Modifying potion of brilliance


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Post Saturday, 23rd February 2019, 18:46

Modifying potion of brilliance

The only resistance not covered by potions is mr, so I thought a new potion that would increase it by + or even ++ would be nice. A drawback could be either lowering physical resistances, like ac and/or ev, or a net % increase in damage received. Some lore to tidy it up about being more attuned to the magical realm at the expense of greater vulnerability or whatever. Then I thought that the brill potion could be hijacked and made more interesting if it had these additional effects.
It would make brill a desirable potion for pure melee guys, and no longer always an obvious buff on a mage.
What do you guys think?
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Post Sunday, 24th February 2019, 01:00

Re: Modifying potion of brilliance

There's no need for a drawback imo, potion of resistance does not have any drawbacks.
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Post Sunday, 24th February 2019, 01:49

Re: Modifying potion of brilliance

I definitely like the idea of a potion that gives you MR++, however I have to say that using it in-game wouldn't be easy for me: there are a lot of monsters that use MR, and I'd find it difficult to find the right time (except maybe run-ins with the Enchantress).
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Post Tuesday, 26th February 2019, 15:34

Re: Modifying potion of brilliance

Shtopit wrote:I definitely like the idea of a potion that gives you MR++, however I have to say that using it in-game wouldn't be easy for me: there are a lot of monsters that use MR, and I'd find it difficult to find the right time (except maybe run-ins with the Enchantress).


Obvious use cases would be times before you get more than a single source of MR, but run into enemies such as Rupert.

If you still can't find more than body armor with MR by the time you're choosing between elf/vaults/depths (this happens in a decent % of runs lately) then there's always going to be a small chance you just get screwed and I don't think the potion would make a difference too often in those cases.

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Post Thursday, 28th February 2019, 13:18

Re: Modifying potion of brilliance

I like the idea of adding MR to brilliance or resistance with no drawback.

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