Weapon Throw

2009-08-27T23:53:57Z

Eoweniel:

'''Weapon Throw''' is a Tier 4 [[skill]] from the [[Barbarian]]'s [[Battlemaster]] skill tree.

==Background==
{{Skillbox
|game= Diablo III
|active= Active
|name= Weapon Throw
|ranks= 5
|user= Barbarian
|tree= Battlemaster
|description= The Barbarian hurls a weapon at his foes, causing 14-20 Physical damage to the target. Also slows the target to 75% their normal movement speed for 6 seconds.
|type= Attack
|effect= Single target
|school= Physical
|resource= Fury Orbs
|cost= 1
|duration= 6 sec
}}
Unknown.

==Skill Design==
The damage listed is based on the crappy low level weapon the Barbarian was holding at the time, so don’t read too much into that 14-20 damage. This would presumably be a hugely damaging skill at higher levels, when big weapons were equipped. We haven’t used it, but one assumes it’s a sort of magical skill, where the melee weapon is not actually discarded, but only projected as a sort of virtual ranged weapon, while remaining in the Barbarian’s hands for additional use. Handy to whip this out once in a while to deal with a pesky ranged attacker, or something with wings?

Nothing is yet known about throwing weapons in D3. We’ve never seen any while playing at either Blizzcon, but they might just be disabled, or not yet added into the game.

==Skill Rank Table==
* '''Rank 1/5:'''
'''Requires''': 1 point(s) in Inspiration.

'''Description''': The Barbarian hurls a weapon at his foes, causing 14-20 Physical damage to the target. Also slows the target to 75% their normal movement speed for 6 seconds.

'''Cost''': 1 Fury Orb

==Synergies==
* None known.

==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
* None known.

==Development==
This skill was first shown at [[BlizzCon 2009]] as one of the originals for the [[Barbarian]].

==Media==

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]

==References==
* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-barbarian-skill-trees-and-stats1/ Full Barbarian Skill Tree and Stats discussion]

{{Skill_navbox}}

2009-08-24T20:47:54Z

Eoweniel:

Beast (monster)

2009-08-24T20:36:55Z

Eoweniel:

'''Beasts''' are corrupted animals of the [[Western Kingdoms]] who now charge-attack anyone passing by on sight. Beasts are [[Animal]] type [[monster]]s.
<br>
<br>
==Diablo III Monster==
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
{{Monsterbox
|game= Diablo III
|portrait= Mon-beast3.jpg


|classif= Animals
|family= Beast
|role= Tank, Charger
|life= Unknown
|mana= None
|armor= Unknown
|resist= Unknown
|armament= Horns, Hoves
|dps= Unknown
|dmg_low= Unknown
|dmg_high= Unknown
|range= [[Melee]]
|speed= Medium
|movement= Fast
|modifier= None
|spells= Charge
|found= [[Leoric Highlands]]
}}Beasts are large, buffalo-like herd beasts seen in the plains of [[Sanctuary]] in Diablo III. They have a very fast charging attack, and gore with their huge tusks up-close, though the few seen in the [[WWI 2008]] [[gameplay movie]] died pretty easily. They're not just [[animals]] either; they've been mutated by [[Diablo]] (or someone?) to become monstrous, as a close-up view of their face demonstrates.

The one that charges in the gameplay movie signals his intent before the charge, by pausing for a moment, pawing with one forelimb, and snorting a great plume of smoke before rocketing straight at (and hitting) the [[Witch Doctor]].

===Spells and Abilities===
* Charge



===Known Subtypes===
* [[Beast]]





==Background==
Little is known of why these creatures, that seem to be herbivores, would go out of their way to attack people passing them by. It's clear that some sort of [[demon]]ic corruption has taken place.

There is speculation that the Beast [[monster]] is a violent or corrupted version of the [[Horned Ground Sloth]], a beat of burden.





==Development==
The Beasts were one of the first types of [[monster]]s shown at [[WWI 2008]] in Paris in the [[gameplay video]].



