Weekly Development Activities (July 9, 2007)

[MysticTheurge]

General

• NEW – Dolurrh environmental effects will now display an appropriate screen overlay.

Anyone else find it curious that this is under General rather than under "Quests: Prison of the Planes."

[Lorien_the_First_One]

and are you surprised at all, again giving dwarves 60 more hit points is much more important

Oh give it a rest. Coding the change to the hit points, whether you agree with it or not, likely took less than 5 min. (each ehancement likely has a value and they just typed 16 or 20 new numbers into a single table in a known location)

The cripling strike bug should be fixed but it may be a more serious coding problem. It is pointless to say "why did you do simple thing A which I don't like instead of thing B that I wanted". These things are just not comparible.

Especially when it is said again....and again...and again...

[tihocan]

Offensive spells with "touch" range now possess significantly more lenient heading checks. These include Chill Touch, Ghoul Touch, Inflict (various) Wounds, Otto's (ir)Resistable Dance, Slay Living, and Touch of Idiocy.

Thank you!

Thanks also for finally giving Mui Tong his chalice! (a pet peeve of mine)

[Freeman]

The cripling strike bug should be fixed but it may be a more serious coding problem. It is pointless to say "why did you do simple thing A which I don't like instead of thing B that I wanted". These things are just not comparible.

It could be just as easy as the change to the Toughness enhancements(I don't care either way about those myself), but there's no way for us to know either way. I've seen a bug that took five months to get fixed(Song of Freedom) described as a "simple fix" by the Devs. The time it takes to fix a bug has little relation to the amount of coding involved. Serious bugs are usually fixed within a few days of a new update, regardless of how much coding is involved. Other issues linger for months, regardless of whether they are easy or hard to fix, simply because no one has looked at the problem yet.

[Riddikulus]

Careful with statements like that .. the next thing you know, they'll change repair to be affected by the 'Repair' skill. And Repair will be the new Balance

I was surprised when I found out that it didn't affect that at all, but I guess I understand why (you aren't actually repairing it... the repair guy is).

But they could always add the ability to use the Repair skill on items in addition to WF... save a few bucks on repair costs by doing it yourself.

[Katrina]

According to reports from Risia, it will affect you also.

Awesome thanks freeman!

[Mad_Bombardier]

Items

• NEW – Corrected treasure tables for certain extremely high level, race restricted jewelry and clothing. They will no longer generate items with incorrect Minimum Required Levels.

Will this correct previously generated items, or only subsequently generated items. I have a great pair of rr: Dwarf DEX +5 boots, ml:13 that should be ml:9 and would like to use them on another character.

[ArkoHighStar]

Oh give it a rest. Coding the change to the hit points, whether you agree with it or not, likely took less than 5 min. (each ehancement likely has a value and they just typed 16 or 20 new numbers into a single table in a known location)

The cripling strike bug should be fixed but it may be a more serious coding problem. It is pointless to say "why did you do simple thing A which I don't like instead of thing B that I wanted". These things are just not comparible.

Especially when it is said again....and again...and again...

I am a developer so yes I understand how long it took a dev to change it, and no it is not 5 minutes, nothing in a development cycle takes 5 minutes. First a game designer has to spend time deciding this needs to be done, then it has to be specced, met on and agreed upon by lead designer, then assigned to developer, it has to be coded, versioned and submitted to QA, then it is tested and approved and submitted for build.

Whether to fix an existing bug or add a new feature has long been the developers bane, most developers want bugs fixed, designers and marketing want new features(ie content and new items, spells etc). So if we just stay silent andlet them add new things without addressing the older issues then they will never get fixed because they have been deemed as acceptable by the users.

by the way my comment was meant as a joke to Feeman as we both have been calling for the fix to crippling strike.

[EspyLacopa]

Using Eremic Quall to transport you directly to Chief Ungurz will now place you in the correct version of the Tangleroot Gorge landscape quest.

Yay!

[Coldin]

• NEW – Offensive spells with "touch" range now possess significantly more lenient heading checks. These include Chill Touch, Ghoul Touch, Inflict (various) Wounds, Otto's (ir)Resistable Dance, Slay Living, and Touch of Idiocy.

THANK YOU!!

I can't count how many times I've lost one of those touch spells just because a monster is hopping around like mad.

[Kisaragi]

Sadly, yes. QA testing turned up some issues, so Update 4.2 will now be next week.

I'm just glad I don't have to take a level of fighter to protect my equipment, I think that'll make many happy. Now we just need a way to fix permanent damage and repairing will be perfect.

PS. As always, always looking for some more weapon types to be added; Katanas, Claws, Whips (pretty please?), and Scythes.

[Freeman]

PS. As always, always looking for some more weapon types to be added; Katanas, Claws, Whips (pretty please?), and Scythes.

