{"id":1173,"date":"2017-03-01T11:46:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T19:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2017-03-01T11:46:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T19:46:28","slug":"new_spells_runes_and_trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/01\/new_spells_runes_and_trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Fictorum Update #38: New Spells, New Runes, and Destructible Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, fellow wizards! We hope you have been enjoying the new features the team has brought to Fictorum. There is a nice heap of great new stuff to discover in the latest version!<br \/>\n<!--more--><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-70843120-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/assets.gfycat.com\/gfycat.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>0.8.14 Alpha Released!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Abilities-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1179\" src=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Abilities-1-1024x556.png\" alt=\"Fictorum New Spells\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Abilities-1-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Abilities-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Abilities-1-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Abilities-1-600x326.png 600w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Abilities-1.png 1590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Greg put together another quick video explaining some of the major changes of the incoming patch:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5XjWGYT7rjc\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Major Changes<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trees are Destructible<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A wishlist item that many of you have relayed to us is the desire for destructible trees. Wait no more: all trees are destructible now! Buildings no longer hog all the fun. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New Runes<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nova: Potent rune that vastly increases spell area of effect, but reduces range to zero<\/li>\n<li>Echo: Repeats spell\u2019s cast after a short delay<\/li>\n<li>Trap: Places a trap at the location, casting the spell once an enemy crosses or the duration depletes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u5nqbOJgOoc\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spells and Abilities<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Incendium: Does no initial damage, but will always have an echo multiplier of at least one<\/li>\n<li>Concussion: An area lightning spell that does low damage, but causes a very high amount of stun<\/li>\n<li>Dash: An alternative to Blink, this ability quickly moves the caster in the direction that they are moving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gfyitem\" data-id=\"FaithfulHighlevelGalapagospenguin\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New Titles<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Coiled Wyvern: Begins with the Incendium tome and the aforementioned Echo rune<\/li>\n<li>The Ascended: Only available to those truly worthy can ascend to the power of a god (though it does not ensure victory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PxK324gOx-o?start=6988\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New Passives<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Burning Armor<\/li>\n<li>Freezing Armor<\/li>\n<li>Flight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Bugs Fixes and Minor Enhancements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stones and bricks added to the sides of roads in the majority of maps<\/li>\n<li>Mousing over player health, mana, or stamina bars will show the current and maximum amounts (these can be set to be always shown in the settings menu)<\/li>\n<li>Storms no longer spawn on the chapter map<\/li>\n<li>Different animation sets used for Rintara and the Grand Inquisitor<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a bug that caused characters to occasionally fly off into the heavens while getting up from a knockdown<\/li>\n<li>Corrupted liches and warlocks animate properly when casting spells<\/li>\n<li>The Corrupted Hulk appears in chapters 5 and beyond<\/li>\n<li>The destroy mission objective markers are significantly easier to see<\/li>\n<li>Gamepad keyboard is working smoothly for player name entry<\/li>\n<li>Rocks and Javelins are properly thrown by inquisitors and bandits<\/li>\n<li>Rock Wall functions correctly<\/li>\n<li>Arc properly knocks down all enemies in front of the caster<\/li>\n<li>Item\/Rune drop notifications are easier to see<\/li>\n<li>The Lich\u2019s corruption ball has been slowed down by 1\/3<\/li>\n<li>Enemy captains have improved perception<\/li>\n<li>Improvements on the world map town markers<\/li>\n<li>Several new events have been added into rotation<\/li>\n<li>Stun runes will only spawn as a lodic rune<\/li>\n<li>Pressing escape during level load no longer pauses loading<\/li>\n<li>Gamepad cursor accelerates much more smoothly<\/li>\n<li>Chilling aura is slightly less bright<\/li>\n<li>Enemy character skin will be properly shown after being frozen<\/li>\n<li>Dying within an event properly causes the choice of &#8220;1. End the story&#8221; to come up<\/li>\n<li>Collision for the nexus pedestal has been improved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Coming weeks<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be hosting our next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/scrapingbottomgames\">Twitch stream<\/a> on 3\/7 at 8pm PT\u2014We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>Talk to you next time! 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