Dungeon Siege II v2.2/v2.3
Terms used in DS2, Hotfix Mod or Aranna Legacy Mod
Addon/v2.3
Acolyte (Spell) Akolyth, Acolyte, Accolito, Acólito
Advanced
Rending Aura to split
exp on melee and combat magic (
'scientiae comminutis et peremptalis in aequilibrium'). Enemies may ignite when attacking a party member that is enhanced by this spell.
Skill points on
Debilitation (addon: 'Improved Weapon Enhancements' if higher) and
Feral Wrath (addon: 'Soul of Strength' if higher) and partially improve the spell bonuses.
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All*Saves
This is a little tool made by Elys to start DS2 with in order list your save game although mods have changed. There are different verions of All*Saves,
for DS2 v2.2 or v2.3
as well.
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Aranna Legacy Mod
This a mod (means: game modification) to provide game fixes and upgrades for Dungeon Siege 2 with the
addon/v2.3. Although many things have been taken over from the
Hotfix mod a new name seemed to be appropriate since the Aranna Legacy mod provides much more than just some game fixes.
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Arrow Bane (Spell) Pfeilfluch, Malédiction de la flèche, Freccia flagellante, Ruina de Flechas
Advanced
Rending Aura that splits
exp on ranged and nature magic (
'scientiae eminutis et natura in aequilibrium') and that enables
multi-shots. The number of projectiles depends on the
sum of skill points at
Enveloping Embrace or
Feral Wrath - you will get one additional projectile per two skill points. So mid- and high-levelled characters may easily attain a whole fan of arrows, however the arrows outside in this fan are weaker and won't cause the same damage as inner arrows will do. Also attack speed and defensive capabilities may be affected when handling many arrows.
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Belligerence
Belligerence will increase your motivation and also your aggressivity in combats.
In this mod a proportional magical bonus (percentage) is called like this, increasing your overall damage, after/incl. benefits form strength/dexterity/intelligence or absolute/nominal bonuses.
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Broken World Map
Buff Spell (spell type)
Any spell that enhances the abilities of combatants by boosting them with magical bonuses, in DS2 namely provided by
embrace spells or
wrath spells that are usually casted by nature mages.
Rending Auras and
weapon enchantment spells are a special variant of buff spells, boosting the caster himself only and affecting the way how he earns
exp.
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Castle Portal At Windstone Fortress
Soon after you have reached Snowbrook Castle the first time the
Windstone Portal at Snowbrook Castle and Castle Portal at Windstone Fortress will be activated as direct connection between these two locations.
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Collateral Damage
Since newly a few spells can be casted on ground too your gold eventually may be discounted if you harm loyal NPCs by carelessness.
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Combatant (Spell) Kriegermönch, Combattant, Combattente, Combatiente
Lowest available
Rending Aura to split
exp on melee and combat magic (
'scientiae comminutis et peremptalis in aequilibrium').
This spell offers a strength and intelligence bonus that will grow depending on how
dual-classed your hero is.
Skill points on
Debilitation (addon: 'Improved Weapon Enhancements' if higher) and
Feral Wrath (addon: 'Soul of Strength' if higher) and partially improve the spell bonuses.
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Curse Spell (spell type)
Combat Mages can learn spells that weaken the abilities of enemies. For the player party skill points on
Debilitation may improve the effect of the curse.
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Debilitation (Skill) Affaiblissement, Debilitazione, Debilitación
Dragoon (Spell) Dragoner, Dragon, Dragone, Dragón
Rending Aura to split
exp on melee and combat magic (
'scientiae comminutis et peremptalis in aequilibrium'). The bonuses of this spell will give helpful battle-abilities. You will be better when dodging attacks, also enemies become stunned for a short period of time.
Skill points on
Debilitation (addon: 'Improved Weapon Enhancements' if higher) and
Feral Wrath (addon: 'Soul of Strength' if higher) and partially improve the spell bonuses.
