Unoffical Balance Patch for Across the Obelisk
The purpose of this mod is to help introduce more possible playstyles. This means that certain powerful cards/combos will be nerfed slightly, and underpowered cards/combos will be buffed.
There will also be reworks to several cards, as well as completely new cards.
This patch will attempt to keep things balanced, so won't be introducing too many overpowered cards/ideas, but rather should flesh out concepts that are already in the game.
The mod will be packaged into numerous "modules". You are welcome to turn off any of the modules you think are not fun for the game, though I would recommend leaving them all in.
All of the modules created by me start with "Binbin Balances" though if other community members wish to contribute their own modules, I am more than happy to include them.
Please, offer feedback either on balance or on any suggestions you might have. I would greatly appreciate all of it! Feel free to directly message me on Discord, or post in the modding community of the Across the Obelisk Discord.
Lastly, this mod will be continually updated with new cards, modules, and will also eventually grow to include bug fixes, and mechanics changes (as well as potentially new game modes).
Items
Part 1 - Items that add cards to your deck
The first module for items are targeting items such as Dart Pouch or Imp Statuette which add cards to your deck. In general, these items are not very good since they dilute your deck with mediocre cards.
Modified Cards:
- Belphyor's Pipe
- Dart Pouch
- Imp Statuette
- Large Pouch
- Searing Dagger
- Small Pouch
- Stormcaller Feather
- Weapon Pouch
Part 2 - (Un)common Items
The focus on these is mostly to improve the corrupted versions of common and uncommon items, giving them a bit more longevity and utility throughout a run
Modified Cards:
- Alarm Bell
- Ball of Wool
- Cooling Servos
- Obsidian Ring
- Primal Neckalce
- Razor
- Slingshot
- Soap
Part 3 - Pets
Minor buffs to some pets that are rarely or never taken.
Modified Cards:
Part 4 - Rare Items
- Orbs of all sorts
- Amber Amulet
- Battle Axe
- Crescent Moon
- Dream Sphere
- Frozen Arrows
- Gladiator Helmet
- Golden Cross
- Lava Potion
- Mixed Salad
- Noble Shield
- Obsidian Rod
- Poisoned Dagger
- Raider Slicer
- Sidearm
- Tiki Mask
- War Hammer
Part 5 - Rare Item Reworks
- Runes of all sorts
- Potions of all sorts
- Desert Jame
- Hypno Shell
- Necromancer Robe
- Pyromancer Robe
- Pointy Hat
- Runic Dice
- Scarab Shield
- Scholar Robe
- Temple Amulet
- Tourist Map
- Turban
- Undeath Ichor
Part 6 - Epic Items
Updated:
- Cloaks of all sorts
- Albatross Pendent
- Antique Figurine
- Blood Goblet
- Burial Mask
- Crimson Raiment
- Dracomancer Staff
- Druidic Amulet
- Durandal
- Energy Shield
- Faeborg Scale
- Fist of the Damned
- Frozen Heirloom
- Osmium feet
- Raincoat
- Sacred Axe
- Suppression Helmet
- The Porcupine
- Topaz Ring
- Unholy Hammer
- Venom Fang
Part 7 - Mythic Items
Updated:
- Ankh of Life
- Bonk Hammer
- Nightveil
- Pandora's Box
- Retaliator
- The Defiler
Part 8 - Restricted Power
This module updates 15+ items to increase the max charges of aura/curses that are limited by restricted power.
Updated:
- Bloodstone
- Bronze Gear
- Bucket
- Crusader Helmet
- Heart Amulet
- Iron Kanobo
- Luna Ring
- Neverfrost
- Ring of Fire
- Shield of Thorns
- Sol Ring
- The Polluter
- Thorny Ring
- Topaz Ring
- Venom Amulet
- Yggdrasil Root
- Yogger's Cleaver
Card Modules
Mind
A patch to add more synergies to Healer and Mage mind cards.
