Qazlal Stormbringer - Revision history

Hordes at 19:18, 7 February 2026

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Hordes: /* Ability Strategy */

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‎Ability Strategy

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Hordes: /* Strategy */ typo

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‎Strategy: typo

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‎Given Abilities: standardize costs to the end of the ability

Hordes: /* Ability Strategy */

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‎Ability Strategy

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 Qazlal, like any storm should, brings an unparalleled amount of devastation. It also brings an unparalleled amount of noise.
-The storm shield is ''the'' defining feature of Qazlal. It provides a significant amount of defense, which grows as you gain piety. The clouds, on their own, can do substantial damage over time. Enemies may choose a slower path in order to avoid clouds, allowing you to gain some distance.
+The storm shield is ''the'' defining feature of Qazlal. It provides a significant amount of defense and creates clouds, which can deal damage or slow down enemies that try to avoid stepping on them. Unfortunately, this comes with a massive amount of [[noise]], attracting enemies and making [[Stealth]] almost meaningless. Try to pull difficult enemies backwards, towards safe and already-cleared areas, in order to reduce the chance of reinforcements arriving. The noise is a special liability in [[the Abyss]] and unusually quiet areas like [[the Crypt]].
-Unfortunately, this comes with a massive amount of [[noise]], attracting enemies and making [[Stealth]] almost meaningless. Try to pull difficult enemies backwards, towards safe and already-cleared areas. This reduces the chance of reinforcement enemies arriving. The noise is a special liability in [[the Abyss]] and unusually quiet areas like [[the Crypt]].
+Qazlal is a relatively poor choice for casters, because the noise makes it harder to regenerate MP. It is also weak on stealthy species like [[Spriggan]]s and [[Poltergeist]]s, for rather obvious reasons.
 ===Ability Strategy===
-Qazlal comes with 3 abilities, each with their own potential.
+Qazlal comes with 3 abilities, each with their own destructive potential.
 * Upheaval is a [[smite-targeted]] ability that deals decent damage for a moderate piety cost. It can snipe a whole group of monsters from far away, or guarantee a hit on a weakened foe. The damage is not great at low skill, but becomes better as you gain Invocations skill.
-* Elemental Force is most impressive for [[air elemental]]s, which can [[paralyse]] enemies for a turn (ignoring both [[willpower]] and [[HD]]). Paralysis is a very strong status, both offensively and defensively. Other elementals aren't as powerful, but they are still effective as meatshields.
+* Elemental Force, when combined with a [[scroll of fog]], is a top-tier ability; using fog ensures that you'll create a swarm of paralysing [[air elemental]]s, which are brutally strong offensively and defensively. Without fog, it can still create a bunch of elementals as meatshields.
 * Disaster Area creates many large blasts around you, able to clear whole screens of enemies (with enough Invocations, that is). If there is a lot of enemies, it is a much more efficient ability than Upheaval. Note that Disaster Area will not hit you, and often won't hit tiles adjacent to you.
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 All 3 abilities are quite expensive in piety, however. Worshippers are expected to be capable to fight crowds of enemies on their own, without using god abilities for every fight.
 ===Tips & Tricks===
 *Fog can also be used to control Disaster Area. It can't center explosions on tiles that you can't see, meaning that if you fog, you can have a a more concentrated set of explosions. You may need to step a tile in the intended direction, which blocks sight in places where you ''don't'' want explosions to land.

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 '''Piety level (***)''': "Eye of the Storm"
-*'''Elemental Force:''' Create between Invocations/3 and (Invocations + 1)/2 [[list of elementals|elementals]] from player-created [[cloud]]s, assuming there are enough clouds in sight.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|god-abil.cc|3349}}</ref> One cloud is destroyed to create one elemental. Type of cloud determines the elemental created.
+*'''Elemental Force:''' Create between <code>Invocations / 3</code> and <code>1 + Invocations / 2</code> [[list of elementals|elementals]] from player-created [[cloud]]s, assuming there are enough clouds in sight.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|god-abil.cc|4165}}</ref> One cloud is destroyed to create one elemental. Type of cloud determines the elemental created.
 :Not all clouds can be used to create elementals. Flame clouds and [[tree|spreading flames]] will create [[fire elemental]]s. Freezing vapours and [[sky beast|rain]] will create [[water elemental]]s. Clouds of sparse dust and [[Petrifying Cloud|petrifying dust]] will create [[earth elemental]]s.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3306}}</ref> Thunder clouds and all types of [[fog]] will create [[air elemental]]s. (5 MP, 6-9 piety)

