Lucius Virion-Elluin Elenasto was born to high nobility. He thought he knew what he was getting into when he joined the Heroes of Aerois, but then he met his first cow. Dreadful, evil creatures. Lucius is slowly coming out of his nobility shell as he continues to learn the true value of comradery, friendship, and a world without barriers.

Lucius has needed an update for a while now, and we're happy to finally dive in and modernize his design.

As an added surprise to this event, we've also made some small updates to how each of the other Heroes of Aerois Champions (Aila, Qillek, Sentry, and Nova) contributes stacks of Aerois Synergy!

Lets take a look at the new-and-improved Lucius Virion-Elluin Elenasto and the updates to his friends!

Lucius

Abilities

Passive Abilities

• Chromat Caster - Lucius alternates his attacks between two spells: Acid Splash and Ray of Frost.

Basic Attack

• Acid Splash (magic) - Lucius attacks a random enemy with Acid Splash, dealing damage. Prefers enemies not affected by acid.
• Ray of Frost (magic) - Lucius attacks the furthest enemy with Ray of Frost, dealing damage and also damaging all enemies along a line between him and the enemy.

Formation Abilities

• Arcane Chromat - Acid - Enemies damaged by Acid Splash gain one stack of Acid. Each stack of Acid causes the enemy to take 400% more damage from all of Lucius' subsequent attacks, stacking multiplicatively up to 10 times.
• Arcane Chromat - Cold - Enemies damaged by Ray of Frost are slowed by 50% for 10 seconds. Enemies slowed by this ability take 400% more damage from all of Lucius' attacks for each slow, stun, or root affecting them (stacking multiplicatively), including this slow.
• Elemental Adept - When an enemy is affected by both of Lucius' Arcane Chromat abilities at the same time they are stunned for 3 seconds. When the stun expires they "explode" with acid and ice, applying one stack of Acid and dealing 10 seconds of BUD-based damage to themselves and all enemies in a small radius. The exploding enemy's Arcane Chromat - Cold debuff is then consumed.
• Aerois Synergy - Lucius contributes 2 stacks to Aerois Synergy every time Elemental Adept is triggered; if a boss enemy is combo'd it adds an additional 8 stacks (10 total). Lucius' maximum number of stacks is 200 plus the highest area completed in the current run divided by 5 (rounded down). 10% of his contributed stacks are removed when changing areas. Lucius' base damage is increased by 50% times the total number of Aerois Synergy stacks, with this bonus doubling for every 100 total stacks.
• Armor Eating Acid - Enemies with segmented health lose 1 extra segment when Lucius damages them with his Acid Splash attack or Elemental Adept explosion.

Specializations

• Dichromancy - Lucius gains a Dichromancy stack every time the Elemental Adept ability triggers an explosion. Lucius' damage is increased by 100% for each Dichromancy stack he has, stacking multiplicatively up to 25 times. Stacks reset when changing areas.
• Corrosion Master - Lucius attacks twice with his Acid Splash before switching to Ray of Frost. Additionally, enemies affected by at least 2 stacks of Acid take 400% more damage from all of Lucius' attacks.
• Lingering Chill - Lucius attacks twice with his Ray of Frost before switching to Acid Splash. When an enemy explodes and loses their Arcane Chromat - Cold debuff, they gain a Lingering Chill debuff which slows them by 25% and lasts for 20 seconds. Additionally, enemies affected by at least 2 slow effects take 400% more damage from all of Lucius' attacks.

Ultimate Ability

• Prismatic Spray (magic) - Eight multi-coloured rays flash from Lucius' hand in a cone shape. Each enemy in the cone takes acid/cold damage and receives both the Arcane Chromat - Acid and Arcane Chromat - Cold effects (causing them to freeze and then explode in several seconds due to Elemental Adept).

Equipment

Feats

Additional Champion Updates!

