A New skillset for mages

by Doman

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Doman2008-06-02 01:37:39
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You know, most people hate Demesnes, so I was thinking, maybe it's time we got a new spec for after elementalism

Elementology ( Working name )

Purge                Your mastery has allowed you to crush Demesnes
--2p Trueground + demesnebreak

Nova                 Strike your personal enemies with pure energy
--Hailstorm equivilent, pure magic energy

bloodboil         Send their blood into a frenzy
--causes loss of mana, ego, and willpower at a slow constant rate

Calcify             The power of earth has the ability to harm, or defend
--HARDEN BONES makes you resistant to breaks, while CAST CALCIFY causes paralysis tics and makes moving harder

Salt                  Using a ritual, you mark the ground, preventing melding
--prevents melding unless someone does BREAK RITUAL which takes 5 seconds of time -requires magic salt-

sulfurstrike, remove a random defense from your oppoent
--removes defense randomly -requires magic sulfure-

Elemental           Summon a minor elemental
--6p summons an elemental that will perform boilblood and calcify every 6 seconds for 2 minutes on your enemies

Windwhip           Whipping a gust into the air, remove flyers.

Stalagmite         Calling up a stalagmite, remove burrowers.

calllightning           After a small delay, immense pain
-- lightning damage after 4 seconds, preferably huge

Poisonwater       The power of two elements
--2p causes illness and shivering in tics until cured

Heatsurge         The planes may be lost, but some power remains
--does high fire damage and strips frost

Pulse                 Force your opponents to their knees
-- Does minor lightning damage, and prones your personal enemies in the room

Elementforce      Open a tiny conduit to your own elemental plane inside the enemy
-- bashing attack, does damage relating to your own plane

Fury                  Send them from their life with an elemental overload
-- If the enemy calcified, poisonwatered, and bloodboiled, instakill, if not, it randomly adds one of the afflictions, 8 power

Elementalform   Your knowledge of the elements is so great, you can take on the                                properties of the plane your nexus is connected to

--if Celestian CAST WATERELEMENT,  can only be done on water plane, adds 2 con, and 2 cha while on that plane, Adds one of each if off, 10 power. Adds level 1 magic resistance

--If Mag, CAST EARTHELEMENT, only on earth plane, adds 2 con and 2 dex while on, and 1 of each if not on the plane, 10 power. adds lvl 1 blunt resistance

-- for both, adds level 2 regen on proper terrain, and adds a tag to your race.
Unknown2008-06-02 01:57:27
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Doman2008-06-02 01:58:48
Hey, I was bored
Shamarah2008-06-02 02:25:25
Switch guilds.
Celina2008-06-02 02:25:30
Well the first thing that came to mind was...

"God no. Passive ego drain? What are you on?!"

So i'll stick with that. I like how you gave Aquas extra cha and the geos crappy dexterity. I'm fine with mages having something other than demesnes, but I don't think this is the answer we are looking for
Doman2008-06-02 02:32:15
Charisma is basically useless, just like dex, except to influence. I wasn't thinking a huge ego drain, like...metawake level

Edit: and you still get lich bonuses, so stop whining
Celina2008-06-02 02:36:19
QUOTE(Doman @ Jun 1 2008, 09:32 PM) 517394
Charisma is basically useless, just like dex, except to influence. I wasn't thinking a huge ego drain, like...metawake level

Edit: and you still get lich bonuses, so stop whining


Right. Charisma. Useless for mages. Right.

Put down the crack pipe.

(what does lich have to do with any of this?)
Shaddus2008-06-02 02:36:34
Go play final fantasy tactics, plz
Malarious2008-06-02 02:38:56
QUOTE(Shaddus Mes @ Jun 1 2008, 10:36 PM) 517397
Go play final fantasy tactics, plz


I will pull out my viera summoner assassin!

FFTA >.>
Doman2008-06-02 02:40:53
Charisma is only good for telepaths, everyone else only needs it to influence and resist mindburst. I also gave you blunt resist, which I would prefer over magic.

And I mentioned lich cuz of stat buffs, but i suppose yer right, not relevant here
Malarious2008-06-02 02:42:27
QUOTE(Doman @ Jun 1 2008, 10:40 PM) 517400
Charisma is only good for telepaths, everyone else only needs it to influence and resist mindburst. I also gave you blunt resist, which I would prefer over magic.

And I mentioned lich cuz of stat buffs, but i suppose yer right, not relevant here


Charisma is good for far far more things than dexterity. Rather just be physical over blunt, but really thats a moot boost anyway.

Lich also LOWERS geomancer stats 60% of the time.
Doman2008-06-02 02:42:59
Fair enough, it's not like tihs is ever going to be implemented, i was just bored
Celina2008-06-02 02:43:37
QUOTE(Doman @ Jun 1 2008, 09:40 PM) 517400
Charisma is only good for telepaths, everyone else only needs it to influence and resist mindburst. I also gave you blunt resist, which I would prefer over magic.

And I mentioned lich cuz of stat buffs, but i suppose yer right, not relevant here


Telepathy and Telekinesis actually. 2+ cha for a TK is really nice.
Doman2008-06-02 02:45:03
hmm, forcefield, fair enough...again
Malarious2008-06-02 02:45:26
QUOTE(Doman @ Jun 1 2008, 10:42 PM) 517402
Fair enough, it's not like tihs is ever going to be implemented, i was just bored


We have all been there!

*stares at about 5 skillsets sleep.gif*
Shaddus2008-06-02 03:26:43
QUOTE(Malarious @ Jun 1 2008, 09:45 PM) 517406
We have all been there!

*stares at about 5 skillsets sleep.gif*

Mal, we are NOT letting you have your BDSM skillset, complete with Whipmistress specialization and dual wielding cattle prods.
Malarious2008-06-02 04:05:02
QUOTE(Shaddus Mes @ Jun 1 2008, 11:26 PM) 517418
Mal, we are NOT letting you have your BDSM skillset, complete with Whipmistress specialization and dual wielding cattle prods.


Thats Kharaens!


Mines the one with ties, ropes, cuffs, and a slew of other things to guarantee they keep coming back.

happy.gif
Unknown2008-06-02 10:56:10
QUOTE(Shaddus Mes @ Jun 2 2008, 03:26 AM) 517418
Mal, we are NOT letting you have your BDSM skillset, complete with Whipmistress specialization and dual wielding cattle prods.

I was under the impression only Arix was allowed to state things about BDSM. So hasshup!
Unknown2008-06-08 23:20:28
I like it, on the basis that I am a mage and it's OP.
Dysolis2008-06-08 23:40:32
Actually bloodboil is a skill name already taken from Achaea and It worked to heal two afflictions at random I think which was very nice.