You want to give Merlask a whip? If they added those to the game, the next event on Thelanis could be very interesting

[Dane_McArdy]

Anyone else find it curious that this is under General rather than under "Quests: Prison of the Planes."

I'm never curious over what seems to be a simple mistake, or read into it more then what it seems to be.

[Dane_McArdy]

THANK YOU!!

I can't count how many times I've lost one of those touch spells just because a monster is hopping around like mad.

And we weren't even asking for this!

Right? We weren't.

[Mad_Bombardier]

You want to give Merlask a whip? If they added those to the game, the next event on Thelanis could be very interesting

[Mad_Bombardier]

And we weren't even asking for this!

Right? We weren't.

shins was. Slay Living, time for a change

[GramercyRiff]

Mod 5 has no level cap increase, it contains parts 3 and 4 to the litany of the dead series, which would be 10-12 for part 3 and 12-14 for part 4, they have indicated that part 4 will be much lke the gianthold with a raid and similar methods of getting raid ready, they are looking at overhauling the raid loot mechanic for this raid, but they have not stated how.

How do you know there won't be a level increase? I think this (Sam's quote below) was a hint that the cap is increasing for mod 5.

NEW – Offensive spells with "touch" range now possess significantly more lenient heading checks. These include Chill Touch, Ghoul Touch, Inflict (various) Wounds, Otto's (ir)Resistable Dance, Slay Living, and Touch of Idiocy.

The bolded (ir) implies that this will affect Irresistable Dance, an 8th level spell Wiz/Sorc and 6th level Bard spell. That could be biased wishful thinking, but I'm not sure I could still play this game thinking that the next bulk of content will be LotD without having the cap increased as well.

[bobbryan2]

How do you know there won't be a level increase? I think this (Sam's quote below) was a hint that the cap is increasing for mod 5.



The bolded (ir) implies that this will affect Irresistable Dance, an 8th level spell Wiz/Sorc and 6th level Bard spell. That could be biased wishful thinking, but I'm not sure I could still play this game thinking that the next bulk of content will be LotD without having the cap increased as well.

Yeah, it's wishful thinking.

I know they've been alluding to (ir)resistable dance for at least 6-7 months. It's pretty much a no-brainer that it's going to be added.

Next level increase will be Mod 6.

[katanaflame]

In QA
These items are in QA and are scheduled for Update 4.2: Searing Heights.

General

• Players get 3 more weapon set configuration slots, for a total of 7!
• NEW – The Biography text filter has been modified to replace bad words with symbol characters instead of rejecting an entire biography. These symbols will help you identify your problem areas (which sometimes aren't obvious).
• Fixed an Auction House bug where it was possible to bid on an auction and receive a different quantity of the item than expected.

UI Improvements

• The XP bar should no longer disappear on larger monitors.
• NEW – The pop-up dialog for splitting items stacks in your inventory now defaults to 1 item instead of the size of the full stack.
• Mail
  
  • You will now get a warning (and won't be able to detach the money) when you attempt to detach money which would place you over the maximum amount of money you can have.
    
• Auction House
  
  • You can now filter your auction house searches by item level. This search is based on the minimum level to use the item. Items with no level requirement are considered level 1 by the filter.
  • Clothing and Jewelry sections in the auction house are now broken up into multiple categories based the slot the item equips to. There are now a total of ten categories for both of these two sections. Note: Only newly posted auctions will appear in these new categories.
  • NEW – Throwing Darts now have their own category.
• Friends List
  
  • Offline friends will no longer show up in the friends list when added or imported if "Hide Offline Friends" is checked.
  • Characters you add to your friends list who are anonymous will now appear offline as intended.
• Who Panel
  
  • Clicking on the "Show only players looking for group" text will no longer check the checkbox. You now must click on the checkbox directly to select this option.
    
• Rogue Action Boost and Ranger Action Boost have new icons to differentiate them from Human Versatility.

Monsters

• NEW – The Efreeti summoned by Summon Monster VII now once again possesses spell points and is capable of casting spells.
• Giant Skeletons will no longer always alternate missile and magical attacks when at range.
• Translucent monsters will no longer reappear "standing" after dying to an effect that would normally destroy their body.
• Bezekira particle effects will no longer persist after death.
• The spike damage of the Razor Cats is now working properly. Those who hit a razor cat in melee combat will have to make a reflex save or be injured by the spikes. Keep some throwing hammers and/or spearblock items handy.
• The fire elemental's Aura of Flame has been fixed. It can no longer be blocked by spell resistance.
• Duergar barbarians, bandits, and bards had their alignment corrected. They are now Neutral Evil instead of Lawful Evil.
• Higher level wights and ghouls (CR 10 and above) will be able to use their innate abilities like level drain and disease on more of their attacks, rather than only doing these on their “rear back and jump forward” attack. This makes them more like their pen and paper counterparts and will make them a little more challenging. Players will of course still get their saves to resist these effects.

