June 2023 Update - Races

• All of the races had their perks overhauled, and their templates redone for the new site skin.
  
• The changes primarily revolved around the former four starter races: Humans, Wood Elves, Dwarves and Half Elves.
  
• We'll be continuing to try and level all races to equivalent relevance and power.
  
• Additionally, all the burn races have been adjusted accordingly.
  
• Hidden perks from races have been added to the base race by default.
  
• Elder Werewolf and Vampire's blood have been changed to simply automatically unlock all transformations from those races.
  

• Humans no longer receive Weapon Mastery Word Count Reduction.
  
• Humans no longer receive Jewel and 10% Experience Bonus.
  
• Humans' Companions now receive a 1 post Cooldown reduction and 10% Mana Cost reduction
  
• Humans and Companions now receive +10% to all attributes.
  
• Humans now receive a minor debuff resistance.
  

• Demigods no longer receive Weapon Mastery Word Count Reduction.
  
• Demigods no longer receive Jewel and Experience Bonuses.
  
• Demigods' Companions now receive a 1 post Cooldown reduction and 10% Mana Cost reduction.
  
• Demigods and Companions now receive +20% to all attributes.
  
• Demigods now receive a minor debuff resistance. This stacks with their Debuff decay ability.
  
• Demigods now have a permanent 20% Discount on all Jewel purchases except Mysterious Merchant and Misc shops.
  

• Half-Elves no longer receive Weapon Mastery Word Count Reduction
  
• Half-Elves now recieve +5% to all attributes instead of 10% Strength and Speed Bonus
  
• Half-Elves no longer receive 10% Bonus Experience
  
• Half-Elves now receive 1 post Cooldown reduction and 10% Mana cost reduction to items.
  
• Half-Elves are now half-soundless
  
• Half-Elves may now purchase a dagger up to Legendary rarity that can be used as a backup weapon.
  

• Wood Elves no longer receive Weapon Mastery Word Count Reduction.
  
• Wood Elves may now purchase a dagger up to Legendary rarity that can be used as a backup weapon.
  

• Althas Elves now recieve a 30% speed increase.
  
• Athlas Elves may now purchase a dagger up to Mythic rarity that can be used as a backup weapon.
  
• Companions no longer receive +20% bonus attributes.
  

• Dwarves no longer receive Weapon Mastery Word Count Reduction.
  
• Dwarves no longer have 20% Endurance and Constitution.
  
• Access to Off-hand with Axe while wielding a one-handed Axe in main weapon
  
• Dwarves may wield a Unique Axe in Off-hand up to Legendary through Weapon Mastery. Adventurer Dwarves may instead purchase a third, spare axe.
  
• Dwarves now receive a lesser version of Dhain Dwarves' Item Repair, up to 1x A-Rank per turn, up to 5x S-Rank per topic.
  

• Dhain Dwarves now receive 30% Endurance and Constitution.
  
• Access to the Off-hand with Axe while wielding a one-handed Axe in main weapon.
  
• Dhain Dwarves may wield a Legendary Axe in Off-hand up to Mythic rarity. Adventurer Dwarves may instead purchase a third, spare axe.
  

• Werewolf now receive their hidden abilities at base.
  
• Werewolf now receive a lesser version of High Werewolves' damage resistance ability.
  

• High Werewolves now receive 30% physical stats.
  
• High Werewolves damage resistance is increased to 1x A-Rank per turn and no longer requires the use of the final transformation.
  
• High Werewolves now receives minor physical resistance at base.
  

• Vampires now receieve 10% Mana Cost reduction instead of 20% Intelligence
  

• High Vampires now receive 20% Mana Cost reduction instead of 25% Intelligence
  

• Daemon and Nephilim now recieve only two contracts, that can give up to +20% bonus attributes when fighting foes of the opposite alignment.
  
• Elemental synergy now provides 20% Mana Cost Reduction alongside the 1 post cool-down reduction.
  
• These reductions always apply to God and Demon Slayer respectively.
  

• Elemental synergy now provides 30% Mana Cost reduction alongside a 2 post cool-down reduction
  

• Values for Mana Cost to sustain Transformations have been reduced 10% to 5%, 5 to 2% respectively
  
• Roleplay post requirements for Transformations have been reduced 100 to 50, 50 to 25
  

• Publishing the country pages for the last remaining countries that still lack one
  
• Changes to the forum layout, with an added emphasis on the different countries as opposed to simply Fiore.
  
• Adjustments to the experience system, to make the lower ranks more enjoyable for players and less of a punishment one needs to escape as quickly as possible.