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{{Oldversion|0.9.0}}
0.9.0 was released 12th Aug 2011.

== Misc notes==
Changes that didn't make it into the changelogs:
* There is only one demonic rune, treated like the Abyssal rune.

==Changelog==
===Stone Soup 0.9 (20110812)===
Disclaimer: These are merely the highlights, not an exhaustive list of changes.
Save compatibility with the 0.8 release is retained, although once a game is loaded in 0.9, you can not go back to 0.8.

===0.9 Highlights===
* New skill training system. Experience pool and [[victory dance|victory dancing]] are gone.
* [[Ashenzari]]: Remove passive XP boost, add a skill boost depending on level of boundedness and which equipment is bound.
* Rename Crusader to [[Skald]], change starting book and skill levels.
* New spells: [[Inner Flame]], [[Shroud of Golubria]].
* Removed spells: [[Teleport Self]], [[Berserker Rage]], [[Resist Poison]].
* New monsters: [[Ignacio]] (unique executioner), [[catoblepas]], [[basilisk]].
* New subgame: [[Zot Defence]]. Consider it of experimental quality, though.

===Skills===
* Skill training: skills are trained immediately when XP is gained. The skills trained are the ones that have been used recently (auto) or the ones which have been selected (manual).
* Skill costs: the XP to skill point ratio no longer depends on skill level.
* Magic school skills early game discount removed.

===Gods===
* [[Cheibriados]] gives full stat boost for fully ponderous, regardless of species.
* [[Jiyva]] is a little less likely to remove mutations.
* Improve [[Jiyva]]'s stat shuffling, take skills and armour into account.
* [[Makhleb]] has a new flavour description.
* Nerf [[TSO]]'s and [[Makhleb]]'s HP and MP on kills.
* [[Trog]] specialises in antimagic weapon gifts, gives fewer artefacts.
* [[Trog]] dislikes it when you train magic skills.
* [[Yred]] takes statue kills and forbids Statue Form.
* [[Zin]]'s Vitalisation is cheaper and cures petrification, stat boost stackable.
* Don't allow avoiding good god wrath by swapping via another good god.
* [[Ashenzari]]: Remove passive XP boost, add a skill boost depending on level of boundedness and which equipment is bound.
* [[Ashenzari]]: reduce reskilling XP penalty and some ability piety costs.
* [[Ashenzari]] wrath: reduce all skills for the duration of wrath.

===Character===
* +3 base HP for all characters.
* Racial HP/MP gain is now displayed on a -3 to +3 scale (see ?%).
* Fighting gives less HP boost.
* All characters carry a bootknife to dissect corpses.
* [[Hill Orc]] [[Priest]]s always take on [[Beogh]].
* Berserkitis mutation triggers less often.
* Tweak starting skills for a few backgrounds (Fi, Gl, Wr, CK).
* Give [[Warper]]s a few more darts of [[Dispersal_(brand)|dispersal]].
* Let [[Gladiator]]s start with a cap if they can't wear helmets.
* Start all [[Hunter]]s with the same melee weapon.
* Start [[Artificer]]s with quarterstaves, instead of letting [[Monk]]s choose them.
* Rename Crusader to [[Skald]], change starting book and skill levels.
* [[Conjurer]]s don't need to choose a book (they always get an Air/Ice book).
* [[Felid]]s: lose a level on death, gain at most nine lives, improved aptitudes.
* [[Draconian]]s are more dextrous.
* Berserk speed-up reduced to that of haste (1.5 instead of 2).
* All species take the same amount of time to use stairs.