Combat

• Weapons with special damage effects no longer cause a sneak attack on an unsuspecting victim to be lost.

Spells

• New Spells for Paladins:
  
  • Angelskin
    
    • Abjuration
    • Level: Pal 2
    • Components: V, S, DF
    • Target: Lawful Good creature touched (self or ally)
    • Duration: 6 seconds/level
      
    • The subject gains damage reduction 5/evil.
      
  • Holy Sword
    
    • Evocation
    • Level: Pal 4
    • Components: V, S, M
    • Channels holy power to turn a Blessed Cold Iron weapon into a +5 Holy Cold Iron weapon that grants its wielder a continuous Protection From Evil effect while equipped. The holy weapon is permanent, but is destroyed on dungeon exit. The House Jorasco Divine Reagent Vendor carries Blessed Cold Iron Greatswords, Bastard Swords, Longswords, Shortswords, Scimitars, Warhammers, Rapiers, Dwarven Waraxes, Khopeshes, Mauls, and Heavy Picks.
    
    
• New Spells for Clerics:
  
  • Chaos Hammer
    
    • Evocation [Chaotic]
    • Level: Clr 4
    • Components: V, S
    • Saving Throw: Will partial, see text.
    • You unleash chaotic power to smite your enemies. This spell deals 1d8 points of damage per two caster levels (max 5d8) to lawful creatures (or 1d6 points of damage per caster level (max 10d6) to lawful outsiders) and slows them for a short period of time. A successful Will save reduces the damage by half and negates the slow effect. The spell deals only half damage to creatures that are neither lawful nor chaotic, and they are not slowed. Such creatures can reduce the damage by half again (down to one quarter) with a successful Will save. This spell deals no damage to chaotic creatures, and can only be cast by chaotic or neutral casters - it has no effect when cast by a lawful caster.
      
  • Close Wounds
    
    • Conjuration (Healing)
    • Level: Clr 2
    • Components: V
    • Target: One Ally, Self, or Undead Foe
    • Saving Throw: Will half
    • Close Wounds cures 1d4 points of damage + 1 point per caster level (maximum +5). This spell is quicker to cast than other cures and has no cooldown other than the one second global cooldown.
      
  • Nightshield
    
    • Abjuration
    • Level: Clr 1, Sor/Wiz 1
    • Components: V, S
    • Range: Personal
    • Duration: 1 minute/level
    • Grants a +1 resistance bonus to saves; this resistance bonus increases to +2 at caster level 6th and +3 at caster level 9th. In addition, this spell negates Magic Missile and Force Missile attacks directed at you.
      
  • Order's Wrath
    
    • Evocation [Lawful]
    • Level: Clr 4
    • Components: V, S
    • Saving Throw: Will partial, see text.
    • You unleash lawful power to smite your enemies. This spell deals 1d8 points of damage per two caster levels (max 5d8) to chaotic creatures (or 1d6 points of damage per caster level (max 10d6) to chaotic outsiders) and dazes them for a short period of time. A successful Will save reduces the damage by half and negates the daze effect. The spell deals only half damage to creatures that are neither lawful nor chaotic, and they are not dazed. Such creatures can reduce the damage by half again (down to one quarter) with a successful Will save. This spell deals no damage to lawful creatures, and can only be cast by lawful or neutral casters - it has no effect when cast by a chaotic caster.
      
  • Spawn Screen
    
    • Necromancy
    • Level: Clr 2, Sor/Wiz 2
    • Components: V, S, DF
    • Target: One Ally/level
    • Duration: 1 minute/level
    • Protects you and your allies from rising as spawns of common undead after death. Certain very rare, exceptionally powerful creatures (with purple names) may be able to bypass this ward.
      
  • Unholy Blight
    
    • Evocation [Evil]
    • Level: Clr 4
    • Components: V, S
    • Saving Throw: Will partial, see text.
    • You call up unholy power to smite your enemies. This spell deals 1d8 points of damage per two caster levels (max 5d8) to good creatures (or 1d6 points of damage per caster level (max 10d6) to good outsiders) and sickens them for a short period of time. A successful Will save reduces the damage by half and negates the sicken effect. The spell deals only half damage to creatures that are neither good nor evil, and they are not sickened. Such creatures can reduce the damage by half again (down to one quarter) with a successful Will save. This spell deals no damage to evil creatures, and can only be cast by evil or neutral casters - it has no effect when cast by a good caster.
      
