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Dark Times

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Created by Imago_
with support from Lockheart


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Map Info

Similar to the previous game Sweet Revenge; Dark Times was made to fit 2 player but thanks to a pickable difficulty it is also solo completable.
Try to reach your goal - cleansing the plague that has come over this land... and discover it's origin.


Only some of the Features


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Customised Map
Customised weapon and armor types, models, music, spells, attachments and much more.
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14 different Heroes
You can choose 1 out of 6(+1 secret) human or 1 out of 6(1+ secret) elven heroes and we're up for more!
We think beeing able to play different heroes with different Talents each time you play can provide a lot of fun!

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Gamble/Random Hero
You can choose if you want to random an elven or human hero.
Additional there's a chance that you'll get an exlusive/secret hero that only is available due to random.

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Hint-System
There are 20 Hints that will guide you during your journey with information about things you might want to know.
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Item- and Inventory-System
Itemslots are limited! 1 Mainhand, 1 Offhand, 1 Armor, 1 Ring, 1 Accessoire, 1 Elixir.
There are also different armor and weapon types.

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Golddrop and Pick-up-System
As known from games like D3 creeps drop a pile of gold. Simply get in their range to pick them up!
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Shared income
No need to fight about last hits and money. Creep-, quest- and dropped gold is shared among you.
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Backpack-System
Additional item storage, can pick up every item class. Accessable with F2.
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Talents and Talentpoints
Choose your talents and improve them with earned talent points. Accessable via backpack.
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Customized Abilities
Most spells scale with your heroes primary attribute and are meant to fit a certain skill set.
On skill use there's a scripted camera shake.

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Triggered Bossfights
No silly autohitting-only bosses! Each one has it's own abilities and power.
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Imported Models
Wisely picked eyecandy-models for your desired hero and their bossy enemies.
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Customized Hero-Selection
Switch between the accessable heroes with your arrow keys and get information about their skills and stats.
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Classchange
Reach something higher than what you are. Complete the task and become a semi-god!
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Quests and Sidequests
There are plenty of them, you can talk to the people in aid and watch the cinematic or just accept their quest. It's up to you!
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Secrets
Find out, there are several already. However, some already planned will follow.
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Beautiful designed Landscape
Hours of love and work were spent with the goal of reaching a as high as possible level of terraining.
Buildings and houses can be entered - the camera set is customized, too.

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And much more!
What's to do with your mate that fought with you all along to help all those people, slaughtering evil?
Find out! There are plenty ways to have some fun with this map.


Heroes


Darius

Larra

Sylvie


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Strength, Melee Ranged, Tank
Sword, Trophy/Shield, Iron Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Human
None
PassiveHumans use advanced technologies to defend theirself.
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Fury
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveDarius pumps adrenalin into his body and falls into a furious rage. He attacks faster than usual.
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Slam
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveDarius slams the target with brute force dealing damage, there is a chance that target gets stunned.
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Bladestorm
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveDarius rushes to the targeted location and whirls his sword. He damages every enemy on his way.
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Whirlwind
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveDarius spins his sword very fast and becomes a deadly whirlwind. Enemies in range will be pulled towards him and suffer damage, while he renders immune to magic.
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Command
Offense
PassiveDarius and all allies around him will deal more physical damage.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
Adds attack speed and movement speed while 'Fuy' is active.'Fury' lasts 3 seconds longer.Every incoming damage is reduced while 'Fury' is active.
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Offense
Increases Darius' attack damage.Increases Darius' strength.Enables the ability 'Command'
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Defense
Increases Dariu's armor.Darius' heavy armor reduces every incoming magical damage.Inceases Darius' health.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Strength, Close Ranged, Tank
Sword, Knife/Shield, Iron Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Elfish
None
PassiveElves are living in a close touch with nature.
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Combat Mastery
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveLarra hulrs a battle roar that increases her attack damage.
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Slam
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveLarra jumps to her target and will land a heavy blow that stuns and damages the unit.
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Bladestorm
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveLarra detonates in three electric explosions damaging and pushing enemies away.
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Whirlwind
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveLarra throws knives around her, the knives will pierce through all enemy ground units in a line. The knives deal heavy damag and reduce the armor of the target.
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Command
Defense
PassiveLarra will reflect a certain percentage of the incoming physical melee damage on her attacker.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
'Combat Mastery' will also improve the armor.'Combat Mastery' will restore mana and hitpoints.'Combat Masterie' also effects allied units
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Offense
Increases Larras attack damage.Adds bonus strength.Larra attacks faster.
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Defense
Increases Larras armor.Increases Larras health.Enables the ability 'Conter'.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Strength, Melee Ranged, Tank, Support
Sword, Knife/Trophy, Iron Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Elfish
None
PassiveElves are living in a close touch with nature.
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Lasso
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveSylvie throws an enchanted chain at her target stunning and damaging it.
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Whip
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveSylvie whips her target very fast, stunning and damaging it. The first blow will deal massive damage, consecutive blows deal less damage.
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Switch
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveSylvie grabs an ally or and enemy with her chains and switches positions with the target. If the target is an enemyy it will get hurt, if the target is an ally it will be healed.
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Chainsaw Trap
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveSylvie creates a chainsaw trap do deal heavy damage to enemies in range.
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Neutralize
Defense
PassiveSylvie is able to absorb an enemy single target spell. This effect occurs automatically.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
Increases the duration of 'Lasso' by 1 second.Increases the damage of 'Lasso' by 10.Sylvie will pull the target next to her and deals additional damage.
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Offense
Increases Sylvies agility by 1.Increases Sylvies strength by 2.Increases Sylvies damage by 3.
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Defense
Increases Sylvies movement speed by 10.Increases Sylvies health by 20.Enables the ability 'Neutralize'.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.


