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CommanderC at 13:59, 28 August 2014

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CommanderC at 21:39, 19 August 2014

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CommanderC at 20:07, 13 August 2014

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Bwijn: actiualized, Src: https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/trunk-updates-11-august-2014

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actiualized, Src: https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/trunk-updates-11-august-2014

CommanderC at 16:56, 3 August 2014

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CommanderC at 12:39, 11 July 2014

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← Older revision		Revision as of 11:23, 3 March 2019
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	'''0.15''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It was released on August 28th, 2014.		'''0.15''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It was released on August 28th, 2014.

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 '''0.15''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It was released on August 28th, 2014.
-Stone Soup 0.15
+==Highlights==
 * New god: Qazlal Stormbringer.
 * Nemelex Xobeh and decks in general have had many changes.
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 * Item destruction is no more, and corrosion has a more severe but temporary effect.
-Branches, environment
+==Branches, environment==
 * The Hall of Blades has been cut.
 * Crypt is now three levels (was five).
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 * Mutagenic fog now causes large amounts of glow instead of mutating directly.
-Character
+==Character==
 * Inventory item weight and player burden states are no more.
 * Cross-training now gives a direct bonus to cross-trained skills, rather than decreasing the XP cost of learning them.
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 * Player rPois now gives a consistent 2/3rds resistance to poison effects; this is lower than the previous resistance to poisoning, but higher than the old resistance to direct poison damage. "Strong poison" effects no longer punch through rPois, and paralytic stings (wasps) can now slow through rPois.
-Monsters
+==Monsters==
 * Many enemy glyphs have been adjusted. See 0.14_monster_glyphs.txt.
 * Monsters will no longer pick up items that the player has seen. Allies won't pick up items at all.
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 * Removed enemies: vapours, thorn lotuses, giant goldfish, silver stars, flaming corpses, grizzly bears, spriggan enchanters, phoenixes, shedu, plague shamblers, giant slugs, elephant slugs, giant fireflies, brown oozes, pulsating lumps, big fish, sharks, lava worms.
-Spells
+==Spells==
 * Dazzling Spray replaces Invisibility in the book of Maledictions (the Enchanter starting spellbook). Invisibility in turn replaces Apportation in the book of Burglary.
 * Casting Ozocubu's Refrigeration now prevents the player from using potions for several turns instead of destroying potions.
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 * Removed spells: Fire Brand, Freezing Aura, Lethal Infusion, Poison Weapon, Summon Elemental.
-Items
+==Items==
 * Item destruction is no more.
 * Ranged combat has been rewritten based on melee attacks - AC and EV has more of an impact, attack delay is more predictable, and Throwing should be more viable as a ranged option as compared to bows and crossbows, among other changes.
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 * Other removed items: darts, rings of hunger and sustenance, amulet of conservation, cloak of preservation, potions of strong poison and paralysis.
-Cards
+==Cards==
 * New cards.
 ** Fortitude, which gives Damage Shaving and a bonus to strength.
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 * Removed cards: Experience, Sage, Water, Vitrification, Trowel, Minefield, Shuffle, Warp, Portal, Frost, Flame, Spark, Flight, Battlelust, and Genie.
-Gods
+==Gods==
 * New god: Qazlal Stormbringer. Qazlal is a temple god, with an altar either in Temple or on D:2-9.
 ** Piety on kills.
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 * Gods that give missile gifts can do so sooner.
-Interface
+==Interface==
 * Monsters with special melee attacks (e.g. poison, fire) have this noted in their descriptions.
 * Unique enemies are now announced by their proper titles when first appearing.
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 * Ability and spell icons have been reworked.
 * There are status lights for Might, Agility, and Brilliance.
 [[Category:Crawl Versions]]

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-'''0.15''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It is expected to be released on August 28th, 2014.
+'''0.15''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It was released on August 28th, 2014.
 Stone Soup 0.15

