Pandara's Sphere, v 1.5 (Softlock Fixes and New Minibosses!)

Pandara's Sphere, v. 1.5

ADDITIONS

-Added four challenging minibosses to the game which can only be found after unlocking Tartarus' Cradle in a New Game + run.

 -The Alpha Spinodon will occasionally appear if the player searches for enemy encounters in Bleak Rock.

 -A special enemy will appear only once if the player searches for enough enemy encounters in Ghost River. This enemy will drop a unique piece of armour when defeated! The player will be unable to flee from this fight, so search for it with care!

 -The Hellback Nymph will occasionally appear if the player searches for enemy encounters in the Swamp of Souls.

 -The Avatar of Holy Hell will appear only once if the player searches for enough enemy encounters in Firefall Abyss. This enemy will drop a unique accessory when defeated!

TWEAKS

-Changed the icon for the Venom state to reduce confusion as to whether the player is affected by it or Poison.

-Gave Pandara's bind animation its own unique colour swap to better fit her aesthetic.

-Tweaked the damage calculation formulas of the basic elemental spells to have slightly less base power and be more weighted toward the user's MAT stat. This should make most spells less oppressive in the early game when used by enemies.

-Did the opposite with Venomlash/Spray and Decompose/Mass-Decompose; Slightly reduced the degree to which the user's MAT affects the damage of these skills.

-Increased the base damage of Venomlash and Venomspray (before factoring in stats) from 100 to 150.

-Increased the MP cost of Decompose from 25 to 30, and Mass-Decompose from 60 to 65.

-Increased the damage of Spectral Slap from [a.mat * 4 - b.def * 2] to [a.mat * 5 - b.def * 2]

-Increased the damage of Ground Pound from [a.atk * 6 - b.def * 1] to [a.atk * 8 - b.def * 1], and increased the stun chance from 65 to 70%

-Renamed the Spell Resistance skill that Shadowmen sometimes use to Blur.

-Removed the atk speed pentalties from the higher-tier helmets and armour.

-Renamed the Mithril Circlet, Armour and Helm to Obsidian Circlet/Armour/Helm, and added a 10% Fire resistance to each piece.

-Renamed the Magi's Crown to the Crown of Asura and increased its DEF bonus from 18 to 20.

-The Hermit Robe and Elemental Cloak now properly state that they grant elemental resistances.

-The Unhallowed Cloak now grants a 40% resistance to Nature damage. (It doesn't state this in its description because Golgar's a bit of a dick.)

-The Blackened Oven Mitts accessory now grants a 50% Fire resistance in addition to its other perks.

-The Drakkan Skull Helmet now grants a 50% Thunder resistance in addition to its other perks.

-Changed the icons of several of the Hammer weapons to stand out more.

-Renamed the Mithril Mace to Obsidian Hammer and increased its DEF bonus from 0 to 6

-Increased the DEF bonus of the Ground Breaker from 0 to 7

-Renamed the Mourner Hammer to Krom's Fist, increased its DEF bonus from 0 to 10, and granted it a 30% chance to stun on successful attack.

BUGFIXES

-Gut-Slam will now check to make sure there are still enemies before triggering Belch. This should prevent softlocks related to the skill when it's used to take out the last enemy in a fight.

-The new cutscene in Rigorfall Stairwell should no longer softlock the game due to Ifri attempting to move downward when she cannot. (It'll still look weird if the player enters the stairwell from below, but it will play out and allow the player to continue without any serious issues.)

-Fixed a black screen appearing if the player chooses the bad ending in a New Game + run.

-Equipped Weapons and Armour should now properly transfer over into a New Game + file.

-Venomspray now properly targets all enemies.

-Fixed Ghorf's Inertia skill not protecting against Venom, Mana Burn, and Stench.

-Fixed several skills bypassing cover due to being considered 'certain hit' skills. These skills have been switched to either physical or magical attacks.

-The Chewing Charm now properly protects against being eaten.