I just went up against Lord Relias, who had 70 Dodge. What a battle that was. Axes really come in handy when you only have 20% chance to hit.

I will have the Path Progression Mod up soon. Basically the Sov trait gives +30 Dodge. Pretty good stuff. I'll nerf that when I add in the first version of it.

Thanks, I will take a look at them. I too have noticed the Earth Elemental behaving weird with Overpower. The darkling thing should be a simple fix.

On another note, I will be posting the basics of my Path Progression Mod today.

I have Darklings set up to use charge. I see the trait when I check their details ingame. Darkling Warriors don't have charge, but are much stronger.

Good ideas in the path progressions.

.98 is INFERIOR! INFERIOR! INFERIOR!

Just kidding. I will finish up the path mod and then think about switching the mod over to .98.

By the time I finish this new update it will be out. I have decided I need to do a total revamp of all heroes to have these changes make sense. Right now I am still trying to see where a trait can be used by more than one class. Many of the fighter and rogue abilities can overlap. I want to use as little space as possible to avoid creating book long xml files.

No, it isn't.

I'll take a look at it when you release it.

Just to psych myself up about the next round of trait work, I have learned some good tricks from traits. I initially was going to add an ability that has a cooldown of 8, does something unique like ignoring armor or guarantee crits. It would have a serious cooldown, but you can get multiples of a trait to use it more often. This doesn't really work because abilities can't do everything I want. Then I realized it would be better to have the trait add an instant extra attack with the bonus added for that next action only. 

Ex:

Critical Strike: +100 Initiative for one action, +100 Crit for one action. 

This way accuracy, crit, and all other factors come into play, whereas when you just have the ability do the damage, it tends to ignore the standard stats and game mechanics. Sometimes I can make that part of the ability, but in many cases I don't want that. This way I can also make an ability last for more than one action, like rapid fire. Other times I can make the player sacrifice the turn in order to gain a longer term advantage.

The new version 1.980.001 is up!

This one totally redefines hero paths. You can now enjoy a much more focused design for the RPG aspect of the game. It meshes well with the improvements I made the strategic side. The next step will be the crossover. I plan to make Path of the Governor into a full feature mix of strategic bonuses and hero progression. I want to nail down the basics before I get into that stuff. 

Check the link in the OP to see all the wonderful new traits and paths. There are a ton of new abilities and spells. Each level opens two new options and there should be about 22 traits in total for each path. Instead of allowing cross-classing, I have decided to make the branching Paths offer a cross-class later on. Spellsword, for instance, is an Arcanist-Assailant. Barbarian is an Assailant-Defender. You will get some of both paths and a few unique options. You are, however, sacrificing the high level choices in each Path.

Oh and there are new Paths that have not been implemented yet for level 12-20. They won't be options, but more akin to prestige titles. Some of them are present in the OP's link to my chart. I also will be adding Paths from quests like Path of the Vampire, Slayer, Timelord, Demon, God, Ghost, Titan, etc. over the coming years. It is nice to be able to tie the leveling system into quests and events.

Some of the ability traits work differently than in the vanilla version. Many add an extra turn to the hero with some kind of bonus. For example, Weak Spot seeks to mimic an archer hitting a weak spot in someone's armor. Clicking the ability takes up a turn, but immediately grants a new one where you have 50% armor piercing for one turn. It is a little confusing at first, but I will add in an explanation in the descriptor later on. I added so much, I have not had time to do all the descriptions and animations. That will come later, unless someone wants to do them. PM me if you want to add in all the descriptions, sound effects, animations, and effects. I will eventually get to it, but I am more interested in the system rather than polish. You might see a lot of the "Slow" icon for the new stuff. 

Next I will get to work on better balance. I started off each trait and Path with some great power. I now will be balancing things downward and increasing the XP required to level. I want lots of power, but a reasonable progression to it. 

If anyone wants to cannibalize the Path Mod and make it standalone or add it to Stormworld, the CoreAbilities.xml and CoreSpells.xml have all the new content. The Paths are at the top of the abilities file. The spells are at the bottom of the spells file. This should work as a decent template for expanding the Path system. 

You might want to adjust some of the numbers. I give out alot of stats because the weapons in my mod do very little damage. In general, a 50% nerf to all attack bonuses might be a good idea. Instead of +1 attack per level, +.5 per level and so on.

Oops, thanks. I am thinking about a new name for the mod too if anyone has any ideas. So far I am think about calling it Sunnyworld for the sake of contrast.