Patch 21

The October Content Patch (patch 21) was added to Shadowbane on 9^th October, 2007.

Changelog

Attack Rating

• The ATR bonuses attributed to weapon powers has been removed
• Weapon Power Damage Bonuses have been balanced
• Increased the ATR bonuses for training the Skill Mastery for melee weapons to 3pts for every 1% skill increase

Loreplay

• The Barbarian Clan now allows Doomsayers; a Doomsayer Trainer has been placed in the Factionhold
• The Kh'ree now accept Bards; a Bard Trainer has been placed in the Factionhold
• The Mercenary Company now allows Assassins; an Assassin Trainer has been placed in the Factionhold
• The Temple Factionhold now has an Assassin Trainer in it
• The Thieves's Den now allows Vampires and Wizards; a Wizard Trainer has been placed in the Factionhold

City and Siege

• Siege Recovery Time; has been fixed and will now last for 24 hours
• Wall Towers and Gate Houses; can now only have one Wall Archer

Races

Half-Giant

• Violent Rage; Is now a Skill and can be cast while in Wereform or while stealthed.

Classes

Fighter

• Changed Precise Stance's OCV bonus to scale from 21 to 51 (PR40)

Rogue

• Changed Precise Stance's OCV bonus to scale from 21 to 51 (PR40)
• Changed Hide to scale to Casting Time of 0.0 at PR40
• Changed Sneak to scale the Casting Time to 0.0 at PR40

Assassin

• Chilling Shadows; Reduced the Attack Speed Debuff to be 5% (PR0) to 25% (PR40); The Attack Speed Debuff is now flagged as a Debuff
• Passwall; No longer stacks with the Black Mask or Strigoi versions of this power
• Silence and Aura of Silence; changed to be labeled as silence powers instead of debuffs
• Hide and Sneak has been removed.
• Mage Assassins now have access to the Fade and Invisibility powers

Bard

• Gentle Melody; Increased the Health Recovery Rate from 30% (PR0) to 150% (PR40)

Druid

• Blight; Changed the casting time to 3.6s (3.5/.1)
• Grasp of Thorns; Changed the casting time to 2s (1.9/.1)

Fury

• Claws of Blindness; changed the recast timer to 60s
• Call the Blizzard; changed the recast timer to 20s; changed the damage range to be 12-52 (PR0) to 16-69 (PR40)
• Call Storm; changed the recast timer to 20s; changed the damage range to be 12-41 (PR0) to 15-61 (PR40)

Huntress

• Amazon's Endurance, Grace of the Panther, and Phaedra's Fury; have been flagged as skills so they can be cast while in Pantherform or while stealthed.

Prelate

• Aid to the Injured; Changed the casting time to 3s (2.9/.1)
• Saint Victor's Vigor; Increased recast timer to 180s; added a secondary effect that heals 2% of stamina every 5 seconds [Duration goes from 4s (PR0) to 30s (PR40)]
• Touch of Saint Wend; Changed the casting time to 2s (1.9/.1)

Priest

• Corrected range on power "Incantation of Renunciation" to 100 units. (unannounced fix)

Ranger

• Bite of the Pack, Braialla's Power, Braialla's Zeal, Herb Lore, Turn Steel, and Wolf's Vigor; have been flagged as skills so they can be cast while in Wolf form or while stealthed.

Thief

• Passwall; Granted as a Class Power
• Can no longer take the Black Mask discipline

Warlock

• Dull the Body; Reduced the Health Recovery Debuff to -25% (PR0) to -75% (PR40)
• Dull the Mind; Reduced the Mana Recovery Debuff to -25% (PR0) to -75% (PR40)

Wizard

• Sign of Disruption; Changed the casting time to 2s (1.9/.1)
• Fixed the casting timer on Greater Translocate to scale from 7s to 2s

Discipline

Black Mask

• Passwall; No longer stacks with the Assassin or Strigoi versions of this power

Rat Catcher

• Infection; New Power granted at Character Level 40 at Power Rank 20 (trainable to PR40); Only available to Rogues; Dispels Mana Regen at equal or lower Power Rank; Places a Mana Regen Debuff of 15% to 25% on target

Savant

• Litany of Serenity; Reduced the Mana Recovery to 10% to 50%; this effect now stacks with other Mana Recovery effects

Strigoi

• Passwall; No longer stacks with the Assassin or Black Mask version of this power

City, Siege, and Guild

• Fixed Windows of Opportunity to compensate for the Daylight Saving Time change (really this time!).
• Fixed an issue with repairing Resource Mines
• R8 Trees will now dynamically update when de-ranked during a siege
• Mangonels have been removed from the game

Grouping

• Reduced the range group members can be from the group leader to get pulled along
• Whenever a group member attacks or is attacked, they can no longer follow the Group Leader for 60s

Effects Window

• The Effects Window has undergone some changes so it will no longer cause someone's client to lock up

Miscellaneous

• Bows have been updated to remove LOS issues when they have the Marksmanship effect on them

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