Bound Armaments

v0.2.3

• New loading screen: All assets are now loaded when loading a save file to prevent lag when changing appearance/equipment
• Added new dialogues: Each dialogue will trigger once; After defeating the final boss, then the first time entering the Hub, the Shop, the Forge, and the Keep.
• Dialogue Text Speed Option: Added configurable text crawling speeds (Slow, Normal, Fast, Instant) in Options.
• SFX Overhaul: Added numerous SFX across combat actions and equipment.
• UI & Controller Accessibility Changes: Remade Pause Menu and updated Appearance Popup for controllers.
• Mechanics and Gameplay
• Introduced the Keep building in the Hub, serving as the UI for managing Faction Reputation and Standing.
• Characters and upcoming dungeons are now affiliated with specific Factions.
• Completing dungeons now grants Faction Standing: +100 standing to the dungeon owner's faction and +25 standing to the affiliated faction of each active party member.
• Reaching higher Faction Standing Tiers unlocks exclusive rewards and shop inventory.
• Added Faction Rewards for Reclaimers of Elnfar and Sol Dominion:
• Tier 1 Reward: Spectral Tonic (Consumable)
• Tier 2 Reward: Bloodsucker's Straitjacket (Equipment. Grants Vampiric Bite Combat Action)
• Tier 1 Reward: Inner Heat Tonic (Consumable)
• Tier 2 Reward: Fire Ring Gag (Equipment. Grants Conjure Flames Combat Action)
• Claiming unlocked rewards at the Keep automatically adds the items to inventory and unlocks purchasable stock in the Shop and Forge.
• Added rep, setrep, addrep Commands to Debug Console (Patreon Build only):
• rep [faction_id] - Displays the player's current reputation points and standing tier with the target faction.
• addrep [faction_id] [amount] - Adds the specified amount of reputation points to a faction.
• setrep [faction_id] [amount] - Sets the player's exact reputation points with a faction.
• Balance Changes
• Reworked Poison Status Effect: Poison now deals 4% of the target's Max HP as damage per stack. Max 5 stacks and decays by 1 every turn.
• Added Burn Status Effect: Burn deals a consistent 8% of the target's Max HP as damage. For each stack of Burn, target is slowed by 8%. Max 5 stacks. and decays by 1 every turn.
• Added Bulwark Status Effect: Currently unique to Kelra. Increases Physical Defense by 7% per stack. Max 5 stacks.
• CharactersIn preparation for a Character overhaul in patch 0.3.0, various changes to character skills has been made. In this patch, the focus of these changes are Kelra and Effie.
• Battlecry (Cost: 20 MP): Grants Taunt and +1 stack of Bulwark to self.
• Cleave (Cost: 20 MP): Deals 90% Physical Damage to all enemies.
• Horn Ram (AP Regained: 8): Deals 90% Piercing Physical Damage to a single target, ignoring target armor, and restores 8 AP.
• Iron Sunder (NEW) (Cost: 20 MP): Deals 65% Physical Damage to an enemy and grants +1 stack of Bulwark.
• EffieIn regards to Effie, she is planned to be changed from a Fae into a Sylph. As such, some of her Action names have been renamed while retaining the same effects.
• Breath of Life (Changed from Dewdrop Prayer) (Cost: 20 MP): Heals a targeted ally equal to 100% of Magic Attack.
• Gale Shroud (Changed from Galmour) (Cost: 35 MP): Envelops a target ally in protective winds, granting +30% Evasion.
• Turbulence (NEW) (Cost: 20 MP): Deals 65% Magic Damage to a target enemy and inflicts -20% Speed Down.