Spell making

[LordFrz]

Is anyone currently working on a spell maker? If not I may try my hand at it.

 

I figure it will be usable from the enchanter table. Then add the option to enchant paper like materials to make them into, Scrolls and Spell Books.

 

That is of course if a group is not working on something already.

[Lugh1000]

I think you should go ahead and try, even if multiple people make different versions it's unlikely they'll be identical. This will help determine the best one or give people more choice.

[dra6o0n]

Scroll-making and Spellcrafting maybe?

 

Scroll-making consists of taking a known spell you already learnt, and writing a incantation into it so you can quickly use it since it costs 1/2 of the magicka cost?!

But it needs a downside maybe? Maybe casting one gives you a slow magicka regeneration debuff (5 seconds) each time you use one?

 

Spellcrafting needs to be vital but not as overpowered as you would think in Oblivion, but fun nonetheless for utility purposes too!

 

Like being able to tactically modify how spells function so you have a wider range of techniques to use with magic, rather than shooting plain ol' firebolts and fireballs at them.

 

Like maybe offer:

- Steam / Bolt / Orb / Rune / Cloak attributes.

- Can be combined with spell types (fire, ice, lightning, healing, turn undead, illusion, conjuration, and such).

 

Stream is the low tier spells where you shoot a constant stream of it.

Bolt is a projectile spells to shoot a single bolt.

Orb is a slow projectile spell that inflicts AoE as it travels through enemies but not walls.

Rune is a trap attribute that can be combined with other attributes for a higher magicka cost.

Cloak is a AoE cloak that can be tweaked to work with higher durations or longer ranges.

 

But yeah those are basically stuff already in the game, so if you want new stuff:

 

- Try for a 'crash shot' projectile type, that spreads out in all direction when it hits a target. Should inflict max damage on contact, and inflicts a % of the max damage per fragment to surrounding targets around the collision point.

 

- Try for a multi-shot projectile so you can launch multiple shots in one cast, with dual casting adding more stacks of shots. Essentially they pop up and after some time launches themselves at your crosshair like a stream spell. Can be used as a 'shield' shooting projectile (shots forms in front or around the user and then launches themselves at the target, like a magnum firing and rotating it's barrel).

 

- Try for a homing shot, that's slightly weaker than normal projectiles, but comes with greater accuracy for longer distances since it homes into the target slightly by curving it's flight.

 

- Try for a grenade shot, that launches the shot like a arrow and has it fall over the flight course.

 

Offer 3 magicka usage types:

 

Low - 5~25 per cast / low damage

Medium - 30~75 per cast / medium damage

High - 90~200 per cast / high damage

Edited November 19, 2011 by dra6o0n

[DeadxPixels]

Just remember to include a REMOVE SPELL button :thumbsup: Edited November 19, 2011 by DeadxPixels

[taco0fsteel]

What about an enchantment type spell

 

An example could be turning a mob into a paralyzed Tesla coil

 

The target could be rooted in place getting shocked and the electricity could try and grab anything near him.

 

Or eruption spells, like you target an area and a pillar of flame or spikes of ice erupt from the area.

[Lugh1000]

Maybe a spell to charge to be really powerful and get that sense of being beastly, in exchange for all your mana or like 10% a second.

[Chris876]

i like the eruption spell idea those just have have struck me as epic, and maybe an ability to make atronaches stronger because frost atronoches arent even worth summoning, and then finally for scroll making it should require a soul gem corresponding to its level whether adept novice master etc.