[h2][b]Key changes:[/b][/h2] [list] [*]Magic and spells have been revised and expanded (see below) [*]The HUD has been revised and expanded (see below) [*]All playable characters and NPCs have updated portraits (and their in-game appearance has been updated to match) [*]The Barbarian and the Rogue have been removed from the game - they will return as part of the Mighty Weapons and Dual Wielding content updates after the Early Access launch (respectively) [/list] [h3]Magic changes[/h3] [list] [*]Pyromancy has been revised and contains 6 spells: Firebolt, Fireball, Ignition, Bonfire, Fireforge, and Mantle of Fire [*]Cryomancy has been revised and contains 6 spells: Snap Freeze, Winterchill, Iceshatter Mine, Blizzard, Frozen Needles, and Mantle of Frost [*]Tempestry has been revised and contains 6 spells: Step of the Wind, Static Spark, Lightning Bolt, Wind Blast, Sparkdash, and Thunderstorm [*]Divination has been revised and contains 6 spells: Starlight, Starsight, Cartography, Intuition, Clarity, and Astral Projection [*]Iasotrophy has been revised and contains 6 spells: Heal, Regeneration, Bolster, Inoculate, Blightbolt, and Toxic Mist [*]Most spells can now be "charged up" to cause a "better" version of the effect with different properties [*]Charging up spells causes your character to chant, which is audible to nearby enemies [*]If your spell is disrupted before it is properly unleashed, it is "disrupted" and appropriate effects indicate that you lost the charge [*]Spells that create an effect at a target spot can be more precisely placed with a mouse [*]More effects now have magical auras that can be percieved [*]Magical auras now (once revealed) can display text that explains what a given effect or aura "does" [*]Spell Tomes are now held items that passively increase your knowledge of a selected spell while equipped held [*]There is no longer a way to spend Vitae to permanently learn a spell; this feature will return in an upcoming update that will revise character progression [*]There are now additional popup tutorials explaining the above during gameplay [*]"Heroism" invocations - Battlecry, Flicker Dodge, etc - have been removed from the game and will be reworked in a later update. [/list] [h3]HUD changes[/h3] [list] [*]The look and feel of the on-character menu + HUD has been entirely redone [*]Your player character's portrait now appears in the HUD "root menu" [*]There is a new on-character submenu - "Invocations" - that explains the effects of all invocations a player currently has access to (including those castable from items) [*]There is a new on-character submenu - "Active Effects" - that shows a description of any active status effects/debuffs on your character [*]Buffs/sustained effects are now dispelled via the "Active Effects" menu [*]Status bars/icons now appear above the player during active gameplay [*]The HUD is now colorized with your player color [*]You can now change your player color during character select [/list] [h3]Other Changes:[/h3] [list] [*]Invocation order and focused carried item/invocation now properly persists between levels [*]Bleed is now more dangerous [*]Bloodfly clouds now apply bleed at a much faster rate [*]Shock now damages entities that have negative lightning defense (such as from metal armor) [*]The gates of the cages in the Prologue can no longer accidentally trap the player [*]The shortcut in the Prologue can no be opened from the other side of the wall [*]Knight Lossaire no longers cares about allies outside the boss arena [*]Map generation should be more tolerant of rare errors [/list] This is actually a [i]giant[/i] update that brings the core game much closer to the "final" state for Early Access! Go give it a try!