Finding Color in the Ashes Alpha 2.52

Hello again! We've got a new build for Finding Color in the Ashes. The 2.5 Update mostly focuses on presentation, with a lot of new art for events and companions, new sound effects, and a new music track. The Alchemy system has also been reworked to be part of inn projects, and Lucy has her own companion page and skill tree.

There's also a bunch of QOL changes, balance adjustments, and some bug fixes.

With Alchemy being moved from the afternoon time slot, we'll be adding some more companion interactions into the afternoon with a bunch of new scenes for the growing cast of the inn.

Thanks for supporting the game, and we hope you enjoy the update!

*Update* - re-upload of 2.5 to fix bug with winter crews being unable to work on outposts.

Alpha 2.52 Patch Notes

Added

• Sword and Rapier both have a new trait: Parry - granting +1 bonus dice to dodging

• Plate and Scale Mail armor have the Heavy trait, increasing stamina costs for dodging

• Leather and Boiledleather armor have the Light trait, granting +1 bonus dice to initiative rolls

• Chainmail and Fey armor have the slash resist trait, granting immunity to the bleed status

• Lucy Skill: Better reagent yield, reagents now give +2 Antimon and +1 Senic when you free principles

Adjustments

• You can drink one potion each round of combat without advancing initiative

• Almost all enemies deal +1d6 damage. The earliest enemies (wolves, echoes, blights, spiders) are unchanged.

• Adjustments to potion and item belt UI in combat

• Local Hero skill replaced with Coordinated Strikes. This skill ensures your companions start with 1 AP in combat.

• Gear traits are displayed on the merchant screen

• Slightly adjusted potion crafting costs

Fixes

• Mana ritual in the gnoll hills wasn't always raising your max mana by the full amount. Fix is retroactive.

• Ellie's explosions won't send your inn's condition into the negatives

• An Ailis/Willow event showing up out of order

• Missing patrol art for army rogue

• Bug preventing winter crews from working on outposts

Alpha 2.5 Patch Notes

Added

• New Music Track

• New SFX

• New NPC dialog portraits

• New Event Art

• Potion crafting rework: Lucy's alchemy has been moved to the Inn Projects screen and has new mechanics.

  • Potions and tools have new crafting recipes with new ingredients.

  • To get the ingredients for potion crafting, break down reagents and monster loot with fire and alcohol.

  • Potions are more in line with other inn projects, and take time to brew (usually 1-3 days)

• Lucy has a page on the Companion screen, and a skill tree to go with it.

  • Lucy has 5 of her 10 skills implemented, all of which improve her alchemy

• New companion portraits for Lucy, Ellie, Willow, and Ailis

• New winter enemy

Adjustments

• Increased the sell value of Stamina, Healing, and Mana Potions

• Access to potion and tool crafting unlocks more gradually now

• Some descriptions + tool tips

• Stasis ritual changed 84% chance to proc down to 75% chance to proc.

• Nightshades and briar now drop both venom and heartwood

• Echobears, Direwolves, and soldiers now drop loot

• Auto-killing monsters on patrols now gives loot

• Monster loot drops are now guaranteed

Fixes

• Some missing button press SFX

• Scout will not patrol with you if a) you have no stamina or b) there is a blizzard

• UI fix for dialog boxes on forge screen

• Winter weekend crews were unable to work on Outposts

• Various typos