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Nov 10, 2006, 06:22 PM // 18:22
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Concept class: The Shapeshifter
THE SHAPESHIFTER
While making the Adept profession, it hit me. Hit like a lorry loaded with sand stone blocks on their way to the local pyramid construction site. What better basis for a Shapeshifting profession, than totally arbitrary and uncontrallable environment effects. Hang on, I have taken the necessary precautionary steps to correct this. The Shapeshifter can somewhat control how it changes and into what form and when.. It's a bit out there, I know, but try to bear with me. Get it? Never mind, read through it, unlikely!, and you will. I could write some inane and rubbishy fantasy clichée random backstory like is custom, but I'll just take the easy road and not bother. The greater question if you'll bother? Again, if you wanted a real original concept, maybe you should not have come looking this way, so take that as a pre-warning. Also, like before, when you have skimmed it over, it is then totally the time to give a scathing analysis about the deep socio-economic imbalancies the class would introduce into Guild Wars. Also, please be brief and to the point with your critique, because as we both know, you have a keen eye for detail, young master [Your name here]. So I in the stead of a boring fantasy history and shedding from my sould unto you decided to bore you anyway with the utter tripe above. Alright, that's out of the way, and I hope so are you, to the business. The Attributes: BECKONING MAGIC No inherent effect. Skills related to Beckoning magic become more effective with higher Beckoning magic. PLANT MAGIC No inherent effect. Skills related to Plant magic become more effective with higher Plant magic. ANIMAL MAGIC No inherent effect. Skills related to Animal magic become more effective with higher Animal magic. SHAPESHIFTING (Primary) Your Maximum health in Wolf form is increased by 2% per attribute point. You total Armor in Bear form is increased by 3% per attribute point. Your Movement and Attack speed in Jaguar form are increased by 1% per attribute point. Base health and armor in forms = normal equipment and base values Shapeshifter Armor: 75 AL Energy: 20 E. regen: +4 Some insignias or-whats: Wolf armor 5% chance to gain double adrenaline from attacks Not Stacking Jaguar armor 5% chance to gain 2 extra energy from criticals Not Stacking Bear armor 5% chance to take 7 less damage from attacks Not Stacking Vinerobe armor Immune to conditions while using Plants skills Not Stacking Ravenfeather armor +5 Health for each party member's animal companion Not Stacking The Forms: The Jaguar, Solar cycle Damage 11-24, 17.5 average, 17.5 DPS Att. speed 1.33 =~1 Speed +1%..16% The Wolf, Lunar cycle Damage 16-28, 22 average, 16.9 DPS Att. speed 1.33 Health +2%..32% =~634 health (480 health) The Bear, Stellar cycle Damage 24-38, 31 average, 16.7 DPS Att. speed 1.85 Armor +3%..48% =~111 AL (75 AL) Spirit allies explained: You can only have one active Spirit ally per Shapeshifter at any time. Spirit allies attack every 2.2 seconds. They can be blinded, blocked, evaded etc. They have health equal to their level but only 60 armor. They move at normal speed and cannot be made to move slower or faster. Cycles explained: The world of Tyria is known for its Seasons. But there are other, less obvious, cycles that the Shapeshifters of the world have learned to tap into. These are known simply as the Cycles. There are four Cycles, the Solar, the Lunar, the Stellar and then lastly the Planetary cycle of Tyria. Each cycle lasts 120 seconds, two minutes, during which time a Shapeshifter devoted to one Animal aspect can gain various additional side effects to his skills. The effects of each skill in a certain cycle are described in the skill description. The Solar cycle is the domain of the Jaguars. The Lunar of the Wolves. Stellar cycles belong to the Bears. Although every Cycle lasts 120 seconds for every creature in the instance, each Shapeshifter can attune themselves to a personal cycle of their chosen object. This personal cycle can be maintained for 60 seconds with specific skills. When a personal cycle ends, the Shapeshifter is brought back to the governing domain