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[Tiruin]

The first stat is a primary one compared to the second in, and after the "/" in the {}

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Horizon's Gatekeeper
HP: 20
Hope: 0/10
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Archetype: Spirit Spearman
Assets:  //You don't get to pick these, will be decided by your soul and archetype.
Agonies: //You don't get to pick these, will be decided by your soul and archetype.
Inventory:
Glaive of the Dawn {Precision/Will}
Halcyonic Plate Armor {Vigor}
Aegis of Sky and Sea {Vigor/Will}
Crest of the Twilit Stars {Agility/Vigor}

Attributes:
Potency: 0
Precision: 2
Vigor: 3
Will: 2
Agility: 1

Soul:
//Leave this block empty
//Once in, I'm going to consult the I-Ching and fill the rest of this stuff in.

Modifiers 
//Leave this block empty, will be generated for you after everything else is considered. Basically this is a summary block that includes features from your soul, your weapons, your stats, your assets, and your agonies.

Abilities
//Leave blank, this will be generated last.

[OceanSoul]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Toege Kaese
HP: 20
Hope: 0/10
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Archetype: Avian Exorcist
Assets:  //You don't get to pick these, will be decided by your soul and archetype.
Agonies: //You don't get to pick these, will be decided by your soul and archetype.
Inventory:
Baneless White Spear {Potency/Precision}
Gown of the 8 Winds {Agility/Will}
Feathered Cross of Retribution {Potency}
Doveheart Necklace {Agility/Will}

Attributes:
Potency: 2
Precision: 2
Vigor: 0
Will: 2
Agility: 2

Soul:
//Leave this block empty
//Once in, I'm going to consult the I-Ching and fill the rest of this stuff in.

Modifiers 
//Leave this block empty, will be generated for you after everything else is considered. Basically this is a summary block that includes features from your soul, your weapons, your stats, your assets, and your agonies.

Abilities
//Leave blank, this will be generated last.

Edit: small change in weapon/my attributes

[Criptfeind]

Stat suggestions are whatever you want. It's easily possible to have a potency shield, or an agility shield, even a precision shield. It depends on how you want the character to play, not what the item in question would actually need.

I have to admit I'm pretty unsure what the mechanical differences are likely to be in these cases though so it's hard/impossible to make an informed decision. Unless they are likely to all be roughly the same, and rather it's based purely on what stats I want to use for combat? Which would imply that I should minmax for the stats I think are going to be the most useful?

[Draignean]

Stat suggestions are whatever you want. It's easily possible to have a potency shield, or an agility shield, even a precision shield. It depends on how you want the character to play, not what the item in question would actually need.

I have to admit I'm pretty unsure what the mechanical differences are likely to be in these cases though so it's hard/impossible to make an informed decision. Unless they are likely to all be roughly the same, and rather it's based purely on what stats I want to use for combat? Which would imply that I should minmax for the stats I think are going to be the most useful?

Err... Perhaps this is one of those thing that I've had in my head to much to explain well.

In the mechanic revamp, EVERY item grants abilities. The attribute scores that an item requires govern what kind of an ability it gets, and what kind of charges it can possibly consume. There are some secondary effects here as well (Agility Armors are likely to have lower thresholds, Will armors better reduction, Potency weapons have better damage, etc), but I'm loathe to put actual hard numbers on them

Lets take, as an an Example, your Axe.

Potency is a pretty easy draw, and you've got 3 points, so that's good. Potency is the skill of powerful blows, and doesn't really care for much otherwise.

Vanguard's dane axe (Req: Pot 3 | L:2 | H:4 | Dam:4-10 | DR:5/4 | Ability: War Cry)

War Cry: 1 Frame, no Cooldown. Costs 3 Potency Charges. Has a 50% chance to stagger all adjacent enemies. Increases your max and min damage by 2 for ten frames.

Now let's look at vigor, the skill of enduring damage rather than preventing it. I'll pop one off the max damage, since I'm a bastard who thinks that a vigor weapon sholdn't be quite as nice as a potency one in terms of damage.

Vanguard's dane axe (Req: Vig 3 | L:2 | H:4 | Dam:4-9 | DR:5/4 | Ability: Glory of Battle )

Glory of Battle: No Frame cost, 15 frame Cooldown. Costs 2 Vigor Charges. For five frames, you no longer lose hope when struck, and each successful blow has a 50% chance to grant 2 hope instead of 1.

Now, your character also has a will score, so what if you wanted a Potency/Will axe?

