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Gemstone IV v1.1 - Progress Report 2

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From: ImperiusDamian
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:20
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HIRELINGS
- Rogue Hirelings can now use Amazon bows (imagine a Rogue merc wielding 
a Windshear socketed with Gemstones and Magestones!)

ITEMS
- Two new suffixes have been added to Magic items:
             - "of Battle Orders" - adds 1-3 levels of Battle Orders, 
usable by all classes
             - "of Warming" - adds 3-6 levels of Warmth, usable for all 
classes
- Throwing Potions have been enhanced. They do higher damage, have 
larger stacks (up to 60) and are now purchasable at vendors.
- All Javelins, Amazon Javelins, Throwing Knives and Throwing Axes now 
stack up to 200

UNIQUE ITEMS
- Five new Unique Javelins have been added. They are as follows:

   The Jabber - javelin
   --------------------
   40-50% 	Enhanced Damage
   +1		Amazon Jab
   +1		Critical Skill (all classes)
   15%		Increased Attack Speed
   +5-10		Cold Damage
   +2		Light Radius
   +2		Life Replenish
   +2		Mana Regeneration

   The Poker - pilum
   -----------------
   60%		Enhanced Damage
   20%		Increased Attack Speed
   Increased Stack Size
   +10-20	Fire Damage
   +1-20		Lightning Damage
   4-6%		Life Stolen Per Hit
   1			Socket

   The Piercer - short spear
   -------------------------
   75%		Enhanced Damage
   33%		Piercing
   Replenish Quantity
   +75		Poison Damage over 3 Seconds
   7-9%		Mana Stolen Per Hit
   +2		Amazon Plague Javelin
   +3		Amazon Lightning Bolt

   The Striker - glaive
   --------------------
   80-100%	Enhanced Damage
   +2		Amazon Charged Strike
   +2		Critical Strike (all classes)
   +35-60	Lightning Damage
   +7-9%		Life Stolen Per Hit
   2			Sockets

   The Pointed One - throwing spear
   --------------------------------
   125-150%	Enhanced Damage
   +3		Amazon Fend
   +2		Amazon Lightning Fury
   +3		Amazon Plague Javelin
   +4		Amazon Jab
   Replenish Quantity
   Increase Stack Size
   25%		Increased Attack Speed
   3			Sockets

CUBE
- New Cube recipes have been added
             - 2 magic rings + 1 rare ring + Io rune -> magic ring of 
Battle Orders (may also have a random prefix)
             - 2 magic rings + 1 rare ring + Lum rune -> magic ring of 
Warming  (may also have a random prefix)

-Rune Recipes
             - item + 2 perfect gems + 2 of the same Rune -> Rune effect 
added to item
                      This works with weapons, all kinds of armour, 
rings and amulets. Rune attributes added are appropriate for the item 
type. For example: Skystrike + 2 pGems + 2 Shael runes -> Skystrike + 
40% IAS.
NOTE: These recipes now only work ONCE per item.

Runes can now be downgraded with the following recipe:
	- 1 Rune + 1 rare ring -> next rune down
			EG., 1 Thul rune + 1 rare ring -> 1 Ort rune

MONSTERS
- Monsters have been reshuffled slightly in act 5 and in the Durance of Hate
- Packs of Flying Scimitars now spawn in some areas of act 2
- Boss packs of crow nests should now spawn in act 1 and act 2
- Coldcrow in Nightmare now has a chance to drop M'avina's Caster bow

BUGFIXES
- Barbarian Hireling names have been properly adjusted to match those in 
Gemstone II
- Guest monster boss packs no longer spawn in Normal Bloody Foothills

RUNEWORDS
- Possible new runeword: "Lucky Bastard" (Zod-Vex-Jah-Ohm) for 4-socket 
weapons

- A new runeword has been added for Necromancer Heads:

   Imperious Leader - Lem-Dol-Lem
   ------------------------------
   +1-2		Necromancer Skills
   +3		Necromancer Poison & Bone Skills
   +2		Battle Orders (all classes)
   +30-45%	Faster Cast Rate
   +375		Poison Damage over 5 Seconds
   -30-45%	Enemy Poison Resist
   Cannot Be Frozen
   +200%		Gold Find
   +14		Replenish Life

SKILLS
- Necromancer Revives: now no longer have a fixed duration. They live 
until killed like Skeletons, Golems, Valkyries and so forth
- Magic Arrow: attack rating bonus and magic damage improved
- Guided Arrow: can Pierce again

MISC
- Experience gain rebalanced; the diminishing returns curve after level 
70 is now less steep. Until level 80 or so the decrease is negligible.
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From: ImperiusDamian <damianblack.wolf@gmail.com>
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Subject: Gemstone IV v1.1 - Progress Report 2
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