Hello everyone, we want to let you know that everything is progressing very well for the Early Access launch in 3 weeks. As you know, yesterday was the scheduled release day but we would have been very tight on time, these extra weeks will give us a little breathing space and we will be able to test everything well before the Early Access. Thanks to this we have been able to make a lot of QoL improvements to the game and not only that, also as we already mentioned we will launch EA with the NG+ system out of the box that will give hours and hours of replayability with harder content. We have also added a new feature (which we will be improving during EA) which is the corrupted cards, we will explain more about these in a few weeks. The purpose of this post is to introduce you to the Heroes available for the Early Access launch. Bear in mind that Across the Obelisk will have a total of 16 playable characters on release but this are the 10 characters that will be playable since the very first day of EA (some of them must be unlocked first!). Developing a character is a hard process, we have to think about the character, create his own traits, initial cards and equipment, balance, graphic design, animations... a new character is not a skin redesign, when we design characters we want those to change the way that you play the game and have some impact on your gameplay as card selection will always be different for you based on the party composition. WARRIORS Magnus - class: Mercenary - Balanced frontliner who can specialise in both attack and defense. Heiner - class: Sentinel - Defensive Frontliner good at protecting the party or himself. Grukli - class: Berserker - Offensive warrior who gains fury during combat.
SCOUTS Andrin - class: Ranger - Scout good at melee and ranged attacks. Thuls - class: Assassin - Master at hiding and using poisons.
MAGES Evelyn - class: Elementalist - Versatile mage who can use any element. Cornelius - class: Pyromancer - Fire mage who can deal direct or burn damage.
HEALERS Reginald - class: Cleric - Healer who specializes in direct healing or blessings. Ottis - class: Priest- Healer who specialises in putting up shields to prevent damage. Malukah - class: Voodoo Witch - Healer who is very good at cursing enemies and dispelling magic.
These are all the heroes for now, but during Early Access we will be adding more if we can. Each hero has their own starting pack of cards, their own stats and also their own talents that allow them to specialise in different ways so they can try out different play styles. That's all for now, in a few weeks we will explain other aspects of the game like deckbuilding or corrupted cards.