Hi folks, DemonCrawl's Halloween Event has officially ended! We hope you enjoyed the spooky festivities and managed to avoid the sharp end of Maniac's cleaver. Now that things are returning to normal (Maniac was prosecuted for his crimes and hauled off to a federal supermax prison somewhere) we have released a new content patch that includes 5 exciting stage mods, 6 new items, and a big rework for Demolitionist II.
We have also updated the stage completion logic such that you no longer have to open burning cells to achieve victory. This is an important change for specific stage mod combinations such as Nightmare + Burning. In other news: Celebrate Day of the Dead with a new community-created avatar! Everyone will receive the Mrs. Calavera avatar for free over the next couple hours - no promo code necessary. Thank you so much to Cubear for creating this awesome cosmetic and for allowing us to distribute it to the entire community.
Full patch notes are below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• Halloween event is over (farewell Maniac)
• New stage mod: Dumb - "Lose your mastery at the start of the stage. Gain your mastery at the end of the stage."
• New stage mod: Lawless - "Kill a visible object whenever the sum of your chain is 20 or greater. At the end of the stage, visible objects attack you for 1 damage each."
• New stage mod: Seismic - "When you open half of all empty cells, relocate and unflag everything."
• New stage mod: Psychotic - "Negate mistake damage. Visible monsters have a 3% chance to attack you each turn."
• New positive stage mod: Feeble - "Monsters have a 50% chance to flee instead of attacking you."
• New passive item: Snake Skin - "At the start of each stage, drop half of your inventory on the ground."
• New passive item: Blissful Gut - "Right-click to consume the first item in your inventory and restore 1 life."
• New magic item: Magnet - "Relocate the closest visible object to target visible cell."
• New consumable item: Plum - "Expand the radius of your next targetable magic item by 1."
• New omen: Rocking Chair - "Whenever your mastery's ultimate ability is activated, lose your mastery."
• New omen: Glass Knuckles - "You cannot powerchord. Whenever you chord a 1, lose 1 life." (Created by Egg)
• Added Nomad that sells Dolls
• Added Hero Trial effect related to monster density
• Added Mrs. Calavera avatar by Cubear (Day of the Dead reward!)
• Added Emerald Knight avatar by Cubear
• Added Emberflame avatar, adapted by Cubear

Quality of Life

• Burning cells no longer have to be opened in order to complete a stage
• Tweaked the appearance of a few stage mod sprites
• Added board zoom support for several particle effects
• The item pool is now re-filtered whenever your mastery changes, e.g. when you gain a tier 3 mastery from Academy
• Updated Guardian II description for clarity
• Android only: the mastery ultimate ability is now activated with longtap

Balance Changes

• Demolitionist II rework: "Whenever you complete a stage with 10% monster density or less, the next stage gains the Feeble mod."
• Viral stage mod rework: "If you're injured at the start of the stage, duplicate your omens. If you're injured at the end of the stage, the next stage gains Viral."
• Guild Bond nerf: duration lowered from 100 seconds to 25 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Rainbow Trout not always counting Frozen aura toward soul reward
• Fixed an indexing issue related to Gnarled Branch
• Fixed a crash that could result from abandoning a stage the same turn as dying
• Fixed Barbecue toast
• Fixed Map Marker activating twice for every cell of value 6 or greater
• Fixed an issue with Lighthouse stage power option
• Fixed a rare crash related to Radioactive Canker activating an item that involves inventory transformation like Present
• Fixed Counter Chest deflecting damage even while locked
• Fixed Hellstone Chestplate fortifying by 2 instead of 3
• Fixed a crash related to activating Gumshoes status effect without opening a cell
• Fixed Survivor I providing a soul instead of max life
• Fixed a bug related to Infinite Journey unlock conditions
• Fixed Dimensional Portal not resetting pathfinding correctly
• Fixed a crash related to Cauldron and Divine Shadowbind
• Fixed Dreamcatcher not capturing the guaranteed Detective stranger
• Pathfinding cap is now evaluated when your mastery changes
• Rainbow Dust can no longer be activated before monsters have spawned
• Windy mod can no longer generate Mementos
• Fixed a crash related to Divine Doomcall and Harbinger omen removal
• Fixed cleanup issue related to Exorcist
• Fixed cleanup issue related to Liberated mod
• Fixed a few typoz
• Speculative fix for a rare crash involving Human Cannonball
• Speculative fix for a rare crash related to selling a sigil