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// GEMSTONE
// A single-player mod for Diablo II LOD Expansion v. 1.09d
// Version 1.5 04/18/2003
//
// Stephen Gorrell
// sgorrell@pacbell.net
// http://www.ghostwryter.com/gemstone
//
// Please include the word "Gemstone" in the subject line of any email
// correspondence on this mod so I can keep my spam filter from kill-filing
// it.
//
// For general discussion of Gemstone post comments and questions to the
// alt.games.diablo newsgroup.


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//
// BACKGROUND

While waiting for Blizzard to finally release the mythical 1.10 patch I
decided to try my hand at mod building. As it turns out it isn't that hard,
especially with the -direct -txt method that lets you run the mod without
having to stuff everything back into Patch_D2.mpq (more on that under MOD
INSTALLATION).

My first modification was to "improve" gems to the point that they were
actually useful. That was easy. I just doubled all their effects. And since
runes were in the same table I doubled their effects while I was at it.
After
playing a bit with the result I realized that it actually worked pretty
well. Using just runes and gems, even with no new rune words it was possible
to make a wide variety of items that would compare favorably with set and
unique items all the way through the end of Hell difficulty. For example:

Colossus Blade, 6 sockets, Ohm, Ohm, Ohm, Ber, Cham, Shael
300% ED
40% Chance of Crushing Blow
Freeze Target
40% IAS

You might not trade a Grandfather for it, but you'll be doing quite nicely
while you're waiting for one to drop. Of course getting the runes to make it
would normally be a major problem, so I fixed that too. And finding
six-socket
CBs isn't especially easy either, so I added some cube recipes to solve that
problem, and...


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// OVERVIEW

The goal of Gemstone is to enhance the single-player Diablo II LOD playing
experience by providing a variety of new things to try while maintaining
game
balance. Here are some highlights from the current version of Gemstone:
- 53 new unique items, including jewels and charms
- 6 new sets, 1 just for hirelings
- 5 new rune words
- Improved character skills
- Improved hireling skills
- Improved gems and runes
- Sockets added to throwing weapons, rings, amulets, gloves, boots, and
belts
- Crafted class-specific items
- Crafted jewels
- New cube recipes for socketing and rerolling items
- Chance Stones let you create set and unique items with the cube
- Rare charms
- Unique jewels and charms
- Can gamble jewels and charms
- Can purchase mana potions from vendors
- Increased stack sizes for arrows, bolts, keys, and tomes
- Increased inventory, stash, and cube space
- Improved chance to drop exceptional/elite items
- Improved chance to drop rare/set/unique items
- Improved chance to drop better runes
- Game balance adjusted for the above


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// INSTALLATION

The -direct -txt Method
-----------------------
The advantages of the -direct -txt method are that it doesn't require any
changes to your existing game files, and it allows you to tweak the patch
using nothing more than Excel to edit the .txt tables. The disadvantages are
that if you're using a mod manager that works by swapping out Patch_D2.mpq
files, it won't work for this, and it won't work at all on the Mac.

Step 1
Back up your current single-player characters! They should work fine with
this
mod, but you never know. You should also be able to take your GEMSTONE
characters back to 1.09d, but I would recommend discarding any new items as
well as all socketed jewelry, gloves, belts, and boots. Also move all
inventory/stash/cube contents into an area the size of the originals
(upper/left) before you try it. You can back up your characters by copying
the contents of the Diablo II\save folder to another location.

Step 2
Extract the contents of gemstone_d2.zip into your Diablo II program
directory
with the "Use folder names" option selected. You should get a subfolder
called "data" at the same level as the current "save" and "support" folders
containing all the patch files.

Step 3
Launch Diablo II using the -direct -txt command line switches. You can do
this by opening a DOS box, through the Run command, or (preferred) by
creating a new shortcut on your desktop. To do this copy your current
shortcut and name it something like "Diablo II - LOD Gemstone Mod". Once you
have that right-click it and select "Properties." Find the "Target:" line,
go to the end, and type in -direct -txt. It should look something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe" -direct -txt

Click Apply then Close.

Step 4
To see if the mod is installed and running properly, start a game and open
your stash. If it's bigger, you're on your way.

The Patch_D2.mpq Method
-----------------------
The advantages of the Patch_D2.mpq method are that it's simpler (only one
file
is involved), it works with mod managers, and it can be made to work on the
Mac. The disadvantage is that you have to swap the Patch_D2.mpq file in and
out to play on the realms.

Step 1
Back up your current single-player characters! They should work fine with
this
mod, but you never know. You should also be able to take your GEMSTONE
characters back to 1.09d, but I would recommend discarding any new items as
well as all socketed jewelry, gloves, belts, and boots. Also move all
inventory/stash/cube contents into an area the size of the originals
(upper/left) before you try it. You can back up your characters by copying
the contents of the Diablo II\save folder to another location.

Step 2
Back up the file Patch_D2.mpq located in your Diablo II program files
folder. You will need to restore it if you decide to uninstall the mod.

Step3
Extract Patch_D2.mpq into your Diablo II program files folder.

Step 4

To see if the mod is installed and running properly, start a game and open
your stash. If it's bigger, you're on your way.


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// GEMSTONE GUIDE TO ALL CHANGES

GENERAL
-------
- The available storage space in the player's inventory, stash, and cube
have
been increased significantly.
- All normal monster resists (fire, lightening, cold, poison, magic,
physical)
have been capped at 75%. This eliminates the normal "immune" monsters
typically found throughout Hell difficulty. However unique monsters and
bosses can still spawn with immunities.
- The Hell difficulty chill and freeze duration reductions have been cut
from
75% to 50%.
- Static Field hit point reduction is now capped at 25% in Nightmare (was
33%)
and 33% in Hell (was 50%).
- The Nightmare and Hell death experience penalties have been eliminated.
- A custom main game menu screen has been added.
- Monster stats have been re-profiled as follows (not listed = no change
from
original 1.09d values):

Normal Monsters (i.e. Blood Hawk)
Unique Monsters (i.e. Wind Break)
SuperUnique Monsters (i.e. Bishbosh)
------------------------------------

Normal Nightmare Hell
------ --------- ----
Min Hit Points 1x 2x 4x
Max Hit Points 1x 2x 4x
Armor Class 1x 1.25x 1.67x
Experience Given 1X 1.67x 3x
Min Attack Dmg 1x 1.25x 1.67x
Max Attack Dmg 1x 1.25x 1.67x
Attack Chance to Hit 1x 1.25x 1.67x
Min Spell Dmg 1x 1.25x 1.67x
Max Spell Dmg 1x 1.25x 1.67x
Spell Chance to Hit 1x 1.25x 1.67x

Mini/Quest Bosses (i.e. Bloodraven)
-----------------------------------

Normal Nightmare Hell
------ --------- ----
Min Hit Points 1x 1.5x 2x
Max Hit Points 1x 1.5x 2x
Experience Given 1X 1.33x 1.67x

Act Bossed (i.e. Diablo, Baal) and Ancients
-------------------------------------------

Normal Nightmare Hell
------ --------- ----
Min Hit Points 1x 1.25x 1.67x
Max Hit Points 1x 1.25x 1.67x
Experience Given 1X 1.17x 1.44x

- The Undead Fetish and Suicide Minion classes do not receive hit point
bonuses. Their death explosions are damaging enough without the bonuses.
- Izual does not receive any bonuses.