New Cards:
- Ethereal Bolt
- Foretelling
- Inner Sight
- Mind Break
- Soul Rend
- Spectral Assault
- Spectral Barrage
- Spectral Explosion
Modified Cards
- Clairvoyance
- Enervate
- Foresight
- Mental Shake
- Mesmeric Mirage
- Mind Blast
- Mind Twist
- Mind Visions
- Pandemonium
- Spectral Cold
- Spectral Missiles
- Temporal Chains
Dark
A patch to add more synergies to Healer and Mage dark cards.
New Items:
- Demonic Ring
- Demonic Staff
New Cards:
- Black Brand
- Dark Cremation
Modified Cards
- Bad Augury
- Black Hole
- Black Karma
- Condemnation
- Curse of Agony
- Curse of Decay
- Curse of Elements
- Curse of Madness
- Curse of Shadows
- Curse of Vulnerability
- Curse of Weakness
- Dark Blow
- Darkness Falls
- Dark Outbreak
- Dark Pact
- Death Coil
- Death's Reach
- Deep Darkness
- Drain Life
- Endless Abyss
- Entomb
- Hallucination
- Necrotic Burst
- Noxious Eruption
- Pestilence
- Profane
- Ruin Bolt
- Shadow Bolt
- Shadow Flame
- Siphon Life
- Terrorize
- Tremors
- Twilight Swamp
- Vampiric Touch
- Vile Lance
- Void Crush
- Yin Yang Bolt
Nerfs
Some overused cards will receive some nerfs. This will mostly come in the form of increasing the rarity of the card, increasing the cost of the card, or making the card vanish.
Targets mostly: low cost draw cards, undercosted cards, cards that provide too much benefit, and cards that deal too much damage for their cost.
Modified Cards:
- Carnage
- Clarity
- Cold Snap
- Enrage
- Expected Prophecy
- Helping Hand
- Repetition Training
- Scavenge
- Setup
Thorns
Balance patch to help make thorns more viable. Focuses on improving the card quality of thorns cards.
Modified Cards:
- Amulet of Thorns
- Garden of Thorns
- Heart of Thorns
- Horned Helmet
- Screwdriver
- Shield of Thorns
- Shoulder Plate
- Spiked Ball
- Spiked Bracers
- Spiked Shield
- Spiked Shoulderpads
- Stockade
- Thorny Ring
- Thousand Needles
- Torment of Thorns
- Yggdrasil Root
Speed
This module is intended to go along with the release of the Nenukil Update, and add some more synergies for comps that want to focus around speeding up allies or slowing down enemies.
New Cards:
- Blitz
- Circle of Healing
- Thermal Exchange
Modified Cards
- Debilitate
- Delay Response
- Desperate Prayer
- Disengage
- Gunshot
- Hit and Run
- Ice Shot
- Ignite
- Maim
- Precise Strike
- Quick Shot
- Ray of Frost
- Rupture
- Searing Touch
Installation (manual)
- Install Obeliskial Essentials and Obeliskial Content.
- Click Manual Download at the top of the page.
- In Steam, right-click Across the Obelisk and select Manage->Browse local files. Navigate to the
Obeliskial_importing direcotry
- Extract the files from the
Obeliskial_importing directory of the mod to the Obeliskial_importing directory of the game.
- Run the game. If everything runs correctly, you will see this mod in the list of registered mods on the main menu.
- Press F5 to open/close the Config Manager and F1 to show/hide mod version information.
Installation (automatic)
- Download and install Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman.
- Click Install with Mod Manager button on top of the page.
- Run the game via the mod manager.
Support
This has been updated for version 1.4.5.
Hope you enjoy it and if have any issues, ping me in Discord or make a post in the modding #support-and-requests channel of the official Across the Obelisk Discord.
Donation
Please do not donate to me. If you wish to support me, I would prefer it if you just gave me feedback.