for the time being. How to know what Cycle has dominance: On your effect monitor there is an icon representing the dominating Cycle that changes with each Cycle. If you enter a personal Cycle, another icon will appear to notify you of the fact. A Cycle only has any signifigance to a Primary or a Secondary Shapeshifter. Furthering on Cycles: A cycle is a global phenomenon that repeats every two minutes in the instance. The first Cycle is the Solar cycle, it lasts two minutes during which time Shifters in Jaguar form gain bonuses to their skills as told in the description. After the Solar cycle ends, a Lunar one begins granting bonuses to those in Wolf form users. Then the next in line is the Stellar cycle after two minutes again benefiting Bears. The last cycle is the Planetary cycle, but it gives no bonus to any skills. Any Shapeshifter can also enter a Personal cycle with the use of the appropriate Shifting skill. This Personal cycle lasts at the most a full minute during which time the Shifter ignores the global Cycle, and gains the benefits of his chosen line. So if the global Cycle was a Stellar cycle but the Shapeshifter activated the skill to turn his Personal cycle to a Solar cycle, he wouldn't gain any benefit to his Bear skills but to his Jaguar skills instead. Naturally. Also, when a Personal cycle ends, the Shapeshifter adopts again the dominating global Cycle again. Cycles and Shapeshifting: When the Solar cycle starts, all Shapeshifters are turned into Jaguars for the two minute duration. Same with the other cycles. Any Shapeshifter can however choose to forego this change and assume a humanoid form again. This can be done with the Shapeshifting skills by just reactivating them. When a Shapeshifter reuses a Shifting skill, that skill is then disabled for 120 seconds, so it's a trade-off. Accept the governing Domain and become an animal of it's rule or remain human. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BECKONING MAGIC Scavenging Crows 10 EN 2 SEC 10 SEC BECKON Beckon 1..2..3 Crows to attack your target. These Crows deal additional damage to Diseased and Poisoned targets. These Crows disappear after 8..18..25 seconds. Only one type of Spirit ally can be active at any one time. Spirit wolf 10 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC BECKON Beckon a level 3..19..25 Spirit wolf to aid you. This Spirit wolf grants 1 energy to all party members whenever it hits with an attack. Spirit wolf disappears after 8..18..25 seconds. Only one type of Spirit ally can be active at any one time. Tree spirit 10 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC BECKON Beckon a level 5..24..30 Tree spirit to aid you. This Tree spirit grants 4..15..21 health to all party members whenever it hits with an attack. Tree spirit disappears after 8..18..25 seconds. Only one type of Spirit ally can be active at any one time. Tornado 15 EN 3 SEC 20 SEC BECKON Beckon a Tornado at target foe's location. All foes in the area are knocked down and take 53..134..156 lightning damage. Nature's wrath 15 EN 3 SEC 25 SEC BECKON Beckon Nature's wrath to strike at target foe's location. All foes in the location take 12..45..56 lightning damage and lose 1 Enchantment and Hex every second for 6 seconds. Hurricane 10 EN 2 SEC 25 SEC BECKON Beckon a Hurricane to appear at your location. All foes adjacent to this location take 12..45..56 lightning damage every time they attack for 10 seconds. Grizzly 15 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC BECKON Beckon a level 6..24..28 Grizzly bear to aid you. Whenever Grizzly hits a foe, that foe is interrupted and Dazed for 1..2..4 seconds. This effect does not stack. Grizzly disappears after 8..18..25 seconds. Only one type of Spirit ally can be active at any one time. Bloodoak spirit 10 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC BECKON Beckon a level 5..26..30 Bloodoak spirit to aid you. Whenever Bloodoak spirit hits with an attack all nearby foes lose health equal to 3% of their maximum health. Bloodoak spirit disappears after 8..18..25 seconds. Only one type of Spirit ally can be active at any one time. Dire wolf 10 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC BECKON Beckon a level 2..16..20 Dire wolf to aid you. This Dire wolf grants a 25% increased