Alpha 0.0.31: Magic, Sorcerer Class & Voiced NPCs

Alpha 0.0.31

Type	Game update
Released	24 September 2026
Version	0.0.31
Previous	Alpha 0.0.30a
Next	Alpha 0.0.31a
Patch notes	All updates

Alpha 0.0.31 is a game update released on 24 September 2026. This patch adds the Sorcerer class with two bloodlines, magic equipment for every class, voiced NPCs and promises, with fixes to bartering and job rewards.

Magic & the Sorcerer

This patch introduces the magic system with a focus on Evocation spells, with more schools of magic, classes and other magic items coming in future patches.

The Sorcerer

• Sorcerer: A new playable class with area attacks and crowd control, using Charisma to cast spells.
• Choose the Solstice or Arcanist bloodline when you reach level 1 after the intro.

Solstice Bloodline

• Solstice: Combines Fire and Frost, with spells that burn, chill and freeze enemies.
• Elemental Confluence: Fire spells gain 25% of their damage as extra Frost damage, and Frost spells gain 25% as extra Fire damage.
• Kindling Chill: Enemies affected by your Chilled or Brittle spread your Burning, Scorched and Living Bomb to nearby foes.
• Thermal Shock: Frost spell hits consume your Burning to deal its remaining damage immediately, while Fire spell hits consume your Chilled or Brittle for extra Frost damage.

Arcanist Bloodline

• Arcanist: Uses Arcane magic and telekinesis to attack enemies and lift, carry or hurl objects.
• Telekinesis: Hurl a loose object in reach at a foe for Force damage plus the object's own, pull a loose item into your bag or move a fixture within reach. Objects up to large, and never anything a character holds or wears.
• Infusion: Combine a spell with compatible Arcane or kinetic magic to deliver both in one cast at reduced damage.
• Distant Touch: Deliver touch spells at range through Infusion.
• Spell Conduit: Kinetic projectiles chain between enemies and release their infused spell on each hit.
• Overchannel: Spend health and a bonus action to increase the damage of an Arcane or kinetic spell.

Casting Magic

• Describe the magic you want to attempt, and the game matches it to a spell you know and can cast.
• Firebolt can take the form of a flaming spear or another shape of flame, while keeping its damage, range and single target.
• Browse, learn and cast spells from the Abilities tab, with a confirmation showing the targets, effects and cost before you cast.
• Classes without spellcasting cannot learn spells on their own, but can cast spells granted by caster equipment.

Magic Equipment & Enchanters

• Magic equipment: Added wands and staves and foci that grant spells.
• Wield a wand in either hand, pair one with an offhand focus, or use a staff in both hands.
• Companions cannot learn spells from the player spell list, but can cast spells granted by wands, staves and foci you give them.
• Spellcasting companions also have unique spells outside the player spell list.
• Enchanters: Several existing NPCs who use magic now sell magical goods as enchanters.
• Craft and temper wands, staves and foci with Arcana, though crafted pieces do not grant spells.
• Enchanting crafted caster weapons with custom spells will arrive in a future update.

See Affixes for equipment modifiers and their tiers.

Voiced NPCs

• Voiced NPCs: NPCs and companions now speak in distinct voices.
• Speech highlighting: Narration and dialogue are highlighted during playback by default.
• NPC voices only: Added an option to play NPC voices without the Narrator.
• Tap a character's portrait in chat to replay their dialogue.
• Narration playback now supports 0.75x, 1x, 1.25x and 1.50x speeds.
• Let us know if a voice does not fit a character by right-clicking the character and reporting it.

Lite Membership

Lite is a smaller monthly plan for players who want to try more of the game without committing to Premium or Max.

• Lite membership: US$9.99 per month with 400 monthly credits, plus up to 100 more each month from free daily claims.
• You can upgrade from Lite to Premium or Max at any time.

Promises & Paid Work

• Promises: Job rewards and paid services now have cards showing who owes the payment.
• Promises now show when they are kept, broken or released.

