10 points of damage to each ability score, and this damage cannot reduce their ability scores below 1.
• Shadows no longer kill opponents which they have reduced to a 0 strength.
• Orthon's now follow the same teleport delay as Bearded Devils.
• When you have a monster targeted and it burrows or teleports away, it will still be targeted upon its return.
• Added sounds to Small Browns Spider's when they are attacking.
• Animated feedback has been improved when you strike a monster or are stuck.

Adventure Areas

General Adventure Area Changes

• Players will receive some experience for killing a rare monster they had previously killed.

Tangleroot Gorge

• The rare spawn 'Clamor' now grants a chest after his defeat.

Ataraxia's Haven

• Business has been booming thanks to adventurers, and a new Tavern area has opened, accessible from inside Ataraxia's Haven. It includes bind point NPCs, vendors, a branch of the Kundarak bank, and even a mailbox!

Restless Isles

• The Restless Isles have been outfitted with slayer, explorer, and rare encounter quests.

Searing Heights

• The CR for this area has been increased to CR 6.
• Corrected some sound issues

Korthos Island

• Amalgam faces a more appropriate direction.
• Recalling will always take you back to Korthos Village.

Three Barrel Cove

• A new NPC, Back-Nose Quint, is available to give directions to Three Barrel Cove.

Vale of Twilight

• Updated sounds in all associated quests and the landscape.

Quests

General Quest Changes

• The penalty for being higher level than a quest has been reduced.
• If you attempt to leave a dungeon before completing a quest, a confirmation dialog appears to remind you that are about to leave the dungeon, to help ensure you don’t exit by accident.
• Normal, Hard, and Elite dungeons (not solo or raid) will now scale their difficulty based on the party to help "smaller" parties. Players and hirelings will contribute to the overall strength of the party and therefore the difficulty of the dungeon.
• All exploding barrels in the game now do a more appropriate amount of damage for the quests that they are in. Their damage and the reflex save required to half the damage also scale with the dungeon difficulty setting (up for hard and elite, down for solo).
• Bounty Boards are no longer available in Stormreach. Players should throw away any related items and abandon related quests.
• Subscribers will be given the option to enter Hard difficulty dungeons without first completing the Normal difficulty mode.
• Solo and Normal mode rest shrines that have been used are reset after 5 or 15 minutes respectively. A timer will display in the alert message showing the player how long they must wait to reuse the shrine.
• Upon exiting the dungeon, players will be restored to full health. Already done in M9.
• Scaling tech has been adjusted to provide a more appropriate challenge for smaller questing parties.
• The durations of many crowd control effects cast by monsters are now affected by dungeon difficulty scaling.

Korthos Isle

Shipwrecked Shore

• Jeets the rogue will now allow you to swap your starter weapon even after giving you the quest to help Cellimas. He will also allow you to swap the weapon he gave you with another, including the one he already handed you.
• If you've already completed the tutorial on a character, it is now possible to skip the tutorial at any time during the tutorial by speaking to an NPC.
• Talbron has read up on his grammar lessons while waiting for your arrival.

The Grotto

• Bards will now be given short bows and chainshirts instead of Robes in the conclusion of the tutorial.
• Jeets, Cellimas, Talbron, and Lars have been freed from their silence spell, and can now speak aloud!

Korthos Village

• Rinar d'Thuranni speaks to you less before directing you to Stormreach
• Randall's conversations are more direct.
• After completing Misery's Peak the folks around town will treat you with the respect you deserve.
• When it's sunny in Korthos Village, it's now ALWAYS sunny. No more nighttime in sunny Korthos.
• There is more direction given to drive players toward Misery's Peak after completing Redemption.
• Snowy Korthos: Now less drab!

Heyton's Rest

• Crests are now easier to find in the rubble of the altars.

The Collaborator

• An optional has been added to defeat Kiv Nerl.

Sacrifices

• Arcane Skeleton nows gives optional XP.

Misery's Peak

• The mindflayer now gets frozen BEFORE he dies.
• Corrected an issue where players could finish the quest and not be able to progress to Stormreach Harbor.
• Jeets, Cellimas, Talbron, and Lars have been freed from their silence spell, and can now speak aloud!
• The entrance to Misery's Peak is now marked like all other quest entrances, with swirls!

Catacombs

• The Catacombs CR range has been changed from CR 2 to 4 to CR 3 to 4.
• Unusually large Iron Defenders have been scaled down to an appropriate size.

Waterworks

• The CR range of the Waterworks has been modified from CR 2 to 3 to CR 3 to 4
• Players will no longer need to acquire a Seal from the Harbormaster to enter the Marketplace. Harbormaster Zin is still interested in rewarding the efforts of upstanding citizens who lend a hand with the Harbor's kobold infestation.