Vanguard's dane axe (Req: Pot 3, Wil 2 | L:2 | H:4 | Dam:4-10 | DR:3/4 | Ability: Red-Haze)

Red-Haze: Frame cost as light/heavy attack, No Cooldown. Costs 1 potency + 1 will charge. Add this to any light or heavy attack to gain a damage reduction pool equal to the attack's damage for five frames, including the starting frame.

What about a straight will axe?

Vanguard's dane axe (Req: Wil 2 | L:2 | H:4 | Dam:3-9 | DR:3/4 | Ability: Oath of Steel )

Oath of Steel:  Frame cost -, Cooldown 5. Costs 1 will charge. If you miss an attack this round, count that as block action using the axe. This cannot make a timed block.


Does that help?

[Criptfeind]

Yeah, that helps somewhat. I get the basic idea here. It still seems very... Opaque for what one should get since the abilities don't seem predictable. Ultimately I sorta get the idea behind it now but there's still a struggle with the actual picking of abilities.

I went back and edited in my desired stats then, and also swapped a point of vigor to will because. Well, it seemed like the thing to do.

[Draignean]

Yeah, that helps somewhat. I get the basic idea here. It still seems very... Opaque for what one should get since the abilities don't seem predictable. Ultimately I sorta get the idea behind it now but there's still a struggle with the actual picking of abilities.

I went back and edited in my desired stats then, and also swapped a point of vigor to will because. Well, it seemed like the thing to do.

Again, it's a choice between doing this or exhaustive lists of abilities that get tagged on to items willy nilly.

Bah, I'm a bit tired at the moment and probably not explaining well. Hopefully this will work out.

[Criptfeind]

Again, it's a choice between doing this or exhaustive lists of abilities that get tagged on to items willy nilly.

No no, I understand that trying to predefine everything would be a terrible idea. I just wanted to clarify I although I understood the system and it's probably the best way to do it that I was just that there is going to be some confusion since picking the attributes for items is essentially a game of mindreading right now, which, once again is perfectly fine and a good way to do it, just figured that some confusion is probably to be expected and that's why I was a bit hesitant about my choices. This is almost certainly the right way to go about it, I'm just a hesitant sorta guy really.

I think this is going to work out fine.

[Draignean]

...picking the attributes for items is essentially a game of mindreading right now...

This is true.

I'm fairly certain I've created a game where mindreading is the principal key to victory.

Time to get your brains buff, boys and girls. Only the most swole of neurons will succeed.

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I called a neuron swole. I need more caffeine.

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Spoiler: Grettir (click to show/hide)

Name: Grettir the Large
HP: 20
Hope: 0/10
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Archetype: Jotun Blooded Víkingr
Assets:
Stone Flesh: Heavy attacks against you have a 20% chance to be degraded to light attacks.
Agonies:
Stone Bones: Your move actions sequence at the end of the frame, not the beginning. 
Inventory:
Vanguard's dane axe (Req: Pot 3, Wil 3 | L:2 | H:4 | Dam:4-10 | DR:3/5 | Ability: Red-Haze)
Northerner's Chain Hauburk (Req: Wil 3, Vig 2 | DR:5/7 | Ability: Might of the North)
The Raven's Round Shield (Req: 2 Vig, 2 Pot | DR: 2/8 | L:1 | Dam: 0-3 | Ability: Defiance)
Hammer Amulet (Req: Pot 3, Ability: Shockwave)

Potency: 3
Precision: 0
Vigor: 2
Will: 3
Agility: 0

Soul:
Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart
Upper Trigram:  Mountain (Earth)
Lower Trigram:  Earth

Abilities:
Red-Haze: Frame cost as light/heavy attack, No Cooldown. Costs 1 potency + 1 will charge. Add this to any light or heavy attack to gain a damage reduction pool equal to the attack's damage for five frames, including the starting frame.
Might of the North: Frame Cost -, Cooldown 15, costs 1 will and 1 vigor. For one round, re-roll all damage reduction rolls and take the better of the two results.
-->Boost: Spend 1 more will charge, Damage reduction rolls explode for that round.
Defiance: Frame Cost as shield light attack, Cooldown 10 Costs 1 vigor. If an opponent struck you and dealt damage last round, you can use this to make a shield bash against them any time in the next round. If that shield bash connects, it staggers them in addition to dealing damage.
--> Follow-Through: Spend 1 more potency charge on the following round. If you can hit an enemy staggered by the first phase of this ability while they're still in stagger frames, you deal 50% bonus damage.
Shockwave: Frame Cost 5, Cooldown 20*, costs 3 potency charges. Slam the ground with your axe, striking all adjacent units with a light attack.
--> Chain: The cooldown for this ability only begins on the first frame you do anything other than allocate a frame to this ability. Subseqent uses increase the radius of the shockwave by 1, up to a total radius of 4. 

