0.19

2016-12-15T08:15:01Z

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'''0.19''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It was released on October 31st, 2016.

==Highlights==

* New gods: [[Uskayaw]] the Reveler and [[Hepliaklqana]] the Forgotten.
* New portal: [[the Desolation of Salt]].
* Sif Muna and Nemelex Xobeh have been dramatically reworked.
* Long blades have a new passive effect, 'riposte'.

==Branches, Environment==

* New timed portal vault: the [[Desolation of Salt]], appearing in [[Elven Halls|Elf]] and [[The Vaults|Vaults]].
** Six new enemies, including swarms of fragile golems with supporting allies.
** Open terrain layout with large, opaque clouds to use as cover.
** Many powerful artefacts resting within ancient ruins.
* [[Volcano]]es are now much more dangerous, but offer better rewards.
* [[The Lair|Lair]] is now six floors (formerly eight).
* [[Slime Pits|Slime]] is now five floors (formerly six).
* The Slime treasure vault's walls disappear entirely on their master's death.
* [[Web]]s are no longer destroyed after creatures escape from them.
* [[Beogh]] will no longer smite creatures that destroy orcish idols.
* Lair and [[Orcish Mines|Orc]] no longer have ambient noise.
* Storm [[cloud]] damage is more common and much less severe.
* Non-opaque clouds created by the player vanish instantly when out of LOS.
* The [[Orb of Zot|Orb]]'s translocation restrictions now apply throughout the [[The Realm of Zot|Zot]] branch.

==Character==

* [[Flight]] or transformations expiring over deep water or lava no longer causes instant death. Instead, they cause heavy drain over time until reaching land.
* Potions, scrolls and books can be used while still on the floor.
* Resistances granted by rN (to e.g. Pain effects) now scale with rN, only reaching full immunity at rN+++ (instead of at rN+).
* [[Monk]]s can now choose a weapon to start with.
* Corrosion slaying penalties now affect unarmed & auxiliary attacks.
* [[Spriggan]]s can wield any weapons that kobolds and halflings can.
* [[Kobold]]s and [[halfling]]s rebalanced toward & away from casting, respectively.
* Hidden "stealth factors" for species and forms are gone.
* Vampire blood level effects have been simplified and reworked.
* [[Bat form]] can quaff potions and open doors.
* The undead always take stat damage if mutated, instead of sometimes rotting.
* Temporary mutations only have a 50% chance of affecting the undead.
* [[Mummy]] self-restoration has been removed.
* The 'sustain abilities' effect has been removed.
* [[Sickness]] no longer has a chance of damaging stats.
* Issuing orders to allies no longer makes noise.
* Climbing stairs takes slightly longer, but doesn't penalize EV.
* [[Clarity]] provides immunity to sleep and fear.

==Gods==

* New temple god: Uskayaw the Reveler.
** Piety gained by dealing damage to enemies.
** Piety decays extremely rapidly over time.
** 1*: Stomp: deals damage to all adjacent enemies.
** 2*: Line Pass: instantly travel through a line of enemies, confusing some.
** Solo Time: on reaching 3*, briefly paralyse all visible enemies.
** Pain Bond: on reaching 4*, all visible enemies begin sharing damage taken with each-other.
** 5*: Grand Finale: blink into and instantly kill target monster.
* New temple god: Hepliaklqana the Forgotten.
** Grants a permanent customizeable ally, respawning on a delay after death. The ally automatically grows in strength as you level up.
** Piety granted for exploration.
** 0*: Recall: interlevel recall for your ally.
** 2*: Remember Life: permanently make your ancestor a Hexer, Knight or Battlemage.
** 3*: Transference: swap your ancestor with any creature in LOS, or yourself.
** 4*: Idealise: heal your ancestor & temporarily increase their AC, damage and spellpower dramatically.
** 5*: Transference drains enemies adjacent to the target.
* Sif Muna changes:
** The 1* Channel Energy ability is replaced with Divine Energy, which allows the player to cast with insufficient mp, causing temporary -Cast.
** At 3*, grants "Channel Magic", trading piety for a fast MP regen status.
** Book gifts now begin at 5*, instead of 6*.
** Sif grants piety for both learning magic and killing enemies.
* Nemelex Xobeh changes:
** Now gifts decks of escape, destruction and summoning.
** Drawing from decks and using Nemelex abilities now uses invocations, not evocations.
** Identify scrolls can no longer be used on decks.
* [[Beogh]]'s water-walking always lasts until the player is on land.
* Beogh no longer increases the benefits of armour and shields.
* [[Dithmenos]]'s Shadow Step can no longer be used on allies or while immobile.
* [[Fedhas]] appreciates all corpse decay, and rots all corpses when the player leaves a level. Toadstool generation is an ability, instead of a 'p' effect.
* [[Qazlal]]'s cloud immunity applies to all clouds, not just the player's.
* [[Jiyva]]'s jelly paralyse ability has been removed.
* Many divine abilities have had their hunger costs removed or increased.
* Most gods that like killing are less particular about what you kill.
* [[Piety]] decay over time has been streamlined and adjusted for most gods.
* Gods that hate specific monsters no longer prevent you from enslaving them.
* [[Pakellas]] has been removed.

