Playtest notes 9 Jan 2025

Internal playtest159 entries74 balance changes39 content additions25 bug fixes11 wording fixes5 art updates3 interface changes2 audio updates

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.

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56 cards

Procure a random potion.
Exhaust.

Whenever you spend or gain , deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.

Cosmic Indifference

Gain 6 Block.
Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.

Gain 11 Block.
Next turn, gain 5 Block.

Heirloom Hammer

Deal 20 damage.
Choose a Colorless card in your Hand. Add a copy of that card into your Hand.

Sovereign Blade now gains 10 Block.

Forge 9.
Next turn, gain .

Sovereign Blade

Retain.
Deal 10 damage.

Gain 5 Block.
Upgrade a card in your Hand.

Deal 6 damage to ALL enemies twice.

Beat into Shape

Deal 5 damage.
Forge 5.
Forges an additional 5 for every other time you've hit the enemy this turn.

Lose 3 HP.
Gain .

Lose 1 HP.
Deal 9 damage to ALL enemies.

Deal 4 damage.
Deals 2 additional damage for each Vulnerable on the enemy.

Celestial Might

Deal 6 damage 3 times.

Deal 18 damage.
Exhaust 1 card at random.

Next turn,
gain and .
Retain your Hand this turn.

Deal 8 damage.
Deals 2 additional damage for ALL your cards that have a cost.

Deal 7 damage to ALL enemies. All enemies lose 1 Strength this turn.

Decisions, Decisions

Draw 3 cards.
Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.
Exhaust.

Ethereal.
At the start of your turn, gain and draw 1 additional card.

Deal 8 damage.
If the enemy is Vulnerable, hits twice.

Choose an Attack or Power card. Add a copy of that card into your Hand.

Double your Block.

Deal 8 damage.
Apply 1 Weak.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.

Shivs now hit ALL enemies.
Add 4 Shivs into your Hand.

Forgotten Ritual

If you Exhausted a card this turn, gain .
Exhaust.

Lose 2 Strength.
Gain at the start of each turn.

At the start of your turn, gain .

Gain .
Draw 1 card.
Next turn, draw 1 card.

Deal 12 damage.
Draw 2 cards.

Unplayable.
Removed from your Deck after 5 combats.

Gain .
Next turn, gain .

Deal 15 damage.
Enemy loses 10 Strength this turn.

Manifest Authority

Gain 7 Block.
Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.

Innate.
Deal damage equal to the number of cards in your Draw Pile.

Deal 7 damage.
Apply any debuffs on the enemy to ALL other enemies.

Summon 5.
Whenever Osty loses HP,
ALL enemies lose that much HP as well.

Gain 8 Plating.

Ethereal.
Draw 3 cards.

Gain 9 Block.
Return this card to your Hand.

Pillar of Creation

Whenever you create a card, gain 3 Block.

Osty deals 10 damage.
Deals additional damage equal to Osty's Max HP.

Deal 3 damage to ALL enemies for each gained this turn.

Deal 4 damage.
Exhaust.

Apply 3 Weak and Vulnerable to ALL enemies.
Exhaust.

Draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.

Spoils of Battle

Forge 5.
Draw 2 cards.

Deal 5 damage to a random enemy X times.

Put Sovereign Blade into your Hand from anywhere.
Forge 8.

Tools of the Trade

At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and discard 1 card.

Apply 3 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.

At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and Exhaust 1 card from your Hand.

Relics, potions and powers

Book of Five Rings

Fairy in a Bottle

Enemies and events

Content

Ironclad

Deprecated the following cards:
- Blood For Blood
- Dual Wield
- Entrench

Silent

Deprecated the following cards:
- Endless Agony
- Eviscerate

Necrobinder

Deprecated the following cards:
- Exhume
- Sever Soul

Regent

Reworked the following cards:
- Astral Pulse
- Celestial Might
- Cloak of Stars
- Crescent Spear
- Illuminate
- Crush Under
- Falling Star
- Glow
- Gravity Well
- Guiding Star
- Refine Blade
- Cosmic Indifference
- Spoils of Battle

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Regent (continued)

Deprecated the following cards:
- Orbital Shield
- Minion Guards
- Manifest Victory

Ancients

Reworked Perpetual Coin relic: "Gain 999 gold. No longer encounter the Merchant in ? rooms."
Reworked Tanx's Might blessing: "Whenever you play an attack, gain 1 Strength this turn."