Felian

Varan

Rosalind

Nasyl

Naisha


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Agility, Ranged, Support, Damage
Bow, Quiver/Orb, Leather Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Elfish
None
PassiveElves are living in a close touch with nature.
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Natures Command
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveFelian orders his ravens to call down dark and holy projectiles. Enemies within range get damaged and allies within range will be healed.
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Attack!
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveFelian fieres a poisoned arrow at his target. It will deal damage and reduce it's movement and attack speed. In addition his ravens will charge at the same target to damage and stun it. The ravens will only act, if they don't perform any other actions.
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Crow Swarm
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveFelian channels the power of allied birds. He sends several crows at the targeted location. If a crow collides with an enemy it will deal damage and reduce the armor of the target.
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Natures Revenge
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveFelian heals and increases the attack speed of an allied, while enemies around the unit get damaged. The ravens will also heal your target, if they don't perform any other actions.
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Natures Touch
Defense
PassiveFelian and allies around him will have an increased life regeneration.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
On usage 'Nature's Command' will entangle all targets for 2 seconds.Decreases the cooldown.The entangeling roots will deal additional damage.
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Offense
Increases Felians attack speed.Increases Felians agility.Increases Felians intelligence.
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Defense
Increases Felians movement speed.Increases Felians health.Enables the ability 'Nature's Touch'
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Agility, Ranged, Damage Dealer
Bow, Quiver, Leather Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Human
None
PassiveHumans use advanced technologies to defend theirself.
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Poison Arrows
Hero Lvl. 1
AutocastVaran fires a poisoned arrow to deal additional damage on attack.
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Fire Arrow
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveVaran launches a burning arrow at his target. The target is unable to move and burns for some seconds. At the end the fire will explode and damage all surrounding units.
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Fade Step
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveVaran jumps backwards. During this move he renders immune to magic and evades every phisical attack. He also fieres arrows at enemies.
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Frost Arrow
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveVaran fires a frozen arrow on the target point; upon impact the arrow splits into several frost arrows. The splitted arrows deal damage and slow every unit they hit.
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Reflexes
Offense
PassiveVarans agility is increased.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
'Poison Arrows' will slow the target.Remove the mana costs of 'Poison Arrows'The slow fortitude is improved and 'Poison Arrows' deal additional damage.
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Offense
Increases Varans attack damage.Varan attacks faster.Enables the ability 'Reflexes'
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Defense
Increases Varans armor.Increases Varans health.Varan will only suffer a part of the incoming magic damage.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Agility, Ranged, Damage Dealert
Bow, Quiver/Trophsy, Leather Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Human
None
PassiveHumans use advanced technologies to defend theirself.
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Strife
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveRosalind releases magical arrows to damage her enemies.
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Leap
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveRosalind orders her wolf to jump at the targeted location, stunning and damaging all enemies in range.
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Claw Strike
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveRosalinds wolf slamms all enemies in front of him with brute force, dealing heavy damage tot hem and knocking them back slightly
