It will prolong the regeneration time.

Interesting. I've checked the code but haven't found anything wrong in there.

I can understand your frustration. Some things are quite dependent on luck during the 1st level. And death upon death is very easy to come by if some things go wrong.

Make sure to put your new 5 skill points in your base stat or something. Resistances too. They will help. (Though I wish I could raise agility and accuracy from 1st level, it's really needed to avoid the miss-fest)

I can only give you this advice from my personal experience (and fail) so far... Running away from monsters as the game is at beginning, is really "not" the way to go. It's a fail and only a waste of energy/potions, cause it can easily fail many times in a row. 25% chance to escape is super low and can easily ruin your character completely if you fail to roll it many times in a row. Instead go full attack and use all those potions and resources you have on trying to kill anything you find.. Just make sure you use the correct type of weapon depending on the enemy. (check FAQ)

Hopefully I might get my first level up soon enough (maybe) though I'm pretty sure I won't finish the game in time this time... First day was filled with deaths just like you... And still no artifacts or any kind of armor drops, character is naked.

Not sure, but I'm thinking you probably lose the same amount that you would gain if you added 1 stat to the category.

For example, in accuracy your starting hit rate is 50% and each stat point you add gives you an additional 5%. So I would think each negative would drop you 5%. So with 1 negative you would drop to a 45% chance of hitting.

Yes, with negative Defence/Magic Defence you will receive more damage from Physical/Magical attacks accordingly, so basically you will have weakness instead of protection from those types of damage.

Great to know that! Hope you will reach Top 25 soon as well :)

No, you can not drop an artifact or weapon.

Might have been some connection problem at the moment. Glad it worked after all ;)

Yes, your damage will be cut in half when you are tired. I actually forgot to mention it in the FAQ, so will add it now ;)

Protip: If you want to save energy and have lots of HP potions, keep your EP low at all times and fight (weak) monsters with your 0 energy attacks. You'll get hit a bit more (if your stats are high enough its negligible) and can save the EP you would otherwise have spent attacking for other actions.

I would appreciate if you would hide it as a spoiler :) You can not sell items unfortunately. You will have to find out yourself whether there are other shops or not ;)

Second place, great job! :) Keep going ;)

Yes, they can be equal to zero or negative.

Here you go.
http://gameofswords.net/stats

Hehe :) Glad that you are enjoying it ;)

Btw i still don't know what sWORD points are for, is it an in-game surprise ?

I have no idea what could surprise you :) All quest events will appear again if you accidentally click Leave or something similar.

Best EP replenishment. Can farm and explore faster than all. Pretty big difference too. And I've not seen the shop yet, but "if" it sells EP potions, a thief could get a huge amount easily, since he also steals loads, and finds extra coins from each pile too. I really hope it doesn't sell any. Other classes have been often reporting to have lost all their fortunes to thievery. Of course it's still perfectly doable with any class. You just can't follow the imba thief speed, that's all.^^

Barbarian - ~20% bonus to the max HP with each level + 25% more effective EP potions.
Battle Mage - early access to powerful spells.
Thief - additonal max Energy point with each level, regeneration of 2 Energy points each 10 steps/checks + up to 50% more Coins findings.

=> I think Energy is the key.

Energy is what makes them OP.
Also the ability to steal others coins to buy even more energy :D
Just saw that I'm the leading barbarian and probably won't be able to finish the game because of the lack of energy (traveling on thursday). Thieves have energy, mages can port easily.. but we strong men have some issues here! :P

I can tell you that it definitely does open something. And another hint: You will know for sure when you find the door that it opens (there is no mistaking it).

When you see the door it's meant for you will instantly know it

Nope, I know exactly what you're talking about and it's a pain to carry for sure! I guess that's the greed of picking it up before knowing what to do with it :P
You'll have to keep searching till you find the place it belongs - you'll know it when you see it, and it's not too farfetched (but it will probably take a while regardless).

Yes, you can :)

Our fates have been sealed.

However it's indeed a nice idea and does sound fair though I do wonder what thieves will think of it. As for my opinion both of the first 2 split options seem ok and fair. Also, I don't know what your rules are about winners (do they enter all GAs like last time? I think it's a bit overboard with 80+ GAs but your call anyway) but you could also raise it to 75 or 90 if you wanted (25/30 from each class or something).

Last time the game finished too soon and many were disappointed if you remember about that. It lasted too little. Sharing the fun with more people sounds more appropriate. So I'd definitely go with a higher number this time. Or another idea is to close the final reward to a fixed number of winners like it always was, but let the in-game treasures still appear till the end of the event. At least this way, people will continue to play the game with a "reward" in mind right?

It's just my opinion though.

I think choose class wisely at first is a part of the game, I tend to accept the fate, but since you made this post: (ಥ﹏ಥ)
+1 for 20-20-20 I think it's fair enough.

I agree, until its more balanced, 19 17 24 seems fair ( cause 20 20 20 would be unfair for people who play thief and better for mages who have less.competition)

Well, I really don't know about this. People started the game without such a limitation and have chosen the best class in their opinion. So it would be really unfair to other ones who would make it in time but will be eliminated because of their class' limit. Maybe for the next game?

Congratulations! :) Please cut out the minimap or remove the screenshot.

Hello, I have noticed that you have maxed out the 'magic' stat. Can you use scrolls as the thief, too? Or did you just max it because you had too much skill points to spend?

Quite an energy drain isn't it? I was running low on potions before I hit it and it almost made me have to stop. A good hint for you: There's a visible pattern, which will save you a lot of struggle especially during the second half of the field (which is where you'll lose the most energy if you get thrown off, anyway).

Glad you liked it so much! :)

Glad you enjoy it and best of luck in the adventure! :)