Will work on the others in a bit. I had fun coming up with ways to add nuance to some of the abilities.

[Criptfeind]

What's the range on the center of shockwave, wouldn't I be hitting myself with it? And allies I guess? That seems. Idk, I'm totally willing to give it a go in game to see how it turns out, but the costs of 5 frames and 3 potency for a relatively small aoe light attack seems a lot. I mean, with 5 frames and 3 potency I can do two heavy attacks can't I?

Other then that, looks cool. I like the idea of combo abilities, can the follow through on defiance be used with weapons other then the shield?
Also now that abilities are tied to equipment in general, how do abilities work, can I use red haze with the raven shield? Or, more pertinently, with some other weapon ripped from the corpse of a boss at some point. Stone Bones in particular is a pretty cool agony, being a fairly huge penality but with an upside as well.

[Draignean]

What's the range on the center of shockwave, wouldn't I be hitting myself with it? And allies I guess? That seems. Idk, I'm totally willing to give it a go in game to see how it turns out, but the costs of 5 frames and 3 potency for a relatively small aoe light attack seems a lot. I mean, with 5 frames and 3 potency I can do two heavy attacks can't I?

Other then that, looks cool. I like the idea of combo abilities, can the follow through on defiance be used with weapons other then the shield?
Also now that abilities are tied to equipment in general, how do abilities work, can I use red haze with the raven shield? Or, more pertinently, with some other weapon ripped from the corpse of a boss at some point. Stone Bones in particular is a pretty cool agony, being a fairly huge penality but with an upside as well.

The center of the shockwave is you, always. So, the first shockwave hits everyone around you, the second hits everyone at range 1-2, then the third everyone at 1-3, and the final fourth hits everyone at 1-4. For perspective, you're hitting everyone in Miles' original range Simultaneously.

Granted, it takes a while to get there, but it would look cool and scales with your weapon damage.

Hmm... If you're off handing the axe, I'd say you can use red haze with your alternate weapon. Which reminds me, I need to discuss hands... Essentially you can have 2 'weapons' (That label counts shields) equipped at once. Exceptions being for twin weapons and various mandatory two-handed weapons.

The follow through with the raven shield can be used with any other attack. You can totally shield bash your foe to the ground and Axe them in the chest when they're down.

[Draignean]

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Spoiler:  Horizon's Gatekeeper (click to show/hide)

Name: Horizon's Gatekeeper
HP: 20
Hope: 0/10
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Archetype: Spirit Spearman
Assets: 
Break of the Wave: Whenever you strike a killing blow, there is a 50% chance to gain a free frame on the next round.
Agonies:
Fragile Substance: Being hit while an ability is on cooldown has a 20% chance to reset that ability's cooldown duration.
Inventory:
Glaive of the Dawn (Req: Pre 2, Will 2 | L:3 | H:4 | DR: 7:7 |  Dam: 3-11 | Ability: Call the Dawn | Moveset: Halberd)
Halcyonic Plate Armor (Req: Vig 3 | DR: 3/6 | Ability: Phantom Glory) 
Aegis of Sky and Sea (Req: Vig 3 Will 2 | DR: 1/8 | Ability: Wraithshield)
Crest of the Twilit Stars (Req: Agi 1, Vig 1 | Grants ability: Dissolution of Self)

Attributes:
Potency: 0
Precision: 2
Vigor: 3
Will: 2
Agility: 1

Soul:
Hexagram 29: Dangerously Deep
Upper Trigram: Water
Lower Trigram: Water

Abilities
Call the Dawn: Framecost as heavy attack, Cooldown 20. Spend 1 will and 2 precision charges. You can target a burst-type attack anywhere within four tiles, damage as weapon light attack.  Struck targets have a 50% chance to be blinded for 10 frames. 
Phantom Glory: Framecost 1, Cooldown 10. Spend 1-3 Vigor.
--> 1 Vigor:  Copy any buff from any other unit with 3 tiles onto yourself
--> 2 Vigor:  Reset the duration of any buff on you that takes less than or equal to 2 vigor to initiate. (Works once per buff instance)
--> 3 Vigor:  Copy any buff you currently have onto all allied units. Can only be done once per buff type per encounter.
Wraithshield: Framecost 1, Cooldown 10. Spend 1 Vigor and 1 Will. You can designate your block action, standard or active, to be timed with any other frame during the round. (Such as when launching an attack)
-->Boost: Spend 1 extra will to allocate this timed block to any ally within 3 tiles. Active blocks cannot be made in this manner.
Dissolution of Self: Cooldown 10, framecost X. Spend 1 agility and 1 will to stop existing for X frames. During this period, your status does not tic. That is, your cooldowns and durations are not effected by the passage of time.