D2GAME.DLL
----------
- Additional fixes and enhancements have been made to D2Game.dll. It is
available from the Gemstone website. This .dll is not required to run
Gemstone. Refer to its readme for details.

SKILLS
------

Amazon
------
- Multiple Shot no longer has a 25% damage penalty.
- Strafe arrow limit has been raised to 99
- Plague Javelin casting delay has been removed
- Immolation Arrow casting delay has been removed
- Decoy gets 100% of the caster's HP (was 50%)

Assassin
--------
- Fire Blast damage doubled.
- Shock Web damage doubled.
- Blade Sentinel damage increment changed from 3/4/5 to 4/6/10.
- Blade Sentinel does an additional 50% source damage.
- Blade Fury initial damage changed from 8-10 to 10-14.
- Blade Fury damage increment changed from 3/5/8 to 6/9/15.
- Blade Fury does an additional 62.5% source damage.
- Blade Shield initial damage changed from 1-30 to 10-30.
- Blade Shield damage increment changed from 5/6/7 to 6/8/12.
- Psychic Hammer damage doubled.
- Mind Blast damage increment changed from 2/5/8 to 6/10/18.
- Claw Mastery initial attack rating changed to 40%. (was 30%)
- Claw Mastery damage increment changed to 8% per level. (was 4%)


Barbarian
---------
- Battle Command duration lengthened to match Battle Orders.
- Shout, Battle Orders, and Battle Command can be cried in town.

Druid
-----
- Doubled the damage of all Elemental skill tree skills.
- Doubled the cold duration of Hurricane.
- Doubled the effectiveness of Cyclone Armor
- Twister does an additional 50% source damage.
- Firestorm casting delay reduced to .2 sec. (was .6 sec)
- Molten Boulder casting delay reduced to 1 sec. (was 2 sec)
- Fissure casting delay reduced to 1 sec. (was 2 sec)
- Volcano casting delay reduced to 2 sec. (was 4 sec)
- Hurricane casting delay reduced to 3 sec. (was 6 sec)
- Armageddon casting delay reduced to 3 sec. (was 6 sec)

Necromancer
-----------
- Teeth initial damage doubled.
- Teeth magic damage increment changed from 1 to 2/4/8.
- Teeth does an additional 50% source damage.
- Skell and Skell Mage HP and AC have been increased by 2x in Nightmare,
and 4x in Hell.
- Skells and Skell Mages now receive 25% physical resistance in NM and 50%
in Hell.
- Skell Mastry HP/dmg bonus pre level raised from 7/2 to 14/8.
- Poison Dagger duration has been doubled.
- Poison Dagger damage increment changed from 10/15/20 to 20/35/50.
- Poison Explosion duration has been doubled.
- Poison Explosion damage increment changed from 2/4/6 to 4/8/12.
- Bone Armor effectiveness has been increased 5x.
- Bone Spear magic damage increment changed from 8 to 8/10/14.
- Bone Spear does an additional 50% source damage.
- Bone Spirit magic damage increment changed from 16/17/18 to 16/20/28.
- Bone Spirit does an additional 50% source damage.
- Poison Nova damage increment changed from 12.5/15.625/25 to
18.75/25/37.5.
- Corpse Explosion does damage equal to 80-140% of the monster's HP.
(was 60-100%)
- Corpse Explosion initial radius doubled to 8 squares. (1 square = 2 ft.)
- Fire Golem benefits from improved Holy Fire aura. (see Paladin)

Paladin
-------
- Blessed Hammer once again receives 100% of the effect of Concentration
instead of just 50%.
- Holy Fire aura damaged increased 100%.
- Holy Shield Smite damage bonus doubled.
- Fanaticism radius increased to 15 squares (was 11 squares). This reduces
the problem of the Fanaticism hireling constantly wandering out of
range.

Sorceress
---------
- Charged Bolt level 1 damage increased 100%.
- Charged Bolt incremental damage changed from .5/.5/1 to 1/2/3.
- Fire Wall casting delay reduced to 1 sec. (was 1.4 sec.)
- Meteor casting delay reduced to .8 sec. (was 1.2 sec.)
- Blizzard casting delay reduced to 1.2 sec. (was 1.8 sec.)
- Hydra casting delay reduced to 1.4 sec. (was 2 sec.)
- Frozen Orb casting delay reduced to .8 sec. (was 1 sec.)
- Teleport can be cast in town.

Skill Notes
------------
- Source damage is defined as the damage of the equipped weapon with all
applicable modifiers (armor, jewelry, charms, etc.) The most familiar
example of this is arrows and bolts which have no damage themselves but
instead do the damage of the bow.
- Incremental skill effects are the increment by which the effect (dmg,
range) goes up per skill level. It is listed as either a single value
which applies to every skill level, or as three values (v1/v2/v3) where
v1 applies to skill levels 1-8, v2 applies to skill levels 9-16, and v3
applies to skill levels 17 and up. An effect with a starting value of 4
and an increment of 1/2/4 would therefore progress as follows:

level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21...
value 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 31 35 39 43 47...

HIRELINGS
---------

All
---
- Faster leveling.
- 50% increases in hp, hp/lvl, def, def/lvl, ar, ar/lvl, dmg-min, dmg-max,
dmg/lvl, res/lvl.
- All skills have a per-level increment so that skill levels will continue
to increase as the hireling levels up.
- The damage bonus bosses get when attacking hirelings has been
eliminated.
- The Hireling name list has been modified to include accurate period
names.

Rogue Scout (Act I)
-------------------
Fire/Normal: Inner Sight/Fire Arrow
Fire/Nightmare: Inner Sight/Exploding Arrow
Fire/Hell: Inner Sight/Immolation Arrow

Cold/Normal: Inner Sight/Cold Arrow
Cold/Nightmare: Inner Sight/Ice Arrow
Cold/Hell: Inner Sight/Freezing Arrow

Desert Mercenary (Act II)
-------------------------
Combat/Normal: Jab/Prayer
Combat/Nightmare: Jab/Meditation
Combat/Hell: Jab/Conviction

Defense/Normal: Jab/Defiance
Defense/Nightmare: Jab/Holy Freeze
Defense/Hell: Jab/Salvation

Offense/Normal: Jab/Might
Offense/Nightmare: Jab/Concentration
Offense/Hell: Jab/Fanaticism

Eastern Sorcerer (Act III)
--------------------------
Fire/Normal: Inferno/Fire Ball
Fire/Nightmare: Inferno/Fire Wall
Fire/Hell: Inferno/Meteor

Cold/Normal: Glacial Spike/Frozen Armor/Ice Blast
Cold/Nightmare: Glacial Spike/Frozen Armor/Blizzard

Cold/Hell: Glacial Spike/Frozen Armor/Frozen Orb

Lightening/Normal: Charged Bolt/Lightning
Lightening/Nightmare: Charged Bolt/Nova
Lightening/Hell: Charged Bolt/Thunderstorm/Chain Lightning

Barbarian (Act V)
-----------------
Normal: Bash/Stun
Nightmare: Bash/Concentrate
Hell: Bash/Stun/Concentrate

