Warning: There be Dragons ahead!

Today's update brings 11 new adventure variants across 5 campaigns! Each campaign has one or more variants themed around different chromatic dragons, these new adventure variants will test the mettle of your formations!

Also joining us today in the fight against dragons is Idle Champions Presents: The Trials of Mount Tiamat Party 2's favorite little ally, Red the Squirrel!

Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Adventure Variants

• Leemooggoogoon Rises: Volo's Guide to Kuo-toa
Help the Kuo-toa while Volo and his friend chat you up.
• Volo and a Kuo-toa join the formation, chatting up your team.
• Champions adjacent to Volo and/or the Kuo-toa have their base attack cooldown increased by 1 second; it does not stack.
• Complete area 400.


• Neutral No More: Crimson Perception
Head to Mantol-Derith, while a young red dragon causes havoc.
• In each boss area a young red dragon appears. You must defeat this additional boss to advance.
• Only Champions with WIS of 14 or higher can be used.
• Complete area 450.

Encroaching Madness: Maroon Madness

Explore Mantol-Derith while you deal with some wyrmlings who shouldn't be there.

• Red Wyrmlings appear in each area. They don't drop gold, nor do they count towards quest progress.
• Red Wyrmlings should not be in Mantol-Derith. When a Champion kills a Red Wyrmling, they are stunned for 4 seconds as they try to understand what's happening.
• Only Champions with WIS 12 or lower can be used
• Complete area 450.

Waterdeep: Dragon Heist Adventure Variants

• A Botched Kidnapping: This Quest Stinks!
Help Volothamp Geddarm with a small task while dealing with a stinky foe.
• Two skunks accompany the formation, but don't worry: Volo vouched for them!
• Champions adjacent to the skunk deal no damage (but their formation abilities still work).
• Black Dragon Wyrmlings appear in each area. They drop no gold, nor do they count towards quest progress.
• Complete area 225.


• Trollskull Manor: Home Not So Alone
An annoying goblin has taken up residence in Trollskull Manor and put up defenses!
• Each boss fight, a Blockade and a Goblin appear. The boss is invulnerable until the Blockade and Goblin are taken out. When the Goblin is defeated, they run off the screen instead of disappearing.
• Gold Find is reduced by 99%.
• Complete area 250.

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus Adventure Variants

• The Wandering Emporium: When the Going Gets Tough
Hold back indestructible stone golems with your toughest champions!
• Each wave spawns one invulnerable Stone Golem.
• Only Champions with CON of 15 or higher can be used.
• Complete area 450.


• Tiamat's Army: Fight Dragons with Dragons
A terrible curse slows down any champion that isn’t a Dragonborn!
• Non-Dragonborn champions attack cooldown is tripled, making them attack less often.
• Blue Dragon Wyrmlings appear in each area. They drop no gold, nor do they count towards quest progress.
• Complete area 475.

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Adventure Variants

• The Radiant Nightmare: Tough Acting
Chase down Xardorok's Chardalyn Dragon with your toughest champions!
• Only Champions with STR of 14 or higher and CON of 15 or higher can be used.
• Complete area 400.


• Waiting on Sunrise: A Chilling Encounter
Race to save Termalaine with a White Dragon on your tail!
• Every 5 seconds, a random champion is Stunned for 5 seconds due to the freezing cold.
• With each boss, an extra white Dragon Wyrmling boss with 25 armored HP appears. The main boss is invulnerable until the white dragon is defeated.
• Complete area 425.

Wild Beyond the Witchlight Adventure Variants

• Tall Tales: An Unexpected Geist
Learn about the history of the Champions by listening to creepy Ghost stories!
• One Specter appears in each wave. They drop no gold, nor do they count towards quest progress. When they are killed, they respawn in the same location after 5 seconds. The Specters move 200% faster.
• Complete area 250.


• The Witchlight Carnival: A Dragon Against Us
  
Uncover the mysteries of the Witchlight Carnival while evading dragons.
• Green Dragon Wyrmlings appear in each area. They drop no gold, nor do they count towards quest progress.
• Only Champions with DEX of 15 or higher can be used.
• Complete area 300.

New DLC

Red the Squirrel, the delightful ally of Party 2 of Idle Champions Presents: The Trials of Mount Tiamat, arrives as a familiar who can join your adventures!! The Red the Squirrel Familiar Pack includes Red, the Squirrel Familiar, 6 Epic Potions of Speed, 6 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 6 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, 6 Epic Potions of Fire Breath, and 1 Potion of Polish.

See the in-game Change Log for more information!

We've chosen our 2021 Halloween Decoration Contest Winners! If you weren't aware, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners are picked by the whole Codename Entertainment studio, while Community Choices are voted on by you, the wise Whacker community! Our top three choices earn 250, 200, and 150 Bush Bucks respectively, while the Community Choices take home a cool 50 Bush Bucks.

Without further ado here are your winners:

Winners

Community Choice

Congratulations again to all our winners! Your Bush Buck prizes have been added to your accounts!

During Feast of the Moon, residents of the Sword Coast pay homage to the deeds of legendary heroes by visiting their crypts and graves.

When the Champions arrive at The Crypt of Legends, they find hordes of undead crawling up from the depths. Something is making the dead heroes rise, and the answer will require a descent into the depths to discover the cause...

