Playtest notes 12 Dec 2024

Internal playtest101 entries46 balance changes21 content additions16 bug fixes7 art updates7 interface changes4 wording fixes

This is a pre-release internal note from the closed playtest, quoted as it was written for testers. It describes a build that no longer exists; treat it as history, not as a description of the current game.

Items in this note

37 cards

Borrowed Time
Skill
1
Gain 4.
Cards cost an additional this turn.
Devour Life
Power
1
Whenever you play a Soul, Summon 1.
Peck
Attack
1
Deal 2 damage 3 times.
Pull from Below
Attack
1
Deal 5 damage for each Ethereal card played this combat.
Soul
Skill
0
Draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.
Alignment
Skill
0
3
Gain .
Ascender's Bane
Curse
Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Assassinate
Attack
0
Innate.
Deal 10 damage.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Astral Pulse
Attack
0
3
Deal 6 damage to ALL enemies twice.
Bury
Attack
4
Deal 52 damage.
Capture Spirit
Skill
1
Enemy loses 3 HP.
Add 3 Souls into your Draw Pile.
Celestial Might
Attack
2
Deal 6 damage 3 times.
Dazed
Status
Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Eidolon
Skill
2
Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
Enlightenment
Skill
0
Reduce the cost of ALL cards in your Hand to 1 this turn.
Exhaust.
Fiend Fire
Attack
2
Exhaust your Hand.
Deal 7 damage for each card Exhausted.
Exhaust.
Flatten
Attack
2
Osty deals 12 damage.
This card costs 0 if Osty has attacked this turn.
Frantic Escape
Status
1
Get farther away.
Increase Sandpit by 1.
Increase the cost of this card by 1.
Friendship
Power
1
Lose 2 Strength.
Gain at the start of each turn.
Glitterstream
Skill
2
Gain 11 Block.
Next turn, gain 5 Block.
Guilty
Curse
Unplayable.
Removed from your Deck after 5 combats.
Hidden Cache
Skill
1
Gain .
Next turn, gain .
Mind Blast
Attack
1
Innate.
Deal damage equal to the number of cards in your Draw Pile.
Minion Dive Bomb
Attack
0
Deal 13 damage.
Exhaust.
Misery
Attack
0
Deal 7 damage.
Apply any debuffs on the enemy to ALL other enemies.
Oblivion
Skill
0
Whenever you play a card this turn, apply 3 Doom to the enemy.
Panic Button
Skill
0
Gain 30 Block.
You cannot gain Block from cards for 2 turns.
Exhaust.
Parry
Power
1
Sovereign Blade now gains 10 Block.
Poke
Attack
0
Osty deals 6 damage.
Regret
Curse
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, lose 1 HP for each card in your Hand.
Sacrifice
Skill
1
Retain.
If Osty is alive, he dies and you gain Block equal to double his Max HP.
Second Wind
Skill
1
Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.
Seeking Edge
Power
1
Forge 7.
Sovereign Blade now deals damage to ALL enemies.
Sovereign Blade
Attack
2
Retain.
Deal 10 damage.
Spirit of Ash
Power
1
Whenever you play an Ethereal card, gain 4 Block.
Thrumming Hatchet
Attack
1
Deal 11 damage.
At the start of your next turn, return this to your Hand.
Wound
Status
Unplayable.

Relics, potions and powers

Beetle JuiceRoyal StampDoomDexterityNo BlockPlowPoisonSlowSlumberVulnerable

Enemies and events

NeowNibbitVantomCeremonial BeastCubex ConstructFlyconidFuzzy Wurm CrawlerKnowledge DemonLiving ShieldQueenShrinker BeetleSlumbering BeetleTest SubjectThe TrialTinker TimeTurret OperatorWellspringWood Carvings

Content

Necrobinder

Ancients

  • Replaced Neow's Hunger relic with Neow's Lament relic

Enemies

  • Majorly reworked Queen
  • Majorly reworked Insect Repulsor
  • Majorly reworked Knowledge Demon
  • Majorly reworked The Kin
  • Reworked Flyconid
  • Reworked Inklets
  • Reworked Cubex Construct
  • Added new normal encounter to Act 1: Shroom and Slime
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Events

Misc

  • Changed Ascension 1: number of Burly rooms decreased from 7 -> 6
  • Swapped Ascensions 2 and 3
  • Moved Tight Belt to Ascension 7, and changed it to "Potions are 50% less likely to appear"
  • Added Ascension 8: Scarcity - "Rare and Upgraded cards appear less often."
  • Added Ascension 9: Ancient's Scorn - "Ascender's Bane grows stronger."
  • Deprecated Intruder Alert Ascension

