Arcane Psion + (revised) Arcane Gladiator

[Zenefess]

. . . I'm working on a new class; the Arcane Psion. Apart from combining arcane and psionic powers, it introduces a new resource; sanity.
. . . They have powerful skills, but using mana while having less than full psi will result in sanity dropping... the lower it gets, the more likely an insanity debuff will take effect. High-level ArcPsions can lower the severity of those debuffs but some become true Psychomancers, completely eliminating all detrimental insanity effects and projecting their psychotic state outward; resulting in reality being altered to match their point-of-view.
. . . I'm creating 4 new class skill-trees for the ArcPsion, plus a new generic skill-tree which it will share with a revised version of my Arcane Gladiator. This new iteration of the ArcGlad will include a new class skill-tree which will be replacing the Dual-weapon Techniques & Reaving Combat trees.

Here's a brief report of what's being created:-
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Sanity mechanism -- Completed.
Insanity effects -- More to add...
Skill-tree, ArcGlad, Level 0: Technique/Showmanship -- Completed.
Skill-tree, ArcPsion, Level 0: Psionic/Egomancy -- Completed.
Skill-tree, ArcPsion, Level 0: Spell/Manifest -- To do...
Skill-tree, ArcPsion, Level 10: Psionic/Psychomancy -- 25% completed.
Skill-tree, ArcPsion, Level 10: Spell/Alteration -- To do...
Skill-tree, Generic, Level 0: Spell/Inversion -- 25% completed.
Lamb roast -- To do frequently...
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. . . I'll update this post/thread as I progress; hopefully someone will enjoy playing a character who should never have allowed mana to flow through their brain.

[Zenefess]

. . . Upon the release of ToME4 v1.2.0 I decided to take a break from designing this AddOn, thus allowing myself (and others) to try out the new content. It's time for me to get back on the horse, and I was wondering if anyone could be of assistance with ideas for the other three Psychomancy skills.
. . . The skills focus on forcing reality to match the ArcPsion's psychotic state(s); at present only the tier4 skill is done: (SP = Skill points invested, ESL = Effective skill level)

Name: Psychosis
Requirements: Level 22, Willpower 46
Use mode: Sustained -> Psi cost: 250
Cooldown: (20 - SP * 2)
Description: Each insanity effect that is active while Psychosis is sustained has a (ESL * 7.5)% chance of becoming beneficial. e.g. For the insanity effect "Head in the Sand", instead of enemies being effectively invisible, they will be damaged with instadeath.
Note: Every point in any Psychomancy skill reduces the severity of detrimental insanity effects by 5%.

. . . I'm currently trying to come up with practical skills themed around things like Schizophrenia, Dementia, Paranoia, Depression... I'm tackling these skills with a completely serious approach; takin' the piss out of mental illness is better left for Dungeons of Dredmor, but I will definitely appreciate any genuinely mature suggestions from other players.
. . . I really want to finish building this class (Arcane Psion), and I hope others are interested in seeing it come to fruition.

[thanatopsis6]

My ideas are crap, so.. I'm posting to watch? Posting to watch!

.. I can post to watch, right? :> Anything that gets schizophrenia into ToME is +1 by me

[Zenefess]

A seed for an idea is better than a void longing for inspiration... n' stuff.

I'll narrow my focus to schizophrenia; at the moment it's like I'm trying to decide on which street to live on while looking at a world map.

[Zenefess]

Just to let anyone who's interested in the Arcane Psion know, the Steam Summer Sale has me under it's spell. ...Development will continue once I get this goblin off my back.