Patch Notes

Hello!

The 0.2.3 patch of Bound Armaments has been released for Patrons Tier 2 (Monster) and Tier 3 (Apex)!

The download files include Windows, MacOS, and Linux releases.

You can access the game's builds over at my Patreon:

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General

• Skill Point & Skill Leveling System: Heroes now earn Skill Points (SP) on level up, allowing unlocked skills to be upgraded up to Level 5. as a note, the effects of most skill level ups are currently placeholders, and are subject to change.
• Terminology Update: Changed MP (Mana Points) to AP (Action Points) across the entire UI and description text.
• Equipment Bonus Breakdown: Updated gear tooltips to clearly differentiate between Physical Attack (P.ATK) and Magical Attack (M.ATK) bonuses.
• Persistent Status Tooltips: Status effect descriptions now stay visible when hovering over them during battle. You can also scroll them down should the description be long.
• (Debug Build): Added addsp command that grants any amount of Skill Points to a character
• (Debug Build): Added resetskill command that resets a character's skill progression and refunds all of the used Skill Points. 

New Items

Consumables

• Barkskin Tonic (The Wyld Hunt Tier 1 Reward)
  • Grants +80% P.DEF & M.DEF at the cost of -60% SPD for 1 turn.

• Goading Tonic: (Scaled Homeguard Tier 2 Reward)
  • Applies Taunt and Reflect effects to draw enemy focus.

Equipment

• Living Vines Wrap (The Wyld Hunt Tier 2 Reward)
  • Grants the Tranquil Roots skill (heals and reduces lust based on Magic Attack) and applies Legs Bound.

• Scaled Chastity Belt (Scaled Homeguard Tier 2 Reward)
  • Grants the Heated Fortification skill (converts current lust into bonus Physical & Magical DEF for 3 turns).

Balance Changes

Status Effects

• Added Bleed Status Effect: Stacking physical damage over time that deals percentage-based damage based on the target's Max HP.
• Added Stun Status Effect: Fully incapacitates the victim for 1 turn.
• Added Reflect Status Effect: Deflects incoming attack damage back to the attacker.

Characters

New unlockable skills has been added to prepare all the characters for the 0.3 update.

Kelra

• Bellow (NEW) (Cost: 20 AP) 
  • Inflicts -20% P. ATK and M. ATK to ALL enemies for 3 turns.
• Bull Rush (NEW) (Cost: 20 AP)
  • Deals 100% P. ATK + 12% for every stack of Bulwark. Consumes 1 stack of Bulwark.

Effie

• Ruinous Wind (NEW) (Cost: 25 AP)
  • Deals 100% Magical Damage to a target and steals a portion of their speed bar equal to damage dealt.
• Tailwind (NEW) (Cost: 20 AP)
  • Grants ALL party members +15% SPD UP.

Seris

• Detach Head (NEW) (Cost: 20 AP)
  • Gain Dullahan Form for 3 turns, ignoring Collar effects and dealing 15% bonus Magic Damage with each attack.
• Dreadful Bite (NEW) (Cost: 20 AP)
  • Deals 30% P. ATK to an enemy. If Seris is in Dullahan Form, she takes another action immediately.
• Baleful Glare (CHANGED) (Cost: 20 AP)
  • Deals 60% M. ATK to an enemy and applies -30% M. DEF and P. DEF for 3 turns. If in Dullahan Form, targets ALL enemies.

Veylana

• Rupture (NEW) (Cost: 20 AP)
  • Deals 70% P. ATK and inflicts 3 stacks of Bleed.
• Paralyzing Sting (NEW) (Cost: 25 AP)
  • Inflicts Stun to target for 1 turn.

Enemies

• Bondage Bandit: Added the "Blind 'em!" move to their repertoire to blindfold target heroes mid-fight.

Bug Fixes 

• Enforced that only Level 1 enemies can spawn throughout the Prologue.
• Fixed unclickable shop buttons when gold is insufficient.
• Fixed a bug where starting a New Game after exiting a higher-level dungeon carried over high-level enemy scaling into the tutorial dungeon.
• Fixed room event triggers not properly firing across multiple Prologue rooms.
• Fixed an issue where equipped gear could occasionally disappear after finishing a battle.
• Fixed a bug where equipment was erroneously stripped from characters after defeating a dungeon's final boss.
• Fixed an issue where fainted or dead characters could still be targeted and healed by recovery skills and items.
• Fixed Kelra's and Effie's appearance options being erroneously labeled as "Revenant Armor".
• Fixed Kelra missing her proper affiliation with the Scaled Homeguard faction.
• Corrected various typos and wording throughout faction descriptions, dialogue, and UI text.