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Book 3: Hansa & Sandsea Reimagined

Hey there, heroes!

In this month's reimagined update, we've rewritten Cinquefoil's Sandsea questline! These quests, centered around the hero meeting and interacting with Magus Hansa, have been rewritten and re-animated (no pun intended!) to better fit with Book 3's current story direction.



Sound and music have also been added, as well as new level 90 versions of all of the rewards. Cinquefoil also has new unlockable dialogue referring to her identity, and where to go/what to do after completing the quest chain.

Unfortunately, due to emergency circumstances, Face of Death will not receive an audio/animation overhaul this week.

In summary:

Rewritten quests: Rose Fort, Life Finds a Way, Face of Death, Sands of Eternity.

Reanimated quests: Life Finds a Way, Sands of Eternity.

Audio reworked quests: Life Finds a Way, Sands of Eternity.

New reward levels for: Rose Fort, Life Finds a Way, Face of Death, Sands of Eternity.

Additional dialogue: Unlocked after Rose Fort and Sands of Eternity.

The book found in the Rose Fort, The Nature of Magic, has also been rewritten.

Head east of Book 3 Falconreach to Cinquefoil to explore this month's reimagined content!

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Also this week, a bunch of bug fixes and updates.

The Necrotic Sword of Doom is no longer allowed in the Arena at the Edge of Time
Unfortunately, its special ability is too much of a centralizing strategy to be allowed. I'd rather restrict the item than nerf it however, since it is very powerful and fun outside of the inn as well.

A Necrotic Sword of Doom rack has been added to the Inn at the Edge of Time
Clicking on this rack will deposit your Necrotic Sword of Doom into your bank, if it is in your inventory.
if your Necrotic Sword of Doom is in your bank, it will withdraw it instead.

In a similar vein, the Chronokeeper and Dark Chronokeeper weapons have had the damage from their special abilities reduced.

The Frozen Claymore and Vanilla Ice Katana have had their specials adjusted.
Effect has been changed to -30 Ice resist for 5 turns from -100 Ice resist for 50 turns.
Special activation chance has been increased to 20%, up from 5%.
Damage when special activates has been doubled to 200% base damage, up from 100%.

Fixed a bug where Archive E-189-L was locked for new players.

Fixed an issue where the font in the Rose Correspondence in the Rose Tree quests was not displaying properly.

And that's all for this week! Next week, we have some new inn challenges are coming your way!

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Music is probably the single smallest-yet-most-impactful component of a new release IMO, and it definitely makes these quests feel more alive.

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It seems that book is now one of Jaania's old textbooks from when she was an apprentice, before she was frozen.

Also, rather than the leylines being talked about objectively, they're now a theoretical model that most scholars in Greenguard agree on. The foreshadowing about Focus Stones and their abilities seems to be entirely omitted as well.

The speculation around Cysero and Warlic drawing mana from the Core is gone too. This is probably for the best, I as remember it invoked some confusion around the nature of Warlic's magic in some community discussions in past threads.

Jaania's written notes are a really nice touch too. It really nails in the idea that she's trying to learn as much as she can about the nature of magic, and sets up some later events concerning her research quite nicely.
Also, something about "Ruins of Hawksery"? Not sure what that's about. A hint of something else to be revealed in the main storyline perhaps??

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I know this is a rather silly question but is Cinquefoil, Robina Hood in disguise?

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hink about it, you're telling me that in the 200 years that Jaania was frozen no-one bothered to research and update the theory on how magic (a fundamental aspect of the story's world) works?

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The audience understanding of how magic works now comes from the textbook of a then apprentice magician which has probably been obsolete for 200 years. Think about it, you're telling me that in the 200 years that Jaania was frozen no-one bothered to research and update the theory on how magic (a fundamental aspect of the story's world) works? That an organisation dedicated to ending magic is okay using information from a source over 2 centuries old? In perspective: the new book feels like it belongs more in a museum for objects owned by famous people than a Rose stronghold.

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Not to mention wear and tear is a thing and even if that textbook did survive the fire when Xan had his little accident, it make no sense for it to be preserved for 2 centuries. So yeah, its a nitpick but a nitpick which is tied to a pretty important part of world building. Maybe I'm just projecting my own thoughts into the matter and if the average player can overlook it then fair enough. But its these little details which can go a long way in helping a story feel believable.