Report 97

Report #97
Skillset: Druidry Skill: New
 Org: Hartstone Status: Completed Dec 2008
Furies' Decision:
We are going to reverse the decision to strip protection with Phantasmagoria and
lower Phantasmagoria's equilibrium time slightly.
Problem: Unlike Mages, Druids have no way to strip protection from a group, all
at once, throughout their entire demesne.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Give druids a skill around Fabled Druidry that for 10
 power afflicts with Treebane, strips levitation and
 strips protection scroll from all enemies within the
 druid's demesne.
Player Comments:
---[Shuyin on 12/23 @ 08:49 writes]:
Sure, why not, druids need a meldwide protection strip, not too sure about
levitation, but eh
---[Synl on 12/23 @ 16:47 writes]:
The levitation stripping does seem like a bit much, the rest is cool beans
---[Krellan on 12/24 @ 05:15 writes]:
10 power is a bit much. The mage skill that this skill essentially copies is 10
power for stripped levitation and phantom or stalker for everyone. On a normal
person? that's 40 or 20 power with full enemies in demesne depending on whether
or not it is a phantom or stalker. Dominion rune? that's 100 or 50 power on top
of protection stripping. While that really hasn't happen, it's still a potential
of the ability. Unless you never want Lusternia to grow in population size. I
like the treebane effect, but it'd be nice if we could come up with something
different. Perhaps a halved darkseed/scarab effect for respective druidry.
Personally I think those two things cost too much power as it is to use
singlehandedly
---[Ceren on 12/25 @ 04:29 writes]:
I don't think skills like this (groupwide dissolving) should exist in the first
place, but if Aquamancers get it with currents, sure, why not...
---[Xiel on 12/25 @ 21:25 writes]:
Unless I misunderstand Ceren, the stripping comes from Phantams' Phantasmagoria,
no? So both mage guilds have it. Besides that though, I've no problems with this
suggestion.
---[Xenthos on 12/25 @ 21:35 writes]:
It sounds more like he's saying "I think it's too powerful where it already
exists, especially given that when protection is stripped in an Aqua demesne
currents can tear a group apart. But if it's okay for Aquas, then might as well
give a version to Druids with treebane..." I'm not so sure about stripping
levitate with this though, since treelife + treebane is already assured passive
throwing from trees whereas Aqua / Geo don't have this same potential.
---[Steingrim on 12/31 @ 15:55 writes]:
Unsure. If it is a power in mage's teriary then you're giving it to all druids.
Wouldn't seem even unless you're moving the mage stripping into their primary as
well.
---[Synl on 12/31 @ 20:01 writes]:
The ability is in a skillset that -all- Mages get, so this in Druidry is best
(as Hart/Crow differ, and so do their tertiaries).