attack speed to all party members for 3 seconds whenever it hits with an attack. This effect does not stack. Dire wolf disappears after 8..18..25 seconds. Only one type of Spirit ally can be active at any one time. Carrion spirit 10 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC BECKON Beckon a level 4..20..24 Carrion spirit to aid you. This Carrion spirit grants +2..5..8 health regeneration to all party member for 3 seconds whenever it hits with an attack. This effect does not stack. This Carrion spirit disappears after 8..18..25 seconds. Only one type of Spirit ally can be active at any one time. Innervating spring 10 EN 3 SEC 30 SEC ELITE BECKON Create an Innervating spring to appear at your location. Every 3 seconds allies adjacent to the spring gain energy equal to 50%..198%..258% of their energy regeneration. Innervating spring disappears after 18 seconds. Bramblevines 15 EN 3 SEC 30 SEC BECKON Beckon out of the earth 1..4..5 Bramblevines to attack target foe and nearby foes. These vines cause Bleeding and Daze foes suffering from Weakness for 2..4..6 seconds. These vines disappear after 8 seconds. Tree of Life 10 EN 2 SEC 20 SEC ELITE BECKON Plant a Tree of Life at your location. A random adjacent ally with the lowest current health is healed for 34..89..108 health every 3 seconds and loses 1 condition. Tree of Life withers after 18 seconds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLANT MAGIC Poison leaf 5 EN 2 SEC 12 SEC SPELL Target foe becomes Poisoned for 6..18..26 seconds. Herbal remedies 10 EN 1 SEC 10 SEC ENCHANTMENT Target ally is immune to Poison and Disease and gains +1..2..4 health regeneration for 10 seconds. Blinding sap 10 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC SPELL Target foe becomes Blinded for 2..6..9 seconds. If that foe was suffering from Poison that foe also becomes Dazed for 2..4..6 seconds. Wild Berries 5 EN 1 SEC 5 SEC SPELL Target ally is healed for 28..74..89 health. If that ally is suffering from any conditions you gain 5 energy. Grasping roots 15 EN 2 SEC 20 SEC HEX Target foe and 3 adjacent foes cannot move for 1..3..4 seconds. When Grasping roots ends affected foes are knocked down. Mead for the Meak 15 EN 1 SEC 20 SEC ELITE ENCHANTMENT All Weakened party members cannot be affected by conditions for 20 seconds and they gain 12..16..22 health and 1 energy every second for 6 seconds. Burning ashroot 10 EN 1 SEC 15 SEC SPELL Throw Burning ashroot at target foe. Target foe and all adjacent foes are set on fire for 1..4..6 seconds. Alleviate spirit 10 EN 2 SEC 6 SEC ENCHANTMENT Target ally loses 1 Hex. After 3 seconds when Alleviate spirit ends that ally is healed for 1..2..3 health for each point of energy they have. (Maximum 88 health). Yellowroot 5 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC HEX Target foe suffers from Yellowroot for 12 seconds and takes 30%..125%..150% longer to cast Hexes and Enchantments. Fertilise 15 EN 2 SEC 20 SEC SPELL The land beneath target foe becomes Fertilised. All foes in that area take 12..37..44 Earth damage every second. When this effect ends after 8 seconds all foes in the area become Crippled for 3..8..11 seconds. Leaf of Life 10 EN 1/4 SEC 30 SEC ENCHANTMENT For 1..3..4 seconds target ally cannot die. Withering branch 10 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC HEX Target foe is struck with Withering branch and begins to suffer -2 energy degeneration for 2..7..9 seconds. If suffering from Exhaustion, that foe is knocked down. Barkskin 5 EN 1 SEC 15 SEC ENCHANTMENT For 2..9..12 seconds you gain +80 armor but you move 50% slower. Forestsong 15 EN 1 SEC 30 SEC SPELL All party members gain 6..16..22 health for each animal companion and Shifted ally in the area. Toxic vines 10 EN 2 SEC 25 SEC SPELL Target foe and all adjacent foes become Poisoned for 3..12..15 seconds. If suffering from Weakness affected foes Begin bleeding for 10 seconds. Liferoot 10 EN 1 SEC 8 SEC SPELL Target other ally is healed for 33..92..109 health and all nearby party members lose 1 condition. Early worm 10 EN 1/4 SEC 12 SEC SPELL If target foe was casting a Spell that foe becomes Diseased for 8..12..18 seconds. Cureroot 10 EN 1 SEC 6 SEC SPELL Target other ally and 2 nearby allies lose one condition and gain 12..48..64 health. Dark