* Baleful Polymorph: Xazax can transform you into a defenceless maggot leaving you open to attacks, so be sure to keep your distance from his minions at all times.
According to this cult, when humanity complains too much about the difficult living conditions in Sanctuary and the scarcity of divine weaponry, he may send his avatar to the mortal plane to deal with those who annoy him in person. Some even believe that the world as we know it was shaped by an individual human on another plane, one 'Archbishop Lazarus' with a calculation engine powered by lightning. His minions are called Groupies, the charm he drops is called 'Glorious Book of Median', and he actually used to be called Brother Laz until version 2017 removed all references to real life people. Author Avatar: The uberboss Archbishop Lazarus is not the actual Lazarus character in the first Diablo, but is a reference to Brother Laz, the creator of the mod.Malic (an unkillable boss in the Bastion of the Triune) has a similar skill, which you'll need to make use of in order to kill the main boss Lucion (specifically by charming Arihan, luring him to Malic and letting the two fight). Armor-Piercing Attack: Purify is an oskill that deals damage independently of everything, including resistances: it is the only way to damage and kill certain high-level uberbosses.When doing the Binding of Baal and Assault on Mount Arreat uberquests, you're morphed into Baal and Diablo (respectively), but the change is mostly cosmetic, you still have your items, and you're still using your own skills instead of Baal's and Diablo's. And Now for Someone Completely Different: Downplayed.Reading it is almost mandatory to understand the game.
All There in the Manual: With the manual being the official documentation.Adaptation Name Change: The final levels of the Tower Cellar and Durance of Hate are now called Bloodthrone and Seat of Hatred, instead of being simply referred to with a number.Adaptational Badass: On Hell difficulty, Baal is now treated as an endgame (uber) boss, making him much tougher than his vanilla game counterpart.Action Bomb: The Necromancer's Night Hawk minions attack by getting close to enemies and blowing themselves up.Entering Toraja requires you to have obtained the Crystalline Flame Medallion from Judgement Day first, which grants you access to Edyrem minions, which are able to break the invulnerability shield of the Symbol of Time in the Torajan Cemetery, whose destruction will open a portal to Toraja.Likewise, killing Lucion in the Triune requires you to have obtained the Dire Charm skill from the previous boss Durram first.