Thanks a lot for your answer. I'm gonna look at these files if i can change at least the multiplier hp temp for meditation.
I think you're right for the partial decay of the mystics buff. The fact that they must constantly infuse / withdraw makes the buff more viable. Still, i'm just gonna reduce the multiplier in order to avoid +6hp on the 1st chapter for my legacy heroes :p
It's anyway a great addition to the game, and a fine work alltogether.

Meditation may have that problem, as I never really had a solid grasp of how much Potency Mystics tend to pickup over the course of the game. The partial decay way made that way to provide a bit more protection over multiple turns since Mystics tend to be the most action-hungry heroes in dangerous situations.

However, all of that was obviously built upon my own playstyle, and is definitely a bit outdated/old. If you want, you can either edit it using the in-game editor (refer to the Wildermyth Wiki on how to enable it/get there) or go into your Steam directory to edit the .json files directly. This mod is stored under .../Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/763890/2570772378. The files you'll be most interested in are under assets/data/effects, which should contain all of the math, but you might need to edit the files under assets/texts and assets/data/aspects depending on what all you decide to change.

Hey Jack! Thank you for the kind words, it's been a while since I've messed with this mod to be honest, and in terms of understanding game balance I definitely messed up the math here and there, I've come a long way since then. However, between being busy with life and having new mod projects in the works, I am probably not coming back for an update, at least for a while. To answer your questions though:

Brace is temporary, and costs an action, while shields provide their protection all the time, and have an actual damage negation aspect to them. They also take up a hand slot, meaning the hero has to use lower-damage weapons if they want to hold a shield. Warriors without Blue-skin also don't gain a ton of potency, so while Brace does end up being pretty powerful, I find it generally falls to the wayside once Battledance or movement abilities get picked up by the warrior.

Hello, thank you for you work, i think it's a very neat addition and each ability pins the need for more survivability especially for newcomers heroes.

But (yes, there's a but) if On Alert is well balanced, i think :
_ the Brace ability, well i'm still wondering about that. It gives the same bonus as holding a shield and even more with potency scale. I'm afraid it makes the shield a bit useless for the warrior class, but maybe i lack insight about this.

_ the meditation skill is veeeery powerful. Too much, to be honest. It's a very good idea providing temp HP but it should be a lot less (1 base + 1/2 for 1 potency). Especially considering it might not wears off completely the next turn, leaving partly temp HP for the next.

Considering it been a while since the last update of this mod, would it be difficult to change the values myself ? Anybody knows in which file i could tinkle that ?
cheers dear Wilderpals.

Since all of these scale off of potency, does someone know what the theoretical max potency is?

Great mod, played a few campaigns with it. I think Brace is a bit underpowered and not too useful compared to the general utility of Guardian, On Alert is well balanced and Meditate is very good.

haven't tried it, but the mystics new ability seems a bit overpowered. Should be something like +1 potency or spell damage until end of next turn or until attacks.