Post by Variaz on Jan 13, 2010 2:46:18 GMT -5
I don't think a Gnome has ever been posted on this forum, I feel they are one of the least played races. Given their in-game representation, I can understand. Would you rather be a reality-twisted chaos aberration? A demon from a cold country ruled by a mighty archdemoness? A celestial, being of pure holiness and light?
...or a Gnome Worm Mage? Or a Gnome Trickster that summons Mirror Balls? Or a drunk, club-wielding Gnome in a tavern?
(I'm really not nice with Gnomes.... ;D)
And then there's Magic. I've seen many Melee and Ranged characters, but few(none?) Magic. So! I've decided to roll a Gnome High Mage, and here's what I have so far:
Pretty fun character so far. Though she's not a "pure" High Mage, she also has Elemental Lord abilities.
Spell Absorbtion(Mage) is simply awesome. The "healing" effect is a bit weak(10 power per points), but a single point provides mana regeneration based on enemy spells damages. And since they do crazy damages, that's crazy mana regen.
Empower Spells(High Mage) is a standard 10% damages per points. Pretty good stuff.
Shield of Element(E. Lord), with just 1 point, provides immunity to chosen element for 10 turns. This is useful against magic returning enemies.
Elemental Mastery(E. Lord) is another 10% damages per points for chosen element, and of course, multiplicative with Empower Spells.
So what kind of damages do I output? With my standard power 100 ball spell, I get about 3-4 million per cast. Not bad at all, and I still have some item slots to fill(mainly, a second rod). And then when I use a power 75 radius 5 chain, it is simply deadly, although it consumes a lot of mana. But then the monster cast a spell, I avoid it, and bam! Mana refilled, another chain!
Ranged enemies have been the most annoying so far, as they are not easily avoided, and due to my semi-inexistant armor, I get hit all the time.
Issues:
- Spellcraft's Enchanted Blood is broken. The sacrifice is meaningless for a full mana refill, to the point where I don't use it, it's almost cheat mode. I mean, 5000 hp for 5000 mana?? I'll take that every days.
- On the other hand, Spellcraft's Mana Shield is also broken, but in the "useless" kind of way. 5000 mana reduced to 0 for 5000 hp?? No. Just...no. I might as well use "Hide" instead.
I plan on raising spellcraft enough to get the mana bonus, then continue with Elemental or maybe Alteration.
Overall, a fun character. It would be fun to see more Magic characters once in a while! They might need a couple buffs to some of their classes abilities, but are overall quite fun!
...or a Gnome Worm Mage? Or a Gnome Trickster that summons Mirror Balls? Or a drunk, club-wielding Gnome in a tavern?
(I'm really not nice with Gnomes.... ;D)And then there's Magic. I've seen many Melee and Ranged characters, but few(none?) Magic. So! I've decided to roll a Gnome High Mage, and here's what I have so far:
[Portralis 0.4.0 Character Dump]
Name : Yunie Alignment 0 STR: 5 4 0 9
Sex : Female Misfortune 0 INT: 55 110 0 165
Race : Gnome Death Count 2 WIS: 5 15 0 20
Class : High Mage Reincarnate 0 DEX: 5 -1 0 4
Element : Electric CON: 15 95 0 110
Score : 3945 CHR: 5 0 0 5
Level 30 Max Hit Points 366275
Experience 78867 Cur Hit Points 366275
+ To Hit 453 Max Exp 78867 Max SP (Mana) 5228
+ %To Damage 394 Exp to Adv. 100000 Cur SP (Mana) 5228
+ To AC 26 Gold 934
Ability P 1 Stat Points 0 Blows/Round: 4
Skill Points 0 Blows/Round(2): n/a
Class Level 10 Shots/Round: 1
Class Kills 1000 Wpn.dmg: 2252-22533
Wpn2.dmg: n/a
Sht.dmg: n/a
Sht2.dmg: n/a
Infra-Vision: 0 feet
(Character Background) 0
Yunie is a young gnome mage who dreams of becoming
a powerful wizard. Despite her short size, she is strong
willed and will try her best to overcome any challenges.
She has black hairs, blue eyes and a fair skin.
---------- CHARACTER'S SKILLS ---------- --- MISC. INFO ---
a) Fighting: 0 A) Polearms: 0 Wpn.dmg: 2252-22533
b) Spellcraft: 112 B) Daggers: 0 Wpn2.dmg: n/a
c) Shooting: 0 C) Axes: 0 Sht.dmg: n/a
d) Throwing: 0 D) Rods: 71 Sht2.dmg: n/a
e) Defense: 0 E) Martial Arts: 0 To_h : 364
f) Agility: 1 F) Bow: 0 To_d : 305
g) Stealth: 0 G) Crossbow: 0 To_a : 26
h) Combat Feats: 0 H) Firearms: 0 AC : 21
i) Dual Wield: 0 I) Elemental: 76
j) Leadership: 0 J) Alteration: 5
k) Alchemy: 0 K) Mysticism: 0 Dual Wield: No
l) Crafting: 0 L) Conjuration: 0 Press 'u' to toggle.
m) Swords: 0 M) Divination: 0
n) Blunt: 0 N) Magic Defense: 49
Remaining skill points: 0 Press one of the letters to increase the skill.
