Noblesse Oblige v0.16.1.4 "Gathering Shadows" Public Release!

 

Chapter 15 is here! And it's an incredible behemoth of an update, heh. I definitely hope everyone enjoys!

Edit #3: I've updated to v0.16.1.4 to address a minor stat display bug.

Get it here! Or on Steam.

Edit #2: I've updated to v0.16.1.3. Alexander will no longer see the dukes off in his smallclothes, no matter how amusing it was. :X

Edit: Edit: I've updated to v0.16.1.1, addressing various minor bugs, including a freeze when doing Ligaea's 75-loyaltty skill immediately after Theseus's, a softlock in the border village, and two variable display issues.

v0.16.1.0 "Gathering Shadows" Patch Notes (9-5-2025)

- 139k(!) words of content, making this the largest update ever by 30%. Note: This size is unlikely to recur again in the near future.

- Significant new section of the story!

- New combat section(s)!

- ??? (you'll find out =P)!

- New Castle Kharos iteration!

- New district of the Castle Town to explore!

- One new loyalty skill scene (Theseus 50)!

- Two new possible training room synergy scenes (Sindarion/Calysia and Ariadne/Somnus)!

- One new intimate scene for those with the patch!

- New art for Despoina from the ever-excellent Mimo! Three hair color variants are available! (Note: Old art may be restored using a patch found at https://www.lordfortegames.com if desired.)

• New art for Despoina's dress in Chapter 12!

- Added ultimate skill cutins for King Antiochus and Cassander in the introduction section!

- Nine new achievements for those playing on Steam! (Note: Per a patreon poll, route-specific achievements will now exist; for now, these only include an achievement for starting each route). 

- Significant polishing on old content! I made a pass through the whole game, especially improving the Avalonia Ruins, but also many minor issues throughout the whole game!

UI Improvements

• Added the option to let buffs and debuffs tile up to three rows on character portraits. This can be turned off in the system menu to restore prior functionality if desired.
• New functionality to reset consumed items when retrying a fight after losing.
• Dyslexic Fonts are now available in the system menu.
• Antilag is now always on, as turning it on and off produced additional lag. 
• Adjusted anti-lag to reduce weirdness with lights at the edge of the screen.
• Added clarity to various skill and effect descriptions.
• Absorb shields now show the remaining absorb value in the effect description in combat.
• Fixate now displays the name of the fixate user in the debuff description. 
• Added a brief turn-end animation when Ligaea's Falconry skills come off cooldown.

Balance Changes

• Calysia now has 2000 MP base
• Calysia's MP costs have been changed from a percentage of max MP to a fixed number based on 2000 MP pool.
• Full Moon can no longer trigger from a spell made free by Full Moon.
• Full Moon can now trigger from Arcane Swiftness and similar effects.
• Reduced the cost of Searing Moonlight to 30 SP.
• Calysia has a new skill (Mending Ritual) that is only available out of combat and offers cheap healing,
• States and buffs that expire based on actions taken will no longer expire when an Instant skill is used with 0 duration left.
• Aether Draughts now restore 50% MP when used out of combat.
• Retaliate's debuff now only lasts for 1 round as per the skill description. 

Lore

• Adjusted the direction of continents (Solaia is now to the west of Velonia, Velkeriae and Lyonseriae are east).
• Adjusted various mentions of the time of year for consistency and added mention of the Feast of Caelon in Chapter 6. 

Bugfixes

• Fixed a major issue storing junk data in saved games. Loading ang re-saving a save in v0.16 or beyond should delete this data from your old saves. This issue may have caused save screen lag and lag when the autosave loaded. 
• Fixed an issue causing Sindarion's 50 Loyalty upgrade to decrease rather than increase Blitz damage. 
• Purify damage will no longer trigger Sindarion's Perfect Focus or remove stealth.
• Fixed a very rare crash caused by Consuming Arc missing a target.
• Cynthia will no longer go beyond death and return if defeated by a damage reflect attack during Sanguine Drive. 
• Fixed an issue that could occur when multiple instances of Monomachy were active.
• Fixed an issue preventing Regal Presence from properly having High Priority when not instant.
• Fixed an issue inverting the name tags for Princess Iliana and Princess Tasia.
• Many typos and minor fixes (thanks to everyone who reported!)
• Fixed a bug where Blood Strike did not consume Fury as intended.

