Parley Hatch
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Fights were ~3-5s; the user wanted 20-30s. Tuned the table (and added one mechanic) so they land there, re-validated against the sim throughout. - Engine: a `global_cooldown` (the genre swing timer, §10 "attack delay") — an actor can't start a new action until it elapses, so no button-masher can out-DPS the intended tempo. Config-driven (`global_cooldown` ticks; 0 = off). Actor gains `next_action_at`; engine gates decisions on it. - Controller: ScriptedPlayer now pressures with its heavy proactively when healthy (not only on the exact overrun frame), so the sim measures what a real player experiences instead of an unrealistically patient bound. - Config rebalance: damage cut + flattened, fatigue/regen/recovery co-tuned, and the kit made roughly **DPS-neutral** with auto-attack (each ability's cooldown matched to auto's damage-per-second). Under the global cooldown that's the key insight: abilities win through stagger leverage + timing, not raw throughput — otherwise strong abilities trivialize the pace and flat ones aren't worth their fill (the guardrail kept inverting until this landed). Auto-attacks (difficulty 0) also no longer fizzle. - Front-end: cache-bust the config fetch so edits are always picked up; widened the sim's archetype sweep to all six monsters. Result (sim, skilled play ≈ real play): monster fights 16-38s (centered ~24s); guardrail steep and green (even-con auto 0% → skill20 2% → skill50 12% → skill80 44% → skill100 78%); all six monsters winnable. Verified live in-browser: realistic play lands ~15-30s and a clean mid-fight reads perfectly on the dual bar. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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"_comment": "The combat 'table' (spec §11). Magnitudes are displayed units; ratios/percentages are basis points (10000 = 1.0 = 100%); durations are ticks. Editing this file is the primary balancing act. tick_rate ticks = 1 second.",
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"tick_rate": 10,
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"global_cooldown": 15,
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"damage_variance_bp": 1500,
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"regen": {
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"dazed_regen_bp": 5000,
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"floor_per_sec": 1
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},
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"stagger": {
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"daze_threshold_bp": 13000,
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"unconscious_threshold_bp": 20000,
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"daze_duration": 8,
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"revive_daze": 12,
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"fatigue_ratio_bp": 2300
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},
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"competency": {
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"level_per_point_bp": 200
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},
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"fizzle": {
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"base_bp": 200,
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"per_gap_bp": 150,
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"max_bp": 9000
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},
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"cost_model": {
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"base_fill_self": 0,
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"base_fill_touch": 1,
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"base_fill_melee": 1,
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"base_fill_projectile": 2,
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"base_fill_beam": 3,
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"base_fill_aoe": 4,
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"fatigue_ratio_bp": 2300,
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"difficulty_per_fill_bp": 10000
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},
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"con_curve": [
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{ "delta": -8, "mult_bp": 4000 },
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{ "delta": -5, "mult_bp": 6000 },
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{ "delta": -2, "mult_bp": 8500 },
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{ "delta": 0, "mult_bp": 10000 },
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{ "delta": 2, "mult_bp": 11500 },
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{ "delta": 5, "mult_bp": 15000 },
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{ "delta": 8, "mult_bp": 19000 }
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],
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"abilities": [
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{
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"id": "auto_attack",
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"name": "Auto-Attack",
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"school": "martial",
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"delivery": "melee",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "fill_damage", "magnitude_bp": 560, "cost_fill": 0 } ],
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"cooldown": 10,
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"cost_override": { "fill": 0, "fatigue": 1 }
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},
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{
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"id": "quick_jab",
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"name": "Quick Jab",
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"school": "martial",
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"delivery": "melee",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "fill_damage", "magnitude_bp": 1100, "cost_fill": 5 } ],
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"cooldown": 20
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},
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{
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"id": "heavy_strike",
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"name": "Heavy Strike",
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"school": "martial",
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"delivery": "melee",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "fill_damage", "magnitude_bp": 2800, "cost_fill": 14 } ],
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"cooldown": 45
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},
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{
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"id": "fireball",
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"name": "Fireball",
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"school": "invocation",
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"delivery": "projectile",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "fill_damage", "magnitude_bp": 2800, "cost_fill": 14 } ],
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"potency_bp": 10000,
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"cast_time": 12,
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"cooldown": 40
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},
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{
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"id": "curse_of_weariness",
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"name": "Curse of Weariness",
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"school": "affliction",
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"delivery": "projectile",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "ceiling_damage", "magnitude_bp": 1250, "cost_fill": 10 } ],
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"cast_time": 8,
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"cooldown": 40
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},
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{
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"id": "venom",
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"name": "Venom",
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"school": "affliction",
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"delivery": "touch",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "dot", "per_tick_bp": 260, "duration": 20, "cost_fill": 10 } ],
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"cooldown": 30