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Drovan (NPC)
Additional NPC to hire, living next to the lake in the North of Aman'lu. He looks similar to Drevin and it's said they would be step-brothers...
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Dryad Sentinel (Spell) Dryadenwache, Sentinelle dryade, Sentinella driade, Centinela Dríada
Lowest available
Rending Aura to split
exp on ranged and nature magic (
'scientiae eminutis et natura in aequilibrium').
This spell offers a dexterity and intelligence bonus that will grow depending on how
dual-classed your hero is.
Skill points on
Enveloping Embrace (in the addon: 'Soul of Protection' if higher) and
Feral Wrath (addon: 'Soul of Strength' if higher) partially improve the spell bonuses.
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Dual-Classed
A
multi-classed hero is called like this because he is collecting
exp in
two classes, for example if he masters combat magic (almost) as good as melee.
With the
Hotfix mod or
Aranna Legacy mod a hero is considered to be dual
-classed if at least 25% of the collected
exp flew in his secondary class (the stats display has been ex
panded to show you this percentage).
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Dwarven Mythril Ring (Item) Zwergen-Mythrilring, Anneau en mythril de nain, Anello di mythril dei Nani, Anillo de Mythril de los Enanos
The Dwarven mythril Ring of Sight is the first legendary-enchantable ring you may get in the
Hotfix mod or in the
Aranna Legacy mod. If the ring is not enchantable (e.g. with new mod users) you can drop the ring momentarily out of the inventory and pick it up again, this will fix it.
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Embrace Spell (spell type)
Enchantable Shop
Downhill the small Fortress in the Azunite Desert you will find a merchant only selling stuff useful for enchanting items. It's said he has a good instinct who will come along and always confects his offer appropriately.
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Enveloping Embrace (Skill) Umschliessende Umarmung, Étreinte protectrice, Barriera avvolgente, Armonía Envolvente
Skill to enhance the effect of
buff spells when carrying defensive bonuses, also
Rending Auras profit form that skill.
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Erasira (NPC)
Will reset skill points by releasing already invested skill points form a skill of your choice. Erasira works very thorough and she is even able to release native skill points. On the
primary/main DS2 map Erasira is located in a backroom of the Inn at Eirulan, on the
Broken World map she is in the Dryad outpost.
Please note, when you revert skill point assignments, the requirements may not be given any longer for powers you have used so far. Unfortunately Erasira is not able to remove power buttons from the GUI, please do this yourself (keep the left mouse button pressed to get the context menu) because there is a notable risk that your power recharge is lost otherwise.
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Exp
Abbreviation for experience. In few words, it's passed combat time that will raise the level of the fighting actor.
Usually you have to fight against real monsters to get exp, however there are two exceptions related on party members.
Just for gameplay-convenience party members always join your party with a (automatically boosted) level close to the level of your main-hero, there is probably still a small difference that will disappear while playing though but if you can't wait then
Party Member Training Areas may help you.
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Feral Wrath (Skill) Blutrünstiger Zorn, Furie sauvage, Furore selvaggio, Ira Salvaje
Ghost Summon (Spell) Beschworener Geist, Esprit convoqué, Fantasma evocato, Aparición invocada
Special summoning spell for mages
dual-classed in nature and combat magic. At its demise a summoned ghost will try to obsess the killer to make him guard the mage instead. Ghost Summons also have the ability to translate between you and other ghosts you encounter on the map.
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Golden Chalice (Item) Goldener Kelch, Calice doré, Calice d'oro, Cáliz de Oro
This is a mysterious item nobody really knows what GPG intended to do with it. This item is located in a quest dungeon and if you take it, a gate will open to lead you back to the exit - ... and that's it!?
In the
Hotfix mod or
Aranna Legacy mod this chalice is able - when dropped out of your inventory - to temporarily transform a health/mana shrine into an incantation shrine.