ITEMS
-----
- The effect of all gems and runes has been doubled. Durations (freeze
length
for example) were not changed. Binary effects (Indestructible for example)
were not affected.
- The Zod rune has an additional "+2 to all skills" modifier.
- Chance Stones have been added. They can be used in the cube to gamble (see
Cube Recipes). They will drop throughout the game about as often as runes.
- Rings and amulets can be socketed (1 max).
- Gloves and boots can be socketed (2 max).
- Thrown knives and axes can be socketed (2 max).
- Thrown spears and javelins can be socketed (3 max).
- Belts can be socketed (1 max).
- Circlets and coronets can have up to 2 sockets, tiara's and diadem's can
have up to 3 sockets. They can be used for the "Lore," "Nadir," and
"Radiance" rune words.
- The attributes selected from socketed gems and runes for the new socketed
items are:

Item Attribute Example (pDiamond)
---- --------- ------------------
Amulet Armor +200 to attack rating
Rings Weapon +136% damage vs. undead
Gloves Shield +38% to all resistances
Belt Armor +200 to attack rating
Boots Armor +200 to attack rating
Thrown Weapon +136% damage vs. undead

- Jewels and charms can be gambled from all vendors approved by the BGC
(Blizzard Gaming Commission).
- Rare versions of charms can be gambled or dropped in the game.
- The Countess' drop probabilities have been changed to Rune 50%, Chance
Stone 25%, Other 25% (was Rune 25%, Other 75%). She will still drop four
items each time.
- Mana potions may now be purchased from the appropriate in-town vendors.
- Max stack sizes have been changed as follows:

Item Stack Size
---- ----------
Arrows 500
Bolts 350
Scrolls 40
Keys 24

STARTER ITEMS
-------------
- Corpsefire will drop selected unique "starter" items (kill him multiple
times to collect all 10 <grin> ).
- Cold Crow will drop pieces of the Arctic Gear set.
- Griswold will drop pieces of the Sigon's Complete Steel set.
- Rakanishu will drop pieces of the Berserker's Arsenal set.
- Bonebreaker will drop pieces of the Infernal Tools and Death's Disguise
sets.

SET ITEMS
------------
- The following new sets have been added:

0tarin's Tribute (4 items) - Stephen van Ham
--------------------------------------------
The Uberfier (flail)
+8-12 Min Damage
+2 Max Damage/lvl
3-4% Mana Steal
10% Hit Causes Monster to Flee

0tarin's Tee (scale mail)
+250 Defense
10% Chance to cast lvl 1 Confuse when struck
+25% Lightning Resistance
+25% Fire Resistance

0tarin's Touch (gauntlets)
+20% Increased Attack Speed
4-5% Life steal
+25% Poison Resistance
+0.5% Magic Find/lvl

0tarin'S Pride (plated belt)
+20 Replenish Life
5% Chance to cast lvl 1 Teleport when struck
+30% Magic Find

Partial Set Bonus (2 items)
+20% Increased Attack Speed

Partial Set Bonus (3 items)
+150 Poison Damage over 3 Seconds

Full Set Bonus
+75 Life
+30% All Resistances
+30% Faster Run/Walk
+30% Magic Find

Iron Giant (3 items) - B.B.
---------------------------
Larzuk's Pride (savage helmet)
20% Enhanced Damage
+10 Strength
+2 Barbarian Combat Skills
+2 Barbarian Iron Skin
3 Sockets

Qual-Khek's Legacy (templar coat)
+15 strength
20% Increased Attack Speed
20% Faster Run/Walk
20% Faster Hit Recovery
+2 Barbarian Masteries

Nihlathak's Good Deed (ring)
10 Magic Damage Reduction
10% Chance to cast lvl 4 Iron Maiden when struck
20 Charges of Level 5 Corpse Explosion
+3 Barbarian Grim Ward

Partial Set Bonus (2 items)
+40 Vitality

Full Set Bonus
20 Fire Absorbption
+3 Barbarian Skills

Midas' Touch (6 items) - short
------------------------------
Midas' Gilded Wreath (tiara)
+55% Magic Find
+75% Extra Gold
+10 Strength
+10 Dextarity

Midas' Sapphire Locket (amulet)
+50% Magic Find
+70% Extra Gold
+1 All Skills
+20 Energy
4-7% Mana Steal

Midas' Ruby Signet (ring)
+40% Magic Find
+60% Extra Gold
10% All Resistances
+20 Vitality
6-10% Life Steal

Midas' Embroidered Sash (mithril coil)
+60% Magic Find
+85% Extra Gold
+25% Cold Resistance
+15 Cold Absorb
Cannot be Frozen

Midas' Golden Fleece (wire fleece)
+85% Magic Find
+110% Extra Gold
+1 All Skills
+200% Enhanced Defense
+25% Lightning Resistance
+15 Lightning Absorb

Midas' Brocade Sandals (demonhide boots)
+60% Magic Find
+85% Extra Gold
+40% Faster Run/Walk
+25% Fire Resistance
+15 Fire Absorb

Partial Set Bonus (2 items)
+2.5% Magic Find/lvl

Partial Set Bonus (3 items)
+30 Vitality

Partial Set Bonus (4 items)
+300% Extra Gold

Partial Set Bonus (5 items)
+200% Magic Find

Full Set Bonus
+350% Magic Find
10% Chance to cast level 15 Decrepify on Attack
30% Chance of Crushing Blow
+40% All Resistances
+10 Mana/kill
+2 All Skills

Sarina's Battle Hym (4 items) - Stephen van Ham
-----------------------------------------------
Sarina's Woe (matriarchal javelin)
+150-200% Enhanced Damage
+1-500 Lightning Damage
+150-250 Fire Damage
30% Increased Attack Speed
20% Chance of Crushing Blow

Sarina's Form (wyrmhide)
150-180% Enhanced Defense
15 Magic Damage Reduction
10% Damage Reduction

Sarina's Gaze (hydraskull)
35% All Resistances
15% Increased Attack Speed
+2 All Skills

Sarina's Chance (hyperion)
20% Increased Chance to Block
2% Chance to cast lvl 16 Hydra on striking
2% Chance to cast lvl 16 Chain Lightning on striking
2% Chance to cast lvl 16 Blizzard on striking
40% All Resistances
2 Sockets

Partial Set Bonus (2 items)
+20 Strength

Partial Set Bonus (3 items)
+20 Vitality

Full Set Bonus
500 Poison Damage over 10 Seconds
+63-250 Cold Damage (6 second chill duration)
+3 Amazon Passive and Magic Skills
+50% Magic Find
+25 Dexterity

Stabmaster's Arsenal (3 items) - B.B.
-------------------------------------
The Wu (winged knife)
+300% Enhanced Damage
40% Increased Attack Speed
+500 Poison Damage over 10 Seconds
+200 Increased Stack Size
+2 Curses (Necro only)
+9 Poison Dagger (Necro Only)
2 Sockets

The Tang (boneweave boots)
30% Faster Run/Walk
20% Chance of Crushing Blow
+50 Defense
80% Slower Stamina Drain
10% Mana Stolen per Hit
+2 Curses (Necro only)
+3 Poison Dagger (Necro Only)

The Clan (succubus skull)
+500 Poison Damage over 10 Seconds
30% Increased Chance to Block
+45 Dexterity
25% Damage Reduction
5% Chance to Cast level 10 Bone Armor when struck
+2 Curses (Necro only)
+3 Poison Dagger (Necro Only)

Partial Set Bonus (2 items)
+200% Attack Rating

Full Set Bonus
20% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Hit Recovery
45% Increased Maximum Life
+90 All Resistances
75% Poison Length Reduction
Cannot be Frozen