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},
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{
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"id": "enervate",
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"name": "Enervate",
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"school": "affliction",
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"delivery": "projectile",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "regen_sabotage", "reduce_bp": 6000, "duration": 30, "cost_fill": 10 } ],
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"cast_time": 6,
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"cooldown": 35
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},
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{
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"id": "second_wind",
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"name": "Second Wind",
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"school": "restoration",
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"delivery": "self_cast",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "recovery", "magnitude_bp": 700, "cost_fill": 3 } ],
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"cooldown": 65
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},
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{
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"id": "mend",
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"name": "Mend",
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"school": "restoration",
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"delivery": "self_cast",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "hot", "per_tick_bp": 70, "duration": 15, "cost_fill": 6 } ],
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"cast_time": 10,
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"cooldown": 45
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},
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{
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"id": "guard",
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"name": "Guard",
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"school": "martial",
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"delivery": "self_cast",
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"effects": [ { "kind": "mitigation_buff", "stage": "active_defense", "amount_bp": 8000, "duration": 3, "cost_fill": 0 } ],
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"cooldown": 15,
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"cost_override": { "fill": 0, "fatigue": 2 }
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}
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],
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"stat_blocks": {
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"duelist": {
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"name": "Duelist",
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"team": 0,
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"level": 10,
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"max_vigor": 150,
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"regen_idle_per_sec": 9,
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"regen_combat_per_sec": 5,
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"armor_bp": 2500,
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"competency": { "martial": 50, "restoration": 30 },
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"loadout": ["auto_attack", "quick_jab", "heavy_strike", "second_wind", "guard"]
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},
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"battlemage": {
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"name": "Battlemage",
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"team": 0,
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"level": 10,
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"max_vigor": 100,
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"regen_idle_per_sec": 12,
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"regen_combat_per_sec": 7,
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"armor_bp": 500,
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"competency": { "invocation": 50, "affliction": 40, "restoration": 25, "martial": 15 },
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"loadout": ["auto_attack", "fireball", "curse_of_weariness", "second_wind", "guard"]
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},
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"golem": {
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"name": "Golem",
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"team": 1,
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"level": 10,
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"max_vigor": 260,
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"regen_idle_per_sec": 6,
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"regen_combat_per_sec": 3,
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"armor_bp": 3500,
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"competency": { "martial": 40 },
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"loadout": ["auto_attack", "heavy_strike"]
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},
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"rat": {
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"name": "Dire Rat",
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"team": 1,
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"level": 8,
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"max_vigor": 45,
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"regen_idle_per_sec": 16,
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"regen_combat_per_sec": 9,
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"armor_bp": 0,
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"competency": { "martial": 20 },
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"loadout": ["auto_attack", "quick_jab"]
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},
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"skeleton": {
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"name": "Skeleton Knight",
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"team": 1,
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"level": 10,
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"max_vigor": 90,
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"regen_idle_per_sec": 8,
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"regen_combat_per_sec": 4,
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"armor_bp": 1000,
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"competency": { "martial": 35 },
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"loadout": ["auto_attack", "quick_jab", "heavy_strike"]
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},
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"troll": {
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"name": "Cave Troll",
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"team": 1,
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"level": 10,
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"max_vigor": 190,
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"regen_idle_per_sec": 8,
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"regen_combat_per_sec": 4,
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"armor_bp": 2000,
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"competency": { "martial": 30, "restoration": 20 },
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"loadout": ["auto_attack", "heavy_strike", "second_wind"]
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},
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"wraith": {
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"name": "Wraith",
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"team": 1,
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"level": 10,
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"max_vigor": 110,
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"regen_idle_per_sec": 12,
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"regen_combat_per_sec": 7,
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"armor_bp": 500,
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"competency": { "affliction": 45, "martial": 15 },
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"loadout": ["auto_attack", "curse_of_weariness", "enervate", "venom"]
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}
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}
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}
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