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Charged Arrow
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveRosalind shoots a charged arrow that deals heavy damage and pulls back every enemy!
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Call of the Wild
Offense
PassiveAllies around Rosalind will have an increased attack and move speed.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
Increases the damage of 'Strif.Reduces the cooldown of 'Strife'.When using 'Strife' Rosalind fires additional fire arrows at random enemies in range that deal damage.
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Offense
Increases Rosalinds attack damage.Adds points to Rosalinds agility.Enables the ability 'Call of the Wild'
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Defense
Increases Rosalinds move speed.Increases Rosalinds health.Increases Rosalinds armor
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Agility, Melee Ranged, Damage Dealer
Sword, Knife, Leather Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Human
None
PassiveHumans use advanced technologies to defend theirself.
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Sneak
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveNasyl turns himself invisible for some seconds. This allows him to escape with ease or to start a surprise attack. But he walks slower than usual. The invisibility will break upon attack!.
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Swift Attack
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveNasyl rushes towards his target and leaves a shadow trail behind himself. Once he reaches his target he will deal several fast slashes.
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Assasination
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveNasyl calls the aid of his shadows to deal massive damage against his target. The target will be stunned while several illusion of Nasyl strike the victim.
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Massacre
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveNasyl jumps around the battlefield striking randomly at enemy units.
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Block
Apprentice
PassiveNasyl has a chance to block a phsyical attack.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
Removes the movement speed decrease and adds time to the duration.Removes the fading time and adds a bonus to his movement speed.Nasyl will deal additional damage when he attacks a target while sneaking.
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Offense
Increases Nasyls attack damage.Increases Nasyls agility.Increases Nasyls attack speed.
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Defense
Increases Nasyls armor.Increases Nasyls movement speed.Enables the ability 'Block'
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Agility, Ranged, Damage Dealer
Bow, Shield, Leather Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Elfish
None
PassiveElves are living in a close touch with nature.
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Summon Valkyrie
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveNaisha summons an illusion of herself at the targeted location. The illusion attacks enemies in range and forces all unites in range to attack her.
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Shadow Attack
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveNaisha Summons a shadow of herself behind the target to damage it. The shadow and Naisha throw a glaive at the victim, slowing the move and attack speed of the target.
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Glaive Throw
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveNaisha and the Valkyrie will throw a glaive at the targeted location. The glaive cuts through all enemies it hits. The glaive of the valkyrie will deal less damage.
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Glaive Storm
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveNaisha throws a volley of shuriken at the targeted location. Every shuriken deals damage when it hits an enemy unit. A unit can be hit by multiple shuriken.
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Vanguard
Defense
PassiveNaisha and allies around her have an increased armor rating.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
Increases the number of attacks of the valkyrie.Enables the ability 'Bouncing Attacks' for the valkyrie.The valkyrie will cast 'Glaive Throw' when Naisha does.
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Offense
Increases Naishas agility.Increases Naishas attack damage.Increases Naishas attack speed.
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Defense
Increases Naishas armor rating.Increases Naishas maximal life.Enables the ability 'Vanguard'.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.