• New Spells for Wizards and Sorcerers:
  
  • Nightshield
    
    • Abjuration
    • Level: Clr 1, Sor/Wiz 1
    • Components: V, S
    • Range: Personal
    • Duration: 1 minute/level
    • Grants a +1 resistance bonus to saves; this resistance bonus increases to +2 at caster level 6th and +3 at caster level 9th. In addition, this spell negates Magic Missile and Force Missile attacks directed at you.
      
  • Ooze Puppet
    
    • Transmutation
    • Level: Sor/Wiz 2
    • Components: V, S
    • Target: One Ooze
    • Duration: 10 minutes
    • Saving Throw: Fortitude negates
    • You telekinetically take control of the targeted ooze, manipulating it and forcing it to move and attack as you see fit. Oozes dominated by this spell are slowed, and once a minute receive an additional save to attempt to free themselves. If the controlled ooze splits, you lose control of the resultant oozes.
      
  • Spawn Screen
    
    • Necromancy
    • Level: Clr 2, Sor/Wiz 2
    • Components: V, S, DF
    • Target: One Ally/level
    • Duration: 1 minute/level
    • Protects you and your allies from rising as spawns of common undead after death. Certain very rare, exceptionally powerful creatures (with purple names) may be able to bypass this ward.
      
• New Spells for Bards:
  
  • Focusing Chant
    
    • Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting]
    • Level: Brd 1
    • Components: V
    • Range: Personal
    • Duration: 1 minute
    • You gain a +1 circumstance bonus on attack rolls and skill checks for the duration of the spell.
      
• Base cooldowns for Sorcerers reduced by 0.5 seconds for all spells (1.0 second for lingering effects.)
• Maximize and Empower options temporarily removed from Fire Shield and Chill Shield - these metamagics were not increasing the amount of damage dealt by the spells but were increasing the spell point cost of the spells.
• Tenser's Transformation now grants Simple Weapon Proficiencies in addition to Martial Weapon Proficiencies. Additionally, casting Tenser's Transformation will now also grant proficiency with Throwing Hammers.
• Chill Touch now (properly) has a fortitude save to negate the strength damage portion of the spell.
• Potentially long-lasting debuff spells like crushing despair, bane, doom, and ray of enfeeblement have been changed so that they are removed by resting at a rest shrine.
• Fixed Mind Fog's spell school. Mind Fog is an enchantment, not a conjuration.
• The description for the Symbol of Flame spell has been fixed to accurately describe the amount of damage the spell does. The reflex save for this spell has also been fixed. Players and enemy npcs can now attempt a reflex save to reduce damage by half. The spell has always done 5d6 damage, and this has not been changed.

Skills, Feats, & Abilities

• Reduced difficulty of detecting traps with Search and Spot, especially at low levels (5 and under).
• The Power Critical feats have been upgraded. All of these feats have been consolidated into one. Once you have this feat, you will get a +4 bonus to confirm critical hits with any type of weapon.

Enhancements

• General
  
  • Extra Dragonmark I
    
    • Cost: 1 Action Point
    • Prereqs: Any Dragonmark, Level 2 Character, 3 Action Points Spent.
    • Benefit: Gain an additional use of your Least, Lesser, and Greater Dragonmarks per rest.
      
    
    
  • Extra Dragonmark 2
    
    • Cost: 2 Action Point
    • Prereqs: Any Dragonmark, Level 6 Character, 18 Action Points Spent.
    • Benefit: Gain an additional use of your Least, Lesser, and Greater Dragonmarks per rest.
      
    
    
  • Extra Dragonmark 3
    
    • Cost: 3 Action Point
    • Prereqs: Any Dragonmark, Level 10 Character, 33 Action Points Spent.
    • Benefit: Gain an additional use of your Least, Lesser, and Greater Dragonmarks per rest.
      
    
    
  • Extra Dragonmark 4
    
    • Cost: 4 Action Point
    • Prereqs: Any Dragonmark, Level 14 Character, 48 Action Points Spent.
    • Benefit: Gain an additional use of your Least, Lesser, and Greater Dragonmarks per rest.
      
    
    
• Bards
  
  • Note: you may only have one Bardic Specialization at a time
    
  • Spellsinger
    
    • Prereqs: Bard level 6, Bard Music of Energy 2, Bard Skill: Concentration 2, Bard Song Magic 2, Bard Lyric of Song 1, Any one of the following: Magical Training, Mental Toughness, Spell Focus: Enchantment, Greater Spell Focus: Enchantment, Empower Spell, Extend Spell, Heighten Spell, Maximize Spell
    • Your studies into magic have granted you a +2 bonus to your Concentration and Use Magic Device skills, +100 Spell Points, and the ability to expend a use of Bardic Music to grant all nearby allies a +1 morale bonus to spell DC's and a 10% morale discount on spell costs.
    
