UPDATE: GM Tago announced the updates to the Curse Spell (715), from the Spell Disabler Review. The changes include: 1) Duration different vs. players or vs. creatures, 2) Hard round times replaced with stagger (can’t stack but can refresh), 3) TD pushdown for self-casting removed, 4) Chance every 3 seconds to trigger (was 5s), 5) Specific updates on kinds of curses (in link), and 6) Curse of the Star for Sorcerers no longer has a warding check. Details:
Text of Discord Post follows:
GM Tago
Curse updates
on 01 Sep 2024 1:19 AM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #development-announcements channel
Curse (715) has received the rest of its spell disabler review update, as well as the update specified in the sorcerer review proposal (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vFQcOJVAVCMLnXD8UksBBxgFJDJE4xMVXCdVmxXPFBk/edit).
Spell Disabler Review
Curse’s mana cost had already been reduced to 3 mana, and its cast roundtime reduced to 2 seconds, earlier in the spell disabler review. The latest round of changes align it with the rest of the spell disabler review:
Duration of all 715 curses is now 30 seconds against players and 60 seconds against creatures (reduced with survival ranks and kroderine soul.)
All hard roundtime is replaced with stagger (cannot stack, can refresh).
The TD pushdown for self-casting is removed.
Previously, many curse effects were a slow burn, and so the new duration had more impact on them than many other disablers. To balance this change, all curses that previously had a chance to trigger every 5 seconds now have a chance to trigger every 3 seconds (clumsy, weakness, itch, and pox), and individual curses received additional changes as follows:
Clumsy
The first check after a successful cast always triggers clumsiness.
Creatures’ chances of stumbling now more closely match players’, and there is a minor messaging fix relating to clumsy creatures.
Weakness
Slight boost to probability to do a crit.
Itch
The chance of triggering itchiness has been reduced such that the average number of item drop events will remain about the same (per 30 seconds of itchiness) as before.
Pox
The first check after a successful cast always triggers the pox.
Boost to probability to trigger the pox on all other checks.
Nightmare
The time from successful cast to first combat-relevant effect is substantially reduced.
Sorcerer review
Curse of the star no longer has a warding check. (The target still has to die for the caster to get the bolt AS boost.)
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