Canopy 15 EN 2 SEC 20 SEC HEX For 3..10..15 seconds target foe and all adjacent foes have a 20%..50%..75% increased chance to miss with attacks. Glowleaf juice 10 EN 2 SEC 15 SEC HEX Target foe has a 50% chance to be interrupted while using skills when hit for 2..6..8 seconds. Sageblood 5 EN 1 SEC 5 SEC ENCHANTMENT Target ally gains +1..3..5 energy regeneration for 6 seconds but begins Bleeding for 26..18..13 seconds. Carrionflower 10 EN 2 SEC 10 SEC SPELL Target foe becomes diseased for 4..11..15 seconds and slowly loses health. After using this skill, if there are any dead creatures in the area, all foes adjacent to the corpses of those creatures become Dazed for 5..8..11 seconds. Sageroot 10 EN 2 SEC 10 SEC ENCHANTMENT Target other ally gains +2 energy regeneration for 4..7..13 seconds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANIMAL MAGIC Kuguar's embrace 15 EN 1/4 SEC 20 SEC ELITE CALL Target other ally is immune to damage for 1..4..6 seconds. All foes attacking that ally take 8..11..14 damage each second. Mark of the Paw 10 EN 1/4 SEC 25 SEC HEX All Shifted and animal companion allies gain 33% increased attack speed against target foe for 5..9..11 seconds. Reflecting fur 15 EN 1/4 SEC 30 SEC SKILL Target Shifted ally gains a 30% chance to reflect damage done to that ally back at attacking foes for 5..10..13 seconds. Sight of the Huntress 5 EN 0 SEC 30 SEC SKILL For 4..9..11 seconds while Shifted your attacks cannot be evaded or dodged. Cub's tail 5 EN X SEC 20 SEC ATTACK Target foe is knocked down. If that foe is suffering from Weakness you deal +8..13..17 damage to that foe. Ant's rage 10 EN X SEC 20 SEC ATTACK If target foe is attacking, that foe loses 3..6..9 energy and all adjacent attacking foes to target foe become Exhausted. Widow's web 15 EN 2 SEC 25 SEC HEX Target foe and 3 adjacent foes move 50% slower for 6 seconds and become poisoned for 3..9..12 seconds. Riversnake's bite 5 EN 1 SEC 20 SEC SPELL If target foe is suffering a Water magic Hex, that foe becomes Poisoned and Weakened for 7..14..18 seconds. Veiled fangs 10 EN 0 SEC 30 SEC SKILL For 20 seconds your next 1..4..7 critical hits cause target foe to begin Bleeding for 4..10..14 seconds. Monkey's grace 10 EN 0 SEC 25 SEC STANCE For 10 seconds you have a 10%..42%..50% chance to evade attacks if not attacking. If attacking, that chance is reduced to 2%..17%..25%. Scent of Weakness 10 EN 1 SEC 25 SEC HEX For 2..5..8 seconds target foe has -24 armor against Physical damage. As the Crow flies 10 EN 1 SEC 30 SEC SPELL You are teleported to target creature's location. Sly fox 5 EN 1/4 SEC 5 SEC ENCHANTMENT Target ally gains a 30% increased chance to evade attacks for 2..4..6 seconds. Spider's bite 10 EN X SEC 25 SEC ATTACK Target foe is knocked down and and that foe and all adjacent foes become Poisoned for 4..8..14 seconds if this attack hits. Growl of the Jaguar 10 EN 0 SEC 2 SEC TRANSFORMATION Transform into a Jaguar. You begin your personal Solar cycle and gain the Domain of the Sun. This skill lasts 15..45..60 seconds. If you reuse this skill, it ends. When this skill ends, it is disabled for 120 seconds. Scent of the Prey 10 EN X SEC 7 SEC ATTACK This attack hits target foe and all adjacent foes for +12..26..32 damage. If you are in a Solar cycle, this attack cannot be evaded or blocked by Bleeding and Poisoned foes. Jungle frenzy 10 EN 0 SEC 15 SEC SKILL For 6 seconds you attack 10%..25%..33% faster. If you are in a Solar cycle, your attacks also deal +2..6..8 damage. Predator's clasp 10 EN X SEC 20 SEC ATTACK Target foe is knocked down and takes +12..26..32 damage. If you are in a Solar cycle, your next attack skill recharges 50% faster for 6 seconds. Feline charge 5 EN 1 SEC 30 SEC SPELL Travel swiftly through the foliage to target foe's location. If you are in a Solar cycle and if target foe is not attacking that foe is knocked down. Sharpened claws 5 EN 0 SEC 30 SEC SKILL For 30 seconds you have a 1%..21%..30% increased chance to score a critical hit. If you are in a Solar cycle, your critical hits deal +6..8..11 damage. Mangle 10 EN X SEC 12 SEC ATTACK Target foe takes +12..26..32 damage and begins Bleeding for 4..9..11 seconds. If you are in a Solar cycle, that foe begins Bleeding for 10..15..21 seconds instead. Trained paws 10 EN 0 SEC 25 