All of these abilites have fighting applications. I thought the idea of this thread was to not have fighting applications?
All of those abilities (the ones I listed) are skills that already exist but could use a little bit of tweaking IMO.
Of course, a lot of these other people are kind of mucking up the thread with things they know won't go through. I think most of us Ascendants are kind of burned out on the whole conversation by now. We've been trying for over a year at this point (some of us, at least). :/
that's just what they say. Trust me, size matters.
Gregori2009-06-02 05:25:02
Consumption should be what Xiel said... Eat corpses for essence gain. Right now it is just useless. I mean even if it was a consumption aura that passively drained essence from anyone in the room bleeding, that would be better... as long as the essence to maintain it was not greater than the gains.
Make it 1000 essence to activate and it lasts 10 minutes as a passive aura that drains essence from anyone bleeding in the room with you.
Unknown2009-06-02 06:05:53
Oh, lovely ascendance.
Clairsentience - option for demigod scry would be cool Fearaura - being adjusted Destruction - it'd be nice if it was equally useful to all classes, but it probably won't. It'd be cool if it had a utility effect though. Affinity - is cool, but that annoying message thing needs fixing. Too confusing. Flight - is good, but Xenthos wants utility, so sure. Cults - Being able to induct more people besides just order members is the big thing, I believe Benevolence - I wish it transferred essence in a better ratio the more skilled you are in Ascendance Intervention - cool Prospicience - cool Aegis - best skill ever, I wish it breaking was more obvious though instead of when just glancing through def. Divinesupper - Pretty cool, could use a bit more, but not a big deal. Portal - Please delete the enemy territory cost. I justified it in the past when portal beat distortion effects, but now it's not, so it's pointless. Presence - I seem to recall it not lasting that long. Can we lengthen the time, or at least give us a command that lets us turn the aura off and on, lasts till death/logout? Consumption - Please make it a denizen/player consume skill for essence Glory - Guild rite in cult form. Meh, it's pretty easy to gain xp already. I'd like something else for this, but I'm out of ideas Omniscience - is not a trans skill, but it's useful enough, even though we only use it for aetherbubbles. Maybe it should let you speak all languages too.
New (rather old) ideas: -More custom ascendant stuff. -Essence shop
Gregori2009-06-02 06:13:56
Clairsentience should be
Manifest clairsentience for ascendant - shows all ascendants Manifest clairsentience for demigod - shows all demigods Manifest clairsentience for - shows person
We can already seek as a demigod from the havens... so extending seek into clairsentience for Ascendants to do from anywhere should not be that horrible.
Edit:: Also as much as I love being able to aegis, it and omniscience should be changed in the skill tree.
Richter2009-06-02 07:28:42
The ability to turn every fifth or so smashed walnut into a pidgeon, and vice versa.
Razenth2009-06-02 07:31:00
Pigeon. And that should be artie nutcracker/hammer, not an Ascendance ability.
Richter2009-06-02 07:32:22
Thanks for the spelling correction, as well as recognition of erf-joke.
Aerotan2009-06-02 08:02:40
QUOTE
SIMULACRUM: Produce an imperfect copy of your near-perfect self.
Makes another you that can be moved (up/down/in/out/n/s/e/w/ne/nw/se/sw only), can LOOK around, and can be made to SAY, EMOTE, or perform emotes from EMOTIONLIST. Gives feedback when it moves as if you had moved to the room in question. Doesn't wield weapons, can't attack, and can't use skills or enchantments, but otherwise is an exact copy of you that you control. Shows up on qw, scent, ql, etc.
Just a thought for a flavour one.
Unknown2009-06-02 08:31:18
Well since most ascendants are avatars perhaps having an ascendant avatar of each divine have a different ability based on what divine they follow. Hrm, some examples ... possibly like an Eventru avatar being able to bestow an aura of purity on cult followers or just Eventru followers (as in the aura of purity does nothing except show up when looked at) or something like that.
Well since most ascendants are avatars perhaps having an ascendant avatar of each divine have a different ability based on what divine they follow. Hrm, some examples ... possibly like an Eventru avatar being able to bestow an aura of purity on cult followers or just Eventru followers (as in the aura of purity does nothing except show up when looked at) or something like that.
1. That would suck for ascendants who want to change orders because their gods go inactive...or change orgs or whatever, although that only matters for TAs obviously. 2. No! I'm an avatar but tying us more to orders than we already are with these damn cults is definitely a step in the wrong direction.
Encouraging use of individual motifs is another matter
Unknown2009-06-02 09:01:29
Uh, how would that suck? You leave the order, you lose the special thingamajig. You become avatar for another God, you gain their ability. There's nothing wrong with tying an avatar to an order (isn't that kind of the point of being one? It's not like a level 100 in an order -has- to be an avatar). Demis can't even have cults, so it shouldn't depend on having them, either.
Uh, how would that suck? You leave the order, you lose the special thingamajig. You become avatar for another God, you gain their ability. There's nothing wrong with tying an avatar to an order (isn't that kind of the point of being one? It's not like a level 100 in an order -has- to be an avatar). Demis can't even have cults, so it shouldn't depend on having them, either.
The suggestion was for ascendants, not avatars. Avatars being tied to gods is A-OK as that's the whole point of them. Ascendants being tied to gods is not ok.
EDIT: Oh, I can see why you might think I was talking about only avatars from my post out of context though.
Well since most ascendants are avatars perhaps having an ascendant avatar of each divine have a different ability based on what divine they follow. Hrm, some examples ... possibly like an Eventru avatar being able to bestow an aura of purity on cult followers or just Eventru followers (as in the aura of purity does nothing except show up when looked at) or something like that.
Are you sure most Ascendants are Avatars?
I know the only Ascendant Avatar in Glom is AWOL. The other three aren't really even in Orders.
Force-tying Ascendants to Orders just isn't really a good idea. You have some Ascendants who don't deal well with Orders, and you have some in Orders without an active God... and either way, there's just no way to accomplish the "get your God's blessing!" Further, joining an Order just for powers is kind of bad, IMO.
What about world emotes? Maybe an early ability would have it just be visible in the room the VA/TA is in, then the area, then the Plane, and finally everywhere.
Maybe the ability to turn someone into something else? It only lasts a tiny amount of time and both you and the person you're targeting have to have completely full health, mana and ego for it to work. It'd strictly be a roleplay thing.
What about the ability to make really temporary items. They'd only last like five minutes, and then they'd vanish. They'd be generic, no custom descriptions, and you can only create one or two at a time, but you could 'create' a bolder or a chair or a table or a bed or cat or whatever as a prop. Like, imagine you're wanting to chat with some lesser mortal, you literally draw up a chair for each of you and sit. After a few minutes, the chair dissolves back into the aether it came from.
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