Feast of the Moon 5 introduces Widdle, the Dhampir Gnome Wizard, played by Meagan Kenreck who you can see as Widdle on Idle Champions Presents the Trials of Mount Tiamat, airing Mondays at 4PM Pacific on the CNEGames Twitch. You can also catch her as Widdle on Heroes of the Planes Tuesdays at 6PM Pacific on the Demiplane Twitch.

This event also brings back Penelope "Half-Pint", Circle of the Moon Druid and Warlock from Heroes of the Planes, and brings back Sentry, the Warforged Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) from High Rollers: Aerois. Players have until Monday, November 22nd at 12PM Pacific to complete your Feast of the Moon 5 unlocks and objectives.

New Champion: Widdle

Widdle's life goal is the destruction of Strahd, but with 423 years of gnomish wisdom, she realized she still needed more time. Becoming a dhampir seemed like the best option, and now she uses her enhanced speed and fearsome fangs to help her friends and show that being a dhampir does not make you a monster. With a big personality and an even bigger blunderbuss, she's ready to deal with any challenge!

Widdle is a Support, Healing and Speed Champion who's vampiric charms can buff the damage of her allies while encouraging them to attack faster. But all this battle can make a dhampir hungry, and those she buffs look extra tasty to oncoming enemies, making them spawn faster. When you want to add Widdle to your formation you can swap her with Celeste (Slot 2).

II. Widdle's Stats

Race: Dhampir Gnome	Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Class: Wizard	Gender: Female
Age: 423	Affiliation: Heroes of the Planes

STR: 18	DEX: 15	CON: 13
INT: 17	WIS: 12	CHA: 11

Role: Healing, Support, Speed

Eligible for Patrons: Strahd

Slot: 2, (Celeste)

III. Widdle's Design

We've been adding the Heroes of the Planes to our Champion roster for quite a while, and it's a wonderful joy to have Meagan Kenreck honor us by bringing the final member to the party! Meagan is a Twitch streamer, graphic designer, photoshop enthusiast, and advocate for inclusivity. She's also known as Sofieus on Silver and Steel, the co-host of "Todd and Meagan talk D&D", and also plays as Widdle in "The Adventures of Widdle and Rend", a D&D one on one show with her Husband, Todd, who plays as Rend.

Widdle always seems to be grinning as she leads the charge into adventure or battle. She focuses on increasing the damage and speed of her friends, boosting adjacent Champion damage with Vampiric Gaze while reducing their base attack cooldowns by encouraging them to Hurry Up Now. Her Specializations boost her damage buff based on specific ability scores, and her Vampiric Bite Ultimate attack not only does enormous damage to a random enemy, but heals herself and her friends.

For more information on Widdle and her abilities, check out her Champion Spotlight!

Year Five Variants

• Variant 1: Dhampiric Nature — Widdle begins in the formation. She can't be moved or removed. Undead Enemies deal 200% additional damage and move 200% faster. Gold Find is reduced by 99%.
  Getting to know Widdle: Widdle charms her adjacent allies with her Vampiric Gaze, increasing their damage. However, as a Speed Champion, she also increases enemy spawn speed with each adjacent ally! Fill in your formation quickly, Widdle's at the wheel!
  Complete Area 75.


• Variant 2: Strahd's Test — Widdle may have a vendetta against Strahd, but she's also eligible for his Patron variants. As such, the dark lord has set up a test for our latest Champion. At each boss level, an additional undead boss appears:
  
  • Area 5: Lich
  • Area 10: Zombie Adventurer
  • Area 15: Powerful Will-o' Wisp
  • Area 20: Zombie Kobold King
  • Area 25: Armored Ranged Skeleton
  • Area 30: Weakened Vampire
  • Area 35: Revenant
  • Area 40: Mummy
  • Area 45: Bone Naga
  • Area 50: Strahd on Horseback
  Complete Area 125.


• Variant 3: A Widdle of This, A Widdle of That — Widdle begins in the formation. She can't be moved or removed. The Base attack cooldown of all Champions is increased by 5 seconds. This increase does not affect Heroes of the Planes Champions. A Giant Rat accompanies the formation, intent on becoming friends with Widdle's pet rat Gerard. Widdle said not to hurt it.
  Getting to know Widdle: Widdle's Hurry Up Now ability grants a chance for adjacent allies to have their base attack cooldown reset after attacking. Level her up quickly to gain access to this necessary skill for this variant.
  Complete Area 175.

IV. New DLC

Also launching with Widdle is the Ascendant Widdle Theme Pack! This pack includes an unlock for Widdle, the new Ascendant Widdle Skin, the Rat #59 AKA Gerard familiar, Widdle's Epic First into the Fray Feat, which increases Tasty Friends by 80%, 1 Epic Potion of the Gold Hunter, and 16 Gold Widdle Chests with 2 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Cards.



Also launching with Feast of the Moon 5 is the Ascendant Penelope Skin & Feat Pack! This pack includes an unlock for Penelope, the new Ascendant Penelope Skin, Penelope's Epic Friendly Tales Feat, which increases Have You Met My Friends by 80%, and 7 Gold Penelope Chests with 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card.



Last but not least, launching as well with Feast of the Moon 5 is the Ascendant D'hani Skin & Feat Pack! This pack includes an unlock for D'hani, the new Ascendant D'hani Skin, Dhani's Chromatic Foe Epic Feat, which increases Paint Them Red by 80%, and 7 Gold D'hani Chests with 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card.

For information on previous years' variants, check out the Feast of the Moon 4 blog. And if you have feedback, let us know in a Community Q&A or Champion feedback post on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!