Wirt's Revenge (2 items)
------------------------
Wirt's Godly Rags (fine rags)
+200% Enhanced Defense
+100 Life
30% Damage Reduction
1 Durability

Wirt's Tattered Cap (monk's cowl)
20% Faster Hit Recovery
+150% Enhanced Defense
+60 All Resistances
1 Durability

Full Set Bonus
+3 All Skills
40% Increased Attack Speed
+140% Enhanced Damage
15% Life Stolen per Hit
100% Magic Find

UNIQUE ITEMS
------------
- The following new unique items have been added:

BOWS
----

Windshear (grand matron bow) - Mark R.
--------------------------------------
250% Enhanced Damage
+3.5 Max dmg/lvl
5% Chance to Cast level 16 Tornado on striking
+2-3 Amazon Skill Levels
+40% Piercing Attack
4 Sockets

CROSSBOWS
---------

Needler (demon crossbow) - Stephen van Ham
------------------------------------------
+200-250% Enhanced Damage
+50% Increased Attack Speed
30-50% Chance of Crushing Blow
100% Chance of Open Wounds
+3 Amazon Multiple Shot
+3 Amazon Strafe
+5 Amazon Critical Strike
Fires Magic Arrows

MACES
-----

Eigen's Torment (ogre maul) - Stephen van Ham
---------------------------------------------
+200-300% Enhanced Damage
20-40% Increased Attack Speed
-30% Requirements
+4-6 Paladin Zeal
+4-6 Barbarian Whirlwind
+4-6 Druid Fury

Sledge-O-Matic Thunder Maul - B.B.
----------------------------------
+80-120 Damage
+40-100 Magic Damage
60% Chance of Crushing Blow
+200-250% Enhanced Defense
4 Sockets

SCEPTERS
--------

Vindicator (seraph rod) Stephen van Ham
---------------------------------------
+200 Mana
30% Faster Cast Rate
50% Increased Attack Speed
+2 Paladin Skills
+7 Paladin Fist of the Heavens
+7 Paladin Blessed Hammer

SPEARS
------

Impalinator (war pike) - B.B.
-----------------------------
60% Increased Attack Speed
+20-40 Minimum Damage
+1 Maximum Danage/lvl
+50 All Resistances
+6-8 Amazon Impale
+2 Amazon Javelin & Spear Skills
Indestructible

STAVES
------

Skullbasher (stalagmite)
------------------------
50% Increased Attack Speed
50% Faster Hit Recovery
300% Enhanced Damage
60-95 Added Damage
50% Chance of Crushing Blow
100% Enhanced Defense
+200 Defense
+30 Strength
150% Damage to Undead

SWORDS
------

Berserker's Rage (highland blade) - Stephen van Ham
---------------------------------------------------
+300% Enhanced Damage
50% Increased Attack Speed
63-250 Cold Damage (6 second chill duration)
-20% Requirements
+9-11 Berserk

Excalibur (mythical sword) - Shiflet
------------------------------------
+200% Enhanced Damage
+1.5 Max Damage/lvl
.5% Chance of Deadly Strike/lvl
20% Increased Attack Speed
+1 Paladin Skills
+15 Strength
+15 Dexterity
+15 Vitality
Indestructible

Skadi's Winter (legend sword) - Mark R., K.os
---------------------------------------------
300% Enhanced Damage
63-250 Cold Damage (6 second chill duration)
20% Chance to cast level 14 Blizzard on striking
+75% Cold Resistance
+25 Cold Absorb
-20% Requirements
+2-3 Druid Fire Claws
+2-3 Barbarian Frenzy
+2-3 Paladin Vengeance

Vulcan's Inferno (legend sword) - Mark R., K.os
-----------------------------------------------
300% Enhanced Damage
160-195 Fire Damage
20% Chance to cast level 14 Meteor on striking
+75% Fire Resistance
+25 Fire Absorb
-20% Requirements
+2-3 Druid Fire Claws
+2-3 Barbarian Frenzy
+2-3 Paladin Vengeance

Wedjet's Venom (legend sword) - Mark R., K.os
---------------------------------------------
300% Enhanced Damage
500 Poison damage over 10 seconds
20% Chance to cast level 14 Poison Nova on striking
+75% Poison Resistance
50% Poison Length Reduction
-20% Requirements
+2-3 Druid Fire Claws
+2-3 Barbarian Frenzy
+2-3 Paladin Vengeance

Zeus' Thunderbolt (legend sword) - Mark R., K.os
------------------------------------------------
300% Enhanced Damage
1-375 Lightning Damage
20% Chance to cast level 10 Static Field on striking
+75% Lightning Resistance
+25 Lightning Absorb
-20% Requirements
+2-3 Druid Fire Claws
+2-3 Barbarian Frenzy
+2-3 Paladin Vengeance

ARMOR
-----

Rampart (sacred armor) - Marshall
---------------------------------
+200% Enhanced Defense
50% Chance to cast lvl 10 Static Field when struck
+50% Faster Hit Recovery
+20 Lightning Absorb
75% Poison Length Reduction
-20% Requirements
3 Attacker Takes Damage/lvl
Hit Freezes Target
Cannot Be Frozen
Indestructible

SHIELDS
-------

God's Own (blade barrier) - B.B.
--------------------------------
30% Faster Block Rate
+3 Paladin Skills
+3 Paladin Holy Shield
+3 Paladin Smite
3 Sockets

Orchid's Poise (defender) - Stephen van Ham
--------------------------------------
30% Increased Chance to Block
+1 Dexterity/lvl
+1 Life/lvl
20% All Resistances
2 Sockets

GLOVES
------

Reaper's Fingers (vambraces) - Stephen van Ham
----------------------------------------------
20% Increased Attack Speed
25% Chance of Crushing Blow
2% Chance to cast lvl 10 Decrepify on striking
200 Poison Damage Over 4 Seconds
+25% Poison Resistance
+10% Max Poison Resistance

BELTS
-----

Cracked Sash (spiderweb sash) - EvilBill
----------------------------------------
+150% Magic Find
+200% Extra Gold
+10 All Resistances
+10 Strength
+10 Dexterity
+10 Vitality
+10 Energy
5% chance to cast lvl 10 Chain Lightning on attack

Montezuma's Revenge (vampirefang belt) - B.B.
---------------------------------------------
30% Faster Run/Walk
-3 to -5 Drain Life
+3 Fire skills
+3 Sorceress Blaze
+3 Sorceress Inferno

BOOTS
-----

Bug Stompers (myrmidon greaves) - Stephen van Ham
-------------------------------------------------
50% Faster Run/Walk
10% Chance of Crushing Blow
+4-6 Barbarian Leap Attack
+4-6 Paladin Vigor
20 Teleport Charges

CIRCLETS
--------

Magefrost (circlet)
-------------------
20% Chance to cast level 6 Frost Nova when struck
+1 All skills
30% Faster cast
40% Regenerate mana
50% Magic Find
1 Socket

Soulripper (coronet)
--------------------
20% Chance to cast level 10 Iron Maiden when struck
8% Life Stolen per Hit
8% Mana Stolen per Hit
+90% Enhanced Defense
25% Damage Reduction
2 Sockets

Cryptstalker (tiara)
----------------------
20% Chance to cast level 14 Decrepify when struck
+2 All skills
+200% Enhanced Defense
40% Increase Maximum Life
40% Increase Maximum Mana
50% Magic Find
3 Sockets

