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Why do you think I outsourced my Monstrous Mondays? Jesus, am I really talking about the title? Gods, this is terrible. First up we have the variant tiefling. This is what the tiefling should have been from the beginning. Not necessarily these mechanics. By definition, there are multiple sources from which their power might stem. If they had gone this route from the beginning, then it would have opened up new and interesting avenues for later books. Tieflings with the blood of Daemons. Demodand tieflings, proto-demon qlippoth tieflings, freaking kyton tieflings. Can you imagine how freaking cool kyton tieflings would be?

In fact, stick around. In terms of mechanics…eh?

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I mean, the core tiefling is really boring. All it gets is a Charisma bonus and darkvision without its subraces. Now, to a degree, I get that they would be defined by their subrace. Therefore, it makes sense that they would be like genasi in that way. Again, I get it. I understand that they wanted to offer people the opportunity to play the core tiefling with this new option.

But it just feels like a cop-out to me. First up, they get a Constitution bonus, which…is really kind of odd. Constitution is a primary saving throw, and the Infernal tiefling gains Intelligence, which is basically only useful as a save against mindflayers. That said, giving them Constitution does make them a more versatile option, which makes sense considering their primary class feature. Constitution is always useful, allowing them a lot of freedom. Next, they get Abyssal Arcana.

This is…weird, and kind of awesome. Effectively, you get up to two random spells that you can cast once per day each, and a random cantrip, at the end of each long rest. Abyssal fortitude, however, makes a kind of sense to me. Demons are hardy monsters forced to fight for survival in the Abyss, therefore Abyssal tieflings gain a bonus to their hit points. As it stands, it feels like a weird magical boost, rather than any kind of improved endurance.

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Give them a Strength boost and energy damage on melee attacks. For that matter, why in the hell can a sorcerer cast these spells!? First of all, sorcerers are supposed to be primal casters who get their spells from a bloodline. They lack almost all of the weird, ritual-y spells that the wizard gets, reflecting the idea that their magic is natural and not learned. And yet they can perform ritualistic demon-summoning spells? What in the actual Hell is going on? WHY, then, can they not summon demons?

I am baffled and blown away by this decision, and cannot believe it was made on purpose. This has to be an accident or an oversight. The spells themselves are fine. Evocative and interesting, even. Honestly, why would the demon conjuring spell ONLY have the option to be cast as an action? Now, I get why they CAN be cast as an action. Carry your wounded squad mates to safety and get them all home alive. Features Freeform gameplay in a seamless game world in the largest single-player RPG world since Daggerfall, stretching over square kilometers.

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Unless you work for it. Build a base where you can research new technologies, upgrade your defences and craft new gear. Variation and possibilities of gameplay. Be good, be evil, be a businessman, be a thief, live in a town, live in the desert, travel alone, travel in hordes, build a fortress, raze a city.

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There are no fantasy-knock-off cliches. Wed 5 December Aeon of Sands - The Trail Released. Aeon of Sands — The Trail is a retro low fantasy RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world, with first person, grid-based exploration, puzzles, real-time combat, and a fully illustrated, non-linear, choose your story adventure. The game follows the misadventures of a likeable slacker, who is suddenly thrown out of his cozy home into a terrible, infinite desert that seems to hate him.

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Let nonlinearity be your pal! Do it differently all over, and still manage to sabotage civilisation! Travel the large desert like there's no tomorrow! Play with magic, which is most often as dangerous to you as to others! Face multiple endings, and more often, your own! Real-time combat 20 locations and more than 60 mazes and dungeons to explore More than dialogues Completely hand drawn 2. Tue 4 December Road to Eden Released. Original Sin 2 Documentary by Gameumentary.

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Wed 28 November Obsidian teasing game reveal at The Game Awards. Wed 21 November As the team has done with every major update, they're happy to bring new features to Pillars II. Some of the new features that will be arriving with patch 4. One additional sub-class per class - That's right!

Every class in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire will be getting one extra sub-class, including the oft-requested Priest of Woedica and Steel Garrote sub-classes! Respawning ships on the world map - The ships of the Deadfire will no longer be gone forever once defeated. They'll now respawn, giving you the ability to attack, loot, and take down again. New Magran's Fire Challenges: Ondra's Challenge Storms are larger, faster, and more frequent in the Deadfire now. Enemy Captains are increased in rank and travel faster when chasing the Watcher Wael's Challenge All numbers become???

Party Health no longer regenerates outside of combat. While camping, only "Prepared Meals" will recover Injuries and Resources. Customers who purchase the season pass will receive access to all three upcoming DLCs paid downloadable content. Each DLC will deliver fresh and exciting content: There are new locations, companions, items, modes and most importantly, new emotions to experience!

