Defense stat now gives some 33% guaranteed damage reduction, in addition to random damage reduction.
This means for every 3 defense, 1 point of damage reduction is guaranteed, while 2 points are rolled, as opposed to before, where every point was randomly rolled.
Walking slowly or standing still over Spike Traps in the catacombs no longer triggers them.
Spike Traps will still trigger when landing on them from a jump or running over them.