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Announce News Post #4223

October 2014 Classlead Changes - Part IV

Written by: Tecton, the Terraformer
Date: Saturday, October 11th, 2014
Addressed to: Everyone


We're getting to the end of our CLASSLEAD reports, with this penultimate batch of changes! As always, here's all of the details:

Crystalism
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* PLAGUE vibration now has an extended duration.

Curses
------
* SWIFTCURSE has been tweaked some more. You can now use it in conjunction with regular curses, by using the SWIFTCURSE command instead of CURSE. Curses cast with the CURSE command will not be affected by, or use up charges of SWIFTCURSE.
* BLIGHTed curses can no longer be SWIFTCURSEd.

Devotion
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* PEACE has had its equilibrium cost increased.
* DELIVER now has a lower devotion energy cost and a higher equilibrium cost.
* TRUTH will now strip the hidden defence in addition to its previous effects.
* BLOODSWORN's sipping bonus has been increased.
* BLOODSWORN will now reduce the partner's health by 50% if the other dies, instead of a flat 100 health.

Domination
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* NEMESIS' (Humbug) affliction pool has been tweaked. Epilepsy has been replaced with agoraphobia.
* Multiple entities can be summoned with a single SUMMON command now. The balance cost scales based on the number of minions recalled.
* NIN'KHARSAG (Slime) has had its effects reworked. It will now extend the next tree balance on the target. This new power will cause the entities ties to the mortal realms to be severed.
* RIXIL's weakened mind affliction will now fade automatically after not being cured for 1 minute.

Elementalism
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* STAFFCAST's willpower cost has been reduced.
* RING has had its equilibrium cost reduced.
* THORNREND's health and limb damage are now lessened on VINEWREATHE'd targets.
* ERODE will now strip denizen shields.

Harmonics
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* POES can no longer fail.
* MINUET no longer requires the listener to be undeaf.

Pranks
------
* Balloons will now pop following any rapid change in elevation.

Seafaring
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* ANTICIPATE is now at rank 3 in the WATCH specialisation.

Swashbuckling
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* HEARTSFURY now has an increased chance to retaliate to an attack.
* MARTELLATO will now additionally pierce the aura of rebounding on prone targets.
* Several accuracy improvements have been made to HEARTSFURY and RIPOSTE.

Tarot
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* SUN tarot will now additionally provide a very short-term curing effect while the caster is in the room.
* MOON tarot will now afflict with hallucinations instead of anorexia.

Voicecraft
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* SONGBIRDs will now sing their melody with increased frequency.

Woodlore
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* NOOSE and SNARE traps now have a slightly longer balance cost to lay.

Misc.
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* FLYing (with a Ring of Flying) will no longer have its balance cost affected by traits.


Penned by My hand on the 11th of Phaestian, in the year 666 AF.


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Announce News Post #4223

October 2014 Classlead Changes - Part IV

Written by: Tecton, the Terraformer
Date: Saturday, October 11th, 2014
Addressed to: Everyone


We're getting to the end of our CLASSLEAD reports, with this penultimate batch of changes! As always, here's all of the details:

Crystalism
----------
* PLAGUE vibration now has an extended duration.

Curses
------
* SWIFTCURSE has been tweaked some more. You can now use it in conjunction with regular curses, by using the SWIFTCURSE command instead of CURSE. Curses cast with the CURSE command will not be affected by, or use up charges of SWIFTCURSE.
* BLIGHTed curses can no longer be SWIFTCURSEd.

Devotion
--------
* PEACE has had its equilibrium cost increased.
* DELIVER now has a lower devotion energy cost and a higher equilibrium cost.
* TRUTH will now strip the hidden defence in addition to its previous effects.
* BLOODSWORN's sipping bonus has been increased.
* BLOODSWORN will now reduce the partner's health by 50% if the other dies, instead of a flat 100 health.

Domination
----------
* NEMESIS' (Humbug) affliction pool has been tweaked. Epilepsy has been replaced with agoraphobia.
* Multiple entities can be summoned with a single SUMMON command now. The balance cost scales based on the number of minions recalled.
* NIN'KHARSAG (Slime) has had its effects reworked. It will now extend the next tree balance on the target. This new power will cause the entities ties to the mortal realms to be severed.
* RIXIL's weakened mind affliction will now fade automatically after not being cured for 1 minute.

Elementalism
------------
* STAFFCAST's willpower cost has been reduced.
* RING has had its equilibrium cost reduced.
* THORNREND's health and limb damage are now lessened on VINEWREATHE'd targets.
* ERODE will now strip denizen shields.

Harmonics
---------
* POES can no longer fail.
* MINUET no longer requires the listener to be undeaf.

Pranks
------
* Balloons will now pop following any rapid change in elevation.

Seafaring
---------
* ANTICIPATE is now at rank 3 in the WATCH specialisation.

Swashbuckling
-------------
* HEARTSFURY now has an increased chance to retaliate to an attack.
* MARTELLATO will now additionally pierce the aura of rebounding on prone targets.
* Several accuracy improvements have been made to HEARTSFURY and RIPOSTE.

Tarot
-----
* SUN tarot will now additionally provide a very short-term curing effect while the caster is in the room.
* MOON tarot will now afflict with hallucinations instead of anorexia.

Voicecraft
----------
* SONGBIRDs will now sing their melody with increased frequency.

Woodlore
--------
* NOOSE and SNARE traps now have a slightly longer balance cost to lay.

Misc.
-----
* FLYing (with a Ring of Flying) will no longer have its balance cost affected by traits.


Penned by My hand on the 11th of Phaestian, in the year 666 AF.


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