==Media==
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=all&si=beast Beast gallery search]

<gallery>
Image:Beastcharges.jpg|<small>Beast charages [[Witch Doctor]]</small>
Image:Trio_of_Beasts.jpg|<small>Three Beasts in the [[Leoric Highlands]]</small>.
Image:Mon-beast2.jpg|<small>A beast in action.</small>
Image:Mon-beast3.jpg|<small>Full Frontal of a Beast.</small>
Image:Horned Ground Sloth.jpg|<small>[[Horned Ground Sloth]], according to the [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1514 concept art]. Likely the same thing as a Beast.</small>
</gallery>





{{Monster navbox}}

Monk skill

2009-08-24T20:05:54Z

Eoweniel:

The [[Monk skill]]s are arranged into three distinctive skill tree categories:
* [[Skill Tree A|A]]
* [[Skill Tree B|B]]
* [[Skill Tree C|C]]
All three trees have a combination of active and passive skills. Active skills are used in combat, while the passive skills boost or change the behaviour of the active skills.
The skill trees have not yet recieved an official name, so Blizzard states they should merely go under A-C, for now.

==References==
[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-monk-skill-tree-discussion-and-status/ The Full Monk Skill Tree Stats and Discussion]

Tristram

2009-08-24T19:58:08Z

Eoweniel:

[[Image:Tristram1s.jpg|frame|Dark and infested.]]
New Tristram is one of the towns in Diablo III. It's a wretched, rotting corpse of a town, grown up on the ruins of the old Tristram that blossomed during past ages, but has now fallen into decay.

==Start at the Beginning==

The [[WWI 2008: D3 Lore and Environmental Art Panel]] Q&A session revealed that New Tristram is the starting town of Diablo III.

::Q: Will we see how the cities have changed in the last 20 years?<br>
::A: I can tell you that the game starts in new Tristram.

* Tristram can be seen in the [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/worldmap.xml official world map].
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 Numerous screenshots] of battles in the fog-shrouded ruins of Tristram have been released.

===Blizzcon 2008===
[[Image:Tristram3s.jpg|thumb|400px|New Tristram starting point.]]
Tristram was the starting point for the playable demo at Blizzcon, in October 2008. There was no town to speak of; just a very small camp with only two NPCs, and no merchants. From there players proceeded into the fog-shrouded ruins of Tristram, battling undead every step of the way. The setting was described in some detail in a [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-demo-discussion/ gameplay report] by Flux.

::The mood continued as soon as a player moved out into the ruins of Tristram. The scenery was dark and oppressive, and no, the screenshots don’t at all do it justice. The floating, partially transparent mist looks so much better in the game than in the screenshots, where it just makes things look smudged and blurry. The black, gnarled trees, clusters of crows that flew away when the player got close enough to trigger them, dozens of ruined, blasted houses you could run through, bodies lying here and there, and small bunches of zombies to rout gave the area a great, creepy, doomed mood.

::There were a number of nice set pieces elsewhere in Tristram that added to the mood. A human hand is seen at one point, clawing at the earth, before being yanked down into a dark cellar from which come horrible screams and a fountain of blood. Ghosts wander the streets, sobbing quietly and pathetically. Zombies are seen gnawing on corpses, and their moans and groans are very horror movie appropriate.

==Tristram's Layout==

This was also addressed by Flux in a comment on his [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-demo-discussion/ Blizzcon gameplay report]:

:As for the geography, it’s not recognizable as the same town from D1, but it’s clearly inspired by it. The whole ruined town is much larger than in previous games, but that’s understandable since it’s been 20 years and the town was destroyed and rebuilt (and is now being destroyed again). There are about 15 or 20 ruined structures clustered in the center of the map. One has a broken wooden sign that hovers as “Griswold’s Fine Weapons” if you point at it. No sign of Griswold or any other recognizable NPCs though.

::The basic landmarks remain; the monastery is still to the top left of town, with a graveyard beside it (lots of zombies burrow up out of the earth if you enter and hang around there). The biggest change is that the left side of town, about where the creek was between town and Wirt, has become a deep gorge that provides an impassible boundary to that side of the level. Adria’s island and the creeks on the right side of the map aren’t there anymore. Instead there are lots of ruined houses scattered over in that direction, and to the far right you find a few lightly forested areas with wide paths through them. Two other landmarks are along the left side of town, by the gorge. The well within which the little girl’s ghost is trapped, and further north a spooky, Halloween tree out of which a bunch of zombies moaningly-emerge, if you remain in the vicinity.

