This hotfix has balance adjustments intended to alleviate friction encountered by new players. [b]Candle Scoring[/b] 🔸 Increased "Academic's Honorarium" candle bonus from 5 to 10. This is a bonus given for the first 5 runs on a new profile. It's aimed to help players get enough early candles to purchase some interesting unlocks, while still learning the basics. 🔸 Increased region-completion candle scoring slightly 🔸 Increased candle bonus from facing a Confession Boss [b]Monster Deathblow Resistance[/b] In general, we are lowering enemy deathblow resists, to reduce some volatility. 🔸 Removed the deathblow resist buff from "Impervious Monsters" enemy battle advantage. 🔸 Just as with heroes, successive deathblows resisted lowers the resistance by 10% each time. This was already in place but the debuff was invisible. Now the debuff is visible as an icon on the monster's status tray in combat. 🔸 Reduced the minimum cap for Deathblow RES on Heroes and Monsters from 5% to 0% [b]Creature Den[/b] 🔸 Mutated Carrion Eater can no longer survive a damaging hit on Death's Door 🔸 Gander's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 50% to 25% [b]Cultists[/b] 🔸 Evangelist can no longer survive a damaging hit on Death's Door 🔸 Deacon's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 33% to 25% 🔸 Cardinal's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 33% to 25% 🔸 Exemplar's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 75% to 50% [b]Fanatics[/b] 🔸 The Librarian's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 33% to 25% 🔸 The Ignited Librarian's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 50% to 25% 🔸 Immolatist no longer has Death's Door 🔸 Pit Fighter's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 33% to 25% [b]Fisherfolk[/b] 🔸 Leviathan's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 50% to 25% 🔸 Docker's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 33% to 25% [b]Lost Battalion[/b] 🔸 Dreaming General's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 50% to 33% 🔸 Drummer: no longer grants a temporary +50% Deathblow RES when using Order: Defensive Formation 🔸 Foot Soldier can no longer survive a damaging hit on Death's Door [b]Plague Eaters[/b] 🔸 Harvest Child's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 33% to 25% 🔸 Lady no longer has Death's Door [b]Gaunts[/b] 🔸 The Ghoul can no longer survive a damaging hit on Death's Door [b]Other Horrors[/b] 🔸 Death's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 75% to 50% 🔸 Shambler's Deathblow RES has been reduced from 50% to 25%