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Early Dev / Re: Demon: A monster collection roguelike
« on: July 05, 2016, 03:18:06 PM »
Okay, so it was a bit more than a couple of weeks out from release.
But, the Relic Upgrades build is finally done.
You can grab the builds at the usual link here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-sx_4eW-B5hWnhNZlRPclZLeUU&usp=drive_web


Relic Upgrades are new summoner-only abilities that significantly change how basic mechanics of summoning work, either by tweaking existing abilities or adding entirely new ones. I gave some examples in my last post, but those are only a few of the nearly two dozen different upgrades available starting with this build.
Each relic has two starting upgrades, and you can add more upgrades of your choice after reaching specific levels. The starting upgrades for each Relic are:
Crown of Glory: Starts with Quick Summon and Quick Dismiss, which replace the turn cost of using Summon and Dismiss with 1 turn cooldowns instead.
Eye of the Dragon: Starts with Item Sense and S.E.P.I., which help you find more items and more Credits, giving you more resources to work with.
Faithful Heart: Starts with Revelation, which lets your demon allies learn powerful abilities, and Nightingale, which speeds up recovery rates for currently inactive allies.
Hand of the Dead: Starts with Consume and Recycle, which provide various benefits when you delete demon allies.
Orb of Power: Starts with Transpose Soul, which allows you to convert demon allies into very powerful abilities for your own use, and Translator, which significantly reduces the cost of learning abilities from your allies.
Titan's Fist: Starts with Fusion Saver, which reduces the cost of fusing demons together into new ones, and Soul Armor, which lets you sacrifice allies to gain their resistance, HP, and Speed modifiers.
Vodun Mask: Starts with Enemy Sense, which shows enemy positions on the map, and Far Summon I, which lets you summon allies 3 squares away instead of only being able to summon adjacent to you.
But, beware: enemy summoners also possess, and intelligently use, these new upgrades.
Also, in order to preserve balance against non-summoner enemies, the starting stable size has been reduced from 8 to 6. (There is, however, a series of upgrades you can take that let you raise the limit back up to 8... or even higher, if you wish.)
Good luck in the Tower.




Relic Upgrades are new summoner-only abilities that significantly change how basic mechanics of summoning work, either by tweaking existing abilities or adding entirely new ones. I gave some examples in my last post, but those are only a few of the nearly two dozen different upgrades available starting with this build.
Each relic has two starting upgrades, and you can add more upgrades of your choice after reaching specific levels. The starting upgrades for each Relic are:
Crown of Glory: Starts with Quick Summon and Quick Dismiss, which replace the turn cost of using Summon and Dismiss with 1 turn cooldowns instead.
Eye of the Dragon: Starts with Item Sense and S.E.P.I., which help you find more items and more Credits, giving you more resources to work with.
Faithful Heart: Starts with Revelation, which lets your demon allies learn powerful abilities, and Nightingale, which speeds up recovery rates for currently inactive allies.
Hand of the Dead: Starts with Consume and Recycle, which provide various benefits when you delete demon allies.
Orb of Power: Starts with Transpose Soul, which allows you to convert demon allies into very powerful abilities for your own use, and Translator, which significantly reduces the cost of learning abilities from your allies.
Titan's Fist: Starts with Fusion Saver, which reduces the cost of fusing demons together into new ones, and Soul Armor, which lets you sacrifice allies to gain their resistance, HP, and Speed modifiers.
Vodun Mask: Starts with Enemy Sense, which shows enemy positions on the map, and Far Summon I, which lets you summon allies 3 squares away instead of only being able to summon adjacent to you.
But, beware: enemy summoners also possess, and intelligently use, these new upgrades.

Good luck in the Tower.