SEC SKILL For 1..7..12 seconds you cannot be knocked down and move 25% faster. If you are in a Solar cycle, whenever you would have been knocked down, a random nearby foe is knocked down instead. Cat's eye 10 EN 0 SEC 30 SEC SKILL For 3..22..33 seconds your attacks have a 20% increased chance to result in a critical hit. If you are in a Solar cycle, every time you score a critical hit you gain 1..3..5 energy. Claw 15 EN X SEC 4 SEC ATTACK Strike target foe for +12..26..32 damage. If that foe was above 80% health that foe begins Bleeding for 7..16 seconds. If you are in a Solar cycle that foe takes double damage instead if the condition is met. Pounce 15 EN X SEC 15 SEC ATTACK Strike target foe and 2 adjacent foes for +12..26..32 damage. If suffering from Weakness, affected foes take +4..8..12 additional damage. If you are in a Solar cycle, Weakened foes are also knocked down. Lick Paws 5 EN 1/4 SEC 7 SEC SKILL You gain 18..63..74 health. For 15..11..8 seconds you deal 33% less damage. If you are in a Solar cycle, you deal less damage for 5 seconds. Catnip 5 EN 0 SEC 20 SEC SKILL You gain 1..3..3 energy for each recharging skill. If you are in a Solar cycle, 1..1..2 random skills are recharged for you. Jungle's favor 5 EN 0 SEC 30 SEC SKILL For 4..14..18 seconds you have a 33% increased chance to evade attacks. Whenever you evade an attack this way you lose 7..4..2 energy or this effect ends. If you are in a Solar cycle, every time you are hit by a foe, that foe becomes Poisoned for 5..11..14 seconds. Sunpath 5 EN 1/4 SEC 7 SEC ELITE SPELL You and target other ally teleport to each other's location. If you are in a Solar cycle, you both take 3..10..19 less damage for 5 seconds. Nurturing solace 10 EN 1/4 SEC 30 SEC SPELL Teleport to target other ally. If you or that ally are suffering a Condition you are both healed for 12..63..74 health. If you are in a Solar cycle you both gain 12..28..36 additional health and lose one condition. Howl of the Wolf 10 EN 0 SEC 2 SEC TRANSFORMATION Transfrom into a Wolf. You begin your personal Lunar cycle and gain the Domain of the Moon. This skill lasts 15..45..60 seconds. If you reuse this skill, it ends. When this skill ends, it is disabled for 120 seconds. Piercing Howl 6 AD CALL All adjacent foes have -10 armor for 1..6..8 seconds. If you are in a Lunar cycle, you deal 15% additional Physical damage to affected foes. Call of the Wilds 10 AD CALL All nearby allies attack 25% faster for 2..6..8 seconds and you gain 1..4..6 health whenever an affected ally hits with an attack. If you are in a Lunar cycle, you gain double the amount. Wild heart 15 EN 0 SEC 40 SEC SKILL You gain +25..88..114 maximum health for 15..32..48 seconds. If you are in a Lunar cycle, you also gain +8..14..18 armor. Pack leader 6 AD CALL All adjacent allies move 25% faster for 2..6..8 seconds. If you are in a Lunar cycle, affected allies move 33% faster. Awareness of the Pack 5 AD CALL For 5..12..16 seconds the next time you are hit with an attack you and all nearby allies move 50% faster for 3 seconds. If you are in a Lunar cycle, affected allies also take 25% less damage for the duration. Companionship 10 EN 1/4 SEC 15 SEC ELITE CALL You and target other ally move 33% faster and take 10%..40%..50% less damage for 1..5..7 seconds. If you are in a Lunar cycle, all foes attacking you or that ally have their attack skills disabled for 5 seconds. Moonhowl 8 AD CALL Target foe becomes Dazed for 2..5..8 seconds. If you are in a Lunar cycle, that foe cannot use shouts for 2..4..5 seconds. Protector of the Wilds 6 AD CALL You and all nearby allied animal companions take 5..11..13 points less damage for 3..10..13 seconds. If you are in a Lunar cycle, affected animal companion allies also gain +20 armor for the duration. Bloodfury 10 AD ATTACK Strike target foe for +12..26..32 damage. If that foe was Bleeding you attack 33% faster for 2..5..8 seconds. If you are in a Lunar cycle, that foe begins Bleeding for 5..9..13 seconds. Furious Moon 10 EN 0 SEC 30 SEC CALL You gain 1 adrenaline for each nearby non-spirit creature. If you are in a Lunar cycle, you gain double the amount. (Maximum 10). Play dead 10 EN 0 SEC 8 SEC SKILL For 5 seconds you cannot attack or take damage and are healed for 2..6..9 health each second. If you are in a