Module Changes

Puffy

8585

New lore features themed around the Storm Horns Plotline, focused on gnolls and orcs
New lore added based of recent player efforts
Some shady stuff added
Some lore about wanted NPCs added
Rumour NPCs updated with new rumours, town settlements have their own theme

Strife and Discord

Version 8587:

As of this version Familiars will be more in-line with Animal Companions, meaning:

Familiar Summoning Cooldown:
You will not be able to summon your familiar as soon as you unsummon it and will wait until a cooldown period has ran out. Any time you will try to summon your familiar within this cooldown, you will receive an error message as well as spell failure visual effect.

Once the cooldown is over you will receive a message that you can summon your familiar again.

Familiar Lives Matter:
You can no longer let your familiar soak damage and then unsummon it and resummon it back at full health. Like Animal Companions the damage it suffered will be remembered and applied when resummoned.

This will be factored in until your familiar is healed or after rest/reset.

Reasoning:
For the sake of transparency I am also including here the reason why we did this.

Originally in vanilla NWN, you can only summon your familiar once per rest. This made them rather useless in CoA. To make them more useful we allowed you to summon them as long as they are not killed.

As a result mages were able to have an infinite amount of familiars to use, which was too good to be true.

Puffy

8588

The Pure Barbarian store now offers a dual-wielder feat item for Barbarians, in line with the items available for Rangers and Rogues

Puffy

8590

Updated Potion Soaked Dire Rat, STR was a bit too high for a lowbie
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66216/potion-soaked-dire-rat
Updated Fox, AC was a bit too high for a lowbie spawn
Updated New Dawn info
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66213/starting-area-info-flag
Thegard items no longer set as plot

Echo

8592

Shadowmire Isle cave - removed duplicate XP marker
Wyvernwater Isles - added trashbins at the ships
Floating placables here and there
Rat cured hide recipe was missing from cnrcuringtub - added
Rat leather recipe was missing from cnrhiderack - added
all cured hides and several leathers were marked as stolen, fixed
fixed xp marker accessibility in mouth o'gargoyles xp
replaced Bioware default creatures on some older quests with CoA ones
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66245/potion-bottle-quest
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66237/cannot-ae-lions
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66221/hidden-peaks-exits
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/65982/haunted-mansion-quest-no-xp-for-kills
slight adjustments to planting zone size in some areas
random typos fixed
maybe fixed connection between plungepool and waymoot - it worked going south but going north it took you to dhedluk

8593

Added a bounty hunter for the Arcane Guild
added some new items for AG bounty hunter
started updating loot on quests
Tilverton hidden triggers fixed (maybe)

8594

fixed a couple minor typos
changed the "rebel heart lake" placeable appearance to something visible
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66262/house-of-ash-deity-detector-not-working
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/65931/lighthouse-mechanism-on-wyvernwater-isle-broken/7 another attempt
added more loot variety to module-level, low monster, and undead chests
added some items to malar shop, will add more later

Strife and Discord

Version 8596:

New Asset Changes:

Added 22 new voicesets for players to choose from during character creation:

Male, Fallen Knight
Male, Gruff Warrior
Male, Arrogant Blueblood
Male, Fanatic Priest
Male, Impatient Adventurer
Male, Overconfident Paladin
Male, Reckless Beserker
Male, Veteran Soldier
Male, Shaman
Male On-Edge Adventurer
Male, Cocky Adventurer
Male, Haughty Bard

Female, Troubleseeking Bard
Female, Arrogant Blueblood
Female Veteran Soldier
Female, Cocky Adventurer
Female, Young Scout
Female, Overconfident Sorceress
Female, Intelligent Wizard
Female, Bored Adventurer
Female, Calm Assassin
Female, Impatient Adventurer

Added new Spell/Scroll icons (Courtesy of the amazing @TheMinionOfArabel ) as part of our work to redesign the Identify spell, which is still work in progress.