Arianna

Faralda

Lazarus

Farion


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Intelligence, Ranged, Support
Staff, Orb/Book, Cloth Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Elfish
None
PassiveElves are living in a close touch with nature.
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Soul Steal
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveArianna calls a hand from the underworld to grab the soul of your target. The target will suffer damage over time and can't cast spells.
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Judgement
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveArianna casts three magic projectiles falling from the sky to damage an enemy or to heal a friendly unit.
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Crystalization
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveArianna instantly freezes her enemy. The unit suffers damage and if it dies under the effect the ice will explode into several shards.
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Deadly Curse
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveLaunches a wave of unholy magic in front of Arianna, cursing all units in its path. Cursed units take damage over time and are forced to attack their allies sometimes. Also slows the movement speed of all cursed units.
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Regeneration
Offense
PassiveArianna and allies around her have an increased mana regeneration.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
'Soul Steal' will reduce the targets attack damage.'Soul Steal' will slow the targets movement speed.'Soul Steal' will last longer.
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Offense
Increases Ariannas intelligence.Increases Ariannas manapoints.Enables the ability 'Regeneration'
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Defense
Increases Ariannas magic resistance.Increases Ariannas movement speed.Increases Ariannas health.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Intelligence, Ranged, Caster
Staff, Knife/Orb, Cloth Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Human
None
PassiveHumans use advanced technologies to defend theirself.
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Stormstrike
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveFaralda strikes her enemy with a lightning shock.
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Jumping Boulder
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveFaralda hurls a rock at her target that jumps on nearby enemies. When a rock hits a unit
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Explosion
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveFaralda generates a powerful fire explosion at the targeted location. All enemies in range will be slowed by the searing heat.
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Whirlpool
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveFaralda conjures a gigantic whirlpool, that sucks enemy units towards the center. Every effected unit will suffer damage. The closer the enemy is to the center the more damage it will suffer.
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Frostbolt
Offense
PassiveFaralda has a chance to cast a frost bolt on attack, that deals extra damage and freezes the target.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
'Stormstrike' will jump on a nearby enemy.'Stormstrike' deals double damage.'Stormstrike' deals more damage when it jumps.
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Offense
Increases Faraldas attack speed.Faralda attacks even faster.Enables the ability 'Frost Bolt'
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Defense
Increases Faraldas armor.Increases Faraldas health.Faralda gains magic resistance.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Intelligence, Ranged, Caster
Staff, Orb/Book, Cloth Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Human
None
PassiveHumans use advanced technologies to defend theirself.
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Phoenix Spiral
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveLazarus calls down five phoenixes from the sky to defend himself. The phoenixes move circulary and burn nearby enemies.
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Phoenix Wave
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveLazarus conjures a phoenix that flies towards the targeted location and damages every enemy it hits.
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Fireball
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveLazarus hurls an ignited boulder towards the target point. When the boulder hits the ground it bounces and shatters, releasing small fiery missiles in the bouncing area.
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Phoenix Dance
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveLazarus summons three phoenixes that will dance in the target area, burning nearby enemies. After a short time they collide, dealing heavy damage and pushing all enemies away.
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Consuming Flame
Offense
PassiveLazarus automatically fires a burning missle to damage a random enemy in range. The victim will burn and suffer damage over time.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
Lazarus gains bonus armor, while 'Phoenix Spiral' is active. Increases the duration.Increases the health regeneration and the duration of 'Phoenix Spiral'.The phoenixes will throw burning missiles at enemies every second dealing damage. Also increases the duration of 'Phoenix Spiral'.
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Offense
Increases Lazarus' intelligence.Lazarus attacks faster.Enables the ability 'Consuming Flame'
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Defense
Increases Lazarus' health.Increases Lazarus' health more.Increases Lazarus' health even more.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.

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Intelligence, Ranged, Caster
Sword, Shield, Cloth Armor

Abilitie
RequirementTypeDescription
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Elfish
None
PassiveElves are living in a close touch with nature.
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Mind Smash
Hero Lvl. 1
ActiveFarion smashes the mind of his victim. Deals damage and interrupts his target.
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Grappling Light
Hero Lvl. 3
ActiveFarion throws a giant holy chain of light which grabs the first unit it hits, damaging and pulling it over to your hero.
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Curse of Time
Hero Lvl. 6
ActiveFarion curses an enemy. The curse deals a heavy initial damage and damages the unit every time it moves or gets moved. The movement speed of the victim is also increased and his attack speed is decreased.
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Telekinesis
Hero Lvl. 9
ActiveFario uses his kinetic powers to lift every enemy within range in the air. Upon impact on the earth they will suffer heavy damage.
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Blazing Light
Offense
PassiveFarion illuminates his foes with blazing light. Enemies in range suffer damage. This effect appears automatically.