==Interface==

* Most targeters will be more intelligent when trying to maximize enemies hit.
* In tiles, monster attitude is indicated with colored auras instead of icons.
* The (p)rayer command is gone; pray at altars with > or <, as with shops.
* Descriptions of monsters with multiple spellsets show which spells you've seen them cast.
* Monster descriptions list their average max HP.
* New auto_butcher option, which butchers edible corpses during autoexplore.

==Items==

* Fixed artefacts:
** [[Firestarter]] and [[Frostbite]] now provide immunity to their cloud types.
** The [[trident of the Octopus King]] enchantment bonus for wearing Octopus King rings is now +2 (prev. +1).
** The [[Staff of Olgreb]] now has a fixed +9 enchantment.
** The [[Sword of Zonguldrok]] no longer creates hostile dead or curses itself.
** The arbalest '[[Damnation]]' doesn't provides resistances, and does more damage.
** The morningstar [[Eos]] takes [[Brilliance]]'s halo, and no longer has -Tele.
** [[Fencer's Gloves]] no longer increase Sbl/Lbl skill or provide +EV/AC, but let the player riposte with any weapon (details below).
** [[Wyrmbane]] now has rC+ instead of +Rage.
** The greatsling [[Punk]] has a unique 'acid' brand, instead of freezing.
* Evocations:
** Wands of random effects can no longer produce digging or disintegration.
** Boxes of beasts and sacks of spiders have a fixed chance of destruction per-use, instead of a hidden charge count. They now stack.
** Fans of gales & lamps of fire no longer summon elemental allies.
** Phials of floods impact damage significantly reduced.
* Players using long blades sometimes riposte when dodging attacks, launching instant, automatic counterattacks.
* Weapons of protection give a temporary +7 AC on hit, replacing a passive +5.
* Creatures that could be butchered for enchantable hides instead, with the same chance, leave behind the corresponding armour when killed.
* Amulets of harm now increase damage dealt more than damage taken, and are no longer evil.
* Elemental enhancers no longer penalise spells of the opposite element.
* [[Jewellery]] [[acquirement]] creates twice as many randarts.
* The *Confuse randart property is now *Slow.
* Books can no longer be destroyed to forget spells.
* Rods are created through misc. acquirement instead of staff acquirement.
* It's no longer possible to acquire ammunition.
* Renamed:
** [[dragon armour]] -> dragon scales.
** [[greatsling]] -> fustibalus.
* Removed:
** All decks and their cards, except for those gifted by [[Nemelex Xobeh]].
** Dragon and troll hides.
** [[Sword of the Doom Knight]], [[Amulet of Cekugob]], and "[[Brilliance]]".
** Amulets of dismissal.
** Rings of sustain abilities.
** Stones of tremors.
** The evasion weapon ego.
** The [[Akashic Record]].
** Artefact blowguns.

