[WIP] Now I decided to tweak some chargen stuff.

Post » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:44 pm

Racial bonuses, birthsigns, and classes, to be specific. Here's a https://docs.google.com/document/d/12jK8pSLFr18qK6Hmh81kNgt1uLlVdgzizETQ_--W08g/edit?usp=sharing. =D Or, if you're absolutely terrified of opening up google docs (or you're a Luddite who wants everything in one tab), here it is wearing some lacy spoiler tags. Scandalous!

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RACES:

Altmer: (glass cannons, high risk/reward mages)
-Greater Magicka Bonus 100p
-Weakness to Fire, Frost, and Shock 25%
-Spell Absorption 5%, Spell Reflection 5%
Highborn: Spell Absorption 20%, Spell Reflection 20% for 60s

Argonian: (hardy rogues)
-Resist Disease 50%,
-Water Breathing
-Histskin: Cure Poison, Resist Poison 100%, Restore Health 1p for 300s

Bosmer: (wily rogues)
-Immune to Paralysis
Beast Tongue: Command Creature 40p for 300s on Touch

Breton: (tanky mages)
-Magicka Bonus 50p
-Resist Magic 25%
Dragonskin: Shield 50p for 60s

Dunmer: (versatile mages)
-Resist Fire 50p
Ancestor's Wrath: Summon Ancestor Ghost, Fire Shield 50p for 60s

Imperial: (jack of all trades)
Star of the Heartland: Absorb Fatigue & Magicka 100p on Touch
Voice of the Emperor: Charm 30p, Command Humanoid 20p, Rally Humanoid 100p for 60s On Touch

Khajiit: (tenacious rogues)
Eye of Fear: Demoralize 100p in 30f for 30s On Target
Honed Senses: Night Eye & Detect Life 30ft for 30s (free Lesser Power)

Nord: (berserker warriors)
-Resist Frost 50%
Woad: Frost Shield 50p for 60s
Frozen Tongue: Paralyze, Frost Damage 5p for 10s on touch

Orc: (tanky warriors)
-Resist Normal Weapons 10%
Berserker Rage: Reflect Damage 50% for 60s

Redguard: (versatile warriors)
-Poison Immunity
Adrenaline Rush: Fortify Health 50p, Fortify Fatigue 100p, for 60s

BIRTHSIGNS:

Apprentice: (even more glass cannon maginess)
-Weakness to Magicka 50%, Fortify Magicka 100p
Quash: Dispel 100p and Damage Magicka 1000p on self and on target in 50ft.

Atronach: (defensive maginess at a cost)
-Stunted Magicka, Spell Absorption 50%, Fortify Magicka 150p
Conversion: Restore Magicka 1p for 60s, Damage Luck 10p (lesser power)

Lady: (mage/warrior hybrid)
-Fortify End & Wil 10p
Lady's Grace: Restore Health 1000p, Cure Poison, Paralysis, & Disease on touch.

Lord: (defensive birthsign)
-Fortify End 20p, Weakness to Fire 25%
Blood of the North: Resist Fire 25%, Restore Health 1p for 300s

Lover: (utilitarian)
Lover's Kiss: Paralyze, Shield 100% (I know it caps at 85%), Reflect Spells 100% for 30s on touch

Mage: (mage, duh)
-Fortify Magicka 50p
Calm Mind: Restore Magicka 10p & Silence on self for 30s (lesser power)

Ritual:
Blessed Word: Turn Undead 100p in 100ft for 30son target. (greater power)
Mara's Gift: Restore Health 200p and Cure Poison

Serpent:
Snakebite: Absorb Health, Magicka, Fatigue 3p in 30f for 30s, Damage Luck 25p on Self (lesser power)
Shed Skin: Cure Poison, Cure Disease, Dispel 100p, Damage Luck 10p (lesser power)

Shadow:
Moonshadow: Invisibility, Chameleon 10p, Waterwalking, Sun Damage, Immunity to Frost, Poison, and Normal Weapons for 60s


Steed:
-Fortify Speed 20p
Chariot: Feather 100p for 300s

Thief:
-Fortify Agility & Luck 10p
Secret: Telekinesis 10f for 10s (lesser power)

Tower:
Tower Key: Open all Average locks in 100ft
Tower Stone: Reflect Damage 5%, Reflect Spell 5% for 120s

Warrior:
-Fortify Strength & Endurance 10p
Charge: Weakness to Normal Weapons & Magic 100%, Fortify Strength 100p for 60s

My Classes:

Knight-Enchanter: Combat. Endurance, Willpower. Blade, Block, Heavy Armor, Armorer, Restoration, Alteration, Destruction.

Nightmage: Magic. Willpower, Luck. Illusion, Alteration, Mysticism, Destruction, Restoration, Blade, Sneak.

No scripts whatsoever, because I don't know how (the ladies think it's cute when I make the "keep it simple" excuse, but really it's true). Also, because I'm lazy and don't want to open Wrye Bash right now, all racial edits are done by tweaking the existing spells and changing their effects - I didn't make any changes to the actual racial stats or data, so it should be 100% compatible with any mods like Oblivion Character Overhaul. I wasn't so delicate with the birthsigns because who cares, birthsigns don't carry a ton of other data that everybody's chomping at the bit to edit. The new classes were just for me, so that I don't have to use the custom class editor ever again. I probably will anyway.

I'm making this a WIP thread because I started this whole thing maybe a few hours ago, and I only just finished putting everything in an ESP. It's probably crazy unbalanced, and now it's time for me to make sure it works - if I edit a spell (ability) to have no effects, will that cause issues? I did that to nullify some racial bonuses I didn't want.

For the most part I'm happy with the racials and most of the birthsigns. If you guys can suggest better names/effects for some of the powers so that I'm not blatantly ripping off Skyrim so much I'd appreciate it. I might change the Argonian power so it isn't redundant with the Lord birthsign. I'm pretty sure I'll have to come up with a different idea for Lover's Kiss. And rein in Moonshadow (should I remove some of the existing buffs, or add more ghostly weaknesses?), which is probably crazy over-powered. (I have a design philosophy, I promise)

I'm either going to test this right now or go to sleep. Tell me what you guys think. I should have it out for release this weekend. Or before.

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