Beyond Laws V4.2.0

Forge Version: 47.4.23

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Change Notes

Combat & Mob Changes

Mob Posture & Executions

• Humanoid mobs now have Posture.
  • Parrying attacks with the Parry Guard Skill deals Posture Damage.
  • Dealing damage to mobs also deals Posture Damage.
  • Once a mob's Posture is broken, get close and press your Weapon Innate Key to execute them.
  • Default Key: C

Wizard NPC Combat

• Wizard NPCs from the different Magic Mods now have Epic Fight movement.
  • This includes NPCs such as the Necromancer, Aqua Grandmaster, and other Magic-based NPCs.
  • Their movement now better matches the rest of the Epic Fight combat system instead of using normal Vanilla-style movement.

Aquatic Combat

• You can now attack in any direction while underwater.
  • Properly fight mobs and bosses above or below you while submerged.
  • Underwater combat is no longer restricted to mostly horizontal attacks.

Smarter Skeletons

• Skeletons using bows are now smarter during combat.
  • They will back away or run from you to create distance before shooting.

Mob Combat Balance

• Mobs affected by Epic Fight have been semi-rebalanced.
• Epic Fight mobs now have a Combo Cooldown.
  • No more endless M1 attack chains from mobs.
• Blocking against groups has also been rebalanced.
  • When multiple mobs attack you at once, the Stamina drain while blocking decreases based on how many mobs are attacking.

Stamina Changes

• Sprinting no longer consumes Stamina.
  • This was becoming unnecessary and annoying when fighting hordes or bosses.

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Skill Balance Changes

Guard

• Increased Stamina Cost Multiplier.

Parry

• Increased Stamina Cost Multiplier.
• Increased Parry Window.

Impact Guard

• Increased Stamina Cost Multiplier.
• Increased Damage Reduction to 50%.

Vengeful Parry

• Increased Stamina Cost.

Counter Attack

• Increased Stamina Cost Multiplier.

Perfect Bulwark

• Increased Stamina Cost.

Phantom Ascent

• Reduced extra jumps to 2.
• Increased Jump Height.

Demolition Leap

• Increased Stamina Cost.

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Skills, Clans & Progression

Usurper Arts

• Added new lore-based skills called Usurper Arts.
  • Designed specifically for fighting Magic Users.
  • Adds 7 Identity Skills.
  • Adds 4 Passive Skills.
  • Includes a new Usurper Skill Tree.
  • Requires killing at least 1 Boss.
  • Any boss counts.

Infernal Might Skill Tree

• Rearranged the Infernal Might Skill Tree to make its progression and layout better organized.

Quick Chant

• Quick Chant has been moved to the Battleborn Skill Tree.
  • Now requires Rapid Chant first.
  • No longer requires Natural Sprinter.

Clan Rework

• Clans now provide better buffs and can start with certain skills unlocked.

Unbound

• EXP Multiplier increased from 2× → 2.5×.
• Starting Ability Points increased from 10 → 15.

Vortyss

• Starts with:
  • Berserker
  • Adrenaline Fiend
  • Hyper Vitality

Dominexis

• Starts with all skills in the Acrobat Skill Tree unlocked.

Nullithar

• Unlocks the Usurper Skill Tree.
• Starts with Everflow Reaver.

Rothekar

• Stats increased by 30%.

Caeloryx

• Max Mana increased by 30%.
• Movement Cast Speed increased by 30%.

Category Leveling

• Starting EXP cost reduced from 3 → 1.
• Cost increases by 1 EXP Level per level.
  • Level 1 = 1 EXP Level
  • Level 2 = 2 EXP Levels
  • Level 3 = 3 EXP Levels
  • And so on.

Health Leveling

• Health gained from leveling reduced from 15 → 10.
• Maximum Heart Container uses increased from 5 → 10.

Passive Skill Icons

• Mana Increase and Stamina Increase now have improved icons.

