Update 30 Release Notes

Celebrating the Anniversary, Dungeon-style!

Gnomageddon!

News and Notes:

Cannith Crafting:

• The new randomly-generated loot from Update  29 can now be deconstructed properly.

Enhancements:

• Arcane Archer now has a new active Tier 5 ability called Final Strike which deals area-of-effect damage on hit, and deals additional damage to injured enemies based on the hit point total of the enemy.
• Soul Eater's Cone Shape has had its casting time reduced.
• Here is the Gnome racial enhancement tree:
  • Core Abilities:
    • Gnomish Perseverance: +1 Dodge, +1 Use Magic Device
    • Intelligence: +1 Intelligence
    • Gnomish Perseverance: +1 Dodge, +1 Use Magic Device
    • Intelligence: +1 Intelligence
    • Scrolls: Retain Essence: You gain a 15% racial bonus to your odds of retaining a copy of a scroll when using it. +2 Dodge, +1 Use Magic Device
  • Tier One:
    • Dragonmark of Sivis: +1/2/3 Dragonmark uses per day, +1/2/3 Use Magic Device
    • Wand and Scroll Mastery: +25/50/75% effectiveness from wands, scrolls, and other items that cast spells, and +1/2/3 to the save DC of your offensive wands.
    • Keen Insight: +2/4/6 to Will saving throws vs. Illusions
    • Stealth or Awareness: Choose one:
      • Awareness: +1/2/3 to Listen, Spot, and Search
      • Stealthy: +1/2/3 to Hide and Move Silently
    • Gnomish Weapon Training: +1 to hit and damage with light hammers, light maces, light picks, shortswords, shortbows, light crossbows, and light repeating crossbows.
  • Tier Two:
    • Lesser Dragonmark of Scribing: Lesser Dragonmark Spell - Illusory Mark of Flame. Works as the Symbol of Flame spell, but with Illusion as its school, and Will as its saving throw.
    • Against the Giants: +2/4/6 to Saving Throws and Armor Class against Giants.
    • Color Spray: Activation cost 10/5/2 Spell Points,. Cooldown 8 seconds. Enemies are sprayed with illusions of color, and must make a Will save or be Dazed, Blinded, and/or Silenced. The target must make a Saving Throw for each effect.
    • Permanent Blur: You gain a permanent Blur effect.
    • Gnomish Weapon Training: +1 to hit and damage with light hammers, light maces, light picks, shortswords, shortbows, light crossbows, and light repeating crossbows.
  • Tier Three:
    • Greater Dragonmark of Scribing: Greater Dragonmark Spell Illusory Symbol of Stunning. Acts as the Symbol of Stunning spell, but with Illusion as its school and Will as its saving throw.
    • Nimble Reason: +1/2/3 Armor Maximum Dexterity Bonus and Maximum Dodge Bonus.
    • Racial Spell Focus: Illusion: +1/2/3 to Illusion DCs.
    • Gnomish Weapon Training: +2 to hit and damage with light hammers, light maces, light picks, shortswords, shortbows, light crossbows, and light repeating crossbows.
  • Tier Four:
    • Gnomish Favored Enemy: Choose Gnoll or Reptilian as a favored enemy feat.
    • Gnomish Weapon Training: +2 to hit and damage with light hammers, light maces, light picks, shortswords, shortbows, light crossbows, and light repeating crossbows. +1 Competence Bonus to Critical threat Range with these weapons.
• Here is the Deep Gnome Iconic enhancement tree:
  • Core Abilities:
    • Wariness: +1 Dodge, +2 Magical Resistance Rating
    • Wisdom: Select either +1 Intelligence or +1 Wisdom
    • Wariness: +1 Dodge, +2 Magical Resistance Rating
    • Wisdom: Select either +1 Intelligence or +1 Wisdom
    • Scrolls: Retain Essence: You gain a 15% racial bonus to your odds of retaining a copy of a scroll when using it. +2 Dodge, +2 Magical Resistance Rating
  • Tier One:
    • Illusory Escape: When you tumble, you phase out of reality briefly, passing through enemies as you do so.
    • Wand and Scroll Mastery: +25/50/75% effectiveness from your wands, scrolls, and other items that cast spells, and +1/2/3 to the Save DC of your offensive wands.
    • Underdark Experience: +1/2/3 to all saves
    • Stealth Awareness: Choose one:
    • Awareness: +1/2/3 to Listen, Spot, and Search
    • Stealthy: +1/2/3 to Hide and Move Silently
    • Gnomish Weapon Training: +1 to hit and damage with light hammers, light maces, light picks, shortswords, shortbows, light crossbows, and light repeating crossbows.
  • Tier Two:
    • Conjure Stone: Conjure a boulder and hurl it at an enemy, dealing 6d4/12d4/20d4 bludgeoning damage and knocking down enemies on a failed Reflex saving DC 10/15/20 + Intelligence modifier. Costs 25/15/5 Spell Points. Cooldown of 10/8/6 seconds.
    • Hardy Nature: +2/4/6 to Armor Class and +1/2/3 to Physical Resistance Raing
    • Color Spray: Activation cost 10/5/2 Spell Points,. Cooldown 8 seconds. Enemies are sprayed with illusions of color, and must make a Will save or be Dazed, Blinded, and/or Silenced. The target must make a Saving Throw for each effect.
    • Permanent Blur: You gain a permanent Blur effect.
    • Gnomish Weapon Training:  +1 to hit and damage with light hammers, light maces, light picks, shortswords, shortbows, light crossbows, and light repeating crossbows.
  • Tier Three:
    • Spellcraft: +5/10/20 Spellcraft
    • Nimble Reaction: +1/2/3 Armor Maximum Dexterity Bonus and Maximum Dodge Bonus
    • Stoneskin: You get Stoneskin as an SLA. Activation cost of 10 Spell Points. Cooldown 20/15/10 seconds.
    • Racial Spell Focus: Illusion: +1/2/3 to Illusion DCs.
    • Gnomish Weapon Training:  +2 to hit and damage with light hammers, light maces, light picks, shortswords, shortbows, light crossbows, and light repeating crossbows.
  • Tier Four:
    • Phantasmal Killer. You gain Phantasmal Killer as an SLA. Activation cost of 25/15/5 Spell Points. Cooldown of 6 seconds.
    • Gnomish Favored Enemy. Choose a Favored Enemy feat of either Goblinoid or Reptilian.
    • Gnomish Weapon Training:  +2 to hit and damage with light hammers, light maces, light picks, shortswords, shortbows, light crossbows, and light repeating crossbows. +1 Competence Bonus to Critical threat Range with these weapons.
• The Artificer Arcanotechnician enhancement tree has been adjusted:
  • The first core now grants +10 Electric Spell Power in addition to its previous effect.
  • The fourth Core (Lightning Bolt) is now an SLA.
  • Lightning Bolt now passively grants +1 Evocation DC
  • The fifth Core (Critical Admixture) now passively grants +1 Evocation DC
  • The sixth Core (Arcane Empowerment) now grants +4 INT (previously +2).
  • Evocation Focus now has 3 ranks (previously 1).
  • There is a new Tier 5 Enhancement: Arcane Mechanism: While wielding a Rune Arm, gain +10/15/20 Electric Spell Power and +5/10/15 Universal Spell Power.
  • Prerequisites for all of the pet enhancements have been removed.
  • "Imbued Defender" is now "Imbue Defender"
  • Imbue Defender now grants you a passive +5 Electric and +2 Universal Spell Power per rank.
  • Arcane Engine now grants you a passive +5 Electric and +2 Universal Spell Power per rank.