Enemies

Reworked the following enemies/combats:
- Byrdonis
- Kin
- Test Subject

Events

Reworked the following events:
- Wellspring
- Tea Master

Ascensions

Ascensions now unlock individually for each character rather than globally
Changed Ascension 1 to Mighty Bosses: Bosses gain unique buffs

Balance

Ironclad

Nerfed Breakthrough card: damage decreased from 10(13) -> 9(13)
Nerfed Bully card: upgrade's additional damage per Vulnerable decreased from 4 -> 3
Buffed Cinder card: damage increased from 15(20) -> 18(24)

Silent

Nerfed Alchemize card: can no longer procure Fruit Juice, Regen Potion, or Fairy in a Bottle potions

Necrobinder

Changed Demesne card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
Nerfed Misery card: cost increased from 0 -> 1
Changed Parse card: rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon

Regent

Nerfed Beat Into Shape card: damage decreased from 9(12) -> 6(7)
Buffed Black Hole card: damage increased from 2(3) -> 3(4)
Changed Constellation card: upgrade changed from Retain -> cost 0
Changed Convergence card:
- No longer gains Block
- Cost decreased from 2 -> 1
Changed Cosmic Indifference:
- Block gain decreased from 20(24) -> 13(17)
- No longer Exhausts
Changed Decisions, Decisions card: no longer discards your hand
Buffed Genesis card: cost decreased from 2 -> 1
Changed Glitterstream card: now has Gravity Well card's old effect

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Regent (continued)

Changed Hidden Cache card:
- No longer gives energy next turn
- Star gain next turn increased from 2 -> 3
Changed Manifest Authority card: now generates any colorless card, not just skills
Buffed Neutron Aegis card:
- Block gain increased from 20(25) -> 15(19)
- Plating increased from 10(13) -> 15(19)
Nerfed Particle Wall card: Star cost increased from 1 -> 2
Buffed Radiate card: cost decreased from 1 -> 0
Buffed Singularity:
- Cost decreased from 2 -> 1
- Forge increased from 6(9) -> 7(10)
Changed Stardust card: rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon
Changed Tyranny card:
- Cost decreased from 2 -> 1
- Upgrade changed from upgrading decrees to lowering cost by 1

Colorless Cards

Changed Mind Blast card: is now in the colorless card pool, so it can be obtained from shops and other colorless card sources

Potions & Relics

Changed Royal Stamp relic: is now a shop relic

Enemies

Changed Ceremonial Beast:
- Plow move now applies Frail instead of Dazed
- Stomp attack damage decreased from 13(16) -> 11(12)
Nerfed Cubex Construct: damage boost from deadly enemies decreased from +2 -> +1
Changed Decemillipede:
- Renamed to Decimillipede
- Changed values and moveset
- Now always revives with 25 HP
Buffed Inklets: HP increased from 6(7)-11(13) -> 11(12)->17(18)
Changed Knowledge Demon:
- Now back to only tracking draws during the turn and not the 5 cards at the start of each turn
- Reworked moveset
- Reworked Info Hazard
Changed Mass of Mites combat: now all start out with different moves
Nerfed Ovicopter: attack damage decreased
Changed Queen:
- Reworked Bound effect
- Burn Bright for Me move Strength decreased from 5 -> 3
- Staff Strike move damage decreased from 20(23) -> 11(13)
- Reworked moveset
Nerfed Torch Head Amalgam:
- Tackle move damage decreased from 18(21) -> 15(16)
- Soul Beam damage nerfed from 33(37) -> 30(34)
Nerfed Slimes: HP and damage values decreased
Nerfed Snapping Jaxxfruit: Strength gain decreased from 2 -> 1
Temporarily deprecating Insect Repulsor while it is being reworked
Temporarily deprecating Sealed Sword while it is being reworked