As part of the exciting updates for Lucius above, we've updated his Aerois Synergy ability so that the Aerois Synergy pool only loses 10% of Lucius' contributed stacks when changing areas. Based on how that played, we decided to make the same change to the Aerois Synergy abilities for Aila, Qillek, Sentry, and Nova. With the update to Lucius on April 8th, the shared Aerois Synergy pool will only loose 10% of each of the Heroes of Aerois' contributed stacks instead of 50% when changing areas!

Aila

Aerois Synergy — Aila contributes one stack to Aerois Synergy every time any Champion attacks an Electrified enemy. Their maximum number of stacks is 200 plus the highest area completed in the current run divided by 5 (rounded down). 50% 10% of her contributed stacks are removed when changing areas. Electrified enemies take additional damage equal to 10% times the total number of Aerois Synergy stacks.

Qillek

Aerois Synergy — Qillek contributes one stack to Aerois Synergy per second. Their maximum number of stacks is 200 plus the highest area completed in the current run divided by 5 (rounded down). 50% 10% of his contributed stacks are removed when changing areas. Bless is increased by 25% times the total number of Aerois Synergy stacks.

Sentry

Aerois Synergy — Sentry contributes one stack to Aerois Synergy every time an enemy spawns, and for each second a boss has been alive. Their maximum number of stacks is 200 plus the highest area completed in the current run divided by 5 (rounded down). 50% 10% of her contributed stacks are removed when changing areas. Guardian of Solwynn is increased by 10% times the total number of Aerois Synergy stacks.

Nova

Aerois Synergy — Nova contributes one stack to Aerois Synergy every time an enemy is stunned, rooted, or slowed. Their maximum number of stacks is 200 plus the highest area completed in the current run divided by 5 (rounded down). 50% 10% of her contributed stacks are removed when changing areas. The Crew is increased by 20% times the total number of Aerois Synergy stacks.

Lucius Feedback

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Excitable, friendly, and insatiably curious, Tasslehoff Burrfoot is a kender of no small renown. Tas is the beating heart of the Heroes of the Lance, and his knack for 'borrowing' somehow manages to solve more problems than it causes. While Tas may not see himself as a hero, he is fearless in the face of Krynn's greatest dangers, and he always comes to the aid of his friends.

Tasslehoff Burrfoot is a Support and Speed Champion who buffs Champions in one of the back three columns of the player's choice. His diversionary nature strengthens that column at the cost of positional formation abilities next to him, and his wanderlust further increases his support as the party remains in an area. Finally, his habit to borrow items speeds up progression in areas with quest items.

To learn everything you need to know about this kender rogue with a god as his best friend, read on!

Tasslehoff

Abilities

Basic Attack

• Hoopak (ranged) - Tasslehoff fires a stone at the closest enemy, dealing one hit.

Passive Abilities

• Fearless - Tasslehoff is immune to being Stunned.

Formation Abilities

• Diversion - Tasslehoff prevents any Champion-sourced non-healing positional formation abilities from targeting his slot or adjacent slots. For each prevented ability per slot, he gains a Diversion stack. Tasslehoff increases the effect of his Map Collector specialization by 10% for each Diversion stack, stacking multiplicatively.
• Borrower - Each time the party completes an area, Tasslehoff somehow comes into possession of some future quest items, setting his Found Item stacks to 7. When Tasslehoff attacks an enemy that can drop quest items, there is a 10% chance he spends a Found Item stack and adds a quest item to the party's quest progress.
• Wanderlust - Tasslehoff grows impatient if he remains in the same area for a long time. Tasslehoff increases the effect of his Map Collector specialization by 100% for every 10 seconds the party is in an area, stacking multiplicatively up to 12 times and resetting when changing areas.