Echo

V8597

Fixed lighthouse lever conversation with much help from @Strife-and-Discord
new loot added to Fey Infested House
new loot added to historic farms quest
new Loot added to east way farm quest
new loot added to plumbers quest (8594)

Echo

V8598

new loot added to kobold quest
new loot added to wyrm cave quest
new loot added to pride of arabel quest
new loot added to shamrock garden quest
new loot added to undead monster drops
house of ash offers bounty for the new undead monster drop item,

Echo

8599

Bug Fixes only tonight

Strife and Discord

Version 8600:

(1) Player Portrait Pack Update:

Added 76 new portraits to our player portrait pack:

Dwarves: 9 Female ; 11 Male
Elves: 10 Female ; 11 Male
Halflings: 10 Female ; 11 Male
Human: 4 Female ; 10 Male

Many thanks to both @cpt_elrad_2nd and @SirWill360 , who contributed!

(2) Identify Spell Dead - Long live Lore:

We have changed the Identify spell to now be called Lore and allow you, much like Protection from Alignment, to choose what knowledge skill to boost.

In the case of Arcana/Nature/Religion, which require training - The spells will only boost your stats if you invested at least one point into them.

Many thanks to the amazing @TheMinionOfArabel for her artwork.

Echo

8601-8602

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66373/black-point-quest
updates to frost orcs (they were weak and some had weird feats that didnt match the class.)
added new loot to dwarven brewery quest
added new loot to sticky building quest

Echo

8608

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66415/crafted-a-gilded-scale-mail-but-didnt-receive-item
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/65423/game-keeps-crashing-when-entering-hullack-forrest/7

8609

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66428/umberlee-trident-too-good-to-be-true/12 added NE/CE/CN alignment to the trident
potion shop - more potion options
New loot added to:

downtown quest
Haunted Ruins
Precept quest
Blackpoint
Rotting Goblin Tribe
Darendaal crypt
Graveyard Ops
Bospir - Haunted Hill
Maela's Monsters

I think I've done all the 4-6 quests. now to start on 4-9

Echo

8610-8611

Added new loot to

Ant Quest (removed non-thematic loot, added new stuff)
Barrenstone (removed non-thematic loot, added new stuff)
Startwater Tomb (removed some "junk", added a couple thematic items, fixed 2 waypoints that werent spawning loot properly, added a couple surprises)

Bugs fixed

found an issue with a few platinum nodes, fixed
Hullack forest: wyvernbay area - changed lighting to find something less dark

Strife and Discord

Version 8612:

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug that allowed certain subraces to gain too-good-to-be-true amounts of XP once they reaches level 10. Thank you @TheMinionOfArabel for reporting it

Blur/Barkskin/Shield in Prestige Stores:

The three potion packs were re-added back to prestige stores in a reduced amount than before and are more expensive, to ensure that the option exists to spend PP on these potions but crafting/trading will be more readily available for those willing to spend GP.

For quality of life I also made sure each potion pack has a different appearance.

Sendings:

Sendings will now be broadcast to both the #general and #sending-room channels. The latter will only have sendings in it and no other chatter to make browsing through sendings much easier.

Player Maps and Merchant Stalls:

Maps created by players can now be sold in Merchant Stalls. The fix should apply to both newly created maps and existing ones.

Asset Changes:

Added 50 new desert placeables per builders request
Added 24 new portraits for players to use:
- 1x Dwarf Male
- 1x Elf Male
- 4x Human Female
- 18x Human Male

New Feats Support:

Began infra work to prepare for addition of new feats. More on it upon release!

Trinity System Related Changes - Nodes:

Began laying foundations of mirroring the "Wild" aspect of Flora and introducing it into our Nodes subsystem as well. This will be used later by builders to have these unbound nodes spawn in quest areas randomly.