Talent
Lvl. 1Lvl. 2Lvl. 3
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Apprentice
'Mind Smash' will stun the target and deal more damage.Reduces the cooldown and adds damage.The target will be knocked back and 'Mind Smash' deals additional damage.
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Offense
Increases Farions manapoints.Increases Farions intelligence.Enables the ability 'Blazing Light'.
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Defense
Increases Farions health.Increases Farions magic resistance.Increases Farions movement speed.
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Pathfinding
You recieve extra experience for every killed unit.You recieve extra gold for every killed unit.You will recieve extra experience and gold every 10 seconds.


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Village I

Village II

Village III

Village IV

Dungeon outside

Dungeon inside

Indoor I

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Character Selection

Quest Cinematic

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Indoor Screen

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Quest Log

Main Quest:
  1. Water Supply: Found in the streets, Stonehelm
  2. The Gravekeeper: Quest line, Stonehelm
  3. Final Battle: Quest line, Stonehelm
Accessable with Lvl.1
  • The Cleanse: Found inside of the Church, Stonehelm
  • Risen Dead: Found inside of the Church, Stonehelm
  • Haunted Mine: Found inside of the Tavern, Stonehelm
  • Special Mixture: Found inside of the Tavern, Stonehelm
  • Kidnapped Miners: Found inside of the Mines, Stonehelm
  • Butterflies: Found inside of the Tavern, Stonehelm
  • Bad Luck: Quest line, Stonehelm
  • Stop the Invasion: Found inside of the Tavern, Stonehelm
  • Graduation: Found inside of the Smith Building, Stonehelm
  • Sweet Home: Found in the streets, Stonehelm
  • Missing Soldiers: Found inside of the Tavern, Stonehelm
  • Bad Jack: Found in the streets, Elven Camp
Accessable with Lvl.5
  • Lost Delivery: Found inside of the Haunted Mines, Stonehelm
Accessable with Lvl.10
  • Dark Essence: Found inside of a building, Elven Camp
  • Brutal Murder: Found in the streets, Stonehelm
Accessable with Lvl.15
  • The Ambrosia: Found inside of the Church, Stonehelm


Change Log


- Added: 3 new unique armors.
- Added: 5 different gems may be dropped now, they grant exp and gold!
- Added: 2 new Quests are available!
- Added: Quest - Kidnapped Miners, inside Stonhelm Mine
- Added: Quest - Special Mixture, inside Stonhelm Tavern
- Added: Main Quest can be completed now! Cheers!
- Added: You can enter and clear the last dungeon now!
- Added: A healing priest at the Elven Camp.
- Added: Destructable doodads were placed all over the map. You can destroy pillars, tables, barrels, trees, benches and more!
- Added: A Multiboard that displays creep kills for each player and your amount of found secrets. It can be maximized and minimized as you please.
- Added: A map preview image will be displayed now.
- Added: A loading screen image will be displayed now.
- Added: Some minor potions that will be consumed after usage, however they do stack.

- Changed: We reworked potions and tooltips. They are polished now.
- Changed: Reworked backpack-system. You can now easily transfer items from your backpack inventory to your hero and vice versa. You can move while having your backpack
- Changed: No more exp are lost on death but you lose 10 % of your current gold.
- Changed: The effect of the Spectres Ring. Falling Meteors shall crush your enemies now.
- Changed: Level up animation is a different now.
- Changed: No more stash space for your house-chest. It now sells your items!
- Changed: Minor area changes over the map.
- Changed: One of the secrets has been changed.
- Changed: Ogami uses another model now.
- Changed: Nasyl uses another model now.
- Changed: Some messages during Quests.
- Changed: Reworked some tooltips.

- Fixed: A bug that let neither Naishas (W) or (R) spell deal damage.
- Fixed: Some further optimizations.
- Added: Automatic gold pick up works again.
- Added: You can now pick a random Elven Hero.
- Added: You can now pick a random Human Hero.
- Added: Two new secret Heroes are accessible now.
- Added: A further secret.
- Added: Three new unique Rings and each one needs its task done before you can acquire it.
- Added: All mages got a staff attachment now.

- Fixed: Electric Ring and Sparkling Orb no more attack neutral units.
- Fixed: All abilities are no longer affecting neutral units now.
- Fixed: You can teleport back to Sunken Runis now properly.
- Fixed: Potion tooltips now display properly.
- Fixed: Several Quest typos have been cleared.