Specializations A

• Map Collector: Pre-Cataclysm - Tasslehoff increases the damage of Champions in the rear-most column by 100%.
• Map Collector: Time of Darkness - Tasslehoff increases the damage of Champions in the second to rear-most column by 100%
• Map Collector: War of the Lance - Tasslehoff increases the damage of Champions in the third to rear-most column by 100%

Specializations B

• Small Friends - Tasslehoff increases the effect of his Map Collector specialization by 100% for each dwarf, fairy, gnome, goblin, halfling, kender, kobold, and/or plasmoid Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
• Fast Friends - Tasslehoff increases the effect of his Map Collector specialization by 100% for each Speed Champion and/or Champion with a Dexterity of 16 or higher in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
• Old Friends - Tasslehoff increases the effect of his Map Collector specialization by 100% for each Hero of the Lance and Champions that are 38 years and older in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

• I'm Not the Hero (magic) - Tasslehoff encourages the next Champion to use their ultimate to deal 400% more damage with that ultimate.

Equipment

Feats

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A former member of the Dripping Fang clan, Deekin was once a Skald for a White Dragon named Tymofarrar. Once he was released from Tymofarrar's service, he set out to become the most amazing storyteller in all of Faerûn. He yearns to sing and tell stories of heroic deeds, but his songs often devolve into 'tales' of the doom that is coming to him or his companions.

The Story of Doom continues for Deekin Scalesinger.

The kobold whose life was doomed to fail has received a significant rework, modernizing his design, tweaking the numbers, and introducing some new abilities. It's time to take the Story of Doom to even greater heights!

Learn about the Deekin Champion Update below!

Deekin

Abilities

Basic Attack

• Building Suspense (ranged) - Deekin takes aim with his crossbow and fires at a random enemy.

Formation Abilities

• Story of Doom - Deekin gains a Doom stack every 1.5 seconds, to a max of 20 stacks. Champions adjacent to Deekin do 10% more damage per Doom stack, stacking multiplicatively. Each enemy killed reduces the current Doom stacks by 20%.
• Confidence in The Boss - When Deekin has 5 or fewer stacks of Story of Doom, he causes enemies to spawn 100% faster.
• Boss Wants Speed - Deekin's Confidence in the Boss ability is increased by 20% for each familiar you have assigned to attacking enemies, stacking multiplicatively.
• Current Heroic Saga - When you complete an area with Deekin in the formation, he sets his Current Events stacks to the area number. The effect of Story of Doom is increased by 2.5% for each Current Events stack, stacking multiplicatively.
• Middle of the Action - Deekin increases the effect of Story of Doom by 100% for each Champion he is adjacent to, stacking multiplicatively. Hew Maan counts as three Champions for this ability.

Specializations

• Unorthodox Stories - Deekin increases the damage of Story of Doom by 100% for each Champion in the formation that is not a Standard Species, stacking multiplicatively. Standard species are Aasimar, Dragonborn, Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Goliath, Halfling, Human, Orc, Tiefling, Half-Orc, and Half-Elf.
• DOOOOOM From Afar - Deekin increases the damage of Story of Doom by 150% for each Champion in the formation with a Ranged base attack, stacking multiplicatively.
• Troubadour Troupe - Deekin increases the effect of Story of Doom by 200% for each Bard in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

• DOOOOOOOM! (melee) - Deekin shouts DOOM as loud as he can, dealing massive damage and setting Story of Doom to max stacks for 30 seconds.

Equipment

Feats

Kobold Feedback

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Born frail yet gifted with an uncanny aptitude for magic, Raistlin Majere is the Sorcery to his older twin brother Caramon's Sword. The youngest wizard ever to attempt the Test of High Sorcery, Raistlin was forever changed, marked by white hair, golden skin, and hourglass eyes that see the accelerated passage of time. Together with his fellow Heroes of the Lance, Raistlin wields his formidable arcane talents against Takhisis, the Dragon Queen.

Raistlin is a DPS Champion who excels when positioned away from the rest of the formation. His damage grows when positional formation abilities focus on just him and a small number of other Champions, and he'll periodically toss a fireball at the next area, resulting in enemies being softened up before the party arrives.

