ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Hello

When doing diseases I added the "blight" damage type, a direct opposition of nature.

That go me thinking (for the evil races/classes), this could expand quite nicely into a new kind of talents: Corruptions

Corruptions manipulate blight and evil energies, their power source is not mana but "life force". Life force does not regenerate but they can leach it from their victims.

Some talent ideas:
Blight Magic
* Soul Rot: bolt of blight damage ? not sure
* Blightzone: an AOE blight damage
* Wraithform: consumes life force as long as it is active but allows for wall traversal
* Darkfire: not sure yet

Blighted combat
* Blighted Weapon: adds blight damage to each strikes
* Siphon: melee attack that siphons the target life to replenish life force

Diseases
* Rotting Disease: reduce CON + DOT
* Weakness Disease: reduce STR + DOT
* Decrepitude Disease: reduce DEX + DOT
* Contagion: when a disease deals damage it can spread to nearby monsters

Necromancy
* Animate Skeleton
* Quench Life: insta death
* Death Cloud: lasting cloud of blight

Blood Magic
* dunno yet

Thoughts ?

Yes looks good!

Blood magic, think of it like this: To cast a spell (any spell) I need blood, a quick and easy source is myself.

An alternative is the leech or a blood sucker of some sort!

So you might want to consider blood magic as summoning leeches (which breed), vampires, and other blood suckers. The idea here is they give the blood they get from their victims to you, and you then make use of it.

Also you might want to have a meta spell in blood magic which amplifies the effect of a spell... Not sure how that would work for some spells!

Yes blood magic should let you cast normal spells (not corruptions) with your life.

Thanks for your ideas!

There are so many paths of talents I want to explore !
Corruptions, Cunning, Wild Gifts, and then maybe more!
Arachnomancy !

I would love to become a BarrowWight.

Ahah I caught you on the T4 forums! Now go playtest !

Becoming undead, or starting as one is planned yes.
I think it'll need to be unlock by having a character discover a Blight user first

darkgod wrote:Life force does not regenerate but they can leach it from their victims.

Thoughts ?

I picked up a ring of regeneration, playing as a mage... would it work?

darkgod wrote:Ahah I caught you on the T4 forums! Now go playtest !

Becoming undead, or starting as one is planned yes.
I think it'll need to be unlock by having a character discover a Blight user first

I never really left the T4 forums, note my signature... But actually, I just didn't have much useful to add to the discussion. Hmm... I guess I'm gonna have to go playtest now.

Perhaps, if you die at the hands of a barrow wight, there is a small chance to become one?
EDIT: I suppose that could lead to scumming deaths until you become one... So perhaps a small chance of that if low health and have that particular blight attack done on you?

Madmonk, it regens life