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-'''0.15''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It has no release date as of yet.
+'''0.15''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It is expected to be released on August 28th, 2014.
 Stone Soup 0.15

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 * Lost souls now make enemies into ghosts instead of specters.
 * Spriggan riders now ride wasps.
 * Cherub's hymns can buff any allies, not just those with higher HDs.
 * Killing holy monsters no longer invokes cleansing flame on the perpetrator.
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 * Tukima's Dance now animates weapons held by monsters. The weapons will fight against their former owners. It is also now level 3.
 * Confusing Touch now has a short, non-stacking duration which discharges entirely when it successfully confuses an enemy. While it's in effect, your attacks do no damage. It's been moved to level 2.
-* Sublimation of Blood no longer uses chunks; it now only draws from the caster's HP.
+* Sublimation of Blood no longer uses chunks; it now only draws from the caster's HP. Fedhas now permits its use.
-* Simulacrum now works on a single corpse at the caster's feet, creating several simulacrula from it.
+* Simulacrum now works on a single corpse at the caster's feet, creating several simulacra from it.
-* Monsters casting Simulacrum now affect all corpses in LOS, producing half as many simulacrula as the player version of the spell.
+* Monsters casting Simulacrum now affect all corpses in LOS, producing half as many simulacra as the player version of the spell.
 * Many spells, which used player skill, now use spellpower instead: Death's Door, Passwall, Sticks to Snakes, Ozocubu's Armour, Condensation Shield, Stoneskin, Statue Form, and Ice Form.
 * Shatter is now always full-LOS-ranged, instead of depending on Earth skill.
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 * Sustain abilities effects no longer stack.
 * Amulets of resist corrosion now give only 50% corrosion resistance, from 90%.
 * Staves of air now activate extra melee damage as often as other elemental staves.
 * Flying creatures no longer have a 2/3rds chance of dodging thrown nets.
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 * Ability and spell icons have been reworked.
 * There are status lights for Might, Agility, and Brilliance.
 [[Category:Crawl Versions]]

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 '''0.15''' is a version of ''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup''. It has no release date as of yet.
-Stone Soup 0.15 (up to 0.15-a0-1526-g60de0e4)
+Stone Soup 0.15
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-* Two new gods: Gozag Ym Sagoz the Greedy and Qazlal Stormbringer.
+* New god: Qazlal Stormbringer.
 * Nemelex Xobeh and decks in general have had many changes.
 * Ranged combat has been rewritten from the ground up.
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 ** Facets which gave potion/scroll item conservation now give freezing/fire cloud immunity earlier and separately.
 * The hoof mutation no longer gives extra damage or a stealth penalty for players wearing boots.
 Monsters
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 * Sublimation of Blood no longer uses chunks; it now only draws from the caster's HP.
 * Simulacrum now works on a single corpse at the caster's feet, creating several simulacrula from it.
-* Monsters casting Simulacrum now affect all monsters in LOS, producing half as many simulacrula as the player version of the spell.
+* Monsters casting Simulacrum now affect all corpses in LOS, producing half as many simulacrula as the player version of the spell.
 * Death Channel lasts twice as long.
 * The Book of War Chants is no more.
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 ** Punk is now a +7 greatsling {Freeze, rC+}.
 ** Sniper is now a "heavy crossbow", a triple crossbow with 27 base delay.
 ** Many other weapon artefacts have had their enchantments tweaked.
 ** Maxwell's Patent Armour now gives rF+ rC+ instead of Conservation.
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 * Gloves of archery no longer penalise melee.
 * Sustain abilities effects no longer stack.
 * Staves of air now activate extra melee damage as often as other elemental staves.
 * Flying creatures no longer have a 2/3rds chance of dodging thrown nets.
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 Gods
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-* Two new gods: Gozag Ym Sagoz the Greedy and Qazlal Stormbringer. Both are temple gods with an altar either in Temple or on D:2-9.
+* New god: Qazlal Stormbringer. Qazlal is a temple god, with an altar either in Temple or on D:2-9.
-** Gozag
+** Piety on kills.
-*** Charges a service fee for joining, dependent on the amount of gold that has been generated in the game.
+** All followers are immune from their own clouds.
-*** Does not have piety.
+** 1*: Storm Shield: you passively generate elemental clouds around you and gain bonus SH, and gain RMsl at 3*; you also generate a lot of noise.
-*** Defeated enemies turn to gold; these gold piles distract nearby creatures, causing them to sometimes not act.
+** 2*: Upheaval: blast a small nearby area with elemental forces.
-*** Potion Petition: purchase one set of potion effects.
+** 3*: Elemental Force: turn nearby clouds into elementals.
-*** Call Merchant: fund a merchant to set up shop somewhere near to areas of the dungeon you have explored.
+** 4*: Elemental Adaptation: taking elemental or physical damage sometimes temporarily grants you resistance against that element.
-*** Bribe Branch: send money to the inhabitants of a branch to turn them temporarily neutral or incite them to join you.
+** 5*: Disaster Area: blast the entire area around you with elemental forces.
 * Nemelex has been revamped.
 ** Nemelex only gives piety for exploration rather than item sacrifices or deck usage.