Raistlin Majere is the first Hero of the Lance to come to Idle Champions -- but he will not be the last! We've been privileged to get a chance to work with author Margaret Weis to bring Raistlin to life as he was at the beginning of Dragons of Autumn Twilight, just five years after he completed his Test of High Sorcery, when he and his brother Caramon met up with their friends at the Inn of the Last Home.

Learn about Krynn's greatest mage below!

Raistlin

Abilities

Basic Attack

• Magic Missile (magic) - Raistlin fires a number of magic missiles at the toughest enemies.

Formation Abilities

• Prodigy of High Sorcery - Raistlin increases his damage by 100% for each Champion that is not adjacent to him, stacking multiplicatively.
• Savant - For each positional formation ability affecting Raistlin, he gains Intensity stacks based on how few other Champions are also affected by the same ability. He gains one stack if there are three other Champions affected, two if there are two other Champions affected, three if there is only one other Champion affected, and four if Raistlin is the only Champion affected. The effect of Prodigy of High Sorcery is increased by 100% for each Intensity stack Raistlin has, stacking multiplicatively.
• Debilitating Magic - When Raistlin attacks and is at or above 90% of his max health, he takes 1% of his max health as damage but deals 400% more damage with his attack.
• Herbalism - Other Champions' healing effects on Raistlin are reduced by 50%. Whenever any other Champion in the formation uses an ultimate attack, Raistlin drinks a cup of tea after his next attack, healing himself for 2% of his max health for each ultimate that was used, stacking additively.
• Flames of High Sorcery - While fighting in an area with an incomplete quest, Raistlin casts Fireball at enemies in the next area after every fourth attack. This causes those enemies to spawn with missing health equal to 10% of their max health, stacking additively up to five times.

Specializations

• Heroic Mage - Raistlin increases the effect of Prodigy of High Sorcery by 125% for each Good Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
• Reclusive Mage - Raistlin increases the effect of Prodigy of High Sorcery by 125% for each Champion in the formation with a Melee or Ranged base attack, stacking multiplicatively.
• War Mage - Raistlin increases the effect of Prodigy of High Sorcery by 300% for each Tanking Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

• Raistlin's Wheel of Flame (magic) - Raistlin envelops enemies with a deadly ring of fire, dealing one ultimate hit every second to enemies in the area.

Equipment

Feats

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"This copper, draconic gentleman claims to know more than one hundred different dragons. Chromatic, metallic -- just tons and tons of dragons -- I'm hoping we can leverage some of these connections in our dealings. None of the dragons I've contacted have gotten back to me, but they're probably just very busy right now. This is one of of the busiest times for dragons... or so I've been told by my new best friend, Donaar Blit'zen."

A somewhat goofy and braggadocious dragonborn, Donaar Blit'zen was the second Champion to come out back in Year 2 of Idle Champions. He is long past due for a major rework, and today we'll talk about how we've modernized his design!

Read on to learn all about Donaar's rework!

Donaar

Abilities

Basic Attack

• Command (magic) - Donaar casts a random command. His commands target one enemy and deal a small amount of psychic damage in addition to their effect (see the passive Command ability for details).

Passive Abilities

• Command Word - Donaar attacks with the Command spell. The Command he chooses with each attack is randomly picked from the following options:
  - Hold: the target is stunned for 3 seconds
  - Duel: the target berserks, moving 50% faster and attacking twice as often, but dealing 90% less damage
  - Cower: the target now has a 50% chance to miss on any attack it makes and takes 200% extra damage
  - Droppit: the target drops 200% more gold when it dies
  All Commands last until the target dies, unless otherwise noted.

Formation Abilities

• Aura of Vitality - Every second, Donaar heals the champion who has lost the most health for 5 health over 10 seconds (1 immediate tick + 10 more ticks each second thereafter). If he targets a champion who already has this effect, it refreshes the duration to 10 seconds, but doesn't immediately tick again.
• Lead By Example - Donaar increases the damage of Champions in the same column and the column(s) behind him by 100%.
• Decisionist's Extra Vote - When Donaar is in the formation, most abilities that involve stacks are granted 1 extra stack.
• Commanding Presence - Enemies affected by one of Donaar's Command Word spells take an additional 100% damage while they are affected by it.

