Report 442

Report #442
Skillset: Crow Skill: DarkRebirth
 Org: Blacktalon Status: Rejected Aug 2010
Furies' Decision:
We do not find this to be necessary.
Problem: Presently, DarkRebirth offers the Crow user a dark spirit that
retaliates with increasing frequency as health is drained. The afflictions given
are masochism, dementia, healthleech, pox, and scabies. These afflictions are
less than ideal, as even if nearly every hit (when reaching a low health
threshold) triggers the retaliation, offense is not stopped with even moderately
competent curing.
Solution #1: Replace the existing set with amnesia, paralysis, blindness.
 These are afflictions with moderately short curing time but that
 would have the potential to allow the Crow user time to
 escape/cure a bit.
Solution #2: Keep dementia and pox, replace masochism, scabies and healthleech
 with stupidity, impatience, and blindness. This would give
 similar results to solution one, but would broaden the
 afflictions possible to receive similar to the existing set.
Solution #3: Suggestions?
Player Comments:
---[Talan on 8/13 @ 00:23 writes]:
Solution one sounds good. With the afflictions hitting more as the situation
gets more dire for the crow user, switching to afflictions whose effects are
more immediate would be helpful.
---[Viynain on 8/18 @ 23:53 writes]:
I'll support solution 1 as well. For an aura that is supposed to help a Crow-
user to survive the lower in health they get, the current list of afflictions
they encounter doesn't do much. With the flavour of Dark Spirit, I'm surprised
blackout isn't listed as well, though the three tossed up should help.
---[Xenthos on 8/21 @ 02:00 writes]:
While blackout would be amazing, I'm of the firm belief that it's overpowered
and needs another cure aside from allheale, so I can't support that one. Beyond
that solution 1 is great and would be more useful than what it is now-- when I
lose it for whatever reason I don't even bother trying to get it back at this
point, because it's pretty ineffective.
---[Fillin on 8/26 @ 17:49 writes]:
Proposed list looks a bit stacked. I haven't tested or anything, but from my
experience, this aura fires quite often. I'd be fine with amnesia, paralysis,
scabies, dementia, pox.
---[Narynth on 8/27 @ 02:28 writes]:
Both solutions one and two would allow for more utility of what is supposed to
be a defense for Crow users and that, as it stands, falls short of the mark. Two
is closest to the existing set, with broader choices giving lower chance of the
individual affs hitting over and over. The smaller list in solution one would
solve the matter without providing issues as well - if it is hitting enough to
make a difference (low health), the Crow user isn't going to be presenting a
very firm offense in the first place.