Report 148

Report #148
Skillset: Beastmastery Skill: Web
 Org: Nekotai Status: Completed Mar 2009
Furies' Decision:
We will change to cast a spell with colors, usually casting 1 color, sometimes
2, very rarely 3, to afflict opponents.
Problem: Web that doesn't require balance is lame. Especially when considered
how several classes gain massive, unbalancing advantages from the ability to web
(and subsequently prone) without using balance.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change to either Beast Curse (one random masked aff
 from the curse scroll set) or Beast Colourburst (2
 random unmasked colours regardless of blind/unblind
 and never Indigo/damage). Either would cost 1500
 mana. This helps to address problems with Beast Web
 by making the afflictions random so they cannot be
 planned for (but are still helpful).
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Something else both useful and unpredictable. I'm
 sure you Divine types can think of something
 interesting. Or the Curse change, that's a good one.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Have Beastmastery Web entangle but not prone. This
 solves problems with using web to get through
 parry/stance.
Player Comments:
---[Ceren on 2/24 @ 18:14 writes]:
Yeah I know I'm supposed to msg, but I think it's better that everyone sees all
the ideas. Anyway, I think a balance loss that is small enough to be balanced
for Necromancers would be pretty useless to everyone else. The best way to
balance this skill that I can see is to make it a form of random afflicting,
where it will provide a tangible boost to offense but not predictable in such a
way that you can make guaranteed OP combos with it. My two ideas for how to do
this are 1) Beast Curse: one random masked affliction from the curse scroll set
and 2) Beast Colourburst: a limited colourburst that will do 2 random unmasked
colours regardless of blind/unblind, and will never do indigo (damage colour).
---[Ceren on 2/24 @ 18:16 writes]:
Also those two would be back on the original 1500 mana cost, and before anyone
brings it up, reflection is from illusions, so yes, it does make sense for a
beast to learn something as specialized as illusions.
---[Gregori on 2/25 @ 15:51 writes]:
I like solution 1 with the curse scroll affs.
---[Nejii on 3/2 @ 05:01 writes]:
I prefer beast curse, of the two...solution 3 is pretty bad, since it makes it
worse for warriors/monks but just as OP for nihilists/druids/etc.
---[Shuyin on 3/7 @ 11:34 writes]:
Curse would be good
---[Lorina on 3/19 @ 01:27 writes]:
Solution #1 is a great alternative to provide support to the Beast User.