Report 1053

Special Report #1053
Skillset: Wildewood Skill: Talisman
 Org: Hartstone Status: Completed Dec 2007
Furies' Decision:
We will add a new racial ability for Wildewood that can serve as an appropriate
bashing attack until they learn Garland.
Problem: When new users of Wildewood specialize into the skill, their race
automatically changes to Wildewood. Until they gain the skill 'Garland', they
must use nature curse to kill denizens, a magically sourced attack, based off
intelligence. This creates a period during which new users are changed into a
statline that does not mesh well with their method of attack.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Just as normal Druids gain a sickle when
 specializing, introduce a unique talisman for
 Wildewoods. In addition, this talisman switches
 nature curse damage into Brute Magical source, in
 line with the rest of the skillset, and the Wildewood
 statline.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Introduce a unique Wiledwood strength-based bashing
 attack with an equivalent formula to nature curse, at
 Master 0%. Move the nifty new wildewood nature curse
 message to be the nature curse message for all druids.
Player Comments:
---[Asmodea on 2/9 @ 00:35 writes]:
Why not introduce a racial attack that Wildewood gain when they are create,
damage equal to nature cursing. Could be via the use of swinging vines, leaves,
thorns or branches or something at the target.
---[Enyalida on 2/9 @ 01:40 writes]:
I'll add that in as a second solution, but the general template for these things
is already set, and solution 1 follows that groove. The basic problem being
addressed here is: "Wildewoods are stuck with a magic attack as a strength based
class". We've got a unique nature curse message already, why not a unique
talisman to go along with it!
---[Ushaara on 2/11 @ 23:23 writes]:
Support this or Asmodea's solution.
---[Shuyin on 2/12 @ 00:23 writes]:
I like Asmodea's solution more tbh.
---[Tandrin on 2/12 @ 01:19 writes]:
Supported but prefer Asmodea's ideas as well.
---[Enyalida on 2/12 @ 19:14 writes]:
It's too bad, they gave us a really amazingly cool nature curse line. Perhaps
they should move our unique nature curse to be the nature curse line for all
druids, it's significantly more appropriate!
---[Vadi on 2/15 @ 22:35 writes]:
Supported 1 or 2