Artifact & Ego ideas

[wobbly]

Or that. Though assuming Bill's wielding it (Is he? I'm not sure how the mechanics work), may make him a little too nasty. I meant an activatable like projection is. Then you could use it when it's useful & not when it's not.

[aardvark]

Bill's trunk is only boring from a "weird stuff happens" perspective. The huge damage and extra % damage from strength make it the best early game weapon for Berserkers and two-hand wielding Cursed. I haven't played much Arcane Blade, but I bet it's great early gear for them, too.

edit: spelling

[SageAcrin]

My AB and Cursed both used it for quite a while, so I can attest to that. (The Cursed even was, ostensibly, a dual-wielder with Surge-but the Defense boost didn't matter as much as the extra damage until I'd capped out Surge, which is quite a while.) I think my Berserker got some weirdly awesome luck in Maze and picked up a better weapon very fast due to that, but yeah.

[Tyren]

+32 damage with each weapon. Is this intended?

[supermini]

A mindstar artifact, because we can't ever have too many. I don't think we have a mindstar with this theme, and middle tier seemed to fit. It's weaker in pure casting stats than both Psionic Fury and Great Caller, but it makes up for it with a very good ability and a boost to categories that fit the theme.

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newEntity{ base = "BASE_MINDSTAR",
   power_source = {psionic = true },
   unique = true,
   name = "Writhing Essence of Nightmares", image = "",
   desc = [[Whispers seem to ceaselessly emanate from this writhing mass of black tentacles, murmuring unspeakable horrors into the ears of any unfortunate enough to hear them.]]
   unided_name = "writhing mindstar",
   level_range = {20, 32},
   colors = colors.PURPLE , image = "",
   rarity = 250,
   cost = 120,
   require= {stat = { wil=30 }, },
   material_level = 3,
   combat = {
      dam = 15,
      apr = 20,
      physcrit = 2,
      dammod = { wil=0.5 cun=0.3},
      damtype=DamageType.DARKNESS,
      },
   wielder = {
     combat_mindpower = 15
	 combat_mindcrit =  3
	 inc_damage={
	    [DamageType.MIND]  = 10
		[DamageType.DARKNESS] = 10
	 },
	 talents_types_mastery = {
		["cursed/fears"] = 0.2,
		["psionic/nightmare"] = 0.2,
	 },
	 inc_stats = { [Stats.STAT_WIL] = 4, [Stats.STAT_CUN] = 2, },
	 },
	 max_power = 40, power_regen=1,
	 use_talent = { id = TALENTS.T_WAKING_NIGHTMARE , level = 3, power = 40},
   }

[Grey]

Yeek-fur robe (sleek fur robe)
A beautifully soft robe of fine white fur. It looks designed for a halfling noble, with glorious sapphires sewn across the hems. But entrancing as it is you can't help but feel a little queasy wearing it.
+mindpower
+mind resistance
+cold resistance
+defence
Extra powers for halflings?
Can't be worn by yeeks.
Low level but rare.

[laru]

Yeek-fur robe (sleek fur robe)
A beautifully soft robe of fine white fur. It looks designed for a halfling noble, with glorious sapphires sewn across the hems. But entrancing as it is you can't help but feel a little queasy wearing it.
+mindpower
+mind resistance
+cold resistance
+defence
Extra powers for halflings?
Can't be worn by yeeks.
Low level but rare.

Cool idea! Also, make all yeeks you meet instantly hostile to the wearer.

[supermini]

New ego: Lunar
prefix
greater ego
gives negative energy on crit
increases max negative energy

...because anorithils don't have one. Also, I can't think of any synonyms for lunar.

[supermini]

'Of the wind' ego is simply not worth it. Yes, the ability is good, but not amazing enough that you would wear -life item because of it. At least I wouldn't.

[belmarduk]

I like playing Marauders a lot!

I hate having to restart my Marauder or feel obligated to scum at Maze because of Skullcracker!

Here's some ideas:


Greater Ego:
of Skullcracker

+str
+dex
x2-x3 Skullcracker damage
(Maybe put the Skullcracker ability on it as a clicky?)


(i tried to do this /w an addon but adding the skullcracker mod from garkul to the egos crashes my client. x_x)

[Grushnak Stockpot] (Dented Iron Pot)
This cast-iron pot has seen better days. It is covered in small dents and caked in dried blood, and appears to have been fashioned into a helmet some time ago. It fits poorly as a helmet, but as a pot it's still a great conductor of heat!

Tier 1 metal helmet
+extra armor
+str / +con
+physical and mental saves
+10% cold resistance
x3 skullcracker damage
+10% cold resistance
-5% fire resistance (conductive)
-5% lightning resistance (conductive)
-10% blind immunity (poor fit)


Some earlier options to Garkul or more reliable methods to get skullcracker damage would make Marauder a lot more fun to play!