Epic Destinies:

• Exalted Angel's Excoriate ability has been fixed to no longer stack its effect on itself too many times, which could cause lag.

Feats:

• Scion of Limbo's spell damage proc now only functions on offensive spells.

Items:

• Special 10th Anniversary gifts can be obtained by trading them for a token in House Phiarlan. Each character that logs into the game during the anniversary event through March will receive a token.
• Chests will now glow blue for the entire party when a character gets a particularly lucky loot roll when initially interacting with the chest.
• The proper Potions of Mnemonic Enhancement will now appear in the various loot tables.
• The maximum possible bonus loot level to a chest has been lifted. Players should now see chests of the appropriate adjusted loot level regardless of their character level.
• The Magma Fiendling Creature Companion Certificate is no longer Bound to Account, and is now Unbound.
• The Vacuum benefit of Legendary Green Steel no longer applies Vulnerable to allies.
• The "Spooky" bonus type, primarily found on Night Revels items, has had its name changed to "Festive" to support the bonus being used on non-scary things.
• "Blank" end rewards should no longer appear in Three Barrel Cove and several other questing areas.
• Broccoli Juice and Bacon have been added to taverns.
• Treasure Hunter's Elixirs are now functioning properly.
• Jewels of Fortune now have their correct descriptive text.
• Night Revels ingredients will now be removed from players' inventories, now that they have become stale.

Quests and Adventure Areas:

• Eveningstar Cavern
  • Fixed an issue where iconic characters could sometimes find themselves unable to travel back to Eberron.
• Meridia
  • Legendary Shroud
    • Empty treasure bags should no longer appear.
• Orchard of the Macabre
  • Ghosts of Perdition
    • The Wheep brothers now have high health on Epic Elite difficulty.
• The Subterranean
  • Hound of Xoriat
    • The puppies are now less likely to turn around in unwanted situations.
• ​Hall of Heroes
  • ​There's a new "thing" in the Hall of Heroes.

Spells:

• Lightning Bolt is now a standard Artificer spell

UI:

• The Founder's Fountain has returned!
• Challenge Rules can now be read by clicking on the question mark in a Challenge UI panel.
• Party member voice volume can now be adjusted individually on a slider when in a party.
• The scale and opacity of floating names can now be adjusted with sliders in the Options > UI Settings panel.
• Guild Airship Amenity icons will no longer change to flask icons when clicked.
• Bags will no longer automatically gather items if they do not occupy a backpack slot. This prevents an issue where destroyed bags could gather ingredients.

Miscellaneous:

• Players should now see fewer Awesomium processes in their computer's Task Manager when running the DDO client.
• The game credits have been updated.