    
  • Virtuoso
    
    • Prereqs: Bard level 6, Bard Extra Song 2, Bard Skill: Perform 2, Bard Lingering Song 1, Bard Charisma 1, Any one of the following: Bard Extra Song 4, Skill Focus: Perform, Negotiator
    • Your studies into song have granted you a +2 bonus to your Diplomacy, Listen, and Perform skills, 3 extra uses of Bardic Music per rest, and your beneficial songs last an additional 10% longer. You also gain the ability to expend a use of Bardic Music to enthrall multiple enemies, fascinating them and inflicting a -2 penalty to attack rolls and Will saves even if the fascination is broken.
    
    
  • Warchanter
    
    • Prereqs: Bard level 6, Bard Inspired Attack 1, Bard Inspired Damage 1, Bard Inspired Bravery 2, Power Attack, Any one of the following: Weapon Focus: Slashing, Weapon Focus: Piercing, Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning
    • Your studies into war have granted you a +2 bonus to your Intimidate skill. Your Inspire Courage song gains an additional +1 to attack rolls, +2 to damage rolls, and +1 to fear saves. If you possess the Barbarian Rage ability, you gain +1 use per rest. You also gain the ability to expend a use of Bardic Music to grant all nearby allies damage reduction 5/-."
      
    
    
• Warforged
  
  • Warforged Brute Fighting I
    
    • Cost: 1 Action Point
    • Prereqs: Warforged Level 2, 3 Action Points Spent
    • Benefit: Activate this ability to cause your melee attacks to generate 10% more hate, making enemies more likely to attack you.
      
  • Warforged Brute Fighting II
    
    • Cost: 2 Action Points
    • Prereqs: Warforged Level 6, Warforged Brute Fighting I, 18 Action Points Spent
    • Benefit: Activate this ability to cause your melee attacks to generate 15% more hate, making enemies more likely to attack you.
      
  • Warforged Brute Fighting III
    
    • Cost: 3 Action Points
    • Prereqs: Warforged Level 10, Warforged Brute Fighting II, 33 Action Points Spent
    • Benefit: Activate this ability to cause your melee attacks to generate 20% more hate, making enemies more likely to attack you.
  • Warforged Brute Fighting IV
    
    • Cost: 4 Action Points
    • Prereqs: Warforged Level 14, Warforged Brute Fighting III, 48 Action Points Spent
    • Benefit: Activate this ability to cause your melee attacks to generate 25% more hate, making enemies more likely to attack you.
      
• The Follower of the <diety> Enhancement Lines now grant sub-abilities:
  
  • Tira's Champion: (Associated with Follower of the Silver Flame) Activate this ability to grant weapon proficiency in longbows to yourself or a friend until the target next rests. Consumes a use of turn undead.
    
  • Similar sub-abilities exist for the other faiths.
    
• The Toughness enhancement lines for dwarves, barbarians, fighters, and paladins have been upgraded. They now give you 5, 10, 15, and 20 additional hit points respectively instead of 5, 5, 5, and 5. They all still have the Toughness feat as a prerequisite.
• Halfling Thrown Weapon Attack and Damage enhancements now work on Throwing Hammers.
• Cleric and Paladin Unyielding Sovereignty now has significantly longer range (matching other healing spells) and requires line of sight to the target.
• The active abilities under Rogue Specializations now show up underneath the passive ability rather than under a second heading.
• Way of the Assassin now has three different poisons available for use: Thoughtburn (Int damage and prevents casting for a short time), Icechill (Dex damage and slows the target's attack speed for a short time), and Soulshatter (Lowers the target's spell resistance by 10 and Will saves by 4 for a short time). Only one poison may be active at a time.
• An enemy poisoned by Thoughtburn (from the Way of the Assassin ability) now displays appropriate particle effects.
• NEW – Corrected description of Rogue Way of the Assassin I to indicate that poison effect occur on sneak attacks while Assassin's Focus is active.
• NEW – Corrected prerequisite values for the enhancements Elven Melee Attack II and Elven Ranged Damage II. Elven Melee Attack II now requires 32 Action Points spent, Elven Ranged Damage II now requires 20 Action Points spent.
• Rogue Subtle Backstabber is now an active enhancement that has a toggled stance. While turned on, you will generate less hate on melee attacks.
• The Silver Flame Exorcism enhancements now use 10 + (class level) + Charisma Modifier as a DC for the Will and Fortitude saves rather than a fixed save DC. Updated the descriptions to match.
• Undying Call now properly differentiates between Drow and "real" elves.
• The various enhancements that summon creatures (Iron/Steel/Mithral Companion and Vulkoor’s Avatar) can now only be summoned in dungeons. You will no longer trigger the cooldown (and lose the attempt) if you try to summon them elsewhere. Summoning these creatures will now also break stealth.
• Iron Companion no longer lists Cannith Repair II as a potential prerequisite, since a character with Cannith Repair II has already unlocked the enhancement through the Least Mark of Making.
• Ranger Vermin Empathy enhancement prerequisites changed to: Ranger Level 2 (from 11). Ranger Extra Empathy I and any one of the following: Favored Enemy: Vermin, Ranger Desert Lore 2, Ranger Swamp Lore 2, or Ranger Extra Empathy IV.
• Ranger Elemental Empathy enhancement prerequisites changed to: Ranger Level 4 (from 12). Ranger Extra Empathy I and any one of the following: Favored Enemy: Elemental, Ranger Energy Resistance Boost III, or Ranger Extra Empathy IV.
• Bard Music of the Dead enhancement prerequisite changed to: Bard Level 6 (from 11). Any one of the following: Bard Extra Song IV or Bard Virtuoso I.
• Bard Music of the Makers enhancement prerequisite changed to: Bard Level 9 (from 11). Any one of the following: Bard Extra Song IV, Bard Virtuoso I, Warforged Construct Thinking III, Lesser Dragonmark of Making.

