Strive: Conquest 0.16.2 Release: New traits, visual effects, Kurdan rework, balance adjustments (Patreon)

Many balance adjustments and big changes. Now I hope to get back to the story content and not be distracted by another tempting rework.

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Changelog

0.16.2

Content:

Kurdan has been replaced for female version and has a bit of story with it.

Combat:

New animations: Winds of Hyperborea, Arrow Hail, Tempest, Black Tendrils, Void, Clarity

Charged casts (Lightning, Chain Lightning, Inferno, Meteor, Blizzard, Hailstorm, Gaze of the Abyss) now have new casting animation

Fighter cards now show freeze, poison, bleeding, burning, sleep, stun and In the Shadows; damage-over-time ticks pop out of the status icon

Buff icons now sit in one row that shrinks as effects pile up, with a "+N" chip for the overflow

New font for damage numbers

Personalities no longer give combat bonuses; those bonuses moved to the Adept tier of faiths

Pacifist can no longer use attacking abilities (was ATK -50%); it gets a Do Nothing ability to skip the turn

Light healing no longer works on Undead

Updated skill animations for Coalition, Jean, Dwarf King, Nixx, Kurdan, Ashmedai, Greg, Sebastian, Kuro, Elder Gryphon, Melchor, Rouge, White Stag, Reyan and bandits

Greg's Isolate can no longer miss

Traits:

Traits are now split into Physical, Mental, Magic and Religious categories with limited slots; a new trait for a full category offers a replacement

Added permanent, hidden and growing traits

Reworked Undead trait effect from Necromancer

Opposing sex traits are now incompatible

Soul Stone now transfers a magic trait between characters instead of removing a trait

The practice room tutor now removes only negative Mental traits

Slaves have their own set of mental traits corresponding to their treatment/condition

Knight, Paladin, Archmage and Bishop are now noble classes, closed to slaves; enslaving warns about losing them

Character creation and training:

Changing race asks first and keeps compatible looks

The training window has a trainee list with status badges

Repeated failed trainings lead to Broken instead of a random negative trait

Training point cap lowered to 40 + 10xTame (was 50 + 10xTame)

Post-training upgrades reworked

Added Genitalia Manipulation to the succubus trainings

Sex Toy class no longer requires Pet and Harlot

Dungeons:

New dungeon room: a meditation spot or a place of power

Altars can grant or deepen faith

Tower of Dreams event rooms can now have magic barrier challenge

Quests and events:

Story checks where the master acts now accept only the master

Options asking for a specific race or sex now check it properly

Options that hand a character over for good no longer offer the master and ask before giving away a unique character

Jean's arm-wrestle and carriage intimidation need 75 Physics (was 5)

Random events Lost Cargo, Unwell, Prayer, Broken Vase and Food Quarrel now react to traits and faith

Anastasia's post-election scenes record the master as her first partner

Updated Cali's portraits and CG art

Interactions:

Actions a partner is one consent point short of now read as hesitant instead of refusal, with new lines

Let-Lead AI no longer picks refused actions and goes after its current desire first

Fixed sex-trait sensation bonuses applying to the wrong partner

Enchanting:

Enchanting moved to the Ritual Room with a new panel

Enchantments now also cost mana, which donors can share

Already enchanted gear can get more levels

Improve Gear is now a button in Smithing

Mansion:

Upgrade costs reworked and now include gold (Ritual Room 2500, was 400; Flesh Rites 5000/10000, was 2500/5000)

Room cards and task tooltips show the work stat and the tool that speeds it up

Excess materials sold by the storage clerk fetch half buy price (was full price)

Rich Soil yields cloth 60% and silk 30% (was 30%/10%)

The craft log groups identical products

Slave market:

Commissions stay open 1-4 days longer at ranks C to S

The captives panel shows a yellow star for captives who fit a commission after training

Commissions no longer ask for noble classes

Clicking a candidate's portrait opens them in the mansion list

New Tokens of Recognition icon

Map:

Travel groups can be locked; new recruits join the exploring party's group

Paperdoll:

Added freckles, muscles and a long wavy hairstyle

Genitals are drawn in front of a pregnant belly

Fixes:

Valkyrie's skill mana cost reduction now applies

Blessing of the Forest now gives its +15 Physics

Shy's subordinate tax reduction now applies

Selfish now blocks support abilities from hotkeys and the AI too

Fixed beastkin chest fur colouring on orange-white and black coats

Fixed the minor and major Curse of Hideous names being swapped

Fixed the Training button saying "can be trained today" after training was finished

Fixed the factor upgrade screen keeping a character from before a load

Fixed the chest gas trap and the mana fountain draining or restoring all mana

Fixed the enslavement text at Hybris's altar

Fixed an error after leaving to the main menu

Fixed Amelia's dress on the paperdoll and testicles drawn on futas without them