::It’s hard to estimate size since the path you take through the area is so winding; there aren’t any straight roads and the houses and boulders and dead trees are scattered everywhere. But I’d say the whole area is maybe 6 or 8x the size of Tristram in D2. I think it was a non-random area; possibly the ruins and other town elements change around slightly from game to game, but the overall size and shape remained the same in each game I played.

==Lore==

There is a [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml New Tristram lore entry] in the official page. The following quotation summarizes the rise and fall of New Tristram:

:"New Tristram has been in existence for several years, though the exact date of its founding is unclear. Originally simply a collection of merchants looking to profit on adventurers and travelers drawn by legends of riches within the old cathedral, it slowly set down roots and became an established town. As soon as the cathedral was looted bare, however, the adventurers and travelers stopped coming, and New Tristram found itself in decline. The town is now comprised mostly of depressing shacks; the inn is the only building that looks even the least bit habitable."

==Screenshots==

Numerous screens have shown New Tristram, but only the ruined, monster-infested portion of the town. The Blizzcon 2008 demo build started in a very small encampment just outside of New Tristram, but there were no NPC merchants available. It's assumed that the New Tristram we'll see in the final game will be larger and have various merchants and quest-giving NPCs, but this is just conjecture.

A few sample screens. There are many more [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 in the image gallery].

<gallery>
image:Tristram1.jpg
image:Tristram2.jpg
image:Tristram3.jpg
</gallery>

==Concept Art==

There's a lot of concept art of Tristram, but it's not clear how much was just for background information or reference. The New Tristram so far seen in the game has been a zombie-infested ruins; if there's more of a town waiting to be discovered in the final game, we've not seen in-game evidence of it yet.

<gallery>
image:concept-tristram1.jpg|New Tristram at night.
image:Delowyn_TristramCathedral_Inside.jpg|Inside Tristram Cathedral.
</gallery>

{{Sanctuary navbox}}

[[category:towns]]
[[category:Act I levels]]
[[category:new tristram]]
[[Category:Sanctuary]]

==References==
[http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml Blizzard's official lore page - New Tristram]

[http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 www.diii.net's screenshot gallery]

Tristram

2009-08-24T19:56:50Z

Eoweniel:

[[Image:Tristram1s.jpg|frame|Dark and infested.]]
New Tristram is one of the towns in Diablo III. It's a wretched, rotting corpse of a town, grown up on the ruins of the old Tristram that blossomed during past ages, but has now fallen into decay.

==Start at the Beginning==

The [[WWI 2008: D3 Lore and Environmental Art Panel]] Q&A session revealed that New Tristram is the starting town of Diablo III.

::Q: Will we see how the cities have changed in the last 20 years?<br>
::A: I can tell you that the game starts in new Tristram.

* Tristram can be seen in the [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/worldmap.xml official world map].
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 Numerous screenshots] of battles in the fog-shrouded ruins of Tristram have been released.

===Blizzcon 2008===
[[Image:Tristram3s.jpg|thumb|400px|New Tristram starting point.]]
Tristram was the starting point for the playable demo at Blizzcon, in October 2008. There was no town to speak of; just a very small camp with only two NPCs, and no merchants. From there players proceeded into the fog-shrouded ruins of Tristram, battling undead every step of the way. The setting was described in some detail in a [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-demo-discussion/ gameplay report] by Flux.

::The mood continued as soon as a player moved out into the ruins of Tristram. The scenery was dark and oppressive, and no, the screenshots don’t at all do it justice. The floating, partially transparent mist looks so much better in the game than in the screenshots, where it just makes things look smudged and blurry. The black, gnarled trees, clusters of crows that flew away when the player got close enough to trigger them, dozens of ruined, blasted houses you could run through, bodies lying here and there, and small bunches of zombies to rout gave the area a great, creepy, doomed mood.

::There were a number of nice set pieces elsewhere in Tristram that added to the mood. A human hand is seen at one point, clawing at the earth, before being yanked down into a dark cellar from which come horrible screams and a fountain of blood. Ghosts wander the streets, sobbing quietly and pathetically. Zombies are seen gnawing on corpses, and their moans and groans are very horror movie appropriate.