Items

• NEW – Corrected treasure tables for certain extremely high level, race restricted jewelry and clothing. They will no longer generate items with incorrect Minimum Required Levels.
• Whenever you repair an item there is a chance it will be permanently damaged. Up until now, it has been impossible to see which items were permanently damaged when repairing items in bulk. From now on an alert will be sent to the chat window as well as the middle of your screen.
• The House Jorasco Divine Reagent Vendor now carries Blessed Cold Iron Greatswords, Bastard Swords, Longswords, Shortswords, Scimitars, Warhammers, Rapiers, Dwarven Waraxes, Khopeshes, Mauls, and Heavy Picks.
• New enchanted food and drinks are available in all taverns. Warforged also have new enchanted balms and tonics. The new drink and tonic restores 2500sp over 1 minute. The new food heals 500hp over 1 minute.The new balm heals 450hp over 1 minute.
• Corrected the caster levels for Wands of Flame Arrow and Wands of Holy Smite to appropriate values for their spell level. Wand of Flame Arrow was reduced to Caster Level 5. Wand of Holy Smite was increased to Caster Level 7. Wands of Resist Energy was changed from Caster Level 1 to 3. These changes will affect the UMD difficulty of activating the wands as well as the wands gold value.
• The Helm of the Black Dragon and the Helm of the Blue Dragon will now appear in the correct Clothing section of the Auction House. They were so pretty they were mistakenly put in the Jewelry category.
• Randomly generated thrown Returning weapons will now correctly bypass their targets Damage Reduction.
• Clarified the description of the Nullcloth Gown to make it obvious that the 15% Spell Failure applies to all spell casters, even Divine casters.
• Corrected the naming for stacks of higher level Barkskin and Shield of Faith potions. They will now indicate their additional bonus eg Potions of Shield of Faith (+5).
• You will no longer be able to attach items to mail messages that are not currently in your inventory (i.e., an item that is in your bank).

NPCs

• Several enemy characters from the Aurum have had their alignment changed to Lawful Evil.
• Many npcs were incorrectly insisting that they were "Race: Elf" in the examination window. This information has been removed from these lying npcs.
• Niles Cage (Stormreach Harbor) is no longer performing an appendectomy on himself.

Quests

• Made a change to help prevent quest items from becoming inaccessible if the party member who was carrying them dies or leaves the quest.
• Ataraxia's Haven
  
  • Players will now always be able to exit the mine cave without difficulty.
    
• Cerulean Hills
  
  • Rare Encounter Garunt will now have a treasure chest.
    
• Delera's Graveyard
  
  • Necromancer's Lair
    
    • Fixed some older traps that were not working properly. Watch out!
      
    
    
• Garl's Tomb
  
  • The skeleton captain will now reappear if it falls into the water. Previously, if it fell off, it would not reappear, and it would not be possible to obtain its key.
    
• The Low Road
  
  • Fixed a couple hidden doors which could not be detected before.
    
• Menechtarun
  
  • The winds have shifted the sands of Menechtarun, revealing ancient roads.
  • Many of the named minibosses out in the desert of Menechtarun have gotten new supplies or found new sources of power. They are a fair amount stronger than before and will put up a better fight.
    
• The Missing Ward
  
  • The hard and elite versions of Necromancer Gerti have had their spell lists fixed. They will no longer repeatedly cast the sleep spell.
    
• Prison of the Planes
  
  • Cochitlehua has remembered that he has "Teleport Without Error" as an at-will spell-like ability.
  • NEW – Fixed a rare issue where the docent wouldn't pop.
• Redfang's Lair
  
  • Bile the scorpion will no longer appear before it's ready to fight.
    