Kingmaker — The Wildcards: Kingmaker — Season Pass: Featuring a new playable race Tieflings , a new playable class Kineticists , and of course combining a race with a class, you get a character! Prepare to welcome your new companion, the Tiefling Kineticist who comes, just like every other companion, with her own rich and engaging storyline.

During the poll to decide which bonus race we were going to add to the game, one particular option was requested a lot besides the winner — Aasimars: What did they have to face? This exciting new side story is about the size of one chapter of our main campaign and will take hours to complete, depending on your playstyle. Sometimes you want to play a story with memorable characters, rich lore, and a complicated set of choices and consequences. But then there are days when you just want to grab a sword, cast some spells, and destroy a horde of monsters!

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Tue 20 November Turn-based tactical sci-fi RPG Element: Space released on Steam Early Access. In this squad-based tactical RPG where decisions have consequences, players must forge alliances and build loyalty to save humanity from extinction. Space while we are in the final stages of development.

Space is estimated to be one of the biggest games solely conceived and developed in the Spanish language Latin American region. The Game As Captain Christopher Pietham, players must align with an ideology, and strategically select and lead their squad of diverse companions into intergalactic conflict; dealing with the consequences of their choices throughout Element: There are 8 faction worlds to explore, each with its own distinct culture and agenda, and building bonds with each may be rewarded with unique bonuses.

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Early Access players will be automatically upgraded to the full game at launch. For additional information, please visit www. Brian Fargo interviewed about Microsoft acquisition at Eurogamer. How long has the deal been in the offing? I'd have to think about when the exact day was it became very real, but the conversation started back in April, and as you might imagine with Microsoft, it's an incredible vetting process you need to go through, both as a person and a company.

Yeah, it takes quite a while. Who approached who - what was the reasoning behind it? I've known Noah Musler a long time [ Microsoft business development bigwig who has old ties with Feargus Urquhart and Obsidian as well ]. He dropped me a message one day and said, 'Hey, um, I have a crazy idea - you want to come up and talk about something?

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My goal is to always get my company in a safe harbour so we can spend as much time as possible working on our games and honing our craft. That can come if you sell 2 million units - that's a great way to get there which everyone hopes for. Or, a deal like this. But at the end of the day that's all I ever cared about. How was the studio doing before the sale - were you in good health?

Could you have continued to operate indefinitely without Microsoft's involvement? Because Bard's Tale 4 didn't set the world on fire, Torment: Tides of Numenera didn't seem to do well commercially, and Wasteland 3 isn't due until next year. Were you on the rocks? There were a few companies wanting to give us big contracts recently so I always had that as an option, and some of the projects were really interesting.

I would have had to continue to adjust my business model; right now we're primarily crowdfunding and publishing ourselves, so perhaps I would have had to mix it up a bit and continue with things like Wasteland 3 but maybe do a work-for-hire contract at the same time. I found with inXile I've been constantly flexing both our size and our business strategy to survive, so I would have continued doing that. Anyway, presumably alongside Wasteland 3, you're beefing up to make something new for Microsoft? Yeah, we will be.



Are you working on something now? Well, we've had a project in development for some time we haven't announced that they're quite keen on, so we'll be looking at that and saying, 'Okay, what does this product look like now we're going to be given extra time and resources? Was that game part of the deal?

Or was it more Microsoft acquiring inXile and then looking at what you could do? They were certainly looking at what we had in development as an indicator of where we were going. They were interested in us because we are a self-sufficient company that can do good product without hand-holding which they could see, with a little extra resource, could really be pushed up a notch.

That, as a general sense, was a motivator, and then in addition they were able to look at what was in the pipe and say, 'These guys are really doing some interesting, innovative things. In the short-term we talk about increasing it 30 per cent or so. We're not trying to become multi-hundred-person teams but just filling the holes we've been desperately wanting to: For the last few years you've made isometric games but presumably Microsoft wants you to make something flashier?

I always thought The Bard's Tale 4 was a good indication of where you could go, and what you could do in 3D with Unreal Engine. Is that the direction the one you're going in? Are isometric games off the table? Ultimately we get to decide what we're going to make - they've been very clear on that. They've not once said 'we'd really love you to do more of this or less of that' - that's never been a conversation. Really it's going to be up to us, and very much us talking to our fans about the things they'd like to see.

We're not necessarily walking away from isometric at all.

There's still some great things you can do with it that haven't been done yet. Just to be clear, and I believe Microsoft has said something along these lines anyway, but inXile being similar to Obsidian Entertainment does not mean you're going to be lumped together, or does it? There's absolutely no plans to lump us together or have us work in the same office or anything of that nature.

What could come out of it, of course, is we're going to have a tighter relationship. We're going to be less competitive and more like brothers, and as we compare notes I'm hoping there could be some synergies so we can help each other across town. Any number of things could happen, but that will be for me and Feargus [Urquhart] to talk about, for something we think is good for both of us.

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