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Transmute Ideas Please! 4 years 11 months ago #445

Wade Schwendemann wrote: I suppose the way I look at it is that there is something inherent in the type of person who tries to use that figurine that allows them to unlock it's magic, rather than a simple command word or something like that.

In a practical manner, it's a way of keeping some powers and abilities unique to certain classes.

Ultimately I see your argument, I just disagree.


+1. I'm also in favor of keeping powers/abilities unique to certain classes.
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Transmute Ideas Please! 4 years 11 months ago #446

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Thinking about the discussion in the rare thread, how about something like this:

Ring of Channeled Thunder
+2 pts of Shock damage with spells

Necklace of Focused Flames
+2 pts of Fire damage with melee attacks

Emblazoned Chains
+2 pts of Fire and +2 pts of Shock damage to melee/ranged/spells. Uses neck slot and one ring slot.

The recipe would be the two rares plus a handful of other stuff.
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This is going to sound strange but to me the proposed res FOP sounds like a druid item. Probably a hang over from warcraft and the druids battle res ability.
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Transmute Ideas Please! 4 years 11 months ago #448

Picc wrote: This is going to sound strange but to me the proposed res FOP sounds like a druid item. Probably a hang over from warcraft and the druids battle res ability.


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Transmute Ideas Please! 4 years 11 months ago #449

Xavon wrote: Thinking about the discussion in the rare thread, how about something like this:

Ring of Channeled Thunder
+2 pts of Shock damage with spells


For most purposes, that is effectively a +2 Focus item that only affects offensive spells. Probably too powerful for a Rare, where we've mostly had +1 Focus items. Side thought: whenever we add typed damage to spells it is a little odd (my opinion), since the party card doesn't actually track bonus damage types for spells as a separate thing.

Xavon wrote: Necklace of Focused Flames
+2 pts of Fire damage with melee attacks


That part seems perfectly reasonable.

Xavon wrote: Emblazoned Chains
+2 pts of Fire and +2 pts of Shock damage to melee/ranged/spells. Uses neck slot and one ring slot.

The recipe would be the two rares plus a handful of other stuff.


It sounds like you're intending this as a 4-pt Exalted transmute? You're taking up two of the more powerful slots, but giving a bonus that is just shy of the Boots of the Four Winds. Now, the BoT4W is Eldritch, so you aren't going to run across something that can resist the damage added by the Boots. But we also haven't seen anything vulnerable to Eldritch (and I think we have occasionally seen things vulnerable to other energy types?) Alternative comparison: you're giving double the bonus of Draco-Lich Claw Charm (a Relic).

Yes, you're taking up two powerful slots, but it still feels a bit on the strong side. I'd probably change the ring to a functional reprint of the Ring of Focus (moving the reprint down to the Rare level), swap the necklace over to shock instead of fire (shock is less likely to be resisted) and change the Exalted to +3 total bonus (shock).
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I would be very down for a ring of focus type item at the rare level. Maybe break it out into healing or damage if there is concern about the original rings power level.
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Picc wrote: I would be very down for a ring of focus type item at the rare level. Maybe break it out into healing or damage if there is concern about the original rings power level.


What about each one as a rare, and both as a 4 star transmute?
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Transmute Ideas Please! 4 years 11 months ago #452

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Picc wrote: I would be very down for a ring of focus type item at the rare level. Maybe break it out into healing or damage if there is concern about the original rings power level.


What about each one as a rare, and both as a 4 star transmute?

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Wade Schwendemann wrote:

Picc wrote: I would be very down for a ring of focus type item at the rare level. Maybe break it out into healing or damage if there is concern about the original rings power level.


What about each one as a rare, and both as a 4 star transmute?


I think it's fine from a power level point of view. I'd be a little leery of the 4 star transmute because Its so close to the UR ring of focus and 4 stars are typically between rare and UR, but ring of focus is generally considered to be one of the weaker focus items. Over all its probably fine, but I might put some kind of restrictions on it, like no stacking the 4 star and one of it's rare components at the same time for example. That all said it's been a while since ring of focus was in print and its kind of considered mandatory for most serious caster builds so we'll probably have to reprint some version of it eventually. Might as well go for it sooner then later since it keeps getting suggested year over year.
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Fiddy wrote:

Xavon wrote: Thinking about the discussion in the rare thread, how about something like this:

Ring of Channeled Thunder
+2 pts of Shock damage with spells


For most purposes, that is effectively a +2 Focus item that only affects offensive spells. Probably too powerful for a Rare, where we've mostly had +1 Focus items. Side thought: whenever we add typed damage to spells it is a little odd (my opinion), since the party card doesn't actually track bonus damage types for spells as a separate thing.

