Astrub Legacy

Update 1.0.70 · New class ·

ForgelanceThe 17th class · Update 1.0.70

The 17th playable class is here. Fight Armed up close, or throw your Immortal Lance onto the battlefield and strike around it from afar.

  • Armed or DisarmedFight with your Lance in hand, or plant it on the field.
  • A Lance that protectsAllies next to it take less damage.
  • Strike from afarSome spells hit around your Lance at any range.
Armed or DisarmedAll 22 spellsClass page

The new class

Heirs of the Original Lance

Forgelances fight Armed up close, or throw their Immortal Lance onto the battlefield and strike around it from afar. Lancer, Earth, Water, Fire and Air, playable from level 1.

Passive: Immortal Lance

  1. Armed

    You start every fight Armed: your Lance is in your hand. End your turn Armed and you are On Guard: 15% less damage until your next turn starts.

  2. Throw

    Your throw spells plant your Lance on the targeted cell once the damage is done, if the cell is free. It uses no summon slot, never plays a turn and has 25% of your maximum HP.

  3. Disarmed

    While your Lance stands you are Disarmed: your Armed-only spells are locked. You and your allies next to it take 7% less damage.

  4. Recall

    Recall the Lance with Epilogue and you are Armed again. If your Lance is killed, you are Armed again too.

The Immortal Lance

Armed or Disarmed

Everything the Forgelance does turns on one question: is the Lance in your hand, or standing on the battlefield?

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Throw: Epilogue and the throw spells plant the LanceRecall: Epilogue on the Lance or on yourself (its AP is given back)ArmedYou, Lance in handArmed-only spells unlockedEnd your turn Armed: On Guard15% less damage until your next turnDisarmed: your Lance stands on the fieldAnchored spellsYou: Armed-only spells lockedAlly: 7% less damageAura: you and your allies next to the Lance take 7% less damageVolleyed Return: within 1 cell of it, your Armed spells recall it firstIncendiary Lance+4 per Burning Estoc stack18-201st detonation26-292nd detonation41-453rd detonation
Throw spells plant the Lance and you become Disarmed. Allies next to it are protected, your anchored spells strike around it from any range, and Epilogue brings it back.

Your Lance on the field

  • Volleyed Return: within 1 cell of your Lance (in a straight line or diagonally) you count as Armed. Casting an Armed spell there first brings the Lance back to your hand, then the spell resolves as if you were Armed.
  • Aura: you and your allies standing next to your Lance (the 8 cells around it) take 7% less damage. Two Lances never add up.
  • The Lance blocks its cell and line of sight. Nobody can push, pull or carry it and it never travels through Eliotrope portals, but a swap can move it.
  • Monsters never target it: they walk around it and go for you and your allies.

Around the Lance

  • While Disarmed and away from your Lance, Collapse, Phalanx, Iron Prelude and Middle Earth can only target your Lance, at any range and without line of sight, and their area is centred on the Lance.
  • Epilogue while Disarmed: cast it on your Lance (at any range) or on yourself to recall the Lance; its AP is given back.

Incendiary Lance

  • Fire Lance and Maelstrom plant an Incendiary Lance on the enemies they hit. Planting a second one on the same enemy detonates the first: Fire damage that grows with each detonation (18-20, then 26-29, then 41-45), plus 4 for each of your Burning Estoc stacks.
  • An Incendiary Lance goes out after 3 of your turns.

The spell book

22 spells and a Dopple

You start with one attack per element and get Epilogue at level 3. Armed spells need the Lance in your hand; throw spells plant it. Select a spell to see all its ranks on the Classes page.

Level 1 One attack per element

  1. Level 1 · Earth · Collapse · Earth damage to the enemies in a square around the targeted cell, then attracts the fighters around it towards the centre. It never hits you.
  2. Level 1 · Water · Biting Trident · Armed. Water damage in a cone behind the target, then attracts the fighters in it 2 cells towards you.
  3. Level 1 · Fire · Burning Estoc · Armed. Fire damage in a cone behind the target and pushes them back 1 cell. Every enemy hit strengthens your Incendiary Lances.
  4. Level 1 · Air · Brass Volley · Armed. Air damage on the target and the cell on each side of it, and pushes them back 2 cells.

Levels 3 to 17 The Lance and the first throws

  1. Level 3 · Lance · Epilogue · Armed, throws your Lance onto a free cell at least 1 cell away. Disarmed, recalls it.
  2. Level 6 · Best element · Heroic Charge · You charge up to 4 cells towards the target; next to it, damage (Armed only) and a push. Cast on your Lance: you charge and recall it.
  3. Level 9 · Water · Lance of the Lake · Armed. Throws your Lance onto a free cell and hits the enemies around it.
  4. Level 13 · Earth · Slingshot · Armed, no line of sight. Throws your Lance onto a free cell and hits the enemies around it.
  5. Level 17 · Support · Phalanx · A shield on you and your allies within 2 cells for 2 turns; they also take less damage from pushes.