===Interface===
* New command: 'D'rop last. Drops the item(s) last picked up.
* Auto-switch: bumping while wielding launcher switches to weapon in slots a/b.
* Auto-switch: firing while wielding melee weapon switches to launcher in a/b.
* Auto-explore tries to look at unreachable places.
* Search: allows searching for portals, and for waypoints (Ctrl-F 1, Ctrl-F *).
* Search: "branded" synonymous with "ego". Better help (Ctrl-F ?).
* Search: only show items in a stash matching the search.
* Search: allow searching for armour by equipment slot.
* New help for skills screen (m??).
* Change inventory colours for some potions.
* Auto-pickup chunks after [[Animate Skeleton]].
* Allow toggling hit prediction with ':' in new targetting modes.
* Cloud glyph in 7-bit ASCII is '0', not '#' anymore.
* Prompt before leaving [[Ziggurat]].
* Better butchering messages, less spam.
* Abort spellcasting in many cases where spells are guaranteed to fail.
* Display -cTele on the status line where controlled teleports are blocked.
* Allow redefining [[mimic]] glyphs, once identified.
* Show percentage progress to the next level, instead of number of XP points.
* Show 'chaotic' in monster status only when aiming silver ammo at them.
* Show 'mindless' in monster status only when using [[Elyvilon|Ely]]'s healing abilities.

===Spells===
* New spell: [[Shroud of Golubria]] (comes in Skald and Warper starting books). Prevents some melee damage, but likely to break against more damaging attacks.
* New spell: [[Inner Flame]] (comes in starting book of Fire Elementalists). Causes targeted enemy to explode in a fireball when killed.
* Removed spells: [[Teleport Self]], [[Berserker Rage]], [[Resist Poison]].
* [[Tornado]]: radius starts low, increases over time, add cooldown, adjust damage.
* [[Tornado]] moves monsters within its radius around.
* [[Blink]]ing with [[Tornado]] active reduces its duration, [[teleport]]ing cancels it.
* Make [[Fire Storm]], [[Ice Storm]], [[Bolt of Magma]] and [[Throw Icicle]] more resistible.
* Increase [[Bolt of Magma]] damage.
* Give [[Summon Dragon]] a longer duration, summon two dragons at high power.
* [[Shock]] and [[lightning bolt|Lightning]] will hit a creature at most twice; damage increased.
* Make [[LRD]] and [[Sandblast]] more strongly affected by monster AC again.
* Ranges of [[Throw Frost]]/[[Throw Flame|Flame]] and of [[Bolt of Cold]]/[[Bolt of Fire|Fire]] swapped.
* Increase [[Flame Tongue]]'s accuracy and range a little.
* [[Sublimation of Blood]] takes spellpower into account.
* [[Apportation]] takes spellpower into account for all items.
* [[Statue Form|Statue]] and [[Dragon Form]] balance: give both some [[GDR]], reduce unarmed damage.
* [[Statue Form]]: boost all melee damage, give 50% torment resistance.
* Increase [[Ozocubu's Refrigeration]] to level 6.
* Reduce [[Summon Ice Beast]] to level 4, [[Static Discharge]] to level 3.
* [[Maxwell's Silver Hammer]] works also on all [[weapons]] with bludgeoning damage.
* [[Poison Weapon]] works also on blunt [[weapons]].
* [[Condensation Shield]] duration increased.
* [[Simulacrum|Simulacra]] from the spell are no longer abjurable.
* Renamed books: Chemistry -> [[Book of Alchemy|Alchemy]], Zoology -> [[Book of Beasts|Beasts]].

===Monsters===
* [[Catoblepas]]: a new hard-hitting yak-genus monster with petrifying breath.
* Replace "gila monster" with "[[basilisk]]", complete with petrification.
* [[Ignacio]], a unique executioner of Makhleb, spawns in Pandemonium.
* AI: monsters improve even signature weapons (e.g. [[Sigmund]] will use [[List of unrands|Finisher]]).
* AI: confused high intelligence monsters don't move if next to a deadly cell.
* Allow polymorphing demons into other similar-tier demons.
* [[Snapping turtle]]s and [[Geryon]] reach diagonally.
* Give [[Shadow fiend]]s and [[Tormentor]]s a pain-branded melee attack.
* Boost [[ghost moth]] damage, don't spawn them in [[Spider's Nest]]s.
* Fix random [[pan lord]]s not getting [[Symbol of Torment]] in their spell sets.
* [[Bat Form|Vampire bat]]s are undead.
* Monsters with mutagenic chunks leaves corpses less often.
* Reaching over a hostile monster may hit the monster between you and target.
* [[Kenku]] monsters come with gear, may spawn in the [[Abyss]].
* Rename "beast" to "[[hell beast]]".
* Rename "megabat" to "[[bat]]".
* [[Kobold]]s can (rarely) get crossbows.
* [[Pikel]]: fixed bugs with freed monsters.
* Adjust xp values for some monsters.
* Disable feature [[mimic]]s.