Lunar cycle you gain twice the amount. Steelfur 10 EN 0 SEC 15 SEC STANCE For 8 seconds you have a 16%..45%..56% chance to Block attacks. Whenever you block an attack this way, you take 18..13..8 damage. If you are in a Lunar cycle, you only take half the damage. Moonglow 10 EN 0 SEC 20 SEC CALL For 10 seconds the next time target foe casts a spell you gain 1..4..7 adrenaline. If you are in a Lunar cycle, this skill recharges 25% faster. Shattering paws 10 AD ELITE SKILL For 2..4..6 seconds your attack skills deal double damage to Enchanted foes. If you are in a Lunar cycle, your critical hits also remove one Enchantment from target foes. Rumble of the Bear 10 EN 0 SEC 2 SEC TRANSFORMATION Transform into a Bear. You enter your personal Stellar cycle and gain the Domain of the Stars. This skill lasts 15..45..60 seconds. If you reuse this skill, it ends. When this skill ends, it is disabled for 120 seconds. Bear's temper 10 EN 0 SEC 25 SEC STANCE For 3..8..13 seconds every time you are hit you gain 1 additional adrenaline. If you are in a Stellar cycle, you take -2..7..10 less damage from those hits. Thick hide 10 EN 0 SEC 40 SEC SKILL For 10..31..45 seconds you have +8..18..24 armor. If you are in a Stellar cycle, you also have +12 armor against Piercing damage. Bash 7 AD ATTACK Target foe is knocked down and takes +12..26..32 damage. If you are in a Stellar cycle, that foe loses 1 strike of adrenaline for each equipped attack skill. Hibernate 5 EN 0 SEC 30 SEC SKILL For 8 seconds you gain +12..30..40 armor and +2..5..8 health regeneration but move 80% slower. If you are in a Stellar cycle, you only move 30% slower. Stomp 10 AD SKILL Adjacent foes are knocked down. If you are in a Stellar cycle you lose 1 condition for each foe. Bear spirit 10 EN 0 SEC 25 SEC SKILL For 10..25..36 seconds you have +1..2..3 health regeneration but deal 33% less damage with attacks. If you are in a Stellar cycle, you only deal 15% less damage. Wild regeneration 8 AD SKILL For 10 seconds you gain 2..5..9 health each second. If you are in a Stellar cycle, you gain twice the amount. Bear fortitude 10 EN 0 SEC 45 SEC STANCE For 60 seconds you have +22..85..110 maximum health. If you are in a Stellar cycle, you cannot be knocked down. A COLLECTION OF PREVIOUS CONCEPT CLASSES BY THE SAME POSTER: THE DEMONOLOGIST http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10064654 THE ADEPT http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10073413 THE ENCHANTER http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10073408 THE CLERIC http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10075800 THE SHAPESHIFTER http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10074834 THE SPELLBLADE http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10068584 THE MARTIALIST http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10074347 THE DEATHKNIGHT http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10066848 THE DARK PRIEST http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10066849 THE ALCHEMIST http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10080741 Last edited by Elruid; Nov 29, 2006 at 06:36 PM // 18:36.. |
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Nov 15, 2006, 08:31 PM // 20:31
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Sep 2006
Guild: Crimson Claw
Profession: W/
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wow..thats a lot of....typing
 I was actually thinking along these same lines... until dervish forms cam out... i just think ppl will think its unoriginal now... but i likes it. |
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Nov 16, 2006, 01:52 AM // 01:52
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Mar 2006
Guild: Lost Haven
Profession: A/Mo
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looks pretty nice, way overpowered, but still none the less nince
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Nov 16, 2006, 05:12 AM // 05:12
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jul 2006
Guild: Keepers of Lore [LORE]
Profession: Me/R
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I love the cycle ideas. It simplfies shapeshifter, however, the only concern I have about it is shifters waiting for their preferred form before entering battle. Ideas?
