Amadeusz finished a dungeon! He can gain one new ability from this list:
Bloodlust: +1 Atk against creatures not at full HP while in werewolf form.
Bonelust: +1 Atk against skeletons while in werewolf form.
Energetic Jig 
: Self and allies in the room recover 1 HP.
Heroic Ballad : Allies in the room have +1 Atk and Def this turn.
Howl: Can use abilities in werewolf form, but each counts as one additional Song use and no instrument can be used.
Langourous Waltz : Enemies in the room have -1 Atk and Def this turn.
Light Armour Proficiency: +1 Def when wearing armour with a base Def bonus of +2 or less.
Light Sword Proficiency: +1 Atk when wielding a longsword or similar weapon.
Musical III: Can use four abilities per dungeon if holding an instrument.
Rend I: When dual wielding gain a 20% chance to deal +2 damage.
Shaggy I: While in werewolf form, 30% chance to gain a +2 bonus to Def each turn.
Shapeshift II: Can transform into werewolf form and back once per dungeon each. Werewolf form has +4 Atk and +2 Def, but cannot use weapons, shields, armour, or abilities.
Tooth And Nail II: Each empty hand counts as a +2 Atk weapon while in werewolf form.
Wolf Speed: +1 Mov in werewolf form.
Wound Closure: While in werewolf form, recover 1 HP at the start of each turn if below 5 HP.
Musical III – Being able use more abilities in the dungeon is extremely useful!
My brain can’t process what will happen if Amad:
will he be able to use Requiem despite being in Wolf form? (because he has Howl that allows him to use musical-abilities, and has requried 4 musical-charges)
will he be unable to use Requiem despite having Howl? (because Musical says “can use 4 musical-abilities” but it has a specific clause “if holding a musical instrument” AND werewolf-form says he can’t use instruments AND even the Howl specifically says “and no instrument can be used”).
If to follow it very precisely, with Musical-3 only grants extra charges if instrument is being used (otherwise he’s down to starting number of charges), and Wolf-Amad – yeah, can use music with Howl, but only the SIMPLE music and only ONCE.
Musical describes how it works in bard form.
Howl lets him use the abilities in wolf form but expending an extra charge.
“if holding a musical instrument” means that in bard form, he cannot use the musical abilities without his violin or another instrument.
He can use them in wolf form. With Musical III, he can use simple ones twice or a complex one once.
That’s the way I see it.
It aint that deep. Musical gives extra Song charges. Howl removes instrument requirement at the cost of an extra song charge when using songs.
Except… if we’re keeping Amadeusz in wolf mode all the time except when he’s using Requiem (which, as already demonstrated, doesn’t have to be done immediately), would we ever use the extra ability? He can only transform each way once, after all.
The Musical III + Howl combo to be able to Requiem in wolf form seems not to be actually necessary.
Tooth and Nail II
Solid damage buff. We can worry about his health next time. He has a lot of it.
Sounds cool, but IT IS NOT ON THE LIST?
‘Tooth And Nail I’ actually is marked as “1” on Amad’s character sheet, but here it’s missing. I don’t know if that’s an error, or if it really has some preconditions that we didn’t fullfil yet.
https://dungeoneyes.com/dungeon-12-amadeusz-level-up/
Full upgrades list over there
imho better to increase def instead, for situation where we need as much def as possible.
Bloodlust
I know we like to one-shot enemies as much as we can, but there have been times we split attacks to finish off multiple wounded enemies and this helps Amad not need a partner.
This would only be worth it if Tooth and Nail II (+2 attack unconditional besides Wolf form) and Shapeshift II (+1 attack +1 defense unconditional besides Wolf form) are actually not available, rather than just a copy error. I’m guessing it’s a copy error, since every ability alphabetically after Requiem is missing.