===Levels===
* New branch endings: multiple [[Elven Halls|Elf:5]] maps, [[Realm of Zot|Zot]] entry vaults on D:27.
* Many other new [[vault]]s, including serial vaults, traps, Abyss vaults.
* [[Blink]] in the [[Abyss]] only blinks; does not teleport anymore.
* [[Bailey]]s are more sane in loot and threat.
* [[Trove]]s: fix some bugs, and additional quests.
* [[Vestibule of Hell]] has its own monster set.
* Don't place kobold/orc/jelly/bee special rooms in the [[Hell]]s.

===Orb run===
* Double the orb's weight.
* Disable controlled teleports once the orb is picked up.
* Orb run spawns are more likely to spawn near the player.
* [[Teleportation]] may need longer to kick in.

===Items===
* Price reform: scrolls, potions, rings. Bad items cost more than 1 gold now.
* Cards: the Orb (new card), destruction cards buffed.
* Experience card gives less experience at low power.
* [[Scroll of identify]] shows top card when used on deck of cards.
* Picked up [[rune]]s are no longer part of the inventory. They are listed in \.
* Randarts with the *Rage property trigger berserk less often.
* Modified spellbooks: [[Book of Conjurations|Conjurations]], [[Book of Unlife|Unlife]], many elemental books.
* [[Buckler]]s provide less [[SH]].
* [[Large rock]]s can (rarely) be generated on the dungeon floor.
* Ammo of [[Dispersal_(brand)|dispersal]] only disperses if it does damage.
* [[Silver]]-branded ammo only does bonus damage to chaotic creatures.
* Reduce [[silver]] and [[steel]] damage bonus.
* Reflected missiles get their full range on the way back.
* Randart heavy armours tend to come with better enchantment.
* [[Wand]]s and [[rod]]s rely more strongly on [[Evocations]] skill.
* Long blades: nerf [[double sword]]s, buff [[demon blade]]s, remove [[katana]]s.
* Reduce [[demon whip]] and [[demon trident]] damage.
* Remove [[knife|knives]]. Change [[List of unrands|Spriggan's Knife]] from knife to dagger.
* Make the [[List of unrands|Sword of Zonguldrok]] a double sword with the reaping [[brand]].
* Give [[List of unrands|Undeadhunter]] a disruption effect against undead instead of holy wrath.
* Make [[List of unrands|Wyrmbane]]'s enchantment increase whenever it kills a dragon.
* Give [[List of unrands|Scythe of Curses]] draining brand, inflict necro miscasts on its targets.
* [[List of unrands|Mace of Brilliance]] comes with a halo.
* [[List of unrands|Singing Sword]] does sonic damage at high tension.
* Bad unrandarts (Misfortune, Folly, Lear's) get a random appearance.
* Make [[potion of berserk rage|potions of berserk rage]] more common.

===Tiles===
* Display halo radius, fix information disparity between tiles and console.
* Don't allow casting spells in -CAST equipment by clicking on spell icons.
* Only flying [[pan lord]]s have tiles with wings.
* Many new or improved monster, dungeon and interface tiles.

===Options===
* Allow hiding the -cTele indicator with show_no_ctele.
* Allow automatically assigning specific spells to letters with spell_slot.

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