• NEW – Restless Isles
  
  • Mul Tong now properly displays his quest chalice.
    
• Sorrowdusk Island
  
  • The named gargoyle Vermilo now functions properly (and his chest spawns on the ground).
    
• Stormcleave Outpost
  
  • Made several changes to the pillars:
    
    • The Mephits have had their hide skill lowered so they should be easier to find
      
    • The Mephits now have a 60 meter leash so they shouldn't wander away
    • Changed an objective to read 'Alight the Pillars' to make it more clear that they need to be fully lit and fully active rather than just partially lit.
      
• NEW – Tangleroot Gorge
  
  • Using Eremic Quall to transport you directly to Chief Ungurz will now place you in the correct version of the Tangleroot Gorge landscape quest.
    
• Waterworks
  
  • Clan Tunnelworm
    
    • Fixed a valve so it can be used more than once to prevent players from getting stuck in a room.
      
    
    
• Xorian Cipher
  
  • The three named spectres in the Xorian Cipher quest, the Urdak brothers, have been changed into skeletons so they can no longer occasionally flee and leave you stranded in a locked room. They will be slightly more challenging to beat than they were before.
    

In Development
These items are in development and are scheduled for Module 5: The Accursed Ascension (Litany of the Dead Parts 3 & 4).

General

• NEW – Dolurrh environmental effects will now display an appropriate screen overlay.

UI Improvements

• NEW – When you close and reopen the Adventure Compendium it will now remember which tab you were on and reopen to that tab.
• NEW – Added a button called "Modify Party" to the "Outstanding Invitation Requests" panel which will open up the "Create Party" panel directly instead of having players open it by opening the social panel first, then hitting the "Create Party" button.
• NEW – Fixed a problem where it was difficult to resize the grouping panel using the lower-right corner.
• Auctions
  
  • NEW – There is a new filter on the auction house that will allow you to search exclusively for auctions posted with a buyout value.
    
• Tooltips
  
  • Added active/toggle/passive usage to action tooltips.
  • Tooltips that display long cooldown periods will display them in minutes and seconds – e.g., 2 minutes 30 seconds instead of 150 seconds.
  • Action tooltips will inform the user when an action is useable in water, not useable in a brawl, or when it is useable only in public. They will also display the target type for the action.
  • NEW – The tooltips on the character stats page have been streatched out to allow 4 digit numbers to be displayed. This was an issue for magic users with 1000+ spell points, for example.
  • NEW – Disabling tooltips now disables all tooltips including shortcut bar and examination tooltips.
  • Tooltips for skills now include the key ability.
  • Tooltips for spells and feats now include the save DC and save type(s).
    
• Shopping
  
  • You can now ctrl-click on an item in a shop to purchase the item in bulk. A pop-up dialog will prompt you to enter the number of items to purchase. Note: This dialog is only used when purchasing items. There is still no way to control the number of items you sell from a stack.
  • When items in a shop are alphabetized, they are sorted first by base name (e.g. sword, dagger) and then by prefix (e.g. masterwork, vorpal).
  • When you add items to the shopping cart, the cumulative cost of the items in the cart will affect the "can afford" status of the items available for purchase / repair.
  • If a player's haggle skill changes, then the shopping cart display price will now update to reflect the change.
• Spells
  
  • Spell tooltips now include blocks that describe whether or not a spell can be resisted, and what the specific material component is for a given spell (if any).
  • Spell tooltips now include a metamagic information block. This block lists the kinds of metamagic that can affect this spell.

Spells

• NEW – Offensive spells with "touch" range now possess significantly more lenient heading checks. These include Chill Touch, Ghoul Touch, Inflict (various) Wounds, Otto's (ir)Resistable Dance, Slay Living, and Touch of Idiocy.
• The Crushing Despair FX are now persistent.

Skills, Feats, & Abilities

• The number of Turn Undead attempts per rest will now be calculated on the current displayed Charisma modifier. Previously only permanent changes to Charisma from level advancement and tomes were counted.
• The Listen skill now helps you detect hidden monsters.

Enhancements

• NEW – Lines of Item Defense enhancements have been added to Barbarians, Paladins, Rangers, and Rogues. Note that these lines, unlike the Fighter Item Defense line, are only three enhancements deep, and are acquired at higher levels than the Fighter Item Defense enhancements. Paladins receive Item Defense enhancements at levels 3, 7, and 11, while the others receive them at 5, 9, and 13. Fighters continue to receive them at levels 1, 5, 9, and 13. As with all class enhancements, purchasing level one in one class will lock out the lines from the other classes.
• Halfling luck, instead of only affecting Reflex saves, is now three distinct enhancement chains. These are not exclusive.
  