Shapeshift II
Amadeusz’ other songs pale in comparison to Requiem, and Requiem requires most of his song points. We should improve his Wolf form so he can be incredibly useful while not needing his musical abilities. If we can find some better instruments that might sway my opinion, but as of right now we have pipes, and Zing & Thrum, neither of which are crazy useful.
If we worry about Requiem use I would rather get Musicall III and Howl nest time, whenever it would be.Or preferably forget his music exists, build him exclusivelly as Wolf, and only turn him into human when we screw up. We should try not to screw up.as is extra ShapeShift won’t be usefull since we have 3 charges for music. We can’t play anything else if we want to be able to use Ressurection, and we do want to have that “get out of jail for free” card.We start as wolf, hold transformation charges and music, and rend and tear like a good boy.nvm, forgot that Shapeshift upgrade also upgrades base stats of Wolf Form from +3Attack/+1Def to +4Attack/+2Def
is good choice.
To be clear:
Shapeshift II gives him +1 ATK and +1 DEF while in Wolf form and he’s going to be spending the majority of time in dungeons in Wolf form. So this is a better bonus than Tooth and Nail because the DEF is worth more than the bonus to ATK.
Huh.. It’s not on the list either? I hope that’s copy-paste error, not a smart hidden rule for Amad’s level up depending on what form he ends the dungeon in.
I’m guessing it’s a copy error, since every ability alphabetically after Requiem is missing.
Not really disagreeing, but as an alternative: given the +1 use of Musical III and the +1 cost of Howl, those two abilities combined should mean he can use Requiem in wolf form, and thus wouldn’t need this extra “burnable” transformation.
Shapeshift II doesn’t give extra shapeshift uses. It increases the stat bonus Amadeusz gets while in Wolf Form.
Shapeshift I gives +3 Atk & +1 Defense
Shapeshift II gives +4 Atk & +2 Defense
So basically an extra +1 Atk & Def while in WolfShift.
For reasons, I can’t find the usual werewolf upgrades on the list.
My vote is for Shapeshift II.
Wolf speed
Mov points are a lot harder and more useful to get than atk or def points and he has base 1 so this is like double speed. He can keep up with Ricki!
Languorous Waltz. Because I like the word Languorous.
Light Armour Proficiency could be really helpful when he’s not in werewolf form.
Bloodlust.
straight up damage boost over time.
Pair that with Ricki’s backstab (go vote for that one) and we have fights finishing much quicker
This is unambiguously worse than both Shapeshift (+1 attack +1 defense) and Tooth and Nail (+2 attack).
The following is what Amadeusz looks like currently on the Current Party page on 25-Sept-2024 at the end of Dungeon 13 (mainly for future reference, since this is difficult to figure out when looking back at the Archive five dungeons from now):
AMADEUSZ
Cursed Bard
[picture of Amadeusz]
♪♪♪▧▨ (all have been used)
HP: 12 (4 red, 8 black)
Atk: 12 (2grey + 2red + 3purple + 5white)
Def: 5 (2grey + 1purple + 2white)
Mov: 1
ITEMS [9 slots]: zingandthrum[1] , deatharrow[1] , groundedboots[1] , shocktailjavelinDEADLY[1] , dragonrobelife[1] , staffofturning(3 charges)[1] , purse[1] , midasgloves(0 charges remaining)[1] , wandofmend[1] .
WORN RINGS [2 slots]: goldringofaggression , silverringofaggression .
PURSE: 15 gold coins
Pet: Golly
ABILITIES
Dual Wield: Can benefit from a weapon in each hand.
Hurtful Dirge ♪: Deals 1 unblockable damage to every living enemy creature in the room.
Minimum Acceptable Level of Comfort: Gain +1 bonus HP at the start of each dungeon per primary manor room renovated.
Musical II: Can use three ♪ abilities per dungeon if holding an instrument.
Old Friends: Always carries Zing and Thrum and will not drop or trade them.
Pack Leader: Allied canines in the room have +1 Atk, while enemy canines in the room have -1 Atk.