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Magic Changes

Arcane Manifestation

• Added a new Legendary spell found within the Sovereign Manuscript called Arcane Manifestation.
• Arcane Manifestation allows the caster to turn their strongest School of Magic into a Domain.
• The spell is Eldritch by default, has 1 Spell Level, is cast instantly, and costs 300 Mana.
• The Domain you receive is determined by your highest effective School affinity.
  • School affinity begins at 100 Points by default.
  • School Spell Power also contributes toward your effective Domain Points.
  • Equipment that increases a School's Spell Power can influence which Domain you manifest.
• Normal Domain scaling uses up to 500 Points.
  • Domain Points can still go above 500 for certain mechanics such as Domain Overwrites.

Domain Scaling

• Domains start at a 10 Block Radius.
  • Gain +1 Block per completed 100 Points.
  • Maximum normal radius is 15 Blocks.
• Base Domain Duration is 60 Seconds.
  • Gain +6 Seconds per completed 50 Points.
  • Maximum normal duration is 120 Seconds.
• Effect Level increases by +1 per completed 100 Points.
• Physical Attack Damage increases by +0.5 per completed 50 Points.
  • Maximum bonus: +5 Damage.
• Mana Regeneration is increased while inside your Domain.
• Your selected School's Spell Power is also increased.
• Domain Damage respects normal Armor and Toughness.

Available Domains

• Fire: Throne of Cinders

• Ice: Court of Eternal Winters

• Lightning: Heaven's Thunder Tribunal

• Holy: Cathedral of Dawn

• Ender: Horizon Without Escape

• Blood: Crimson Communion

• Evocation: Dominion of Arcane Supremacy

• Nature: Garden of the First World

• Eldritch: Cathedral of the Forgotten

• Time: Court of Broken Time

• Shadow: Kingdom Without Dawn

• Unstable: Fractured Reality

• Geo: Throne Beneath Mountains

• Aqua: Palace of the Crushing Abyss

• Symmetry: Hall of Perfect Reflection

• Spirit: Court of the Departed

• Wind: Eye of the Eternal Tempest

• Fire Dragon: The Emberwyrm's Throne

• Ice Dragon: The Frostwyrm's Throne

• Cursed: The Unwritten Grave

• Sovereign does not have its own Domain.

Arcane Convergence — Domain Clashes

• When multiple compatible casters use Arcane Manifestation near each other, they can enter an Arcane Convergence.
• Domain colors compete across the shared arena.
  • Horizontal streaks move toward opposing Domains.
  • Expanding ripples clash against each other.
  • A losing caster's ripples become weaker and begin to fade.
  • The winning caster's color slowly takes over the Domain.
• There is no Clash HUD.

Player Clashes

• Every participating player loses 30 Mana per second.
• The last player with Mana remaining wins.
• If everyone loses their Mana at the same time, the Clash can end with no winner.
• The winner restores 50% of their Maximum Mana.
• Winning a Clash reduces the Domain's normal expiry cooldown to 15 Minutes.
• Losing casters receive heavy Slowness.

Mob Clashes

• Mob casters compare:
  • Current Health
  • Maximum Health
  • Armor
• Whoever wins the most categories wins.
• A tie causes the Clash to fail.

Boss Resistance Clashes

• Bosses without their own Domain can challenge the Domain through Boss Resistance.
• Boss Resistance uses:
  • Current Health
  • Base Armor
  • Base Attack Damage
• Boss Resistance Clashes last 10 Seconds.
• The Boss is unable to move or attack during the Clash.
• Winning gives the Domain its full effectiveness against that Boss.
• Losing causes the Domain's effects against that Boss to be 50% weaker.

Domain Overwrites

• Casting Arcane Manifestation inside another active Domain can start a Domain Overwrite.
• The challenger creates ripples that compete against the current Domain owner's ripples.
• The Overwrite struggle lasts 5 Seconds.
• The challenger must have more than 100 raw Domain Points above the current owner to successfully overwrite the Domain.
• Points above the normal 500 Point scaling cap still count toward Overwrites.