Three Barrel Cove

Ghost of a Chance

• Farrier Worley screams only once each time he is zapped, rather than once per member of the party.
• Farrier Worley grants an additional chest after he is saved.

Rackam's Trial

• Fire traps have become more challenging to by-pass

Delera's Graveyard

And The Dead Shall Rise

• Explorers report that more types of named treasures have been discovered in (the place where this quest is)
• A wider variety of monsters are found on the way to the top, with fewer undead and fewer monsters over all

Other Quests

Halls of Shan-to-Kor

• Several control boxs have been added or moved in the Halls of Shan to kor dungeon make certain traps easier or possible for rogues. An optional way of disabling the "halls of fire" traps has been added.
• The guardian has spiffed up his chamber, getting rid of some of the water that flooded the chamber.
• * Due to countless batterings over the years, the Guardian of Shan-To-Kor has been worn down. Various stats of his have been reduced or modified. He now has lower attack bonus, AC, strength, damage output, critical hit rate, dr, and energy resistance, but has a lot more hit points so he can still do his duty.

Tempest Spine

• Talf Halfspear no longer controls the power tile at the final encounter. You're just going to have to activate it yourself.

Burning City

• Firebrand Eremite's will no longer accidentally spawn inside walls.

Irestone Inlet

• When leaving the quest, the item "Dink's Diary" is no longer left in a players inventory.
• The torch on Yaaryar's schooner is easier to find.

Fallowcrest Library

• The Quest flow of fallowcrest library has been changed slightly, and you are not "sealed" in the dungeon. The quest no longer fails if someone leaves the group.

Dreams of Insanity

• Explorers report that more types of named treasures have been discovered in (the place where this quest is)
• Runes are easier to figure out. All you need is a bit of Intelligence. They no longer rely on Wisdom or Charisma.

Sykros' Jewel

• Now gives greater XP rewards

Reclamation

• Now gives greater XP rewards
• Most of the rust monsters have been removed

Maraud the Mines

• Now requires less gems and ore in order to complete the quest
• Gems and ore in "Maraud the Mines" quest can now be more easily picked up
• Now gives greater XP rewards

Shrouded Vale

• Now 3 of the mummies can perish without the quest failing instead of just one.

An Explosive Situation

• The exploding barrels now do 3d6 to 4d6 damage instead of 1d6.

Find The Lost TOME

• Applied moisturizer to a dry spot in the water.

Necropolis

• Reports are coming in of new and interesting items that can be collected from the Necropolis series of quests.
• Gavonn Monthip no longer refers to Sir Rohine' as 'the Sir Rohine'.
• Shadows and umbral creatures in some Necropolis quests of the Shadow Lord series now use their strength damage effects less often.
• The names of the non-boss spectre and wraith casters have been altered to include the word "mage" to make them easier to identify as casters.

Tomb of the Shadow Knight

• Difficulty has been reduced to make this quest more friendly for pick up groups and hireling supported groups.

Tomb of the Shadow Lord

• Difficulty has been reduced to make this quest more friendly for pick up groups and hireling supported groups.

Tomb of the Unhallowed

• Difficulty has been reduced to make this quest more friendly for pick up groups and hireling supported groups.

Tomb of the Tormentor

• Now supports solo mode.

Accursed Ascension

• The CR of the Black Abbot raid has been increased to 17!
• Significant changes have been made to the Black Abbot raid to make it more friendly to pick up group raids.
• The Accursed Ascension raid has had much of its treasure improved. Existing items are unaffected by this change, except for:
  • Retroactive Changes: Both the Lesser Maximize and Lesser Heighten spell effect buffs increased to 20 seconds in duration.

The Ruins of Thernal

• The number of rust monsters in Thernal have been reduced
• Sal is no longer floating above the ground.
• Excavators report that more types of named treasures have been discovered in parts of the Thernal ruins!

Library of Thernal

• Two clay golems have gotten more dangerous ... like they were back in the old days.

Hold for Reinforcements

• Coyle can now be knocked out. Repeatedly. The other House Deneith explorers don't seem to mind.

Western Excavation

• There are fewer slimes and more other monsters now.

Southern Ruins

• A pair of gargoyles have learned how to get down from ledges, and will now attack players as they see fit.

Vault of Night

Prisoner of the Mind

• Players with a full inventory can now pick up Ingstoldt's key.
• Hirelings falling off a ledge will no longer fail the quest.

Jungle of Khyber

• The end boss Marut now regenerates more slowly, about one third as fast as he used to.

Demon Sands

Zawabi's Revenge

• Players now only need to turn in key items once to get into "Against the Demon Queen". Afterwards, this area is replayable without needing to get those items again.
• Rest shrines now spawn after the Queen dies, and remaining gnolls and efreeti die.
• Two sets of armor have been changed (chain and scale). The change will only affect new drops of the armor.