==Monsters==

* New monsters
** [[Bai Suzhen]], a late-game draconian unique that casts Summon Hydra. When severely injured, she becomes a dragon ringed by storm clouds.
** [[Meliai]], bee priestesses that sting and smite in trios.
** [[Dream sheep]], pack monsters that put their enemies to sleep.
** ...and the residents of the Desolation of Salt.
* Uniques:
** [[Urug]] and [[Jory]]'s weapons are now much nastier for their depth.
** [[Mennas]] always spawns with a sacred weapon.
** [[Donald]] can now cast Haste and Might.
** [[Asterion]]'s Spectral Weapon has been replaced by Greater Servant of Makhleb.
** [[Xtahua]] can now roar to cast [[Paralyse]].
** [[Nergalle]] can no longer enter [[Death's Door]].
** [[Gloorx Vloq]] can no longer cast [[Black Mark]].
** Various uniques have had their genders changed.
* Zombies, skeletons, and simulacrula no longer hide damage taken, and display the full names of the monster they were created from.
* [[Battlecry]] has been simplified, affecting all monsters of the same genus.
* [[Blood saint]]s's Legendary Destruction now casts two spells at a time.
* [[Necromancer]]s gain [[Bind Soul]], reviving slain monsters as simulacrula.
* [[Ghostly Fireball]] is now completely resistable by rN and causes draining.
* [[Obsidian statue]]s can [[Mesmerise]].
* [[Wizard]]s and [[Ogre mage]]s have split up and re-arranged their many spell sets to arrive at three sets each, with minimal overlap.
* [[Spriggan air mage]]s can no longer cast [[Control Winds]].
* [[Hellion]]s no longer have fire resistance or cold vulnerability.
* [[Deep elf archer]]s no longer fire their bows in melee.
* [[Death scarab]]s no longer trail miasma, but are somewhat tougher.
* [[Tzitzimitl]] melee slows and rots victims, instead of creating miasma.
* [[Ushabti]] gain [[Dispel Undead]] and Warning Cry, and their clouds are now [[miasma]].
* Friendly monsters will no longer open doors.
* [[Jelly|Jellies]] no longer eat unseen items for non-Jiyva worshippers.
* Turtles no longer withdraw into their shells when injured.
* [[Giant eyeball]]s charge up their paralysis-stare 50% faster.
* [[Statue]]s are now stabbable; obsidian & orange crystal statues gain sInv.
* Renamed monsters:
** Giant newt -> frilled lizard.
** Giant frog -> bullfrog.
** Giant gecko -> leopard gecko.
** Giant leech -> tyrant leech.
** Giant spore -> ballistomycete spore.
** Giant orange brain -> glowing orange brain.
** Greater naga -> nagaraja.
* Removed monsters:
** Anubis guards.
** Boulder beetles.
** Chaos champions.
** Griffons.
** Putrid demonspawn.
** Salamander stormcallers.
** Sheep.
** Wasps.
** Norris.
** Maud.
** Wiglaf.

==Spells==

* New spell: [[Infestation]] (L8 [[Necromancy]]), appearing in the [[Necronomicon]]. Applies 'infested' to monsters in a large, smite-targeted area; a friendly death scarab erupts out of the victims when they die.
* New spell: [[Lesser Beckoning]] (L3 [[Translocation]]), which pulls a single target adjacent to the caster.
* All temporary allies are incapable of attacking out of LOS, not just summons.
* [[Confusing Touch]] is level 1 (was level 2).
* [[Cigotuvi's Embrace]] only degrades over time, not on-hit.
* [[Irradiate]] causes significantly less contamination when cast.
* [[Olgreb's Toxic Radiance]] causes less damage, but doesn't poison the caster.
* [[Simulacrum]]'s duration is significantly shorter.
* Spells formerly in the [[Akashic Record]] have been redistributed elsewhere.
* Various other spellbooks have had minor adjustments.
* Removed: [[Cure Poison]], [[Haste]], and [[Warp Weapon]].

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