ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

It's not a direct fix but I always thought it'd be neat to somehow be able to put attack runes and infusions onto a weapon. Like a more offensive version of Stone Alchemy.

I had a feeling my goofy dream of holding a two-handedstaffmindstarbow in one hand and a shielddaggermindestarsling in the other would be a bit unfeasible. It's neat that a bladed shield type gimmick weapon could be a thing though.

I've messed around a bit with adventuring class, and it made me think of this sort of niche but interesting artifact/ego idea. Basically items that qualify for multiple item types. Shields that also count as off-hand weapons for duel wielding, weapons that also qualify for mindstars, two-handed weap...

Speaking of adventurer, the alchemist golem and mindeslayer extra weapon slot are the only abilities it can't get and the cursed item and anti-magic trees are the only things he doesn't start with but can get latter, right? Or did i forget something.

just do it the way grayswandir did for the monk classes stances. Im pretty sure if you know "slam" from troll form, you arent going to suddenly forget how to do it in a different shape, it just wont be as effective. Have the forms give passives as well, a la monk stances. Wow this is basi...

Well of course. I don't mean actually a Wyrmic. I was just referencing that the other guy above me had said that Wyrmic is already almost a shapeshifter.

A Wyrmic themed around natural animals instead of dragons would be neat. Make the shapeshifting skills mutually exclusive sustains and add a shapeshifting meta tree that generally improves your ability to change shape, like being able to switch sustains without using a turn. Maybe have two going at ...

You could make it like the Cursed Aura skill tree. Something that semi randomly gives you minor downsides with the ability to spend points for great benefits. Make a class or two themed around and then make a place like the graveyard where you might get it on accident.