Vulkoor Spiral

• The marathon to the top of the spire is now significantly shorter.

Desert Caravan

• Iosynne d'Phiarlan will now bestow the Desert Caravan quest from within the Menechtarun desert.
• The quest has been shortened to 10 minutes.

The Vale of Twilight

Let Sleeping DUST Lie

• Adjusted the death animation on the spiders

Running with the Devils

• Ghaedhi bosses will no longer teleport into walls.

The Shroud

• Recalling from 'The Shroud' will now place you in Meridia.

Reaver's Refuge

Monastery of the Scorpion

• Sannyasi, in the Drow Monastery, should no longer cause puzzles to become unsolvable.

Shopping

In-game Vendors

• The portable hole now has an expanded shop roster. Wizards and Sorceror's rejoice!
• When selling to pawnbrokers, remember that unlike Tavern-keepers and general vendors, other players can purchase an item you've sold to the NPC. Additionally, it is intended that items sold to pawnbrokers will not appear in your buyback list. Instead the item will appear for purchase in the sell tab of the pawnbroker's list.
• Shields and Light weapons have been added to the two generic vendors in Korthos Village.
• In response to changing economic conditions, Masei Mkembe in Zawabi's Refuge has slashed his prices - check them out!
• The NPC Vagan Taneer, who trades for Planar Shards, will no longer steal your shards if you are already holding an exclusive reward item of his in your inventory.
• Mari Mosshand has realized her stocks are running low, and she had better conserve her stores!
• Feat Respec costs now follow a standardized (level ^ 3) * 100 gold piece formula. An Exceptional Siberys Dragonshard is now required to respec feats for characters of levels 13 - 16, and a Flawless Siberys Dragonshard is required to respec feats for characters of levels 17 - 20. These can be found in treasure, or created at a Stone of Change through Dragonshard combination.

PvP Improvements

• Party leaders can now challenge another group to a player vs. player match in one of our arenas! A challenge window will appear in which the terms of the challenge can be negotiated, and both parties will be teleported to the arena to enter the fray when all players agree.
• A new PvP arena has been added. The devil's pit, best suited for single combat between high level champions.
• Added a confirmation dialog when entering a PvP match as part of a PvP party.
• Level 4 characters, especially those with 3 levels of a single class, will no longer experience a death penalty in PvP
• In PvP, Power Word spells (Blind, etc) now use the HP cap as per the Player's Handbook.

Other Changes

• The game launcher has been updated.
  • You can now chose to login to your most recently played server, rather than selecting your server from the list.
  • The launcher now has a login queue feature, to help queue players if the world you're attempting to enter is currently full.
• The credits screen has been updated.
• All pre-generated character paths have been extended to level 20.
• The automatic log off based on player inactivity is no longer an idle threat - you will now actually be logged off for inactivity per the informational prompt.
• Voice Chat is now set to 'On' by default.
• Trap Control Boxes will now show a static image of gears in the focus orb when selected rather than nothing at all.
• A number of NPCs have been sent to school by the Coin Lords to correct their grammar
• Players who purchased the collectors edition of D&D will receive thier bonus water breathing brooch the next time they log in.
• The default mouse mapping is now:
  • Single Attack - Button 0
  • Action Interact Steer - Button 1
• The following key mappings have been configured as new defaults:
  • Q for next interactable
  • Ctrl-Q & Ctrl-Backspace for selecting previous interactable
  • E for Interact/activate
  • F for push to talk
• Lava, acid, and other environmental damage over time effects should no longer occasionally permanently stick on players.
• Attack sounds were added to attacks made when sneaking.
• You can now enter the marketplace without needing to bribe or "Free" anyone.
• A memorial to the tragedy of the marketplace tent destruction has been added.
• The public area 'Black Loch' has been closed due to a dangerous Pirate uprising. Yarr.
• The intro movie will now play only once per user per computer. It can be replayed from the character selection screen.
• The 'B' key is now bound to the 'Loot All' button by default.
• Falling hurts! When you fall off something you will receive feedback.
• Stuck spots have been fixed all across Xen'drik, including the following locations:
  • Public spaces
    • House Kundarak ward
  • Adventure Areas
    • The Subterrane
    • Gianthold Ruins
    • Menechtarun Desert
    • Tangleroot Gorge
    • Ataraxia's Haven
    • Searing Heights
    • Aussircaex's Valley
    • Mount Reysalon
    • Three Barrel Cove
  • Quests
    • Fleshmaker's Laboratory
    • Vault of Night: Tharashk Arena
    • Ghost of a Chance
    • Misery's Peak
    • Caverns of Korrmar
    • Vulkoor Spiral
    • Waterworks: Clan Gnastooth Prison
    • Prey on the Hunter
    • Redemption
    • The Ruins of Thernal: Southern Ruins
    • Gwyland's Stand