The Aspects - Demo Update

Hey everyone!

We're excited to release this update. We've made a bunch of gameplay tweaks, added a new feature called Shrines, which add a meaningful decision point before boss encounters, and improved the UI across the board. We've also overhauled the Empower screen, which is now way more informative and much easier to use.

Check out the full details below.

Gameplay

• Added Dungeon Shrine:
  - Encountered just before the boss.
  - Awaken the Shrine to release the spirit of the dungeon and cleanse its corruption, consuming all remaining Lumina Kindlings and healing all heroes for 40% of their Max HP per Kindling used.
• Quest rewards are now available at the Shrine, instead of the next Camp.

UI/UX

• Improved backpack polish and usability, including adding item dragging.
• Right-clicking a card now previews upgrades for that card, in most contexts.
• Added the ability to toggle a hero's active starting artifact directly in the artifact select screen.
• Reworked the Empower screen to show upgrade tracks for heroes more clearly.
• Starting decks can now be viewed for a hero (by role) in the Empower screen.

Audio

• Fixed overlapping audio in Cause and Effect, caused by a large number of card upgrades.

Gems

• Emerald rework: When an Attack card with Emerald deals damage, gain Gold equal to the damage dealt, then Deplete it.
• Kafinium: Stamina bonus increased from 1 to 2.

Artifacts

• Nyssa’s Truthglass: Whenever your draw pile is replenished, add a copy of the bottom card to your hand.
• Kobold’s Cache: Upon pickup, gain 5 Backpack slots.
• Battlemage Cuirass: At the end of your turn, heroes with no Mana gain 3 Armor.

Events

• Added a new event: Kobold Mine.

Cards

• Dwarven Greed: Cost increased from 1 to 2.
• Dwarven Greed+: now has Innate.
• Reinforce+: Armor reduced from 8 to 7.
• Meteor Shard: Now also draws a card.
• Whispering Wind: Cost increased from 0 to 1.
• Okulus: Cost reduced from 1 to 0.
• Explode: Stamina cost reduced from 5 to 3.
• Explode+: Removed Loyal keyword. Might increased from 5 to 8.
• Electroplating+: Cost increased from 0 to 1. Stacks increased from 1 to 2.
• Cleave: Damage increased from 9 to 10.
• Added a new starter card for Zorya (Support):
  - First Light: Heal 3 HP. If the target has full HP, give 5 Armor instead. Deplete.
• Added a new starter card for Flint (Support):
  - Opportunist: Put a card from your discard pile on top of your draw pile. Draw 2 cards. Deplete.

Bugs

• Fixed an issue where dungeon generation could create duplicate fights.
• Fixed a tooltip for Backup Plan not displaying the amount of Mana gained.

Localization

• Adjusted strings for improved clarity.