Shop Theft

• Shop theft: Steal displayed goods with a Thieving check.
• Getting caught raises the merchant's suspicion, increasing prices and eventually closing the shop to you.
• Suspicion fades over days of game time.

General Improvements

• Turns now process faster after improvements to how the Narrator generates responses.
• The Abilities tab replaces the Quest tab, with quests coming in a future patch.
• Arcane Scholarship: A new background with a starting focus that grants Minor Illusion when wielded.
• Alchemical Research: A new background with alchemy supplies, a healing potion and an antidote.
• Feat descriptions now state their effects, activation requirements and how they improve.
• The companion pack now lets you give and take gold.
• Crafting confirmations now show the required check before you roll.
• Weapon cards now show base critical chance, and Knights can see each shield's block chance.
• Damage breakdowns now show each source of damage and the target's defenses.
• Dice rolls and skill gains now show the character experience they award.
• Reduced sudden volume changes between music tracks, sound effects and narration.
• Character creation drafts: Your unfinished character creation is now saved and can be resumed on the same device.

Balance Changes

• The Crown of Black Ice's aura now reduces enemy evasion by 100 instead of 200 and increases damage taken by 15% instead of 20%.
• The Held Sun replaces its 20% added Fire damage with Sunflare, giving spell hits a 40% chance and melee hits a 20% chance to deal 50% extra Fire damage and apply Scorched.
• The Held Sun now grants the spell Fire of the Drowned Sun, usable twice per long rest to damage nearby enemies and blind those who fail their save.
• Daybreak now grants Blunt damage and Sundown now grants Dark damage, replacing their attribute bonuses and penalties.
• Sanction's attribute bonuses and penalties have been replaced with a Blinding strike.
• Critical crafting successes now raise the finished item's level by one.
• A failed crafting check consumes no materials, while a critical failure has a 50% chance to destroy one material.
• Shops in high-level settlements now stock more equipment near your party's level.
• Worn item effects that trigger on a hit now also trigger on spell hits.
• Cooked meals now provide more nourishment at camp than raw food, and drinks contribute less than food.
• Agreed trade prices can now reach 50% above fair value, up from 30%.
• Asking your patron for an omen now requires an easier check than asking for divine intervention.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where crafting consumed gear you had only mentioned instead of the intended materials.
• Fixed a bug where improving worn gear removed it from your inventory and left it on the ground.
• Fixed a bug where asking to repair worn gear repeatedly offered to improve it or craft a replacement.
• Fixed a bug where activating reusable items destroyed them.
• Fixed a bug where commissioned tempering hid the maker's fee or failed without explaining that you could not afford it.
• Fixed a bug where replacing an affix with itself spent a temper and reagent without changing the item.
• Fixed a bug where crafting several items omitted a product or used the wrong ingredients.
• Fixed a bug where gear left on an old corpse could not be recovered.
• Fixed a bug where companions lost gold you gave them.
• Fixed a bug where giving an equipped stack to a companion transferred only one item and destroyed the rest.
• Fixed a bug where picking up your own item was treated as a trade and made it disappear.
• Fixed a bug where winning a Bartering check could lower a merchant's offer when selling goods.
• Fixed a bug where an agreed price for selling a bundle applied to only one item.
• Fixed a bug where merchants took all your offered goods despite having too little gold to pay for them.
• Fixed a bug where gold handed over by an NPC appeared twice and paid double.
• Fixed a bug where a job reward was paid even though you had not handed over the required goods.
• Fixed a bug where receiving part of a job reward in advance prevented you from collecting the rest.
• Fixed a bug where a refused bribe still took your gold.
• Fixed a bug where paying for a repair ordered a replacement item instead.
• Fixed a bug where Know a Guy failed to add restricted goods to a merchant's stock.
• Fixed a bug where Window Shopping and other shop feats used the wrong merchant.
• Fixed a bug where black-market fences stocked village goods in cities.
• Fixed a bug where goods sold to a merchant companion could be taken back from their pack for free.
