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[HasuMasu]

That's an interesting skill. I imagine it could be useful against monks.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Masuzu

That's an interesting skill. I imagine it could be useful against monks.

That's why I am thinking of my Sorcerer guys from a teamplay PoV. It's interesting to read on their skills, and other classes, and think on how they synergizes with others, such as Swashbucklers or Enchanters.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Lazgrane

Neutral, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Nature, Poison, Light, Dark, Ghost, Undead, Psychic, Void.

Then why don't just call it "slow" ?

Originally Posted by Sheba

"Slow" is what I would settle with.

Well, my reasoning is because when I thought of [Crippled], I was picturing being smashed by a maced, or being shot by an arrow- in other words a "physical" aliment.

But if we want to consolidate them, then we can put all movement impairing into [Slow], and generalize all "stopping" effect like [Frozen] or [Paralysis] into [Petrify].

[Lazgrane]

There are difference

Frozen is water element, paralysis is thunder, petrify is earth

however if we are to consolidate them, i'd prefer to call it "stun"

[HasuMasu]

If you include <<bind>> it would be <<disable>>.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Lazgrane

There are difference

Frozen is water element, paralysis is thunder, petrify is earth

however if we are to consolidate them, i'd prefer to call it "stun"

Hmmm okay, but what about the other ones? They could also be under different 'elements'.

[Crippled] - Physical
[Slow] - Arcane
[Freezing] - Frost

[HasuMasu]

So there's a separation of <<Physical>>, <<Magical>>, and <<Elemental>> damage?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Masuzu

So there's a separation of <<Physical>>, <<Magical>>, and <<Elemental>> damage?

Not officially, it's just my proposal

So long as it doesn't contradict Canon.

[Sheba]

Donc make it too complex, it also may not come in play when you are writing snippets about your characters unless it really meant the difference between victory and defeat for them (think how Anchor How and Thorn Bind Hostage helped the main canon party).

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Sheba

Donc make it too complex, it also may not come in play when you are writing snippets about your characters unless it really meant the difference between victory and defeat for them (think how Anchor How and Thorn Bind Hostage helped the main canon party).

Nah, I intentionally made it over complicated, sort of a "throw everything on the wall and see what sticks", and see what we can streamline.

[HasuMasu]

I don't think there's a need to separate <<Magic Damage>> from <<Element Damage>>.

It's more like <<Magic>> is an umbrella term for all <<Elements>>.

[Marcus H.]

Nah, I intentionally made it over complicated, sort of a "throw everything on the wall and see what sticks", and see what we can streamline.

Things will get nasty when February comes and the tabletop RPG handbook becomes available.

[MeisterBabylon]

*Mass Dispel* Done.

[agetreme]

Edited:

Readjusting characters and story.

[Sheba]

Expatriates in Theldesia - The Society of Crossplayers got shortened to Crossplayers in Theldesia.

Progress report:

• Chapter 2 is done but currently under Beta reading. It was about 10k words long because I wanted the MC to be out of Minami and stuff had to happen.
  
• Chapter 3 is currently being written. 3.5k words right now. It's a breather chapter.

As for why it's not being published in the fanfiction thread, I just don't have the confidence and feel that people in the fanfic thread would rather read about the canon characters than a random no-name G.I.R.L :x

[Lazgrane]

Then just post it here.

Honestly I was able to make up a goal but is now lacking idea on what to do next.

runewords

[agetreme]

Spoiler for Extended sub-Class:

Extended SubClasses:
Technically Prestige Class class due to the prerequisite of needing to be unlocked first. To further emphasis of being hidden secret, extended class take on their derived class name rather than their own.

These class are popular and had been in demand ever since the game started. People even tried to make these class using existing class.

Dark Knight (Derived from Guardian)
+Vanguard elemental attacker
+ Sacrifice HP for attack bonus
+ Add elemental damages to weapon
+ Can bulk up defense in expense for speed (add cool-looking dark armor while active)
- High Risk, High reward
- Slow but due to game becoming real....Can either awe or terrify people with creeping sense of doom.
- Lose extra exp if killed (according to the lore, the price the knight paid for increased power).

Archer (derived from Bard)
>Rearguard attacker
+ Range DPS that shoots lots of arrows from inventory (since production arrow can have various effect.....lots of things going on)
+ Can use other weapons as emergency when out of arrow
+Trap Master
- Highest DPS but need lots of inventory spaces to achieve it.
- Glass Cannon due to low hp.
- Due to game becoming real...Arrow has no homing effect and require player to aim first.