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 * Many enemy glyphs have been adjusted. See 0.14_monster_glyphs.txt.
 * Monsters will no longer pick up items that the player has seen. Allies won't pick up items at all.
 * Monsters no longer fall asleep after long periods of time.
 * New monster: ghost crabs, found in Crypt. They breathe ghostly flames that call dangerous specters into existence.
 * New monster: torpor snails, found in Lair and Spider. Their enemies are slowed on sight, somewhat like ancient zymes.
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 ** Slings have been split into two weapon types; the basic type has been renamed to 'hunting sling', and a new, rare 'greatsling' has been added.
 ** Crossbows have been split into three types. The hand crossbow returns as a starting weapon; the basic crossbow has been renamed to an 'arbalest'; and a new, rare 'triple crossbow' type has been added.
 * Weapon enchantment & slaying bonsues have been merged into a single number, giving both +accuracy & +damage. Scrolls of enchant weapon I, II, and III have all been merged into a new "enchant weapon" scroll. The scrolls are rarer, but always succeed.
 * Shields have been rebalanced. All non-shield-enchantment sources of SH have been halved, and the effectiveness of SH at blocking attacks has been doubled, to make the utility of a point of SH roughly equivalent to a point of EV. In effect, this is a small buff. Non-bucklers can now be enchanted past +3.
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 ** Branded non-artefact weapons can now be given a temporary re-brand.
 ** Damage from the electrocution brand has been reduced slightly.
 ** The dragonslaying brand is no longer generated. (Wyrmbane still has it.)
 * Food changes:
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 * New item: potion of cancellation, which removes enchantments & contamination on the player.
 * Scrolls of vulnerability have been simplified; they now just halve MR for all creatures in LOS.
 * Identify scrolls now always identify a single item.
 * Jewellery automatically identifies once equipped.
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 * Sacks of spiders now place webs directly onto enemies, rather than spreading them randomly around the area.
 * Cleaving hits the full eight squares around a player, when not blocked by walls.
 * Gloves of archery no longer penalise melee.
 * Sustain abilities effects no longer stack.
 * Staves of air now activate extra melee damage as often as other elemental staves.
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 * Monsters with special melee attacks (e.g. poison, fire) have this noted in their descriptions.
 * Ctrl-T now displays the weapons that enemies are carrying, in console.
-* Unique enemies are now announced by their proper titles when first appearing.
+* New tile_show_player_species option; when enabled, uses the monster tile instead of the player race one.
-* Ability icons have been reworked.
+* Ability and spell icons have been reworked.
 * There are status lights for Might, Agility, and Brilliance.
 [[Category:Crawl Versions]]

