Nowhere Prophet 1.07.013

Now with this update, ALL CONVOYS have a UNIQUE INTRINSIC PERK! This means the different convoys play much more differently, even beyond the cards they bring.

Intrinsic Perks
Here's a look at all the intrinsic perks! Can you figure out what convoy they go with?
Open Path: Your side of the battlefield always has at least one empty row. Can not gain Believer points.
Devoted to the Faith: Blessed units gain +0/+1 instead. You take no damage from an empty leader deck. Any drones added to the convoy are demolished.
Lost Legion: Start combat with 1 extra convoy card. Followers with an Energy cost of 4 or higher cost 4 extra batteries to recruit.
Stand Alone: Swap your starting and maximum hand count of both decks. Reduce the maximum convoy deck size by 12 cards. You take no damage from an empty convoy deck.
Strength of the Pack: Each recruiting location has at least 3 beasts. Non-beast followers in your convoy deck count as 4 cards.
Hunter-Gatherers: Gain 4 food whenever you reach a node in difficult terrain. Your leader heals 2 fewer damage each rest.
Hardened Outsiders: Heal 1 additional damage on your prophet or 1 additional follower wound when resting.
Battlefield Engineers: Fill rows with obstacles on both sides. You have a 50% chance to go second in combat
Fortune's Favors: Start combat with 1 extra convoy card and 1 extra leader card. You have no mulligan phase.
Mechanized Life: Each recruiting location has at least 3 drones. Healing followers costs 5 batteries instead.
Crafty & Stingy: Each market has 1 extra piece of equipment. Hope gain from shared luxury items is reduced by 4.

More Perks
But that's not all. Beyond the new intrinsic perk, all other perks have been overhauled and tweaked to be a lot more interesting, diverse and interactive. There's a perk that grants a unique status effect in combat available on most convoys now! And there's different ways that the starting situation of the convoys can improve!

But, how do you get these perks?

Unlocking Extras
In the past, each perk was unlocked by completing the same target but using a different convoy. This was pretty repetitive, but also took a very long time. To make the process more fun this update also tweaks unlocks:

Each convoy has their own targets for unlocks now! And the target numbers should mean that unlocks are generally enabled much quicker now!

For example, one Convoy will have you dismantle items to progress, while another needs to destroy obstacles or play followers of a specific type.

Two brand new prophet classes to unlock and play! And of course these come with a set of brand new leader cards. And then there's a host of other tweaks and changes to the cards and game! Read on to find out more!

The Seer
Quiet and introspective, the seer has the talent of sight. A seer can glance through space and time to stay one step ahead. A gift and a burden at once.

Mechanically the Seer's give of sight is done with Locate. Locate is a brand new mechanic that allows you to select a card from up to three presented to you. By default these cards are pulled from your deck and allow you to get what you need, when you need it.

Precognition is a simple card that allows you to locate a card from among your next three leader cards.

However the Seer also has a more sinister mechanic: Sacrifice. By sacrificing your own units (which will not wound them) you can get even more value out of your people.

Eye for an Eye, which was changed in this update, is one such card. By sacrificing one of your followers you can destroy a random enemy follower. This can set up quite favorable traits, if you manage to control the battlefield enough.

To unlock the Seer, all you need to do is meet the hermit Shree Kha in his cave and get him to join you.

The Spider
A friend to machines, the spider has mastered speaking to the things made of metal. This makes him an excellent ally, if a tad unpredictable.

The spider is a strange recluse that works well with the machines of Soma. He combines well with the drone keyword followers.

Crash Protocol which was updated and now buffs a drone for +2/+0 and makes it fight against a random enemy target. That's great for just one Energy but since the drones are unpredictable, you can never know what it'll go up against.

This unpredictability also makes his way into the Spider's mind and actions. Many of his effects have random targets and effects, like:

Mind Shredder, which deals 2 damage to a random unit. And it does that for a total of 8 times. Note that it is truly random and might hit your units as well!

To unlock the Spider you need to leave a follower behind at the fallen star's sibling.

