Unholy Arts Supporter Version v0.3.11 Caverns Rescue Changelog

Welcome, Candidates. Today's update brings the end of the Gleaming Caverns side story content and a much needed addition to the monster hunting mechanic: cooperation between Candidates. There's also a new devlog post on itch.io with visual explanations on monster hunting expeditions.

Version v0.3.11 changelog

Monster Encounters & Hunting Changes
- Removed button to spectate monster encounters.
- Added option to join other characters in battles against monsters that have already started. If the monsters are defeated, the characters joining later will receive friendship (300) and favor (3) from the assaulted characters.

NPC Map AI ~ Monster Hunting Cooperation
- General core AI functionality, such as finding reachable characters within X distance, filter some of those characters, etc.
- NPCs are now capable of recruiting a nearby NPC to help them in a monster hunting mission. They will check the rooms that are at a base distance of 8 at most and will only attempt to recruit NPCs that would accept the offer. Decision factors to accept to cooperate:
* The requesting and requested characters sum enough strength to pass the threshold danger.
* The requested character likes the requesting character enough ((friendship * 1 + romance * 2 - rivalry * 1 - enmity * 2)).
** If this value doesn't reach a given threshold, the difference multiplied by 25 will be substracted to the overall score.
** If the threshold is reached, the score multiplied by 10 minus the threshold will be added to the overall score.
* The requested character owes favor to the requesting character (Total favor * 10 is added to the overall score, if favor is not negative).
* The requested character wants to hunt the specific monster target (depends on the specific character and the skill they may learn from delivering the captured monster).
** Nashillbyir and Padmiri want draining actions, Claw and Maaterasu want aetherial chains. Only Valtan would want hypnosis, so you will have to rely on favor and relationship of other characters to get another Candidate to help you hunt Flying Lookouts.
- Increased Monster Hunting Strength Threshold from 120 to 300, making NPCs much less likely to attempt monster hunting alone.
* When calculating likelihood to accept hunting together, extra strength over the threshold is multiplied by 0.3.

Adventure Specific Topics or Requests
- Added menu system similar to conversation specific topics, to discuss specific topics with NPCs during adventures. Currently only used to ask other characters to hunt together.
* The button to access this menu will be visible whenever any adventure topic is potentially valid, even if none would be accepted.
** Monster hunting requests will only be valid for other Candidates, if they may currently be interrupted.
* Each topic has a description and a breakdown of the different factors that determine whether a NPC would accept or not your request.
* The player will have to pay 3 favor in order to select monster hunting requests.
* It will not be possible to leave a NPC after initiating a monster hunting mission until a monster has been successfully delivered.

Gleaming Caverns Map ~ Misc Changes
* Reduced difficulty to reach unreachable tunnel from 1060 to 1040.

Map Story Events ~ Spoiler-free (further details at the bottom of the post)
- Voices from the Caverns: Small event involving Ate at the Deeper Tunnels Entrance. Requires to have seen the Trial Improvisation event, but whatever happened during it may provoke you to being unable to advance in this event.
- Caverns Rescue: Event started upon reaching the unreachable tunnel for the first time, providing the player with merit and shapeshifter tribe respect. Depending on the route the player ends up at, they could suffer a massive debuff lasting for several days. You may also come across an intelligence and will check that gives you a bit of intelligence and will experience, while preventing you from visiting a simple sex scene.
* Comments in the tribe's street mentioning someone has disappeared: they will change on the 2nd and 4th day.
* Retcons between this event and the conversation with Valtan in the Pond of Illumination.

Bug fixes
- Fixed broken description of active events in current room when NPCs are being assaulted by monsters.
- Added extra check to the "Getting Capture Nets" map action to make sure that only the characters in the group who do not have a capture net receive one.

Map Story Events ~ Spoilers, extra details

- Voices from the Caverns
* Depending on what happened to Maaterasu during the mock trial, her attitude towards you may change, potentially provoking the event to end in the first passage:
** If she thought you were too aggressive against her, she will outright refuse to speak to you.
** Otherwise, you may have to pass a relationship check.
** You may automatically pass the relationship check if you helped her win as her defense, or if you gave up at the end of the trial as the accusation.
* Relationship check score: Ate's friendship * 2 + romance * 1.5 - sexual tension * 0.5 - rivalry * 2 - enmity * 3, vs 7.
* Perception check: Player's perception vs 14.
* Empathy check: Player's empathy vs 13.
* Small friendship increase with Ate if you reach the second passage, additional friendship increase if you pass the empathy check, small romance increase if you reach the last passage without passing the perception check.

- Caverns Rescue
* This story event has two paths, one of them divided into two other subpaths:
** Valtan appears: Call for help as soon as possible and she will appear eventually, unless she's angry at you. The conditions for her to be angry with you are having tried to force her to speak with you with bad relations, or choosing a particularly bad option during the hypnosis.
*** You will face a check that evaluates your (will+intelligence)*willpower bar and Valtan's against a threshold of 50 (Valtan's willpower will likely be low if you aren't rushing this event early during the day), giving you both some intelligence and will experience if you pass it, or sending you to a simple sex scene if you don't.
*** Regardless of the subroute, you will get 10 merit, 25 Shapeshifter tribe respect and 50 general attitude from the Shapeshifter tribe towards the Passion Temple, a small friendship increase with Valtan, and 90 minutes will pass.
** Valtan doesn't appear: Do repeatedly choose not to call for help, and you will eventually get locked into this route. The day will end early, you will gain some friendship from Nash and moderate friendship from Padmiri (though this will not be notified), 20 merit, 50 Shapeshifter tribe respect and 100 general attitude from the Shapeshifter tribe towards the Passion Temple. You will also suffer a debuff that largely decreases your physique, agility, resilience, will, intelligence and perception for 5 days.
- Retcons with the conversation at the Pond of Illumination:
* If you first encountered Valtan through the Caverns Rescue event, you will skip the checks to be able to talk with her at the Pond of Illumination.
* Talking to Valtan at the Pond after meeting her in the new event will unlock two new conversation topics.
** One of these topics will require to pass a relation check of (Friendship+Romance-Enmity-Rivalry) against 6 to get any information out of her.