Avatar of Shadows Over Loathing

Avatar of Shadows Over Loathing is the Spring 2023 special challenge path, introduced on February 15, 2023. This path adds variant rules and restrictions to an ascension run. Its description in The Bureau of Reincarnation reads "Play as one of the classes from the recently-released smash hit video game Shadows Over Loathing, by Asymmetric Games!"

Restrictions

• No access to any non-path skills.
• You cannot join a guild.
• Standard restrictions apply.

Divergences

• When starting an Avatar of Shadows Over Loathing run, the player chooses one of three classes in Into the Shadows‎.

Class

Rather than playing any of the traditional 6 classes, you will play as one of three special classes, each with its own skills.

• These classes are: Pig Skinner, Cheese Wizard, Jazz Agent.

Skills

Regular class skills are disallowed, and each class gets a new set of skills:

• Pig Skinners start with Tackle and get 21 skills from Advanced Pig Skinning.
• Cheese Wizards start with Caseus Vampirus and get 21 skills from The Cheese Wizard's Companion.
• Jazz Agents start with Demoralizing Toot and get 21 skills from Jazz Agent sheet music.
• Skills cost meat and can be purchased in any order.

Bosses

• Boss Bat is replaced by a two-headed shadow bat.
• Knob Goblin King is but a shadow of his former self ... the goblin king's shadow.
• The Bonerdagon is replaced with shadowboner shadowdagon
• Groar is replaced by the shadow of groar.
• Lord Spookyraven is replaced with shadow Lord Spookyraven
• The Protector Spectre is replaced with corruptor shadow
• Dr. Awkward is replaced with W. Odah's Shadow
• Ed the Undying is not replaced.
• The Man is replaced with ?
• The Big Wisniewski is replaced with the shadow of the 1960s
• Naughty Sorceress is replaced with a class-dependent nemesis: Terrence Poindexter for Jazz Agents

Council Text

See The Council of Loathing/Avatar of Shadows Over Loathing.

Strategy

• See Avatar of Shadows Over Loathing/Strategy.

Rewards

• Finishing an Avatar of Shadows Over Loathing run that began while it was still the current special challenge path -- that is, between February 15th, 2023, and (May 14th, 2023) -- (gives players 100 (in Hardcore) or 50 (in Normal) extra karma points the next time they visit Valhalla.)
• Players will receive a (Thwaitgold statuette) upon defeating Naughty Sorceress.

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Special Challenge Paths
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