  • Halfling Luck (Fortitude) I
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 1
    • Cost: 1 Action Point
    • Grants a +1 bonus to Fortitude saves.
  • Halfling Luck (Fortitude) II
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 5, 14 Action Points spent, Halfling Luck (Fortitude) I
    • Cost: 2 Action Points
    • Grants a +2 bonus to Fortitude saves.
  • Halfling Luck (Fortitude) III
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 9, 29 Action Points spent, Halfling Luck (Fortitude) II
    • Cost: 3 Action Points
    • Grants a +3 bonus to Fortitude saves.
  • Halfling Luck (Reflex) I
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 1
    • Cost: 1 Action Point
    • Grants a +1 bonus to Reflex saves.
  • Halfling Luck (Reflex) II
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 5, 14 Action Points spent, Halfling Luck (Reflex) I
    • Cost: 2 Action Points
    • Grants a +2 bonus to Reflex saves.
  • Halfling Luck (Reflex) III
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 9, 29 Action Points spent, Halfling Luck (Reflex) II
    • Cost: 3 Action Points
    • Grants a +3 bonus to Reflex saves.
  • Halfling Luck (Will) I
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 1
    • Cost: 1 Action Point
    • Grants a +1 bonus to Will saves.
  • Halfling Luck (Will) II
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 5, 14 Action Points spent, Halfling Luck (Will) I
    • Cost: 2 Action Points
    • Grants a +2 bonus to Will saves.
  • Halfling Luck (Will) III
    
    • Prereq: Halfling Level 9, 29 Action Points spent, Halfling Luck (Will) II
    • Cost: 3 Action Points
    • Grants a +3 bonus to Will saves.
      
• Human Versatility has undergone some revisions, and now grants five subabilities. Instead of being restricted only to a skill boost, Humans may now display their versatility by gaining a short duration increase to skills, damage, attack rolls, saves, or armor class. These boosts draw from one common pool of 5.
  
  • Human Versatility I
    
    • Prereq: Human Level 1
    • Cost: 1 Action Point
    • Grants the ability to display your versatility as a +2 bonus to skills, damage, attack rolls, saves, or armor class for 20 seconds.
      
      • Human Versatility - Skills I. Activate this ability to receive a +2 bonus to skills for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Damage I. Activate this ability to receive a +2 bonus to damage for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Attack I.Activate this ability to receive a +2 bonus to attack rolls for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Saves I. Activate this ability to receive a +2 bonus to saves for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Armor Class I. Activate this ability to receive a +2 bonus to armor class for 20 seconds.
      
      
  • Human Versatility II
    
    • Prereq: Human Level 4, 10 Action Points Spent, Human Versatility I
    • Cost: 2 Action Points
    • Grants the ability to display your versatility as a +3 bonus to skills, damage, attack rolls, saves, or armor class for 20 seconds.
      
      • Human Versatility - Skills II. Activate this ability to receive a +3 bonus to skills for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Damage II. Activate this ability to receive a +3 bonus to damage for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Attack II. Activate this ability to receive a +3 bonus to attack rolls for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Saves II. Activate this ability to receive a +3 bonus to saves for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Armor Class II. Activate this ability to receive a +3 bonus to armor class for 20 seconds.
        
      
      
  • Human Versatility III
    
    • Prereq: Human Level 7, 21 Action Points Spent, Human Versatility II
    • Cost: 3 Action Points
    • Grants the ability to display your versatility as a +4 bonus to skills, damage, attack rolls, saves, or armor class for 20 seconds.
      
      • Human Versatility - Skills III. Activate this ability to receive a +4 bonus to skills for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Damage III. Activate this ability to receive a +4 bonus to damage for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Attack III. Activate this ability to receive a +4 bonus to attack rolls for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Saves III. Activate this ability to receive a +4 bonus to saves for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Armor Class III. Activate this ability to receive a +4 bonus to armor class for 20 seconds.
        
      
      
  • Human Versatility IV
    
    • Prereq: Human Level 10, 32 Action Points Spent, Human Versatility III
    • Cost: 4 Action Points
    • Grants the ability to display your versatility as a +5 bonus to skills, damage, attack rolls, saves, or armor class for 20 seconds.
      
      • Human Versatility - Skills IV. Activate this ability to receive a +5 bonus to skills for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Damage IV. Activate this ability to receive a +5 bonus to damage for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Attack IV. Activate this ability to receive a +5 bonus to attack rolls for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Saves IV. Activate this ability to receive a +5 bonus to saves for 20 seconds.
      • Human Versatility - Armor Class IV. Activate this ability to receive a +5 bonus to armor class for 20 seconds.
        
      
      

Quests

• NEW – Madstone Crater
  
  • Players should now get fewer cases of hot feet a few steps from the lava's edge.
    

when are you going to have any of this live???

[Freeman]

Irresistible Dance is already in the game. We just can't cast it yet.