Version 2.5.2, Hunters & Hellbeasts

Dev Notes

• Hello from the depths of Act IV dev! In this week’s update, we finally get around to catching up with Maelys. And in grand style.

Features

• Scene: Maelys does what is expected of her (many variants, collab with Mattrex).
• Captive: Maelys’s initial captive interactions (two variants, collab with Mattrex).
• Captive: If you gently persuade Marie-Anne of your merits, she will get a new skit afterwards.
• Fate: Chanwe can be given to the mercenaries.
• Fate: Darja can be given to the mercenaries.
• Fate: Sabetha & Inej can be given to the mercenaries.
• Fate: Marie-Anne can be given to the infernals.
• Animation: Maelys’s captive idle animations (Amon Ra).
• Art: Malice’s introduction (Lubbio).
• Voice: Sabetha’s captive interactions (Smol Rowan).
• BG: A first look at the world map (Mortalitech).

Tweaks

• The fertility of elves has been reduced.
• Captain Rhyll faces the same way as everyone else.
• Heloise is the last person to join the “animations facing the right way” club.
• Leaving a subject with Breaker indefinitely will boost your kobolds’ Morale.
• The mercenaries and wolfmen will check that you’ve delivered on your promises when they convene for the war council.

Fixes

• Attempting to visit Maelys no longer paths you off a cliff. So many fallen warriors.
• Spending time with Issa will send you to sleep, not grayscreen limbo.
• The charm math in the Bastion heist is fixed, for realsies this time.
• Failing Strength checks no longer grants you Charm, cool scars be damned.
• If you’re super patient and don’t enjoy Darja until Act IV, she will not hurl you back in time to Act II.
• Corrected a dodgy text tag when Enid is having eggs for breakfast.
• Maelys’s ears are less prone to disappearing.
• Leaving Mina to her fate at the caravan removes her from the screen.
• Mina’s gag is more ontologically persistent.
• Cuchilla’s infernal sequence is no longer gated by your audio preferences (whoops).
• Assorted improvements to stage direction.
• And everything found in the playtest (thanks, GrayRaven!).