Specializations A

• Not So Straightforward - Increases the effect of Lead By Example by 100% for each Chaotic Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
• Scales and Horns - Increases the effect of Lead By Example by 125% for each Dragonborn or Tiefling Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
• Business Partners - Increases the effect of Lead By Example by 150% for each C-Team or Acquisitions Incorporated affiliated Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

Specializations B

• Command: Hold - Donaar casts Command: Hold twice as often with his base attack, and increases the duration of the stun by 2 seconds.
• Command: Duel - Donaar casts Command: Duel twice as often with his base attack, and the speed of enemies Donaar berserks is increased by 100%.
• Command: Cower - Donaar casts Command: Cower twice as often with his base attack, and the bonus damage taken by cowering targets is increased by 100%.
• Command: Droppit - Donaar casts Command: Droppit twice as often with his base attack, and the extra gold dropped is increased by 100%.

Ultimate Ability

• Acid Vomit (melee) - Donaar attacks the nearest enemies with his comically oversized sword, then vomits acid in a puddle which deals damage to enemies who walk through it.

Equipment

Feats

Decisionist Feedback

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Kyre

An unnamed child was born to Damaran refugees fleeing the fall of Bloodstone City at the hands of the Warlock Knights of Vaasa, and orphaned when their parents succumbed to a lingering curse. Taken in by wandering elven monks of Sune, the child grew up in the Waterdhavian Monastery of the Sun, surrounded by compassion, discipline, and the pure light of unconditional love. They excelled in body, mind, and spirit, finding peace in exercise, meditation, and crafts, yet always yearned for more - to someday go beyond the monastery walls. Upon coming of age, Kyre chose their own name and at last set out on a pilgrimage across Faerûn to bring light to the dark places where it's needed most.

Kyre is a Support and Control Champion whose Radiant Soul ability increases the damage of adjacent Champions. This Sun Soul Monk can stun enemies, gains power as those enemies are attacked, and helps allies score devastating critical hits.

To learn more about this unique new Champion, read on!

Abilities

Basic Attack

• Radiant Sun Bolt (magic) - Kyre attacks the enemy with the most remaining health with a searing bolt of magical radiance, dealing 1 hit.

Formation Abilities

• Radiant Soul - Kyre increases the damage of all Champions adjacent to them by 400%.
• Stunning Strike - Kyre's normal attacks have a 100% chance to stun their target(s) for 10 seconds. This chance is multiplicatively reduced by 25% each time they stun an enemy with this ability, but resets back to full when changing areas.
• Invigorating Radiance - Each time any Champion in the formation attacks a stunned enemy, Kyre gains a Radiance stack. Kyre increases the effect of Radiant Soul by 50% for each Radiance stack, stacking multiplicatively up to 25 stacks and resetting when changing areas.
• Flawless Strike - Champions that attack a stunned enemy have a 100% additively increased chance to critically hit that enemy and deal 400% more critical damage.

Specializations

• Complete Control - Increases the effect of Radiant Soul by 300% for each Champion in the formation with the Control role, stacking multiplicatively.
• Faster Than Light - Increases the effect of Radiant Soul by 300% for each Champion with a Dexterity of 16 or higher in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
• Pure of Soul - Increases the effect of Radiant Soul by 300% for each Good Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively. In addition, Champions adjacent to Kyre gain the Good tag. This does not affect their other alignment tags, and doesn't affect whether they are eligible for the adventure.

Ultimate Ability

• Searing Arc Strike (melee) - Kyre creates a wave of radiant light and fire, dealing 1 ultimate hit to enemies it envelopes.

Equipment

Feats

Kyre Feedback

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Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Zariel, Elminster (until January 14th, 2029)