Bound Armaments [v0.2.3] By Devomon

• 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.

Added Keep and Factions:

• 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:

Reclaimers of Elnfar:

Tier 1 Reward: Spectral Tonic (Consumable)

• Tier 2 Reward: Bloodsucker’s Straitjacket (Equipment. Grants Vampiric Bite Combat Action)

Sol Dominion:

• 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.

Characters

In 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.

Kelra

• 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.