4.3.14 is live now. This further improves the performance of the "Bard" and makes some other small changes. Once I am able(read: once Chuda is able to remove his mod from Nexus), I will upload a version of Professions on Nexus that will be infrequently updated for those users who do not care to receive updates or wish to find a previous file. This update contains the following:

New

- More icons.
- Discordant Voice ability for the Bard feat. This reduces the armor of targets within range of the pulse.
- New effects for casting Arcane and Wildfire circles that are less intense than the originals but still indicate a spell is going off at a glance.

Changes

- Mighty Inspiration received a 125% buff. The way the game handles these modifiers is very strange, but with testing this should make the addition of the might buff more akin to a warrior shout. In addition, Mighty Inspiration now increases follower damage done by a much smaller amount to make sure it isn't busted once it's on a live server.

- Cutting Words received a 75% buff. Similar to the above, the way the game handles % damage scaling from each "source" is a bit weird, but this should also be closer to the equivalent of losing a warrior shout.

- Refreshing Inspiration heals for 122% more per tick. This is now a much more substantial heal and may need to be reduced, but the previous level of healing was reported as not being noticable and when compared to other spells which tick much faster than it pulses, I understand why people felt that way.

- Repulsion area of effect reduced by 25% and now applies a cripple effect to targets knocked back.

Fixes

- Adjusted some emitters to hopefully control how powerful they are when targeting creatures that have enormous hitboxes. (again)

Testing

- An AoE buff that increases strength and agility damage of allies within the radius.
- An AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect for allies.
- An AoE debuff that does damage in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that reduces armor in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that decreases enemy damage done in a pulse. This and the two above them are intended to be used by the Entertainer class, however, they are not available at the moment and likely will not be for a while. Server administrators can make these spells available if they find that the values and effects do not disrupt gameplay on their servers.
- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing, available as a kit under the admin-only feat "Eldritch Knight (test)". Server administrators can make use of this kit as they see fit, though it will eventually become a sub-class of Warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- More icons.
- Discordant Voice ability for the Bard feat. This reduces the armor of targets within range of the pulse.
- New effects for casting Arcane and Wildfire circles that are less intense than the originals but still indicate a spell is going off at a glance.

Changes

- Mighty Inspiration received a 125% buff. The way the game handles these modifiers is very strange, but with testing this should make the addition of the might buff more akin to a warrior shout. In addition, Mighty Inspiration now increases follower damage done by a much smaller amount to make sure it isn't busted once it's on a live server.

- Cutting Words received a 75% buff. Similar to the above, the way the game handles % damage scaling from each "source" is a bit weird, but this should also be closer to the equivalent of losing a warrior shout.

- Refreshing Inspiration heals for 122% more per tick. This is now a much more substantial heal and may need to be reduced, but the previous level of healing was reported as not being noticable and when compared to other spells which tick much faster than it pulses, I understand why people felt that way.

- Repulsion area of effect reduced by 25% and now applies a cripple effect to targets knocked back.

Fixes

- Adjusted some emitters to hopefully control how powerful they are when targeting creatures that have enormous hitboxes.

Testing

- An AoE buff that increases strength and agility damage of allies within the radius.
- An AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect for allies.
- An AoE debuff that does damage in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that reduces armor in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that decreases enemy damage done in a pulse. This and the two above them are intended to be used by the Entertainer class, however, they are not available at the moment and likely will not be for a while. Server administrators can make these spells available if they find that the values and effects do not disrupt gameplay on their servers.
- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing, available as a kit under the admin-only feat "Eldritch Knight (test)". Server administrators can make use of this kit as they see fit, though it will eventually become a sub-class of Warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- More icons.
- Discordant Voice ability for the Bard feat. This reduces the armor of targets within range of the pulse.
- New effects for casting Arcane and Wildfire circles that are less intense than the originals but still indicate a spell is going off at a glance.

Changes

- Mighty Inspiration received a 125% buff. The way the game handles these modifiers is very strange, but with testing this should make the addition of the might buff more akin to a warrior shout. In addition, Mighty Inspiration now increases follower damage done by a much smaller amount to make sure it isn't busted once it's on a live server.

- Cutting Words received a 75% buff. Similar to the above, the way the game handles % damage scaling from each "source" is a bit weird, but this should also be closer to the equivalent of losing a warrior shout.

- Refreshing Inspiration heals for 122% more per tick. This is now a much more substantial heal and may need to be reduced, but the previous level of healing was reported as not being noticable and when compared to other spells which tick much faster than it pulses, I understand why people felt that way.

- Repulsion area of effect reduced by 25% and now applies a cripple effect to targets knocked back.

