Icy Anchor (Spell Concept)

[bcadren]

Icy Anchor (Transmutations/Ice: 6): You may only target creatures in or flying over water. This spell is irresistible; though it can be dodged with EV. Does mediocre damage (resistible by RC) and freezes the target to the ground. This effect instantly kills flying enemies over deep water (akin to Petrification); on everything else; the {foo} cannot move, as their legs are frozen to the ground. Amount of time the effect lasts depends on spellpower and the {foo} may fight against this, taking damage like barbs with an escape rate similar to nets. However, the {foo} (if normal or higher intelligence and having a ranged attack or spells) may still attack without moving. Also, having part of their body frozen nukes their EV; but gives them rC+. You may also end the effect immediately and do ice damage again to the victim and those surrounding it with LRD.

[vulsuck]

When would you actually use this spell?

[bcadren]

When would you actually use this spell?

Shoals/Swamp, Cocytus or random places with a lot of water. To stop the melee creature from coming closer (like the titan running through water or even Antaeus himself (he'd be unaffected by the damage, but still stopped)...or to snipe kill harpies/things that fly over water a lot.)

[Hirsch I]

"lets lead evey creature in the dungeon sowewhere with water, so this lvl 6 two school spell can actually become useful."
this sounds pretty bad.

[TehDruid]

Oh god, Hirsch, what's happening to you? I don't remember you being so cynical. After all it's bcadren, who takes his proposals seriously?

[TeshiAlair]

Why not just have it work on anyone? Generating ice out of nowhere is kind of an IE's thing.

I think it would be cool to have a Fulminant Prism type thing, where theres an ice trap on the ground that goes off and stuns enemies over it, and slows enemies next to it. Fulminant Prison Or I guess Icy Prison

Also I take bcadren's proposals seriously *crosses arms* They are often fun to read, and I like thinking about them, even if they are often completely insane (no offense <3 ). Everything deserves consideration in this game; I stopped being crotchety about insane ideas ever since Felids became real.

[Leafsnail]

This could be kindof cool if it worked everywhere.

[Viashino_wizard]

I think it would be cool to have a Fulminant Prism type thing, where theres an ice trap on the ground that goes off and stuns enemies over it, and slows enemies next to it. Fulminant Prison Or I guess Icy Prison

It'd have to deactivate if you leave LOS though.

[Hirsch I]

Oh god, Hirsch, what's happening to you? I don't remember you being so cynical.

I... I dont know...
what am I becoming??
(I dropped hot tea on my groin, this kinda put me on a bad mood, sorry. but the proposal have the problem I pointed.)

[bcadren]

Original thought was...a spell that's useful in some circumstances, but not in others [like the other attack transmutation, Ignite Poison], but I can see the possibility of luring things. I guess. Actually creating traps [say enchanted water trap that looks like shallow water and most enemies can't tell the difference until they are frozen] would be a unique effect though, there aren't any trap laying ability outside of Zot defense. People might see the trap laying effect as too similar to fire's conjure flame though; you create a single tile with an effect in order to slow/stop enemies.

And most my proposals are serious. You can tell if I'm being stupid (SORD). I got where I only post small things that are quick to implement and ready to go in the main GDD though.

[Lyrick]

Original thought was...a spell that's useful in some circumstances, but not in others [like the other attack transmutation, Ignite Poison]

You can create your own poisonous cloud to ignite.
With the exception of Fedhas you can't easily generate water on demand (phial of floods takes a moderate chunk of experience to replenish). Player water magic may never exist because shallow water is a thing.

[TeshiAlair]

I don't think it overlaps with CF or FP much since this proposal is more of a crowd control spell. My actual concern is that it is in the school that already has quite a bit of slows. This is getting tangential, but I think a better school for my trap idea would be Air- it doesn't already have CC, and having a air damage + confuse or snare bomb would be really cool I think

[twelwe]

I got where I only post small things that are quick to implement and ready to go in the main GDD though.

"quick to implement and ready to go" means coded up and submitted to mantis.