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Hak'u Blade (Item) Hak'u-Dolch, Lame Hak'u, Spada Hak'u, Daga Hak'u
This quest item has been revised partially. In case it should have strange stats then just drop it out of your inventory and pick it up again, this would repair it.
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Harpy Summon (Spell) Beschworene Harpyie, Harpie convoquée, Arpia evocata, Arpía invocada
Special summoning spell for mages
dual-classed in nature and combat magic. Depending on the spell level I-IV summoned harpies are versatilely armed and occasionally perform rapid attacks. Also they are smart enough to open a class-specific sanctuary doors when fluttering some time in front of one.
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Hotfix Mod
This is a mod (resp. a game modification) that originally just contained a few essential fixes - while waiting for patch v2.3.
Since this patch never had been released by GPG the Hotfix mod has been ex
panded by further fixes and extra features as well. Not to overburden the term 'Hotfix mod' the Hotfix mod for the
addon/v2.3 is called
Aranna Legacy mod.
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Ignite (Skill) Entzünden, Embrasement, Combustione, Ignición
Will increase the probability and effect when enemies spontaneously catch fire.
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Ini File
Sometimes you will find a term like 'DS2 *.ini file' on web pages or in mod notes. This refers on a parameter file automatically created by DS2 when it starts the first time. It's a text file, and as long as DS2 is not running you may change/add the
ini options/parameters (within the technical limits of game and hardware).
In v2.2 the file is located at 'My Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2\DungeonSiege2.ini' and in the
addon/v2.3 you will find it at 'My Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2 Broken World\DungeonSiege2BrokenWorld.ini'.
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Ini Options/parameters
The
Hotfix mod or
Aranna Legacy mod allow additional
start settings
for individual configuration. These settings could be appended onto the command line of your game shortcut, however it's probably some easier to add them into the DungeonSiege2.ini resp. DungeonSiege2BrokenWorld.ini file.
Don't forget that there are several useful
native parameters
as well.
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Kiernan (NPC)
Archer to hire in the Snowbrook castle. He will offer to join you if you bring him something to raise his hope and motivation.
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Lirrit (NPC)
Guard at the Mana and Health Bushes downstairs the Northern Gate of Eirulan (there is also an incantation shrine some steps ahead). Newly Lirrit will offer you pets too - not many but it's said they are well fed...
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Magician (Spell) Magier, Magicien, Mago, Mago
Multi-Classed
A party member is called multi-classe
d who has practised regularly more than one class.
With the
Hotfix mod or
Aranna Legacy mod a hero is considered to be multi-classed when his best class has consumed less than 75% of all the
exp gained so far, resp. a hero is multi-classe
d if 25% of the
exp flew in other classes than his best one (the stats display has been ex
panded to show you these percentages).
Usually the versatility of such a char can't completely compensate the lack of a clear specialization, however being
dual-classed may be a valuable and interesting alternative in particular if supported by
weapon enchantment spells or
Rending Auras.
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Multi-Arrow
Multiple arrows are possible when using the
multi-shot feature with archers.
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Multi-Shot
Launching multiple projectiles at the same time. In most cases the multi-shot feature is only available by the
Arrow Bane spell that actually works for thrown weapons too.
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Multi-Summon
To make summoning nature mages a bit more attractive you may summon a further monster per 7 skill points on
Summon Might skill.
Note maybe, due to technical restrictions you only may see the proper stats of the summoned monster if you hold the mouse cursor above it.
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Party Member Training Area
This are spiritual places where a party member can sacrifice items to get
exp while fighting. Just let drop obsolete items into the circle on the ground, choose a party member and attack the strawman of the desired weapon-class. This will attract Xeria's attention and she will bless the member with
exp in exchange for the items.
Like this a retarded party member easily may get additional
exp in particular if there is a large level-difference between party member and main-hero.
On the
primary/main DS2 map such a levelling area will be established in the Snowbrook castle center soon after you have reached it the first time, easiest way to travel there is with the
Castle Portal at Windstone Fortress.