[Draignean]

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Spoiler: Toege (click to show/hide)

Name: Toege Kaese
HP: 20
Hope: 0/10
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Archetype: Avian Exorcist
Assets: 
Unity: When there are at least two allies within 3 spaces, Toege gains 1 extra hope from all sources.
Agonies:
Fear the Darkness: When there is not an ally within 3 spaces, Toege loses 1 charge per turn from a random attribute.

Inventory:
Baneless White Spear (Req: 2 Pot, 2 Pre | L: 2 | H: 4 | DR: 6:8 | Dam: 5-10 | Ability: Prick the Soul)
Gown of the 8 Winds (Req: 2 Agi, 2 Wil | DR: 1:5 | U:8/8 | Ability: Zephyr Clone)
Feathered Cross of Retribution (Req: 2 Pot | Ability: Storm's Judgment )
Doveheart Necklace (Req: 2 Agi, 2 Wil | Ability: Holy Wings)

Attributes:
Potency: 2
Precision: 2
Vigor: 0
Will: 2
Agility: 2

Soul:
Hexagram 7: Recruiting Allies
Upper Trigram: Earth
Lower Trigram: Water

Abilities
Prick the Soul: Frames -, Cooldown 10. Coasts 2 Precision and 1 potency. One of your selected attacks this round ignores Target DR.
--->Follow-through: If you killed a target with Prick the Soul, next round you can spend 2 Potency charges to raise them as an ally for a number of frames equal to the overkill damage. Using this adds 10 to the cooldown.
Zephyr Clone: Frames -, Cooldown -. pend 1 agility charge to make the gown active. If you're struck while the gown is active, attacks that threaten you have a chance to reduce gown charges instead of dealing any damage. The chance to not deal damage is equal to 1 in X, where X is the current number of charges in the gown.
Storm's Judgment: Frames 3, Cooldown 20, Costs 2 potency charges. Push or pull a unit within three tiles 1d3 tiles in any direction. Moving an enemy into an impassible obstacle staggers them
--->Bloody: If the target dealt damage to anyone last round, they also take 1dX damage, where X is two times the damage they dealt last round.
--->Extend: This ability can be applied to one additional target at the cost of 5 more cooldown and two additional potency charges. A max of 3 targets can be targeted in one cast.
Holy Wings: Frames 1, Cooldown: 10. Choose one of two,
--->Skyward Leap: Spend two agility charges and instantly travel two spaces in any direction, without regard for intervening obstacles.
---|---> Extend: You can spend two more agility charges (up to a total of to move an extra space.
--->Protective Wings: Spend two will charges and gain a shield with DR:2/12 until the end of the round. This ability counts as a block action.

[Draignean]

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Most of my moveset images are gone.

Fuck.

[IronyOwl]

Name: Co-Ra-Line
HP: 20
Hope: 0/10
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Archetype: Antediluvian Doll
Assets:
Agonies:
Inventory:
Harvester Claws (Potency+Precision)
Farcical Tatters of Elegance
Starlight Accumulator (Precision)
Shard of Infinite Sins (Potency)

Attributes
Potency: 4
Precision: 4
Vigor: 0
Will: 0
Agility: 0

Soul:

Modifiers

Abilities


I played a Res tank last game. Let's see what glass melee cannon looks like!

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Most of my moveset images are gone.

Fuck.

D:

[heydude6]

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Most of my moveset images are gone.

Fuck.

How did you lose them? Did they just disappear one day? One thing you could try is to use the windows search function and try to perform a thorough search.

I remember once having the shortcuts to my own personal pictures deleted one day, I tried using the regular search function that appears when you open the start menu but it couldn't find them. Eventually I found a different search function that took a lot longer, but it eventually found them. They were in some sort of directoryless limbo which was why the original search function failed, but the more thorough search function was able to find them. It's worth a try at least.