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 ** The Foul Stench facet gives rot immunity earlier and separately instead of saprovore.
 ** Facets which gave potion/scroll item conservation now give freezing/fire cloud immunity earlier and separately.
 Monsters
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 * Silver statues and orange crystal statues are immune to disintegration, but have less health and AC and have their abilities converted to spells such that they spam less; this implies OCS confusion can be resisted.
 * Bog bodies no longer randomly rot.
 * Curse skulls are now immobile, again.
 * Lost souls now make enemies into ghosts instead of specters.
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 * Item destruction is no more.
 * Ranged combat has been rewritten based on melee attacks - AC and EV has more of an impact, attack delay is more predictable, and Throwing should be more viable as a ranged option as compared to bows and crossbows, among other changes.
 * Weapon enchantment & slaying bonsues have been merged into a single number, giving both +accuracy & +damage. Scrolls of enchant weapon I, II, and III have all been merged into a new "enchant weapon" scroll. The scrolls are rarer, but always succeed.
 * Shields have been rebalanced. All non-shield-enchantment sources of SH have been halved, and the effectiveness of SH at blocking attacks has been doubled, to make the utility of a point of SH roughly equivalent to a point of EV. In effect, this is a small buff. Non-bucklers can now be enchanted past +3.
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 ** Skullcrusher is now +3 with +7 strength.
 ** The Trident of the Octopus King now starts at +8 and gets an additional + for each Ring of the Octopus King worn. If anyone reads this & gets it to +10 or higher in an actual game, send screenshots!
 ** Many other weapon artefacts have had their enchantments tweaked.
 ** Maxwell's Patent Armour now gives rF+ rC+ instead of Conservation.
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 * Sustain abilities effects no longer stack.
 * Staves of air now activate extra melee damage as often as other elemental staves.
 * Weapons and armour which aren't visibly enchanted no longer have enchantments higher than +0.
 * Corpses and skeletons are stationary, and can't be picked up nor apported.
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 *** 4*: Elemental Adaptation: taking elemental or physical damage sometimes temporarily grants you resistance against that element.
 *** 5*: Disaster Area: blast the entire area around you with elemental forces.
 * Nemelex has been revamped.
 ** Nemelex only gives piety for exploration rather than item sacrifices or deck usage.
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 * Followers of good gods no longer get a chance to turn holy enemies neutral.
 * Zin's Recite no longer prompts for a book, instead affecting all monsters in sight with the strongest effects that would impact them.
 * Sif Muna wrath can no longer cause amnesia.
 * Gods that give missile gifts can do so sooner.

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 * Killing holy monsters no longer invokes cleansing flame on the perpetrator.
 * Ghouls and necrophages can no longer equip weapons or armour.
 * Each unique now has a special title, shown when you first see them or in the description screen.
-* Removed enemies: vapours, thorn lotuses, giant goldfish, silver stars, flaming corpses, grizzly bears, spriggan enchanters, phoenixes, shedu, plague shamblers, giant slugs, elephant slugs, giant fireflies, brown oozes, pulsating lumps.
+* Removed enemies: vapours, thorn lotuses, giant goldfish, silver stars, flaming corpses, grizzly bears, spriggan enchanters, phoenixes, shedu, plague shamblers, giant slugs, elephant slugs, giant fireflies, brown oozes, pulsating lumps, big fish, sharks, lava worms.
 Spells
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 ** Potions of blood cure a point of ghoul rotting.
 ** All types of fruit have been merged together into one gooey, messy item type.
 ** Cheese, sausages, and ambrosia are no more.
 * Identify scrolls now always identify a single item.
 * Jewellery automatically identifies once equipped.
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 * Weapons and armour which aren't visibly enchanted no longer have enchantments higher than +0.
 * Corpses and skeletons are stationary, and can't be picked up nor apported.
-* Other removed items: darts, rings of hunger and sustenance, amulet of conservation, cloak of preservation.
+* Other removed items: darts, rings of hunger and sustenance, amulet of conservation, cloak of preservation, potions of strong poison and paralysis.
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