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==Highlights==
 
==Highlights==
  
* New species: Gnolls
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* New species: [[Gnoll]]s
* New god: Wu Jian Council
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* New god: [[Wu Jian Council]]
* New spell: Borgnjor's Vile Clutch
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* New spell: [[Borgnjor's Vile Clutch]]
  
 
==Branches, Environment==
 
==Branches, Environment==
  
* The rate at which unique Pan lord levels appear in Pandemonium is increased.
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* The rate at which unique Pan lord levels appear in [[Pandemonium]] is increased.
* Transporters now have a 'landing site' that indicates their destination.
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* [[Transporter]]s now have a 'landing site' that indicates their destination.
* The Hellbinder and Cloud Mage Wizlabs have been revamped to give greater and more varied challenges as well as improved loot.
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* The Hellbinder and Cloud Mage [[Wizlab]]s have been revamped to give greater and more varied challenges as well as improved loot.
  
 
==Character==
 
==Character==
  
* New species: Gnolls, with extremely high aptitudes for all skills, but an inability to focus: Gnolls always train all skills equally, regardless of whether they have the requisite items or spells.
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* New species: [[Gnoll]]s, with extremely high aptitudes for all skills, but an inability to focus: Gnolls always train all skills equally, regardless of whether they have the requisite items or spells.
* Ogres now have better aptitudes in shortblades, longblades, and axes.
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* [[Ogre]]s now have better aptitudes in [[short blades]], [[long blades]], and [[axes]].
  
 
==Gods==
 
==Gods==
  
* New (temple) god: Wu Jian Council
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* New (temple) god: [[Wu Jian Council]]
 
** Grants free 'martial' attacks from certain movement actions:
 
** Grants free 'martial' attacks from certain movement actions:
 
*** 0*: Moving toward an enemy triggers 'Lunge', which attacks the enemy and does extra damage.
 
*** 0*: Moving toward an enemy triggers 'Lunge', which attacks the enemy and does extra damage.
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*** 5*: Active 'Heavenly Storm' ability, creating opaque clouds and increasing your martial prowess while you continue to use 'martial' attacks.
 
*** 5*: Active 'Heavenly Storm' ability, creating opaque clouds and increasing your martial prowess while you continue to use 'martial' attacks.
 
*** Piety is gained through defeating foes.
 
*** Piety is gained through defeating foes.
* Gozag Potion Petition no longer offers haste/berserk potions for species that can't haste/berserk.
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* [[Gozag]] Potion Petition no longer offers haste/berserk potions for species that can't haste/berserk.
* Zin blocks 100% of mutations at 6* piety. At that piety level, potions of mutation now only remove mutations and don't cause piety loss.
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* [[Zin]] blocks 100% of mutations at 6* piety. At that piety level, potions of mutation now only remove mutations and don't cause piety loss.
 
* Zin no longer has a mutation removal one-time ability at 6* piety.
 
* Zin no longer has a mutation removal one-time ability at 6* piety.
* Makhleb's Minor Destruction has slightly lowered range, and Makhleb's Major Destruction has slightly increased range.
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* [[Makhleb]]'s Minor Destruction has slightly lowered range, and Makhleb's Major Destruction has slightly increased range.
  
 
==Interface==
 
==Interface==
  
* Players can now set training targets for skills.
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* Players can now set training targets for [[skills]].
 
** Press = on the skill screen, select a skill, and enter a skill level.
 
** Press = on the skill screen, select a skill, and enter a skill level.
 
** Training of that skill is disabled when it reaches the specified level.
 
** Training of that skill is disabled when it reaches the specified level.
* Water species except for merfolk autoexplore/travel through shallow water.
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* Water species except for [[merfolk]] [[autoexplore]]/travel through shallow water.
 
* Diagonal shift-running now stops properly at doors.
 
* Diagonal shift-running now stops properly at doors.
* Draconian players now show their hat tiles in Tiles/WebTiles.
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* [[Draconian]] players now show their hat tiles in Tiles/WebTiles.
 
* New 'tc_forbidden' RC option to set color of squares forbidden by travel.
 
* New 'tc_forbidden' RC option to set color of squares forbidden by travel.
 
* New xp_by_level morgue table to track XP sources on a per-level basis.
 
* New xp_by_level morgue table to track XP sources on a per-level basis.
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==Items==
 
==Items==
  
* Wands of the same type merge charges upon pickup and wands have no cap on charges.
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* [[Wands]] of the same type merge charges upon pickup and wands have no cap on charges.
* Wands identify charges upon pickup and are destroyed when their last charge is used.
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* Wands [[identify]] charges upon pickup and are destroyed when their last charge is used.
* Items in a doorways no longer prevent closing doors in most instances.
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* [[Items]] in a doorways no longer prevent closing doors in most instances.
 