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Noblesse Oblige v0.16. released to patrons!

 

Chapter 15: Gathering Shadows has been released to patrons!

Get it here with Baron+ tier access!

This version is incredibly long. As such, Steam release will be coming in 5 weeks rather than four to give me adequate time to prepare and make further improvements that I hope to before public release.

v0.16 "Gathering Shadows" Patch Notes (8-1-2025)

- 135k(!) words of content, making this the largest update ever by 30%. Note: This size is unlikely to recur again in the near future.

- Significant new section of the story!

- New combat section(s)!

- ??? (you'll find out =P)!

- New Castle Kharos iteration!

- New district of the Castle Town to explore!

- One new loyalty skill scene (Theseus 50)!

- Two new possible training room synergy scenes (Sindarion/Calysia and Ariadne/Somnus)!

- One new intimate scene for those with the patch!

- New art for Despoina from the ever-excellent Mimo! Three hair color variants are available! 

- Added ultimate skill cutins for King Antiochus and Cassander in the introduction section!

- Nine new achievements for those playing on Steam! (Note: Per a patreon poll, route-specific achievements will now exist). 

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Noblesse Oblige v0.15.1.5 "Promises to Keep" Public Release!

 

 Chapter 14: Promises to Keep is now available to the public! 

Edit: Updated to v0.15.1.5, addressing an incorrect calculation for the stat check this update. Old saves will be fixed in the rift next time. In addition, fixed a bug with proposals.

Get it here! Or on Steam.

Edit: Updated to v0.15.1.3 to address a rare crash when changing gear.

Edit: Updated to v0.15.1.2, fixing a few minor bugs and a freeze in Chapter 6. 

Noblesse Oblige v0.15.0.5 Patch Notes (5-9-2025)

• 75k words of content!
• Significant new section of the story!
• Significant new combat section with optional challenges!
• One new intimate scene for those with the patch!
• New art for Albion Soldiers (by the ever-excellent Mimo)! Note: These are not featured in the new content.
• Four new achievements for those playing on Steam!
• Graphical improvements to Delphin Pass!
• New anti-lag functionality! This is on by default, but can be turned off in the system menu if issues arise. 

= Balance Changes

• When several Fire-boosting effects such as Caustic Tar and Singed are active, only the strongest Fire boost takes effect.
• MP cost reduction effects now work on skills that cost another character's MP (i.e. Ariadne's MP cost reduction is applied for Searing Wind and Blazing Blade).
• Calysia's Purge Sorcery now has High priority.
• Calysia's Nightshroud now has Medium priority.
• Removed the +20% dmg taken/done from Somnus's Dreamwalk (it's still quite strong XD). 
• Somnus's attacks now pierce most damage absorbs and many damage reduction (-x damage, rather than -x% damage) effects.
• Ligaea's Falconry skills can no longer crit to avoid them consuming Confidence.
• Increased the damage of Blazing Arrow.
• Ligaea now has a free version of Take Cover to cancel Cover.

= UI Improvements

• Clarified Full Moon/New Moon buffs in Calysia's passive effects.
• Added buff icon to the skill description to indicate which kind of Cover Whirlwind removes.
• Added a "Current Status" option to view current stat values in the proposal screen.
• Changed Ligaea's default combat expression (Mimo art only).
• Added a "Required" designation for proposals such as Grove Restoration to make clear that they must be done by a point in the story or they will be done automatically.
• Added a "Short Term" designation for certain proposals such as Arkos Underworld that are available for a short time.
• Added a new page to the Proposals menu allowing the current value of key factors to be checked. 

= Bugfixes

• Theseus Loyalty Fix 2: Electric Boogaloo (now Tychus loyalty changes are no longer added twice).
• Fixed a bug causing the discounted price of Grove Defenders to be applied in the wrong circumstances. Affected saves will be corrected in the Temporal Rift.
• Improved the consistency of Elite Cover effects.
• Fixed an issue causing Salvation to grant more SP than intended. 
• Various typo reports and fixes to old content (thanks to everyone who reported).
• Fixed a bug causing Instant Message settings to load Turn Window settings instead of instant message settings.
• Fixed a bug causing Lorena's Ice Barrier to prevent healing or be removed by healing.
• Fixed a bug causing Sindarion's Perfect Focus to trigger when an Absorb or Cover effect would have prevented damage. 