• Fixed a bug where successfully pickpocketing gold yielded nothing while the target still had coins.
• Fixed a bug where using a material on a creature gave it the material instead of applying its effect.
• Fixed a bug where Exsanguinate and effects that finish weakened enemies failed to trigger.
• Fixed a bug where Star of Judgment and the Shattered Drake-Scale Collar lost their passive effects.
• Fixed a bug where shields granted a different amount of armor from their displayed stats.
• Fixed a bug where holding a weapon in one hand prevented unarmed attacks or made a punch use the weapon's damage.
• Fixed a bug where activating an item's area damage effect dealt no damage to nearby enemies.
• Fixed a bug where a healing potion restored health twice.
• Fixed a bug where healing reported more health restored than you had lost.
• Fixed a bug where health displays stayed incorrect after damage or healing.
• Fixed a bug where Rage continued reducing damage after combat ended.
• Fixed a bug where companions and enemies attacked themselves instead of their intended target.
• Fixed a bug where tamed creatures in your party were described as enemies.
• Fixed a bug where kills caused by worn item effects left enemies alive.
• Fixed a bug where crafting, trading and harvesting granted skill experience but no character experience.
• Fixed a bug where companions became hostile when a Knight's Bastion protected them, when you threatened someone else or after a failed craft.
• Fixed a bug where NPCs and companions forgot plans agreed earlier in the conversation.
• Fixed a bug where companions commented on almost every action and repeatedly urged you to hurry.
• Fixed a bug where NPCs repeated the same phrases or paused after every word.
• Fixed a bug where the Narrator gave incorrect companion stats when asked.
• Fixed a bug where the Narrator dismissed items in your pack as invented.
• Fixed a bug where making a new promise erased an earlier one from the same character.
• Fixed a bug where asking a companion to return gear entrusted to them for safekeeping required a Thieving check.
• Fixed a bug where entering or moving through an interior left the party outside.
• Fixed a bug where leaving a location repeatedly failed behind an invented barrier.
• Fixed a bug where directions to a distant place pointed to an unrelated character on another plane.
• Fixed a bug where attacking scenery displayed a notice claiming the target was not there.
• Fixed a bug where slain bosses reappeared in descriptions of cleared locations or showed as living creatures on the map.
• Fixed a bug where escorted characters stayed behind while the story described them travelling with you.
• Fixed a bug where harvesting a body you had already looted was refused.
• Fixed a bug where finding equipment after a successful check failed because you already carried a similar item.
• Fixed a bug where jobs ended after partial progress or starting one job erased another.
• Fixed a bug where time continued advancing by hours after a long rest or wait.
• Fixed a bug where recovering from wounds during a long rest left you short of full health.
• Fixed a bug where a camp meal replaced a stronger food bonus or Campfire Chef's bonus.
• Fixed a bug where an inn room's rest risk included hazards from the terrain outside.
• Fixed a bug where the Narrator said resting before the long rest cooldown ended would provide no recovery.
• Fixed a bug where long campaigns stalled, lost actions or reported that the realm was at capacity.
• Fixed a bug where the first turn after character creation stalled on an empty campaign screen.
• Fixed a bug where choosing a suggested alternative to an impossible action failed automatically without a roll.
• Fixed a bug where undoing an action started from the map or an action card also undid your preceding conversation.
• Fixed a bug where sending a message while another turn was running left the game stuck on the thinking indicator.
• Fixed a bug where item pictures disappeared after choosing a feat or attribute increase.
• Fixed a bug where the experience bar failed to update after levelling up.
• Fixed a bug where existing notifications were missing when you opened the game.
• Fixed a bug where claiming the Discord credit gift at zero credits still left you unable to send a message until you refreshed.
• Fixed a bug where typing an apostrophe on iPhone removed mentions from your message and moved the cursor.
• Fixed a bug where cancelled action cards disappeared from the chat.
• Fixed a bug where item cards displayed raw instructions, both outcomes of a roll or unreadable effect names.