Witchery

0.19.0

NEW: New boss, Lord of Torment, summoned using a Torment Scroll obtained from an Imp.
NEW: Flame Imp. Small but intelligent demon with which a contract may be made. A contracted imp may be used to exchange gifts or perform magical effects.
NEW: Feeding a Flame Imp a Demon Heart will cause it to become more powerful physically for a period of 30 minutes. When so enhanced the imp cannot perform imp magic. The effect can be removed with an Icy Needle.
NEW: Mystic Branch effect: Morsmordre. Summon a dark skull that floats in the air and causes nearby mobs to stay away from it. Ability is obtained by drinking a demon's soul obtained from an imp.
NEW: Mystic Branch effect: Carnosadiem. Damages the player to restore infused power. Will also add the damage as Life Points to a player who uses Blood Magic. Ability is obtained by drinking a demon's soul obtained from an imp.
NEW: Mystic Branch effect: Ignianima. Fires a projectile that damages the target and nearby creatures (small AOE). The projectile does more damage if the caster is lower on health. Ability is obtained by drinking a demon's soul obtained from an imp.
NEW: Mystic Branch effect: Tormentum. Causes the hit creature or player and those nearby (small AOE) eternal torment. Obtained by drinking a demon's soul obtained from a defeated Lord of Torment.
NEW: Imp Magic. A contract can be crafted representing a specific magical effect. This is then bound to a target creature with a Taglock Kit and finally given to an imp to perform the effect. The imp may refuse if it has not been given enough gifts.
NEW: Imp Magic: Living Flame. Summons a blaze to attack the target of the spell in the same dimension.
NEW: Imp Magic: Evaporation. Causes the victim to evaporate nearby water for a time or until cured with an Icy Heart or death.
NEW: Imp Magic: Fiery Tolerance. Causes the target to become immune to fire for a long period of time.
NEW: Imp Magic: Fiery Touch. Causes the victim to occasionally start fires when interacting with things.  Lasts for a time or until cured with an Icy Heart or death.
NEW: Imp Magic: Melting Touch. Causes the target to automatically smelt blocks when harvesting them. Has a chance to double ores too.  Lasts for a time or until cured with an Icy Heart or death.
NEW: Torment. Not a nice place.
TWEAK: The Mystic Branch effect Episkey now is an instant heal for the caster, but causes hunger.
TWEAK: Brazier can now be ignited with a redstone pulse.
TWEAK: Brazier can now be ignited when struck with the Mystic Branch Incendio effect.
TWEAK: Bloodied Wicker Man can no be ignited with the Mystic Branch Incendio effect.
TWEAK (1.7.2 only): Improve Wispy Cotton spawn rate in Biome o'plenty biomes.
TWEAK: Added some more sanity checks to transitioning from the Spirit World to attempt recovery in the event of extreme conditions such as out-of-memory and so on.
TWEAK: Coven Witches can be added to a fetish as a group so all are included.
TWEAK: Reduced the chance of a witch's hand dropping to a 33% (or 50% with an Arthana in 1.7.2 and 95% in 1.6.4) chance when a witch or coven witch is killed (witches are far more common in 1.7.2).
FIX: Using some witchery items (such as the Mystic Branch) were not clearing cached data when the item was dropped (or changed) while being used (use button pressed).
FIX: Changes in FML after forge build 1060 are resulting in "Duplicate block prefix" warning. These are now resolved.
FIX (1.7.2 only): Abandoned shacks have planks instead of logs in some places.
FIX: An invalid cast exception could occur if a leech chest is placed near a chest-like block from another mod.
FIX (1.7.2 only): Replaced networking code to new methods in Forge build 1104.
FIX: Rite of Shifting Seasons foci now correcly expects tall grass instead of a shrub (grr meta).
FIX: When wearing speed enhancing footwear from mods such as Thaumcraft, the speed bonus when using the Mystic Branch results in extreme acceleration for the player. This is an incompatibility between the speed bonus mechanism from witchery and that used by thaumcraft/tinkerers construct and not a bug per se.