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9.0.2: Speed tweaks, more shapeshifting, and revised epic fates
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@Vadskye Vadskye released this 12 Nov 20:27
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v9.0.2
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General changes

  • Rules for complete shapeshifting have been revised, and are now used by more player abilities
  • The Sprint universal ability now only affects land speed
    • Swim Specialization has been updated so Swimming Blitz still works
  • Creatures with at least four legs now automatically gain a +10 foot land speed bonus
    • This makes comparative monster move speeds more realistic without requiring a large number of one-off speed modifiers
    • This means that shapechanging into a quadrupedal form now explicitly increases land speed
    • Multi-legged creatures are less likely to have free hands or long-range attacks, so this makes kiting slightly less viable in general
  • All fly speeds automatically grant a glide speed above their height limit
    • Most fly speeds already provided this benefit, so this saves text and increases consistency
    • This means that ordinary birds can more plausibly have a "height limit" to their fly speed without requiring repetitive custom text
      • Narratively, they can use updrafts to exceed their natural height limit, which is kind of true
  • Rules for using multiple movement modes in the same phase have been added
  • Fine and Tiny creatures are now slightly faster, which reduces the number of creatures who have speeds measured in 5' increments
  • Several abilities now provide max-level scaling that increases their power instead of their damage dice
    • This helps avoid excessively large dice pools, especially for characters with high Strength or Willpower
    • Feats: Medicine Specialization, Regenerator
    • Classes: Cleric (Divine Aid), Paladin (Lay on Hands), Warlock (Abyssal Rebuke)
  • All epic fates have been redesigned
    • Three new epic fates have been added: Ascendant, Mutant, and Paradox
  • Magic items
    • Bracers of Armor are now better at low levels and worse at high levels
    • Ricocheting weapons are stronger, but higher rank
    • New items: Amulet of Mighty Stealth, Jaunting weapons
  • Mystic Spheres
    • Aeromancy: A new Mistform spell has been added
    • Cryomancy: Skate now increases your speed on icy terrain
    • Polymorph: Baleful Polymorph is now a shapechange effect, and three new rituals have been added: Mountform, Snakeform, and Ravenform
    • Pyromancy: Soul of the Phoenix now also restores HP and conditions
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