** Items get pushed out of the doorway when the player closes the door.
 
** Items get pushed out of the doorway when the player closes the door.
** Doors refuse to close only if the items would fall into deep water or lava.
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** Doors refuse to close only if the items would fall into deep [[water]] or [[lava]].
* Potions of mutations remove fewer mutations on average and are a bit rarer.
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* [[Potion of mutation|Potions of mutations]] remove fewer mutations on average and are a bit rarer.
* Fan of Gales now disperses clouds at the user's location.
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* [[Fan of gales]] now disperses clouds at the user's location.
* Un-equipping an item currently giving you invisibility now gives extra contamination.
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* Un-equipping an item currently giving you [[Invisibility (ego)|invisibility]] now gives extra contamination.
* Rods of lightning XP-recharge even when only partially used and only grant a power bonus for shots over consecutive turns.
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* [[Lightning rod]]s XP-recharge even when only partially used and only grant a power bonus for shots over consecutive turns.
* Scarves are never made as artefacts.
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* [[Scarf|Scarves]] are never made as artefacts.
* Wands of random effects include malmutate in the set of possible effects.
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* [[Wands of random effects]] include malmutate in the set of possible effects.
* Permanent food has been simplified.
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* Permanent [[food]] has been simplified.
** Rations are now the only type of permanent food, replacing bread and meat rations, fruit, and royal jelly.
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** [[Ration]]s are now the only type of permanent food, replacing bread and meat rations, fruit, and royal jelly.
 
** Ration item generation and well as the herbivore and carnivore mutations have been balanced to keep available nutrition the same as before.
 
** Ration item generation and well as the herbivore and carnivore mutations have been balanced to keep available nutrition the same as before.
** Fedhas abilities that formerly required a piece of fruit instead require two rations.
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** [[Fedhas]] abilities that formerly required a piece of fruit instead require two rations.
 
* Removed:
 
* Removed:
** Wands of confusion and lightning.
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** [[Wands of confusion]] and [[Wand of lightning|lightning]].
** Scrolls of recharging.
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** [[Scrolls of recharging]].
** Mutagenic chunks.
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** Mutagenic [[chunk]]s.
  
 
==Monsters==
 
==Monsters==
  
* Monsters no longer spawn after level-generation in most places.
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* [[Monsters]] no longer spawn after level-generation in most places.
 
** This also eliminates the "super OOD" timer that could generate exceptionally hard monsters after a long time on the level.
 
** This also eliminates the "super OOD" timer that could generate exceptionally hard monsters after a long time on the level.
 
** The number of monsters created during level generation is increased slightly to compensate.
 
** The number of monsters created during level generation is increased slightly to compensate.
** Pandemonium and Abyss are unaffected by this change.
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** [[Pandemonium]] and [[Abyss]] are unaffected by this change.
 
* A fraction of the monsters generated with a level are created awake, but never near stairs.
 
* A fraction of the monsters generated with a level are created awake, but never near stairs.
* Air elementals now have a Vortex ability, which creates a short-range, short-duration tornado effect.
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* [[Air elemental]]s now have a Vortex ability, which creates a short-range, short-duration tornado effect.
* Player ghosts have normal speed regardless of species, never have a chaos ego on their melee attack, and no longer generate in portal branches.
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* [[Player ghost]]s have normal speed regardless of species, never have a chaos ego on their melee attack, and no longer generate in portal branches.
* Pandemonium lords can no longer have the Shatter spell.
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* [[Pandemonium lord]]s can no longer have the [[Shatter]] spell.
  
 
==Spells==
 
==Spells==
  
* New spell: Borgnjor's Vile Clutch (L5 Necromancy/Earth); calls forth undead hands from the earth over a smite-targeted area to constrict hostile monsters. Appears in the Necromancer starting book, the book of Unlife, and the book of Dreams.
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* New spell: [[Borgnjor's Vile Clutch]] (L5 Necromancy/Earth); calls forth undead hands from the earth over a smite-targeted area to constrict hostile monsters. Appears in the [[Necromancer]] [[book of Necromancy|starting book]], the [[book of Unlife]], and the [[book of Dreams]].
* Shatter's damage has been simplified to use one of three dice values for susceptibility, and can now slightly damage insubstantial monsters. Intrinsic player/monster susceptibility takes precedence for damage over flight status.
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* [[Shatter]]'s damage has been simplified to use one of three dice values for susceptibility, and can now slightly damage [[insubstantial]] monsters. Intrinsic player/monster susceptibility takes precedence for damage over [[flight]] status.
* Lee's Rapid Deconstruction now gives each material type a fixed explosion damage and size that doesn't increase when a wall is destroyed.
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* [[Lee's Rapid Deconstruction]] now gives each material type a fixed explosion damage and size that doesn't increase when a wall is destroyed.
 