Martyr (Derived from Shaman)
> Setup-type Center/backrow Supporter (Added just for the sake of completing the Extended Class Set)
+ Ward placing unit
+Ward has various effect that can stack with other wards or other classes's skill.
+ Damage transfer
+ Reduce damage due to damages loss during the transfer
+ High Hp with auto regeneration (from wards)
- High Hp doesn't matter much if you attract damages dealt to others like magnet.
- Low dps but can optimized through strategic positioning of wards.
- Due to game becoming real.... transfer damage also means transferring the pain. Martyr indeed.

War Magus (Derived from Enchanter)
> Magic Vanguard (AKA Battlemage)
+ Quick movement skill for evading attack.
+ Low cost, fast melee magic attack(calculated using magic stat) that deal physical damages
+ Range magic deal magical damage but has higher cost and longer cool-down time
+ Can tank damages through combination of Magic Armor and Mana shield.
+ Stats buffing (through aura) or debuff (through magic)
+ Chance of inflicting status effect (through attack)

- The overall DPS of this class is only slightly higher than Enchanter.
- Status effect only last few second which means this Class has to keep attacking to maintain the status effect.
- multiple Aura suck mp dry quickly.
- Tanking damages can take serious toll on mp.

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Added since Secret of Lost Wood patch, but nobody manage to discover it due to a forest theme dungeon added at the same time, (to increase the popularity of Druid) it mislead everybody into believing that the Forest dungeon is the titular "Lost Wood".

It was by no fault of the player due to the the nature of the game (going into raid or dungeon rather than doing some free-roaming exploration).

The [Lost Wood] is a randomly generated secret dungeon that appear only in areas without a path or dungeon nearby.

The dungeon trap player until they either solve the puzzle or escape it using [Call of Home].

Working on story now....

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Lazgrane

Honestly I was able to make up a goal but is now lacking idea on what to do next.

I'd suggest to write a snippet so we can have a grasp of your characters' quirks.

[chizzyman]

Joining in:

Spoiler for Trimmed down the equipment from the fanfic I'm working on:

Character Info:


Character Name: Aerix
Level: 90
Race: Race of Ceremony
Class: Cleric
Subclass: Field Medic (10% decreased cast time and 5% cooldown reduction on all healing skills, bonus HP and defense depending on level of subclass)


Overskill: Healing Mine - A practical application of “Reactive Heal”. A delayed spell would be cast on the ground (marked with a faint glow). Any friendly units stepping on the area would trigger the heal. Consumes MP over time (when not triggered). Current limit of 5 spots. 15s cd.


Mount/Pet: Gray Dragon Hatchling - Legion Raid-Class reward from completing the quest “Defense of the Walled City”. Although just a hatchling, these elusive creatures can easily carry the weight of a fully equipped adventurer and can fly at considerable speeds. The fully-grown gray dragons are ranked the fastest of all mounts but has the lowest attack power. Special care must be given so that the hatchlings grow at a faster rate.


Equipment:

Body: Robe of the Silent Prophet (Phantasmal) - Grants the ability to cast spells even while silenced, feared, or paralyzed. However, cast time is increased by 30% during these states.

Weapon (2H): Staff of the First Pilgrim (Phantasmal) - Healing spells heal their target for an additional 5% of their max HP. Offense spells damage their target for an additional 5% of their max HP.

Acce 1: Ring of Heaven’s Promise (Phantasmal) - On use, summons a seraph AI for 180 seconds that can mimic the user’s cleric spells at 30% potency. 4 hours re-use time.


Playstyle:

All of the gear is intended to maximize healing output gambling on your party to draw all aggro while you keep your mates alive using whatever means necessary.


Background Story:

Aerix was always the odd man out of his group of friends, always picking the class that no one wants to use because their team would fall apart without a capable support player. His own dilemma consists of how was he going to support the entire group with the possibility of having someone to help in his role is close to nil. Also, as he is the sole healer of the team, he would be the target of disables and debuffs not just from raid bosses but from hostile players wanting to take down his team.

Of course there were times where he succeeded (but with near-wipes consuming a lot of MP and potions in the process) and times where he utterly failed to do what he wanted to do (complete wipes). Raid in and raid out, he and his party tried while eventually building up items that would assist him in his class but the problem still persisted.

Perhaps the devs were feeling a bit generous when he unlocked the “Field Medic” subclass (from accumulating 10 million hp healed). It was there that his dilemma had been solved. From that point on, any raids he had participated in had minimal casualties. Even on PvP events, his group can keep up with the best guilds. Veterans were dumbfounded as to how a single cleric can single-handedly support his team and yet there he was, alone healing his allies left and right. Many have tried to copy his playstyle and many have tried acquiring similar gear to his but they can never quite pull it off like he can.

[Lazgrane]

uhmm... well I did write it

Melee Sorcerer
Necromancer
Swashbuckler