Report 1747

Report #1747
Skillset: Transmology Skill: Sing
 Org: Gaudiguch Status: Completed Jul 2017
Furies' Decision:
Sure, though this might change if we can find something more interesting than a
beckon clone.
Problem: Currently, and possibly for as long as it has existed, Sing has been
plagued with the problem of being a beckon like skill that is not worth ever
using. It has a telegraphed messaged allowing you to escape the 'beckon', 2
summon resist checks (one at the start and one at the finish), an Insanity
requirement, and is stopped by anything that also stop Beckon.
[A:14 R: 0] Solution #1: Change Sing to be a proper single target Beckon,
 countered by summon resistance and anything that also
 stop traditional Beckon.
Player Comments:
---[Danquik on 6/30 @ 03:16 sets as pending]
---[Xenthos on 6/30 @ 23:35 writes]:
I'm a bit unsure on this one, just because there are other analogues to this
skill-- such as Willowisp and the Hallifax Institute version. These were
intended to be "unique" (which has ended up with them being pretty difficult to
use in most situations). While buffs are needed, just making it a beckon clone
will essentially end up with all of these skills being beckon clones because
that is what the other classes will ask for if this is approved. Do you have
any ideas for keeping it with some unique flavour / differences instead of going
for homogenization?
---[Shedrin on 7/1 @ 00:36 writes]:
I think making it work like Beckon is fine. A unique skill would be neat, but
not at the cost of making it impractical. Sing in particular seems to have been
designed around a fundamental misunderstanding of how combat works and how
sticky insanity would be when it's not being actively built (which would be the
case for anyone outside the room).
---[Xenthos on 7/1 @ 02:40 writes]:
I'd like a solution 2 to be pursued for keeping a unique flavour, but I've come
around to thinking that solution 1 as a beckon clone is okay, having considered
it some more.
---[Bandeon on 7/1 @ 20:06 writes]:
Could it maybe have a synergy with ribbachi? Like if the ribacchi is in the
room, it sets up a chorus with you that compels the person to enter your room?
---[Falaeron on 7/3 @ 22:05 writes]:
Supported.
---[Wobou on 7/14 @ 13:54 writes]:
I support this. The problem is that most ways of introducing flavor involve some
kind of relative nerf which is part of why sing has always been more lackluster
than beckon. For example thematically it'd make sense for this to interact with
deafness like bard songs do, but if you were to do that then by definition you
have something that's worse than beckon on average.
---[Iytha on 7/18 @ 09:58 writes]:
A boring solution, but a needed one. Supported.
---[Ejderha on 7/30 @ 03:54 writes]:
It would be cool to have more uniqueness in these abilities, but I agree that a
functional clone is a step up from an unusable 'unique' skill. Supported.