element lords and element brands.

[divinefistoka]

Just a thought i had, when i found a Tweakable sword of light, and was playing a light lady elemental lord. MY suggestion is, that element lords should get melee bonuses when using a weapon branded with there chosen element. Forgive me if ive missed something and this is already in there, and if its not, then, maybe it could fit under an existing ability, maybe light strike, since thats the one that would deal with your weapon.

[Variaz]

The <Element> Strike ability uses your weapon for damages, so if your are a Light Lady, then Light Strike will do Light damages, based on your melee combat damages.

As for brands, they currently do not give bonuses... however, I have plans in future versions to rewrite the brands code, so they won't just multiply damages, they will do real elemental damages. Once done, I'll think about what I will do with the Elemental Lord and branded weapons.

[divinefistoka]

i think you misunderstood, i menat that if i use a light branded sword, with a chosen element of light, i should get extra damages with normal attacks. I just thought of basing those off the same skill as did elemental damage.

[Variaz]

I get your point, but I currently have to disagree, considering there are only 7 elemental brands(Fire, Cold, Electrical, Acid, Poison, Light and Darkness... there's also Mana, but Mana is not available for the Elemental Lord.). So by doing that, some other elements will become greatly inferior, since there are no weapon brands for them.

But as I said, I plan on rewritting the brand code in future versions, where brands will do extra damages from a certain element instead of just multiplying the damages. Then, all elements will become available(and quite possibly some other effects from Alteration spells), and then I can think about increasing those elemental damages with the Elemental Lord's <Element> Strike. But for now, and the next version 1.7.1, Lords and Ladies will have to live with a non-boosted branded weapon.