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 [[File:Qazlal altar.png]] "Let the forces of nature tear it all down!"''
 {{flavour|Qazlal Stormbringer is a violent god of tempests, who delights in unleashing the forces of nature against the unsuspecting. Those who invite Qazlal's gaze will find themselves the eye in a storm of elemental destruction, from which only their god can protect them. Pious worshippers of Qazlal will gain the ability to direct and control the destructive might of the storm.
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 '''Piety level (**)''': "[Your Species] Disaster"
-*'''Upheaval:''' Blast a small [[smite-targeted]] area with elemental forces, dealing either [[fire]], [[cold]], [[electricity]], or earth (physical) damage. Upheaval deals <code>3d(9 + 4 * Invocations / 5)</code> damage, which always hits.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3137}}</ref> After damage, you'll get an extra elemental effect.
+*'''Upheaval:''' Blast a small [[smite-targeted]] area with elemental forces, dealing either [[fire]], [[cold]], [[electricity]], or earth (physical) damage. Upheaval deals <code>3d(9 + 4 * Invocations / 5)</code> damage, which always hits.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3137}}</ref> After damage, you'll get an extra elemental effect. You and your Elemental Force allies are immune.
 :*Fire creates temporary [[lava]] tiles (shoving items aside).
 :*Cold inflicts the [[Frozen]] status on targets.
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 '''Piety level (***)''': "Eye of the Storm"
-*'''Elemental Force:''' Create <code>2d(Invocations)/2 - 1</code> [[list of elementals|elementals]] from player-created [[cloud]]s, assuming there are enough clouds in sight.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3349}}</ref> One cloud is destroyed to create one elemental. Type of cloud determines the elemental created.
+*'''Elemental Force:''' Create between Invocations/3 and (Invocations + 1)/2 [[list of elementals|elementals]] from player-created [[cloud]]s, assuming there are enough clouds in sight.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|god-abil.cc|3349}}</ref> One cloud is destroyed to create one elemental. Type of cloud determines the elemental created.
 :Not all clouds can be used to create elementals. Flame clouds and [[tree|spreading flames]] will create [[fire elemental]]s. Freezing vapours and [[sky beast|rain]] will create [[water elemental]]s. Clouds of sparse dust and [[Petrifying Cloud|petrifying dust]] will create [[earth elemental]]s.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3306}}</ref> Thunder clouds and all types of [[fog]] will create [[air elemental]]s. (5 MP, 6-9 piety)
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 '''Piety level (*****)''': "[Your Species] Cataclysm"
-*'''Disaster Area:''' Unleash several uncontrollably aimed Upheavals at locations within your [[line of sight]]. It strongly favors spaces with monsters in them, and favors closer tiles that are ''not'' adjacent to the player. Each explosion is discouraged from overlapping. This ability will never hit you.
+*'''Disaster Area:''' Unleash several uncontrollably aimed Upheavals at locations within your [[line of sight]]. It strongly favors spaces with monsters in them, and favors closer tiles that are ''not'' adjacent to the player. Each explosion is discouraged from overlapping. This ability will never hurt you or your Elemental Force allies.
 : Disaster Area creates <code>2d(2 * Invocations)/2</code> Upheavals (min. <code>Invocations/2</code>).<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3437}}</ref> Damage per explosion is the same as the Upheaval ability, with the same elemental effects afterwards. (8 MP, 10-15 piety)
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 ==History==
-{{CBA|0.32|Elemental Force will summon <code>Invocations/3</code> to <code>1 + Invocations/2</code> elementals, assuming there are enough clouds in sight.}}
+*Prior to [[0.32]], Elemental Force created fewer elementals, and you and your Elemental Force allies were not immune to Upheaval or Disaster Area.
 *Prior to [[0.28]], Upheaval cost more piety/MP (3-5 piety, 4 MP), Elemental Force cost more MP (6 MP), and Disaster Area cost less MP (7 MP).
 *Prior to [[0.27]], thunder [[cloud]]s created a loud noise, which made Qazlal worshippers much louder than intended. For reference, a 1* worshipper in 0.26 could end up louder than a 6* worshipper in 0.27, if they happened to spawn thunder clouds.