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Noblesse Oblige v0.15.0 "Promises to Keep" released to patron!

 Chapter 14: Promises to Keep has been released to patrons!

Get it here with Baron+ tier access!

Public release will be in one month, on May 9th.

v0.15 Patch Notes (4-11-2025)

75k words of content!

Significant new section of the story!

Significant new combat section with optional challenges!

One new intimate scene for those with the patch!

New art for Albion Soldiers (by the ever-excellent Mimo)! Note: These are not featured in the new content.

Four new achievements for those playing on Steam!

Graphical improvements to Delphin Pass!

New anti-lag functionality! This is always-on in the current version and has been tested with. In the future, it will be a system menu setting.

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Noblesse Oblige v0.14.1.3 Public Release!

Noblesse Oblige : Legacy of the Sorcerer Kings,  v0.14.1.3 "The Shadows Within" is now available to the public!

Edit #4: I've updated to v0.14.1.4. This fixes a bug where the cost of Grove Defenders was incorrect.

Get it here! Or on Steam.

Edit #3: I've updated to v0.14.1.3.

This fixes a rare potential crash related to Freeze effects as well as fixing some passability issues in Avalonia.

Edit #2: Updated to v0.14.1.2 to make a few fixes, notably:

- Fixed a crash in the sanctum after accepting Eris's deal

- Added a save point before deciding whether to accept Eris's offer

- Added a translucent text background to the post-duel textual scene

- Various other minor bugfixes and typos.

Edit: Updated to v0.14.1.1. 

This corrects an issue with shop unique items and an issue where Story Mode would not be deactivated if used during a unique dungeon. 

If you have a save stuck in story mode, feel free to comment with a link to it or come to the discord and I can fix it.

v0.14.1.0 Patch Notes (1-31/2025)

- 104k(!) words of content.

- Significant new section of the story.

- New partial Castle Kharos iteration.

- New combat sections.

- Major optional side section for some routes (those with Somnus who kept Tychus for interrogation).

- Five new achievements for those playing on Steam.

- New level up skills available for several party members!

- Three new loyalty skills (Ariadne 75, Ligaea 75, Somnus 50).

- One new throne room scene (Cynthia).

- New Ariadne art! Ariadne's outfit has been redone by Mimo! I'm very happy with the results of this. A patch to use the old outfit may be added in the menu at a later time.

- New bust art cut-ins for "ultimate" skills such as Wildfire and Power Shot!

- Door customization for the doors in the throne room at Castle Kharos have been added!

- Graphical rework of Avalonia! This includes redone mapping and a new Alcinian Sanctum in Avalonia. Several other early game maps have also been improved!

Balance Changes

- Adjusted the damage of Ariadne's Burning to scale less strongly with level.

- Adjusted Wildfire damage to be reduced slightly more by mdf.

- Lorena's Swift Slash now deals more damage and will have a guaranteed follow-up during Holy Avenger.

- Swift Slash becomes Chilling Slash under Radiance, which deals less damage but now has a higher Skill rate. Chilling Slash will be learned on the version transition, or on fighting one battle.

- Howling Slash's follow-up now hits the main target if facing a single enemy.

UI Improvements

- Expanded skill selection box and reworked party UI in battle. Character's expression changes from buffs or low HP should now more visible. 

- Added icons and colored text to passive effects to improve readability.

- Sir Leonidas and the honor guard now have custom sprites if the proposal "Elite Honor Guard" was invested in and completed. 

- Added a KOed sprite for Lorena, used during the first two meetings.

Bugfixes

- Corrected the description of Unrelenting to properly indicate that it restores 30 TP rather than 40 TP.

- Fixed a bug that caused enemies who attack multiple times a turn to do nothing when affected by Enthrall or Beguile.

- Added Theseus loyalty changes for the decision to kill/imprison Tychus. These are applied retroactively. 

- Added a fallback to autosave to prevent the game from hanging on a failure to autosave correctly. 

- Barrage or other instant skills no longer consume Ligaea's Confidence.

- Echo of Light and other instant skills no longer consume Calysia's Full Moon. 

- Howling Slash's cooldown is now 3 rounds as per the description (was 4). 

- Potions are no longer incorrectly classified as Key Items, no matter how much you hoard them. =P

- Various typo reports and fixes to old content (thanks to everyone who reported). 

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