CLASS-SPECIFIC
--------------

Bul-Kathos' Crown (guardian crown) - Simon Righarts
---------------------------------------------------
40-60% Enhanced Damage
200-250% Enhanced Defense
+50 Strength
+50 All Resistances
+3 Barbarian Skills
+0.75 Vitality/lvl
Cannot be Frozen

Chillblain (jared's stone) - Simon Righarts
-------------------------------------------
+100 Mana
35% Chance to cast level 10 Frost Nova when struck
+1 Sorceress Skills
+2-3 Sorceress Cold Skills

Demonbane (war fist)
--------------------
300% Enhanced Damage
60-95 Added Damage
50-120 Magic Damage
+200% Damage to Demons
10% Chance to cast level 8 Fist of the Heavens on striking
40% Increased Attack Speed
+1-2 Assassin Skills
+2-3 Assassin Martial Arts Skills

The Falcon (scissors suwayyah) - Simon Righarts
-----------------------------------------------
300% Enhanced Damage
40% Increased Attack Speed
60% Chance of Crushing Blow
10% Life Steal
10% Mana Steal
+30 Strength
+30 Dexterity
+30 Vitality
+30 Energy
+3 Assassin Skills

Lightning Rod (glowing orb) - Stephen van Ham
---------------------------------------------
+50 Mana
+50% Increased Attack Speed
+4 Sorceress Lightning
+4 Sorceress Chain Lightning
+6 Sorceress Static Field

Lycander's Ire (matriarchal javelin) - Simon Righarts
-----------------------------------------------------
200-250% Enhanced Damage
10% Life Steal
8 Mana per Kill
+3 Amazon Skills
+2-3 Amazon Javelin & Spear Skills
+3 Lightening Fury
Replenishes Quantity
Increased Stack Size

Nature's Peace (dream Spirit) - Simon Righarts
----------------------------------------------
250-300% Enhanced Damage
+50 All Resistances
50% Faster Hit Recovery
+50 Vitality
30% Increase Maximum Life
-50% Requirements
+4 Druid Skills
2 Sockets

Riven Earth (gargoyle head) - Stephen van Ham
---------------------------------------------
+3 Mana per Kill
+20% All Resistances
+1 Necromancer Skills
+2 Necromancer Raise Skeleton
+2 Necromancer Skeleton Mastery
+2 Necromancer Iron Golem
+2 Necromancer Corpse Explosion

Sankekur's Redemption (vortex shield) - Simon Righarts
------------------------------------------------------
250-300% Enhanced Defense
+40 All Resistances
80% Faster Block Rate
20% Increased Chance to Block
+1.5 Vitality/lvl
+5 Paladin Redemption
+2 Paladin Skills
4 Sockets

Sightless Stone (dimensional shard) - Simon Righarts
----------------------------------------------------
50% Faster Cast Rate
+50 All Resistances
+3 Life/lvl
+2 Mana/lvl
+8 Mana per Kill
+5 Sorceress Skills
-5 Light Radius

Titan's Fury (matriarchal pike) - Simon Righarts
------------------------------------------------
400% Enhanced Damage
80% Increased Attack Speed
15% Life Steal
10% Damage Reduction
+3 Amazon Skills
+3 Amazon Spear and Javelin Skills
+20% Requirements
Indestructible

Undying Skull (bloodlord skull) - Simon Righarts
------------------------------------------------
200% Enhanced Defense
+4 Necromancer Skills
+1 Vitality/lvl
+1 Energy/lvl
+50% Regenerate Mana
+33 Replinish Life
+10 Necromancer Bone Armor

THE SEVEN APPRENTICE ITEMS
--------------------------

Natalaya's Apprentice (blade talons) - Anadriel
-----------------------------------------------
150% Enhanced Damage
+10-20 Fire Damage
+10-20 Cold Damage (2 second chill duration)
+10-20 Lightening Damage
10% Increased Attack Speed
+1 Assasin Skills
+5 Strength
+5 Dexterity
+5 Vitality

Mavina's Apprentice (reflex bow) - Anadriel
-------------------------------------------
150% Enhanced Damage
+10-15 Fire Damage
+10-15 Cold Damage (2 second chill duration)
+20 Posion Damage over 2 Seconds
+15 Dexterity
+5 Vitality

Tal Rasha's Apprentice (clasped orb) - Anadriel
-----------------------------------------------
+20 Life
+70 Mana
+2 Sorceress Skills
+10 All Resistances

Aldur's Apprentice (falcon mask) - Anadriel
-------------------------------------------
175% Enhanced Defense
+25 Life
+15% Attack Rating
+1 Druid Skills
+10 Strength
+10 Dexterity

Bul Kathos' Apprentice (assault helmet) - Anadriel
--------------------------------------------------
+175% Enhanced Defense
+30 Life
+1 Barbarian Skills
+15 Strength
+15 Vitality

Zakarum's Apprentice (crown shield) - Anadriel
----------------------------------------------
+75% Enhanced Defense
+25% Increased Chance to Block
+15% Faster Block Rate
+10 All Resistances
+1 Paladin Skills
1 Socket

Trang Oul's Apprentice (gargoyle head) - Anadriel
-------------------------------------------------
+75% Enhanced Defense
+30 Posion Damage over 2 Seconds
+25% Increased Chance to Block
+15 All Resistances
+10 Energy
+1 Necromancer Skills
+2 Skeleton Mastery

RINGS
-----

The Black Opal (ring) - Stephen van Ham
---------------------------------------
+2.5 Mana/lvl
+2.5 Life/lvl
5% Chance to cast lvl 10 Static Field when struck

Constricting Ring (ring)
------------------------
+100 All Resistances
+15% Max to All Resistances
+100% Magic Find
-10 to -30 Drain Life

Ormus' Pride (ring) - B.B.
--------------------------
+1 Maximum Damage
+5 Maximum Stamina
+1 Light Radius
+1-3 Fire Damage

Ormus' Nightmare (ring) - B.B.
------------------------------
7% Life Steal
6% Mana Steal
+75% Fire Resistance
10% Faster Hit Recovery
+1 All skills

AMULETS
-------

Chance Collar (amulet) - Stephen van Ham
----------------------------------------
50% Magic Find
200% Extra Gold
12-16 Magic Damage Reduction
20-30 Damage Reduction

Endugu's Totem (amulet) - B.B.
------------------------------
20% Faster Hit Recovery
+20 Dexterity
10% Chance to cast level 10 Frost Nova when struck
+3 Sorceress Inferno
+3 Necromancer Revive

Ice Mantle (amulet) - Stephen van Ham
-------------------------------------
10% Cold Absorb
+50% Cold Resistance
+50-150 Cold damage (4 second chill duration)
5% Chance to cast level 20 Frost Nova when struck
+3 Sorceress Cold Skills
+3 Amazon Freezing Arrow
+3 Amazon Ice Arrow

JEWELS
------

The Gemstone (jewel)
--------------------
60% Enhanced Damage
40% Increased Attack Speed
+2.5 Defense/lvl
+.5 Vitality/lvl
+.25 Energy/lvl
+1 All Skills
+10 Light Radius

The Magestone (jewel)
---------------------
40% All Resistances
40% Faster Cast
+2.5 Defense/lvl
+.25 Vitality/lvl
+.5 Energy/lvl
+2 All Skills
+10 Light Radius