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 ===Ability Strategy===
 Qazlal comes with 3 abilities, each with their own potential.
-* Upheaval is a [[smite-targeted]] ability that deals high damage for a moderate piety cost. It can snipe a whole group of monsters from far away. Damage becomes more impressive as you gain Invocations skill.
+* Upheaval is a [[smite-targeted]] ability that deals decent damage for a moderate piety cost. It can snipe a whole group of monsters from far away, or guarantee a hit on a weakened foe. The damage is not great at low skill, but becomes better as you gain Invocations skill.
 * Elemental Force is most impressive for [[air elemental]]s, which can [[paralyse]] enemies for a turn (ignoring both [[willpower]] and [[HD]]). Paralysis is a very strong status, both offensively and defensively. Other elementals aren't as powerful, but they are still effective as meatshields.
-* Disaster Area creates many large blasts around you, able to clear whole screens of enemies (with enough Invocations, that is). If there is a lot of enemies, it is a much more efficient ability. Note that Disaster Area will not hit you, and often won't hit tiles adjacent to you.
+* Disaster Area creates many large blasts around you, able to clear whole screens of enemies (with enough Invocations, that is). If there is a lot of enemies, it is a much more efficient ability than Upheaval. Note that Disaster Area will not hit you, and often won't hit tiles adjacent to you.
 All 3 abilities are quite expensive in piety, however. Worshippers are expected to be capable to fight crowds of enemies on their own, without using god abilities for every fight.

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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.28]], Upheaval cost more piety/MP (3-5 piety, 4 MP), Elemental Force cost more MP (6 MP), and Disaster Area cost less MP (7 MP).
 *Prior to [[0.27]], thunder [[cloud]]s created a loud noise, which made Qazlal worshippers much louder than intended. For reference, a 1* worshipper in 0.26 could end up louder than a 6* worshipper in 0.27, if they happened to spawn thunder clouds.