Fixes

- Adjusted some emitters to hopefully control how powerful they are when targeting creatures that have enormous hitboxes.

Testing

- An AoE buff that increases strength and agility damage of allies within the radius.
- An AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect for allies.
- An AoE debuff that does damage in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that reduces armor in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that decreases enemy damage done in a pulse. This and the two above them are intended to be used by the Entertainer class, however, they are not available at the moment and likely will not be for a while. Server administrators can make these spells available if they find that the values and effects do not disrupt gameplay on their servers.
- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing, available as a kit under the admin-only feat "Eldritch Knight (test)". Server administrators can make use of this kit as they see fit, though it will eventually become a sub-class of Warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- More icons.
- Discordant Voice ability for the Bard feat. This reduces the armor of targets within range of the pulse.
- New effects for casting Arcane and Wildfire circles that are less intense than the originals but still indicate a spell is going off at a glance.

Changes

- Mighty Inspiration received a 125% buff. The way the game handles these modifiers is very strange, but with testing this should make the addition of the might buff more akin to a warrior shout. In addition, Mighty Inspiration now increases follower damage done by a much smaller amount to make sure it isn't busted once it's on a live server.

- Cutting Words received a 75% buff. Similar to the above, the way the game handles % damage scaling from each "source" is a bit weird, but this should also be closer to the equivalent of losing a warrior shout.

- Refreshing Inspiration heals for 122% more per tick. This is now a much more substantial heal and may need to be reduced, but the previous level of healing was reported as not being noticable and when compared to other spells which tick much faster than it pulses, I understand why people felt that way.

- Repulsion area of effect reduced by 25% and now applies a cripple effect to targets knocked back.

Fixes

- Adjusted some emitters to hopefully control how powerful they are when targeting creatures that have enormous hitboxes.

Testing

- An AoE buff that increases strength and agility damage of allies within the radius.
- An AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect for allies.
- An AoE debuff that does damage in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that reduces armor in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that decreases enemy damage done in a pulse. This and the two above them are intended to be used by the Entertainer class, however, they are not available at the moment and likely will not be for a while. Server administrators can make these spells available if they find that the values and effects do not disrupt gameplay on their servers.
- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing, available as a kit under the admin-only feat "Eldritch Knight (test)". Server administrators can make use of this kit as they see fit, though it will eventually become a sub-class of Warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- More icons.
- Discordant Voice ability for the Bard feat. This reduces the armor of targets within range of the pulse.
- New effects for casting Arcane and Wildfire circles that are less intense than the originals but still indicate a spell is going off at a glance.

Changes

- Mighty Inspiration received a 125% buff. The way the game handles these modifiers is very strange, but with testing this should make the addition of the might buff more akin to a warrior shout. In addition, Mighty Inspiration now increases follower damage done by a much smaller amount to make sure it isn't busted once it's on a live server.

- Cutting Words received a 75% buff. Similar to the above, the way the game handles % damage scaling from each "source" is a bit weird, but this should also be closer to the equivalent of losing a warrior shout.

- Refreshing Inspiration heals for 122% more per tick. This is now a much more substantial heal and may need to be reduced, but the previous level of healing was reported as not being noticable and when compared to other spells which tick much faster than it pulses, I understand why people felt that way.

- Repulsion area of effect reduced by 25% and now applies a cripple effect to targets knocked back.

Fixes

- Adjusted some emitters to hopefully control how powerful they are when targeting creatures that have enormous hitboxes.

Testing

- An AoE buff that increases strength and agility damage of allies within the radius.
- An AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect for allies.
- An AoE debuff that does damage in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that reduces armor in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that decreases enemy damage done in a pulse. This and the two above them are intended to be used by the Entertainer class, however, they are not available at the moment and likely will not be for a while. Server administrators can make these spells available if they find that the values and effects do not disrupt gameplay on their servers.
- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing, available as a kit under the admin-only feat "Eldritch Knight (test)". Server administrators can make use of this kit as they see fit, though it will eventually become a sub-class of Warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- Various new icons for a lot of things, including bard, old spells, etc.
- A new particle effect for Eldritch Storm(also used for Eldritch Strom's PvE version).

Changes

- Adjusted the pulse radius on Bard's Mighty Inspiration and Refreshing Inspiration. It's larger.
- Mighty Inspiration received a 5% buff.
- Cutting Words received a 5% buff.
- Refreshing Inspiration heals for about 50% more per tick. This is not actually a huge buff, but it is a huge buff. It was pretty weak.
- Darkened the Bard spell effects so they don't flash quite so brightly.

Fixes

- Adjusted some emitters to hopefully control how powerful they are when targeting creatures that have enormous hitboxes.