CHARMS
------

Bent Penny (small charm) - B.B.
-------------------------------
+100% Magic Find
+100% Extra Gold
3 Attacker Takes Damage/lvl
-10 to -30 Drain Life

Can of Whoopass (grand charm) - B.B.
------------------------------------
+5 Strength
+5 Dexterity
+5 Vitality
+5 Energy
+5 All Resistances

- Predefined level requirements have been removed from all uniques. They
will
generally carry the level requirement of the base item type.
- The Constricting Ring item level has been set to 85 (was 95). It can be
dropped in the game by any monster capable of dropping The Grandfather.
- A test of the Constricting Ring reveals that its life drain will stop at 1
life remaining. It is not possible to die just from wearing one.
- Selected unique items have been enhanced. Some were reverted to their 1.08
versions, others were "perfected" by forcing them to always drop with
certain stats set to their maxim value (Wartravelers always drop with 50%
MF for example).
- On the Arm of King Leoric, replaced 10% chance to cast lvl 2 Bone Prison
When struck with 10% chance to cast lvl 1 Teleport when struck.

Reverted to 1.08 Stats
----------------------
String of Ears
Vampire Gaze
Skullder's Ire
Harlequin Crest
Arkaine's Valor
Windforce

Perfected
---------
Maelstrom (skills)
Chance Guards (MF%)
Tarnhelm (MF%)
The Eye of Etlich (life steal, cold duration)
Nagelring (MF%)
Manald Heal (mana steal)
Bloodletter (skills)
Buriza-Do Kyanon (ED%)
Rockstopper (resists)
Stealskull (MF%)
Crown of Thieves (life steal)
Wartraveler (MF%)
Doombringer (ED%)
The Grandfather (ED%)
Bul Katho's Wedding Band (life steal)
Crescent Moon (life steal)
Mara's Kaleidoscope (resists)
Titan's Revenge (ED%)

ITEM DROPS
----------
- Exceptional and elite item drop ratios have been improved 5x.
- The rare/set/unique item drop ratios have been improve by about 70%.
- Rune drop quality has been improved significantly.
- Rune and Chance Stone drop probabilities have been doubled.
- The Countess can drop up to rune 10 (Thul) in Normal, rune 20 (Lem)
in Nightmare, and rune 30 (Ber) in Hell.
- Hell Baal can drop up to Treasure class 90, which includes every item in
the game.
- The nodrop probability has been reduced in Nightmare and Hell to match the
scaled monster stats

RUNE WORDS
----------
- The following new rune words have been added:

Deft (Ko+Shael) for 2 socket gloves
-----------------------------------
40% Increased Attack Speed
40% Faster Block Rate
+200 Attack Rating
20% Chance of Deadly Strike
+20 Dexterity
15% Damage Reduction
35% All Resistances

Fey (Thul+Hel+Shael) for 3 socket weapons- Stephen van Ham
----------------------------------------------------------
6-28 Cold Damage
-40% Requirements
40% Increased Attack Speed
50% Enhanced Damage
50-120 Magic Damage
+1 All Skills

Fleet (Io+Shael) for 2-socket boots
-----------------------------------
40% Faster Run/Walk
40% Faster Hit Recovery
+200 Attack Rating
20% Chance of Crushing Blow
+20 Vitality

Hunger (Amn+Ko) for 2 socket weapons - Stephen van Ham
------------------------------------------------------
14% Life Steal
+20 Dexterity
77% Enhanced Damage
+7 Attack Rating/lvl
7% Chance of Crushing Blow
7% Chance of Deadly Strike
7% Chance to cast lvl 1 Life Tap when striking
+7 Druid Hunger
+7 Assassin Cobra Strike

Storm (Um+Ort) for 2-socket boots
-----------------------------------
40% Faster Run/Walk
40% Faster Hit Recovery
+70% Lightening Resistance
+30% All Resistances
+20 Fire Absorption
+20 Lightening Absorption

- The "Steel" rune word now works on any melee-class weapon

CUBE RECIPES
------------

General Recipes Added
---------------------
3 chipped gems + any weapon -> socketed magic weapon
3 magic jewels -> new magic jewel
3 rare jewels -> new rare jewel
3 magic charms (same size) -> new magic charm (that size)
3 rare charms (same size) -> new rare charm (that size)
3 perfect skulls + 1 rare item -> 1 low level rare item
6 perfect skulls + 1 rare item -> 1 high level rare item
3 rune 01 (El) + 1 normal or superior item -> add 1 socket to item
3 rune 02 (Eld) + 1 normal or superior item -> add up to 2 sockets to item
3 rune 03 (Tir) + 1 normal or superior item -> add up to 3 sockets to item
3 rune 04 (Nef) + 1 normal or superior item -> add up to 4 sockets to item
3 rune 05 (Eth) + 1 normal or superior item -> add up to 5 sockets to item
3 rune 06 (Ith) + 1 normal or superior item -> add up to 6 sockets to item
3 rune 07 (Tal) + 1 magic item -> add up to 4 sockets to item
3 rune 08 (Ral) + 1 rare item -> add 1 socket to item
3 rune 09 (Ort) + 1 set item -> add 1 socket to item
3 rune 10 (Thul) + 1 unique item -> add 1 socket to item
3 full rejuves + magic weapon -> normal weapon

3 full rejuves + magic armor -> normal armor
3 full rejuves + magic helm -> normal helm
3 full rejuves + magic shield -> normal shield
3 full rejuves + pDiamond + magic weapon -> superior weapon
3 full rejuves + pDiamond + magic armor -> superior armor
3 full rejuves + pDiamond + magic helm -> superior helm
3 full rejuves + pDiamond + magic shield -> superior shield

Chance Stone Recipes Added
--------------------------
3 chance stones + weapon = chance%
3 chance stones + shield = chance%
3 chance stones + armor = chance%
3 chance stones + ring = chance%
3 chance stones + amulet = chance%
3 chance stones + jewel = chance%
3 chance stones + charm = chance%

Crafting Recipes Added
----------------------
magic circlet + jewel + r04 + pAmethyst -> caster circlet
2 magic jewels + rune 13 + perfect sapphire -> hitpower jewel
2 magic jewels + rune 13 + perfect ruby -> blood jewel
2 magic jewels + rune 13 + perfect amethyst -> caster jewel
2 magic jewels + rune 13 + perfect emerald -> safety jewel

