ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

It has a rather slow start, because its end is extremely fast and vicious-- This is precisely how I'm trying to tip its balance. This said, your focus should revolve around SURVIVING the early game Which is to say, Ritch's early game is miserable, you know this and have no intention to change it, a...

Nekarcos, how many times do I have to say that I am making a point about the beginning of the game before you stop talking about how awesome the character will be in the late game? I don't care how the Rogue and Ritch match up at level 30. The Ritch could have a talent that unlocks at level 22 that ...

@phantomglider Alright, alright, I getcha. Ritches are amazing melees at the start of the game , I get it! No no-- Just kidding! Okay, but here's the thing: Ritches AREN'T melees at the start of the game -- Or at least, very "safe" ones. You'll notice that MOST of a Ritch's "Wild-Hea...

@phantomglider RE: Flamespit is not worth it The "trick" to Flamespit is that it provides you something to do at ALL times. Normally, a melee character sits around and stares anxiously at their opponent as they advance upon them, ready to cut them up the moment they enter melee range . Ho...

@phantomglider RE: Ritch is not ranged? Actually... They DID start out with that... In fact, EVERYTHING that you're mentioning was true . However, a recent experiment I started (called "Volatile" changes) caused Ritch to start with several talent trees locked, but also having more categor...

@phantomglider Aye-- Ritch has, indeed, been a difficult thing to find a good spot for . As you can see from the VOLATILE changes, I'm experimenting with ways to make standard Ritch play a little smoother, but without handing over too much power . But anywho-- Let's get to responses! RE: Ritch Earl...

I tried this out, and it seems interesting, but...am I missing something or is the Ritch early game completely miserable? Especially in the first fight: you start with no P Power or Accuracy, so you can't use melee combat at all, so if you want to contribute in any way you are obligated to unlock an...

Being underwater's not the only way to run out of air. You can also get stuck in a wall or constricted.

These are some talent ideas I had for an instinctive, untrained wanderer-of-timelines chronomancy class, which might be usable. Echoed Assault - Attack an enemy, and do a percentage of that damage as temporal to a random nearby enemy that you attacked in a different timeline. Could be a sustain if y...

The Reaver is pretty cool, but one of its problems is that it really doesn't have a lot to do with category points. If you get an Anorithil escort you obviously take Light, and maybe you unlock Curses for the damage boosting one, and you can always buy infusion slots, but, well, you don't have a who...

malboro_urchin wrote:

Sradac wrote:please sticky this forever

+1

I love how Born2Maraud is using a Fighter sprite from Fire Emblem

Not quite! That's one of the usually-restricted to enemies classes, which I think is called the Bandit or maybe the Marauder.

Have you ever seen a Rogue or something blink in and out of visibility? That's what monsters see when you have Stealth on and they catch a glimpse of you. They will try to attack you but if they have spells they can be hilariously wrong and end up blasting their buddies full in the face. Also, melee...

To clarify, since he may not know what Stun does (which you can find out by hovering your mouse over the Stun icon): You do reduced damage - I believe it's reduced by 50%, but might be reduced by as much as 70% - so it's a lot harder to kill stuff. Movement takes double time. Not attacking, just mov...

TRPGs are stuff like Disgaea, Tactics Ogre, Shining Force, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Fire Emblem. Roguelikes are a lot more similar to typical TRPGs than typical JRPGs, but are still a pretty different beast, and TOME is very firmly on the "roguelike" side of that divide. So no, TOME is n...

The thing summoning the Dreads is a Dreadmaster, which is basically a dread but tougher and with minions. They're kind of hard for most reavers; ghosts are immune to disease, have high defense, and get even tougher to hit because of stealth. If you've put a lot of points into Epidemic and Cyst Burst...