Successful Overwrite

• Keeps the Domain's:
  • Position
  • Radius
  • Fixed Scaling
  • Remaining Duration
• Changes:
  • Domain Owner
  • School
  • Effects
  • Targeting

Failed Overwrite

• Mana used to cast the spell is lost.
• Applies the full 30 Minute Cooldown.
• Applies Slowness I for 3 Seconds.
• Applies Weakness I for 3 Seconds.

Shadow Invade

• Added another new spell called Shadow Invade.
• Allows you to create a temporary passage through an active Domain barrier.
• Can be used from:
  • Outside the Domain
  • Inside the Domain
  • Domain Walls
  • Domain Roof
  • Domain Underside
• The passage stays open while the spell is being channeled.
• Anyone can walk through the opening.
• The passage closes when:
  • The spell is released.
  • The caster runs out of Mana.
  • The caster moves too far away.
• If the Domain Owner escapes through the Shadow Invade opening, their Domain ends.

Domain Barriers

• Domains completely surround the arena from:
  • Above
  • Around
  • Below
• The outside of the Domain is opaque black.
• The inside walls are heavily transparent.
• Closed Domains prevent entities and projectiles from simply crossing the barrier.
• Supported teleportation methods are also blocked.
• Allies are protected from the Domain owner's harmful effects but are still affected by the physical barrier.
• Supported protection includes:
  • Minecraft Teammates
  • Better Party Members
  • Pets
  • Owned Summons
• Passive mobs can still be targeted.
• A recognized Boss entering a Domain from outside can shatter the Domain.
• The Domain ends if:
  • The caster dies.
  • The caster leaves the arena.
  • The caster manually cancels it.

Domain Resistance & Immunity

• Players gain resistance to harmful Domain effects based on their Current Mana and Maximum Mana.
• Domain Resistance is capped at 75%.
• A separate Domain Immunity attribute exists.
  • At full immunity, an entity ignores Domain damage and debuffs.
  • Fully immune entities can also physically cross Domain barriers.
• Breaking through a Domain creates a temporary broken-glass style opening.
  • Player Domain breaches repair based on Domain Points.
  • Boss Domain breaches repair extremely quickly.

Boss Domains

Certain Bosses can manifest their own Domains.

• The Dead King

  • School: Cursed
  • Domain: Sepulcher of the Unwritten Crown

• Echo of Tyros

  • School: Fire
  • Domain: Citadel of the Immortal Pyre

• The Nightwarden

  • School: Shadow
  • Domain: Keep of the Moonless Watch

• Ignis

  • School: Fire
  • Domain: Burning Arena of the Azure Forge

• Maledictus

  • School: Spirit
  • Domain: Frostbound Court of Lost Souls

• Scylla

  • School: Lightning
  • Domain: Sunken Court of the Violet Tempest

• Umvuthi

  • School: Holy
  • Domain: Sacred Grove of the Unsetting Sun

• Magispeller

  • School: Evocation
  • Domain: Manor of Arcane Dominion

• Spiritcaller

  • School: Spirit
  • Domain: Haunted Sanctuary of the Departed

• Ghost of Captain Cornelia

  • School: Aqua
  • Domain: Frozen Sea of the Drowned Fleet

• Boss Domains have a default radius of 25 Blocks.

• Regular assigned Bosses activate their Domain once at 25% Health.

• The Dead King activates its Domain at 25% of its Enraged Phase Health Pool.

• Other supported Bosses use Boss Resistance Clashes instead of automatically receiving their own Domain.

Domain Visuals

• Domains have unique School-themed visuals.
• Effects include:
  • Flowing Domain formation.
  • Moving Domain ripples.
  • School-colored Clash effects.
  • Spinning collapse fragments.
  • School-specific environmental visuals.
• Examples:
  • Blood has a Red Square Moon.
  • Shadow has Blinking Eyes.
  • Time has Moving Clocks.
  • Fire has Rising Heat Waves.
  • Ignis uses Blue Heat Waves.
  • Cursed has a Crimson Cross.
• Lightning visuals do not summon real Lightning Bolts.
• Domain scenery does not permanently replace terrain.
• Particle Rain integration prevents supported weather particles from passing through the Domain barrier.

