Version 0.4.0, "Desperate Stratagems"

Major changes:

• Boot screen
• Critical hits.
  • Each attack has a 5% chance of knocking an opponent off balance.
  • The next attack against an off-balance opponent is an automatic critical hit. In addition to dealing 50% bonus damage, critical hits allow you to execute weapon-specific maneuvers, such as a staff sweep or spinning halberd attack.
• Desperation attacks. When reduced to 30% health or lower, your next attack is an automatic critical hit.
• Changes to Off-Hand Attack make learning left hand techniques easier:
  • Staffs are now classified as double weapons and so can be used with Off-Hand Attack. (Currently, double weapons only help with Off-Hand Attack; rumors exist of fighting styles that take full advantage of double weapons, but such techniques cannot be found this early in the dungeon...)
  • Off-Hand Attack's tooltip now gives more information, to help you know whether or not it can deal the finishing blow.

Less visible changes:

• Rebalance health, damage, and armor.
• Various tweaks to techniques:
  • Blood Sip heals on hit as well as on each turn.
  • You can now step past unconscious opponents who you've chosen not to kill.
  • Pickpocketing an unconscious creature always succeeds.
  • Creatures who've regained consciousness are still groggy and unable to act for one turn.
  • Poisoned Dart's poison is more dangerous.
  • Charged Bolt is more accurate.
  • Increase damage on Explosive Tags.
• Various tweaks to creatures. In particular:
  • Fire ants are rarer.
  • Cave bats know Blood Sip.