New monsters from other worlds
Four monsters from other versions of ROSE have joined the game, each with spells you'll have to read on the ground. They aren't out in the world yet, but they're ready for it.
- NewShadow Soldier (level 190, silver star): a dark swordsman. Its Impact Wave hits an 8 m circle and its Lightning Crasher a 7 m cone, and both draw their shape on the ground first. Its sword, the Rusted Lord of Blade, is a real weapon.
- NewCore Guardian (level 200, silver star): a minotaur that buffs itself, then winds up Core Breaker, an 11 m cone slam. You get about a second and a half to step out of it.
- NewAmphisbaena (level 200, gold star): a two-headed dragon that silences, and calls Orc Archers, a Cyclops and Ghost Seeds that hatch into Curse Shocks. It's a fight for two.
- NewNecromancer (level 120, Magician): it casts Soul Siphon, a three-hit drain that heals it. It carries its own staff, the Red Tetric Staff.
- ChangedOro's Terrasaurus King now telegraphs its Charge: it rears back for about two seconds, then lunges down a 15 × 7 m strip. It also uses it more often, about six times in a solo fight instead of two or three, because its spells used to lock up after a few casts.
- FixedWhen a monster drains HP, its health bar now goes up. The server always healed it, but your bar never showed it.
- NewFor modders:
doc/importing-monsters.mdis the playbook we followed for these four, andsurvey-monster.pylists everything a monster from another client needs before you bring it over: names, animations, skills, AI and summons. The GM item browser also previews monsters in 3D now, animated, so you can compare attacks side by side.