A possible Glacial Vapours replacement idea

[Snow]

So we all know this spell's a joke right? Well, here's a few ideas for replacement spells that might make interesting alternatives.

Name: Brine
Type: Sustained
Description: Before the power of the sea, mountains fall to sand, ships are lost, never to be seen again, and dark things dwell where light never touches. Tap into the heart of the ocean to convert <10/20/27/35/50>% if your cold damage into acid. At level 5, adds a knockback chance to every spell which fails to freeze it's target.

Name: Geyser
Type: Activated
Description: A blast of icy water can knock a foe, and leave them soaking wet, but causes little harm. Can shatter ice. Deals <glacial vapour damage> but leaves the target wet, which (should) increase cold and lightning vulnerability, but give a resistence to fire. At level 3 this becomes a beam. At level 5, this becomes a cone.

Name: Crushing Abyss
Type: Activated
Description: The pressure of the ocean can overcome stone and metal, crumpling it. It can do the same to flesh, or ice. Deals <glacial vapour damage> to unfrozen targets, but the bends may leave them confused /off balance. Frozen targets, however, take <5%, 10%, 13%, 15%, 20%> of the ice block's remaining health as physical damage, and bleed for twice that over 5 turns, as shards of ice embed themselves in bodies.


Of course, personally I think spells from the water school should flow into one another and build up power as each washes over the enemy, rather than the hodgepodge of semi-related spells it is now.

[astralInferno]

Well, I'd vote that geyser should be targeted as a ranged AoE as you pull water up through the ground, but apart from that I like both Geyser and Crushing Abyss, preferring the former - they need more Wet enablers.

[Snow]

I've come to realize that I've been thinking about Glacial Vapour in the wrong way. I've been grouping it as an attack spell since it does damage, but instead, it's better to think of it as an AOE debuff that softens things up for other spells until such time that you can follow a tidal wave up with one. When you get Shiver-form, this spell becomes a low-yield regen field. I still maintain that the water tree needs work, and this is the weakest of the links, however.

[Radon26]

brine doesn't really make sense sooo yeah, geyser it is.

and it makes sense with beams.

mana thrust? bolt to beam.
flame? bolt to beam
pulverizing auger? beam
lightning? beam
geyser? bolt to beam to wave.

wait... i think some people might take it as a negative... oh well.

[Atarlost]

I started planning for a comprehensive mage rework a while back, but abandoned it because I couldn't get coding step one (a module that loads without trying to do anything) to work. If someone wants to provide Lua assistance I can dig that up.