Balance

Necrobinder

  • Buffed Borrowed Time card:
    • No longer Exhausts
    • Upgrade now grants 1 additional energy
  • Changed Devour Life card: now Exhausts Souls in the Draw and Discard piles as well as Hand
  • Changed Flatten card: rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon
  • Buffed Guillotine card: damage increased from 9(13) -> 11(16)
  • Buffed Hidden Cache card: now grants 1 additional Star
  • Buffed Make Use card: damage increased from 10(13) -> 11(14)
  • Buffed Plague Carrier card: Doom increased from 5(7) -> 10(15)
  • Buffed Sacrifice card: now has Retain
  • Changed Sap Will card:
    • Damage increased from 8(11) -> 11(13)
    • Now Exhausts
  • Changed Soul card: no longer has Ethereal
  • Buffed Spirit of Ash card: cost decreased from 2 -> 1
  • Changed Transfuse card: no longer Exhausts
  • Buffed You Are Mine! card: Damage increased from 11(16) -> 13(17)
  • Deprecated Reconstruction card
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Regent

  • Buffed Alignment card: energy gain increased from 1(2) -> 2(3)
  • Buffed Celestial Might card: Star cost lowered from 4 -> 3
  • Nerfed Glitterstream card: Block decreased from 6(8) -> 5(7)
  • Changed Perfect Reflection card: Block upgrade changed from 6(8) -> 6(10) instead of hitting all enemies
  • Nerfed Seeking Edge card: Forge decreased from 11(15) -> 7(11)

Enemies

  • Nerfed Ceremonial Beast: Dazed cards given by Plow move decreased from 4 -> 3
  • Changed Fuzzy Wurm Crawler: can no longer repeat its multiattack two turns in a row
  • Changed Living Shield: now gets a new move and goes Bezerk when the Turret Operator dies
  • Changed Lone Nibbit encounter: now always starts by attacking
  • Changed Nibbit:
    • Butt move damage increased from 14(16) -> 12(13)
    • HP increased from 41(43)-43(45) -> 42(44)-46(48)
    • Slice move damage/Block decreased from 8(9) -> 6(6)
  • Nerfed Rock Bowlbug: Momentum move damage decreased from 14(15) -> 11(13)
  • Nerfed Shrinker Beetle:
    • HP decreased from 45(46) -> 40(42)-43(44)
    • Stomp move damage decreased from 14(17) -> 13(14)
  • Nerfed Slumbering Beetle: Slumber amount increased from 2 -> 3
  • Nerfed Vantom: Wound cards given by Dismember move decreased from 3 -> 2

Events

  • Changed Telepathic Spiders event: "Meditation Techniques" choice no longer gives Mind Blast card, just Enlightenment
  • Changed The Trial event:
    • Curse card from Guilty Merchant changed from Guilt -> Regret
    • Gold received increased from 250 -> 300
  • Changed Wellspring event: "Bathe" choice decreases curses given from 3 -> 2
  • Changed Wood Carvings event:
    • "Donut" choice is now "Choose 1 starter card to Transform into Peck."
    • "Peck" option is now "Choose 1 starter card to Transform into Toric Satisfaction."

Misc

  • Changed Slow power: is now categorized as a Debuff

Art

  • Added beta art for all power icons (thanks to Vex!)
  • Updated beta card art
  • Updated art Thrumming Hatchet and Carve Ghost cards
  • Added art for Astral Pulse and Minion Dive Bomb cards
  • Created a new fancy speech bubble VFX
  • Started to implement new thought bubble VFX
  • Sovereign Blade now has an in-world representation with temporary VFX

User interface & experience

  • Capture Spirit card now displays an upgraded Soul card in its hovertips.
  • Cards are now properly ordered when selecting a card for the Royal Stamp relic to enchant
  • If a player starts a run not on the highest ascension level, it is now set as their preferred ascension level for that character
  • Mutagen potion now includes the Transform hovertip
  • Oblivion card and Dybbuk Cube relic now modify the power amounts displayed in card descriptions
  • New thought bubbles are now shown when hand is full or piles are empty
  • When hiding the backstop in main menu, logo now fades in/out now + blur darkness and speed have been updated

Wording

Bug fixes

Silent

  • Assassinate now has Vulnerable hovertip
  • Fixed Catalyst card's upgraded description to say "Double the enemy's Poison" instead of "Triple"

Necrobinder

  • Carve Ghost card's description now properly says that it adds Souls to your Hand instead of your Discard Pile
  • Fixed visual issue when Carve Ghost adds Souls to your hand
  • Misery card now properly copies the Bury debuff to other enemies
  • Pull From Below card's description now properly reflects its actual attack count

Regent

  • Red Giant card's damage number is no longer blue

Colorless Cards

Potions & Relics

  • Beetle Juice potion's hovertip now properly states that its effect lasts 3 turns

Ancients

  • Zlatir's Choice's Paradox relic no longer stops acquiring new cards

Enemies

  • Fixed softlock when Vantom dies to thorns
  • Monsters are no longer repeating moves more times than they should be
  • Test Subject no longer shuffles status cards to the bottom of the draw pile
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Misc

  • Fixed an issue where the Innate keyword wasn't working properly when added by the Royally Approved enchantment
  • In-game compendium no longer hidden behind topbar and relics
  • Shop potion prices now have variance
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