Expansion Spotlight: Gear Flexibility & Mana Regeneration 🧙

We've heard your feedback.

In our upcoming expansion for Mabon's Gamble, we're saying goodbye to stat requirements on gear.

The original idea was to promote alternate builds to AIEW. And to some degree it worked. But it really just created new meta builds (7 str wizard). And while designing this expansion, and looking forward to future expansions, we didn't like the idea of being locked into this design.

So! With the stat requirements gone, any character can now wear any armor. This means your AIEW can don plate armor if you choose. Buutttt, there's a catch.

In this new system, when your total armor rating (AR) exceeds 30, you'll suffer a mana regeneration penalty. A wizard in cloth with a piece or two of leather stays easily under this, and you'll enjoy all that juicy mana regen.

But maybe you want a little more defense, or a chainmail piece has a huge stat upgrade you want. Well, now you can do it, but you'll sacrifice some mana regeneration.

How much mana regeneration are we talking?? Great question! Without the penalty, you regen 40% of your base mana out of combat and 15% in combat. Past 30 AR that percentage is reduced by half of your AR. So if your AR is 50 that would reduce the tick by 25% (30% out of combat and 11.25% in combat).

With this change we hope promote freedom in how you build and gear your characters while still maintaining balance in gameplay. We're listening to player feedback and evolving the game to offer more creative options as you explore the expansion from levels 100 to 200.