==Tristram's Layout==

This was also addressed by Flux in a comment on his [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-demo-discussion/ Blizzcon gameplay report]:

:As for the geography, it’s not recognizable as the same town from D1, but it’s clearly inspired by it. The whole ruined town is much larger than in previous games, but that’s understandable since it’s been 20 years and the town was destroyed and rebuilt (and is now being destroyed again). There are about 15 or 20 ruined structures clustered in the center of the map. One has a broken wooden sign that hovers as “Griswold’s Fine Weapons” if you point at it. No sign of Griswold or any other recognizable NPCs though.

::The basic landmarks remain; the monastery is still to the top left of town, with a graveyard beside it (lots of zombies burrow up out of the earth if you enter and hang around there). The biggest change is that the left side of town, about where the creek was between town and Wirt, has become a deep gorge that provides an impassible boundary to that side of the level. Adria’s island and the creeks on the right side of the map aren’t there anymore. Instead there are lots of ruined houses scattered over in that direction, and to the far right you find a few lightly forested areas with wide paths through them. Two other landmarks are along the left side of town, by the gorge. The well within which the little girl’s ghost is trapped, and further north a spooky, Halloween tree out of which a bunch of zombies moaningly-emerge, if you remain in the vicinity.

::It’s hard to estimate size since the path you take through the area is so winding; there aren’t any straight roads and the houses and boulders and dead trees are scattered everywhere. But I’d say the whole area is maybe 6 or 8x the size of Tristram in D2. I think it was a non-random area; possibly the ruins and other town elements change around slightly from game to game, but the overall size and shape remained the same in each game I played.

==Lore==

There is a [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml New Tristram lore entry] in the official page. The following quotation summarizes the rise and fall of New Tristram:

:"New Tristram has been in existence for several years, though the exact date of its founding is unclear. Originally simply a collection of merchants looking to profit on adventurers and travelers drawn by legends of riches within the old cathedral, it slowly set down roots and became an established town. As soon as the cathedral was looted bare, however, the adventurers and travelers stopped coming, and New Tristram found itself in decline. The town is now comprised mostly of depressing shacks; the inn is the only building that looks even the least bit habitable."

==Screenshots==

Numerous screens have shown New Tristram, but only the ruined, monster-infested portion of the town. The Blizzcon 2008 demo build started in a very small encampment just outside of New Tristram, but there were no NPC merchants available. It's assumed that the New Tristram we'll see in the final game will be larger and have various merchants and quest-giving NPCs, but this is just conjecture.

A few sample screens. There are many more [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 in the image gallery].

<gallery>
image:Tristram1.jpg
image:Tristram2.jpg
image:Tristram3.jpg
</gallery>

==Concept Art==

There's a lot of concept art of Tristram, but it's not clear how much was just for background information or reference. The New Tristram so far seen in the game has been a zombie-infested ruins; if there's more of a town waiting to be discovered in the final game, we've not seen in-game evidence of it yet.

<gallery>
image:concept-tristram1.jpg|New Tristram at night.
image:Delowyn_TristramCathedral_Inside.jpg|Inside Tristram Cathedral.
</gallery>

{{Sanctuary navbox}}

[[category:towns]]
[[category:Act I levels]]
[[category:new tristram]]
[[Category:Sanctuary]]

==References==
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml

[http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 www.diii.net's screenshot gallery]

Tristram

2009-08-24T19:54:55Z

Eoweniel:

[[Image:Tristram1s.jpg|frame|Dark and infested.]]
New Tristram is one of the towns in Diablo III. It's a wretched, rotting corpse of a town, grown up on the ruins of the old Tristram that blossomed during past ages, but has now fallen into decay.

==Start at the Beginning==

The [[WWI 2008: D3 Lore and Environmental Art Panel]] Q&A session revealed that New Tristram is the starting town of Diablo III.

::Q: Will we see how the cities have changed in the last 20 years?<br>
::A: I can tell you that the game starts in new Tristram.

* Tristram can be seen in the [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/worldmap.xml official world map].
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 Numerous screenshots] of battles in the fog-shrouded ruins of Tristram have been released.

===Blizzcon 2008===
[[Image:Tristram3s.jpg|thumb|400px|New Tristram starting point.]]
Tristram was the starting point for the playable demo at Blizzcon, in October 2008. There was no town to speak of; just a very small camp with only two NPCs, and no merchants. From there players proceeded into the fog-shrouded ruins of Tristram, battling undead every step of the way. The setting was described in some detail in a [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-demo-discussion/ gameplay report] by Flux.

