Welcome back to the Illuminated Library, Scribes! We're back for more reading and writing with the year's first Interlude Patch: In Flux! This update reforges Wordsmith, introduces new Pages of Power, and we introduce a Vellum-related passion project!
As always, check out the Roadmap in-game and check our progress over the years (woah!) as Vellum has grown. Now, on to the update!
Wordsmith was one of the original spells in Vellum to help us hammer out the Ink-magic theme! Over the numerous updates, our blacksmith-simulator spell has become a bit rusty by comparison...
Based on community feedback, we've donned our aprons and picked up the tongs to rework Wordsmith and bring it back into viable shape - all while keeping and furthering its identity as a spellbook powerhouse!
The full list of changes are below in the patch notes, but Wordsmith now lives up to its Looney Tunes-inspired potency: Wordsmith clangs in an area when hitting its first target, deals even more damage, and casts slightly faster and un-interrupted.
It's that time again, Scribes - new Pages of Power have unfurled throughout the stories! With this new crop of potent parchment, you'll be able to eke out some new builds, achieve some classic fantasy, and teach the Torn not to mess with books!
Circle Back is a personal new favorite of mine - I'm so happy one of us was able to figure out how to do it! Ink-magic is a difficult and strange science...
Let us know what wild combos you excel with in your next Tomes!
One of the original goals of Vellum was to build flexible, interconnected systems that would allow us to fluidly get ideas off the page and into the game (much like our Scribes' magic!). Bosses and Elites were an early focus of this, with a few 'game-jam' type weeks leading to some of our most fun-to-make encounters!
We're also longtime fans of the MMORPG genre (surprise!) and have always been drawn to how communities rally around information and the excitement of exploring new content. Fan-made passion projects, Castle Pineapplia in particular, have inspired us to follow our own enthusiasm - leading us from "hey, wouldn't it be cool if...?" to "how do we want to do this?" in a few short pen-strokes.
So, we're taking a page from those inspiring creators to reveal Vellum: Raid Night Study Hall!
Vellum: Raid Night Study Hall is a free, standalone playable cheatsheet for some upcoming Raids in a popular MMORPG! Choose from 8 unique encounters and test your boss-melting mettle! You'll have helpful tutorials and as many tries as you like to learn how to de-feet these fearsome foes. This is a low-stress, solo experience to drop into your raid prep syllabus.
We're excited to share our fan-project with fellow witching hour fans soon - but what does this mean for Vellum? With this framework set up, we now get to take an energized swing at what a "Select-A-Boss Room" experience could be!
It's a bit early for us on this (and so there is a lot to consider) - but it's the perfect time to ask: What would you be looking for in this type of content? Let us know what excites you in the Discord or in the comments!
We'll have more to share soon, and will be continuing to gather more feedback on this patch and our other recent updates to Vellum. Community testing of Raid Night Study Hall will also be available in the near future for anybody interested (this will be handled via Discord).
Thank you for playing Vellum and sharing your experiences with us!
Go read a book and tell us about it!
- The Vellum Team
Wordsmith no longer allows casting your Generator while casting Wordsmith.
Wordsmith casts 33% faster.
Wordsmith Anvil damage increased from 100 to 150.
Wordsmith now Clangs on its first impact, dealing 50 damage to Torn around the impact point.
Page of Power: Molten Slag - Damage increased from 10 to 20 per tick, AoE size doubled but spawns half as frequently.
Page of Power: Set Up Shop - Now also spawns AoEs when it hits a Torn. 0.2s Cooldown added to spawning these AoEs.
Page of Power: Bounding Steel - Now also increases Wordsmith damage by 15%.
Page of Power: Bellows - now also increases Wordsmith Damage by 20% per Torn hit. Upgraded to Epic.
10 new Pages of Power! 1 each for Foil, Bristle, Weave, Resound, Passage, Callback, Circulate, Em-Dash, Flutterstep, and Pink Ink.
Page of Power: Tranquility Page fixed
Green: Transformed Inkling attack logic adjusted to reduce chance of it not performing attacks
Orange: Fixed issue where you could duplicate Survey when spawning the Atlas right on top of you
The Grey Area: Taking Tree Codex typo fix
Nook Items: Fixed issue where some Raid Nook Items were not dropping
Raid Stickers: Fixed issue where Raid Stickers were not awarded for some spells depending on page selections
Illuminated Library: Fixed issue where the Spell Selection Table near the Racing area was being overridden by a nearby bookshelf
Tutorial now properly reflects the change from Swoop to Callback
Vignette: Thesis, A Ship Rewritten has had its hull slightly adjusted