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The grandiose ruler of Ylva's pantheon, Itzpalt nevertheless gives credit where it's due. | The grandiose ruler of Ylva's pantheon, Itzpalt nevertheless gives credit where it's due. | ||
Worship of Itzpalt is focused on pure caster archetypes; while hybrid character archetypes like warmage can also benefit from his bonuses, Horome may be better suited to their needs. With bonuses to magic, meditation, and fire, ice and lightning resistances, Itzpalt is focused on increasing your MP pool and elemental resistances. Compared to Elona, his resistance boosts are now considerably more attractive with how resistances work now; it's possible to eventually become completely immune to fire, ice and lightning damage at 20 resistance each. This is compounded by there being fewer equipment slots to go around, so innate protection against these damage types is a considerably more attractive choice now. | Worship of Itzpalt is focused on pure caster archetypes; while hybrid character archetypes like warmage can also benefit from his bonuses, [[Elin:Horome of Moonshadow|'''Horome''']] may be better suited to their needs. With bonuses to magic, meditation, and fire, ice and lightning resistances, Itzpalt is focused on increasing your MP pool and elemental resistances. Compared to Elona, his resistance boosts are now considerably more attractive with how resistances work now; it's possible to eventually become completely immune to fire, ice and lightning damage at 20 resistance each. This is compounded by there being fewer equipment slots to go around, so innate protection against these damage types is a considerably more attractive choice now. | ||
With prayer now costing no piety and death protection costing stamina to activate, absorb stamina is less attractive, but it's always good to have options. | With prayer now costing no piety and death protection costing stamina to activate, absorb stamina is less attractive, but it's always good to have options. | ||
The exile is the undisputed king of single-target magic damage amongst pets; while his dartcasting has been reduced from three darts in Elona to two, both darts deal full damage. This means that there's no loss in damage from Elona, where the second and third darts only dealt half damage. An added bonus is that he's innately immune to nether, dark and magic damage, the first two of which appear often on undead enemies. | The exile is the undisputed king of single-target magic damage amongst pets; while his dartcasting has been reduced from three darts in Elona to two, both darts deal full damage. This means that there's no loss in damage from Elona, where the second and third darts only dealt half damage. An added bonus is that he's innately immune to nether, dark and magic damage, the first two of which appear often on undead enemies. | ||
The Elemental Staff provides fire, ice and lightning resistances and enhancing magic as a faction effect. While the bonus to elemental resistance may be redundant for the player, it is attractive to be able to give resistance to all of your friends and My Home's inhabitants. The magic-enhancing effect is a must-have enchantment for Izpalt followers, who are likely to be primarily magic attackers. The benefits that only the person who equips it can gain include increased mana, additional elemental damage, and the effect of activating elemental scars. Most notably, this weapon is a Force weapon that references magic, magic devices, and casting in its attacks. This allows even ineffective wizards to inflict high melee damage. | |||
Now that Itzpalt also accepts spellbooks and all polearms, not just staves as offerings, he's much easier to worship. Mages following Itzpalt do have to decide between actually reading potentially pricey spellbooks or sacrificing them to their god, though. | Now that Itzpalt also accepts spellbooks and all polearms, not just staves as offerings, he's much easier to worship. Mages following Itzpalt do have to decide between actually reading potentially pricey spellbooks or sacrificing them to their god, though. | ||