Tag: Dungeons&Dragons

Idle Champions: Reworked Havilar With some mishaps.

Havilar has been reworked, and it’s time to put her to the test-starting with Variant 1: “Odd Ones Out.” With half the bench slots locked and only the Brimstone Angels allowed to break the rules, it’s a challenge that demands creativity, patience, and a bit of family bonding. Havilar, Farideh, and Mehen step up, but low item levels and missing DPS make things… interesting.

From the very first setup, mishaps abound: champions in the wrong slots, BUD-setting bouncing between Kent, Farideh, and Durge, and Evelyn tanking like a champ while Jarlaxle dies on impact. The server lags, Vi’s Sass-stacks fall behind, and the Faithful Friend slot seems to have a mind of its own. But through it all, Havilar holds the line-buffing from the front, summoning imps, and stacking Leadership Summit like a true infernal tactician.
As the run pushes toward Area 1200 and beyond, the formation shifts, the gold climbs, and the Brimstone Angels rally. It’s not smooth, it’s not elegant, but it’s effective. By the end, Variant 1 is cleared, Havilar gains 300 item levels, and seven gold chests are earned-along with a healthy dose of disbelief that it actually worked.
Now, with Variant 2 looming and Diamond Golems waiting to be tanked, it’s time to let the game run overnight and hope the server holds. Havilar may be young, but she’s already proving she can carry a team-even if that team is missing half its seats.

Oh, and that Havilar-Spotlight-Video – you can find it here:

New Tale – King of Shadows

A new tale (and old hero) has arrived in Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms:
The King of Shadows.
Sit by the fire and discover his story – if you dare.
It’s not for the faint-hearted. You have been warned …

The King of Shadows was not always a creature of darkness. His story begins with a dwarf named Annaeus, who created a guardian for the great Illefarn Empire – a realm built on the unlikely alliance between dwarves and elves.

This guardian was once a human man. He gave up everything, even his name, to fulfill his duty. He became the perfect protector: devoid of pride, ambition, or any desire that could compromise his mission. Drawing strength directly from the Weave, the magical fabric of the world, he was designed to defend Illefarn for eternity – and perhaps beyond.

The Fall into Shadow

But every legend has its turning point. Disaster struck when Karsus attempted to steal divinity from Mystryl, the goddess of magic. In that moment, the Weave vanished briefly. The guardian faced a terrible choice: die and leave Illefarn vulnerable, or reach for a darker power.

He chose the Shadow Weave.

That decision twisted him into something monstrous – a creature of shadow and hunger. He began draining the life from everything around him. The people of Illefarn soon recognized the corruption and tried to destroy him. But to the guardian, anyone who opposed him was an enemy of Illefarn itself.

Protector Turned Destroyer

The result was catastrophic. He annihilated the very people he had sworn to protect. Before the end, they managed to banish him to the Plane of Shadow – a second tragic twist in his tale. There, he remained imprisoned for centuries.

A Hunger That Never Died

Now, the King of Shadows seeks to return. Though Illefarn is long gone, he remains bound to a duty that no longer has meaning. His hunger has only grown. He commands legions of spectral Shadow Reavers and builds powers of darkness beyond imagination.

Driven by a warped sense of purpose, he aims to engulf Neverwinter — and perhaps the entire world – in eternal night. He is not merely a fallen guardian. He is the embodiment of corrupted power.