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Epic Poems and the Torn Hordes await - welcome to Chapter XIII: Poetry In Motion!
The Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Beowulf, the Divine Comedy - as Scribes, the time has come to craft your own Epics!
Major Chapter XIII: Poetry In Motion brings a new game mode: Epic Poetry! In a single arena, battle to the bitter end against stanza after stanza of the Torn Hordes - all while enduring the interference of the Torn Lords!
Chapter XIII also brings Resound: an extendable 1-cost Spender Spell, Fortify: a new Orange Keyword, and many Pages of Power for your other favorite Inks and Spells!
As always, you can review the abridged Vellum timeline below - or see the full journey in game, Interlude Patches and all!
Epic Poetry - Vellum's New Horde Mode
Under dire scrutiny of Torn Lords, the Scribes repel the ill-borne hordes...
Face stanza after stanza of fearsome foes in Epic Poems! Pick your loadout, grab your fellow Scribes, and holdout on a single map for as long as you can. You'll earn Font Points to Purchase Pages of Power fluidly between different categories - but the tension ramps up as deadly and dastardly Binding Combinations activate, shifting the challenging tides of battle from wave to wave!
That's not the only challenge awaiting you; the Torn Lords won't be watching from the sidelines, they'll be interfering from afar, hoping to trip you up and throw off your poetical rhythm with dangerous (but rewarding) distractions!
Epic Poetry is perfect for players with an appetite for action-focused arcade-y play sessions. Dive right into the Vellum combat and build-making; fight and write your way to glory!
Seek to right these poetical wrongs, revel and dance to victorious songs!
Unlocked next to the game-start pedestal after mending Rivals, you'll be able to select your desired Arena and Difficulty for Epic Poetry - then set off and battle to your heart's content... or until your Ink runs dry! You'll be offered an optional exit portal after vanquishing the 20th Stanza,but are free to continue further at no risk to your rewards.
We're launching with 4 maps available at the start: Ritual, Threshold, The Forum, Crossroads, and will be adding more in the future.
Face the Epic Poems on Folklore, Chronicle, and Mythos difficulties to gain additional Quillmarks. Additionally, you'll be able to unlock new cosmetics for fighting through a cumulative total of Stanzas!
Resound - Bells, Bells, Bells
If music be the bane of Torn, play on!
Tune up and tune in for the newest spender spell to echo through the Tomes - RESOUND!
Throw down a bell, then make it ring across the fields of battle to overwhelm your foes with the power of music! Resound is a 1-cost spell with a unique behavior - your first cast will summon the Bell for a time, while subsequent casts will throw Piercing Notes to extend and re-ring the Bell!
You'll also damage any foe caught in the projectile's path - so watch your positioning AND your tempo!
New Pages and Keyword - Fortify
Admire the vast strength of a turret, and hope your foes dare not endure it!
We're introducing a new Keyword for Orange: Fortify! Fortify helps define and extend the "be close to your Atlas" state further than before! While you're close enough to your Atlas, you'll become Fortified and see a new hovering
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