Class-specific Crafting Recipes Added
-------------------------------------
magic spirit mask + jewel + r06 + pTopaz -> crafted druid helm 1
magic totemic mask + jewel + r12 + pTopaz -> crafted druid helm 2
magic dream spirit + jewel + r18 + pTopaz -> crafted druid helm 3

magic jared's stone + jewel + r06 + pSapphire -> crafted sorc orb 1
magic swirling crystal + jewel + r12 + pSapphire -> crafted sorc orb 2
magic dimensional shard + jewel + r18 + pSapphire -> crafted sorc orb 3

magic scissors katar + jewel + r06 + pAmethyst -> crafted assy claws 1
magic scissors quhab + jewel + r12 + pAmethyst -> crafted assy claws 2
magic scissors suwayyah + jewel + r18 + pAmethyst -> crafted assy claws 3

magic avenger guard + jewel + r06 + r01 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 1a
magic avenger guard + jewel + r06 + r02 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 1b
magic avenger guard + jewel + r06 + r03 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 1c
magic avenger guard + jewel + r06 + r04 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 1d
magic avenger guard + jewel + r06 + r05 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 1e
magic avenger guard + jewel + 2 r06 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 1f
magic slayer guard + jewel + r12 + r01 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 2a
magic slayer guard + jewel + r12 + r02 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 2b
magic slayer guard + jewel + r12 + r03 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 2c
magic slayer guard + jewel + r12 + r04 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 2d
magic slayer guard + jewel + r12 + r05 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 2e
magic slayer guard + jewel + r12 + r06 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 2f
magic guardian crown + jewel + r18 + r01 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 3a
magic guardian crown + jewel + r18 + r02 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 3b
magic guardian crown + jewel + r18 + r03 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 3c
magic guardian crown + jewel + r18 + r04 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 3d
magic guardian crown + jewel + r18 + r05 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 3e
magic guardian crown + jewel + r18 + r06 + pRuby -> crafted barb helm 3f

magic demon head + jewel + r06 + pSkull -> crafted necro head 1
magic heirophant trophy + jewel + r12 + pSkull -> crafted necro head 2
magic bloodlord skull + jewel + r18 + pSkull -> crafted necro head 3

magic crown shield + jewel + r06 + pDiamond -> crafted paladin shield 1
magic royal shield + jewel + r12 + pDiamond -> crafted paladin shield 2
magic vortex shield + jewel + r18 + pDiamond -> crafted paladin shield 3

magic reflex bow + jewel + r06 + pEmerald -> crafted zon bow 1
magic ceremonial bow + jewel + r12 + pEmerald -> crafted zon bow 2
magic grand matron bow + jewel + r18 + pEmerald -> crafted zon bow 3
magic maiden javelin + jewel + r06 + pEmerald -> crafted zon javelin 1
magic ceremonial javelin + jewel + r12 + pEmerald -> crafted zon javelin 2
magic matriarchal javelin + jewel + r18 + pEmerald -> crafted zon javelin
3
magic maiden pike + jewel + r06 + pEmerald -> crafted zon spear 1
magic ceremonial pike + jewel + r12 + pEmerald -> crafted amazon spear 2
magic matriarchal pike + jewel + r18 + pemerald -> crafted amazon spear 3

General Recipe Notes
--------------------
- The number of sockets listed in each recipe is the maximum that can be
added. The actual number may be less depending on the size and quality
of the item.
- Rings and amulets may be socketed with the "magic", "rare", "set", or
"unique" recipe as appropriate.
- The rune promotion recipe (3 rune [nn] -> 1 rune [nn+1]) works all the
way up to rune 33 (Zod).
- The previous rare reroll and socket recipes including the ones that
required a Stone of Jordan ring have been removed.
- The 3 rings -> amulet and 3 amulets -> ring recipes no longer cap player
level at 50. High-level characters can now access all of the magic
prefixes/suffixes available to their character level.

Chance Stone Recipe Notes
-------------------------
Chance stones produce random results when used in the cube. The background
story for them is:

Chance stones were originally produced by the thousands as simple gaming
die and distributed throughout the realm. Over the years numerous mages
have
enchanted them in various ways to try to swing the odds in their favor.
The
accumulative effect of this has made them quite unpredictable. When
combined
with the magic of the cube they sometimes fulfill every wish. More often
they do little of benefit, or even worse fail completely and destroy
whatever was being transformed.

The probabilities (chance %) for getting a particular result with chance
stones are:

3.70% unique version of item
7.40% set version of item
11.11% rare version of item
22.22% magic version of item
22.22% socketed version of item
11.11% item turns into minor health potion
11.11% item turns into identify scroll
11.11% item turns into chipped gem

- The Chance Stone recipes will work for jewels and charms. In situations
where a result is not possible on a jewel or charm (add sockets) the
jewel or charm will be unchanged.
- Chance Stones can be used to create the new unique jewels and charms.

Crafting Recipe Notes
---------------------
- The hitpower jewel has the standard hitpower attributes and 20% IAS.
- The blood jewel has the standard blood attributes and 20% IAS.
- The caster jewel has the standard caster attributes and 20% faster cast.
- The safety jewel has the standard safety attributes and 20% resist all.
- All crafting recipes no longer cap player level at 50. High-level
characters can access all of the magic prefixes/suffixes available to
their character level when crafting.

Class-specific Crafting Recipe Notes
------------------------------------
The new class-specific crafting recipes add selected skills and attributes
to class-specific items. The skills and attributes granted can be
determined
from the tables below.

Rune Key
--------
r01 = rune 01 (El)
r02 = rune 02 (Eld)
r03 = rune 03 (Tir)
r04 = rune 04 (Nef)
r05 = rune 05 (Eth)
r06 = rune 06 (Ith)
r12 = rune 12 (Sol)
r18 = rune 18 (Ko)

Skill Assignment Table
----------------------
Normal +1 class skill, +1-3 skill 1
Exceptional +1-2 class skill, +1-3 skills 1-2
Elite +2-3 class skill, +1-3 skills 1-3

Attribute Assignment Table
--------------------------
Normal weapons +35-60% enhanced damage
Exceptional weapons +50-80% enhanced damage
Elite weapons +65-100% enhanced damage

Normal helms, heads, shields +10-30% enhanced defense
Exceptional helms, heads, shields +20-45% enhanced defense
Elite Helms, Heads, Shields +30-60% enhanced defense

Normal orbs +5-15% faster cast
Exceptional orbs +10-25% faster cast
Elite orbs +15-35% faster cast

Skill Definition Table (normal, exceptional, elite)
---------------------------------------------------
Crafted Druid helms (spirit mask, totemic mask, dream spirit)
Lycanthropy, Summon Dire Wolf, Armageddon
Crafted Sorc orbs (jared's stone, swirling crystal, dimensional shard)
Warmth, Nova, Lightening Mastery
Crafted Assassin scissors claws (katar, quhab, suwayyah)
Claw Mastery, Quickness, Blade Shield
Crafted Barbarian helms (avenger guard, slayer guard, guardian helm)
[Weapon Mastery], Iron Skin, Natural Resistance
Crafted Necromancer heads (demon head, heirophant trophy, bloodlord
skull)
Skeleton Mastery, Corpse Explosion, Poison Nova
Crafted Paladin shields (crown, royal, vortex)
Might, Blessed Hammer, Fist of the Heavens
Crafted Amazon bows (reflex, ceremonial, grand matron)
Dodge, Guided Arrow, Valkyrie
Crafted Amazon javelins (maiden, ceremonial, matriarchal)
Dodge, Plague Javelin, Valkyrie
Crafted Amazon spears (maiden, ceremonial, matriarchal)
Dodge, Fend, Valkyrie

Weapon Mastery Selection Table
------------------------------
Sword Mastery r01, recipe list helm suffix "a"
Axe Mastery r02, recipe list helm suffix "b"
Mace Mastery r03, recipe list helm suffix "c"
Pole Arm Mastery r04, recipe list helm suffix "d"
Throwing Mastery r05, recipe list helm suffix "e"
Spear Mastery r06, recipe list helm suffix "f"

