Posted by Graatch's Baby Doll on December 08, 1999 at 21:44:53:
In Reply to: Just to beat it with a stick. I give you...the Horse.(longish) posted by fta on December 08, 1999 at 17:03:55:
> Ok. Help healer. > blah blah...protection of the flock...blah blah...healing hand of the god. > Help shaman. > Blah blah...vengeance of their god...blah blah killing hand of the god. > Help paladin. > blah blah...holy warrior...blah blah > killing hand of the god. > Now, I know I over simplify, but it seems to me, that you can look at paladins in a couple of different ways, and it is not so much of a stretch to move from one to the other, in the interest of game balance and making a more unique class. Bear with me. > 1) Holy warrior. > 2) holy Warrior. > see the difference? currently, cf uses the former. When really, good shamans, and paladins are kindof redundant. Here is what I propose as just a brain storm. > Use the latter of the two, that of a Warrior, devoted to a cause of light....kind of like the anti-paladin is a warrior...devoted to teh cause of dark. > An anti-p gets some nice spells. Why? because he sees invokers do elemental spells, and trannies do haste and iron hands and stuff...and does the "tim allen" grunt..ooh I could use one of those. > Now...could not Paladins be warriors who through their piety learn how to mimic healers and shamans in the same way? > I say make them a non empowered class (this balences the empowered classes, balances paladin/anti-p) Make them warriors with holy spells...now here is the thing...they can have their spells yanked by their god for impiety, breaking the rules...etc. > Yank Heal.(keep cure crit) > Yank sanc.(keep the other protectives) > Give them a protection from bash like shamans have, make it high rank. > Lower the level(not power) of wrath. > Raise the level of summon. > Give them some sort of faerie fog spell...to root out the evil in the shadows..mid 20's > give them mid 30's the ability to forge a shield...when worn adds bless to them. > Give them the option to get empowered or not...say rank 30 or 35(the choice is a one shot choice, if they advance without empowerment, they choose the other path and can not change their mind). If they get empowered they get sanc and heal back...if they choose to not go empowerment, they get bash and a skill like berserk,but instead of healing them, raises their hit/dam by an amount based on level,is +(detrimental) to the ac..but does a flurry type maneuver if they are fighting evils, no flurry type maneuver if who they fight is not evil, and would also be a haste, but haste would only last until end of the current combat, and the skill could not be used again in like 10 hours. > > Now you are going to say "flurry, thats just like warriors" well, to that I ask you if serpent strike isnt coded pert near Jab...and bearcharge pert near bash. > Just some random thoughts...although when I think about it, I think it would be a good change to Paladins. > Of course, I may just be loony.... > thoughts comments? > fta