Other party member levelling opportunities can be found around Aman'lu on the
Broken World map.
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Primary/main DS2 Map
This just means the official map made by GPG released with DS2 in 2005. For example the tutorial beach where you start with level 0 is part of this map.
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Quiver
As soon as a ranged weapon is equipped a quiver will be attached on your char's back. It has no impact on char stats, it is just some kind of decoration to make your ranged chars appear a bit more authentic. The pattern of the quiver is usually random, however using a
tanned skin (mug) may help you to change the look of the quiver.
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Rending Aura (spell type) Spaltende Aura, Aura déchirante, Aura lacerante, Aura desgarradora
In the
Hotfix mod or
Aranna Legacy mod some of the custom
buff spells are called like this.
These Rending Auras are very similar to the weapon enhancement spells as introduced by GPG for the
addon/v2.3 - in both cases
exp will be split on two skill classes simultaneously to make you
dual-classed.
The more dual
-classed you are, the higher the benefit (magical bonus or special feature) of such a spell will become, moreover associated skills may increase the profit once again.
There are currently 3 types of Rending Auras, to split ex
p on melee and combat-magic ('
Combatant', '
Dragoon', '
Acolyte', '
Wasting'), to split ex
p on ranged and nature-magic ('
Dryad Sentinel', '
Stun', '
Repulse', '
Arrow Bane', '
Sharpshooter') and one Rending Aur
a to split ex
p on combat- and nature-magic ('
Magician').
Only one spell of this type can be active (similar to
weapon enchantment spells), and if you don't want to cast the spell manually then you should put it into the
first auto-cast slot for improved AI handling.
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Repulse (Spell) Rückprall, Répulsion, Repulsione, Repulsión
Advanced
Rending Aura to split
exp on ranged and nature magic (
'scientiae eminutis et natura in aequilibrium'). Ranged projectiles get such fast that they knock back the target.
Skill points on
Enveloping Embrace (in the addon: 'Soul of Protection' if higher) and
Feral Wrath (addon: 'Soul of Strength' if higher) partially improve the spell bonuses.
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Reset Skill Points Fähigkeitspunkte zurücksetzen, Réinitialiser points de compétence, Reimpostare punti abilità, Resetar puntos de habilidad
Erasira - or
Vireni too with the
addon/v2.3 - will allow to redefine your skill point allocation. With such a skill reset you won't lose any skill points, just some gold and blood.
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Resolution
There is a limited native support for custom resolutions, check out the Microsoft site
how to change the resolution
.
Instead of ex
panding the shortcut of DS2 you also may add these parameters in the DungeonSiege2.ini resp. the DungeonSiege2BrokenWorld.ini file.
Note however, some resolutions may slightly misalign the icon of your hero.
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Rune Of Might (Item) Rune der Macht, Rune de puissance, Runa della potenza, Runa de poder
This is a unique and very rare item to place into your char's inventory, and if you do so it will summon a free soldier to fight at your side. Although summoning related skill points have no influence on him, he accepts healing or
buff spells, he grows/levels with you and also gathers
exp for you. This soldier never dies or e
xpires, however he is not invincible and can be knocked out for some time. In case you completely want to get rid of him, just sell the rune or put it into your storage vault.
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Sharpshooter (Spell) Scharfschütze, Tireur d'élite, Cecchino, Tirador Selecto
Advanced
Rending Aura to split
exp on ranged and nature magic (
'scientiae eminutis et natura in aequilibrium') and to let you shoot much farther and more precise than usual.
Skill points on
Enveloping Embrace (in the addon: 'Soul of Protection' if higher) and
Feral Wrath (addon: 'Soul of Strength' if higher) partially improve the spell bonuses.
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Skill Point of Omniscience Skillpunkt der Allwissenheit, Point de compétence d'omniscience, Punto abilità dell'onniscienza, Punto de habilidad de Omnisciencia
Xeria may give you sometimes an extra skill point if you are considered to be seriously
dual-classed or generally
multi-classed. This happens every 7th char level and starts usually between char level 7 and 8.