Requiem of Resurrection ♪: Revives a dead ally in the same room with 1 HP. Counts as three ♪ uses. Used automatically if Ricki dies, if possible.
Shapeshift I ▧▨: Can transform into werewolf form and back once per dungeon each. Werewolf form has +3 Atk and +1 Def, but cannot use weapons, shields, armour, or Musical abilities. Can choose which form to take at the start of a dungeon.
Sketchy: Prevents accumulation of bond with other characters when taken to a dungeon.
Spored: Counts as a mushroom.
Tooth And Nail I: Each empty hand counts as a +1 Atk weapon while in werewolf form.
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Here are the descriptions of his unique Items (in case they change over time):
ZING AND THRUM, BLADES
Weapon
Atk +2 per hand used to wield these matching swords. As an action, can transform the blades into an instrument.
Weight 1, Cost –
ZING AND THRUM, VIOLIN
Tool
Can be played to give all nearby allies +1 Def, or +2 Def if used as part of a Musical ability. As an action, can transform the violin into a weapon.
Weight 1, Cost –
And for inventory completeness, here is his current pet — Golly the pack mule:
GOLLY
Pack Mule 2
[mulekick]
HP: 5red
Atk: 0
Def: 0
ITEMS [5 ‘super’ slots]: upgradepress(0 charges remaining)[1(3)] , platearmour[1(5)] chainarmourUPGRADED[1(3)] , siegeswordVENOMOUS[1(2)] , swiftbladeSHOCKING[1(1)] .
ABILITIES
Distributed Weight: Carried items always have a weight of 1.
Handy Packs: Can trade items freely with owner, requiring no action from them.
Kick: Once per dungeon, can make an attack with +3 Atk.
Smallish: Can be lifted by other characters and enter small openings, and can still reach high places like a regular size character.
I just noticed that Shaggy doesn’t say “until end of turn”, but I guess it doesn’t stack onto itself each turn? :))))
“Rapunzwolf, Rapunzwolf, let down your long fur.” :))))
Not an ability suggestion for Amadeusz:
Spooky Scary: +2 Atk, Def, and damage with ranged weapons during the month of October.
We will spend October in an intermission, naturally.
Sorry ’bout that ol’ Coc. Demz da breaks.
Finally, just for completeness, here are the initial stats for our new character (including the items they left the Research Facility with), which appeared on the Characters page when the Dungeon 13 Report appeared saying that IX had joined. Having a record of their initial character sheet can be useful later if there are significant changes and this also shows the remaining items/loot that the party left Dungeon 13 with, including a Steak (LOL):
IX
Unstable Elemental
[picture of IX showing both fire and ice forms]
[currently in ice form]
HP: 10 (10 red)
Atk: 6 (2grey + 4white)
Def: 9 (2grey + 3blue + 3purple + 1yellow)
Mov: 1
ITEMS [10 slots in ice form]: helmet(1) , crowstoneinferno(1) , potionbandolier(1) , steak(1) , heavydutyovenmitts(1), heavyshield(2) , empty(3) .
WORN RINGS [2 slots]: silverringofaggression , silverringofaggression .
ABILITIES
Fire Form [fire form symbol]: +3 Atk, +1 Mov. Cannot wear or wield items not made mostly of metal. Unarmed attacks deal fire damage. Enemies who attack in melee take 1 fire damage. Can’t enter water. Not harmed by fire. Takes 2 extra damage from ice.
Ice Form [ice form symbol]: +3 Def, +2 Enc. Cannot wear armour. Unarmed attacks deal ice damage. Not harmed by ice. Takes 2 extra damage from fire.
Instability: When healed, randomly recover 1 less or 1 more HP than normal.
Mutable Body: Has a fire form which can only use [fire form symbol] abilities and an ice form which can only use [ice form symbol] abilities. Switches to fire form after taking fire damage, switches to ice form after taking ice damage. Can choose which form to take at the start of a dungeon.
BOND
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