Testing

- An AoE buff that increases strength and agility damage of allies within the radius.
- An AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect for allies.
- An AoE debuff that does damage in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that decreases enemy damage done in a pulse. This and the two above them are intended to be used by the Entertainer class, however, they are not available at the moment and likely will not be for a while. Server administrators can make these spells available if they find that the values and effects do not disrupt gameplay on their servers.
- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing, available as a kit under the admin-only feat "Eldritch Knight (test)". Server administrators can make use of this kit as they see fit, though it will eventually become a sub-class of Warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- Cutting Words debuff pulse for "Bard". This spell is highly experimental and negative effects on stats sometimes behave in strange ways. As such, this isn't currently in the "Bard (test)" feat. This will decrease the damage done by strength and agility weapons by enemies in range.
- "Bard" feat. This will have all of the in-testing abilities that are verified to work roughly as expected for Bard. My intention is to add these to the ktis of Entertainers, but seeing as Entertainer hasn't had any spells or effects, I don't believe I will directly add them to the class in the mod. Administrators can choose to add this feat to anyone they wish.

Changes

- Changed some details on how the Eldritch Knight Storm Circle(and abilities like it) acquire targets and deal damage.
- Changed the buff and debuff duration on "Bard" abilities from the last update.

Fixes

- Prevented an abuse case with the previous way the storm-style spells did damage. This is the real reason for the immediate patch.

Testing

- An AoE buff that increases strength and agility damage of allies within the radius.
- An AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect for allies.
- An AoE debuff that does damage in a pulse.
- An AoE debuff that decreases enemy damage done in a pulse. This and the two above them are intended to be used by the Entertainer class, however, they are not available at the moment and likely will not be for a while. Server administrators can make these spells available if they find that the values and effects do not disrupt gameplay on their servers.
- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing, available as a kit under the admin-only feat "Eldritch Knight (test)". Server administrators can make use of this kit as they see fit, though it will eventually become a sub-class of Warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- Mighty Inspiration for Entertainers. This is an AoE buff that should increase damage done of any ally within the pulsing radius, but it is under heavy testing.
- Vicious Mockery for Entertainers. This is an AoE debuff that does damage to everyone around the Entertainer each pulse. Also under heavy testing.
- Refreshing Inspiration for Entertainers. This is an AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect to everyone around the Entertainer each pulse. Likewise, this is under heavy testing.
- Dual wield cleavers in Orichalcum and Mithril styles, which includes recipes added to the Master Artisan feat.
- Dual wield swords in Orichalcum and Mithril styles, which also includes recipes added to the Master Artisan feat.
- Icons for all of these things courtesy of Tuka.

Changes

- Tweaks to various in-testing spells and effects.

Fixes

-

Testing

- An AoE buff that increases strength and agility damage of allies within the radius.
- An AoE buff that applies a regeneration effect for allies.
- An AoE debuff that does damage in a pulse. This and the two above them are intended to be used by the Entertainer class, however, they are not available at the moment and likely will not be for a while. Server administrators can make these spells available if they find that the values and effects do not disrupt gameplay on their servers.
- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing. Coming updates will feature more development, slow as it may be, for an Eldritch Knight subclass of warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- Eldritch Storm (PvE) Spell for Eldritch Knight. This one isn't given out in the feat at the moment because it is under heavy testing due to the nature of the spell.

Changes

-

Fixes

- Warlock Life Drain(and other toggleable spells) should now have a little bit of a delay in checking for whether or not the buff is already applied before being fired. Hopefully this will prevent exploit cases, even though I could not replicate them myself.

Testing

- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell that only targets NPCs for Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A regeneration spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing. Coming updates will feature more development, slow as it may be, for an Eldritch Knight subclass of warrior.

This update contains the following:

New

- New admin only spell that does AoE damage to any enemies who enter range, burning them. The item that casts the spell is called Mitra's Fury.

Changes

- Adjusted Crippling Circle particles to be more blue and less gross looking.
- Further reduced Crippling Circle's ridiculous range.
- Buffed Eldritch Regeneration's healing.
- Adjusted particle effects for various things.
- Increased Warcry of Slaughter damage percentage buffs by 2% and movement speed by 1%.

Fixes

- Taunt icons fixed for real. The debuff was still wrong.
- Values for Eldritch Knight are now at a baseline level for usability.

Testing

- A direct damage, aoe smite spell for testing.
- A direct damage, aoe storm spell for the Eldritch Knight.
- A short range slow spell for Eldritch Knight.
- A new warcry for Eldritch Knight.
- A rejuvenation spell for the Eldritch Knight for testing. Coming updates will feature more development, slow as it may be, for an Eldritch Knight subclass of warrior.