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Stun (Spell) Betäuben, Étourdissement, Stordisci, Aturdir
Advanced
Rending Aura to split
exp on ranged and nature magic (
'scientiae eminutis et natura in aequilibrium'). Enemies hit by projectiles or spells get temporarily stunned.
Skill points on
Enveloping Embrace (in the addon: 'Soul of Protection' if higher) and
Feral Wrath (addon: 'Soul of Strength' if higher) partially improve the spell bonuses.
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Summon Might (Skill) Macht beschwören, Convoquer puissance, Evocazione potenza, Poder de Invocación
A nature magic skill to increase the damage of your summoned monster.
In the
Hotfix mod resp. the
Aranna Legacy mod the
multi-summon feature is tied on this skill. You will get an additional summoned monster at 7, 14, 21 and 28 skill points.
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Summon Tresor (Spell) Tresor beschwören, Convoquer Abri de Stockage, Evocare Depósito, Invocar Cassa Deposito
Will summon your yellow party tresor outside of towns. Take care that there are no monster nearby, otherwise they will attack your tresor in order to steal or destroy its content.
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Tanned Skin (mug) (Item) Gegerbte Haut, Peau tannée, Pelle conciata, Piel Curtida
Sometimes reagent sellers are offering special mugs with tanned skins inside. This item is mainly for ranged characters only and will allow you to change the look of the
quiver.
There are
different types
of mugs, usually however its icon will let you guess how the future look of your
quiver will be. To use/consume such a mug open your inventory and right-click on it (as you may do it with potions).
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Tower Panorama
On top of towers you have a significantly better sight than downstairs - but this isn't really surprising...!?
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Transmute (Spell) Verwandeln, Transmutation, Trasmutazione, Transmutación
In the
Hotfix mod or
Aranna Legacy mod the Transmute spell slightly has been ex
panded to produce sometimes something else than gold.
So far 4 ingredients are required for all transmutation recipes. For example 3 mana potions plus a Mandrake Root (health reagent) will transmute into a health potion (size depending on the quality of ingredients and your nature magic level). In similar manner 3 rings plus a rejuvenation potion would transmute into an amulet.
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Undead Azunite Archer (Monster) Untoter Azunitenbogenschütze, Archer azunien mort-vivant, Arciere azunita non morto, Arquero Azunita No-Muerto
Vireni (NPC)
Captain of the Dryad archers who will reset skill points in the
addon/v2.3. On the
primary/main DS2 map she is located in the Western Greilyn Jungle, on the
Broken World map she is at the Dryad Outpost. For a notable amount of gold Vireni will release all skill points at once - as if you never had allocated them before.
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Wasting (Spell) Auszehrung, Atrophie, Atrofia, Agotamiento
Advanced
Rending Aura to split
exp on melee and combat magic (
'scientiae comminutis et peremptalis in aequilibrium'). It's said it would be the most invidious spell of this kind seriously affecting opponents by leeching their blood until the force of shrinking makes them disrupt.
Skill points on
Debilitation (addon: 'Improved Weapon Enhancements' if higher) and
Feral Wrath (addon: 'Soul of Strength' if higher) and partially improve the spell bonuses.
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Weapon Enchantment Spell (spell type)
These spells are typical for the
addon/v2.3 and magically improve the caster's weapon, granting it additional bonuses and splitting
exp on two skill classes.
The weapon enhancement spells for Blood Assassins split ex
p on Ranged and Combat Magic, for Fist-of-Stone fighters the ex
p is split on Melee and Nature Magic.
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Windstone Portal At Snowbrook Castle
Soon after you have reached Snowbrook Castle the first time the Windstone Portal at Snowbrook Castle and
Castle Portal at Windstone Fortress will be activated as direct connection between these two locations.
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Wrath Spell (spell type)

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