Cinder

General

There are currently 16 cinder modifiers in the game. Cinders are intended to increase the games difficulty at a pace the player is comfortable with. The game is roughly planned to be played at around Cinder 12 difficulty-wise.

Cinders also grant a Mastery/Paragon EXP multiplier, cinders 0-4 granting +30%, cinders 5-8 granting 20%, cinders 9-12 granting 10% and cinders 13-16 granting 5%.

List of Cinders

	Changes
Double-Edged Sword	Bosses have 25% less health and armor in the first phase but 25% more health and armor in the second phase.
Inferior Arms	Your starting weapon has a negative enchantment. Weapons are more likely to spawn with a negative enchantment.
Occult Grounds	Floors contain up to 3 times more packs of enchanted enemies.
Warming Up	stamina Stamina takes 3 seconds to start recovery (stamina recovery speed) and 0.5 seconds to regenerate per point (stamina regeneration speed). regeneration is delayed by +3 seconds on floor 1, +2 seconds on floor 2 and +1 second on floor 3.
Cascading Pain	Curse is 50% more likely to take effect. (Doesn't affect cursed hit chance.)
Ill-Equipped	Start with -2 inventory slots.
Remote Guardians	Bosses are initially accompanied by 2 soul-automatons. Automatons start to self-repair 2.5 seconds after not taking damage.
Unjust Incentive	Some doors require sacrificing 1 heart to open them.
Archnemesis	Bosses, Mimics and Baslisks are enchanted.
Calamitous Visions	Adds additional oppressive enemy enchantments into the pool of enemy enchantments.
Defensive Measures	Enchanted enemies have a 30% chance to be enchanted with an additional defensive modifier.
Ebb and Flow	Floor 1 has 3 fewer rooms. Floor 2 has 2 fewer rooms. Floor 3 has 1 fewer room. Floor 8 has 1 more room. Floor 9 has 2 more rooms. Floor 10 has 3 more rooms.
Centurion Hunter	A soul automaton X variation will sometimes invade a combat encounter and attack you.
Conquerors Will	Bosses subdue you and your companions for 8 seconds when the fight starts and upon transitioning into phase 2. While subdued you deal 50% less damage.
Pestilence	Rooms have a rising chance to contain an infested enemy.
Twice Enchanted	Enchanted enemies have a 75% chance to be enchanted with an additional secondary modifier.

History

[v0.2.4]:

• Changed Cascading Pain to "Curse is 50% more likely to take effect." from "Increased chance for cursed rewards to appear."

[0.2.2 v2]:

• Most Cinders have been reworked or replaced.

[0.1.9c]:

• Nothing that's known

Removed/Changed Cinders

	Changes
Human Limits	Effects that work once per room will only work once per floor. Affects: Evasion, Block, Defy Death, Auto Repair
Marked For Death	Doubles the Heart damage taken in the 2nd phase of any boss fight.
Occult Grounds	Floors contain up to 5 times more packs of enchanted enemies.
Cascading Pain	Adds an additional combat encounter to each floor. Rooms will apply a curse to you.
Encumbered	-2 inventory slots
Remote Guardians	Bosses are initially accompanied by 2 soul-automatons. Automaton reinforcements are called in 2nd phase.
Unjust Incentive	Some doors appear spiked, inflicting 1/2 Heart damage to you when you go through them.
Doomed to Fail	Your first set of trait choices will be veiled, only showing the colors.
Pestilence	Poison lasts an additional room. Poison also slows your movement speed by 10%. Poison also reduces your stamina recovery speed by 20%.
Conquerors Will	Bosses intimidate you for 10 seconds when the fight starts and upon transitioning into phase 2. You deal 50% less damage while intimidated.
On Death's Door	You start with 1/2 Heart You start without any class inherent Soul Heart Your Armor starts not repaired. Your health flasks start empty.
Twice Enchanted	Enchanted enemy packs are enchanted with an additional modifier.