Press 'x' to view next skills page(if any).
-------------- ABILITIES --------------
Spell Absorbtion [1]
Empower Spells [12]
Shield of Element [1]
Mastery Of Element [15]
-------------- RESISTANCES --------------
Fire: 25
Cold: 0
Electric: 0
Acid: 0
Poison: 0
Light: -25
Darkness: 25
Warp: 0
Water: 3
Wind: 25
Earth: 2
Sound: 19
Radio: 0
Chaos: 0
Physical: 0
Mana: 0
Name : Yunie Alignment 0 STR: 5 4 0 9
Sex : Female Misfortune 0 INT: 55 110 0 165
Race : Gnome Death Count 2 WIS: 5 15 0 20
Class : High Mage Reincarnate 0 DEX: 5 -1 0 4
Element : Electric CON: 15 95 0 110
Score : 3945 CHR: 5 0 0 5
Level 30 Max Hit Points 366275
Experience 78867 Cur Hit Points 366275
+ To Hit 453 Max Exp 78867 Max SP (Mana) 5228
+ %To Damage 394 Exp to Adv. 100000 Cur SP (Mana) 5228
+ To AC 26 Gold 934
Ability P 1 Stat Points 0 Blows/Round: 4
Skill Points 0 Blows/Round(2): n/a
Class Level 10 Shots/Round: 1
Class Kills 1000 Wpn.dmg: 2252-22533
Wpn2.dmg: n/a
Sht.dmg: n/a
Sht2.dmg: n/a
Infra-Vision: 0 feet
(Character Background) 0
Yunie is a young gnome mage who dreams of becoming
a powerful wizard. Despite her short size, she is strong
willed and will try her best to overcome any challenges.
She has black hairs, blue eyes and a fair skin.
---------- CHARACTER'S SKILLS ---------- --- MISC. INFO ---
a) Fighting: 0 A) Polearms: 0 Wpn.dmg: 2252-22533
b) Spellcraft: 112 B) Daggers: 0 Wpn2.dmg: n/a
c) Shooting: 0 C) Axes: 0 Sht.dmg: n/a
d) Throwing: 0 D) Rods: 71 Sht2.dmg: n/a
e) Defense: 0 E) Martial Arts: 0 To_h : 364
f) Agility: 1 F) Bow: 0 To_d : 305
g) Stealth: 0 G) Crossbow: 0 To_a : 26
h) Combat Feats: 0 H) Firearms: 0 AC : 21
i) Dual Wield: 0 I) Elemental: 76
j) Leadership: 0 J) Alteration: 5
k) Alchemy: 0 K) Mysticism: 0 Dual Wield: No
l) Crafting: 0 L) Conjuration: 0 Press 'u' to toggle.
m) Swords: 0 M) Divination: 0
n) Blunt: 0 N) Magic Defense: 49
Remaining skill points: 0 Press one of the letters to increase the skill.
Press 'x' to view next skills page(if any).
-------------- ABILITIES --------------
Spell Absorbtion [1]
Empower Spells [12]
Shield of Element [1]
Mastery Of Element [15]
-------------- RESISTANCES --------------
Fire: 25
Cold: 0
Electric: 0
Acid: 0
Poison: 0
Light: -25
Darkness: 25
Warp: 0
Water: 3
Wind: 25
Earth: 2
Sound: 19
Radio: 0
Chaos: 0
Physical: 0
Mana: 0
Pretty fun character so far. Though she's not a "pure" High Mage, she also has Elemental Lord abilities.
Spell Absorbtion(Mage) is simply awesome. The "healing" effect is a bit weak(10 power per points), but a single point provides mana regeneration based on enemy spells damages. And since they do crazy damages, that's crazy mana regen.
Empower Spells(High Mage) is a standard 10% damages per points. Pretty good stuff.
Shield of Element(E. Lord), with just 1 point, provides immunity to chosen element for 10 turns. This is useful against magic returning enemies.
Elemental Mastery(E. Lord) is another 10% damages per points for chosen element, and of course, multiplicative with Empower Spells.
So what kind of damages do I output? With my standard power 100 ball spell, I get about 3-4 million per cast. Not bad at all, and I still have some item slots to fill(mainly, a second rod). And then when I use a power 75 radius 5 chain, it is simply deadly, although it consumes a lot of mana. But then the monster cast a spell, I avoid it, and bam! Mana refilled, another chain!
Ranged enemies have been the most annoying so far, as they are not easily avoided, and due to my semi-inexistant armor, I get hit all the time.
Issues:
- Spellcraft's Enchanted Blood is broken. The sacrifice is meaningless for a full mana refill, to the point where I don't use it, it's almost cheat mode. I mean, 5000 hp for 5000 mana?? I'll take that every days.
- On the other hand, Spellcraft's Mana Shield is also broken, but in the "useless" kind of way. 5000 mana reduced to 0 for 5000 hp?? No. Just...no. I might as well use "Hide" instead.
I plan on raising spellcraft enough to get the mana bonus, then continue with Elemental or maybe Alteration.
Overall, a fun character. It would be fun to see more Magic characters once in a while!
They might need a couple buffs to some of their classes abilities, but are overall quite fun!