Example 1, crafted ceremonial bow
The ceremonial bow is an exceptional item so it gets +1-2 class skills
and +1-3 of two additional skills. It is a weapon so it also gets
enhanced
damage. And finally all crafted items get from 1 to 5 random magic
prefixes/suffixes.
+1-2 Amazon skills (class skill)
+1-3 Dodge (skill 1)
+1-3 Guided Arrow (skill 2)
+50-80% enhanced damage
1-5 random magic prefixes/suffixes

Example 2, crafted guardian helm
The guardian helm is an elite item so it gets +2-3 class skills and +1-3
of three additional skills. And since there are six different Barbarian
weapon masteries the crafting recipe calls for a second rune to select
the
desired mastery. Let's assume we're using r02 (Eld) as the 2nd rune. The
guardian is a helm so it also gets Enhanced defense. And finally all
crafted
items get from 1 to 5 random magic prefixes/suffixes.
+2-3 Barbarian skills (class skill)
+1-3 Axe Mastery (skill 1)
+1-3 Iron Skin (skill 2)
+1-3 Natural Resistance (skill 3)
+30-60% enhanced defense
1-5 random magic prefixes/suffixes

KNOWN ISSUES
------------
- If The Gemstone or The Magestone is inserted into a socket while the item
is equipped the health and mana bonuses will show up in the red and blue
balls, but healers or potions won't be able to raise the available mana
and
health above their original values. To solve this un-equip and re-equip
the
item.
- Mana potions purchased from Nightmare and Hell difficulty vendors do not
immediately restock when purchased. Additional potions will appear for
sale
only when the vendor restocks.
- Only 50% of the enhanced damage from the Fanaticism aura is applied to
party
members. Unfortunately this also applies to the effect your hireling's
Fanaticism aura has on you. This has been offset by starting the
Fanaticism
hireling with a level 25 Fanaticism aura as opposed to the normal level 15
aura. Concentration will still provide a slightly greater damage boost,
however Fanaticism offers increased damage, increased attack speed, and
improved attack rating.
- Battle Orders, when cried in town, has no effect on the player's hireling.
It must be re-cried out of town for the hireling to get the benefit.
- There is a know bug with % chance to cast spells on items in
single-player.
The spell graphic displays but the spell itself has no effect on monsters.
A fixed D2Game.dll has been posted to the Gemstone website at
http://www.ghostwryter.com/gemstone.
- % chance to cast skills on weapons are not activated by the Barbarian's
Whirlwind attack (by design, no fix available).


////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Release History

Ver. 1.5 04/18/2003
-------------------
- 40 new unique items added
- 5 new sets added
- 3 new rune word added
- Added 40% Pierce to Windshear
- Increased Wedjet's Venom poison damage to 500 over 10 seconds
- Improved the effectiveness of Poison Dagger
- Improved the effectiveness of Skell Mastry
- Bone Spirit, Bone Spear do 50% source damage
- Improved damage and durability of the Necro's Skells and Skell Mages
- Doubled the damage of all Druid Elemental skill tree skills
- Doubled the duration of Poison Dagger
- Doubled the duration of Poison Nova
- Doubled the cold duration of Hurricane
- Doubled the effectiveness of Cyclone Armor
- Twister does 50% source damage
- Fanaticism radius increased to 15 squares, radius/lvl increase dropped
- Replaced chance to cast Bone Prison with chance to cast Teleport on Arm of
King Leoric
- Crafted elite class-specific items get +2-3 class skills (was +1-3)
- Fire/lightening absorb removed from Fleet rune word
- Changed base item names for Wirt's Revenge set
- Adjusted monster stat bonuses for Act Bosses and Ancients to a more
reasonable level
- Undead Fetish and Suicide Minion classes do not receive a HP bonus
- Izual does not receive any stat bonuses
- Added sockets to thrown weapons
- Doubled rune and Chance Stone drop rates
- Adjusted nodrop rates in Nightmare and Hell to match monster stat
increases
- Chance Stones can be used with charms
- The Act I bosses who drop starter items can drop up to 4 items when killed
- Corrected rune name in the unique socketing cube recipe
- Fixed a problem with Hell Griswold's always dropping the full Wirt's
Revenge
set
- Hireling name list modified to include accurate period names
- Updated the GAMEPLAY RECOMMENDATIONS section of the readme

Ver. 1.4 03/28/2003
---------------------
- 11 new unique items added
- 1 new set added
- Gem and charm cube reroll recipes added
- Sword + 3 chipped gems cube recipe now works for any weapon
- All normal monster elemental and physical resists capped at 75%
- Hell freeze duration reduction set to 50%
- Static Field hit point reduction capped at 25% in NM and 33% in Hell
- All predefined unique item level requirements removed
- Mana potions available from vendors
- Key, bolt, arrow, tome stack sizes increased
- Fanaticism radius increment per skill level added
- Monster stats readjusted for game balance
- Hell Griswold will drop pieces of the Wirt's Revenge set
- Fixed a problem with elite boots taking the "shield" socket attribute
- Fixed a problem with The Grandfather not dropping with max ED%
- Fixed a problem with uniques not dropping
- Additional fixes made to D2Game.dll
- Gemstone also distributed in Patch_D2.mpq format
- Readme reformatted

Ver. 1.3 03/16/2003
---------------------
- 2 new unique items added
- 2 new rune words added
- Monster stats adjusted for game balance
- Eliminated Nightmare and Hell death experience penalties
- Added Gemstone name and version to main game menu screen
- Added "The GemStone and "The Magestone" unique jewels
- Improved rare/set/unique drop rates
- Improved exceptional/elite drop rates
- Added sockets to gloves, belts, boots
- Jewels can be gambled
- Jewels can be crafted

Ver. 1.2.1 03/15/2003
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- Fixed an assertion error whenever a hireling was taken into a different
difficulty level
- Fixed a problem that caused the Hell difficulty Eastern Sorcerer
(Lightening) to repeatedly recast his Thunderstorm

Ver. 1.2 03/13/2003
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- Made additional skill adjustments
- Added Chance Stones and their associated cube recipes
- Adjusted Countess' drop probabilities
- Removed the level requirement from all normal uniques
- Added specific item drops to some of the Act 1 Normal super-unique
monsters
- Removed level 50 cap from crafting recipes

Ver. 1.1 03/07/2003
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- Made numerous adjustments to skills, mostly to boost performance of weaker
skills and improve playability
- Adjusted hireling skills
- Increased number of sockets on circlets
- Enabled "Lore," "Nadir," and "Radiance" rune words on circlets
- Added class-specific crafting recipes

Ver. 1.0 03/01/2003
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- Initial release


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// GAMEPLAY RECOMMENDATIONS

Here are some tips for playing Gemstone. There are a lot of changes in the
mod and the adjusted skills and new items open up possibilities that weren't
really viable in straight Diablo II.

1. Read through the SKILLS section before starting. No skills have been
nerfed
so all your favorite character builds will work at least as well if not
better in Gemstone. However many skills have been enhanced to open up some
builds that aren't nearly as playable in the unmodified version. Here are
just
a few to think about:

- Elemental Druid (boosted elemental damage)
- Poison Necro (boosted poison damage, custom set)
- Ribcracker Druid (check out Ribcracker's big brother, Skullbasher)
- Plague Zon (no cast delays on Plague Javelin)
- Martial Arts Assassin (check out the new unique claws)
- Blade Fury Assassin (kicks some serious ass with a high damage claw)
- "Beekeeper" Sorceress (boost to Charged Bolt)
- Hammerdin (Concentration once again applies 100% to Ble...(message truncated)