Levels 21 to 54 Fire, dashes and swaps

  1. Level 21 · Fire · Fire Lance · Armed. Damage and an Incendiary Lance on the enemy. On a free cell, or one the hit frees, your Lance lands there.
  2. Level 26 · Air · No Myr Javelin · Armed. Damage and pushes the target back 2 cells; if its cell is free afterwards, your Lance lands on it.
  3. Level 31 · Water · Balestra · You teleport next to the fighter, then to its other side; Water damage on the cells crossed (Armed only). On your Lance: you recall it first.
  4. Level 36 · Earth · Earthen Weakness · You swap places with the target; Earth damage when Armed. On your Lance: you swap and recall it.
  5. Level 42 · Best element · Kyrja · You teleport to a free cell in line; the enemies crossed lose HP to you (Armed only) and deal 10% less damage for 1 turn.
  6. Level 48 · Fire · Maelstrom · Armed. Your Lance lands on the cell and you dash towards it: Fire damage with an Incendiary Lance on every enemy hit.
  7. Level 54 · Support · Iron Prelude · The enemies within 2 cells of the target cell lose 1 turn on their effects; your allies there deal 40 to 80 more damage for 2 turns.

Levels 60 to 110 Mastery

  1. Level 60 · Air · Cyclone Lancer · Armed. Damage to every enemy on the line, your Lance lands on the cell, then the enemies are pushed back 3 cells against it.
  2. Level 70 · Support · Chivalry · Heals you and your allies within 2 cells and gives them 2 MP for 1 turn. Disarmed, it also recalls your Lance.
  3. Level 80 · Water · Jormun · Disarmed only. Your Lance jumps next to you and the enemies on the line take damage; on yourself, it hits around you and the Lance.
  4. Level 90 · Lance · Puncheon · Armed. Throws your Lance with twice the HP; it tackles, and neither it nor the fighters next to it can be moved while it stands.
  5. Level 100 · Earth · Middle Earth · Earth damage to the enemies around you and +12 to +20 damage for 2 turns per enemy hit (4 times at most).
  6. Level 110 · Best element · Eclipse · You become Disarmed without a Lance until your next turn, then Mani's Crescent or Sigel's Disc, depending on where you stand.

Level 200 The Forgelance Dopple

  1. Level 200 · Summon · Summoning of Forgelance Dopple · A Forgelance Dopple that fights with Collapse, Biting Trident, Burning Estoc and Brass Volley.

Getting started

Where your journey begins

Pick the Forgelance on the character creation screen. Your three colours change the hair and the beard, the clothes, and the fur trims and the pale streak in the hair, on the portrait and on your character alike.

Your own room in Incarnam

Your own room in Incarnam

New Forgelances start in their own room in Incarnam, under their statue.

The statue in Astrub

The statue in Astrub

The Forgelance statue stands at [-1,-16], on the plaza, and is marked on the world map and the minimap. The Ganymede in Incarnam takes you to it, and the statue sends you back to your room.

Temple and mounts

Temple and mounts

Forgelances follow the Iop temple. They ride Dragoturkeys like every other class, with their own mounted look.

The in-game Knowledge Base has a full Forgelance article, and the Classes page lists every spell with all its ranks.

Updates 1.0.69 and 1.0.70

Also in this update

The Forgelance arrives with a batch of improvements from the update just before it.

A dark interface

  • Open Options, then the General tab, and tick Dark interface (menus and windows). The switch is immediate and saved on this computer for every character.
  • Dark mode changes only the menus and windows; the map, monsters, characters and spell effects keep their colours. All text keeps a contrast of at least 4.5 to 1.

Drops and rewards

  • No monster drop is rarer than 1%: every drop whose base chance was below 1% now has a 1% base chance, still multiplied by your team's prospecting.
  • Trool Tokens drop from the Trools of the Eltneg Wood and the Tamed Trools of the Bwork Dungeon, and win level 100+ Polykrome ceremonial items.

Quality of life

  • Drag an ensemble onto the Itm. tab of the shortcut bar and equip it in one click.
  • Menus open faster.
  • Eliotrope portal fixes and crafting fixes.

Iop shields

  • Verdant Claymore: when it hits, you gain a shield equal to twice your level.
  • Cauterize (formerly Siphon Strike): you gain a shield equal to your level for each fighter it hits.

Questions

FAQ

Do I need to download the game again?

The launcher updates your client automatically the next time you open it. Nothing to reinstall.

Can I play a Forgelance right away?

Yes. The Forgelance is playable from level 1: pick it on the character creation screen. You start Armed with one attack per element and get Epilogue at level 3.

What happens if my Lance is killed?

You are Armed again: your Armed-only spells unlock.

Where can I read about every spell and rank?

On the Classes page, and in the Forgelance article of the in-game Knowledge Base.

Something looks wrong. Where do I report it?

Use the Bug button in the chat bar, or type .bug followed by your text in the chat. The more detail, the faster it gets fixed.

Ready to take up the Lance?

Open the launcher, let it update, and create your Forgelance.

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