0.14

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0.14 is an upcoming version of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. There is currently no estimate of its release date.


Stone Soup 0.14 (up to 0.14-a0-1169-g4815781)

  • The lower half of D is now a new branch, the Depths.
  • Three new races: Lava Orcs, Djinn, and Formicids.
  • A new branch: the Enchanted Forest.

Branches, environment

  • The main Dungeon is now sixteen levels.
  • A new branch: the Depths; entered from the end of Dungeon, it is six levels long and contains the entrance to the Realm of Zot.
  • A new branch: the Enchanted Forest, alternating with Crypt; five levels long, and contains the entrance to Tomb where it exists.
  • The Vaults are now entered from D:14-15 and need a rune to enter.
  • The Abyss randomly draws monsters from elsewhere in the Dungeon.

Character

  • New races:
    • Lava Orcs heat up and cool down in response to their surroundings, with their abilities changing as a result;
    • Djinn draw both health and magic from a shared Essence pool, and have complete immunity to all forms of fire;
    • Formicids possess four strong arms to use large weapons together with shields, in addition to strong natural digging abilities and a permanent stasis effect.
  • Felids have an innate jump attack ability, allowing them to jump over other monsters to attack their target.
    • There must be a safe, unoccupied landing spot next to the target. One of these spots is selected at random for landing.
    • It is not possible to jump over giant or flying creatures.
    • Jumping causes exhaustion like berserk (but no slowing).
  • The first two levels of the slow healing mutation only affect rates of healing when enemies are in sight (half and no healing for those levels respectively). Stat regeneration and the third level of the mutation are unchanged.
  • Venom Mages and Assassins no longer start with knowledge of potions of poison.

Monsters

  • Guardian serpents no longer have Teleport Other; instead they get Word of Recall and Blink Allies Encircle.
  • Lom Lobon can now cast Tornado.
  • The plain "dragon" is now known as "fire dragon".
  • Monsters are subject to summon caps.
  • Summoned creatures are dismissed upon the death of their summoner.
  • Word of Recall is now subject to a breath timer, and can be interrupted by causing a breath timeout (with e.g. curare).
  • Minotaurs appearing naturally outside of labyrinths now come with equipment.
  • New monster: the ignis, an abyssal monster that coronas the player.
  • New monster: the raiju, which can attack by transforming itself into a bolt of lightning.
  • Moths of suppression and rock worms are no more.

Spells

  • Sticks to Snakes only works on missiles (arrows and javelins) now.
  • Conjure Ball Lightning has been reduced from level 7 to 6.
  • Bolt of Draining has been reduced from level 6 to 5.
  • Ozocubu's Armour now has an encumbrance cap of 4, rendering it no longer usable with mottled dragon armour.
  • Song of Slaying has an increased duration and grants more slaying, but is subject to a lower power cap.
  • Swiftness now induces a period of sluggishness after it expires, and can't be stacked.
  • Several special cases for LRD damage types have been removed; ice, bone, stone and rock (including petrified enemies) all result in the same explosion.
  • Orb of Destruction now only appears in the Book of Power (was also in Annihilations).
  • Removed spells: Song of Shielding, Polymorph.

Items

  • The Orb of Zot no longer takes up an inventory slot.
  • Weapons are identified immediately on wield.
  • Wands are identified immediately on zapping.
  • Elemental evokers now recharge one at a time, with the one closest to full recharging charging first.
  • Items on the ground are no longer subject to item destruction.
  • Mottled dragon armour now has an encumbrance rating of 5 (was 4).
  • The jumping ego (available only on boots) gives a jump attack ability like that of felids.
  • The reaching brand for whips is no more.
  • Large rocks now crash through monsters / the player, i.e. implicitly have the penetration brand.
  • Enchantment-like effects of chaos projectiles are now irresistible.
  • Spears, daggers, clubs, and hand axes are no longer good for throwing.
    • The artefact "Lehudib's crystal spear" has been removed.
  • New "tomahawk" item: a throwing missile, usable by all non-felids, between darts and javelins in damage.
    • Small race hunters and arcane marksmen may select tomahawks.
    • Small race gladiators receive tomahawks instead of nets.
  • New "potion of lignification" - induces tree form.
  • Piercer gets the penetration brand (was vorpal).
  • Boots of the Assassin return in a new form: they now detect monsters and allow short-blade-quality stabbing with any weapon (or unarmed).
  • Hellfire now shoots hellfire bolts, dealing hellfire-branded damage and exploding.
  • The Elemental Staff is reworked considerably - it grants rElec, rF++, rC++, MR++, AC+5, and randomly deals elemental-branded attacks based on the user's Evocations skill.
  • New unrand: "macabre finger necklace" - gives warding and an extra ring slot.
  • New unrand: "boots of the spider" - gives clinging, trample immunity, and jump attack.
  • New unrand: "dark maul" - a very large, very slow two-handed weapon using the Maces and Flails skill.
  • New unrand: "hat of the High Council" - spellpower at the expense of spell success rates.
  • Sniper, the Blowgun of the Assassin, and Snakebite have been removed.
  • Potions of slowing are no more.
  • Potions with known type that would have no effect can no longer be quaffed at all.
  • Potions other than potions of porridge no longer give nutrition.

Cards

  • The Elixir card now heals over time instead of instantly.

Gods

  • Gods no longer forgive the player for disliked effects of known wands of random effects and weapons of chaos.
  • Trolls of Cheibriados hunger considerably more slowly.
  • Cheibriados' Bend Time is available to all followers (was 1* ability).
  • Zin and Okawaru no longer care about the deaths of allies.
  • Okawaru no longer suppresses the demonic guardian Ds mutation.
  • Xom effects respect clarity and sustain abilities (as long as Xom is not feeling nasty).
  • Xom's confusion now caps at 20 turns.

Interface

  • "Automagic" functionality similar to autofight has been added through the options automagic_enable, automagic_stop, and automagic_fight; it can be used to automatically cast spells in a specified slot in combat.
  • Different types of magical trap are coloured differently.
  • Unnaturally hard rock walls have a new default glyph.
  • The % screen has a new layout.
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