Rules Update: Superior Traits

Im going to ask everyone to please refrain from sending me requests to turn the non-superior versions of your skills in magical items, into superior versions. We can always consider the possibility in the future, and if we do we will let you know, but for now, having superior skills exist in items sevearly reduces the effectiveness of what we are trying to do.

The concept of bridging the gap between 20th level characters and 80th level characters is based on the idea that they more or less both have access to the same number of superior defenses when maxed out in thier higher lists. If we open the pandoras box of allowing superior abilities into magical items, be they artifacts or not, we then open the door, for an 80th level character to once again have a lot more superior defenses than the 20th levels.

Currently the only superior skills that might be in items (however rare) are "Resist". For now we will probably allow these to be grandfathered, but under no circumstances will we be creating new items with "Resist"or allowing them to be created. We will be removing any ritual that allows valance to be placed into items.

Dodges, Stoneskin, etc, don't need to be changed from what they are, precisely because those skills still exist as they are. The only difference is that we have created new superior attacks that can bypass them. To balance that we have created new superior defenses, to stop those superior attacks.

Let me assure you also that we will take it slow over the next few events, warming everyone into this new dynamic. There will not be a lot of NPC superior attacks flying around, I also do not believe that there is any "Team Evil" around still that will try to PvP with this new dynamic in mind, so don't stress out about that either.

Gypsy Death Curse specifies that only Resist Curse can defend against it.  Is GDC considered Superior, or is it a special case.

Its a special case because even Superior defenses don't block it.

Sean

Random question that I thought of the other day.  Are the dodge's that I get through the Exemplar ritual considered Superior cause they come from a Higher List or regular since they're just a dodge?

The dodge is just a dodge. 

Along the same lines as Mike's question, would Ritual of Chrono Step be superior or remain a lower-list Dodge?

Random question I just thought of.