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Nov 18, 2006, 03:51 AM // 03:51
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Academy Page
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oklahoma
Guild: Lair Of The Red Dragon
Profession: N/E
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Nov 22, 2006, 05:58 AM // 05:58
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Academy Page
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: TN
Guild: Naga Stole Mah Bike [OhNo]
Profession: R/E
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Dose no one else see that he riped off Diablo 2 LOD?
Scavenging Crows, Tornado, Dire wolf, Hurricane, and Grizzly. . . . Make sure to get Nigma, Sojs, Shako, Hoto, CtA 6 bo, and a maras to max out damage and defence . . . |
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Nov 22, 2006, 06:26 AM // 06:26
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Crimson King
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Resplendent Makuun
Guild: Song of the Forsaken
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Very...thought out, at the least. |
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Nov 22, 2006, 08:22 AM // 08:22
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Guild: None
Profession: Rt/
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He seriously might as well change the class name to Druid. Not because of its relation to DII...just because it IS a druid. Last edited by Made In Ascalon; Nov 22, 2006 at 08:30 AM // 08:30.. |
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Nov 22, 2006, 03:41 PM // 15:41
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Nov 2006
Guild: Guildcast Listeners United
Profession: E/Mo
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My thoughts on a shapeshifter follow a different path. You know how for many of the races... charr, mergols, etc... there are different kinds that seem to sink up with the character classes. Why not have skills that transform you into a certain race, like charr or minotaur, for a given period of time with the look being determined by your secondary class.
There would be some specific benefit or another for transforming into that species... which would not necessarily be tied to the actual stats for that creature. Maybe changing into one creature, you can only use melee attacks but get a boost in speed, strength, and whatever. Another gives you a magic boost, etc. I'd love to be able to play as a Charr or Minotaur even if it is as a momentary skill. |
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Nov 22, 2006, 04:35 PM // 16:35
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Academy Page
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oklahoma
Guild: Lair Of The Red Dragon
Profession: N/E
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and i agree, playing as a charr or any other thing would be hella fun. Pity you couldnt change in outposts. Again with the rune(ish) idea such as: Rune of Charr Shaman: Character appears as a Charr Shaman. +(X)% boost to elemental attacks. just another thought though |
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Nov 27, 2006, 07:34 AM // 07:34
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Aug 2006
Guild: [FINE] Fat Insecure Neurotic Emotional
Profession: P/W
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/notsigned
You have definitely got something here. My main turn-offs with this one are the Cycles and the different forms. I know that's mainly what the class is about, but instead of changing form it could just be an incredibly powerful buff, or something along those lines. The cycles bother me because of the uncertainty of whether or not a Shapeshifter will be able to contribute to a battle to its highest potential. |
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Nov 29, 2006, 02:34 AM // 02:34
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Arizona
Guild: We Have Big [Meat]
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/signed, if the cycles are taken out.