* Removed:
 
* Removed:
** Control Undead.
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** [[Control Undead]].
** Cigotuvi's Embrace.
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** [[Cigotuvi's Embrace]].
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[[Category:Crawl Versions]]

Revision as of 23:55, 31 January 2018

Version 0.21: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

0.21 is a version of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. It was released on January 5, 2018.


Highlights

Branches, Environment

  • The rate at which unique Pan lord levels appear in Pandemonium is increased.
  • Transporters now have a 'landing site' that indicates their destination.
  • The Hellbinder and Cloud Mage Wizlabs have been revamped to give greater and more varied challenges as well as improved loot.

Character

  • New species: Gnolls, with extremely high aptitudes for all skills, but an inability to focus: Gnolls always train all skills equally, regardless of whether they have the requisite items or spells.
  • Ogres now have better aptitudes in short blades, long blades, and axes.

Gods

  • New (temple) god: Wu Jian Council
    • Grants free 'martial' attacks from certain movement actions:
      • 0*: Moving toward an enemy triggers 'Lunge', which attacks the enemy and does extra damage.
      • 1*: Moving between tiles adjacent to a monster triggers 'Whirlwind', which attacks all adjacent foes and 'pins' them, preventing one turn of movement.
      • 2*: Moving against solid obstacles triggers a two-turn Wall Jump, moving two tiles in the opposite direction and attacking any adjacent enemies. This ability can also be triggered via an (a)bility, and the movement- based mode can be disabled using `wall_jump_move = false` in your rc file for more careful play.
      • 3*: Active 'Serpent's Lash' ability, granting two free movement actions, of which any martial actions will never miss.
      • 5*: Active 'Heavenly Storm' ability, creating opaque clouds and increasing your martial prowess while you continue to use 'martial' attacks.
      • Piety is gained through defeating foes.
  • Gozag Potion Petition no longer offers haste/berserk potions for species that can't haste/berserk.
  • Zin blocks 100% of mutations at 6* piety. At that piety level, potions of mutation now only remove mutations and don't cause piety loss.
  • Zin no longer has a mutation removal one-time ability at 6* piety.
  • Makhleb's Minor Destruction has slightly lowered range, and Makhleb's Major Destruction has slightly increased range.

Interface

  • Players can now set training targets for skills.
    • Press = on the skill screen, select a skill, and enter a skill level.
    • Training of that skill is disabled when it reaches the specified level.
  • Water species except for merfolk autoexplore/travel through shallow water.
  • Diagonal shift-running now stops properly at doors.
  • Draconian players now show their hat tiles in Tiles/WebTiles.
  • New 'tc_forbidden' RC option to set color of squares forbidden by travel.
  • New xp_by_level morgue table to track XP sources on a per-level basis.
  • New -force-map objstat/mapstat option to always place a given map on each level.
  • New objstat fields for tracking monster numbers/XP from vaults.
  • Many new tiles for artefact weapons and monsters.

Items

  • Wands of the same type merge charges upon pickup and wands have no cap on charges.
  • Wands identify charges upon pickup and are destroyed when their last charge is used.
  • Items in a doorways no longer prevent closing doors in most instances.
    • Items get pushed out of the doorway when the player closes the door.
    • Doors refuse to close only if the items would fall into deep water or lava.
  • Potions of mutations remove fewer mutations on average and are a bit rarer.
  • Fan of gales now disperses clouds at the user's location.
  • Un-equipping an item currently giving you invisibility now gives extra contamination.
  • Lightning rods XP-recharge even when only partially used and only grant a power bonus for shots over consecutive turns.
  • Scarves are never made as artefacts.
  • Wands of random effects include malmutate in the set of possible effects.
  • Permanent food has been simplified.
    • Rations are now the only type of permanent food, replacing bread and meat rations, fruit, and royal jelly.
    • Ration item generation and well as the herbivore and carnivore mutations have been balanced to keep available nutrition the same as before.
    • Fedhas abilities that formerly required a piece of fruit instead require two rations.
  • Removed:

Monsters

  • Monsters no longer spawn after level-generation in most places.
    • This also eliminates the "super OOD" timer that could generate exceptionally hard monsters after a long time on the level.
    • The number of monsters created during level generation is increased slightly to compensate.
    • Pandemonium and Abyss are unaffected by this change.
  • A fraction of the monsters generated with a level are created awake, but never near stairs.
  • Air elementals now have a Vortex ability, which creates a short-range, short-duration tornado effect.
  • Player ghosts have normal speed regardless of species, never have a chaos ego on their melee attack, and no longer generate in portal branches.
  • Pandemonium lords can no longer have the Shatter spell.

Spells