::The mood continued as soon as a player moved out into the ruins of Tristram. The scenery was dark and oppressive, and no, the screenshots don’t at all do it justice. The floating, partially transparent mist looks so much better in the game than in the screenshots, where it just makes things look smudged and blurry. The black, gnarled trees, clusters of crows that flew away when the player got close enough to trigger them, dozens of ruined, blasted houses you could run through, bodies lying here and there, and small bunches of zombies to rout gave the area a great, creepy, doomed mood.

::There were a number of nice set pieces elsewhere in Tristram that added to the mood. A human hand is seen at one point, clawing at the earth, before being yanked down into a dark cellar from which come horrible screams and a fountain of blood. Ghosts wander the streets, sobbing quietly and pathetically. Zombies are seen gnawing on corpses, and their moans and groans are very horror movie appropriate.

==Tristram's Layout==

This was also addressed by Flux in a comment on his [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-demo-discussion/ Blizzcon gameplay report]:

:As for the geography, it’s not recognizable as the same town from D1, but it’s clearly inspired by it. The whole ruined town is much larger than in previous games, but that’s understandable since it’s been 20 years and the town was destroyed and rebuilt (and is now being destroyed again). There are about 15 or 20 ruined structures clustered in the center of the map. One has a broken wooden sign that hovers as “Griswold’s Fine Weapons” if you point at it. No sign of Griswold or any other recognizable NPCs though.

::The basic landmarks remain; the monastery is still to the top left of town, with a graveyard beside it (lots of zombies burrow up out of the earth if you enter and hang around there). The biggest change is that the left side of town, about where the creek was between town and Wirt, has become a deep gorge that provides an impassible boundary to that side of the level. Adria’s island and the creeks on the right side of the map aren’t there anymore. Instead there are lots of ruined houses scattered over in that direction, and to the far right you find a few lightly forested areas with wide paths through them. Two other landmarks are along the left side of town, by the gorge. The well within which the little girl’s ghost is trapped, and further north a spooky, Halloween tree out of which a bunch of zombies moaningly-emerge, if you remain in the vicinity.

::It’s hard to estimate size since the path you take through the area is so winding; there aren’t any straight roads and the houses and boulders and dead trees are scattered everywhere. But I’d say the whole area is maybe 6 or 8x the size of Tristram in D2. I think it was a non-random area; possibly the ruins and other town elements change around slightly from game to game, but the overall size and shape remained the same in each game I played.

==Lore==

There is a [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml New Tristram lore entry] in the official page. The following quotation summarizes the rise and fall of New Tristram:

:"New Tristram has been in existence for several years, though the exact date of its founding is unclear. Originally simply a collection of merchants looking to profit on adventurers and travelers drawn by legends of riches within the old cathedral, it slowly set down roots and became an established town. As soon as the cathedral was looted bare, however, the adventurers and travelers stopped coming, and New Tristram found itself in decline. The town is now comprised mostly of depressing shacks; the inn is the only building that looks even the least bit habitable."

==Screenshots==

Numerous screens have shown New Tristram, but only the ruined, monster-infested portion of the town. The Blizzcon 2008 demo build started in a very small encampment just outside of New Tristram, but there were no NPC merchants available. It's assumed that the New Tristram we'll see in the final game will be larger and have various merchants and quest-giving NPCs, but this is just conjecture.

A few sample screens. There are many more [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 in the image gallery].

<gallery>
image:Tristram1.jpg
image:Tristram2.jpg
image:Tristram3.jpg
</gallery>

==Concept Art==

There's a lot of concept art of Tristram, but it's not clear how much was just for background information or reference. The New Tristram so far seen in the game has been a zombie-infested ruins; if there's more of a town waiting to be discovered in the final game, we've not seen in-game evidence of it yet.

<gallery>
image:concept-tristram1.jpg|New Tristram at night.
image:Delowyn_TristramCathedral_Inside.jpg|Inside Tristram Cathedral.
</gallery>

{{Sanctuary navbox}}

[[category:towns]]
[[category:Act I levels]]
[[category:new tristram]]
[[Category:Sanctuary]]

==References==
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml

http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546