Domain Cooldowns

• Domain cooldown begins after the Domain ends, not when it is first cast.
• Normal Domain Cooldown: 30 Minutes.
• Winning a rewarded Domain Clash reduces it to 15 Minutes.
• Casting Arcane Manifestation again while your Domain is active will cancel it early.
• Early cancellation reduces the cooldown based on how much of the Domain's duration was actually used.
• Failed Overwrites always receive the full 30 Minute Cooldown.

Compatibility

• Supports registered Magic Schools from Iron's Spells and compatible addons.
• Supports KubeJS spells using supported registered Schools.
• Includes optional compatibility with:
  • Better Party
  • Particle Rain
  • Epic Fight aura replacements
  • Usurper Arts
• Deadflow Ward can protect against Domain effects when its supported runtime API is available.

Shadow School

• Added a new Shadow School spell.
  • Shadow Invade

Spell Learning

• Learning spells within your body now takes time.
  • This feature was supposed to work previously but wasn't. mb

Summon Undead

• The Summon Undead spell now properly gives summoned mobs Epic Fight weapons.
  • They were previously holding invisible weapons for some reason.

Spell Wheel Rework

• Spell Wheel keybind changed to Ctrl + Z.
• The Spell Wheel is now a toggle.
• You can also switch spells without opening the wheel.
  • Hold Z.
  • Scroll with your mouse wheel.

Spell Icon Remodel

• Remodeled all Sovereign Spell Icons.
• Remodeled the Arcane Unlock Spell Icon.

Cursed Manuscript

• Most Cursed School spells no longer require a Manuscript to learn and cast.
• Only 5 Cursed spells still require one.

Demon Seal

• Demon Seal now has a Smithing recipe.
  • Nether Star
  • Pure Darkness
  • Netherite Ingot

Spell Fixes

• Fixed several crashes caused by casting certain spells.

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Items & Equipment

Spirit Orbs

• Spirit Orbs are now a thing.
  • Found naturally in chests.
  • Breaking naturally spawned Spirit Orbs drops 1 Spirit Orb.
  • Used to create Heart Containers.

Goddess Statues

• Required to convert Spirit Orbs into Heart Containers.
• Can now be found naturally.
• Requires 20 Spirit Orbs to create 1 Heart Container.

Horned Statues

• Horned Statues are now also available.

Weapons of Miracles

• Brought back the old reskins of the WOM weapons shown in the image gallery.
• Sansujin has been renamed to Hanafubuki.
  • Its quick unsheathe/resheathe animation when jumping has been removed.

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World Generation & Structures

World Generation

• World generation has been adjusted to feel more natural.
• Worlds should generate less like large groups of islands.

Structure Reworks

• Cataclysm Boss Structures have been heavily redesigned.
• Villages have been heavily redesigned.
• Strongholds have been heavily redesigned.

Villager Names

• Villagers now receive 1 of 45 custom names.
• Names are not tied to gender.

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Visuals & Quality of Life

Imprints

• Players now leave imprints while:
  • Walking
  • Running
  • Moving normally
• Sliding does not create prints.

Vibrant Tooltips

• Vibrant Tooltips has been fixed.
• Enable it through the Resource Packs menu.

Player Nametags

• Fixed an issue where player nametags were not showing.
  • Player nametags should now display properly again.

Brightness

• Default Brightness is now 50%.

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Title Changes

Title Visibility

• JustLevelingFork Titles can now be hidden similarly to player nametags.
• Titles can also be affected by Masquerade Mod enchantments.

Removed Titles

• driver_boat
• driver_cart
• rider_horse
• rider_pig
• rider_strider

Changed Titles

• miner
• miner_great
• magician
• magician_great
• dragon_slayer
• player_killer
• mob_killer
• mob_killer_great
• mob_killer_master
• hero
• villain
• fisherman
• fisherman_great
• fisherman_master
• enchanter
• enchanter_great
• enchanter_master
• businessman
• traveler_nether
• traveler_end

Most of these titles have received name changes through the language files.