I think that certain skills pertaining to a certain form should only work while you are in the form. Thus.. 60 seconds you are shifted. 90 second recharge. You should have, as attribs, Bear Mastery Wolf Mastery Jaguar Mastery Master of Nature{P} w/ better names. Each attrib would be centered on skills that would take affect in (and sometimes out) of shifted form. Such as your 'lick wounds(claws, w/e)' skill. I think that should be under Mastery of Nature (Or just a set amount under no attrib). |
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Nov 29, 2006, 03:00 AM // 03:00
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Nov 2005
Guild: [CRFH]
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Ironically, I'd say the Dervish forms actually pave the way for a dedicated shapeshifter - consider how the Ritualist and Paragon drew from Ranger spirits and Warrior shouts respectively. The forms are powerful abilities, but when you think about it, the forms aren't really a major part of the Dervish - the limit of a Dervish's shapeshifting is simply the question of whether they're in avatar or squishy human form. However, each form is built towards a particular purpose - Grenth for enchantment-heavy opponents, Melandru for condition-heavy, Dwayna for hex-heavy, Lyssa for targets with heavy reliance on skill use (or when you want the Energy to use a lot of skills yourself) and Balthazar for Any Not In The Above or when you simply want to tank. As mentioned before, however, in the field you only have two choices - using the form in question, or not using it. Now, consider a dedicated shapeshifter - instead of just having a single Elite form skill, they can have a whole skillbar full of them (well, it would probably only be practical to have 2-4, but that's beside the point). While each Form would necassarily have lesser power than the Elite forms*, I could see a profession concept based around choosing the form most suited to your next target on the field - say, transforming into a cheetah to chase down an enemy Monk and then into a bear to tank an enemy Warrior - rather than the Dervish's method of figuring out what form would be most useful against the most opponents in a given expedition. That said, I'd be leery about incorporating too many skills that require you to be in a particular form for full effectiveness - my idea of a shapeshifter involves freely shifting between forms, rather than what usually happens in D2 where shifting druids are generally either bears or wolves which rarely shift to another form. If you're going to be looking to spend all your time in one form, you might as well be a Warrior. (And this is where I agree with the person earlier who was concerned that the cycles idea may end up with parties spending a lot of time waiting for their shifters to be in the right cycle - or even with parties without shifters, waiting for the enemy shifters to be in the wrong cycle. Good idea in theory, but I don't think it would work in practise. However, it does make good fluff, and as fluff it could be exploited as an environmental effect - have certain quests and missions that specifically occur in a given cycle, granting bonuses to shifters in the form associated with that cycle.) *I'd probably be looking to balance non-elite forms by giving them a drawback. In the case of the Dervish, they have no drawback because, mechanically, the forms are both Elite and unbreakable (a Dervish taking a particular form is, as far as I know, stuck in that form until it wears off - so it's a good thing they don't have any drawbacks  ). For a dedicated shapeshifter, however, the shapes assumed are not all going to be of such powerful beings, and they have the ability to switch out of Form A by assuming Form B if the drawback to Form A becomes too much of a handicap.ADDENDUM: I've put some thought into using the cycles as fluff rather than as a continuing mechanic, and here are the results: Werewolves are traditionally considered to be active on the three days of the full moon, so this is the 'lunar' cycle. Shapeshifters in forms associated with the lunar cycle gain benefits during these three days. The stars are generally comparitively clearest when the moon isn't out, so the stellar cycle is active during the three days of the new moon. The solar cycle is a little more difficult to pin down, since it has no direct connection with the moon. The simplest option is tie it to the solstices and equinoxes - this means the solar cycle will only activate during four months of the year, but this may not be an issue if the story is set during one of these months. Or the cycle could set itself off at around the same time each month as the solstices and equinoxes fall (in the Earth's case, around the 22nd-ish). This actually presents some options for setting the stage of the story. The chapter could start in either the lunar or stellar cycle, with the trainers granting skills to use that cycle to take advantage of its power. Sometime in the second half of the story, the opposite cycle kicks in, while the Big Bad is looking to perform some sort of ritual on the solstice or equinox. (Of course, for missions set during one of the cycles, the opposition will be aware of the cycle too and may employ counters against shifters tied to the cycle, meaning that going against the cycle may still be an option.) Last edited by draxynnic; Nov 29, 2006 at 03:30 AM // 03:30.. |
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