Xavon wrote: Necklace of Focused Flames
+2 pts of Fire damage with melee attacks


That part seems perfectly reasonable.

Xavon wrote: Emblazoned Chains
+2 pts of Fire and +2 pts of Shock damage to melee/ranged/spells. Uses neck slot and one ring slot.

The recipe would be the two rares plus a handful of other stuff.


It sounds like you're intending this as a 4-pt Exalted transmute? You're taking up two of the more powerful slots, but giving a bonus that is just shy of the Boots of the Four Winds. Now, the BoT4W is Eldritch, so you aren't going to run across something that can resist the damage added by the Boots. But we also haven't seen anything vulnerable to Eldritch (and I think we have occasionally seen things vulnerable to other energy types?) Alternative comparison: you're giving double the bonus of Draco-Lich Claw Charm (a Relic).

Yes, you're taking up two powerful slots, but it still feels a bit on the strong side. I'd probably change the ring to a functional reprint of the Ring of Focus (moving the reprint down to the Rare level), swap the necklace over to shock instead of fire (shock is less likely to be resisted) and change the Exalted to +3 total bonus (shock).


Where would you say Glove slots compare to Ring or Neck?
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Transmute Ideas Please! 4 years 11 months ago #455

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Wade Schwendemann wrote:

Picc wrote: I would be very down for a ring of focus type item at the rare level. Maybe break it out into healing or damage if there is concern about the original rings power level.


What about each one as a rare, and both as a 4 star transmute?


I think it's fine from a power level point of view. I'd be a little leery of the 4 star transmute because Its so close to the UR ring of focus and 4 stars are typically between rare and UR, but ring of focus is generally considered to be one of the weaker focus items. Over all its probably fine, but I might put some kind of restrictions on it, like no stacking the 4 star and one of it's rare components at the same time for example. That all said it's been a while since ring of focus was in print and its kind of considered mandatory for most serious caster builds so we'll probably have to reprint some version of it eventually. Might as well go for it sooner then later since it keeps getting suggested year over year.


How about a Ring of Focus reprint with a transmute combo of Ring of Stone Cold Concentration for +3 cold damage for spells.?
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Transmute Ideas Please! 4 years 11 months ago #456

Xavon wrote:

Fiddy wrote:

Xavon wrote: Thinking about the discussion in the rare thread, how about something like this:

Ring of Channeled Thunder
+2 pts of Shock damage with spells


For most purposes, that is effectively a +2 Focus item that only affects offensive spells. Probably too powerful for a Rare, where we've mostly had +1 Focus items. Side thought: whenever we add typed damage to spells it is a little odd (my opinion), since the party card doesn't actually track bonus damage types for spells as a separate thing.

Xavon wrote: Necklace of Focused Flames
+2 pts of Fire damage with melee attacks


That part seems perfectly reasonable.

Xavon wrote: Emblazoned Chains
+2 pts of Fire and +2 pts of Shock damage to melee/ranged/spells. Uses neck slot and one ring slot.

The recipe would be the two rares plus a handful of other stuff.


It sounds like you're intending this as a 4-pt Exalted transmute? You're taking up two of the more powerful slots, but giving a bonus that is just shy of the Boots of the Four Winds. Now, the BoT4W is Eldritch, so you aren't going to run across something that can resist the damage added by the Boots. But we also haven't seen anything vulnerable to Eldritch (and I think we have occasionally seen things vulnerable to other energy types?) Alternative comparison: you're giving double the bonus of Draco-Lich Claw Charm (a Relic).

Yes, you're taking up two powerful slots, but it still feels a bit on the strong side. I'd probably change the ring to a functional reprint of the Ring of Focus (moving the reprint down to the Rare level), swap the necklace over to shock instead of fire (shock is less likely to be resisted) and change the Exalted to +3 total bonus (shock).


Where would you say Glove slots compare to Ring or Neck?


I think it's comparable. Gloves provide the best STR bonuses in the game at UR, and STR is the most desirable commodity in the game behind treasure.

That being said, it might be nice if not all slots were "good" for all builds. For example, we could say: Gloves are primarily a melee/str slot. Earcuffs are primarily a spell slot.

One problem with this approach is melee boosters show up almost everywhere already.
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