Class tweaks
Apart from that a number of the other classes got slight tweaks to their starting decks and level up cards. Here's some of those:

Firebrand
No big changes necessary
• Legendary: Replacing Bury with Bold Strike (was an Echo card)

Echo
Strengthening the debuff (-x/-x) presence in the echo's cards
• Common: Replacing Quick Reflexes with Infect
• Rare: Replacing Crippling Strike (was Mind Break)

Improving the Stun combos in Echo
• Rare: Point Blank replaced by Slash
• Rare: Slam adjusted to kill targets if they are already wounded
• Legendary: Bold Strike replaced by Stun Symbol

Starting Deck more in line with changes
• Blackout changed to Infect
• Mind Seize replaced by Slice
• Slash replaced by Choking Fog

Banshee
No big changes ncessary
• Legendary: Coordinated Tactics replaced by new card Loyalty Shift

Starting deck adjusted to strengthen discard
• Infect replaced by Bolder
• Rally replaced by Riot (changed to sometimes force discard)

Tower
Strengthened control through mass damage cards
• Rare: Unstable Weaponry replaced by Mind Seize
• Legendary: Battlefield Trance replaced by Mind Break

Starting deck adjusted accordingly
• Blessed Strength replaced by Static Charge
• Decoy replaced by Guard
• Unstable Weaponry replaced by Secure
• White Noise replaced by Mind Seize

The small stuff
And here's the various smaller changes, taken straight from the changelog:

Tweaking leader cards
• A number of leader cards were changed and twewaked to harmonize with the new classes
• Riot: Now discards and draws cards
• Eye for an Eye: Ssacrifice a follower to destroy a random enemy follower
• Desperate Action: Only does two damage and draws a leader c ard
• Heavy Slug: No longer draws a leader card for the enemy
• Juggernaut: Now refreshes the target
• Crash Protocol: Targeted drone now fights a random enemy target
• All sacrifice effects now no longer deal a wound

More stats tracking
• A larger number of interesting gameplay stats are now being tracked by the game
• Your current and overall stats are now be visible in the collections stats and cargo screens

Balancing
• Reduced requirements for convoy perk unlocks to 20 fights (was 50), 5 milestones (was 15) and 8 bosses (was 25)
• All classes had their level up and starting decks tweaked slightly
• Feral Guide to 5/3 (was 6/3)
• The Tempest to 6/7 (was 6/6)
• Hired Gun to 3/4 (was 4/3)
• Sweeper to 5/4 (was 5/3)
• Chatri Matriarch to 5/5 (was 5/4)
• Rabid Lizard to 3/5 (was 3/4)
• Reclycer to 4/6 (was 6/4)
• Berserker to 4/4 (was 3/3)
• Caste Overseer to 5/7 (was 6/6)
• Matyr reduced to 4-cost 4/3 (was 5-cost 5/3)
• Company Agent reduced to 4 5-cost 4/5 (was 6-cost 4/7)
• Anointed inquisitor reduced to 7-cost and 3/8 (was 8-cost 7/6)
• Strategist reduced to 4-cost 2/2 and gained Stealth (was 7-cost 7/7)
• Shadow to 2/3 and gained Stealth (was 5/3)
• Lumbering Chambal to 3/6 (was 2/6) but only gains +3/+0 on Fury (was +4/+0)
• Savage Aibhana gained Brawl
• Protector now adds armor on revenge
• Deceiver now steals followers permanently
• Siege Breaker was set to rare by mistake, has been corrected to legendary

Interface
• Fixing a large number typos in UI text and events (Thanks to Ophidian for the event checks and everyone for the reports!)
• Can now click on the deck piles to look into the decks (only your own) and discard piles (all)

Bugfix
• Tea luxury item now heals properly again
• Ruster Lifter now heals over his starting HP again
• AI can now properly play Brawl followers
• Removed a few erroneous Attack tags from cards
• Can no longer spend two Focus points on one card by double clicking
• Wild shot can now also target obstacles as intended