[belmarduk]

Screwed around today with making an addon, it's not finished yet and i don't know if it ever will be (since it conflicts with things and I don't know how to get around that) (edit: goblinz is helping me with this so maybe~)

So here's the artefact helm and a boss to drop it. I couldn't figure out how to make the boss have a chance to just spawn in newbie areas, so I added him to the Bears group and created a custom NPC subtype for him. Iron Chef Garmiel, Bear Enthusiast.

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newEntity{ base = "BASE_HELM", define_as = "COOKING_POT",
	rarity = false,
	power_source = {technique=true},
	unique = true,
	name = "Grushnak Cooking Pot", image = "terrain\terrain_pot_04_01_64.png",
	unided_name = "dented pot",
	desc = [[The treasured cooking pot of the Orc Chef, Garmiel Greenhand, it was fashioned into a helmet when the prides went to war. Dented, with patches of rust and caked in dryed blood, it has seen better days. It fits poorly as a helmet, but as a pot it's still a great conductor of heat!]],
	level_range = {1, 15},
	rarity = 175,
	cost = 50,
	material_level = 1,
	skullcracker_mult = 3,
	wielder = {
		combat_armor = 6,
		fatigue = 7,
		inc_stats = { [Stats.STAT_STR] = 4, [Stats.STAT_CON] = 4, },
		blind_immune = -0.1,
		resists = {
			[DamageType.COLD] = 10,
			[DamageType.FIRE] = -5,
			[DamageType.LIGHTNING] = -5,
		},
		combat_mentalresist = 5,
		combat_physresist = 5,			
	},
}

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newEntity{
	define_as = "BASE_NPC_BEAR_ENTHUSIAST",
	type = "humanoid", subtype = "orc",
	display = "o", color=colors.UMBER,

	combat = { dam=resolvers.rngavg(5,12), atk=2, apr=6, physspeed=2 },

	body = { INVEN = 10, MAINHAND=1, OFFHAND=1, BODY=1, QUIVER=1 },
	resolvers.drops{chance=20, nb=1, {} },
	resolvers.drops{chance=10, nb=1, {type="money"} },
	infravision = 10,
	lite = 2,

	life_rating = 11,
	rank = 2,
	size_category = 3,

	open_door = true,

	autolevel = "warrior",
	ai = "dumb_talented_simple", ai_state = { ai_move="move_dmap", talent_in=3, },
	stats = { str=20, dex=8, mag=6, con=16 },
	resolvers.talents{ [Talents.T_WEAPON_COMBAT]={base=1, every=10, max=5}, },
	ingredient_on_death = "ORC_HEART",
}

newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_BEAR_ENTHUSIAST",
	name = "Iron Chef Garmiel", unique = true,
	color=colors.DARK_KHAKI,
	resolvers.nice_tile{image="invis.png", add_mos = {{image="npc/humanoid_orc_krogar.png", display_h=2, display_y=-1}}},
	desc = [[This orc has gone quite mad, and far too long without a bath. He is clad only in an apron, wearing a dented cooking pot on his head and wielding two vicious kitchen knives. He appears to think he is a bear. A bear with knives for hands.]],
	level_range = {3, nil}, exp_worth = 2,
	rarity = 40,
	rank = 3.5,
	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(50, 70),
	life_rating = 18,
	move_others=true,
	combat_armor = 4, combat_def = 0,
	
	autolevel = "rogue",
	stats = { str=20, dex=14, mag=6, con=16, cun=14, },
		
	resolvers.talents{
		[Talents.T_SKULLCRACKER]={base=1, every=2, max=5},
		[Talents.T_KNIFE_MASTERY]={base=2, every=10, max=5},
	},
	
	resolvers.equip{
		{type="weapon", subtype="dagger", ego_chance=20, autoreq=true},
		{type="weapon", subtype="dagger", ego_chance=20, autoreq=true},
		{type="armor", subtype="head", defined="COOKING_POT", random_art_replace={chance=40}, autoreq=true},
	},
	resolvers.drops{chance=100, nb=1, {tome_drops="boss"} },
}

[lukep]

Change the effect on Malslek the Accursed's Hat from Agony on hit (spell) to Agony on hit (mind) to better fit with Doomed.

[SageAcrin]

The idea was to make it useful both for mages and for mindpower classes. Mages tend to generate a decent amount of Mindpower incidentally, due to building up Cunning, Willpower, or in some cases both.

Having said that, nothing wrong with it having both on-hit spell and on-hit mind Agony. Or maybe Hateful Whisper for the on-hit mind effect.

[Useless]

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 weapons that are also bows, that kind of thing.

It'd probably be better as an add-on rather then a full addition to the game seeing as it won't be useful outside of adventurers doing weird gimmicks and a small amount of classes that have multiple skill trees that can't be used together normally, I just like the idea of eventually gaining a pair of level five artifacts that let me use All The Talents. Also not sure if it's possible to make something like this, I don't fully know how the games engine works.

[lukep]

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 weapons that are also bows, that kind of thing.

I just poked around a bit, and it looks like a shield/offhand would be quite easy to make, whereas a mindstar/sword or a sword/bow would require more work.