Strife and Discord

Version 8618:

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

New Feats:

Introducing 5 new feats:

Action Surge
Second Wind
Practiced Spellcaster
Arcane Armor Training
Arcane Armor Mastery

Major props to both @Voss_ and @TheMinionOfArabel for their help with these!

As always please report any issues/explots with the new feats!

Echo

8621

Falcon's Rest: changed load screen from random to one of castle interior
House of Ash Specialty Shop open to the public. This is a trial run for other factions to offer items to the public.
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66616/remove-this-arch-in-the-lizardfolk-quest
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66579/lana-wetton-quest-giver-broken-bottle-shop/10
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/56231/putrid-meadow-tower
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66646/gorgon-calf-double-drop
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66650/quest-courier
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66652/zqa-eastern-marches-abyssal-woods
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66701/no-treasure-in-starwater-bandits
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66630/ant-eye-lens-not-doing-anything
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66647/zqa-stormhorns-tbhe-frozen-throne
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66634/wrath-of-a-hateful-child
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66606/talisman-of-malar
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66675/rat-summoning-theme/2
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66645/reduce-the-cost-of-medical-herbs
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66485/broken-c25-climb-check/3
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66706/zqa-haunted-halls-owlbear-lair

Strife and Discord

Version 8622:

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

Suggestions Implemented:

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66673/slyngdyke-qol

Other Changes:

Added a Donation Chest to Irondrake along with a new NPC

Strife and Discord

Version 8624 - Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

Spell Changes

Aura of Shadows Modified:

Spell will now do as follows:

+1d4 cold damage and 10% cold immunity, for 5 rounds/level
SF Necromancy: +1d4 negative damage and 15% negative immunity, for 1turn/level
GSF Necromancy: +1d6 negative damage and 20% negative immunity, for 2turns/level

Impede Modified:

Spell will now do as follows:

Default: Target must make a Will save or be slowed for 1 round/2 levels
GSF Enchantment: Target must make a Will save or be immobilized for 1 round/2 levels;  if save successful target makes a Fort save or be slowed for same duration

Shield and Mage Armor Modified:

Corrected an oversight that allowed players to enjoy SF and GSF feat bonuses when the spell was cast from items. Should no longer be possible.

**If you come across more such cases please report them

Strife and Discord

Version 8628 Changelog:

Asset Changes:

Added new Mountain Goat Appearances
Fixed broken Hippogriff Appearance
Added new portraits to support our new Mountain Goat creatures
Added new tileset files, which might fix our Hullack issues

Domain Changes:

Undead Domain was reported as too good to be true(With the Create Greater Undead spell) and was rebalanced as a result(Updated also on the relevant forum section):

Access to spells: Mage Armor (1). Animate Dead (2). Negative Energy Burst (3). Fear (4).

DM Tools Related Work:

Improved the DM Damage tool for ease of use so they can dish out more damage with relative ease, in cool new ways
Deprecated some physical DM tools as well as dot commands

Echo

v8629

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/62306/help-sytem-journal-entry attempt at fixing the .help journal entries
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66814/high-road-quest-giver-grumbling-dwarven-goblin-hunter set him to immortal, gave him a dwarf voiceset (he had aribeth's voice lol)
adusted CARES triggers for Firefall Vale map. put the castle back on the map too
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66798/headless-gnome
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66790/hullack-forest-mysterious-glade
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66779/dulbir-s-shop-bug
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66778/amulet-of-collinwood-no-charges
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66772/ironwood-seeds-wildwalker-pp
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66743/bug-in-tessaril-s-tower
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66765/torchbearer-lantern-no-charges
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66766/ranger-shop-stalker-s-leather-charge-issue
adjustments to the scripts for the thaumaturgic shards in the Hullack
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/51826/quest-silence-of-the-lambs-no-interior-spawns/5
edits to all the undead animals
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66819/murdered-manticore-basement
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66723/high-crimmond-area-has-unreachable-places added a climb check
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66820/bronze-insect