Xaelion Additions 2.3.0-beta.1 — Thorin, Dwarf Lord of Copper

A new character joins the roster: Thorin, a powerful mortal dwarf lord who wields copper, earth, sand and grove magic. Like Seraveil and Zephyra, he is meant to be worn by one player for long stretches. He is not a god: the Divine Administration lists him as Mortal, and every one of his casts is checked by the server. Everything from 2.2.0 is kept.

Becoming Thorin

• The server owner or an administrator assigns him in the Divine Administration panel (Ctrl+G) or with /xaelion whitelist add <name> thorin.
• /thorin become plays a seven-second transformation: a rune circle, copper roots and a pillar of light. Your camera only moves if you allow it in the client config, and Backspace skips the cinematic.
• /thorin become instant skips the transformation, and /thorin revert ends the form.

His model

He is a fully animated dwarf with:

• a great braided beard, a circlet, a fur mantle over copper pauldrons, and an ancestral warhammer on his back
• hands with jointed fingers
• spring-driven beard, braids, hair, fur, cloth, pouch and deck holder
• over 30 gestures, plus walking, battle and deck stances

The Coins of Unlucc pouch hangs on his right hip and the Deck of Fortunes holder on his left.

The 20 permanent abilities

Open the wheel with Z and cast the chosen ability with R. Every key can be rebound.

The two ultimates play long sequences, each with an optional camera cutscene. The server setting ultimateCinematics shortens them to an instant strike that has the same effect.

Coins of Unlucc

He flips a coin. A two-second reveal spins through eight emblems on your screen (you can turn it off), and then he gains one of eight blessings for two minutes. The same blessing never comes twice in a row.

While a blessing lasts:

• his wheel is replaced by its three abilities plus Negate Fortune
• a medallion shows the blessing's countdown
• he gains a mild passive

Negate Fortune ends the blessing early. The coin's rest is set by the server (coinCooldownSeconds, 5 minutes by default) and is never refunded.

Deck of Fortunes

He draws the deck from its holder and fans a hand of cards (5 by default, set by handSize). Use V to pick the next card and R to play it. A played card is replaced from the deck. Shuffle the Deck deals a fresh hand, and casting the deck again dismisses it.

The 16 cards are:

• The Blade, The Tower, The Hourglass, The Wheel
• The Golem, The Mirror, The Bloom, The Chains
• The Storm, The Meteor, The Gate, The Jester
• The Crown, The Lantern, The Pact, and The Ruin (the deck's ultimate)

Summons

His boar, the spirits of his ancestors, the grove guardian and the card golem fight only monsters and whoever attacks him or his target. They are capped (summonCap, 6 by default), never saved to the world, and vanish when he reverts or logs out.

Safety

• All of his earth, sand and stone are effects: no blocks are ever placed or broken, and the world is never edited.
• Effects carry no saved state that could corrupt a world.
• Everything he does is decided by the server, and his state is saved with the player.
• In the panel, an administrator can restrict any of his abilities and see them on his wheel. disabledAbilities switches abilities off server-wide.

Commands

• /thorin become [instant] · /thorin revert · /thorin status · /thorin abilities
• /thorin cast <ability> · /thorin coin · /thorin deck · /thorin shuffle · /thorin negate · /thorin skip
• Admin only:
  • /thorin become <player> [cinematic] · /thorin revert <player> · /thorin status <player>
  • /thorin cooldowns reset · /thorin bless <blessing> [player]

Config

• Server:
  • affectPlayers, damageMultiplier, cooldownMultiplier, healMultiplier
  • maxAffectedEntities, handSize, coinCooldownSeconds, summonCap
  • ultimateCinematics, disabledAbilities
• Client:
  • cinematicCamera, abilityCutscenes, watchOthersCinematics, coinCinematic
  • reduceFlashes, screenShake, showHud, forceShaderSafeEffects, particles

Shaders

Every glow, particle and effect has a shader-pack-safe path for Iris and Oculus that switches on automatically.

Flashback: this version adds a new mod, new sounds and new network data, so recordings made with an earlier version will not replay correctly with it. Keep a copy of the version you recorded with if you want to watch old recordings.