- Changed: Sylvie is melee ranged now.
- Changed: Naisha wears bow(Weapon) only now.
- Changed: Farion wears cloth(Armor) and sword(Weapon) only + is melee ranged now.
- Changed: Attack types now are: Staff(Magic), Bow(Piercing), Sword(Normal)
- Changed: Armor types now are: Cloth(Light), Leather(Medium), Iron(Heavy)
- Changed: Customised attack and armor types.

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Light
Medium
Heavy
Bow
125%
100%
75%
Staff
100%
75%
125%
Sword
75%
125%
100%

- Changed: Bad Jack (Quest) has changed completly.
- Changed: Ambrosia (Quest) boss has been changed a little.
- Changed: Each Quest now display it's own icon visible at the Quest log.
- Changed: Hints have changed.
- Changed: Appearance of tooltips has been changed and improved a lot.
- Fixed: No more memory leaks. A lot of hours were spent therefor.

- Changed: Automatic gold pick up is deactivated until it works properly again.
- Added: A new Dungeon: "Old Mausoleum"
- Added: A new Quest: "The Ambrosia" (Stonehelm, req. lvl 15)

- Fixed: Quest dialog of "Haunted Mine".
- Fixed: Major bug that only happend to the 2nd player making him unable to leave the "Elvencamp Tavern".

- Changed: Stonehelm Tavern is your new starting area now.
- Changed: Stonehelm Tavern looks different inside now.
- Changed: Heroes of Stonehelm will now display above the head of the heroes at character selection.
- Changed: Trading gold beneath heroes is no more possible now.
- Changed: New special effect displays when pickig up gold now.
- Changed: Appearence of the indoor-teleporters inside of the Sunken Ruin.
- Changed: Sweet Home (Quest) - Reduced the amount of enemies from 8 to 4.

- Changed: Optimized New Rings
+ Sparkling Orb: Shock cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
+ Electric Ring: Shock cooldown increased from 5 to 13 seconds.

- Changed: Optimized some Spells
+ Sylvie: [Q] has a new chain model now.
+ Sylvie: [E] has a new chain model now.
+ Sylvie: [R] the trap pulls enemies now. Has a new chain model now.
+ Varan: [Q] has a new poison arrow model now.
+ Larra: [E] damage reduced from 2.25 x strength to 1.5 x strength. Numbers of explosions increased from 2 to 3.
- Added: 3 new Rings.
- Added: A new quest: "Sweet home" (Stonehelm, req. lvl 1)
- Added: A new quest: "Brutal murder" (Stonehelm, req. lvl 10)
- Added: The left wing of the church now is accessable.
- Added: Vendors now have a custom shop icon above their entrance.
- Added: Unaccepted quests will now show a question mark above the head of their quest giver.
- Added: NPC names now display in a tooltip above their head (like "Quest Giver", "Merchant", and further).

- Added: Two new buildings
+ The Tavern of Stonehelm, a warm home for stranded citiziens.
+ A new building, a possible home for your hero.

- Fixed: The Miner merchant won't sell items anymore before the appropriate quest is done.

- Changed: New Starting Area
- Changed: Stonehelm Terrain became a rather big style-push!
- Changed: Elven Camp Terrain became a big style-push!
- Changed: Teleporter around the map are now better visible!
- Changed: Dark Essence (Quest) - A new model for the Quest Giver "Ghosthunter"


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19:20, 15th Mar 2014 Orcnet: Map approved.
Level 10
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Sorry for letting you wait so long.

@Doncha666: OS has nothing to do with it. Either your computer runs warcraft or it doesn't. The map itself is playable.

@Armored Cat: I will watch into your replay and handle things.

@Robizeratul: To be honest; more or less.
The map itself became so big that a lot of people have trouble running it what is very demotivating.
It may occur due the large amount of doodads. Imago_ is having his heads somewhere else right now on top.
It was a wonderful project and I played it really often myself. But it's not dead-and-forgotten.

A last big patch may follow if there's enough interest.