Ancients

Improved Tezcatara's Golden Path route: Shop now appears earlier
Changed Electrified Shard: is now a Darv relic

Events

Changed Bedlam Beacon event: "Claim the orb" choice's HP cost increased from 11 -> 13
Changed Brainbug event: "Share knowledge" choice's HP cost decreased from 11 -> 8
Changed Cursed Choice event: no longer always curses the player
Changed Mad Science card:
- Now starts un-upgraded
- Upgrading it gives it Innate
Changed Symbiote event: reworked "Kill with fire" option

Ascensions

Implemented placeholder boss buffs for Ascension 1

Art

Added Kin Follower art and VFX
Added Kin Leader animations
Added boomerang VFX
Cleaned up card portrait art for: Armaments, Bloodletting, Dismantle, Forgotten Ritual, Mangle, Shockwave, Tremble
Added card portrait art for some Regent cards: Sovereign Blade, Summon forth, The Smith, Refine Blade

Audio

Added second elite track for elites with 2 phases
Added transition for Merchant room audio

User interface & experience

Empower card now shows targeting reticle over Osty
Fan of Knives card now shows the Shiv hovertip
Knowledge Demon now tracks how many cards you need to play visually in his power

Wording

Black Hole card now clarifies that it deals damage for each Star spent
Book of Five Rings now uses colors correctly for its numerical values
Cards that say "cost 0" in their description now include an energy icon to distinguish from star cost.
Cleaned up wording on Friendship card
Goopy enchantment now has the correct name in its hovertip
Heirloom Hammer card now specifies that the colorless card is chosen from your hand
Parry card now properly specifies that it gains block equal to unblocked damage dealt instead of all damage dealt
Pluralized Mayhem power description
Tinker Time event's "Speed" choice no longer claims to add Innate to powers
Tweaked the wording of the Starry and Star Dust relics to make their interaction with Glitterstream clearer
Alchemize card now uses the word "Procure" instead of "Obtain"

Bug fixes

Silent

A Thousand Cuts power now correctly decrements Slippery
Tools of the Trade card now cancels any card plays that occur before it

Necrobinder

Necro Mastery card now affects the summon value for Nine Lives card if played beforehand
Sap Will+ now correctly draws 2 cards instead of 1

Regent

Heirloom Hammer card now properly treats event cards as colorless
Parry card now gains block for all creatures hit by AOE Sovereign Blade
Status cards are no longer counted towards Pillar of Creation's block gain

Potions & Relics

Fixed an issue that prevented using Foul Potion on the Merchant
Ice Cube relic is now set to normal when outside of combat
Sozu relic no longer removes your potions after you reload your save
The sound effect for obtaining a potion now plays properly
Toothpick relic no longer affects self damage

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Ancients

The Golden Path from Tezcatara's blessing is now centered on the map

Enemies

Cubex Construct no longer does an extra hit during its multi-attack
Fixed softlock when Doom kills a solo Axebot that still has Stock
Initially spawned insect pillars now are considered minions
Poison no longer interrupts Burrowing Bug's dig animation

Events

Mad Science card no longer breaks when downgraded
Removed energy hovertip from the "Fragrant Mushrooms" option in the Hungry for Mushrooms event

Misc

Fixed extra space in Protector power description
Hopefully fixed a softlock related to Guilty curse card
Made Tender a debuff
Trapped ghost hovertips no longer overlap with card tip
You can hover over enemies in peek mode again
The Imbalanced power is now properly categorized as a debuff

Newer: 16 Jan 2025 All patch notes Older: 12 Dec 2024

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