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Announce News Post #4959

First things first...

Written by: Makarios, the Meticulous
Date: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Addressed to: Everyone


We've just updated the Wheel for the second half of our birthday month! There are two major changes the gamblers among you should be aware of:

- The Yggdrasil talisman set has been swapped out for the Contenders set. The Elemental set remains available.

- The Seleucar suit has been retired for now, to make way for our newest suit: the Originals.
The suit contains four cards, each one a player from the very early days of Achaea who left a major mark on the world by being the first to do something. Needless to say, this was a very tough suit to narrow down! The cards each regenerate one charge per hour, and are as follows:

Haidion, the Wanderer: Could we have this suit without including the oldest adventurer of all? Of course not! When drawing this card against a target, their celerity will be locked to your own. This essentially means that however fast you move, that person also moves at that same speed. Lasts between two and five minutes. Three charges.

Maran La'Saen, Seraph of Creation: The first at rather a lot of things that you can read about in some length on his card, he is undoubtedly best known for being the first male adventurer to ascend to Godhood. When drawing this card, you will create a barrier in the location that lasts for 1 minute. This barrier has 5000 health and will absorb 25% of all damage on anyone in the room (including your enemies). When it runs out of health or the timer expires, the barrier disappears. There is a cooldown on a room before this may be cast again, and if the caster isn't alive and present the barrier will fail. Unblockable damage bypasses the barrier, as do very large damage hits (essentially, this means it will not function against finishers).

Covenant Stormcrow: A name that Eleusians one and all will no doubt know, he was the city's founder, first Speaker, and in his time as Guildmaster established himself as one of the most famous adventurers in the Nature faction (though his musical talent left much to be desired). By drawing this card, you may inflict a special battlerage attack against a target, delivering the CHARMED status half of the time and the RECKLESS status the other half. Three charges, and the attack consumes 18 battlerage.

Aringar Claros, Storm over Sapience: Last but by no means the least, Aringar was the first adventurer to ever achieve the status and power of a Greater Dragon (wisely choosing Blue as his colour). You may draw this card to strip the shield from a target in your line of sight. Four charges.

Rounding out this suit is its Joker, the aptly-named Harlequin! A man of several qualities, he is perhaps most distinguished not only by founding the Occultists Guild, but by being the first Achaean ever slain by another. He was also, however, notorious for being the first Achaean adventurer to upset Sarapis, an unwise course of action if ever there was one, and the source of the first Logosian decree.

Enjoy!


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Announce News Post #4959

First things first...

Written by: Makarios, the Meticulous
Date: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Addressed to: Everyone


We've just updated the Wheel for the second half of our birthday month! There are two major changes the gamblers among you should be aware of:

- The Yggdrasil talisman set has been swapped out for the Contenders set. The Elemental set remains available.

- The Seleucar suit has been retired for now, to make way for our newest suit: the Originals.
The suit contains four cards, each one a player from the very early days of Achaea who left a major mark on the world by being the first to do something. Needless to say, this was a very tough suit to narrow down! The cards each regenerate one charge per hour, and are as follows:

Haidion, the Wanderer: Could we have this suit without including the oldest adventurer of all? Of course not! When drawing this card against a target, their celerity will be locked to your own. This essentially means that however fast you move, that person also moves at that same speed. Lasts between two and five minutes. Three charges.

Maran La'Saen, Seraph of Creation: The first at rather a lot of things that you can read about in some length on his card, he is undoubtedly best known for being the first male adventurer to ascend to Godhood. When drawing this card, you will create a barrier in the location that lasts for 1 minute. This barrier has 5000 health and will absorb 25% of all damage on anyone in the room (including your enemies). When it runs out of health or the timer expires, the barrier disappears. There is a cooldown on a room before this may be cast again, and if the caster isn't alive and present the barrier will fail. Unblockable damage bypasses the barrier, as do very large damage hits (essentially, this means it will not function against finishers).

Covenant Stormcrow: A name that Eleusians one and all will no doubt know, he was the city's founder, first Speaker, and in his time as Guildmaster established himself as one of the most famous adventurers in the Nature faction (though his musical talent left much to be desired). By drawing this card, you may inflict a special battlerage attack against a target, delivering the CHARMED status half of the time and the RECKLESS status the other half. Three charges, and the attack consumes 18 battlerage.

Aringar Claros, Storm over Sapience: Last but by no means the least, Aringar was the first adventurer to ever achieve the status and power of a Greater Dragon (wisely choosing Blue as his colour). You may draw this card to strip the shield from a target in your line of sight. Four charges.

Rounding out this suit is its Joker, the aptly-named Harlequin! A man of several qualities, he is perhaps most distinguished not only by founding the Occultists Guild, but by being the first Achaean ever slain by another. He was also, however, notorious for being the first Achaean adventurer to upset Sarapis, an unwise course of action if ever there was one, and the source of the first Logosian decree.

Enjoy!


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