If some of you have trouble playing the map try to deactivate unneccessary background processes, it's best played via lan, garena might have some problems.
I for my part never had trouble playing the map (solo or via lan).
 
Level 1
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cant load the map :(

When i first played with my brother the game was fantasic a perfect masterpiece! We even went to the last boss in lvl22 while using the secret charecters! But in the fight we became lvl30! We couldnt kill him sadly in the beggining but after 2hours of trying we beat him :) thank you for the nice map


But the sad part is after a week i wanted to solo the map on normal so the map was loading and then suddenly it freezed! Plz help this map is too great to be wasted by a problem like that!


But in the end nice map i wish the major update would come fast im looking forwards to it!
 
Level 3
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Aug 9, 2015
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I played your map in singleplayer and it worked fine. My girlfried used her brand new alienware laptop with windows 8 (I have windows 7). When loading up the map with her, her game froze during the loading screen. Are you sure it has nothing to do with the OS? Other maps work fine.
 

Jumbo

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Level 19
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Jun 22, 2007
Messages
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We really enjoyed your map I have to say! Please, don't let people's problems with running a map in a game from 2002-3(TFT) determine whether you should continue or not.

Your map reminds me of Diablo 1&2 in a very nice way. If a second act was ever to be made, this map would really deserve Director's cut. Also, a few grammar/spelling fixes would be perfect.
 
Level 3
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Apr 2, 2015
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Played the map for the first time on Normal mode, single player. It's really not that bad if you don't turn on survival mode, since there's no life counter or anything.

The map is quite fun, and looks great. I had only one noticeable issue: when the game levelled me up to 30 during the final boss fight, my game interface got messed up. All the mouseover text for every single icon, button, and item stopped showing up, health bars were in the wrong places, and there was a red glow framing the screen. This persisted after I beat the boss. As a result, I accidentally completed the game since I couldn't see the description on the button for talking to the captain (I assume it warns you, but I really have no idea).

Side note: I was missing two beer kegs and a quest. Maybe I'll play again and try to find everything...
 
Level 2
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Apr 4, 2015
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Had the same issue as @Armored Cat. Boss became invincible and stayed that way and were stuck. We had saved before that boss so exited and attempted to re-load and the save was corrupted. Had the same issue with an earlier save as well.

Good map but to long to play without a reliable save and the chance of bosses becoming perma-invincible. Would love to try this one again if that was fixed.
 
Level 2
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Sep 12, 2016
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If the games freezes during the loading screen, try setting your "texture quality" and "lights" high.

Also can you save/load in this game? i tried loading the normal way but it says my file may be corrupted
 
Level 11
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Jul 19, 2011
Messages
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I really loved the map, I'm not sure if there is a way to resurrect your character because I have only played once and died to the Kraken boss, and saves don't work. I tried to save-load multiple times and it didn't work.
 
Level 1
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Hey! this map camera system is so beautiful i love it so much!

Is this normal or a bug? i can see another characters

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Also i got Gravekeeper's bug too he just becomes invulnerable forever :(
Replay: Uploaded! go to end of the match!

Edit: I got GraveKepper's bug again, i can't kill him, i will never be able to finish this map :(
Replay #2: Uploaded!
 

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Hi,

I hope there are no rules against necroposting on a map.

I recently finished this map with a friend and registered just to leave a comment/thanks. I played on Survival/Normal and it took my friend and I about 8 hours of dying/replaying to find two secrets (not including random hero) and survive the 20 quests.

It was possibly the most charming experience I have had in a Warcraft 3 custom map, and I've had a burgeoning interest in customs since 2004. The camera angle was immersive and the terrain exceptionally impressive. The RPG elements were easy to understand but satisfying, and the heroes were mostly fun (I can't really comment on balance, but most heroes felt appropriately power-leveled). The biggest downsides were the lack of save and the fact that we encountered a few crashes and bugs.
Overall I would give this an 8/10, lacking a 9 due to the bugs we encountered. I'm aware that I'm posting over eight years late, but I just wanted to convey my appreciation of this project. You've reignited my passion for creative Warcraft 3 experiences and I can't wait to see what other fantastic maps this game has inspired.

Thank you Imago_ and Lockhart. I hope life has treated you both kindly.
 

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