Report 503

Report #503
Skillset: Shadowbeat Skill: New
 Org: Harbingers Status: Completed Nov 2010
Furies' Decision:
Solution 1.
Problem: Shadowbeat is lacking where concerns passive afflictions in comparison
to the other bard specs. We have haemophilia and paralysis contingent upon the
person bleeding for 600 or more points, and that's it. Thematically, Shadowbeat
is built around the idea of poison and bloodletting leading ultimately to
madness. We have VenomDrops, which increases the potency of venoms, but nothing
else in Shadowbeat that supports this. Since Shadowpulse was bumped to a high-
stanza song, there's some room for an additional mid-stanza option.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: New ability: ScorpionCantiga - a mid-stanza song
 which afflicts silently with 1 of the following
 poisons: anerod, charybdon, ibululu, botulinum,
 mellatin. (relapse, random, sensitivity, vomiting,
 weakness) As with other poisons, they can be
 shrugged, though the ability will work in conjunction
 with VenomDrops to slightly reduce the chance to
 shrug.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: If silent afflicting, even given the shrugging, is
 too strong- implement with a single line indicating
 the song tic. Same as solution 1 otherwise.
Player Comments:
---[Xenthos on 11/17 @ 23:28 writes]:
I think it would be better if it gave a line stating that it had hit (just one
aff-line), with the poison itself being masked. Rather than just silently
giving afflictions. Beyond that, a bit more offensive affliction from
Shadowbeat would be nice.
---[Azula on 11/19 @ 17:57 writes]:
Seeing that the mana drain superiority of Harbingers have indeed been contolled
to an extent, providing them with passive afflictions that are poison based and
observe poison shrugging/resisting sounds decent. I am a bit skeptic with the
charybdon and ibululu effects, but the others are relatively acceptable
---[Talan on 11/19 @ 20:32 writes]:
Raeri also expressed a concern about charybdon. I certainly did choose it for
its usefulness, though I don't feel it's overly potent. I'm hoping to avoid a
situation where people say, sure, you can have this new skill, but just make
sure all the afflictions are crap. As far as Ibululu goes, bear in mind that
it's not the making-undeaf effect - they won't hear the song if they are deaf.
---[Jayden on 11/29 @ 12:56 writes]:
I concur with Harbingers needing some sort of afflicting
---[Prav on 11/30 @ 23:20 writes]:
After testing against Talan using no passive healing or passive defense
abilities, save emerald, I support this recommendation. I think having some
afflictions as back up will be helpful for the class.