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 [[File:Qazlal altar.png]] "Let the forces of nature tear it all down!"''
 {{flavour|Qazlal Stormbringer is a violent god of tempests, who delights in unleashing the forces of nature against the unsuspecting. Those who invite Qazlal's gaze will find themselves the eye in a storm of elemental destruction, from which only their god can protect them. Pious worshippers of Qazlal will gain the ability to direct and control the destructive might of the storm.
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 *'''Storm Shield:''' Storm Shield generates [[cloud]]s around you, gives bonus [[SH]], but creates significant amounts of [[noise]]. (Passive)
 :* '''Cloud generation:''' You generate randomly selected elemental clouds, including: [[flame cloud]]s, [[freezing vapour]], [[Cloud#Thunder|clouds of thunder]], and clouds of sparse dust; the former 3 deal damage. At 1*, they are generated in a 1-tile radius. Clouds can only generate when a selected tile has no more than 4 adjacent walls; this prevents clouds from appearing in hallways. Higher piety increases cloud frequency.
-:* '''Shield:''' Storm Shield provides an innate bonus of <code>piety/20</code> [[SH]] (max. 8 SH).<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|god-passive.cc|837}}<br>Note that this number is then divided by 2 in {{source ref|0.30.0|player.cc|2222}}.</ref>
+:* '''Shield:''' Storm Shield provides an innate bonus of <code>piety/20</code> [[SH]] (max. 8 SH).<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-passive.cc|848}}<br>Note that this number is then divided by 2 in {{source ref|0.31.0|player.cc|2227}}.</ref>
 :* '''Noise:''' Qazlal generates a piety-dependent amount of [[noise]], which wakes up monsters and attracts them to your location. At max piety, you create a noise of 20 (for reference, [[shout]]ing is noise 12).
 :The SH and noise are not dependent on clouds; even if none are generated, you still get SH and still make noise. Storm Shield is upgraded at **** piety (see below).
 '''Piety level (**)''': "[Your Species] Disaster"
-*'''Upheaval:''' Blast a small [[smite-targeted]] area with elemental forces, dealing either [[fire]], [[cold]], [[electricity]], or earth (physical) damage. Upheaval deals <code>3d(9 + 4 * Invocations / 5)</code> damage, which always hits.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|god-abil.cc|3143}}</ref> After damage, you'll get an extra elemental effect.
+*'''Upheaval:''' Blast a small [[smite-targeted]] area with elemental forces, dealing either [[fire]], [[cold]], [[electricity]], or earth (physical) damage. Upheaval deals <code>3d(9 + 4 * Invocations / 5)</code> damage, which always hits.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3137}}</ref> After damage, you'll get an extra elemental effect.
 :*Fire creates temporary [[lava]] tiles (shoving items aside).
 :*Cold inflicts the [[Frozen]] status on targets.
 :*Electricity creates [[Cloud#Thunder|clouds of thunder]].
 :*Earth is impacted three times as much by enemy [[AC]] (no positive effect).
-:Below 16.7 Invocations, Upheaval always has a 1-tile radius. Higher Invocations increases the chance of a bigger (2-tile) radius.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|god-abil.cc|3138}}</ref><ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|god-abil.cc|3245}}</ref> (3 [[MP]], 3-4 piety)
+:Below 16.7 Invocations, Upheaval always has a 1-tile radius. Higher Invocations increases the chance of a bigger (2-tile) radius.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3132}}</ref><ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3239}}</ref> (3 [[MP]], 3-4 piety)
 '''Piety level (***)''': "Eye of the Storm"
-*'''Elemental Force:''' Create <code>2d(Invocations)/2 - 1</code> [[list of elementals|elementals]] from player-created [[cloud]]s, assuming there are enough clouds in sight.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|god-abil.cc|3355}}</ref> One cloud is destroyed to create one elemental. Type of cloud determines the elemental created.
+*'''Elemental Force:''' Create <code>2d(Invocations)/2 - 1</code> [[list of elementals|elementals]] from player-created [[cloud]]s, assuming there are enough clouds in sight.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3349}}</ref> One cloud is destroyed to create one elemental. Type of cloud determines the elemental created.
-:Not all clouds can be used to create elementals. Flame clouds and [[tree|spreading flames]] will create [[fire elemental]]s. Freezing vapours and [[sky beast|rain]] will create [[water elemental]]s. Clouds of sparse dust and [[Petrifying Cloud|petrifying dust]] will create [[earth elemental]]s. Thunder clouds and all types of [[fog]] will create [[air elemental]]s. (5 MP, 6-9 piety)
+:Not all clouds can be used to create elementals. Flame clouds and [[tree|spreading flames]] will create [[fire elemental]]s. Freezing vapours and [[sky beast|rain]] will create [[water elemental]]s. Clouds of sparse dust and [[Petrifying Cloud|petrifying dust]] will create [[earth elemental]]s.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3306}}</ref> Thunder clouds and all types of [[fog]] will create [[air elemental]]s. (5 MP, 6-9 piety)
 '''Piety level (****)''': "[Your Species] Catastrophe"
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 '''Piety level (*****)''': "[Your Species] Cataclysm"
 *'''Disaster Area:''' Unleash several uncontrollably aimed Upheavals at locations within your [[line of sight]]. It strongly favors spaces with monsters in them, and favors closer tiles that are ''not'' adjacent to the player. Each explosion is discouraged from overlapping. This ability will never hit you.
-: Disaster Area creates <code>2d(2 * Invocations)/2</code> Upheavals (min. <code>Invocations/2</code>).<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|god-abil.cc|3443}}</ref> Damage per explosion is the same as the Upheaval ability, with the same elemental effects afterwards. (8 MP, 10-15 piety)
+: Disaster Area creates <code>2d(2 * Invocations)/2</code> Upheavals (min. <code>Invocations/2</code>).<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|god-abil.cc|3437}}</ref> Damage per explosion is the same as the Upheaval ability, with the same elemental effects afterwards. (8 MP, 10-15 piety)
 '''Piety level (******)''': "End of an Era"

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 The storm shield is ''the'' defining feature of Qazlal. It provides a significant amount of defense, which grows as you gain piety. The clouds, on their own, can do substantial damage over time. Enemies may choose a slower path in order to avoid clouds, allowing you to gain some distance.
-Unfortunately, this comes with a massive amount of [[noise]], attracting enemies and making [[Stealth]] meaingless. Try to pull difficult enemies backwards, towards safe and already-cleared areas. This reduces the chance of reinforcement enemies arriving. The noise is a special liability in [[the Abyss]] and unusually quiet areas like [[the Crypt]].
+Unfortunately, this comes with a massive amount of [[noise]], attracting enemies and making [[Stealth]] almost meaningless. Try to pull difficult enemies backwards, towards safe and already-cleared areas. This reduces the chance of reinforcement enemies arriving. The noise is a special liability in [[the Abyss]] and unusually quiet areas like [[the Crypt]].
 Qazlal is a relatively poor choice for casters, because the noise makes it harder to regenerate MP. It is also weak on stealthy species like [[Spriggan]]s and [[Vampire]]s, for rather obvious reasons.