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ajc2123 · Sep 17, 2008, 04:19 AM // 04:19

Terpsichorean (a.k.a. The dancer)

The terpsichorean is a midliner that uses special skills called Dance while attacking from afar. Also uses stances and shouts.

Dance description.
Dances act like spirits, in that they Buff allies, Debuff Enemies, or perhaps more. The Dance effect is only maintainable while the character is not moving (But appears to be dancing in one spot so technically….he/she is moving but just not around….) unless otherwise stated. However they can attack while using a Dance with throwing knives. There may be only one Buff on allies AND debuff on enemies active at the same time. (For example, you can have a buff and debuff but not 2 buffs, or 2 debuffs and a buff) Dances aren’t activated, but are active as soon as the player puts them on his bar (Or goes into an explorable area in GW1 terms) If the player has a skill interrupted (Any skill, Attack skills count but NOT regular attacks) then the dance(s) takes 7 seconds of downtime before being active again. If knocked down (No matter what the palyer’s action is) The dance takes 5 seconds of downtime, starting from when the player recovers from the KD. (3 second KD would mean an 8 second downtime)

If you click on the dance skill while in an explorable area, you disable the dance for 5 or 10 seconds (Can't decide) This is so you can use skills that take effect while not in a dance. But be aware that if you are a supportive dancer, stopping your dance could be dangerous to the team.

So class isn’t just a buff machine, while in solo play the dances have greater effects then in party play where the power is divided into the team. Debuffs depend on the amount of enemies ALWAYS. You cannot decide who receives the buff or debuff. Buffs are always decided by party size while debuffs are decided by enemies in range.

I'm thinking of making blind foes and allies not affected by dance....

Equipment

60 armor Rating
-10 damage reduction from Holy/Shadow/Chaos damage
Insignias
Entertainer
+5 armor for each dance active (So you would have +10 if using a buff and debuff dance)
Activist
+10 Armor while Moving

Throwing Knives.
Two handed
Spear ranged
12-20 damage.
1.33 attack speed
Arc size is minimal and projectile speed is slightly faster then a spears.

480 health
+2 energy regen. 35 energy (or 30)

Attributes

Knife mastery: Act’s like any weapon mastery.

Enticement: No inherent effect. Deals with Defensive Dances, Shouts and stances.

Incitement: No inherent effect. Deals with Offensive Dances, shouts and stances.

[Primary] Showmanship: For every rank in Showmanship, you gain 1 health per second while activating skills (Dances included). For every 4 ranks you gain 1.5 energy per second while activating skills (dance counts as a skill). For every 6 ranks you gain 1 strike of adrenaline while activating skills (dance counts).

Skills.

Knife mastery

Path reader
Stance
5 energy 20 recharge
for 5...12...18 seconds, your knife attacks have Longbow range. You cannot block attacks by any means.

Mighty toss
6 Adren
TK attack skill
This attack deals +10..15..23 damage

Still throw:
5 energy 8 recharge
Throwing Knife attack skill. While not in a dance, this attack is unblock able .deals +5…15…18 damage

Active throw
ELITE
8 adrenaline
Throwing knife attack skill. This attack inflicts cripple condition for X seconds. If a dance is active then it afflicts Deep wound for X seconds after cripple and deals -9…5…3 damage (- damage is because I consider Cripple+DW to be kinda leet….sooo….yeah. Not meant to spike really)

Silencing Knife
10 energy ¼ activation time. 15 recharge
TK attack skill. Interupts target foes action. If action is a spell or chant, target suffers from Daze for 2..6..9 seconds

Incitement

"You've got cold feet!"
SHOUT
5 energy 15 recharge
Target foe's dance Is interrupted for 1...5...7 seconds and moves 33% slower for 2...6...8 seconds

"Can you see me now?"
SHOUT
5 energy 10 recharge
Blind foes are affected by Dances for 1...6...8 seconds

Draining dance
While active Foes in the area suffer from degen.
For 1-3 foes degen is 2…5…6
For 4-8 foes degen is1…2…4
For 8+ foes degen is 1…2…2
(This is how the dances will scale due to amount of affected things)

Zealousless dance
While active Enemy spells take more energy to cast but recharge 10% faster (In the area)
1-3 foes Energy is 1..3..5 more
4+ foes energy is 1..2..3 more
(More of a pvp skill)

Enticement

Vigorous Dance
Supportive Dance
Allies (And your) Health has regeneration of…
Just you : 3…6…8 regen
Party of 2-6: 2..3..4 regen
Party of 7+ 1..2..3 regen

Dance of the Elements
Supportive Dance
Allies (And your) Elemental damage is increased by…
Just you: 10…17…21
Party of 2-6 5…13…15
Party of 7+ 3…10…12

Balthazar’s Dance
Supportive Dance
All allies deal Holy damage with their attacks. You suffer from 1 energy degeneration if there are more then 4 party members.

Showmanship

Double step
ELITE
25 Energy 30 second recharge
STANCE. For 10…20…25 seconds, you may use up to 2 buffs and debuffs at the same time.

“The show must go on!”
10 energy 25 recharge
Shout
For 1..15...18 seconds, your dances aren’t affect by interruption or Knockdowns.

Aggressive dance
10 energy 30 recharge
Enchantment spell.
For 1…20…25 seconds, your Throwing knives deal + 5 damage for each dance active. +5 seconds of recharge if 3+ dances are active. (Through doublestep)

Editing is majorly needed but I did this for funzies...I know its weird and will get flamed but be thankful I didn't suggest a Bard like I wanted to

zelgadissan · Sep 17, 2008, 04:27 AM // 04:27

I could foresee farming abuse for a class whose effects are stronger by themselves than in a party.

I admit, I like dance, but I would think that a dance should almost be like a stance instead of an always active buff - but I do like the fact that you made it susceptible to any interrupts.

Only other thing to add - Double Step and Aggressive Dance are both stances. There's no way for Aggressive to be affected by Double Step.

Maybe it's just because I've recently seen the Speedwalker but I actually kinda like this one

gremlin · Sep 17, 2008, 04:38 AM // 04:38

Interesting idea I like the concept fits into one of the standard Rogue variants of many rpgs.
Definitely a bard but using dance instead of song or instrument.

I think at the moment its a little overpowered in some areas but it has potential.

Weaknesses would seem to be the armour at 60 its on the low side for a combat class albeit midline.

The thrown dagger would have to be carefully used if the build was on an inexperienced player or a hero stepping forward to follow a target would blow the dance.

Class would seem to be very vulnerable to crippling attacks "dance with a limp"

Just a few early morning thoughts and first impression.

Felixious · Sep 17, 2008, 04:52 AM // 04:52

Ladies and gentlemen, what paragons SHOULD have been! XD
Sounds nice though.

ajc2123 · Sep 17, 2008, 12:10 PM // 12:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelgadissan

Only other thing to add - Double Step and Aggressive Dance are both stances. There's no way for Aggressive to be affected by Double Step.

Wow...I TOTALLY missed that.

See that;s why im not game balancer lol.

Do my eyes deceive me? I'm not getting flamed? I thought I was gonna hear things like "Dancing is gay your gay and so are bards"

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelgadissan

I could foresee farming abuse for a class whose effects are stronger by themselves than in a party.

I realize this. I wanted to make the class so that in GW2 where it seems that solo play and less buff classes are popular, that it could do it solo, but there also has to be limitations in solo play. Very hard thing to accomplish with the way I want dance to act.