• Player Killer
  • Now only requires killing 1 Player.

Added Titles

• wither_bane
• warden_bane
• deep_dark_delver
• otherside_walker
• deep_void_walker
• pit_descender
• maelstrom_walker
• reverse_eon_walker
• dark_world_walker
• pocket_dimension_walker
• dimensional_delver
• limbo_survivor
• public_pocket_walker
• personal_pocket_walker
• otherside_conqueror
• cataclysm_conqueror
• mass_destroyer
• mowzies_champion
• dragonlord
• mythic_hunter
• frozen_abyss_conqueror
• cave_conqueror
• dungeon_breaker
• deep_void_conqueror
• illager_nemesis
• conjurer_breaker
• alexs_mobs_champion
• traveloptics_conqueror
• sculk_purger
• orchid_bane
• grave_construct_bane
• titan_slayer

Unchanged Titles

• rookie
• fighter
• fighter_great
• warrior
• warrior_great
• ranger
• ranger_great
• tank
• tank_great
• alchemist
• alchemist_great
• lucky_one
• lucky_one_great
• survivor

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Fixes & Technical Changes

Create Fixes

• Fixed crashes involving certain Create blocks and naturally generated Create blocks.

Loot Generation Fixes

• Fixed a mod conflict affecting loot-based item generation.

Music Fixes

• Removed random, out-of-place music.
• Reverse Eon Music Discs could generate on mobs with Sophisticated Backpacks and Music Disc Upgrades.
• This will no longer happen.

Modpack Files

• The RotT Data Extra folder is no longer required.

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Added

General

• EpicFight-Posture Interaction
• WOM and EFExtra Compat
• Usurper Arts
• Aquatic Combat
• Villager Names
• Hide Mob Nametags
• Epic Spells 'n Wizards! | Epic Fight x Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks
• Balanced Epic Fight
• JLF - KubeJS Bridge
• MMR
• Integrated API
• Integrated Villages
• Integrated Cataclysm
• Integrated Stronghold
• MVSI
• Arcane Manifestation
• Epic Fight x Iron's Spells - Summon Arsenal
• Photon

Client-Side

• Epic Fight FPS Optimizer
• JLF x Sneaky Names x Masquerade
• Imprint
• Iron Spells X Epic Fight

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Updated

General

• Epic Fight - Avalon
• Epic Fight
• Epic Knights
• Epic Sanji
• Combat Evolution [V2.2.8]
• EF Posture Integration [V1.0.0]
• Combat Evolution: More Executions [V1.2]
• Create: Dragons Plus
• WOM Plus
• Create: Enchantment Industry
• Connectivity
• Explosive Enchantment
• Chronomancy
• Skarrier Mobs [V1.0.8]
• Streams Reflowing
• Time in a Bottle
• IllagerBlabber
• MVS
• Moog's Lib
• Sophisticated Core
• Sophisticated Backpacks
• Iron's Lib
• Blueprint
• Lexiconfig
• CorgiLib
• Collective
• Araxer's Bestiary
• Just Leveling Fork
• FancyMenu
• Starter Kit
• Villager Names
• Inventory Search
• Just Level Compat

Client-Side

• FancyMenu
• Epic Fight - Better Lock On
• ReverseEon Soundtracks [V1.1.6]
• Accessible Step
• Item Physics Lite
• Just Enough Threads
• Create: NoWheel
• Entity Culling

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Removed

General

• Battle Arts
• Battle Arts API
• Enchantment Level Cap Indicator
• Crate Delight
• Barbecue's Delight
• Mowzie's Cataclysm
• Female Gender Mod
• Goblin Traders
• Curious Armor Stands
• Continents
• Epic Structures
• YUNG's Better Strongholds
• YUNG's Extras
• YUNG's Better Mineshafts
• Starlight
• Conjurer
• Grace
• NoCube's Better Blast Furnace
• EpicFight: Dancing
  • Removed because the mod owner removed it.

Client-Side

• Better Skill Menu