Custom Game mode added
Finish three games to unlock the game mode
Select up to four game modifiers before you start your game
Six new modifiers added: Diamond, Chased, Affluent, Cornucopia, Unwavering, Cramped and Sloth!
Six new leader cards
Added Decoy Phalanx, Blistering Blow, Blinding Beam, Surprise Attack, Black Hole Trap and Gear Up
Added Blinding Beam and Decoy Phalanx to Banshee (replacing Crippling Mudra and Sabotage)
Leader cards added to items
New pioneers convoy
Added a new convoy focused on Obstacles and Armor
To unlock them you need to assist the rebel cell in Pit Nine
Balancing
Warden changed to 3-cost 3/6 (was 2-cost 3/4)
Added Warden to Traders convoy
Bandit Executioner buff change: Now only triggers if you have no Energy left
Signalbearer is now Rare and triggers for +1/+1 at the end of each turn
Ordnance Runner is now Common and 2-cost 1/1 with Stealth, Blast (instead of 3/4)
Union Sapper is now 3-cost 2/4 (was 2-cost 2/2)
Expert Slinger is now 4/4 Sniper, Blast (was 4/2 First Strike, Blast)
Zealot changed to 5/2 that destroys a random follower on Fury
Demolitions expert changed to 1/4 that sets the health of all other followers to 1
Deplete cost is now 2 (was 3)
Janwar Bear changed to 4/2 (was 5/2)
Cultist changed to 2/2 (was 3/2)
Reduced cost of Arc Overload power to 1
Interface
Fixed text on Scratch cards to refer to enemy "targets" in the frontline (not "units")
Added new "thrown Bomb" visual effect
Added new logo intro animation
Bugfixes
Hand card sorting issue fixed
Strain Chain & Buried Knowledge no longer waste triggers
Strain Chain only triggers once each turn
Fixed some faction-based fights using the right faction
Rage no longer triggers on non-killing Robust units
Disabled all hotkeys while using convoy cards text filter
Coordinated Swarm status effect can properly target enemy leader again

Equipment Power Energy Cost
• Equipment powers now have an Energy Cost (ranging from 0-3)
• Row and neighbor attack powers now deal 3 damage (was 1)
• Row attack power also damages enemy leader
• Wild Blaze now discards a leader card and no longer deals damage to you

Balancing
• Worker is now (1/1) but generates 1 armor on Fury
• Choking Fog changed cost to 3 (was 4)
• Drone Batallion changed cost to 3 (was 5)
• Storm Signal changed cost to 1 (was 3) and stats to 0/2 (was 0/4)
• Kaalrati broken has cheese protection "Backup Systems" buff added

Interface
• Mutator Spite has a less ambiguous description
• Leader Deck during travel will no longer blink once player has seen level up hint once
• Added tooltip with enemy level and type in combat
• Changed label on loadout selection to make function of buttons clearer
• Unlocked convoy perks are clearer different from locked perks
• Show available Focus points in pre-combat screen
• Dismantling from combat and event rewards now possible
• Fixed buy/sell order in shop, again
• Cards in deck are less dark when shown in large card grid

Bugfixes
• Custodian text now properly references the Leader not Convoy Deck
• Ensured that "no target" widget is never responsive when not visible
• Minor event typos in EN, DE and FR
• Hotkeys while filling in follower text filter are suppressed
• Blackout also now properly removes stun
• Favorite followers now heal with priority
• Fixed some non-beast fights in beast events
• Pinned down no longer triggers when 0 health units move
• Attack Drone no longer targets dead units
• If a follower is blocked by a follower, they can't attack a blocking obstacle through the blocking follower
• Enemy AI now properly interacts with the new obstacle blocking rules

Balancing
• Scion Instigator now 2/4 (was (4/3)
• Raj Guard Gladiator & Leper Alchemist enemies tweaked
• Obstacles directly in front of a unit can now be attacked, even by non-frontline units
• Drone Factory Shelter fortification event made a bit easier (less drones on board at start)

Interface
• Followers filter system completely updated
• Renamed followers have their name highlighted in yellow
• Followers can now be renamed with an empty name giving them a shame name (thanks to the Discord for providing ideas and inspiration!)
• Increased the size of the Show Battlefield button during the mulligan phase
• Rulebook and tutorial updated to reflect new attacking rules
• Ingame rulebook added
• Nowhere Prophet (a game by me!) intro logo added
• Attack positioning tutorial extended (obstacle attack rule) and image updated

Bugfixes
• Rock granted by custodian is a Leader card, as all other obstacles
• The first phase of Kaalrati is again marked as a Boss enemy
• Typos and corrections to some event text
• All valuables now sell properly without hiccups
• Fixed the order of the BUY and SELL tabs in the shop screen
• Union deserters event no longer is a fight against Machinists
• The order of triggers is no longer switched around every other time
• Suppressing buff triggers during mulligan draw phase now